2009–10 Portsmouth F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Portsmouth's 111th in existence, their seventh season in the Premier League and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football. It was a season in which the club struggled with financial problems and entered administration.

Portsmouth FC
2009–10 season
Portsmouth fans at Wembley Stadium during the 2010 FA Cup Final
OwnerPortpin (90%)
Al Fahim Asia Associates Limited (10%)
ManagerAvram Grant
StadiumFratton Park
Premier League20th (relegated)
League CupQuarter-finals
FA CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Aruna Dindane (8)
All: Frédéric Piquionne (11)
Highest home attendance20,821 (Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest home attendance6,645 (Hereford United)

The club finished at 20th place in the league, a place they had since the second round, which meant relegation to The Championship. Portsmouth managed to only receive points in 14 of the 38 games, in which were seven wins. In March they were docked nine points for entering administration.

Portsmouth's biggest success in the season came in the 2009–10 FA Cup, in which they manage to advance to the final after beating Coventry, Sunderland, Southampton, Birmingham and Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final. They played at Wembley Stadium in the final against Chelsea, a game that Chelsea won by 1–0. Portsmouth also participated in the League Cup and reached the quarter-finals.

Manager Paul Hart was sacked in November and replaced by Avram Grant, who stayed until the end of the season. French striker Frédéric Piquionne scored eleven goals throughout the season and was the club's top goalscorer.

Team kit

The team kit is produced by Canterbury of New Zealand and the shirt sponsor is Jobsite. On 8 April 2010, Portsmouth FC announced a new five-year kit supply deal with Kappa. They wore the Kappa strip for the first time in the FA Cup Semi Final on 11 April 2010.

Ownership changes

The club started the season with great expectation after Sulaiman Al-Fahim bought the club from previous owner Alexandre Gaydamak for a fee around £60 million, but Al-Fahim's ownership only lasted 40 days until Ali Al-Faraj and his business Falcondrone Ltd. bought 90% of Al-Fahim's stake in Portsmouth; as part of the deal, Al-Fahim became non-executive chairman at the club until the end of the 2010–11 season. However, at the start of February 2010, al-Faraj lost his stake in Portsmouth to a debtor as part of a repayment agreement on one of his loans. In 2010, Balram Chainrai loaned former owner Ali al-Faraj £17 million, secured through collateral of Fratton Park grounds and the club itself. When the owner failed to pay meet a scheduled loan repayment, Chainrai took over control of the club. He intended to sell the club as soon as possible, and in the meantime he leased Fratton Park back to Portsmouth, with possible future rental yields of nearly a million pounds annually. On the morning of 26 February, a formal announcement was made that the club had entered administration and would be docked 9 points once three directors of the Premier League board had met to agree when the points should formally be taken. Andrew Andronikou, Peter Kubik and Michael Kiely of accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young were appointed by the club as administrators.

Financial problems

Already before the season began Portsmouth saw a net transfer spend in the far negative with key players such Glen Johnson going to Liverpool, Peter Crouch and Niko Kranjčar to Tottenham Hotspur and Sylvain Distin to Everton. Although a team was assembled through cheap deals and loans it soon became clear that Portsmouth had been depleted of quality and the team began sliding down to the bottom of the table, with the first seven league matches being lost.

As the early stages of the 2009–10 season progressed, the finances dried up and the club admitted on 1 October that some of their players and staff had not been paid. On 3 October, media outlets started to report that a deal was nearing completion for Ali al-Faraj to take control of the club. On Monday 5 October, a deal was agreed for Al Faraj and his associates via the British Virgin Islands-registered company Falcondrone to hold a 90% majority holding, with Al-Fahim retaining 10% stake and the title of non-executive Chairman for two years. Falcondrone also agreed a deal with Gaydamak the right to buy, for £1, Miland Development (2004) Ltd, which owned various strategic pockets of land around the ground, once refinancing was complete. 2 days after the Al-Faraj takeover was completed Portsmouth's former Technical Director Avram Grant returned as Director of football.

On the pitch, Portsmouth's late transfer of funds called for a flurry of transfers at the end of the window, including the loan signing of Ivorian international Aruna Dindane, who would go on to score a hat-trick against Wigan Athletic. An opening run of seven defeats raised fears Hart would be sacked, but at the eighth attempt, at Molineux, Hassan Yebda (another loanee) headed the first win. Portsmouth were beaten 4–2 at Fratton Park by Aston Villa in the quarter finals of the League Cup, having beaten off Premiership high-flyers Stoke City; yet another loanee, Frédéric Piquionne, was on target twice. However, because of the financial problems, the Premier League placed the club under a transfer embargo, meaning the club were not allowed to sign any players.

