Lower league Pompey

[Pinkie Brown]

The thread that keeps on giving.

Pompey have a potential 'reluctant saviour', but apparently Trevor Birch is being 'obstructive'.

Oh I forgot to mention who the 'potential saviour' is - Balram Chainrai !

Chainrai wants Pompey talks | Portsmouth News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports


Pompey creditors criticise Birch | Portsmouth News, Fixtures, Results, Transfers | Sky Sports

 

[tweenster]

Heard at work this week (apologies if it's been posted before):

If you're at Fratton Park watching the match and someone throws a coin on the pitch, is this an act of hooliganism or a takeover bid?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Be interesting to dig up some old threads on here re this, as I'm pretty sure a few of us found their string of "investors" and owners more than suspicious from the start.

Which suggests Pompey fans have always had their heads in the sand.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Quick search found:
Pompey announce losses of £23m
Pompey postpone new stadium plan
Funny article about Portsmouth
Portsmouth sold for only £4 million!!
Portsmouth are proper fcuked!
More madness at Portsmouth
Good old pompey
Portsmouth Lose Appeal
Pompey crisis. Should Storrie, Redknapp and even Mandaric shoulder some of the blame?
Portsmouth's 'new saviour' looks solid then
Pompey seem to be in a tad of bother
Pompey - ha ha!
Breaking Pompey statement
Portsmouth out of admin
Now they're really taking the piss
Portsmouth in trouble again maybe?
Pompey parent club - insolvent


Everything you need to know about Portsmouth | Portsmouth - Times Online

Everything you need to know about Portsmouth
Nick Szczepanik

Portsmouth spent money like drunken, er, sailors under Harry Redknapp, won the FA Cup and got into Europe — so why sell?

Alexandre Gaydamak, the owner, decided last year that he couldn’t afford to keep bankrolling the club. He put in his own money when he took over in 2006, but many big signings were funded with loans. There was talk about them being the first Premier League club to go into administration.

But surely a Premier League club is a licence to print money?

It’s true you can see £30 million a year from the TV deals, but Portsmouth aren’t a global brand such as Manchester United, who pull in millions from shirt sales in the Far East. And player wages at Fratton Park have been very high.

How high?

One player who played 11 minutes of first-team football this season is reckoned to be on £40,000 a week. Multiply that by 18 and it must have eaten up all the gate receipts. Fratton Park, at 20,338, had the smallest capacity in the Premier League this season.

Aren’t Portsmouth building a new ground on the harbour?

No, that fell through when the Royal Navy said terrorists could fire missiles from the upper levels.

Was that the club’s first attempt at building a new ground?

No, they’ve been trying for years. They thought they had one at Farlington, just off the M27, but it was found to be a nesting ground for brent geese and therefore a site of special scientific interest.

So what’s the plan now?

The club have found another site on former landfill at Horsea Island.

And building is under way?

Er, no. New motorway exits and other infrastructure issues will be expensive, so residential and retail developments are needed to help to fund the project, and that almost certainly means a public inquiry, which could take years. Even without a retail development, a change to the city plan to accommodate the stadium will still be subject to an inquiry.

So what’s happening now?

Plans have been revived for redeveloping Fratton Park, turning the pitch through 90 degrees and expanding on to adjacent land used as a car park. That would take the capacity up to 30,000.

Do the club need a stadium of that size?

At times they have struggled to sell out. But the club gets the least income per seat in the Premier League because there are few premium seats and no boxes.

And do they forget about a new stadium?

No, the club say that plans for Horsea Island will continue. So let’s get this straight — they’ve had trouble building one new ground but now they want to build two.

And this new waterside stadium — what about global warming? Won’t the pitch be under water in a few years?

Shhh . . .

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Event 2007–08 FA Cup
Cardiff City Portsmouth

0 1
Date 17 May 2008 Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth)
Referee Mike Dean (Cheshire)
Attendance 89,874

GK 1 David James
RB 5 Glen Johnson
CB 23 Sol Campbell (c)
CB 15 Sylvain Distin
LB 7 Hermann Hreiðarsson 45+1'
DM 6 Lassana Diarra 90+3'
RM 17 John Utaka 69'
CM 30 Pedro Mendes 78'
CM 19 Niko Kranjčar 54'
LM 11 Sulley Muntari
CF 27 Nwankwo Kanu 87'

Substitutes:
GK 21 Jamie Ashdown
DF 16 Noé Pamarot
MF 8 Papa Bouba Diop 78'
FW 9 Milan Baroš 87'
FW 10 David Nugent 69'
Manager: Harry Redknapp

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Spot when the “investment” goes in.

Pompey League Tables

1994/95 Championship – 19/24
1995/96 Championship – 21/24 (Survived on goal difference)
1996/97 Championship –7/24
1997/98 Championship –20/24 (Stay up by a point)
1998/99 Championship –19/24 (stay up but level on points with a relegated side).
1999/00 Championship –18/24
2000/01 Championship –20/24 (Stay up by a point)
2001/02 Championship –17/24
2002/03 Championship –1/24
2003/04 Premiership – 13/20
2004/05 Premiership – 16/20
2005/06 Premiership – 17/20
2006/07 Premiership – 9/20
2007/08 Premiership – 8/20 (Portsmouth qualified for Europa League as FA Cup winners)
2008/09 Premiership – 14/20
2009/10 Premiership – 20/20 (Portsmouth deducted nine points for entering administration)
2010/11 Championship –16/24
2011/12 Championship

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Pompey teams through the years

Football League Div 1 Fr 26Dec 1997

Portsmouth
A Knight, R Pethick, A Thomson, A McLoughlin, D Waterman, A Awford, P Hall (S Igoe, 89), C Foster, J Aloisi (J Durnin, 84), M Svensson, A Turner
Subs not used: R Perrett
Referee:
M J Brandwood
Attendance:
12,314
Stadium:
Fratton Park

Football League Div 1 Tu 17Feb 1998

Portsmouth
A Flahavan, R Pethick, A Cook (M Svensson , 64), A McLoughlin , A Whitbread, A Awford, M Vlachos, S Igoe, J Aloisi (M Allen, 64), S Claridge, J Carter
Subs not used: R Perrett
Referee:
B Knight
Attendance:
8,622
Stadium:
Fratton Park


