Monday 2 July 2012

#Pompey: The Story Of Portsmouth FC As Told On Twitter - July 2012

Introduction
If you've been following this blog you will recall that I thought it would be interesting to track the story of Portsmouth FC during 2012 on a day-to-day basis through those tweeting using the hashtag #Pompey.

When I started on January 1st 2012 it seemed like quite a good idea - but I wasn't sure if I would be able to see it through the month let alone the year!

The good news is that I've completed the first half of the year! Now, it's time to move on to the second half with tweets from July. Enjoy.

Previous Months
You can see the #Pompey tweets from January by clicking on the link below where you can also read a little bit more about my thoughts at the start of this project. I've changed my approach to this since the start with such a rich vein of tweets on the #Pompey timeline. Originally I planned to pick a few tweets each day but I quickly changed that as the story unfolded.
January 2012 #Pompey tweets

You can see the #Pompey tweets from February by clicking on the link below:
February 2012 #Pompey tweets

You can see the #Pompey tweets from March by clicking on the link below:
March 2012 #Pompey tweets

You can see the #Pompey tweets from April by clicking on the link below:
April 2012 #Pompey tweets

You can see the #Pompey tweets from May by clicking on the link below:
May 2012 #Pompey tweets

You can see the #Pompey tweets from June by clicking on the link below:
June 2012 #Pompey tweets

So, here is the story of Portsmouth FC for July 2012 as told by you on Twitter and as I saw it unfold.
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Note 1: the most recent tweet for each day is shown first in the lists below, so to read them in the order they appeared in the Twitter timeline start at the bottom.

Note 2: the tweets listed below are those of the accounts shown in bold text and the views/opinions expressed are theirs and not mine. I've not asked anyone's permission to record tweets here so let me know if you have any concerns about me doing that or if you'd like to just contact me and say 'hi' then I am @PompeyChicken on Twitter.

31/07/2012
@officialpompey #Pompey have been placed in the south west group for the Johnstone's Paint Trophy: http://tinyurl.com/bp45opj

@sheffieldskate Pompey Supporters Trust still in contention to buy #pompey - ESPN Soccernet http://es.pn/NhuvYB

@pompeylive #Pompey Jackson sees a future for fans’ ownership at Pompey - POMPEY joint-administrator Bryan Jackson believes ther... http://ow.ly/1lKXU3

@MattPorter14 Mmm chanrai to takeover again! Im happy to have a club, but the problem still wont be solved! League 2 and the same thing! #ABC #pompey

@HeyGeno We are in last chance saloon, we can't afford to be choosy IF we want to survive. #pompey. PST can always make bid later in year
@HeyGeno Chainrai close to securing rescue for Pompey - http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/chainrai-close-to-securing-rescue-for-pompey-7988201.html finally good news? #pompey

30/07/2012 
@simeonadams With no rivalry, there is no sport. Park the Olympics - it would be a genuine shame to see #Pompey close. Even as a #SaintsFC fan.

@pn_neil_allen Touching interview today with @GregHalford15 over his #Pompey sacrifice. There are players out there who do get what clubs mean to fans. 

@pn_neil_allen Kanu officially departs #Pompey, leaving three players. While Championship interest in Lawrence. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/birch-reflects-on-encouraging-week-1-4108560

@BrynB92 If #Pompey get out of this situation that we are in I will be very very surprised

@statsnufc On this day: In 2006 Sol Campbell was heavily linked with a move to #NUFC after his contract at #AFC expired. He later signed for #Pompey.

@pn_neil_allen Simon Gillett decides to end #Pompey stay and train with Forest. Luke Rodgers given another week to impress. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/pompey-to-lose-gillett-1-4108562

@pn_neil_allen #Pompey decide against pursuing interest in Lloyd Sam following a 10-day trial.

@AstorSonnen Haven't tweeted about #pompey in a while. Hoping we make the new season so I can start tweeting football again!

@pmryderesq Those who start the season for #Pompey need to evoke the spirit of 1948. We might not go on to be Kings of England but heroes can be made 

29/07/2012
@BarrettJonny Hate Sundays, no #Pompey news.

@lsa_blues Correction....sitting in old Stretford End today. Plastic stadiums all look the same ;o) lol
@lsa_blues At the OT end where I watched Walshy score for #Pompey against Man U in League cup ...a long time ago....

@beck5ter #pompey your owners bought success now you are paying the penalty bye bye

@alexread11 Leaving for Wembley in a bit! #Pompey shirt on. #PompeyAtWembley!

@PompeyChicken Can't move players on? Sounds strangely familiar. Life at the other end of the football spectrum with #MCFC => http://gu.com/p/39bjn/tw #Pompey

28/07/2012
@stevebone1 Good to see the great #Pompey sale continuing with Halford and Huseklepp going, but someone's just found Ivica Mornar in a broom cupboard.

@pn_neil_allen People asking about Lawrence. Kitson can't come to a compromise. Lawrence attracting club interest so has not turned down anything. #Pompey

@SjMaskell 'State of the #Pompey nation' from @colinfarmery: http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/portsmouth/fb_news.php?storyid=17682&title=colin_farmery:_as_the_trust_team_plays_to_win,_heres_the_key_players...#.UBPB4Bc4qZU.twitter

@pn_neil_allen Huseklepp gone! Four left. Amazing how more keen some players are to help the club. Over to you TBH, Kanu and Kitson. #Pompey

@officialpompey Erik Huseklepp completes his move to Brann: http://tinyurl.com/bryfsfg #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey legend: It’s time to start again - Alan Knight spoke of his anger at Pompey's demise and insisted: It... http://ow.ly/1lH1T5

@colinfarmery @lequipe is on fire today. Article on five times French champs Reims, bust and in regional league 20 yrs ago, now back in Ligue 1 #Pompey

@Pompey_Fans BLOG: My personal plea to the Pompey three...: In February 1991 I stood on the terraces with my Dad on t... http://bit.ly/QsogmL #pompey

@bobbeech One thing they got wrong tonight should have got #pompey fans to sort that ticker tape welcome

@ABCheatle I believe that there is genuine hope that #pompey will not be liquidated. Surely Lawrence and Huseklepp will move on next.

27/07/2012
@kristemple So five remain at #Pompey after Greg Halford's move to Forest. Huseklepp, Lawrence, Ben Haim, Kitson & Kanu.

@officialpompey Greg Halford leaves #Pompey to join Nottingham Forest: http://tinyurl.com/c5ucteb

@pn_neil_allen So Kanu wants £3m, is disputing a #Pompey deal signed 2 years ago and is refusing to train.Yet his agent accuses Birch of 'picking a fight'!

@Pompey_Royal RIP the great Jack Taylor who refereed my first ever #Pompey game, home to #Huddersfield, March 1969. @officialpompey

@Tom_Carnduff_87 We're saving Portsmouth, we're saving Portsmouth, we're Leeds United, we're saving Portsmouth! #SavePompey #lufc #Pompey

@Pompey_Fans TRANSFER: Huseklepp set to travel to Bergen to sign off Brann deal: The Erik Huseklepp deal seems to be ... http://bit.ly/OhUKnv #pompey

@officialpompey David Norris has signed a three year deal with Leeds: http://tinyurl.com/bwf3wtn #pompey

@pn_Rory_McKeown Vladimir Antonov story here: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/law-and-order/antonov-faces-extradition-hearing-next-year-1-4105006 #Pompey
@pn_Rory_McKeown The start of Mr Antonov's full hearing is subsequently nearly 14 months after his initial arrest. #Pompey
@pn_Rory_McKeown Mr Antonov appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court this morning over bank fraud allegations in Lithuania. #Pompey
@pn_Rory_McKeown Former #Pompey chairman Vladimir Antonov to face full ten-day extradition hearing next year, starting January 21, 2013.


@ShippSport Here's my latest piece for @shootmagazine, about how time is running out for #Pompey... http://www.shoot.co.uk/news/latest_article/C50/leagues_1_2/pompeys_sos/

@pompeylive #Pompey Birch hopeful of top earners leaving Pompey - POMPEY administrator Trevor Birch says he is hopeful of 'two o... http://ow.ly/1lFMMV

@Godz657 Apparently the mystery special guest lighting the Olympic flame is..... Ali al-faraj #Pompey

@NabilHassan79 Kanu accuses #pompey administrator Trevor Birch of treating him like an ‘imbecile’: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/kanu-blame-birch-for-woes-1-4100487

@Pompey_Fans TRANSFER: Huseklepp deal could be done on Friday: Erik Huseklepp could sign for Norwegian side Brann tod... http://bit.ly/QNpiOE #pompey

@MajorRaverMatt Banter between two sets of fans, is one of great things about Football. But mindless abuse on social networks is the worst #pompey #saintsfc

@NewmanElly “@TSSLUFC: We've done more to save #Pompey from liquidation than the administrators. We expect a thank you card! #LUFC”

@Pompey_Fans BLOG: Pompey may cease to exist – why don’t I care?: If you have known me at any point in my 29+ years o... http://bit.ly/PQ1HeS #pompey

@pn_neil_allen #Pompey triallists to discover their fate. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/triallists-to-learn-their-pompey-fates-1-4100402

@tomc_1984 #ff these top #pompey fans @Saintsmadmomma @HantsOnlyTeam @AdeMcKenzie @RBSFC @saintgert @S13SFC @RussellSFC

26/07/2012
@OfficialBrowner If portsmouth dont liquidate they can thank us for buyin all there players and keepin em in business #LUFC #Pompey

@ryanjshaws God, I wish Norwich would stop signing all our players, its not on. You wouldn't catch #lufc doing that would you #pompey fans!

