Source: Daily_Mail
Portsmouth website shut down after cash-strapped club fail to pay operator
Portsmouth's cash crisis plunged new depths when the club's official website was shut down afte failing to pay the operator.[LNB]Fans logging onto the www.portsmouthfc.co.uk were greeted only with the words 'Website Unavailable.'[LNB]The cash-strapped club had failed to meet payments to the site's operator, Juicy, heaping more misery onto their angry fans.[LNB] No entry: Fans logging onto Portsmouth's official website were met with this[LNB] [LNB]The website was later put back online after Portsmouth agreed to a new payment plan.[LNB]A statement from read: 'Juicy has been in continual communication with the finance team in recent months about managing the costs of the website but were forced, due to payment plan breaches, to take the site down earlier today.[LNB]'A new payment plan with the club has now been agreed and the site will bemade live with immediate effect.'[LNB]Juicy director Pete Holliday said: 'We understand how passionate fans areabout Portsmouth and want to see the site live just as much as they do.[LNB] Oh no: The closure of the website is the latest in a series of blows to the club[LNB] 'We even had a supporter contact us today to offer to pay to get the site liveagain.[LNB]'We're proud of the work we have done with Portsmouth, and are pleased to beworking through these issues with the club so that the site can remain live andcontinue to serve the needs of the club and its community.'[LNB]The spectre of becoming the first Barclays Premier League club toenter administration looms large at Fratton Park with Portsmouthreported to be £60million in the red.[LNB]Player wages have goneunpaid, leading to fears of a walkout by disgruntled squad members, andthe transfer embargo that has been in place since October has only justbeen lifted.[LNB]On the pitch, Portsmouth are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.[LNB][LNB] David James off to Stoke City in bid to save cash-strapped Portsmouth from going under Crisis club Portsmouth face new low by naming just three substitutesPortsmouth win their battle to have transfer embargo lifted after 103 daysPORTSMOUTH FC