Football League Div 1 Mo 13Apr 1998

Portsmouth
A Flahavan, R Pethick, M Robinson, D Hillier, A Whitbread, A Awford, M Vlachos, F Simpson, J Aloisi (R Simpson, 67), J Durnin, A Thomson (P Hall, 45)
Subs not used: M Allen
Referee:
M J Brandwood
Attendance:
15,040
Stadium:
Fratton Park


Football League Div 1 Sa 05Dec 1998
Portsmouth
A Petterson, T Thogersen, M Robinson , A McLoughlin, D Waterman (M Phillips, 67), A Awford, A Thomson, J Peron, J Aloisi, S Claridge, S Igoe
Subs not used: L Nightingale, D Hillier
Referee:
K A Leach
Attendance:
9,800
Stadium:
Fratton Park

Football League Div 1 Sa 24Apr 1999

Portsmouth
A Knight, M Robinson, F Simpson, A McLoughlin, A Whitbread, A Awford, J Durnin (L Nightingale, 80), J Peron , M Vlachos , S Claridge, S Igoe
Subs not used: T Thogersen, M Phillips
Referee:
S Bennett
Attendance:
11,212
Stadium:
Fratton Park

Football League Div 1 Sa 11Nov 2000

Portsmouth
R Hoult, S Hiley, S Derry , D Moore, L Primus, T Thogersen, C Hughes , N Quashie, L Bradbury, S Claridge, M Panopoulos
Subs not used: D Waterman, L Nightingale, S Miglioranzi, A Flahavan, M Rudonja
Referee:
P Walton
Attendance:
14,141
Stadium:
Fratton Park

Football League Div 1 Sa 03Feb 2001

Portsmouth
A Flahavan, S Hiley , D Moore, J Crowe, S Derry , S Miglioranzi (T Thogersen, 67), L Sharpe (M Rudonja, 79), N Quashie, M Panopoulos, S Claridge, L Bradbury (s/o 77)
Subs not used: L Nightingale, C Tardif, D Waterman
Referee:
G Stretton
Attendance:
13,331
Stadium:
Fratton Park


Football League Div 1 Sa 31Aug 2002

Portsmouth
S Hislop, H Foxe , A De Zeeuw, G Festa, J Crowe (K Harper, 66), M Taylor , P Merson, N Quashie , R Hughes , S Todorov (C Robinson, 85), D Burton (M Burchill, 66)
Subs not used: Y Kawaguchi, L Primus


Brighton
A Petterson, P Watson, D Cullip , G Butters , R Pethick, P Brooker, A Oatway , R Carpenter, D Marney, S Melton (S Wilkinson , 72), G Barrett (s/o 76)
Subs not used: A Hinshelwood, W Packham, N Jones, P Rogers
Referee:
S Bennett
Attendance:
19,031
Stadium:
Fratton Park

Football League Div 1 Sa 16Nov 2002

Portsmouth
S Hislop, L Primus, H Foxe, A De Zeeuw , K Harper (J Crowe, 88), L Diabate, P Merson, N Quashie, M Taylor, M Burchill (V Pericard, 66), S Todorov (G O'Neil, 89)
Subs not used: Y Kawaguchi, C Robinson
Referee:
P Taylor
Attendance:
18,701
Stadium:
Fratton Park

Premier League Sa 01Dec 2007

Portsmouth
D James, G Johnson, S Campbell, S Distin, N Pamarot, J Utaka (N Kanu, 57), P Diop, P Mendes, S Muntari , N Kranjcar, Benjani
Subs not used: J Ashdown, H Hreidarsson, D Nugent, M Taylor
Referee:
P Walton
Attendance:
20,102
Stadium:
Fratton Park

Premier League We 26Dec 2007

Portsmouth
D James, Lauren , S Campbell, S Distin, H Hreidarsson, Benjani (J Utaka, 81), P Diop , R Hughes, S Muntari, N Kranjcar (M Taylor, 76), N Kanu
Subs not used: D Nugent, A Begovic, D Traore
Referee:
S Bennett
Attendance:
20,556
Stadium:
Fratton Park



Premier League Sa 23Feb 2008

Portsmouth
D James, G Johnson , S Campbell, S Distin, H Hreidarsson, P Diop, L Diarra, S Muntari, N Kranjcar, M Baros (N Kanu, 64), J Defoe
Subs not used: J Ashdown, Lauren, J Utaka, S Davis
Referee:
P Dowd
Attendance:
20,139
Stadium:
Fratton Park

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

1997/98
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
John Aloisi Cremonese £300,000 01 Aug, 1997
Hamilton Thorp W Adelaide £75,000 01 Aug, 1997
Craig Foster Sydney United £210,000 11 Sep, 1997
Robbie Enes Sydney United £175,000 01 Oct, 1997
Matt Robinson Southampton £50,000 20 Feb, 1998
Total: £810,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Lee Bradbury Man City £3,000,000 30 Jul, 1997
Deon Burton Derby £1,000,000 06 Aug, 1997
Andy Cook Millwall £60,000 07 Jan, 1998
Jimmy Carter Millwall Free 26 Jun, 1998
Mathias Svensson Tirol Inns (old) £100,000 07 Jul, 1998
Total: £4,160,000



1998/99
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Steve Soley Leek £30,000 23 Jul, 1998
Thomas Thogersen Brondby £100,000 01 Aug, 1998
Steve Claridge Wolves £250,000 10 Aug, 1998
Martin Phillips Man City £100,000 25 Aug, 1998
Jeff Peron Walsall £150,000 05 Sep, 1998
Sven Andreasson Lillestrom Free 23 Dec, 1998
Anthony Fenton Man City Free 04 Mar, 1999
Total: £630,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Paul Hall Coventry £300,000 07 Aug, 1998
Danny Hinshelwood Brighton Non-contract 31 Aug, 1998
Andy Turner C Palace £75,000 23 Oct, 1998
John Aloisi Coventry £650,000 17 Dec, 1998
Andy Thomson Bristol R £50,000 15 Jan, 1999
Robbie Pethick Bristol R Nominal 19 Feb, 1999
David Hillier Bristol R £15,000 24 Feb, 1999
Lee Russell Torquay Free 12 May, 1999
Total: £1,090,000


