Source: Daily_Mail
Pompey money men should be held to account over crisis, says ex-boss Pulis
Stoke manager Tony Pulis has called for serious questions to be asked of the people who have been in charge of the money at his former club Portsmouth.[LNB]Pompey, rooted to the bottom of the Barclays Premier League, are in crisis and on Wednesday were given seven days by the High Court to draw up a statement of their financial affairs or face being shut down.[LNB] Gone Potty: Stoke City manager Tony Pulis believes serious questions need to be asked at his former club Portsmouth[LNB]HMRC claim Pompey, who have had four owners this season, owe them more than£11million in total. A figure of £7.4million of VAT is included in the winding-up petition, which Pompey are disputing.[LNB]Portsmouth Chief Executive Peter Storrie speaks to the press after the club won a stay of execution against a winding-up order on Wednesday[LNB]Pulis believes Pompey, where he was manager for nine months in 2000, have a responsibility which spreads wider than just the football club.[LNB]'It is a fantastic club with great support. What it has hopefully done has opened up a window for people to look in and say things have got to be done properly,' said the Potters boss.[LNB]'You can't allow finances, just because you are a football club, to run as wild as what they have done.[LNB]'Luckily here we have a chairman (Peter Coates) who keeps it all under control but clubs have a responsibility to the community.[LNB]'They have a responsibility to keep going because that club means so much to so many people.[LNB]'People should be asking questions of whoever has been running their finances.'[LNB] Redknapp and former Pompey chief Mandaric in court over tax evasion'Insolvent' Portsmouth given a week to live at High Court showdownPompey granted seven-day reprieve in desperate bid to avoid going bustPortsmouth D-Day: Crisis club fighting for their future at the High CourtPompey look to settle £7.5m debt in order to save club from administrationPORTSMOUTH FC
