Should we feel sorry for Pompey?

There are a number of long-running issues in football that remain unresolved that anyone with half a brain can see will at some point result in large ramifications that can be avoided if tackled early enough.

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Pompey's possible rebirth

There comes a time for every football club when they have to shake off the remnants of bygone days. This summer will see the rebirth of Portsmouth Football Club.

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Michael Appleton- Does he possess the best job in football?

Bear with me because what I am about to propose may shock a few of you but, regardless of my position as a Portsmouth supporter, I can see reason why Michael Appleton’s job is far more exciting than may initially seem the case.

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Pompey: The Rise and Fall

Telling someone you support Portsmouth F.C is always guaranteed to grant you some kind of smile or comment, and this has been the case ever since I started.

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A tribute to the evergreen Kanu

Kanu has been an excellent servant to the sport worldwide with a career spanning over 500 first class games and 87 International caps. His demi-god status in his native Nigeria is almost matched by the warmth and respect he is revered with throughout Britain having earned it throughout his long career.

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Tottering on the brink

These are uncertain times for Portsmouth FC, entering administration for the second time in as many years, propping up the Championship table, and being forced to get rid of their best players in order to try and raise money.

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Was this the week the administration threat was realised?

Familiarity with a dangerous situation helps to breed a certain amount of confidence in dealing with aforementioned situation, a confidence that can border on the complacent.

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Saturday Morning News & Gossip Round Up - AVB & Cahill rift? City to outbid United for South American plus more

A daily round up of all the Premiership news and gossip stories.

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Portsmouth case highlights lack of lesson learning

The relentless nature of modern day football means the game is one in which déjà vu is a regular occurrence; you sit in the same seat every fortnight, with the same people around you, watching broadly the same XI players against largely the same teams as the year before, singing the same songs.

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Rejoice. Capello is gone

Rejoice. Capello is gone. Instead of some stubborn, sour-faced Italian sitting in the dugout who only knew the swearwords from the entire English dictionary, we can now have a smooth talking, charming Englishman providing a bit of gentlemanly conduct on the touchline. Oh wait. It’s gonna be ‘Arry.

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Top 10 Footballing Scumbags

We all know football is a sport for the overpaid, the undeserving and the obnoxious. You only have to turn on Sky Sports News to see another footballer has been arrested for various misdemeanours, or flick open the tabloid paper to find another Premiership star’s copped off someone’s wife. But the question is, who is football’s biggest scumbag? Here is the Top 10:

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Deadline day has passed - What a relief!

EVERY football fan longs for the transfer window to open. The fact is, despite the excitement and entertainment deadline day brings, most are quietly disappointed when it reaches its climax.

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Has the FA Cup lost its romance?

Often labelled as the greatest cup competition on the planet, the FA Cup started in 1871 and is loved for its ‘all or nothing’ match pace, giant-killings and its illustrious cup final day out to Wembley. The competition has been held in high prestige amongst clubs and its fans from all tiers since its creation.

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Darlington's Plight Highlights Everything that is Wrong with Football

Only at the eleventh hour did a £50,000 influx of cash from Darlington supporters save the club from extinction, whilst on the same day, Nedum Onuoha demanded wages of almost double that.

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Southampton: Just a small club in Hampshire

It wasn’t until I moved to Southampton that I realized just how big a club the Saints actually is, whilst they spent a lot of time playing top flight football and have had big names likes Kevin Keegan, Alan Shearer and Matt le Tissier play for them, I still didn’t regard them as a big club.

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