1999/00
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Jason Cundy Ipswich Free 28 Jun, 1999
Andy Petterson Charlton Free 06 Jul, 1999
Jason Crowe Arsenal £1,000,000 07 Jul, 1999
Guy Whittingham Sheff Wed Free 13 Jul, 1999
Rory Allen Tottenham £1,000,000 15 Jul, 1999
Steve Lovell Bournemouth £250,000 10 Aug, 1999
Michael Panopoulos Aris Salonika £750,000 27 Aug, 1999
Lee Bradbury C Palace £300,000 13 Oct, 1999
Darren Moore Bradford £500,000 17 Nov, 1999
Scott Hiley Southampton £200,000 03 Dec, 1999
Ceri Hughes MK Dons £150,000 21 Jan, 2000
Justin Edinburgh Tottenham £175,000 10 Mar, 2000
Shaun Derry Sheff Utd £300,000 16 Mar, 2000
Russell Hoult Derby £300,000 23 Mar, 2000
Total: £4,925,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Russell Perrett Cardiff £10,000 16 Jul, 1999
Steve Soley Carlisle £30,000 21 Aug, 1999
Jeff Peron Wigan Free 30 Nov, 1999
Fitzroy Simpson Hearts £100,000 02 Dec, 1999
Alan McLoughlin Wigan £260,000 09 Dec, 1999
Matt Robinson Reading £150,000 28 Jan, 2000
John Durnin Carlisle Free 17 Feb, 2000
Mihalis Vlachos Walsall Free 26 Feb, 2000
Sammy Igoe Reading £100,000 23 Mar, 2000
Total: £650,000


2000/01
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Mladen Rudonja St. Truiden £200,000 22 Jul, 2000
Linvoy Primus Reading Free 31 Jul, 2000
Nigel Quashie Nottm Forest £600,000 02 Aug, 2000
Tom Curtis Chesterfield £50,000 03 Aug, 2000
Lee Mills Bradford £1,000,000 11 Aug, 2000
Jamie Vincent Huddersfield £800,000 15 Feb, 2001
Garry Brady Newcastle Free 01 Mar, 2001
Carl Tiler Charlton £250,000 13 Mar, 2001
Courtney Pitt Chelsea Free 17 Jun, 2001
Total: £2,900,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Martin Phillips Plymouth £25,000 08 Aug, 2000
Russell Hoult West Brom £450,000 03 Jan, 2001
Guy Whittingham Wycombe Free 22 Mar, 2001
Total: £475,000

2001/02
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Neil Barrett Chelsea Free 25 Jun, 2001
Alessandro Zamperini Roma Free 04 Jul, 2001
Peter Crouch QPR £1,500,000 04 Jul, 2001
Dave Beasant Nottm Forest Free 08 Aug, 2001
Robert Prosinecki Dyn. Zagreb Free 14 Aug, 2001
Mark Burchill Celtic £900,000 24 Aug, 2001
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Yokohama M £1,800,000 24 Oct, 2001
Dave Beasant Tottenham Free 11 Jan, 2002
Svetoslav Todorov West Ham £750,000 19 Mar, 2002
Eddie Howe Bournemouth £400,000 28 Mar, 2002
Hayden Foxe West Ham £400,000 29 May, 2002
Matthew Taylor Luton £400,000 06 Jun, 2002
Richard Hughes Bournemouth £50,000 06 Jun, 2002
Arjan De Zeeuw Wigan Free 06 Jun, 2002
Total: £6,200,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
David Birmingham Bournemouth Signed 01 Jul, 2001
Adrian Whitbread Reading Free 05 Jul, 2001
Steve Claridge Millwall Free 30 Jul, 2001
Darren Moore West Brom £750,000 14 Sep, 2001
Dave Beasant Tottenham Free 15 Nov, 2001
Alan Knight Havant & W Free 28 Nov, 2001
Lee Mills Coventry £250,000 31 Dec, 2001
Andy Petterson West Brom Free 25 Mar, 2002
Peter Crouch Aston Villa £5,000,000 27 Mar, 2002
David Waterman Oxford Free 28 Mar, 2002
Ceri Hughes Cardiff Free 28 Mar, 2002
Total: £6,000,000


2002/03
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Shaka Hislop West Ham Free 01 Jul, 2002
Carl Robinson Wolves Free 24 Jul, 2002
Paul Merson Aston Villa Free 06 Aug, 2002
Gianluca Festa Middlesbro Free 29 Aug, 2002
Lassina Diabate Auxerre Free 03 Oct, 2002
Deon Burton Derby £250,000 12 Dec, 2002
Steve Stone Aston Villa Free 20 Dec, 2002
Alan Knight Havant & W 06 Jan, 2003
Tim Sherwood Tottenham Signed 29 Jan, 2003
Sasa Ilic Zalaegerszeg Free 11 Feb, 2003
Yakubu M. Haifa £4,000,000 30 Apr, 2003
Patrik Berger Liverpool Free 06 Jun, 2003
Boris Zivkovic B Leverkusen Free 24 Jun, 2003
Total: £4,250,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Alessandro Zamperini Modena Signed 05 Jul, 2002
Stefani Miglioranzi Swindon Free 01 Aug, 2002
Shaun Derry C Palace £400,000 01 Aug, 2002
Steve Lovell Dundee Signed 23 Aug, 2002
Garry Brady Dundee Free 31 Aug, 2002
Dave Beasant Bradford Free 27 Sep, 2002
Scott Hiley Exeter Free 18 Nov, 2002
Tom Curtis Mansfield Free 20 Dec, 2002
Gianluca Festa Cagliari Free 13 Jun, 2003
Total: £400,000

