Portsmouth timeline- from FA Cup glory to club in crisis
25 Nov 2009 - 13:35:42
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.
Oct 2008: Harry Redknapp leaves for second time to join Spurs. His assistant, Tony Adams, takes over.
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Feb 2009: Adams is sacked after winning just two Premier League games in 16 and replaced by Hart, who steers team away from relegation.
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.
July 2009: Al Fahim is made non-executive chairman, while chief executive officer Peter Storrie assembles takeover consortium.
Aug 2009: Al Fahim completes his takeover.
Sept 2009: Pompey lose 1-0 to Everton setting a Premier League record of seven straight defeats from the start of the season.
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.
Nov 2009: Hart is sacked and the club remains bottom of the league.