@Pompey_Fans @pn_neil_allen Ken Bates is buying #Pompey. And Leeds United are footing the bill...

@Miguel_BOTB Here's the nearest thing you'll get to making some sense of recent events at Portsmouth: http://ow.ly/cvXXE #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Warnock delighted with Norris capture - Neil Warnock has praised Leeds' capture of David Norris. http://ow.ly/1lEjcv

@Pompey_Fans BLOG: Pompey's final showdown see everyone get their retaliation in early...: It's all been kicking off ... http://bit.ly/OJFudW #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Appy to help Pompey deadlock - Michael Appleton has revealed he has personally intervened in a bid to persua... http://ow.ly/1lE6b5

@crstig “@HeyGeno: Although the fat lady is on her way and her spot is booked it's not over yet!!! #pompey” Who will pay her… ;-)

@MarkJames94 Doesnt matter which club it is, any team folding is sad news for football #SavePompey #pompey

@Pompey_Fans 'Pompey players must do the right thing': Matteo: Former Leeds United captain Dominic Matteo has urged P... http://bit.ly/QJel0N #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Andronikou convinced on player compromise - FORMER Pompey administrator Andrew Andronikou has told The News ... http://ow.ly/1lE2qt

@pn_neil_allen #Pompey. Norris gone to Leeds, Halford on way to Forest, Erik poised for Brann, Lawrence interesting 2 clubs. Then there are the other 3....

@alexread11 We are Portsmouth. 2 times champions of England, 2 time FA Cup champions, most successful team in Hampshire And we wont go quietly! #Pompey

@pompey657mark Right Morning everyone,no negative #pompey news today please,give us one day of good news#savepompey

@AlbionPeter #Pompey's players may be holding out for payment but it is sick football 'family' get paid before any community debts http://gu.com/p/399zz

@MarwellDeZeeuw A #Pompey at any level saved & run by a supporters organisation is far more Pompey than a Portpin Pompey with the same shit going on and on
@MarwellDeZeeuw As a #Pompey fan should I be happy to continue on in same corrupt Chainrai inspired vicious circle again.Is it a future? Doesn't work for me

25/07/2012
@pompeylive #Pompey Halford in talks with Forest - Greg Halford has held talks with Nottingham Forest over a move to the City Gr... http://ow.ly/1lDf92

@mickwill A good blog about the plight of #Pompey by @lukeymoore http://gu.com/p/399zz/tw Some interesting comments too!

@MikeWade84 Leeds have five ex #pompey players in their team tonight and are linked to a sixth, David Norris. Financial mismanagement friends! #lufc

@pn_neil_allen Chainrai wants the club, Andronikou around, trouble shifting Ben Haim, Kanu in contract wrangle. For #Pompey it's the summer of 2010 again.

@iowrob Once again players: compromise = money for you and #Pompey lives. Hold out = no money and #Pompey dies. Not rocket science. Figure it out!

@pn_neil_allen Norris today travelled to the north for more talks over a switch to either Leeds or Sheffield Wednesday. Let's hope sorted soon. #Pompey

@meridiantonight Pompey administrator speaks to Meridian after telling players the club could close on August 10th. #Pompey See iv here http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2012-07-25/pompey-could-fold-in-weeks/

@Pompey_Fans Some players 'don't understand what's at stake' - Adminstrator: The join administrator for Pompey has sa... http://bit.ly/Q2QQel #pompey

@danjohnson_stfc Surprised at the level of hate towards #pompey from #saints fans, rivalries make football, I wouldnt want to see #oufc go under #STFC

@FCBusiness #Portsmouth in 'critical' condition http://www.fcbusiness.co.uk/news/article/newsitem=1931/title=portsmouth+in+%26%23039%3Bcritical%26%23039%3B+condition #Pompey

@MY_News_Agency Harry Redknapp joining the fight to help save old club #Portsmouth by giving Kanu a call and asking him to drop his £3m lawsuit. #Pompey

@supmarkus BREAKING NEWS! Gazza spotted outside Fratton Park with a box of chicken and a fishing rod #saintsfc #Pompey

@SjMaskell New on TwoHundredPercent the current situation at #Pompey Some details: http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=19917

@ZcottAFC If Redknapp really wanted to help #Pompey, he should give the PST a couple of million. #BackTheBid

@DeeEee1985 I wonder how many 'Arry haters will come out saying how much they really love him as he wades in to the crisis? #Pompey

@Lord_Palmerston Looking at TalkShite's audience figures it won't be long before they're asking if Adrian Durham is worth saving. #Pompey

@miketickner Oh no Harry is getting involved. We're doomed!! #savepompey #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Redknapp: I’ll talk to Kanu - FORMER Pompey boss Harry Redknapp has revealed he will talk to Nwankwo Kanu ov... http://ow.ly/1lCAVY

@NabilHassan79 The latest from the #Pompey Supporters Trust as well as Trevor Birch's interviews on 
@solentsport and Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18979636

@SkySportsMobile Harry Redknapp has revealed that he will attempt to help save his former club Portsmouth from being shut down #POMPEY #REDKNAPP

@officialpompey Michael Appleton says #Pompey's pre-season defeat to Brighton means nothing: http://tinyurl.com/cb8a6rn

@pn_neil_allen To any who may have missed this + new followers, this is the #Pompey player and liquidation latest. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/no-green-light-for-pompey-1-4089837


24/07/2012
@pn_neil_allen A few recent #Pompey player claims debunked? http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/no-green-light-for-pompey-1-4089837

@solentsport #pompey administrators set date of August the 10th for closure of club - unless players agree to wage/transfer compromise deals

@officialpompey Update from administrators: http://tinyurl.com/cjycqyq #pompey

@pompeytrust PST Statement now online http://www.pompeytrust.com - We are ready to save PFC from liquidation.

@officialpompey Full Time: Brighton 5 #Pompey 1

@officialpompey Hoskins crosses in and an unmarked Agdestein scores off the post #pompey

@officialpompey Brighton 5 (Agdestein 63) #Pompey q

@officialpompey Vicente swings in a free-kick and Vincelot heads home #pompey

@officialpompey Goal: Brighton 4 (Vincelot 48) #Pompey

@officialpompey Half Time: Brighton 3 #Pompey 1

@officialpompey Sam sends in a great cross from right and Thompson finished from close range seconds after coming on #pompey

@officialpompey GOAL: Brighton 3 #Pompey 1 (Thompson 45)

@officialpompey Stunning strike from distance that flies into the top corner - no stopping that #pompey

@officialpompey Goal: Brighton 3 (Vicente 34) #Pompey 0

@officialpompey Correction: Matt Sparrow scored Brighton's second not Vicente #pompey

@officialpompey Spaniard's low drive from edge of box creeps into bottom corner #pompey

@officialpompey Goal: Brighton 2 (Vicente 25) #Pompey 0

@officialpompey Hoskins finishes after Brighton cross from left #pompey

@officialpompey Goal: Brighton (Hoskins 11) #Pompey 0

@officialpompey #Pompey subs; Perez, Westwood, Butler, Colson, Wallace, Thompson, Lopez

@officialpompey #Pompey team v Brighton: Preece; Dumbuya, Magri, Webster; Harley; Sam, Gillett, Howard; Harris; Walker, McLeod

@lecrin #Pompey under threat. Kanu wants what is owed to him. 8 full time players left. What a mess at Fratton Park #pfc http://wordofsport.blogspot.com.es/2012/07/how-low-pompey.html

@crstig If you were interested in one of #pompey's players, why would you pay a fee now, when free in a couple of weeks.