2003/04
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Teddy Sheringham Tottenham Free 30 Jun, 2003
Harald Wapenaar FC Utrecht Free 07 Jul, 2003
Vincent Pericard Juventus Signed 26 Jul, 2003
Dejan Stefanovic Vitesse Arn. £1,900,000 28 Jul, 2003
Amdy Faye Auxerre £1,500,000 05 Aug, 2003
Sebastien Schemmel West Ham Free 14 Aug, 2003
Pavel Srnicek Brescia Free 01 Sep, 2003
Eyal Berkovic Man City Free 09 Jan, 2004
Richard Duffy Swansea Nominal 27 Jan, 2004
Ivica Mornar Anderlecht Signed 30 Jan, 2004
John Curtis Leicester Free 02 Feb, 2004
Andy Griffin Newcastle Free 26 May, 2004
Jamie Ashdown Reading Signed 26 Jun, 2004
Total: £3,400,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Paul Merson Walsall Free 18 Jul, 2003
Luke Nightingale Southend Free 01 Aug, 2003
Jason Crowe Grimsby Free 07 Aug, 2003
Sasa Ilic Barnsley Free 08 Aug, 2003
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Nordsjaelland Signed 02 Sep, 2003
Boris Zivkovic Stuttgart Free 15 Jan, 2004
Jamie Vincent Derby Signed 17 Jan, 2004
Carl Pettefer Southend Free 10 Feb, 2004
Pavel Srnicek West Ham Free 22 Mar, 2004
Lee Bradbury Walsall Free 25 Mar, 2004
Courtney Pitt Oxford Free 25 Mar, 2004
Terry Parker Oxford Free 18 May, 2004
Chris Tardif Oxford Free 25 May, 2004
Carl Robinson Sunderland Free 10 Jun, 2004
Total: £0



2004/05
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
David Unsworth Everton Free 12 Jul, 2004
Lomano LuaLua Newcastle £1,700,000 12 Jul, 2004
Aliou Cisse Birmingham £300,000 06 Aug, 2004
Ricardo Fuller Preston Signed 20 Aug, 2004
Valery Mezague Montpellier Free 31 Aug, 2004
Emanuel Olisadebe Panathinaikos Signed 04 Jan, 2005
Giannis Skopelitis Egaleo £1,000,000 28 Jan, 2005
Konstantinos Chalkias Panathinaikos Signed 28 Jan, 2005
Aleksandar Rodic ND HIT Gorica Signed 31 Jan, 2005
Andy O'Brien Newcastle £2,000,000 13 Jun, 2005
Total: £5,000,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Deon Burton Brentford Free 08 Jul, 2004
Tim Sherwood Coventry Free 09 Jul, 2004
Teddy Sheringham West Ham Free 14 Jul, 2004
Neil Barrett Dundee Free 18 Jul, 2004
Lee Molyneaux Oxford Free 05 Aug, 2004
Eddie Howe Bournemouth Free 12 Nov, 2004
Lewis Buxton Stoke Free 23 Dec, 2004
Anthony Pulis Stoke Free 23 Dec, 2004
Nigel Quashie Southampton £2,100,000 17 Jan, 2005
Amdy Faye Newcastle £2,000,000 25 Jan, 2005
Mark Burchill Hearts Free 28 Jan, 2005
John Curtis Nottm Forest Free 03 Feb, 2005
Kevin Harper Stoke Signed 10 Feb, 2005
Total: £4,100,000


2005/06
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Jhon Viafara Once Caldas Signed 07 Jul, 2005
Gregory Vignal Liverpool Free 12 Jul, 2005
Sander Westerveld Sociedad Free 22 Jul, 2005
Collins Mbesuma Kaizer Chiefs Free 01 Aug, 2005
Brian Priske Genk Signed 22 Aug, 2005
Zvonimir Vukic Shakhtar Signed 30 Aug, 2005
Dario Silva Seville Signed 31 Aug, 2005
Benjani Auxerre £4,100,000 06 Jan, 2006
Pedro Mendes Tottenham Signed 12 Jan, 2006
Sean Davis Tottenham Signed 12 Jan, 2006
Noe Pamarot Tottenham Signed 12 Jan, 2006
Dean Kiely Charlton Signed 25 Jan, 2006
Jean-Francois Christophe Lens Signed 01 Jul, 2006
Total: £4,100,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Steve Stone Leeds Free 29 Jun, 2005
Patrik Berger Aston Villa Free 01 Jul, 2005
Yakubu Middlesbro £7,500,000 04 Jul, 2005
Rowan Vine Luton £250,000 05 Jul, 2005
Ricardo Fuller Southampton £90,000 28 Jul, 2005
Shaka Hislop West Ham Free 29 Jul, 2005
Arjan De Zeeuw Wigan Signed 11 Aug, 2005
Shaun Cooper Bournemouth Free 19 Aug, 2005
David Unsworth Sheff Utd Free 22 Aug, 2005
Vincent Pericard Stoke Free 19 Jun, 2006
Gary Silk Notts Co Free 19 Jun, 2006
Gregory Vignal Lens Signed 01 Jul, 2006
Total: £7,840,000


2006/07
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
David Thompson Wigan Free 28 Jul, 2006
Sol Campbell Arsenal Free 08 Aug, 2006
Nwankwo Kanu West Brom Free 10 Aug, 2006
David James Man City £1,200,000 11 Aug, 2006
Andy Cole Man City £500,000 31 Aug, 2006
Niko Kranjcar Hajduk Split £3,500,000 31 Aug, 2006
Djimi Traore Charlton £1,000,000 11 Jan, 2007
Lauren Arsenal £500,000 18 Jan, 2007
Sylvain Distin Man City Free 23 May, 2007
Hermann Hreidarsson Charlton Free 25 May, 2007
Sulley Ali Muntari Udinese £7,000,000 30 May, 2007
Martin Cranie Southampton Free 26 Jun, 2007
Callum Reynolds Rushden Signed 05 Jul, 2007
Arnold Mvuemba Rennes Signed 05 Jul, 2007
Total: £13,700,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Brian Priske FC Bruges Signed 25 Jul, 2006
Jhon Viafara Southampton Signed 04 Aug, 2006
Hayden Foxe Leeds Free 11 Aug, 2006
Dean Kiely West Brom Free 30 Jan, 2007
David Thompson Bolton Nominal 31 Jan, 2007
Svetoslav Todorov Charlton Free 04 Jul, 2007
Total: £0


