Portsmouth Football Club have been hit with yet another punch as the threat of administration looms – with manager Michael Appleton stating he is ‘ready for a points deduction.'

But is a points deduction really fair on Portsmouth Football Club?
Pompey's recent dogged luck has been created by individuals who were inadequate to run the football club and a controversial system in which they were appointed: the so called Fit and Proper Person's Test.

Brad Friedel and Tottenham Hotspur were held to a draw by Liverpool at Anfield, while Birmingham City jumped up the standings with a win over Portsmouth,

The big news yesterday was to do with Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, and of course Newcastle play Spurs on Saturday afternoon in London. Redknapp talks to press after being found not guilty of tax evasion yesterday Harry Redknapp, the former Portsmouth manager and former Portsmouth Chairman Milan Mandaric were both found not guilty of two charges of tax evasion [.

I was amazed earlier today (wed) when the jury at Southwark Crown Court found Harry Rednapp innocent of avoiding tax payments in an off-shore account in Monaco.
The Spurs Supremo had been under investigation for five years by the Inland Revenue concerning his HBSC account in Monaco's tax haven.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp was cleared of tax evasion charges earlier today, and whilst that's great for him and Spurs, it could be bad news for Liverpool FC. The jury in the case - which was heard at Southwark Crown Court - delivered a unanimous verdict in favour of Redknapp and former Portsmouth Chairman Milan Mandaric, and afterwards, Redknapp blasted the decision to bring the

In a decision that was undoubtably cheered at the FA's headquarters, a jury today cleared Spurs manager Harry Redknapp and former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric of tax evasion.

Speaking on the steps of Southwark Crown Court, Redknapp said the case "should never have come to court".

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp and his co-defendant Milan Mandaric have been cleared of tax evasion. The jury at Southwark Crown Court found that Redknapp had not deliberately avoiding tax on payments made to him by his then Portsmouth chairman Mandaric.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp and his co-defendant Milan Mandaric have been cleared of tax evasion. The jury at Southwark Crown Court found that Redknapp had not deliberately avoiding tax on payments made to him by his then Portsmouth chairman Mandaric.

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.

We hadn't realised that Mike Williamson is very good friends with Adrian Mariappa of Watford. Adrian Mariappa not coming to Newcastle We knew that Mike had played with Mariappa at Watford when he was there in 2009 for nine months, before he moved to Portsmouth, but Mike has said he's disappointed the move didn't finally materialize, as Watford and Newcastle were unable [.

This is not the first time that Newcastle center-back Mike Williamson has paid tribute to Newcastle United captain Fabricio Coloccini. Mike Williamson sings the praises of Colo again Ever since Mike arrived at Newcastle two years ago from Portsmouth for £1M (what a deal!), he has talked about how much he has learned from the 34 times capped Argentine International.

Hmm, lets get this over with.

His first goal:

My favorite:

Best season:

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Bobby Zamora 09/10 Fulham. Watch more top selected videos about: Fulham F.C.

His funniest (scroll to :45 second mark)

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The latest ITS Wag of The Week is Melissa Satta the underwear model girlfriend of AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng who has recently revealed the former Portsmouth star gets injured because he has too much sex! Prince Boateng has been hampered by a series of niggling injuries mainly to his thigh having started just 15 [.

A Wii exaggeration Harry Redknapp's tex evasion trial heard yesterday that the Tottenham manager is hopeless when it comes to technology. The court was played police recordings of Redknapp saying: "I can't work a computer, I don't know what an email is, I can't, I have never sent a fax and I've never even sent [.

And that's his defence An unexpected upshot of Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp's tax evasion trial is his claims that he is a near-illiterate, disorganised technophobe who cannot even fill in a team sheet. Southwark Crown Court heard that Redknapp writes "like a two-year-old" and "can't spell".

Three days on, that stamp is still the major talking point in football, dominating the backpages and sports leads. Not that it was a stamp, of course. Poor Mario has been cruelly victimised by referees. I realise English isn't his first language but he really has to get to grips with what 'victimised' actually means, as opposed to ‘stay on the pitch and score the crucial winning goal that could lead to the league title'.

