Portsmouth fc

[Barry the bird boggler]

Sadly nothing surprises me in terms of the general PL, FL and FA handing in these sorts of situations any more.

Not the first time precedents have counted for sod all and won't be the last.

[ARTHURBACON]

Ah Portsmouth the charity thieving club ,just check the history they started going bust in 1914 and still carry on , its in the jeans you know

[Cobi]

GW given the job perm and been told he will have a "competitive" budget. Competitive at top end of League 1 I would suspect. I hope they rot in League 2 for a few years at least.

[Tony Le Mesmer]

The FL have imposed restrictions on their playing budget for the next 5 years. It was part of the deal they had to accept to get their golden share

[PieEater]

The 10 pt deduction has now been applied to the League 1 table, not that you could tell as they are still relegated.

[ARTHURBACON]

The 10 pt deduction has now been applied to the League 1 table, not that you could tell as they are still relegated.

should have been carried over as the Skates relegated themselves , Same ole Pompey always cheating

It will be interseting to see what happens to Bury now

[Rax]

...our bell ringing friend must be laughing his way to the bookshop!

There is just NO punishment here - and there are parallels with the Leeds case a few years ago.

Really feel for clubs that have been utterly shafted by points deductions over the years - while the FA's favourite fraudsters (who stooped so low as to rob CHARITY money FFS) get away scott free.

You really could not make this up...

[SPARTA]

Says the club that's had more storylines than Eastenders over the last 3 years.

[From Despair To Where?]

I was thinking Hustle rather than EastEnders.

[peterroyal76]

Says the club that's had more storylines than Eastenders over the last 3 years.

Or don't let your kids think it's alright to not pay your debts.

[PieEater]

No charities were robbed in the making of this advert.

[ZacNaloen]

Any interest on that DD?

[buzzby]

Owed to former players still.

http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/player-by-player-breakdown-of-what-pompey-owe-1-5468027

[PieEater]

£6.7m due is covered by the £8m parachute payments.

You have to wonder why they are stringing it out for another 3 years when they get the PP this year.

[One8Seven1]

£6.7m due is covered by the £8m parachute payments.

You have to wonder why they are stringing it out for another 3 years when they get the PP this year.

I expect they hope ticket revenue etc will help them cover some of that over three years, and allow them to use some of the PP to manage a competitive wage bill to get them back to the heady heights of League One; rather than pay off the debt now and then struggle to stave of relegation to the Conference.

[soggy biscuit]

2 places outside the relegation zone in div 4

Lolz

[Badger Finger]

I'll admit to showing more emotion when someone scores against Portsmouth than any other team

[Franchise FC]

I'll admit to showing more emotion when someone scores against Portsmouth than any other team

Even West Ham ?

[Badger Finger]

Yep.

Even West Ham

[SLAMMED]