2007/08
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Dave Nugent Preston £6,000,000 11 Jul, 2007
John Utaka Rennes £7,000,000 11 Jul, 2007
Glen Johnson Chelsea £4,000,000 31 Aug, 2007
Pape Bouba Diop Fulham Signed 31 Aug, 2007
Tom Kilbey Millwall Signed 04 Oct, 2007
Lassana Diarra Arsenal £5,500,000 17 Jan, 2008
Danijel Subotic Basle Signed 29 Jan, 2008
Jermain Defoe Tottenham £7,500,000 31 Jan, 2008
Glen Little Reading Free 20 Jun, 2008
Total: £30,000,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Andy Griffin Derby Free 01 Aug, 2007
Collins Mbesuma Bursaspor Signed 04 Aug, 2007
Jason Pearce Bournemouth Free 09 Aug, 2007
Lomano LuaLua Olympiakos Signed 12 Aug, 2007
Andy O'Brien Bolton Signed 13 Aug, 2007
Andy Cole Sunderland Free 24 Aug, 2007
Dejan Stefanovic Fulham £1,000,000 31 Aug, 2007
Gary O'Neil Middlesbro £5,000,000 31 Aug, 2007
Matthew Taylor Bolton £3,500,000 17 Jan, 2008
Benjani Man City £3,870,000 31 Jan, 2008
Total: £13,370,000


2008/09
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Peter Crouch Liverpool £9,000,000 11 Jul, 2008
Younes Kaboul Tottenham £6,000,000 11 Aug, 2008
Jerome Thomas Portsmouth Signed 21 Aug, 2008
Nadir Belhadj Lens £4,400,000 01 Jan, 2009
Hayden Mullins West Ham Signed 26 Jan, 2009
Angelos Basinas AEK Athens Signed 02 Feb, 2009
Total: £19,400,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Sulley Ali Muntari Inter £12,700,000 28 Jul, 2008
Pedro Mendes Rangers £3,000,000 15 Aug, 2008
Jerome Thomas Portsmouth Signed 21 Aug, 2008
Jean-Francois Christophe Southend Free 01 Jan, 2009
Lassana Diarra Real Madrid £20,000,000 01 Jan, 2009
Jermain Defoe Tottenham £15,000,000 06 Jan, 2009
Richard Duffy Millwall Free 02 Feb, 2009
Total: £50,700,000


2009/10
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Steve Finnan Espanyol Signed 01 Jul, 2009
Aaron Mokoena Blackburn Free 01 Jul, 2009
Tommy Smith Watford £1,800,000 27 Aug, 2009
Kevin Boateng Tottenham £4,000,000 28 Aug, 2009
Michael Brown Wigan Signed 28 Aug, 2009
Mike Williamson Watford £3,000,000 01 Sep, 2009
Tal Ben-Haim M. Petah Tikva Signed 01 Sep, 2009
Ricardo Rocha Standard Liege Free 01 Feb, 2010
Dusko Tosic W Bremen Free 12 Feb, 2010
Total: £8,800,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Andre Blackman Bristol C Free 01 Jul, 2009
Glen Johnson Liverpool £18,000,000 01 Jul, 2009
Lauren Cordoba Free 01 Jul, 2009
Djimi Traore Monaco Signed 01 Jul, 2009
Sean Davis Bolton Free 01 Jul, 2009
Peter Crouch Tottenham £9,000,000 27 Jul, 2009
Glen Little Sheff Utd Free 05 Aug, 2009
Martin Cranie Coventry Signed 14 Aug, 2009
Sol Campbell Notts Co Free 26 Aug, 2009
Sylvain Distin Everton £5,000,000 28 Aug, 2009
Niko Kranjcar Tottenham £2,500,000 01 Sep, 2009
Mike Williamson Newcastle Signed 26 Jan, 2010
Younes Kaboul Tottenham £5,000,000 31 Jan, 2010
Asmir Begovic Stoke £3,250,000 01 Feb, 2010
Luke Wilkinson Dag & Red Free 06 Jul, 2010
Leonard Sowah Hamburg Free 06 Jul, 2010
Nadir Belhadj Al Sadd (Qatar) Signed 08 Jul, 2010
Florent Cuvelier Stoke Signed 08 Jul, 2010
Total: £42,750,000


2010/11
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Darryl Flahavan C Palace Free 27 Aug, 2010
Dave Kitson Stoke Signed 10 Sep, 2010
Liam Lawrence Stoke Signed 01 Jan, 2011
David Norris Ipswich Free 15 Jun, 2011
Jason Pearce Bournemouth £500,000 24 Jun, 2011
Total: £500,000
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Pape Bouba Diop AEK Athens Signed 12 Jul, 2010
David James Bristol C Free 01 Aug, 2010
Kevin Boateng Genoa £5,000,000 14 Aug, 2010
Gautier Mahoto AEK Athens Free 15 Aug, 2010
Angelos Basinas Arles-Avignon Free 15 Aug, 2010
Tommy Smith QPR £1,500,000 31 Aug, 2010
Marc Wilson Stoke Signed 31 Aug, 2010
James Hurst West Brom Free 01 Sep, 2010
Paris Cowan-Hall Scunthorpe Free 10 Oct, 2010
Matt Ritchie Swindon Signed 07 Jan, 2011
John Utaka Montpellier Signed 30 Jan, 2011
Marlon Pack Cheltenham Signed 23 May, 2011
Nadir Ciftci Kayserispor Free 31 May, 2011
Total: £6,500,000


2011/12
Players in
PLAYER FROM FEE DATE
Luke Varney Derby Signed 07 Jul, 2011
Stephen Henderson Bristol C Transfer 08 Jul, 2011
Greg Halford Wolves Signed 11 Jul, 2011
Christian Dailly Charlton Signed 05 Aug, 2011
Benjani Blackburn Free 13 Aug, 2011
Total: £0
Players out
PLAYER TO FEE DATE
Darryl Flahavan Bournemouth Free 28 Jun, 2011
Dave Nugent Leicester Free 05 Jul, 2011
Michael Brown Leeds Free 11 Jul, 2011
Callum Reynolds Tamworth Free 10 Aug, 2011
Hermann Hreidarsson Coventry Free 20 Jan, 2012
Ryan Williams Fulham Signed 31 Jan, 2012
Total: £0

 

[Triggaaar]

Portsmouth out of admin

Good thread. Show's how ridiculous it was last time round and how this is exactly the same. And Chanrai again! FFS, he must be making a nice chunk each time or he wouldn't be doing it.

