History of Portsmouth F.C. place, thanks to academy director Paul Hart stepping in as caretaker boss, seven points clear of the relegated clubs, despite the disruption brought by the departure of Harry Redknapp and the subsequent sacking of his successor, former assistant manager Tony Adams. At the start of the 2008–09 season rumours began to fly around that Portsmouth were facing crippling debts due to their recent heavy spending and owner Alexandre Gaydamak was looking to sell the club. After Redknapp's departure many key players began to depart with Lassana Diarra and Jermain Defoe leaving in January. In May 2009, Sulaiman Al-Fahim had a
The News (Portsmouth) with businessman, Passmore Edwards, arrived in Portsmouth in 1883 with intentions of buying out the "Hampshire Telegraph" and starting a new evening newspaper, the "Southern Standard". By this time, "The Evening News" had already been established in Portsmouth by Graham Niven, who served as the paper's editor, manager, reporter and distributor. Both Storey and Niven faced a problem when they realised there was no room for two evening papers in Portsmouth. Niven soon sold out to Storey, retaining one quarter share. Storey's original project, "The Southern Standard" only survived for eight issues. When the Storey-Carnegie syndicate broke up in 1885,