@pompeylive #Pompey Home-grown talent hopes to encourage Pompey fans - Sam Magri has spoken of his Pompey pride at wearing the c... http://ow.ly/1lB1Bp

@bobbeech That awkward moment my wife asks have you retired as you've done lots of #Pompey stuff lately but not much work. Oops. #doghouse 

@crstig Interesting comments from PFA chief Gordon Taylor on #pompey http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/sports-breakfast/120724/taylor-carroll-modric-and-portsmouths-fight-survival-177226

@pompeylive #Pompey Varney completes move as Norris edges closer to exit http://ow.ly/1lAUU5

@solentsport #Pompey striker Luke Varney has completed a medical at #LUFC and is set to finalise his move north on a two-year deal

@ossieram Gutted for fans,but #pompey have had enough chances.A club needs to go under to teach all others a lesson.

@shakil_90 #Pompey going bust would be fantastic for English football, if only to serve as an example that clubs should live within their means

23/07/2012
@Iveco76 I do have sympathy with the #Pompey fans, but the contracts after 1st admin were ridiculous & were 5x+ what may champ sides could afford

@GregHalford15 Press soon and say more but at the moment I can't.
@GregHalford15 That's all I can say at the moment but believe me I'm doing everything I can to do my part help save this club! I will come out in the ....
@GregHalford15 How it stands at the moment. I love this club and I want to see it survive!!!! #pup
@GregHalford15Of making even more debts for the club. Its been the hardest thing I've ever gone thru and it kills me to see the club like this but that's
@GregHalford15 The best thing for me to do for the club is to try and get a fee from another club for my services ad pay of outstanding debts instead.....
@GregHalford15
Asking me to tear up my contract need to know. I'm more than willing to that!!!! But if I do it leaves the club in a worse situation......
@GregHalford15 I think the majority of Pompey fans know I'm willing to do anything I can to help the club and keep it living, but for the people who are...
@luvvielighter Some questions need to be asked of the administrator to explain the real issues rather than blaming players for not getting moves. #pompey
@luvvielighter #pompey fans should read @GregHalford15 timeline from 16:00 today for a small explanation about the players' situation.

@Hinks7 “@officialpompey: @ZoeAshdown1 Please congratulate Jamie on his move to Leeds from everyone at #Pompey. Well deserved.” great servant #Pfc

@DanBrett90 Who will be the next to play the Million Pound Drop? http://bit.ly/PB9xZK #pompey #fb

@swindonstirch Feel sorry for #Pompey fans. But English football long overdue a big casualty. Not sure it will change change much though

@pn_neil_allen In just one day @SOSPompey got the UK's media to focus on #Pompey and smoked out Ben Haim and Chainrai for rare interviews. Superb effort.

@emilysmithpfc I know it has already been mentioned but surely after today's developments there has to be a meeting with fans, players and Birch. #Pompey

@iepeach Sorry to have to say it once again and sound like stuck record but trust none of them & question everything #Pompey

@taughtyourboyf I said from the start Birch was brought in to liquidate the club! Maybe this was his plan all along? #savepompey #pompey

@junioroufc So all these great #pompey fans tweeting #savepompey .. We're you all in attendance last season? How many sell outs you have at home?

@Silly_Ghost @SimonL17 as said, watch SKY, he confirms hell go and lose money but Birch not talking to the players? Also questions Birches fees? #pompey 

@Silly_Ghost @SimonL17 you not been watching Sky? TBH says ALL willing to cut a deal, and take the loss in money BUT says TB not talking to them. #pompey

@simonpfc So let me get this right. Ben Haim has now come out and said he's not been contacted, is willing to compromise and help the club? #Pompey

@NabilHassan79 We spoke to Bob Beech from SOS #Pompey earlier, he called on the club's players to become legends and help save them: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18958234

@Silly_Ghost He looked and sounded sincere to be fair. RT @lukeedney: Tbh I don't see much wrong with what TBH just said #Pompey

@Pompeytel #pompey. Ben Haim Says he is prepared to do a deal and lose money. Says TB not talking to players? Questions why TB not cutting his wage too

@NabilHassan79 #pompey Tal Ben Haim: "Trevor Birch must talk to us & not the press. He cannot do a deal through them, his fees are more than my wages."

@NabilHassan79 #pompey Tal Ben Haim: "We signed contract with good faith, we want to play football, it's very difficult but I want to help this club."

@NabilHassan79 #pompey Tal Ben Haim:"The fans do not the truth, Trevor Birch disappeared for two months, it is not our fault, he has to do a deal with us."

@adam_ts @SkySportsNews keeping us waiting for the @markmcadamtv clip with #pompey #TBH ...the suspense....! 1st time he's spoken to media for years?

@tonyr2011 I wish the #pompey fans the very best of luck with their efforts to save their club all true football fans should stick together #Portsmouth

@brookminto If players are owed wages they have a right to these. The players should not be punished because of the poor running of the club. #pompey

@Seasider06 shameful effects of football creditor rule on show at Portsmouth. hope the club survives. #Pompey #PompeyGers

@alexread11 What TBH, Kitson and Kanu are doing is the equivalent of going down with the Titanic, and demanding a refund as it goes. #Pompey

@SjMaskell Players not the villains at #Pompey http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/portsmouth/fb_news.php?storyid=17605&title=sj_maskell:_halford_has_the_right_attitude_to_make_the_players_legends

@pompeylive #Pompey Birch tells fans: Pompey are two weeks away from liquidation http://ow.ly/1lzycy

@pn_jordan_cross Job done by @SOSPompey in raising awareness of #Pompey plight. Phone not stopped ringing from national media asking for interviews today.

@HeyGeno football fans need to ask, what if our owner walked away tomorrow? can the club survive without their backing? most couldnt #pompey

@MrAlexWard #Pompey is the football equivalent of the #Eurozone. Let them both die and we'll all be better for it.

@tweetingnav Tal Ben Heim & Luka Modric - two players who sum up everything that is wrong with today's footballers. #Pompey #pfc #THFC

@Pompey_Fans TRANSFER: Brann hopeful on Huseklepp after Rodolphe seals Leeds deal: Brann Bergen's sporting director i... http://bit.ly/P04AsA #pompey


@ChrisLewis_1994 Fairly sure Kitson was going to get the letter the first time round, but he probably missed. #Pompey

@solentsport One final point from training ground here: Dave Kitson apologised to fans for not stopping, thought it was merely a media scrum #Pompey
@solentsport Dave Kitson now talking to SOS #Pompey members in car park, and has belatedly accepted their letter
@solentsportLuke Varney & Liam Lawrence aren't expected at the training ground today, and Kanu is in Nigeria, so that completes the #Pompey Eight
@solentsport Then comes Erik Huseklepp who winds his window and accepts the letter #pompey
@solentsport Ben Haim straight in, refused to stop #pompey
@solentsport Next in is Greg Halford who happily listens to the fans and takes the letter on his way in #Pompey
@solentsport #Pompey players arriving at training ground. Norris stopped & accepted fans' letter, Kitson refused to stop.
 
@pn_neil_allen Best of luck this morning to @bobbeech and @SOSPompey in their training ground trip. Watching developments with interest from Spain. #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Read the SOS Pompey letter in full - Below is a copy of the letter which will be handed to Pompey players as... http://ow.ly/1lzlfy

22/07/2012
@killjoybobert Can Tal Ben Haim not see that if Pompey go bust, he'll have no club anyway! And no club in England will touch him after this!! #pompey #pfc

@lyzchambers Chanrai, Ben Haim, Kitson et al all want their pound of #Pompey flesh. When are they all going to realise there isn't enough? Too late?

@HeyGeno I have no idea how ANY club signs players without relegation clauses! Why do normal business rules disappear in football boardrooms #pompey

@S13SFC #Pompey fans begged players not to leave in Jan when they were being paid wages the club couldn't afford & now issue death threats #saintsfc

@HeyGeno what sort of drug was the journalist who wrote the "Sean Derry to #pompey " story on? not a chance

@Phill_Russell @alexread11 did you hear some #Pompey fans going down the training ground tomorrow with a letter for the players!

@Jparkes23 Too many hot girls #pompey

@BackPage Everton have competition from Portsmouth to sign Rangers youngster Rhys McCabe. #EFC #PFC #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey hand trial to Gibraltar midfielder - Gibraltar's Liam Walker was today invited to train with Pompey. http://ow.ly/1lya0d

@NabilHassan79 Portsmouth administrator Trevor Birch tells the Independent: "We are two or three weeks away (from liquidation)." #pompey

@BPLTransferNews #Pompey are interested in Shaun Derry. #QPR (People)

@iowrob Players: compromise = some money for you and #Pompey lives. Hold out = no money for you and #Pompey dies. Not rocket science. Figure it out!

