Source: Telegraph
Portsmouth timeline: a year to forget
May 27, 2009: Portsmouth reveal takeover bid from Sulaiman Al Fahim. [LNB]July 1: Glen Johnson sold to Liverpool for £18 million [LNB] Related ArticlesDebts push Portsmouth closer to brinkDoes foreign invasion harm England?Premier League: transfer window guidePortsmouth fight winding-up order from RevenuePortsmouth 1 Arsenal 4Sport on televisionJuly 21: Al Fahim passes Premier League's fit-and-proper persons test and immediately joins Portsmouth board [LNB]July 27: Peter Crouch sold to Tottenham for £9 million.[LNB]Aug 19: Club open negotiations with a consortium fronted by chief executive Peter Storrie over a possible takeover [LNB]Aug 26: Al Fahim finally completes takeover. [LNB]Aug 28: Sylvain Distin sold to Everton. [LNB]Sept 1: Niko Kranjcar sold to Tottenham. [LNB]Oct 1: Club admit failing to pay players' wages on time. [LNB]Oct 5: Ali Al Faraj becomes new owner after acquiring 90 per cent of the shares from Al Fahim. [LNB]Oct 7: Avram Grant appointed director of football. [LNB]Oct 28: Premier League issue embargo on Portsmouth registering new players until they pay off debts to Chelsea and Arsenal for the signings of Glen Johnson and Lassana Diarra respectively. [LNB]Nov 24: Manager Paul Hart sacked. [LNB]Nov 26: Club announce Grant will be their next manager. [LNB]Dec 3: Portsmouth confirm payment of players' wages has again been delayed. [LNB]Dec 4: Club announce players have been paid. [LNB]Dec 5: Grant earns his first points with a 2-0 win over Burnley at Fratton Park. [LNB]Dec 10: Portsmouth respond to speculation over their future by insisting they are not about to go into administration. In a statement they also reveal HM Revenue and Customs had been paid £2 million and "other historical arrears are being dealt with on an ongoing basis." The club also stresses Peter Storrie would not be leaving his post as chief executive. [LNB]Dec 19: Beat Liverpool 2-0 at Fratton Park. [LNB]Dec 30: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issue a winding up petition against Portsmouth. Club say petition is in respect of "VAT, PAYE and national Insurance contributions which either have been, or are about to be paid, or are disputed". They outline their willingness to fight HMRC in the High Court. [LNB]Dec 31: Former owner Alexandre Gaydamak claims he is still owed £28 million by Portsmouth. [LNB]Dec 31: Confirmation that the players and staff have not been paid on time for the third time in four months. [LNB]