By Chris Wright

Seeing Tony Popovic sat on the Crystal Palace bench against Cardiff last night bought warm memories oozing back of the Croaustraliatian centre-half's finest contribution to the Premier League annals; his majestic hooked own-goal during Palace's 3-1 defeat to Portsmouth at Fratton Park in 2004 a sublime effort that has since seen him become a bit of a Youtube Hall-Of-Famer.

Mali vs Guinea 1-0 Highlights CAN 2012 Video Goal Bakaye Traore Guinee is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Mali vs Guinea 1-0 Highlights CAN 2012 Video Goal Bakaye Traore Guinee is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Mali vs Guinea 2012 ( Mali Guinea/ Guinee Video below) Final score and result:- Mali vs Guinea 1-0 ( Bakaye Traore) Stade de Franceville- CAN 2012- Group D Like Ghana against Botswana, [.

Rosie gets an offshore bank account. What's in it for Buster?

Harry Redknapp maintained an bank account in Monaco into which Portsmouth's then owner, Milan Mandaric kept sending him secret payments or "bungs" to the tune of £187,000 as commissions from transfers. This was in lieu of bonuses promised to Redknapp when he was at Portsmouth, as director of football, and then manager.

The underwear model girlfriend of AC Milan star Kevin Prince Boateng reckons she is the reason behind his injury-ravaged season. Melissa Satta thinks she has done a better job of nobbling the ex-Spurs and Portsmouth man than even the toughest of Serie A centre-backs. Boateng has started just 11 Serie A games this season as [.

The underwear model girlfriend of AC Milan star Kevin Prince Boateng reckons she is the reason behind his injury-ravaged season. Melissa Satta thinks she has done a better job of nobbling the ex-Spurs and Portsmouth man than even the toughest of Serie A centre-backs. Boateng has started just 11 Serie A games this season as [.

The underwear model girlfriend of AC Milan star Kevin Prince Boateng reckons she is the reason behind his injury-ravaged season. Melissa Satta thinks she has done a better job of nobbling the ex-Spurs and Portsmouth man than even the toughest of Serie A centre-backs. Boateng has started just 11 Serie A games this season as [.

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp set-up a secret offshore 'bung' account named after his pet dog, a court heard yesterday. Redknapp was said to have received "bungs or offshore bonuses" from former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric during his time at Fratton Park. The payments were allegedly received into a bank account in Monaco.

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp set-up a secret offshore 'bung' account named after his pet dog, a court heard yesterday. Redknapp was said to have received "bungs or offshore bonuses" from former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric during his time at Fratton Park. The payments were allegedly received into a bank account in Monaco.

This week, we shall be running a series of five posts examining the fortunes of 5 clubs that have experienced significant financial and/or organisational turmoil in recent times. Unfortunately, this cross section is but the very precarious tip of a very grubby iceberg indeed - and if you think the problems we shall detail are unique to this quintet alone or indeed the 72 clubs in the Football League, then think again.

This week, we shall be running a series of five posts examining the fortunes of 5 clubs that have experienced significant financial and/or organisational turmoil in recent times. Unfortunately, this cross section is but the very precarious tip of a very grubby iceberg indeed - and if you think the problems we shall detail are unique to this quintet alone or indeed the 72 clubs in the Football League, then think again.

Cardiff City - Crystal Palace 2:30pm - Fox Soccer Plus Palace leads this Carling Cup semifinal series 1-0, with the winner advancing to play the winner of the Manchester City - Liverpool series. So it's Championship versus Premier League in the final, regardless of who wins. Palace are coming off a 2-1 loss to Blackpool on Saturday, while Cardiff City beat Portsmouth 3-2.

So it's been quite a while since anybody here at Stumptown Footy convened at Jeld-Wen Field for a training session. It was good to get back out there and, more importantly, it was good to get back out into the stadium. Forgot how much I missed that place!

