By Micah Hall 26 August 2012 The long saga of Portsmouth football club’s turbulent ownership drama is set to reach a climactic denouement this week, as administrator Trevor Birch chooses between bids from former owner Balram Chainrai and the Pompey Supporters’ Trust. If the Trust succeeds in taking control of their long-suffering club, it will […]

THE SPORTS LAWYER is actually a posse of Britain’s brightest lawyers, from the Sport & Media team at the UK law firm, Thomas Eggar, who will be contributing features, analysis and insight on a regular basis on the key sports law issues of the day. In TSL’s latest column, Andrew Nixon considers the implications of a […]

By Nick Harris 24 October 2010 Portsmouth have been pulled back from the brink of extinction after former owner Sacha Gaydamak released a statement confirming he will agree the deal to bring them out of administration. As recently as the past few days it seemed Pompey could fold and that a phoenix club would be […]

By Nick Harris 22 October 2010 Sportingintelligence can reveal that plans for a new Portsmouth football club, AFC Portsmouth, are well advanced and the organisers behind the proposed new club – which would replace the one threatened imminently with liquidation – have already had secret consultations with football governing bodies about where in the football […]

By Nick Harris 5 August 2010 Portsmouth have won their case against the tax man in a High Court ruling today, securing their immediate future, subject to appeal. The case focussed on the terms of the CVA proposal Pompey agreed with creditors to allow them to emerge from administration. Portsmouth’s barrister, Richard Sheldon, QC, had […]

By Nick Harris 3 August 2010 The Premier League has confirmed this evening the introduction of new ownership and financial regulations for the 2010-11 season in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the type of farcical situation that unfolded at Portsmouth last season. Pompey, who were in the High Court today in relation to […]

By Nick Harris 17 June 2010 NB: original story posted pre-11am, update below Portsmouth are expected to exit administration and begin re-building for the future after the formal acceptance today of an offer by the club’s administrators to creditors. Sportingintelligence understands that the club’s administrator has received “yes” votes from creditors acccounting for around 80 […]

By Nick Harris 15 June 2010 Portsmouth’s administrator Andrew Andronikou has told sportingintelligence this evening that he is “pretty certain” that his proposal to creditors to take the club out of administration will be accepted at a meeting on Thursday. The plan offers creditors 20p in the pound, and although one major creditor, HMRC, has […]

** In the run-up to the next crucial meeting on Thursday of Portsmouth’s creditors at Fratton Park, Guy Thomas, Head of Insolvency at SA Law LLP , who has blogged extensively on Pompey’s woes, takes a look at the key players in the insolvency of Portsmouth City Football Club in its transition from Premiership club […]

By Nick Harris 20 May 2010 Avram Grant is “more than 90 per cent certain” to be manager of West Ham within a week according to a high-level source, speaking after Grant posted an emotional resignation letter to Portsmouth fans on the Pompey website this evening. The Israeli, 55, has been the No1 choice of […]