Paul Hart was sacked by the board on 24 November 2009, based on the poor results that left Portsmouth at the bottom of the league. He was offered the role of technical director responsible for players aged 18–21, but he declined. Coaches Paul Groves and Ian Woan took temporary charge of the team. On 26 November 2009, Portsmouth F.C. announced on its official website that Avram Grant had been appointed as manager.

On 3 December 2009, it was announced that the club had failed to pay the players for the second consecutive month. On the 31st it was announced player's wages would again be paid late on 5 January 2010. According to common football contracts, the players then had the right to terminate their contracts and leave the club without any compensation for the club, upon giving 14 days notice. Despite the financial difficulties, Grant's time as manager was initially successful, having won two of his first four games in charge (against Sunderland and Liverpool) and only narrowly missing out on a point against league leaders Chelsea.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) filed a winding-up petition against Portsmouth at the High Court in London on 23 December 2009. HMRC claimed the club owed large sums in unpaid VAT on the club's net receipts from its negative transfer spend over the previous two years. Initially, the club denied the winding-up order and a statement was released via the club's website, in which the club stated that they expected the winding-up order to be retracted. The club applied to the High Court to strike out the winding-up petition. Tax lawyer Conrad McDonnell argued that the standard VAT treatment of football clubs, negotiated between the FA and HMRC, was wrong and legally no VAT should be charged on transfers of employees (players are employees), so that the whole HMRC debt was disputed. On 19 January 2010, the High Court dismissed the club's claim[1] although permission to appeal was granted and a statement from Portsmouth said the Judge "considered an appeal to the Court of Appeal would have a 'real chance of success'". This meant that the case stayed open and HMRC were not able to proceed with an immediate winding-up as they wanted.

Meanwhile, it was announced on 5 January 2010 that the Premier League were to use Portsmouth's share of the latest installment of television broadcast monies to pay off the club's debts to other top-flight sides. Chelsea, Tottenham and Watford were all owed money by Portsmouth (as were Udinese and Lens). The Premier League split £7 million between them. The action is allowed within league rules to protect clubs that are owed money from transfers.

On 26 January, The Premier League partially lifted the transfer embargo, and allowed the club to sign and register loanees and players not registered to other clubs. Portsmouth managed to sell a few players, garnering the hope that bills and staff might get paid on time. On 28 January, the club's deep financial trouble was further highlighted by the temporary closure of the Portsmouth website, after the club failed to pay their bills for its upkeep to their Bournemouth-based digital agency Juicy. The website was back live several hours later, after Juicy announced a new financial arrangement with Portsmouth. It appeared on 2 February 2010 that staff and players were not paid their wages on time for the fourth time in five months, causing Portsmouth's PFA representative to call for more openness from within the club.

On 4 February, Portsmouth was taken over by its fourth owner in one season: Balram Chainrai. A Nepalese businessman based in Hong Kong, Chainrai took over Portsmouth as part of a clause in a loan deal he made with the previous owners. He is thought to have given the club between £15 and £20 million, but the debts were not repaid.

A full court hearing of HMRC's winding-up petition was held on 10 February 2010 and the club was given a "stay-of-execution" for a further seven days with a view to securing a new buyer. If the club did not enter administration or HMRC did not recover its money, the club could have been wound up by the Court and a liquidator appointed.

On 26 February 2010, having not secured a new buyer before the 25 February deadline, they prepared to enter administration, and appointed UHY Hacker Young as administrators. On the morning of 26 February, a formal announcement was made that the club had entered administration and would be docked nine points once three directors of the Premier League board have met to agree when the points should formally be taken. The Premier League decided to delay their decision until the Court case on 15 March decided the club's fate, After beating Birmingham City 2–0 on 6 March, Portsmouth once again made the FA Cup Semi-finals, to face Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on 11 April. On 11 March, the HMRC withdrew their winding-up order, having contested the validity of the administration that was implemented on 26 February, after receiving documentation proving its validity. On 12 March Peter Storrie stepped down as the club's CEO, though he remained at the club in the short term as a consultant to the administrator.

