Harry Redknapp, David Bernstein, and Fabio Capello in Les Liaisons Dangereuses

A day ago, Harry Redknapp was in the dock on tax evasion charges. If proven guilty, it would end his chances to be England manager, a post that he has long coveted. Worse, as a convicted felon, the punishment could mean jail time and a leave of absence from football for a long, long time.

C'mon 'Arry break out in a smile now!

Harry Redknapp's been found to be as clean as a whistle. The three week trial which took place at Southwark crown courts came to an end as both Redknapp and his former Pompey boss, Milan Mandaric were cleared of tax evasion charges with the prosecution building their case around the Peter Crouch sale which involved two transfer amounts totaling £189,000.

By Alan Duffy

At 11.30 am today, Twitter almost burst at the seams with journos declaring that Spurs boss Harry Redknapp, along with his former Pompey boss Milan Mandaric, had been found not guilty on two charges of tax evasion.

Interestingly, at the same time, England boss Fabio Capello was heading to The FA for a showdown meeting following his remarks to the Italian media that, in the eyes of the Italian, John Terry was still his captain.

When questions about your football club are raised in Westminster and the Prime Minister agrees that the situation needs investigation then you know you are in a bad way. Not because you might be investigated but because the Prime Minister actually knows what Penny Mordaunt, MP for Portsmouth North, is talking about.

When questions about your football club are raised in Westminster and the Prime Minister agrees that the situation needs investigation then you know you are in a bad way. Not because you might be investigated but because the Prime Minister actually knows what Penny Mordaunt, MP for Portsmouth North, is talking about.

Is it allowable under FA rules for someone to manage the England team from Ford Open Prison?
The HMR&C campaign against different aspects of football fraud, tax avoidance, money laundering and, soon, illegal insider betting activity is parallelling along on numerous fronts - Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric, Rangers FC, Portsmouth FC, and other potential routes of investigation still to be unearthed via Quest and the News of the World scandals etc etc.

Following SJ Maskell's torrid Pompey prologue of yesterday, the spotlight now falls on a second club beginning with P: the Valiants from Burslem in Staffordshire and a business that has fallen on decidedly hard times after punching above its weight for much of the nineties. We last heard from Tom Bourne in June; his coruscating post casting a light on troubling events at Vale Park.

So, Fantasy Football Owner is being played at Pompey yet again. Against a background of a HMRC winding up order for two months unpaid PAYE a total of £1.6m the familiar dance of chancers, secret consortia and mad millionaires continues. Yet no serious candidate has emerged. The transfer window advances towards slamming point and all our promising new manager, Mike Appleton, can do is manipulate a-one-in-one-out situation with our expensive but depleted eighteen man squad.

So, Fantasy Football Owner is being played at Pompey yet again. Against a background of a HMRC winding up order for two months unpaid PAYE a total of £1.6m the familiar dance of chancers, secret consortia and mad millionaires continues. Yet no serious candidate has emerged. The transfer window advances towards slamming point and all our promising new manager, Mike Appleton, can do is manipulate a-one-in-one-out situation with our expensive but depleted eighteen man squad.

It has been another crazy week of football and there was no lack of drama with the big four (Plus two more this week). The off field news was way more interesting than the actual football to be honest and so its that time of the week, the time to relive the week that was (n't):

Arsenal:

"I think he will be a good signing, slot him at left back and we will win the league"

- Wenger talks about signing RVP's son

Finally the Arsenal we know are back.

What a rough week I have had. My week was similar to Arsenals current form, depressing. Well screw all that, we still had a great week of football. So let me give you a slightly over the top review of the week that wasn't:

Arsenal:

It was another dramatic week for the Gunners.

Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda has expressed relief at the club's recent back-to-back wins over the Wolves and Portsmouth, and hopes that the Blues can continue to perform well.

A lack of stability has hindered the Blues' prospects of domestic success this season and with Stamford Bridge not being the fortress it has been in recent years, Malouda admits that the team is particularly concerned about the home form.

Fernando Torres, Chelsea's No. 10.

The Spaniard again failed to find the score sheet, but provided the necessary creativity that resulted in a late torrent of goals and a largely flattering 4-0 victory over visiting Portsmouth in the third round of the FA Cup. We weren't anywhere near our best, but we'll take it.

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By Alan Duffy

Blackburn Rovers 4-2 Swansea City Premier League 3rd December 2011

At Ewood Park on Saturday, Blackburn fed the Yak 'til he almost burst, but he indeed score a goal, four to be exact. The 29-year-old (that's what he claims anyway, but I've a sneaking suspicion that 'Nigerian years' are closer to 'dog years' than anything else) has rediscovered his best goal-poaching form again, leading Rovers to a much needed three points against Swansea.

Its a form of 'Pass the Parcel'. A crowd of Russian, Israeli, Hungarian, Hong Kong and even British businessmen sit in a darkened room and spin poor old Pompey around until it ends up in the hands of one or more of them. The holder then has to keep it going until he finds an exit strategy. Then it goes back on the table with the same players and gets spun around again.

Its a form of 'Pass the Parcel'. A crowd of Russian, Israeli, Hungarian, Hong Kong and even British businessmen sit in a darkened room and spin poor old Pompey around until it ends up in the hands of one or more of them. The holder then has to keep it going until he finds an exit strategy. Then it goes back on the table with the same players and gets spun around again.

Just why are so many managers in football unemployed and out of work at the moment. Could be that the financial crisis is effecting managers too? Or is it simply because they are bidding their time, before going back into the big time job. This article is going to look at all these reasons and [...

Its getting to the point where Pompey fans are wondering if there is some kind of Karmic force coming to a head in the City. Something to do with all those Crusaders who set sail from there back in the middle ages perhaps? Because the tally of owners of ill-repute the club has had over the last 20 years is growing to epic proportions.