@colinfarmery @JJ_Cousins @AshBeen23 The player contracts in question from date from Sept 2009 onwards. What's that got to with the Cup? #Pompey
@JJ_Cousins @AshBeen23 hand back the FA Cup Pompey bought then if not pay them what was legally agreed.No other reason for them to go to Pompey #Pompey
@AshBeen23 Time for certain players to pack their bags. Don't kill #pompey

@Pompey_Royal Independent report on #pompey and TBH. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/bel-haim-a-symbol-of-pompeys-fall-7964168.html

@Kyle_Whitworth Where has this Chanrai rumour come from re: takeover completed Tuesday? Surely not with all the senior players refusing to budge #Pompey

@PFC69 Rumours knocking around that Balram Chainrai will complete his takeover on Tuesday. #Pompey

21/07/2012
@HeyGeno Which bit about if we liquidate they get nothing are the players struggling with? #pompey. Are footballers really that stupid?

@jonypratt #pompey I have supported this great team at wembley & at havant and waterlooville it is still the same PUP

@lyzchambers I do have some sympathy for players owed money by #Pompey but perhaps they should look at the others losing via CVA. #perspective

@Chimes4PFC The end of the line for #Pompey? http://itv.co/O6UyCb Time is running out... #SavePFC

@jonypratt #pompey as we sit right now I would take liquidation as I cannot c a way out #trusttostartagain

@jonypratt #pompey as we sit right now I would take liquidation as I cannot c a way out #trusttostartagain

@beiderbecks Just a thought. Would #pompey have faired better if Greek Andy did the administration thing?

@TonyDogTrainer Can't believe the players greed could see #Pompey liquidated. Football is dead

@mrpearce61 @PompeyFCJaz #Pompey will survive in 1 form or another, just don't know how far down the pyramid. You'll be about to see them back.........

@Athompson7 Disgusted at the attitudes of some of the #pompey senior players. No player is bigger than the club. @PompeysBlues @pn_neil_allen

@pn_neil_allen Wanted:Sotoris Balafas. Last heard of sick with food poisoning in Barcelona hotel. Actually not wanted anymore, #Pompey have scrapped trial!

@officialpompey Michael Appleton believes Sam Magri and Adam Webster will learn from heavy Gibraltar defeat: http://tinyurl.com/cgk2cs7 #pompey

@adam_ts Kitson to Sheff Utd? #pompey http://m.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/sheffield-united-portsmouth-dismiss-blades-link-to-kitson-1-4757977

@beiderbecks Yes some #pompey players did sign up for the trust. Hollow meaningless action from most! Best you can do is leave. QUIETLY!

@skipsauer Gruesome reading slo-mo sinking of Portsmouth FC “@pn_neil_allen: Appleton pleads with players to ..keep #Pompey alive http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/appy-pleads-with-players-not-to-let-pompey-die-1-4082330#.UAqIOR2mvX0.twitter”

@MrsKelster Afternoon! Reading the #Pompey tweets, what I don't get is the senior players signed up to the Trust....why?

@diplockovic #pompey is not a just squad of players, it's everything to fans, a religion in it's own right. We can't live without it #pompeymustsurvive

@pompey657mark Just read backpage of the news,getting more depressing by the day,never dull being a #pompey fan#pup

@YanquiOfYpres The whole #Pompey situation looks worse by the day. Believe me we won't go without a fight!

@DeeEee1985 Appy pleads with players not to let Pompey die: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/appy-pleads-with-players-not-to-let-pompey-die-1-4082330#.UAqIOR2mvX0.twitter The last 8 should look at role model Mullins! #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Magri skipper role was ‘for Pompey fans’ - Sam Magri was made Pompey captain last night as a gesture to Blue... http://ow.ly/1lx1tA

@S13SFC Rumours are rife of #pompey being liquidated on August 1st. Hope they hang on until the 16th, got that in the sweepstake! #saintsfc [<== Good grief :-/ PC]

@PORTSMOUTHFCLEE Get ready for another week of toil Pompey fans......:-/ #Pompey #pompeyfamily

@adam_ts @fans_pompey this bit sums it up- the #pompey senior players resemble turkeys deciding to stay at Bernard Matthews' place as late Dec looms.

@iepeach Do you think that it's spelt out clearly enough for certain players now? #Pompey

20/07/2012
@officialpompey Full Time: Gibraltar 4 #Pompey 0
@officialpompey A second goal for one of the Casciaro dynasty, who calmly finds the bottom corner #pompey
@officialpompey Goal: Gibraltar 4 (L.Casciaro 84) #Pompey 0
@officialpompey Fortunate goal for the hosts as Casciaro's shot takes a wicked deflection to beat Preece #pompey
@officialpompey Goal: Gibraltar 3 (L.Casciaro 66) #Pompey 0
@officialpompey Half Time: Gibraltar 2 #Pompey 0
@officialpompey Lopez fouls Lee Casciaro and Payas coolly slides the ball home #pompey
@officialpompey Goal: Gibraltar 2 (Payas (pen) 39) #Pompey 0
@officialpompey Powerful finish from the right that left Eastwood with no chance #pompey
@officialpompey Goal: Gibraltar 1 (Cabrera 34) #Pompey 0

@procus_1 Ive had some great times following #Pompey, Watched em in the old 4th Div & remember it well - if we Liquidate - Wud still follow in Non Lge

@robbie_chandler @pn_neil_allen #Pompey Subs; Westwood, Harris, Colson, Preece, Butler, Wallace, Thompson. WESTWOOD!!!!!! F88K me things that bad!

@officialpompey #Pompey team v Gibraltar: Eastwood; Dumbuya, Webster, Magri, Harley; Sam, Gillett, Howard, Lopez; McLeod, Rodgers

@Mike_L780 Hands up all those that want “nice little family club ”well F off ¡ ...give me the roller coaster ride of last 5 yrs anyday #pompey

@JordanHampton Which will see the history of our great club also go with it. Do OUR club a favour and reduce your wages or quit the club. #Pompey
@JordanHampton We need help from 8 senior players that are reluctant to reduce their wages. Unless you do, you are helping the club dissolve. #Pompey

@thechief1981 #pompey I'm not being funny but we all knew unless players were sold we'd be liquidated.... What's new?

@colinfarmery "@JJ_Cousins: At least they won the FA Cup. Still think it was worth? Shala lalalala #Pompey #saintsfc" Certainly was! #iwasthere

@BarrettJonny People having a go at Birch for telling the truth? Let's go back to the AA days where we were lied to and got closer to death #Pompey

@NabilHassan79 Here is more on #pompey staff being told by administrators they face redundancy as the club heads for liquidation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18931177

@NabilHassan79 As well as staff at #pompey being told they are likely to be made redundant, Trevor Birch also says liquidation is still a real possibility:

@pn_neil_allen No punches pulled by Birch on the players in #Pompey liquidation threat. Link now works!! http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/birch-pompey-will-be-liquidated-unless-players-leave-soon-1-4080967

@simonpfc So whilst Ben Haim and Kitson bury their heads in the sand and refuse to compromise, yet more hardworking people get made redundant #Pompey

@IwanArwel Very sad to hear about #pompey they are a great club. Takes me back a few years when #lufc were in a similar mess.

@magic7minutes I'm sure something will save #Pompey but doesn't bode well for next season.

@Phill_Russell Those 8 senior players should be ashamed of themselves. Poor staff being sacrificed once again. Players aren't bigger than the club #Pompey

@bigadamsport With staff at #pompey now facing redundancy, some of the greedy senior players holding out for cash they don't need should be ashamed

@solentsport #pompey staff set for round of redundancies as club have not met Portpin's target for wage bill reduction yet - they won't buy club before

@NabilHassan79 BREAKING: Administrators have this afternoon commenced consultation with staff at #pompey about possible redundancies. More to follow on BBC

@officialpompey Portsmouth Football Club statement: http://tinyurl.com/74dbsbn #pompey

@pn_neil_allen Trevor Birch says #Pompey will be liquidated before season starts unless the 8 senior players lower their money demands. More soon.

@taughtyourboyf Cannot wait for the football season to start properly #missfootball #pompey #league1

@pompeylive #Pompey Midfielder gives Pompey deadline to sign him - Brian Howard has set Pompey a deadline of August 1 to secure ... http://ow.ly/1lvvX9

@pompeylive #Pompey Midfielder gives Pompey deadline to sign him - Brian Howard has set Pompey a deadline of August 1 to secure ... http://ow.ly/1lvvX9

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey begin points loss fight - Pompey are gearing up their challenge to overturn their 10-point deduction ... http://ow.ly/1lvsjS

@pompeylive #Pompey Royals boss confirms keeper loan move to Pompey - Reading keeper Mikkel Andersen is set to join Pompey on lo... http://ow.ly/1lvoTS

@necramata Notts Forest excited by new Kuwaiti owners. Please understand this is the end of the club as you know and love it. I speak as a #Pompey fan

@pompeyvoice How nice is it to be anticipating a Pompey game again #Pompey

19/07/2012
@tomdearie #Pompey New admin fee's to purchase match tickets online.. Didn't TB waive admin fees when he came to club, calling them a disgrace?