On 15 March, a consortium fronted by Rob Lloyd entered a period of exclusivity to buy Portsmouth FC. Rob Lloyd met 19 invited Portsmouth fans at the Hilton Portsmouth on Sunday 14th to outline his group's plans and to answer questions from the fans.

On 17 March 2010, Portsmouth were docked nine points for entering administration. That only confirmed a relegation that was always inevitable, with Portsmouth being last in the league on actual points as well. Portsmouth reached the 2010 FA Cup Final against Chelsea, losing the match 1-0, but would have normally been qualified to the UEFA Europa League as Chelsea had qualified for the higher ranked Champions League. However, Portsmouth was denied entry due to its financial state, with Premier League's 7th-placed team Liverpool taking over its place.

On 24 March 2010, administrator Andrew Andronikou revealed that the club would be looking to start the next season with a whole new squad. Players with expiring contracts would be allowed to leave and Portsmouth FC were looking to sell between eight and ten players. Overall, up to 20 players could leave at the end of the season. The club would be looking to build their team from free transfers in the summer transfer window to save money.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ENG David James (captain)
3 DF  POR Ricardo Rocha
4 MF  RSA Aaron Mokoena
5 MF  ENG Jamie O'Hara (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
6 MF  ENG Hayden Mullins
7 DF  ISL Hermann Hreiðarsson
8 MF  SEN Papa Bouba Diop
9 FW  FRA Frédéric Piquionne (on loan from Lyon)
11 MF  ENG Michael Brown
15 GK  FIN Antti Niemi
16 DF  IRL Steve Finnan
17 FW  NGA John Utaka
18 DF  BEL Anthony Vanden Borre (on loan from Genoa)
19 FW  ENG Danny Webber
20 FW  ENG Tommy Smith
21 GK  ENG Jamie Ashdown
22 MF  SCO Richard Hughes
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  GHA Kevin-Prince Boateng
24 FW  CIV Aruna Dindane (on loan from Lens)
26 DF  ISR Tal Ben Haim
27 FW  NGA Nwankwo Kanu
31 GK  ENG Liam O'Brien
32 MF  ALG Hassan Yebda (on loan from Benfica)
33 MF  GRE Angelos Basinas
35 DF  IRL Marc Wilson
37 FW  FRA Gaël N'Lundulu
38 MF  ENG Marlon Pack
39 DF  ALG Nadir Belhadj
40 DF  ENG Joel Ward
41 MF  ENG Matt Ritchie
43 DF  ENG James Hurst
44 DF  ENG Luke Wilkinson
46 DF  GER Lennard Sowah
47 FW  TUR Nadir Çiftçi

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ENG Linvoy Primus (retired)
3 DF  FRA Younès Kaboul (to Tottenham Hotspur)
10 FW  ENG David Nugent (on loan to Burnley)
14 DF  ENG Mike Williamson (to Newcastle United)
14 FW  GHA Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (on loan from Spartak Moscow)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  FRA Sylvain Distin (to Everton)
19 MF  CRO Niko Kranjčar (to Tottenham Hotspur)
25 DF  SRB Duško Tošić (on loan to Queen's Park Rangers)
31 GK  BIH Asmir Begović (to Stoke City)
42 MF  FRA Gauthier Mahoto (to Bastia)

Squad statistics

[2]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GK David James 250 40 00 290 30
3DF Younès Kaboul 192 40 20 252 51
3DF Ricardo Rocha 100 20 00 120 02
4MF Aaron Mokoena 21+20 41 2+10 27+31 70
5MF Jamie O'Hara 25+12 31 00 28+12 80
6MF Hayden Mullins 15+30 4+20 20 21+50 30
7DF Hermann Hreiðarsson 171 50 10 231 20
8MF Papa Bouba Diop 9+30 5+20 00 14+50 10
9FW Frédéric Piquionne 26+85 6+13 2+23 34+1111 20
10FW David Nugent 0+30 0+10 00 0+40 00
11MF Michael Brown 22+22 60 2+10 30+32 61
14MF Quincy Owusu-Abeyie 3+70 00 0+11 3+81 00
15DF Sylvain Distin 30 00 00 30 00
16DF Steve Finnan 20+10 40 00 24+10 10
17FW John Utaka 10+81 3+42 31 16+124 20
18DF Anthony Vanden Borre 15+40 20 41 21+41 21
19MF Niko Kranjčar 40 11 00 51 00
19FW Danny Webber 4+131 1+30 32 8+161 10
20FW Tommy Smith 12+41 20 00 00 00
21GK Jamie Ashdown 5+10 10 10 14+41 00
22MF Richard Hughes 9+10 1+20 2+11 12+41 50
23MF Kevin-Prince Boateng 20+23 52 00 25+25 90
24FW Aruna Dindane 18+18 31 21 23+110 70
26DF Tal Ben Haim 21+10 10 10 23+10 40
27FW Nwankwo Kanu 6+172 0+10 0+42 6+224 00
31GK Asmir Begović 8+10 30 30 14+10 10
32MF Hassan Yebda 15+32 20 30 20+32 30
33MF Angelos Basinas 7+50 1+20 20 10+70 30
35DF Marc Wilson 280 60 1+10 35+10 30
39DF Nadir Belhadj 16+33 2+11 40 22+44 20
40DF Joel Ward 1+20 00 10 2+20 10
41DF Matt Ritchie 1+10 00 00 1+10 00
46DF Lennard Sowah 3+20 00 00 3+20 00

