Source: Telegraph
Portsmouth timeline: from FA Cup glory to club in crisis
May 2008: Beat Cardiff City 1-0 to win FA Cup for the first time in 69 years and qualify for Europe for first time. [LNB]Oct 2008: Harry Redknapp leaves for second time to join Spurs. His assistant, Tony Adams, takes over. [LNB] Related ArticlesAvram Grant in pole position for Portsmouth jobPortsmouth sack Paul HartPortsmouth: Cup to crisisStoke City 1 Portsmouth 0Portsmouth transfer ban 'to be lifted'Portsmouth chief charged with tax evasionJan 2009: Exit of Jermain Defoe and Lassana Diarra and out of the FA Cup in the fourth round after defeat to Swansea City. [LNB]Feb 2009: Adams is sacked after winning just two Premier League games in 16 and replaced by Hart, who steers team away from relegation. [LNB]May 2009: Pompey accept a bid from Sulaiman Al-Fahim to buy the club from Alexandre Gaydamak. However, Peter Crouch, Sylvain Distin, Niko Kranjcar and Glen Johnson all leave. [LNB]July 2009: Al Fahim is made non-executive chairman, while chief executive officer Peter Storrie assembles takeover consortium. [LNB]Aug 2009: Al Fahim completes his takeover. [LNB]Sept 2009: Pompey lose 1-0 to Everton setting a Premier League record of seven straight defeats from the start of the season. [LNB]Oct 2009: Avram Grant returns as director of football. Ali al-Faraj buys a 90 per cent majority holding with Al-Fahim retaining a 10 per cent stake. [LNB]Nov 2009: Hart is sacked and the club remains bottom of the league. [LNB]