@colinfarmery "@Lord_Palmerston: I can see #Pompey ending up with -30 points by time Birch has finished. STFU Trev!" LOL!

@NabilHassan79 Here is more on #pompey's plea to contact old creditors from 2010 as they attempt to fight Football League penalties: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18903108

@All_thingsFOOTY Portsmouth are lining up a loan move for Reading's Danish goalkeeper Mikkel Anderson. #Pompey #NpowerLeague1 #Royals #BarclaysPremierLeague

@NabilHassan79 #pompey call on creditors of 2010 to contact the club in order to strike a deal that could see them avoid Football League's 10-point penalty

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey switch is a no-brainer - In-demand Izale McLeod pledged his future to Pompey and insisted: It's a no-... http://ow.ly/1ltIT5

@pompeylive #Pompey Birch: Kanu has no grounds for claim - Trevor Birch is confident Kanu's claim against the club does not stac... http://ow.ly/1ltBPk

@pompeylive #Pompey Appy waiting on green light to begin his Blues rebuild http://ow.ly/1ltBPl

@pn_neil_allen So how did skint #Pompey afford to go on tour to Spain and Gibraltar? Well, it's down to this man..... http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/ellis-happy-to-do-his-bit-for-boyhood-heroes-1-4069819

@Kyle_Whitworth Getting nothing from Varney sale isn't a huge problem. £300k goes towards a football debt, and we shift him from the wage bill. #Pompey

18/07/2012
@Pompeytel #InAppyWeTrust looks like all of #pompey are tweeting this tonight?

@stevebone1 Today's #Pompey stories in @portsmouthnews make for upbeat reading - more good trialists, training ground in city, Appy seems appy. PUP.

@Pompey_Fans TRANSFER: Third Norwegian club enters Huseklepp race: A third Norwegian club is now in the race to sign ... http://bit.ly/OlsChh #pompey

@posbyonechop #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Alan biley 1984 against Oxford after Santa invaded the pitch #PompeyFamily #Pompey

@Naz_Spencer #GoalsIWillAllwaysRemember Aaron Mokoena in the last minute of extra time away at Coventry! -4 in the snow! Quality memories! #Pompey

@DanJPurnell #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember @Rich22Hughes goal against Liverpool in the cup #onlyevergoal #deservedamention #worldie #Pompey

@Calum_Aitken #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember King kanu's winner against Cardiff in the FA cup final #happydays #Pompey @officialpompey

@CharlieDaviess #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember sully muntaris penalty against rio Ferdinand at old Trafford @officialpompey #Pompey

@jamesobeirne #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember benjani's first goal for #pompey against wigan when we stayed up

@PompeySavage #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Boateng's extra time goal against Spurs #Pompey http://pic.twitter.com/wFfvaSAn

@19ajs90 #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember D'Alessandro away at Charlton during the great escape run #Pompey

@Stevie_Larham94 Ben-Haim to Palace? Can't see why they would be interested, but lets hope it's true! #Pompey

@markacheson #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Billy Wilson 30-yard blaster for #Pompey at #Wimbledon in 4-2 win, Div 4 top of table clash Boxing Day 1979

@AOTurner #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Filippo Inzaghi vs Pompey in injury time #heartbreaking #pompey #Pompey2ACMilan2

@pompeynobby #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Steve Stone, #Pompey 1 Man United 0

@pfcsheath1984 Starting to plan for new season, 4 away games before the end of Oct! #notabadstart #Pompey

@_U5HER #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Pedro Mendes. 11th March 2006. 93rd minute. The goal that changed EVERYTHING for #pompey.

@TomSimmonds11 #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Todorov's against Burnley to take us to the premier league #UnbelievableScenes #Pompey

@Dan_Pompey15 #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember @ClaridgeSteve scoring in the first #Pompey match I went to see against Palace

@edopompey #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Younes Kaboul against AC Milan #Pompey

@DeeEee1985 #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Patty Berger's stunning volley vs Charlton 2003/2004 #Pompey

@DeeEee1985 #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Yebda's header vs Wolves, our first win in 8 games wasn't it? Good old Paul Hart. 2009, #Pompey

@DeeEee1985 #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Matty Taylor vs Everton 2006/2007, what a peach! #Pompey

@tomc_1984 #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Norris in the 94th, nuff said. #Pompey

@JakeWoodss #GoalsIWillAlwaysRemember Ronaldinho's perfect free kick at Fratton Park #Pompey

@officialpompey Marko Futacs joins Leicester with #Pompey receiving compensation: http://tinyurl.com/c9tugna
@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey boss ‘excited’ as deal draws closer - Michael Appleton has revealed his 'excitement' at tempting Bria... http://ow.ly/1ls2VQ

@pompeylive #Pompey Three more triallists join Pompey in Spain - Pompey have taken on three more triallists during their Spanish... http://ow.ly/1lrZnN

@pompeylive #Pompey Beautiful view - but Appleton has sight set elsewhere http://ow.ly/1lrSY3

@pn_neil_allen Latest #Pompey triallist is keeper David Preece. The other is Sotoris Balafas, a Greek defender - sidelined by food poisoning at the mo!

17/07/2012
@pn_neil_allen One of new #Pompey triallists, Julien Lopez, is here. Other 2 now expected tomorrow. Told not Doyle, Jamo, Kadar or other recent rumours!!

@Pompey_Fans TRANSFER: Brann seek sponsorship to bring back Huseklepp: Norwegian side Brann Bergen are looking to bri... http://bit.ly/M7cnSJ #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Blues on the move - The University of Portsmouth's Langstone Campus has emerged as a leading candidate to se... http://ow.ly/1lqbRF

@chris_brookes My interview with ex-Portsmouth defender @LinvoyPrimusPro on singing, team DJs, #Pompey, his best ever teammates & more http://beatsandrhymesfc.com/linvoy-primus-interview-pompeys-nigerians-the-undisputed-on-stage-showstoppers/

@markallaway David Lampitt giving evidence to Culture, Media and Sport Committee on football governance today #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Appy excited by Dowling’s potential - Michael Appleton pinpointed Luke Dowling as the man who can be his key... http://ow.ly/1lq8oi

@pn_neil_allen #Pompey earmarking University Campus at Furze Lane for new training ground. Will put online link when it's up.

@pompeylive #Pompey New day at school for class of 2012 - Complete strangers thrown together at Gatwick Airport, except there wa... http://ow.ly/1lq2OQ

@pompeylive #Pompey Awford welcomes youth revamp - Andy Awford believes Pompey's Academy will not be hurt by the youth revamp i... http://ow.ly/1lpVp7

@pn_neil_allen Talk of three more triallists arriving at the Spanish training camp by the end of today, including the keeper. Will update later. #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Letter aims to restore Pompey’s lost points - THE leader of Portsmouth City Council has written to a footbal... http://ow.ly/1lpSOI

16/07/2012
@pn_neil_allen #Pompey squad train in Benhavis. Incidentally, trip funded by a local Portsmouth businessman and Gibraltar FA. http://pic.twitter.com/ziaHe25P

@pn_neil_allen Been informed the arrival of #Pompey's second goalkeeping triallist has been delayed for personal reasons. Hopefully he'll be here soon.

@FrattonFaithful The lowdown on Pompey's 8 trialists: http://tinyurl.com/c2vskoc #pompey

@Pompey_Pages Want to know more about Pompey's trialists? Check out our latest article: http://pompeypages.com/2012/07/16/the-full-low-down-on-pompeys-trialists/ #Pompey 

@pn_neil_allen Hold on a sec, there is another triallist to greet us at the hotel. It's former Shrewsbury and Notts County striker Luke Rodgers!! #Pompey

@notBaluChainrai @necramata I had debenture on original flame, despite passing from torch to torch I still hold debenture... #Pompey

@pn_jordan_cross Former Leeds winger among triallists http://tinyurl.com/cu9njlf #Pompey

@officialpompey To confirm, none of the senior players have travelled, just first year pros and trialists #pompey

@pn_neil_allen Lloyd Sam and Brian Howard also on the Spanish training camp. No sign of the second keeper yet, though. #Pompey

@officialpompey Arrived at Malaga airport to grey skies, but it's brightened up and is warmer than Blighty! #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey braced for whirlwind Westwood - Michael Appleton hailed the arrival of Ashley Westwood as his number ... http://ow.ly/1lojnR

@pn_neil_allen Just landed in Malaga. Can confirm Izale McLeod and Simon Gillett among #Pompey touring party. More info on other triallists in a bit.