Top scorers

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
9FW Frédéric Piquionne 5 2 3 10
24FW Aruna Dindane 5 1 1 7
39DF Nadir Belhadj 4 1 0 5
23MF Kevin-Prince Boateng 3 1 0 4
27FW Nwankwo Kanu 2 0 2 4
3DF Younès Kaboul 3 0 0 3
17FW John Utaka 0 2 1 3
19ST Danny Webber 1 0 2 3
32MF Hassan Yebda 2 0 0 2
5MF Jamie O'Hara 1 1 0 2
7MF Hermann Hreiðarsson 1 0 0 1
17FW Aaron Mokoena 0 1 0 1
18DF Anthony Vanden Borre 0 0 1 1
22MF Richard Hughes 0 0 1 1

Transfers

In

Permanent

Date Pos. Name From Fee
1 July 2009 DF Aaron Mokoena Blackburn Rovers Free
1 July 2009 DF Steve Finnan Espanyol Free
7 August 2009 GK Antti Niemi Unattached Free
27 August 2009 ST Tommy Smith Watford £1.8M
28 August 2009 MF Michael Brown Wigan Free
28 August 2009 MF Kevin-Prince Boateng Tottenham Hotspur £4.0M
31 August 2009 DF Tal Ben Haim Manchester City Undisclosed
1 September 2009 DF Mike Williamson Watford £3.0M
1 September 2009 FW Danny Webber Sheffield United Free
3 February 2010 DF Ricardo Rocha Standard Liège Free
12 February 2010 DF Duško Tošić Werder Bremen Free

Loan

Date Pos. Name From Return date
5 August 2009 FW Frédéric Piquionne Lyon End of season
13 August 2009 DF Anthony Vanden Borre Genoa End of season
28 August 2009 ST Aruna Dindane Lens End of season
28 August 2009 MF Jamie O'Hara Tottenham Hotspur 15 January 2010
1 September 2009 MF Hassan Yebda Benfica End of season
29 January 2010 FW Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Spartak Moscow 31 March 2010
29 January 2010 MF Jamie O'Hara Tottenham Hotspur End of season

Out

Permanent

Date Pos. Name To Fee
2 June 2009 DF Djimi Traoré Monaco Free
26 June 2009 DF Glen Johnson Liverpool £17.0M
1 July 2009 DF Geraint Price Stewarts & Lloyds Corby Free
1 July 2009 DF Sol Campbell Notts County Free
1 July 2009 DF Andre Blackman Bristol City Free
1 July 2009 DF Ryan Woodford Havant & Waterlooville Free
1 July 2009 MF Sean Davis Bolton Wanderers Free
1 July 2009 MF Louis Castles Bognor Regis Town Free
1 July 2009 MF Jerome Thomas West Bromwich Albion Free
1 July 2009 MF Glen Little Sheffield United Free
1 July 2009 MF Lauren Córdoba CF Free
1 July 2009 MF Noé Pamarot Hércules Free
1 July 2009 MF Joe Collins Unattached Free
1 July 2009 FW Andréa Mbuyi-Mutombo Standard Liège Free
27 July 2009 FW Peter Crouch Tottenham Hotspur £9.0M
7 August 2009 MF Arnold Mvuemba Lorient Free
12 August 2009 DF Martin Cranie Coventry City £0.5M
27 August 2009 DF Sylvain Distin Everton £6.0M
1 September 2009 MF Niko Kranjčar Tottenham Hotspur £2.5M
7 December 2009 DF Linvoy Primus Unattached Retired
27 January 2010 DF Mike Williamson Newcastle United £1.0M
27 January 2010 DF Younès Kaboul Tottenham Hotspur £6.0M
1 February 2010 GK Asmir Begović Stoke City £3.25M
1 February 2010 MF Gauthier Mahoto Bastia Free
24 March 2010 GK Antti Niemi Unattached Contract terminated
31 March 2010 MF Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Al Sadd Loan terminated