 

[Triggaaar]

1997/98
Players in
Total: £810,000
Players out
Total: £4,160,000
1998/99
Players in
Total: £630,000
Players out
Total: £1,090,000
1999/00
Players in
Total: £4,925,000
Players out
Total: £650,000
2000/01
Players in
Total: £2,900,000
Players out
Total: £475,000
2001/02
Players in
Total: £6,200,000
Players out
Total: £6,000,000
2002/03
Players in
Total: £4,250,000
Players out
Total: £400,000
2003/04
Players in
Total: £3,400,000
Players out
Total: £0
2004/05
Players in
Total: £5,000,000
Players out
Total: £4,100,000
2005/06
Players in
Total: £4,100,000
Players out
Total: £7,840,000
2006/07
Players in
Total: £13,700,000
Players out
Total: £0
2007/08
Players in
Total: £30,000,000
Players out
Total: £13,370,000
2008/09
Players in
Total: £19,400,000
Players out
Total: £50,700,000
2009/10
Players in
Total: £8,800,000
Players out
Total: £42,750,000
2010/11
Players in
Total: £500,000
Players out
Total: £6,500,000
2011/12
Players in
Total: £0
Players out
Total: £0

Good work. What about undisclosed fee transfers?

 

[Barnham Seagull]

Wage bill against turnover for each season would make interesting reading!

 

[Acker79]

1997/98
Profit of £3.35m

1998/99
Profit of: £460,000

1999/00
Loss of £4.275m

2000/01
Loss of £2.425m

2001/02
Loss of £200k

2002/03
Loss of £3.85m

2003/04
Loss of £3.4m

2004/05
Loss of £900k

2005/06
Profit of £3.74m

2006/07
Loss of £13.7m

2007/08
Loss of £16.63m

2008/09
Profit of £30.6m

2009/10
Profit of £33.95m

2010/11
Profit of £6m

2011/12
Nil Profit or loss

Total profit: £78.1m
Total Loss: £45.38m

Overall profit of £32.72m

This is just transfer fees. Doesn't factor in the wages, bonuses, agent fees, etc.

 

[Barnham Seagull]

Total profit: £78.1m
Total Loss: £45.38m

Overall profit of £32.72m

This is transfers fee's and does not into account wages which would have been huge!

 

[Acker79]

This is transfers fee's and does not into account wages which would have been huge!

Indeed.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Just three players on £50k a week (basic) accounts for 15,600 people buying a £500 season ticket - ignorning VAT, obviously - which I am sure they do/did.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Portsmouth report to creditors lays bare financial mismanagement | Football | guardian.co.uk

Portsmouth report to creditors lays bare financial mismanagement
• Unsecured creditors to be offered a fraction of money owed
• View the complete Portsmouth creditors report (Scribd)

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 April 2010 13.33 BST

Portsmouth's total liabilities stretch to £119m. Photograph: Tom Jenkins
The report to Portsmouth's creditors prepared by its administrators lays bare the financial mismanagement and chaotic decision-making that left the club £108.6m in debt and will leave hundreds out of pocket. The club's liabilities swell to £122.8m if the £14.2m in expected transfer instalments that were taken upfront from financial institutions are included.

Administrator Andrew Andronikou will ask the club's unsecured creditors, including Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and a long list of trade creditors including St John Ambulance, the Scout Association and King Edward VI School, to vote on a Company Voluntary Arrangement that would see them receiving a fraction of what they are owed.
In total, the unsecured creditors are owed £92.7m, including the sums owed to former owners Sacha Gaydamak and his father Arcadi (owed around £31.5m through a series of investment vehicles), Ali al-Faraj's Falcondrone (£1.8m) and Sulaiman al-Fahim (£5m).

They are expected to be offered between 20p and 25p in the pound across three to five years, although Andronikou refuses to be drawn on what the final offer – to be put to creditors on 6 May – will be. Balram Chainrai, the club's fourth owner of a tumultuous season, is owed £14.2m and will not be included in the CVA because his loan to the club was secured on the ground. He is expected to be paid in full, either from forthcoming TV revenues and parachute payments or when the club is sold. All domestic football creditors (players and clubs) will also have to be paid in full under the football creditors rule, and are also likely to be done so out of future parachute payments from the Premier League.

The report's appendix also details how spending at the club spiralled out of control in the Gaydamak era as the club went from a pre-tax loss of £912,397 in 2006 to £23.4m in 2007, £16.9m in 2008 and £13.47m in 2009. According to 2009's draft accounts, the club's overall staff costs - mainly accounted for by players' wages - were an astonishing 109% of revenues.

The Portsmouth saga is best understood as a story in two parts. Prior to last August, under first Milan Mandaric and then Sacha Gaydamak (possibly backed, according to a recent interview with former chief executive Peter Storrie, by his father Arcadi) the tale was a familiar - if extreme - version of the "live the dream" narrative patented by Leeds United, albeit with a unusually high turnover of players on the side.

Overspending on players and wages, mortgaging future revenues and failing to invest in the infrastructure meant that when the economic collapse hit home, Gaydamak had to pull his "benefactor" funding and Standard Bank and Barclays demanded repayment of their £50m loans (partly due to alleged concerns about his convicted arms dealer oligarch father Arcadi), the club was pitched into crisis.

A spokesman for Sacha Gaydamak today insisted there was "no link between Sacha's ownership of Portsmouth FC and funds from his father". He added: "Such statements have no factual basis. Sacha is, and has always been, the 100% owner of his investment in Portsmouth FC."

The financial meltdown triggered an altogether murkier tale of a loose alliance of overseas businessmen - including one convicted fraudster with reported links to a notorious loan shark - who failed in one attempt to take over the club in August but returned in October when Sulaiman Al-Fahim failed to come up with his promised investment. Storrie said they were capable of taking the club "to another level". Instead, they took it somewhere else entirely - into the history books as the first ever Premier League club to enter administration.