@pompeylive #Pompey McLeod set to be among eight Pompey triallists - Izale McLeod is expected to be among up to eight triallists... http://ow.ly/1lobGp

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey leave senior players behind - Pompey have today left all their senior players at home as they jet off... http://ow.ly/1lobGq

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey ‘dream’ over for Slovenian stopper - Pompey have decided to pull the plug on Darjan Curanovic's trial... http://ow.ly/1lobGr

@pompeylive #Pompey Appy not expecting Kanu back - Pompey believe controversial striker Kanu has now quit the club. http://ow.ly/1lo8VJ

@JMC1 Olympic flame at my favourite place in the world today. Fratton Park.Special place.The terrific John Jenkins carried it. Proud. #pompey

@pn_clare_semke John Jenkins, 92, is first torch bearer this morn. He was nominated by #Pompey legend Linvoy Primus. #OlympicTorch

@lozherdman Fantastic listening to 92 year old John Jenkins MBE on @BBCRadioSolent. A wonderful man and #Pompey torchbearer #torchrelay #solenttorch

@officialpompey Nice early start at Gatwick for flight to Spain #pompey

15/07/2012
@pn_neil_allen Off with #Pompey tomorrow morning to cover their tour to Spain and Gibraltar. Could be up to 8 triallists on flight! Will keep you informed!

@DarrenMooro "@CAFergusonnnn17: Please can you RT this for all Pompey fans who are feeling a bit glum at the moment? #Pompey #Appleton" Stick together!

@JMC1 Excellent ! Pompey Chimes played by marching band as #olympictorch passes through #Pompey.

@AdeSmith The Olympic flame is in #Pompey & all carriers have discovered that their torches are -10 cm than those used by everyone else.

@DeeEee1985 Most excitement since the FA Cup #Pompey #OlympicTorch

@marymaryw Haven’t seen this many people turn out in Portsmouth since #Pompey won the FA Cup. #olympictorch

@booksellerjo I love it when #Pompey turns out for am occasion! #torchrelay #Southsea Common

@mickwill Liquidation is NOT the only way to clean up club. PST, with help of fans & community, can create a sustainable club to be proud of! #Pompey

@pn_neil_allen Ben Haim; an apology. Some on News forum say I'm bullying you. That hurts. So I won't again mention your £2m demands which may kill #Pompey.

@SjMaskell Interesting and useful summary of the main characters involved in the #Pompey calamity from Portus-eg http://portus-eg.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/portsmouth-fc-road-to-ruin.html

@garyluigi Humour is all we have left, really... Portsmouth to start next season’s League One campaign in League Two http://newsthump.com/2012/07/13/portsmouth-to-start-next-seasons-league-one-campaign-in-league-two/ #pompey #pup

@pmryderesq For as fans of the club we love in desperate times we will show the world how to overcome aversity. We are #Pompey #backtheteam

14/07/2012
@officialpompey #Pompey v Hawks match has been called off due to waterlogged pitch

@pn_jordan_cross Pouring down at West Leigh Park - game must be in serious doubt. Ref has been inspecting pitch. Updates when I hear more #Pompey

@officialpompey It's started tipping down at Westleigh Park #pompey

@pn_neil_allen Heavy, heavy rain here now, just as Huseklepp turns up! Also spotted Ashley Westwood. The match surely can't go ahead now. #Pompey

@pn_neil_allen #Pompey Players arriving now. Lawrence, Varney, TBH, Norris, Webster and Harris all spotted so far.

@pn_neil_allen Here at Westleigh Park. Told the pitch is perfectly playable at the moment. But rain still in the air. #Pompey http://pic.twitter.com/UPnCpPWu

@tomc_1984 The decision NOT to go to Havant and Waterlooville has proved a master stroke! #pompey #stayingdry

@pn_jordan_cross Avram's message to Appy http://tinyurl.com/6lk96bo #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Futacs makes Foxes switch - Pompey have missed out on Marko Futacs after he agreed to join Leicester. http://ow.ly/1llynq

@tomc_1984 Notice a few #Pompey fans, yes i am having a go at the younger ones here, seem more concerned by our kit than anything else. #priorities

@pn_neil_allen Just spoken to Havant & Waterlooville and the game - at this stage - is definitely on. New drainage system doing its job. #Pompey

@ABCheatle UEFA has said Chelsea received £47.3m in prize money for winning the Champions League. How we could do with some of that at #pompey !

13/07/2012
@SjMaskell New on Twohundredpercent: #Pompey Don't Do Summers ... http://www.twohundredpercent.net/?p=19736 Minus 10? What did you expect?

@NabilHassan79 #Pompey administrator Trevor Birch has admitted Balram Chainrai is "reeling" from the Football League penalties: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18826407

@pn_neil_allen My take on the Football League sanctions applied to #Pompey. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/comment-league-act-but-where-were-they-before-for-pompey-1-4052176

@solentsport #Pompey administrator Trevor Birch tells us "a number of deals" for player exits likely to be done in the next seven days

@BBCRadioSolent #Pompey Administrator Trevor Birch tells @BBCRadioSolent that another minus 10pts is a "huge disappointment"

@Pompey_Fans HALL RIGHT NOW: The good news? Not much more can go wrong. Now here's the bad...: The legacy of short te... http://bit.ly/NRyxc4 #pompey

@Pompey_Pages Pretty sure we had our Friday the 13th yesterday. What more can go wrong today? #Pompey

12/07/2012
@pfcespana #Pompey 'this is the end beautiful friend This is the end'

@pmryderesq http://portsmouthsbluearmy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/wondrous-hypocrisy-they-call-epl-and-fa.html #Minus10 #FitandProper to run two leagues, I think you're having a laugh quite frankly. #Pompey

@mickwill Considering FL requirements for new owner, I'm disappointed with -10, but other requirements seem fair. PST will continue with bid #Pompey

@TractorSaint Chin up #pompey fans. With £30k from the #fanpowerstadium you can throw a fantastic wake... #saintsfc

@pn_neil_allen Glad FL put restrictions on #Pompey budgets & borrowing. Got to be better than the fools monitoring club last year. Who were they again....


@officialpompey Portsmouth FC statement following Football League's decision to impose a 10-point penalty: http://tinyurl.com/765qjp9 ‪#pompey‬

@PompeyChicken Statement From The Football League: "League Board Makes Membership Offer To Portsmouth" read it here ==> http://bit.ly/MmuPF0 ‪#Pompey

@officialpompey #Pompey have reached agreement with Aaron Mokoena over the termination of his contract: http://tinyurl.com/72q3bfy

@officialpompey Hayden Mullins has joined Birmingham on a free transfer: http://tinyurl.com/878fk25 #pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey boss hopeful over Westwood clearance - Michael Appleton remains hopeful his new first-team coach can ... http://ow.ly/1ligEW

@pn_neil_allen Kanu has gone and done it now. Is there now any way back for him at #Pompey? http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/kanu-goes-to-war-with-disrespectful-pompey-1-4045925

@NabilHassan79 The Pompey Supporters Trust give an update on their bid to buy #pompey and comment on Miland administration: http://www.pompeytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=415%3Apst-update-on-bid&catid=34%3Ademo-category

@pn_jordan_cross Steve Cotterill leaves Nottingham Forest with immediate effect #Pompey

@pn_neil_allen Mullins to today take Birmingham medical ahead of move from #Pompey. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/mullins-has-birmingham-medical-1-4046522

@pn_neil_allen AWOL Kanu has cranked up the #Pompey situation with his latest alarming actions. His agent also spoken to The News. More later.

11/07/2012
@Pompeytel Finally some movement on the player exodus #pompey http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/birmingham-city-fc/birmingham-city-fc-news/2012/07/11/birmingham-city-lee-clark-swoops-for-hayden-mullins-97319-31377453/?

@Overtonnumber6 #nffc need to learn from the mistakes of #Pompey #nottscounty #lcfc and not waste cash on overpriced staff and players ie Sven or maradona

@JamesNursey Expecting #BCFC to confirm signing of Hayden Mullins from #PFC #Pompey in next 48 hours. Negotiations on-going for #NCFC James Vaughan

@pn_neil_allen Andy Awford gives run down on #Pompey 1st year pros in tomorrow's paper. Magri, Butler, Thompson, Wallace, Colson, Grant, Higgins, Wheeler.

@pn_neil_allen Now Maradona has been sacked does that mean he can finally become #Pompey global ambassador - as once championed by that visionary Al Fahim?

@alex_crook Former #Pompey gk Jamie Ashdown on trial at #Middlesbrough. hope it works out. One of the good guys

@PasstheOranges Reading are also keen to bring back Hayden Mullins to the club after a very successful loan spell last season. #pompey #readingfc

@BeAProLeagues Neil Warnock Confirmed On Yorkshire Radio That He Hopes To Sign 4 Or 5 More Players" Have #Pompey got that many players left?