Loan

Date Pos. Name To Return date
27 July 2009 FW Ryan Gazet Du Chattelier Weymouth September 2009
28 July 2009 DF Callum Reynolds Luton Town 22 January 2010
1 September 2009 MF Matt Ritchie Notts County 31 December 2009
1 September 2009 FW David Nugent Burnley 25 January 2010
1 September 2009 MF Tom Kilbey Dagenham & Redbridge 1 October 2009
14 October 2009 GK Asmir Begović Ipswich Town 23 November 2009
2 January 2010 FW Paris Cowan-Hall Grimsby Town End of season
5 January 2010 DF Luke Wilkinson Northampton Town 5 February 2010
7 January 2010 MF Marlon Pack Dagenham and Redbridge 5 February 2010
1 February 2010 FW David Nugent Burnley End of season
25 March 2010 DF Duško Tošić Queens Park Rangers End of season

Matches

Pre-season

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A
Scorers Attendance
21 July 2009 Havant & Waterlooville A 2 – 2 Bopp 58', 62' 3,216
25 July 2009 Basingstoke Town A 0 – 0 1,588
27 July 2009 Eastleigh A 1 – 6 Kaboul 5' Cowan-Hall 10' Subotić 26' Nugent 75', 80', 88' 1,401
31 July 2009 Vitória de Guimarães A 2 – 0 Rui Miguel 57' Custódio 87'
1 August 2009 Benfica A 4 – 0 Cardozo 16', 41' Weldon 71' Wilkinson (o.g.) 86'
8 August 2009 Rangers H 2 – 0 Piquionne 31', 51' 9,018
8 August 2009 Gosport Borough H 0 – 3 Ritchie 13', Ashikodi **', Subotić **' 832