Here, we dissect who is owed what according to document:
The taxman (£17.1m)
It was Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs that forced Portsmouth to confront its cashflow crisis when it petioned for a winding up order over unpaid VAT, PAYE and National Insurance. The report shows that HMRC is currently owed £17.1m.
Unsecured loans to former owners (£38.2m)
• Falcondrone Ltd, the company through which the invisible Ali al-Faraj bought the club from Sulaiman Al Fahim, is owed £1.7m.
• Various Gaydamak investment vehicles that put money into the club as loans prior to selling it to Sulaiman Al Fahim for nothing, as well as £2.5m that settled an overdraft debt to Barclays when the facility was withdrawn - Devondale Investments Ltd (£2.6m); Ocadia Investments Ltd (£22.6m); Russian investment bank Antanta Securities Ltd (£3.8m); A Gaydamak loan account (£2.5m)
• Sulaiman Al Fahim (£5m) - The flamboyant Emarati who took over Portsmouth last August but had to sell it on to the shadowy Falcondrone regime just two months later put his money in as a loan, rather than an equity investment, the report shows.
Agents and scouting fees (£9.76m)
Selected:
• Peco AG (£2.045m)
• So-called "super agent" Pini Zahavi (£2.07m)
• Pro Active Sports Management (£100,000)
• Sky Andrew - Sol Campbell's agent (£54,850)
• Soccer Network Ltd (£637,500)
• Sport Invest UK Ltd (£750,000)
• Willie McKay (£225,000)
• Chris le Besque (£560,000)
• Richard Auger (£340,000)
Trade creditors (£4.37m)
Selected:
• Bognor Regis Football Club (£230)
• Canterbury Europe Ltd - former kit suppliers (£1.4m)
• Canterbury Europe Ltd sponsorship account (£590,000)
• Carol Moore Florist Ltd (£995)
• Carpet and General Cleaning Ltd (£792.66)
• Dairy Crest (£313.31)
• Dr Nigel Sellars (£15,000)
• Eastleigh Borough Council (£441)
• Emergency Response Services Ltd (£700)
• Heritage Leisure Designs (£93,199)
• Highbury Hawks Youth FC (£912)
• King Edward VI School (£41,714)
• Kitbag Ltd (£129,507)
• Model Display Cases (£594.95)
• Portsmouth City Council (£28,690.70)
• Portsmouth FC Supporters Club (£300)
• Priory Community Sports Centre (£11,000)
• Scout Association (£697)
• St John's Ambulance (£2,701.91)
• TWC Joinery and Shopfitting Ltd (£54,777.93)
• Vodafone Ltd (£5,748.40)

Hire purchase finance companies (£1.036m)
Selected:
Universal Leasing Ltd (£620,378.28)
Bank of Scotland (£98,812.84)
Fortress GB (£96,327.23)
Current and former players (£1.866m)
Selected:
Distin (£338,400)
Johnson (£265,080)
Crouch (£282,000)
Mullins (£101,520)
James (£87,984)
O'Hara (£84,600)
Image rights payments (£3.044m)
No breakdown but players owed include David Nugent, Niko Kranjcar, John Utaka, Kanu, Ben Haim, Diarra, Muntari and Campbell

Outstanding transfer instalments (£17.304m)
Selected:
Belhadj - RC Lens (4 payments of £453,576.78)
Boateng - Tottenham Hotspur (2 x £1.5m)
Dindane - RC Lens (2x £204,211, 1x £408,422)
Johnson - Chelsea (1x £140,000, 1 x £405,000, 1 x £375,000)
Muntari - Udinese (2x £844,073, 1 x £816,845, 1x £553,639 plus interest on late payments - 1x £181,521, 1x (£78,036)
O'Hara - Spurs (2 x £250,000)
Smith - Watford (2 x £450,000)
Utaka - Stade Rennais (1 x £630,619, 3x £635,324)
Williamson - Watford (2 x £250,000, 2 x £500,000)

The secured creditor (£14.2m)
Balram Chainrai, through his company Portpin Ltd - £14.2m

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Incidentally, while a couple of places seem to have lost a working link, you can still view the Creditors report here: Portsmouth's Report to Creditors

Not all bad though: Pompey fans bailing out the charities

 

[sparkie]

Portsmouth report to creditors lays bare financial mismanagement | Football | guardian.co.uk

Portsmouth report to creditors lays bare financial mismanagement
• Unsecured creditors to be offered a fraction of money owed
• View the complete Portsmouth creditors report (Scribd)

guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 April 2010 13.33 BST

Portsmouth's total liabilities stretch to £119m. Photograph: Tom Jenkins
The report to Portsmouth's creditors prepared by its administrators lays bare the financial mismanagement and chaotic decision-making that left the club £108.6m in debt and will leave hundreds out of pocket. The club's liabilities swell to £122.8m if the £14.2m in expected transfer instalments that were taken upfront from financial institutions are included.

Administrator Andrew Andronikou will ask the club's unsecured creditors, including Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and a long list of trade creditors including St John Ambulance, the Scout Association and King Edward VI School, to vote on a Company Voluntary Arrangement that would see them receiving a fraction of what they are owed.
In total, the unsecured creditors are owed £92.7m, including the sums owed to former owners Sacha Gaydamak and his father Arcadi (owed around £31.5m through a series of investment vehicles), Ali al-Faraj's Falcondrone (£1.8m) and Sulaiman al-Fahim (£5m).

They are expected to be offered between 20p and 25p in the pound across three to five years, although Andronikou refuses to be drawn on what the final offer – to be put to creditors on 6 May – will be. Balram Chainrai, the club's fourth owner of a tumultuous season, is owed £14.2m and will not be included in the CVA because his loan to the club was secured on the ground. He is expected to be paid in full, either from forthcoming TV revenues and parachute payments or when the club is sold. All domestic football creditors (players and clubs) will also have to be paid in full under the football creditors rule, and are also likely to be done so out of future parachute payments from the Premier League.