Per the offal: "Fulham FC can confirm that Keanu Marsh Brown has today left the Club by mutual consent."

Never played a minute for the first team, but was on the bench for those memorable wins over Shaktar, Juventus; a few other random Europa Games. Had a pretty productive spell at MK Dons the second-half of last season, and even played a part in the Dons' playoff run.

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Glen Johnson goal vs Chelsea Video Liverpool 2011 November is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This Glen Johnson goal vs Chelsea ( video below) gave Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Chelsea in the Premiership match contested between the two sides on November 20, 2011.

Portsmouth are understood to be closing in on non-league starlet Dan Thompson, who has also attracted interest from Liverpool and Newcastle according to skysports.com.
The 17-year-old striker, who currently plies his trade for Hampton & Richmond has been tipped for a bright future, as a host of Barclays Premier League clubs continue to monitor the situation.

Pompey close on starlet

Portsmouth are understood to be closing in on non-league starlet Dan Thompson, skysports.com can reveal.

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By Alan Duffy

There has always been an alleged whiff of alleged dodginess allegedly surrounding the alleged football manager Harry Redknapp. Well now the man touted as the next England boss will be facing actual charges in an actual courtroom rather than flimsy rumour and speculation.

Not many saw it coming.Portsmouth's appointment of West Bromwich Albion assistant head coach Michael Appleton as new manager left fans from both clubs scratching their heads.His lack of experience in a field rumoured to include seasoned campaigners like Steve Coppell and Sean O'Driscoll is striking.So what exactly have Pompey seen in the 35-year-old – who becomes the 21st player managed by Alex

By Alan Duffy

Soccer Saturday is already crammed full of over-acting buffoons (see "Merse" and his screeches when the ball goes anywhere near the goal in his particular game). However, while Paul Walsh was reporting on Pompey's game with Nottingham Forest at the weekend, a fan made the most of his moment in the limelight.

Well, if you wanted someone in the ranks with a decent knowledge of Portmouth FC then we have it in Steve Cotterill. He's been with us a month, and since then Pompey have been looked after in a caretaker capacity by Guy Whittingham and former Forest player Stuart Gray. It's rumoured Cotterill would like Gray [.

Portsmouth have signed Manchester City attacking midfielder Abdul Razak on a month-long loan.

The 18-year-old, who was born in the Ivory Coast, has made four appearances for City and could make his Pompey debut against Derby on Saturday.

Razak was discovered on the grass roots football website UK Football Finder, starting his career with Battersea Ironside before Bolton, Palace & City all came in for the talented youngster.

David Stockdale started and made 6 saves in Ipswich Town's 1-0 loss to Crystal Palace. Last Tuesday he started and made 7 saves in Ipswich Town's 1-0 win at Portsmouth.

Bjorn Helge Riise did not dress in Portsmouth's 2-0 win over Barnsley. Last Tuesday he was an unused sub in Pompey's 1-0 loss to Ipswich.

We did it! A win and a clean sheet! Ten points out of twelve, means we go into the international break on a high. Twiggster talks about the Pompey game on this weeks show and of course there are interviews with the manager and quite a few players. News of Leeds players on international duty and listener emails make up this weeks Glory Glory Leeds.

Ireland U21 international Robbie Brady could have scored a hat-trick, but ended up without a goal to his name on Saturday, as Hull beat Portsmouth 1-0 at the KC Stadium.
The Manchester United on-loan winger was thwarted three times by Pompey keeper Jamie Ashdown, whose heroics were enough to limit the Tigers to just one goal, scored by the equally impressive Robert Koren early in the first-half.

Watch Morgan sink Pompey

The prolific Adam Morgan was on the mark as Liverpool U18s recorded their first league win of the season against Portsmouth. Watch the highlights now.

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Whilst predicting who will be in the running for the title is about as easy as looting a JD Sports in Hackney, a perhaps far more difficult task is looking at who are the contenders for the chop. So let's take a look at the managers facing a "squeaky bum time".
Harry Redknapp

I'm gonna start off with a potential left field choice in good old ‘arry from the Lane.

Quick Reminder, Real Life The beginning of last season was OK but the real damage was done in the second half. After losing 2-0 at home to Pompey on December 11th, Norwich only lost one more match for the rest of the season (@ fellow promoted side Swansea City in early April. Not bad for a team in their first year back in the Championship.

With the Wanderers having signed Nigel Reo-Coker, we have another midfielder in our ranks. For those who don't know much about Reo-Coker, here's a bit of background and insight for you.

NRC was brought up in the Wimbledon system where he played from 2002 to January of 2004. He made 58 appearances for the club which included a captaincy roll and 6 goals.

Word out of New Zealand is that Kansas City will have another international match at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park this year. According to the NZ Herald, if it's finalized, the US Women's National Team will be at LSP on September 17th to take on New Zealand. The game would be part of a two game series between the sides with the other game being in Portland.

Luke out As you may have spotted, loyal OTP fans, I've been on my holidays. While I was sunning myself, Chelsea captain John Terry was indulging in a spot of pre-season beheading. This comes from the recent clash between the Blues and Portsmouth. Pompey's new signing Luke Varney nearly found the new season over very [.

Nothing on the official yet, but Jonathan Greening has signed for Nottingham Forest according to their website:

The 32-year old Greening reunites with Steve McClaren after spending two full seasons at our club (one on loan, one officially). He made 49 total appearances, scoring just two goals (one being the winner against Pompey in January 2009).

By Chris Wright

Chelsea's pre-season friendly against Pompey yesterday threw up a few points of interest, the first being that both sides played in the same strip for some reason, the second being John Terry's concerted effort to seperate Luke Varney's head from his shoulders during a goal-line scramble.