@Chimes4PFC Here is the article from 'The New Age' newspaper - http://bit.ly/O6e5SI #pleasebetrue #pompey
@Chimes4PFC Reports from South Africa claim that Aaron Mokoena has completed his move to Bidvest Wits. #pompey

@tomdearie @Pompey_Pages Brilliant! Just remember #pompey CSI only spent money to meet the fans expectations! Wonder if he'll be free for a chat?

@Pompey_Pages Apparently Roman Dubov will be at Pompey's pre-season fixture v Gibraltar #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Kanu remains in Nigeria as absence rumbles on - Kanu is in Nigeria refusing to return to England as his cont... http://ow.ly/1lgxXJ

@pn_neil_allen It is said if you lose something you should always look in the last place you saw it. Yes folks, Kanu is in Nigeria!!! #Pompey

@TonyHusbandBBC #pompey RT @AlanBiggs1: Re #swfc pursuit of David Norris, quite a complex one. No formal bid made, so none rejected. But very much ongoing.

@Lord_Palmerston #Pompey need the club to be sold quickly as-is and it would be foolish at this point to drag Miland into it or to complicate possible deals.

@iepeach But let's concentrate on the important bit and that is acquisition of the club itself by the fans #pompey

@iepeach Answer - the more fans that pledge and more money the better and more feasible that might be as guess £3-4M needed to get the land. #pompey

@iepeach Now as the story breaks about the land expect people to say why don't the trust just buy the land around the ground as well. #pompey

@pn_neil_allen Interesting developments in the situation with Gaydamak’s #Pompey land. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/pompey-land-may-be-sold-as-part-of-the-football-club-1-4041556

10/07/2012
@pmryderesq http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/9809183.Albion_to_play_Pompey_in_Spain/?ref=twtrec&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter South Coast Derby in Espana for #Pompey

@pompeylive #Pompey Varney seeks Leeds switch - LUKE Varney has his heart set on a move to Leeds United as he seeks a way out of... http://ow.ly/1lfui3

@ElliottGemmell checked the retirement home, sadly Kanu wasn't there #wheresKanu #pompey

@mjpartridge1 #whereiskanu unconfirmed reports say he's training with the Nigerian Olympic's team in preparation for the 100 meters #London2012 #Pompey

@HeyGeno Just saw Kanu ride past my house on Shergar #pompey

@ianwadleyecho I don't know Michael Appleton and have never spoken to him but the way he seems to be dealing with #pompey problems is extremely impressive.

@winchblue Rumour that Kanu is on holiday with Rory Allen #whereskanu

@pn_neil_allen Appleton determined to punish ‘disrespectful’ Kanu. If he can find him! http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/ready-to-act-1-4037165 #Pompey

09/07/2012

@MajorRaverMatt @pn_neil_allen whats difference between Kanu & Al Faraj? You've got more chance of seeing Al Faraj at a #Pompey training session #whereskanu

@princessclairin Dear twitter, please help #pompey, looking for kanu, tall, dark hair, poss with Zimmer frame #whereskanu

@RobW18 Ahhh I know, we lost him in the mines of moria #whereskanu #pompey

@RobW18 I heard its going to cost us 300,000 quid if we want to pay his ransom fee...... #pompey #whereskanu

@MichaelC7128 #Pompey #whereskanu This sounds like a case for scooby & the gang

@MichaelC7128 #whereskanu Have been wondering this for the last 2 years #Pompey

@PompeyRyan92 King Kanu Kanu, he's hiding from me and you, he wants all our money too, King Kanu Kanu. #pompey #WheresKanu

@Silly_Ghost #whereskanu he's renewing his driving licence as it expired on his 73rd birthday #62MyArse #pompey

@lockleycraig #whereskanu #Pompey #missingnigerian #norewardiffound

@notBaluChainrai Just checked Kowloon lockup, no sign. #whereskanu #pompey

@ashleymarsh96 I heard kanu has done a runner jokes kanu doesn't run #whereskanu #Pompey

@MC_Harding Kanu is not in my front room or any where else on the ground floor. Haven't checked upstairs or the attic yet though. #whereskanu #pompey

@Calum_Aitken Find it so funny how #whereskanu was trending hahaha, us #Pompey boys are legends

@PompeyRyan92 the makers of the Where's Wally books are proud to unveil their next masterpiece... Where's Kanu? #Pompey

@MattDavies__ I forgot to mention, Kanu moved into the old peoples home across the street from me about 2 weeks ago now... #Pompey

@MYLERCCC #pompey #whereskanu perhaps his not been given a work permit! Owing to the fact his not worked in this country for years @pn_neil_allen

@S13SFC #pompey fans mithering about Kanu not turning up for training should remember that it's pension day in Nigeria. He'll be in tomorrow.

@MajorRaverMatt @pn_neil_allen with the lack of players at training & on our books 4friendly against Havant, where is Eugene Bopp when you need him? #pompey

@solentsport #pompey Michael Appleton doesn't expect Ashley Westwood to join the club as first team coach until the end of the week at the earliest

@BernardSincere @pn_neil_allen they haven't let Kanu out of the old people's home #Pompey

@HeyGeno If Kanu hasn't turned up surely we can just fire him? #pompey. Why doesn't football have same rules as rest of us!

@pn_neil_allen Anyone know where Kanu is? Appleton would love to know. Currently AWOL. File a missing persons. #Pompey

@callyvally “@pompeyvoice: #Pompey have lined up ex rangers midfielder Ryan McCabe to join”IT'S RHYS NOT RYAN #Fact

@kitchDRFC96 Portsmouth are lining up a deal for former Rangers midfielder Ryan McCabe, Sky Sports understands. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7884385/Pompey-eye-Rangers-raid #Pompey

@Dave_Just_Dave First day of pre-season today. As a hardened #pompey fan I can assume its downhill from here. #pompeytilidie

@pn_jordan_cross Walker is a 22-year-old keeper who is at Kettering and also spent time at MK Dons #Pompey

@pn_jordan_cross Trialist number four - Laurie Walker #Pompey

@Signings_TDD David Norris is close to joining Sheffield Wednesday from Portsmouth #swfc #Pompey

@pn_jordan_cross Eastwood is a keeper, 23, who came through the ranks at Huddersfield and was most recently at Halifax #Pompey

‏@pn_jordan_cross Trialist number three - Simon Eastwood #Pompey

@pn_jordan_cross Dumbuya the 24-year-old full-back who was at Doncaster most recently #Pompey

@pn_jordan_cross Trialist number two - Mustapha Dumbuya #Pompey

@pn_neil_allen Mokoena and Kanu were expected here at #Pompey today by Appleton. Yet no appearance. Waiting to find out why…….

@pn_neil_allen Getting questions about Lawrence - yes he’s here! Only ones missing are Kanu and Mokoena. Looks like 2 keeper triallists here too. #Pompey

@pn_neil_allen Can confirm Marko Futacs is not here. Appleton wasn’t expecting him though. #Pompey

@pn_neil_allen Ashley Westwood also not here. Latest from #Pompey pre-season training. http://tiny.cc/ckb6gw

@pn_jordan_cross Harley now 32. Was most recently at Notts County and had a loan spell at Rotherham. #Pompey

@pn_jordan_cross Trialist number one at #Pompey - Jon Harley.

@pn_neil_allen Kanu and Mokoena not here at #Pompey. Ben Haim, Varney and Norris are. Triallists including Jon Harley also present. More later.

@pn_jordan_cross @pompeyjjh Indeed. Twenty players today made up of first team, development squad and a few trialists. Plus two trialist keepers. #Pompey

@TonyHusbandBBC Off to see how the #pompey squad is looking after another tough summer for club. How many training today will be there in August?

@Pompey_Pages Good luck to all the young lads heading back for pre-season @ashleyharrris09 @sammagri @jedwallace62 @dthommo_93 @AdamWebster31 #Pompey

@HeyGeno Our team meeting today is being held in a phone box :-) #pompey #graveyardhumour
@MarwellDeZeeuw @HeyGeno Wonder if Kanu will be 'working from home'...yet again! :-) #pompey

@beiderbecks So, #Pompey players back in today. Guess they could all share the same car to get in though!

08/07/2012
@Kyle_Whitworth Report on SSN regarding Izale McLeod,says he is close to completing a deal which has been ongoing.Strong suspicion it is #Pompey as rumoured

@pn_neil_allen Back to training for #Pompey players tomorrow and us media been invited to witness it. Expect a few triallists. Going to be interesting.