Competitions

Date Opponents Tournament H/A Result Scorers Attendance Referee
15 August 2009 Fulham Premier League H 0 - 1 17,510 Martin Atkinson
19 August 2009 Birmingham City Premier League A 0 - 1 19,922 Lee Probert
22 August 2009 Arsenal Premier League A 1 - 4 Kaboul  37' 60,049 Steve Bennett
25 August 2009 Hereford League Cup H 4 - 1 Piquionne  20', Utaka  23', Kranjčar  43', Hughes  56' 6,645 Andy D'Urso
30 August 2009 Man City Premier League H 0 - 1 17,826 Howard Webb
12 September 2009 Bolton Premier League H 2 - 3 Kaboul  25', Boateng  43' 17,564 Chris Foy
19 September 2009 Aston Villa Premier League A 0 - 2 35,979 Stuart Attwell
22 September 2009 Carlisle Utd League Cup A 3 - 1 Dindane  26', Webber  32', Vanden Borre  62' 7,042 Neil Swarbrick
26 September 2009 Everton Premier League H 0 - 1 18,116 Alan Wiley
3 October 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League A 1 - 0 Yebda  19' 29,023 Howard Webb
17 October 2009 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League H 1 - 2 Boateng  59' 20,821 Phil Dowd
24 October 2009 Hull City Premier League A 0 - 0 23,720 Stuart Attwell
27 October 2009 Stoke City League Cup H 4 - 0 Piquionne  17,59', Webber  55', Kanu  81' 11,251 Peter Walton
31 October 2009 Wigan Athletic Premier League H 4 - 0 Dindane  35,64,90' (pen.), Piquionne  45+3' 18,212 Alan Wiley
7 November 2009 Blackburn Rovers Premier League A 1 - 3 O'Hara  15' 23,110 Andre Marriner
22 November 2009 Stoke City Premier League A 0 - 1 27,069 Kevin Friend
28 November 2009 Manchester United Premier League H 1 - 4 Boateng  32' (pen.) 20,482 Mike Dean
1 December 2009 Aston Villa League Cup H 2 - 4 Petrov  10' (o.g.), Kanu  87' 17,034 Lee Mason
5 December 2009 Burnley Premier League H 2 - 0 Hreiðarsson  65', Dindane  84' 17,822 Phil Dowd
12 December 2009 Sunderland Premier League A 1 - 1 Kaboul  90+3' 37,578 Steve Bennett
16 December 2009 Chelsea Premier League A 1 - 2 Piquionne  59' 40,137 Mark Clattenburg
19 December 2009 Liverpool Premier League H 2 - 0 Belhadj  33', Piquionne  82' 20,534 Lee Mason
26 December 2009 West Ham United Premier League A 0 - 2 33,686 Lee Probert
30 December 2009 Arsenal Premier League H 1 - 4 Belhadj  74' 20,404 Alan Wiley
2 January 2010 Coventry City FA Cup H 1 - 1 Boateng  45' 11,214 Phil Dowd
12 January 2010 Coventry City FA Cup A 2 - 1 Wright  90' (o.g.), Mokoena  120+1' 7,097 Mike Jones
23 January 2010 Sunderland FA Cup H 2 - 1 Utaka  42,57' 10,315 Peter Walton
26 January 2010 West Ham Premier League H 1 - 1 Webber  76' 18,322 Andre Marriner
31 January 2010 Manchester City Premier League A 0 - 2 44,015 Martin Atkinson
3 February 2010 Fulham Premier League A 0 - 1 21,934 Anthony Taylor
6 February 2010 Manchester United Premier League A 0 - 5 74,684 Lee Mason
9 February 2010 Sunderland Premier League H 1 - 1 Dindane  90+5' 16,242 Kevin Friend
13 February 2010 Southampton FA Cup A 4 - 1 Owusu-Abeyie  66', Dindane  75', Belhadj  82', O'Hara  85' 31,385 Howard Webb
20 February 2010 Stoke City Premier League H 1 - 2 Piquionne  35' 17,208 Mike Dean
27 February 2010 Burnley Premier League A 2 - 1 Piquionne  25', Yebda  76' (pen.) 19,714 Mark Clattenburg
6 March 2010 Birmingham City FA Cup H 2 - 0 Piquionne  67,70' 20,456 Steve Bennett
9 March 2010 Birmingham City Premier League H 1 - 2 Kanu  90+2' 18,465 Mike Jones
15 March 2010 Liverpool Premier League A 1 - 4 Belhadj  88' 40,316 Stuart Attwell
20 March 2010 Hull City Premier League H 3 - 2 Smith  37', O'Hara  88', Kanu  89' 16,513 Phil Dowd
24 March 2010 Chelsea Premier League H 0 - 5 18,753 Lee Mason
27 March 2010 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League A 0 - 2 35,870 Kevin Friend
3 April 2010 Blackburn Rovers Premier League H 0 - 0 16,207 Steve Bennett
11 April 2010 Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup N 2 - 0 Piquionne  99', Boateng  117' (pen.) 84,602 Alan Wiley
14 April 2010 Wigan Athletic Premier League A 0 - 0 14,323 Mike Dean
18 April 2010 Aston Villa Premier League H 1 - 2 Brown  10' 16,523 Lee Probert
24 April 2010 Bolton Wanderers Premier League A 2 - 2 Dindane  54,68' 20,526 Howard Webb
1 May 2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League H 3 - 1 Dindane  20', Utaka  39', Brown  67' 19,213 Mike Jones
9 May 2010 Everton Premier League A 0 - 1 38,730 Peter Walton
15 May 2010 Chelsea FA Cup N 0 - 1 88,335 Chris Foy

Premier League

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHHAAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultLLLLLLLWLDWLLLWDLWLLDLLLDLWLLWLLDDLDWL
Position1520202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Wigan Athletic 38 9 9 20 37 79 42 36
17 West Ham United 38 8 11 19 47 66 19 35
18 Burnley (R) 38 8 6 24 42 82 40 30 Relegation to the Football League Championship
19 Hull City (R) 38 6 12 20 34 75 41 30
20 Portsmouth (R) 38 7 7 24 34 66 32 19[lower-alpha 1]
Source: Premier League
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Portsmouth were docked nine points for entering administration.[3]

Topscorers

References

  1. Portsmouth City Football Club Limited v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] STC 683
  2. http://www.11v11.com/teams/portsmouth/tab/players/season/2010
  3. "Portsmouth Football Club". premierleague.com. Premier League. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
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