Angelos Basinas €1.4 million per annum with AEK Athens, choosing the number 14. Despite the pre-season odds, AEK underachieved during the first half of the season and lost the title race too early, making Basinas favourable towards a new move during the winter transfer period. On 2 February 2009, Portsmouth confirmed the signing of Basinas on an eighteen-month contract. He made his debut for Portsmouth on 7 February 2009 against Liverpool. Just a few hours after his debut, manager Tony Adams, who brought Basinas in, was sacked by the club and replaced by Paul Hart. Under the new manager, Basinas hardly played
History of Portsmouth F.C. from the late 2012-13 EFL League One season after going 23 games without a win, however The Football League still agreed to deduct the ten points from Portsmouth for going into administration, despite them already being relegated. Portsmouth were tipped for promotion in the 2013-14 EFL League Two season by bookmakers, with Guy Whittingham given the first team job full-time but after a slow start to the season, Whittingham became increasingly unpopular. He was sacked on 25 November 2013 with Portsmouth just six points above the relegation zone. Andy Awford took the role of caretaker manager, earning a point against