Portsmouth are set to become the first Premier League club to go into
administration on Friday after the club said it was unlikely that new buyers
would be found before Monday's winding-up hearing in the High Court.
The move will mean the automatic deduction of nine points to almost
certainly seal their relegation from the Premier League to the Championship
at the end of the season.
In a statement on the club's website Phil Hall, spokesman for the owner
Balram Chainrai said: "There is now only a