Anyway, today's Quotes and Notes edition might be a tad shorter than usual.

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.

P TIMES PG 1 West Ham United 54 2 Southampton 50 3 Cardiff City 50 4 Middlesbrough 45 5 Hull City 43 6 Blackpool 42 7 Reading 42 8 Leeds United 42 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 10 Derby County 41 11 Birmingham City 40 12 Burnley 40 13 Crystal Palace 37 14 Barnsley 36 15 Leicester City 35 16 Portsmouth 32 17 Peterborough United 31 18 Watford 30 19 Bristol City 30 20 Millwall 29 21 Ipswich Town 26 22 Nottingham Forest 24 23 Doncaster Rovers 23 24 Coventry City 22

... Benjani More teamsheet poetry for you, courtesy of OTP reader Rasputin (that might not be his real name). We're off to Portsmouth for: Luke Varney, Benjani Yesterday, we asked you to drop us a line with your suggestions, adding that putting forward Toure and Toure wasn't big or clever. Just to clarify, that rule [.

... Benjani More teamsheet poetry for you, courtesy of OTP reader Rasputin (that might not be his real name). We're off to Portsmouth for: Luke Varney, Benjani Yesterday, we asked you to drop us a line with your suggestions, adding that putting forward Toure and Toure wasn't big or clever. Just to clarify, that rule [.

... Benjani More teamsheet poetry for you, courtesy of OTP reader Rasputin (that might not be his real name). We're off to Portsmouth for: Luke Varney, Benjani Yesterday, we asked you to drop us a line with your suggestions, adding that putting forward Toure and Toure wasn't big or clever. Just to clarify, that rule [.

... Benjani More teamsheet poetry for you, courtesy of OTP reader Rasputin (that might not be his real name). We're off to Portsmouth for: Luke Varney, Benjani Yesterday, we asked you to drop us a line with your suggestions, adding that putting forward Toure and Toure wasn't big or clever. Just to clarify, that rule [.

P TIMES PG 1 West Ham United 51 2 Southampton 50 3 Cardiff City 47 4 Middlesbrough 45 5 Hull City 40 6 Derby County 40 7 Blackpool 39 8 Burnley 39 9 Reading 40 10 Leeds United 39 11 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 12 Birmingham City 37 13 Crystal Palace 37 14 Barnsley 36 15 Leicester City 35 16 Watford 31 17 Portsmouth 32 18 Peterborough United 31 19 Bristol City 27 20 Millwall 26 21 Ipswich Town 26 22 Nottingham Forest 24 23 Doncaster Rovers 23 24 Coventry City 19

In his recent post on the loan system, my fellow blogger Lloyd drew attention to its clever exploitation by Watford in recent seasons. Tom Cleverley was perhaps the best known of the Vicarage Road lodgers but Ben Foster did strikingly before him, while Henri Lansbury and Andrew Taylor also starred in gold.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is said to be monitoring the situation around Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe after news emerged that his agent told the club that the striker wants to leave in this transfer window in order to get more regular starts.
Dalglish is said to be considering a number of players to bolster his attacking options due to Luis Suarez's suspension and Andy Caroll's prolonged struggle for form.

Chelsea vs Sunderland 2012 Highlights 1-0 Frank Lampard goal video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Chelsea vs Sunderland 2012 Highlights 1-0 Frank Lampard goal video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Chelsea vs Sunderland 2012 ( Chelsea v Sunderland video below) Final score and result:- Chelsea vs Sunderland 1-0 ( Frank Lampard) 14th January, 2012- Saturday- Stamford Bridge, London- 15.

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George John left the U.S. men's national team camp last week to pursue an opportunity abroad.

That move has been completed, with John moving to a club in England.

According to various reports out of England, FC Dallas has loaned John to West Ham United.

We like it when the internet throws up a slightly unexpected video. For example, when we got up this morning we didn't know we would be writing about Portsmouth cult hero Linvoy Primus. And we definitely didn't think we would be featuring him bowling. Big Linvoy doesn't even have to watch the ball as it [.