@pmryderesq http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2170260/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-spoken-Manchester-United-owners-Glazer-family-Patrick-Collins.html Patrick Collins with some rare sympathy for #Pompey as he hits out at EPL boss Scudamore being Ownership Neutral

@pmryderesq http://portsmouthsbluearmy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/counting-cost-of-beautiful-game.html My look at the current state of the English and Scottish Leagues after the problems at #Rangers and #Pompey

@Pompey_Fans COLIN FARMERY: A funny old week at Fratton ends with a constant reminder...: It has been a funny old wee... http://bit.ly/PAhwZg #pompey

07/07/2012
@JamiePFC Getting a week's trial from the club you have supported since you were first born. Dream come true, now time to impress #Pompey #excited

@Stevie_Larham94 @pn_Neil_Allen Do you think that Gabor Gyepes and Tom Williams will come on trial again during pre-season? #pompey

@Stevie_Larham94 Apperntly Peter Hartley is coming to #pompey on trial. Anyone else heard this?

@ShippSport Varney in talks with Leeds, as is Norris. Mokoena still 'close' to exit on a free, whilst Bristol City line up Kitson. All must go. #Pompey

@PompeyChicken Oh to 'suffer' the woes of Arsenal :-/ #Pompey

@fans_pompey From The News football app: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/vladimir-antonov-extradition-hearing-postponed-1-4032840 Antonovs hearing postponed #pompey

06/07/2012
@pn_neil_allen Expect a few triallists for #Pompey pre-season training on Monday. However, as they cannot sign yet bound to put off others from trialling.

@alanwelch9 #pompey season ticket has been renewed what this season will bring?? One thing guaranteed entertainment on & off pitch @officialpompey

@ABCheatle William Hill have #pompey as 9-1 joint 4th favourites to win league one. I think I'll keep my cash firmly in my pocket on that one.

@NabilHassan79 #pompey hope to appoint Ashley Westwood as first-team coach after Lincoln City agree to let him leave Sincil Bank: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18740055


@beastieblue ST renewed, left it late this year but no way I wasn't going to! Put too many years, tears, emotion and money into my #pompey to give up! ��

@pompeylive #Pompey Appleton closing in on triallist keeper - Michael Appleton is pinning his hopes on recruiting a triallist go... http://ow.ly/1l8GIO

@pompeylive #Pompey Early Bird extension boosts Pompey sales - Pompey have sold more than 1,000 season tickets in the past four ... http://ow.ly/1l8Ank

@pn_neil_allen Well, this Premier League loan keeper isn’t Henderson or Daniels. Also Curanovic not expected on trial until Spain tour. More later. #Pompey

@Lord_Palmerston Antonov asset search latest from Bloomberg: http://bloom.bg/LYUi7v #Pompey

@joedunster Welcome to #Pompey: They've got no goalkeeper, 10 players... and they're all up for sale http://bit.ly/M2D2EG The joys of being a PFC fan! 

05/07/2012
@EWManagement @lewisstockford : Loss of confidence cost me #Pompey place > http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/non-league-football/stockford-hawks-switch-will-reignite-love-of-game-1-4019838 ( via @portsmouthnews )

@pompeylive #Pompey Recruitment chief calls for fans not to panic over player signings http://ow.ly/1l7236

@pompeylive #Pompey Birch optimistic over Mokoena agreement - Trevor Birch remains optimistic an agreement can still be reached ... http://ow.ly/1l7237

@TSSLUFC Why do we appear to be buying the entire #Pompey squad? Did no one watch them last season? #LUFC

@npowertransfers Portsmouth striker Luke Varney will reject a move to Nottingham Forest and join Leeds United for £300,000 #NCFC #LUFC #Pompey #PT

@pompeylive #Pompey Same old pre-season story for Pompey - Different division, different year, different manager yet it's the s... http://ow.ly/1l6P3e

@fans_pompey #pompey Ashley Westwood set to quit Lincoln City as Portsmouth prepare to swoop http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Ashley-Westwood-set-quit-Lincoln-City-Portsmouth/story-16482180-detail/story.html

@pn_jordan_cross Thoughts on some members of the #Pompey squad as they prepare for a return to training http://tinyurl.com/d2boap9

04/07/2012
@officialpompey Happy Independence Day to all of the #Pompey fans in America. We hope you all enjoy the holiday #PompeyUSA #PUP

@pn_neil_allen #Pompey have been told there will no Football League change in stance over recruitment. Means club still cannot sign players.


@officialpompey #Pompey have appointed Luke Dowling (@Luke07D) as Head of Recruitment: http://tinyurl.com/6vtmtw9

@pompeylive #Pompey Lawrence still angry over Pompey decline - Liam Lawrence has already moved his young family back up north. N... http://ow.ly/1l5kuD

@LeedsNews reports #Pompey star eyes dream move to Elland Road http://tinyurl.com/dymjbn5 #LUFC #PFC #twitterwhites #MOT

03/07/2012
@npowerstadium FANPOWER NEWS CONTD. To enable this to happen, the £30k goes to the #Pompey charity arm, the Pompey Sports & Education Foundation.
@npowerstadium FANPOWER NEWS: #Pompey fans have voted to decide how their £30k Fanpower Stadium kitty will be spent...it's free tickets for kids! (contd.)

@NabilHassan79 #pompey boss Michael Appleton tells @solentsport he is hoping to be allowed to start bringing players into the club: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18688617

@pompeylive #Pompey Lawrence delivers Pompey pledge - Liam Lawrence has pledged to 'respect' the Pompey captaincy and lead the c... http://ow.ly/1l3EdE

@markallaway Vladimir Antonov's extradition hearing on Friday #pompey

@NabilHassan79 PFA boss Gordon Taylor tells @BBCSport that #pompey players need to compromise on wages to help save the stricken club: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18677388

@pompeylive #Pompey Sulaiman Al-Fahim ends talks with Pompey Supporters’ Trust http://ow.ly/1l3nPF

@61hammer “@WHUFC_News: Portsmouth are interested in signung West Ham left back Dan Potts on loan #whufc #Pompey”don't l They duck paying bills

@Pompey_Pages It looks as if the £30k from #fanpowerstadium may be going to local schools. They've won the poll on Facebook #Pompey

@blaisetapp1 If Ken Bates takes over at #Pompey I shall seriously think about taking up yachting. #overmydeadbody

@pn_neil_allen Let’s not get carried away with Curanovic, seems he is arriving at #Pompey on trial in attempt to win a deal. Nothing permanent yet!!

@pmryderesq Try not licking your lips after eating a doughnut. If ur #Pompey try not singing Play Up Pompey when the clocks strike an hour on a church

02/07/2012
@_TransferGossip Middlesborough are interested in Portsmouth's Luke Varney, 29, and the striker could be available for as little as £375,000. #MFC #Pompey

@officialpompey The early bird deadline for season tickets has been extended until August 10: http://tinyurl.com/7bo9hdd #pompey

@princessclairin Just renewed my #pompey season ticket. Even if 'he' takes over, I believe in separation of club and team, like sep of church and state...

@Elarno11 You know we're desperate for players when we're trying to sign a Slovenian goalkeeper who doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. #pompey

@pfcfrattonpark Slovenian keeper, Darjan Curanovic, on his way to #Pompey http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11674/7859045/

@officialpompey Ashley Harris has signed a two-year professional contract at #Pompey: http://tinyurl.com/7cj6on3

@pn_neil_allen Classy from Appleton again. Turned down approaches from other clubs this summer to stay at #Pompey. Great gesture. http://m.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/pompey/pompey-past/appy-i-will-not-walk-away-1-4010146

@pompeylive #Pompey Pompey lose out on Farm crop - It was a club partnership heralded as the prized opportunity to tap into a ri... http://ow.ly/1l1BcE

01/07/2012
@kickitintotouch Wow that was amazing! All those scaremongering stories about it being a volatile place were crap! Everybody here have been fantastic #Pompey

@CarluccioB Best team ever? When Frankie Burrows won #Pompey promotion to the Third Division in 1980. Hmm, I suppose you had to have been there.

@henrywinter Amidst the Spanish, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian and German flags hanging from the hoardings....one lone Portsmouth flag #pompey #euro2012

@bobbeech Sunday quiz which #Pompey player played for Great Britain in an Olympic qualifying match? #yesfootball #nogoogling

@RosClarkie If ur watching footie later & spot a #Pompey flag in the crowd it's John @kickitintotouch #pompey #family #Euro2012

@Pompey_Fans SJ MASKELL: Principle remains paramount as the battle of personality wages: A good friend of mine freque... http://bit.ly/NSfixR #pompey

@pompeydaz Last week of early bird season ticket prices for #Pompey and still nothing is sorted at the club. Looks like I'm leaving it till last minute

@MrKimbell I see Clarence Seedorf has signed for Botafogo. Anyone else remember #Pompey playing them in 1989 and wearing a Brazilian style kit?

@mickwill The Tears of Gentleman Jim http://tinyurl.com/7sssndv A must read for older Pompey fans & young fans, please, please read it too! #sniff #Pompey

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