dbsweeney 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Portsmouth in dire straights after Peter Storrie admits cash has run out • Owner Sulaiman al-Fahim in search for new backers • Players and three board members have not been paid Portsmouth's owner, Sulaiman al-Fahim, will this weekend make a desperate attempt to attract fresh finance to the club after the chief executive, Peter Storrie, admitted "there is no money left". The move comes after another turbulent day at Portsmouth on which they were forced to admit that their first-team squad and executive board, including Storrie, had not been paid September's wages. The club rely on Fahim to pay those salaries but the owner has not yet delivered the £50m which he last week promised to provide within a month. At the weekend Fahim will meet representatives of two Saudi-based businessmen, the Faraj brothers, who were the leading members of the consortium fronted by Storrie which tried to buy the club this summer. "All the money from all the player transfers and the Sky TV money – all of the £35m from January – has gone straight to the Standard Bank," Storrie said yesterday, referring to Portsmouth's need to pay off a sizeable debt with the South African bank. "There is no money left." Unless something happens very soon in a Man City-type way, they are fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Best get that F.A cup DVD while before the club shop becomes an Argos boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 They can easily raise £50m by asking every man, woman and child in the country to donate £1 on the agreement that no one will ring that fucking bell ever again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 They'll be the first team in history to go down with minus points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Wolves away on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 707 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Nice to see that this al-Fahim clown passed the PL's 'fit and proper persons test' when he's not got a red cent to his name. Soon that bell will be a deathknell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 The good doctor turns out to be the undertaker. Which portly owner of a football club does that remind me of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonTheMag 4 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 And we thought Ashley was bad... Well he is, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 No sympathy for Pompy i'm afraid. I thought this rag head who took over was meant to be loaded ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 No sympathy for Pompy i'm afraid. I thought this rag head who took over was meant to be loaded ? If that were me....... Anyway, if Portsmouth went down the leagues I'd be pleased, they are a tiny, tiny club with mouthy fans, who have avoided the truth for 6 years i.e. punching well, well, well above their weight. One of the most annoying myths in football is they have good fans, their fans are shit and there's not many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I don't take pleasure in any club getting fucked over just as we have been, regardless of who they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3986 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I've been saying for years that the fuckers whould have been relegated for making no serious attempt to upgrade/build a decent ground (see also Fulham) so I hope they go tits up. (Even their current ground plans are all EU money based) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Feel for the fans as Ketsbaia says, I know how they feel. I suppose they've got the FA Cup win to remember though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I don't take pleasure in any club getting fucked over just as we have been, regardless of who they are. Totally agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 10021 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Just goes to show that the "fit and proper person" test is a load of old cobblers imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13883 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I thought Ashley's belly would have made that obvious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 He's been admitted to hospital in Dubai. going on if it turns out to be serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5941 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/oc...s-gordon-taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19856 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 No sympathy for Pompy i'm afraid. I thought this rag head who took over was meant to be loaded ? If that were me....... Anyway, if Portsmouth went down the leagues I'd be pleased, they are a tiny, tiny club with mouthy fans, who have avoided the truth for 6 years i.e. punching well, well, well above their weight. One of the most annoying myths in football is they have good fans, their fans are shit and there's not many of them. to be fair, there aren't many of them but their home fans make a lot of noise, a rarity these days. just out of interest, are there any sets of supporters from other clubs that you have anything good to say about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 No sympathy for Pompy i'm afraid. I thought this rag head who took over was meant to be loaded ? If that were me....... As amply illustrated elsewhere, fuck all would be said. Fred Dineage will be turning in his grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTacWoe 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I was on their forum a while back and it was interesting to see that many of their fans were very accepting of all of this and satisfied that they'd won the FA cup and had good players in recent years which many of them thought they would never see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiespaws 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 No sympathy for Pompy i'm afraid. I thought this rag head who took over was meant to be loaded ? If that were me....... You'd get the same treatment from me as 2Bias is now getting. 2Bias - check your PM's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9027 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 power mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Just realised what i said. Sorry if i caused offence to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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