The report's appendix also details how spending at the club spiralled out of control in the Gaydamak era as the club went from a pre-tax loss of £912,397 in 2006 to £23.4m in 2007, £16.9m in 2008 and £13.47m in 2009. According to 2009's draft accounts, the club's overall staff costs - mainly accounted for by players' wages - were an astonishing 109% of revenues.

The Portsmouth saga is best understood as a story in two parts. Prior to last August, under first Milan Mandaric and then Sacha Gaydamak (possibly backed, according to a recent interview with former chief executive Peter Storrie, by his father Arcadi) the tale was a familiar - if extreme - version of the "live the dream" narrative patented by Leeds United, albeit with a unusually high turnover of players on the side.

Overspending on players and wages, mortgaging future revenues and failing to invest in the infrastructure meant that when the economic collapse hit home, Gaydamak had to pull his "benefactor" funding and Standard Bank and Barclays demanded repayment of their £50m loans (partly due to alleged concerns about his convicted arms dealer oligarch father Arcadi), the club was pitched into crisis.

A spokesman for Sacha Gaydamak today insisted there was "no link between Sacha's ownership of Portsmouth FC and funds from his father". He added: "Such statements have no factual basis. Sacha is, and has always been, the 100% owner of his investment in Portsmouth FC."

The financial meltdown triggered an altogether murkier tale of a loose alliance of overseas businessmen - including one convicted fraudster with reported links to a notorious loan shark - who failed in one attempt to take over the club in August but returned in October when Sulaiman Al-Fahim failed to come up with his promised investment. Storrie said they were capable of taking the club "to another level". Instead, they took it somewhere else entirely - into the history books as the first ever Premier League club to enter administration.

Here, we dissect who is owed what according to document:
The taxman (£17.1m)
It was Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs that forced Portsmouth to confront its cashflow crisis when it petioned for a winding up order over unpaid VAT, PAYE and National Insurance. The report shows that HMRC is currently owed £17.1m.
Unsecured loans to former owners (£38.2m)
• Falcondrone Ltd, the company through which the invisible Ali al-Faraj bought the club from Sulaiman Al Fahim, is owed £1.7m.
• Various Gaydamak investment vehicles that put money into the club as loans prior to selling it to Sulaiman Al Fahim for nothing, as well as £2.5m that settled an overdraft debt to Barclays when the facility was withdrawn - Devondale Investments Ltd (£2.6m); Ocadia Investments Ltd (£22.6m); Russian investment bank Antanta Securities Ltd (£3.8m); A Gaydamak loan account (£2.5m)
• Sulaiman Al Fahim (£5m) - The flamboyant Emarati who took over Portsmouth last August but had to sell it on to the shadowy Falcondrone regime just two months later put his money in as a loan, rather than an equity investment, the report shows.
Agents and scouting fees (£9.76m)
Selected:
• Peco AG (£2.045m)
• So-called "super agent" Pini Zahavi (£2.07m)
• Pro Active Sports Management (£100,000)
• Sky Andrew - Sol Campbell's agent (£54,850)
• Soccer Network Ltd (£637,500)
• Sport Invest UK Ltd (£750,000)
• Willie McKay (£225,000)
• Chris le Besque (£560,000)
• Richard Auger (£340,000)
Trade creditors (£4.37m)
Selected:
• Bognor Regis Football Club (£230)
• Canterbury Europe Ltd - former kit suppliers (£1.4m)
• Canterbury Europe Ltd sponsorship account (£590,000)
• Carol Moore Florist Ltd (£995)
• Carpet and General Cleaning Ltd (£792.66)
• Dairy Crest (£313.31)
• Dr Nigel Sellars (£15,000)
• Eastleigh Borough Council (£441)
• Emergency Response Services Ltd (£700)
• Heritage Leisure Designs (£93,199)
• Highbury Hawks Youth FC (£912)
• King Edward VI School (£41,714)
• Kitbag Ltd (£129,507)
• Model Display Cases (£594.95)
• Portsmouth City Council (£28,690.70)
• Portsmouth FC Supporters Club (£300)
• Priory Community Sports Centre (£11,000)
• Scout Association (£697)
• St John's Ambulance (£2,701.91)
• TWC Joinery and Shopfitting Ltd (£54,777.93)
• Vodafone Ltd (£5,748.40)

Hire purchase finance companies (£1.036m)
Selected:
Universal Leasing Ltd (£620,378.28)
Bank of Scotland (£98,812.84)
Fortress GB (£96,327.23)
Current and former players (£1.866m)
Selected:
Distin (£338,400)
Johnson (£265,080)
Crouch (£282,000)
Mullins (£101,520)
James (£87,984)
O'Hara (£84,600)
Image rights payments (£3.044m)
No breakdown but players owed include David Nugent, Niko Kranjcar, John Utaka, Kanu, Ben Haim, Diarra, Muntari and Campbell

Outstanding transfer instalments (£17.304m)
Selected:
Belhadj - RC Lens (4 payments of £453,576.78)
Boateng - Tottenham Hotspur (2 x £1.5m)
Dindane - RC Lens (2x £204,211, 1x £408,422)
Johnson - Chelsea (1x £140,000, 1 x £405,000, 1 x £375,000)
Muntari - Udinese (2x £844,073, 1 x £816,845, 1x £553,639 plus interest on late payments - 1x £181,521, 1x (£78,036)
O'Hara - Spurs (2 x £250,000)
Smith - Watford (2 x £450,000)
Utaka - Stade Rennais (1 x £630,619, 3x £635,324)
Williamson - Watford (2 x £250,000, 2 x £500,000)

The secured creditor (£14.2m)
Balram Chainrai, through his company Portpin Ltd - £14.2m

Watford owed 2.4 million. Ouch.

 

[Bwian]

Just three players on £50k a week (basic) accounts for 15,600 people buying a £500 season ticket - ignorning VAT, obviously - which I am sure they do/did.

That is worrying.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Couple more threads:
Pompey - Getting away with murder...
Pompey now owe £138m
And links:
Portsmouth's debt: questions and answers | Football | The Guardian
Portsmouth debts rise to £138m - Telegraph