Will Wembley Be the Last Waltz for a Club On Its Way to Hell? ; Thecolumn [Eire Region Edition 2]

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IN 20 days, Portsmouth FC will carry the sentimental hopes of football fans everywhere. Every neutral with a taste for happy endings will wish them well in the FA Cup final. And if they overcome Chelsea, we shall all celebrate a famous fairytale.

And yet, even as they parade the silver pot around Wembley, celebrations will be tinged with shame. Because a greatly loved club now represents everything that is reckless in the English game. And that it has for so long been allowed to behave so badly tells us a lot about the so-called greatest League in the world.

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Will Wembley Be the Last Waltz for a Club On Its Way to Hell? ; Thecolumn [Eire Region Edition 2]

The dossier released by the club last week is genuinely shocking. Overall debts have reached Pounds 122.8 million. Current and former players are owed a total of Pounds 4.7m and other clubs are...

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