RIP English football. Killed off by greed, the­ Premiership circus and blinkered "supporters"­ with their "I'm all right Jack"­ attitudes. Ten years from now there will be maybe ten­ clubs in Britain soaking up 100% of the money before­ the TV will realise that football has become just­ another minority sport and then they will pull the­ plug. After the house of cards has fallen maybe­ football can start over..........but sadly I doubt it.­ Which will be the next institution to be milked to­ death until it's lost forever?

The sad thing is that clubs becoming extinct means who­ will develop local talent? All clubs contribute to­ their local communities through kids coaching and­ skills development. When there are less clubs that­ gives kids less opportunities to develop as players and­ means less of a talent pool in the long run. The less­ teams there are the less competitive football becomes.­ Keep it up and English football will be as exciting as­ the SPL oh that's right it has we have four teams­ instead of two so I guess that makes it twice as­ exciting.

"We were unaware of the issues with the Football­ League"
Pinnacle must have been the only people in­ the UK that were unaware of a 10 pt deduction,­ therefore were hardly suitable to run the club­ anyway.
I'm a United fan, but I have fond memories­ of the Dell, can even forgive you for '76, I really­ hope the club survives and that St. Mary's is full­ next season.

This Pinnacle thing with MLT was never going to happen.­ False hope and hype. Prob just did it to create a bit­ of interest from other parties. No other parties­ materialised and they are forced to make excuses and­ pull out. Why the hell we can't find a buyer I­ don't know. Why the f**k does someone buy a club­ like QPR but no one is interested in SFC? Fin crisis­ has made people realise there is no money to be made in­ football unless you are a Mr 15%. Looks like it's­ time for a new club. Saints FC anyone? Svennson as­ manager paid by the fans for the fans. We could work­ our way up the leagues lke AFC Wimbledon or FC United.­ I'll start things off by chucking a £5 in.........

Hardly time to celebrate for Pompey fans, this was us a­ decade ago, we got lucky and have proceeded to be led a­ merry dance by rich boys looking for a toy ever since. ­ Pompey aren't exactly on a sound financial setting­ either and if the oil merchant fails this is us again­ in a few months. As much as I like to see the Scum­ fail there needs to be a club in the first place for­ any pointing and laughing to take place, football is­ unbalanced severely and it needs to be addressed. The­ gaps are too massive, the risks and gambles taken by­ owners/board members to reap such rewards when having­ to operate on relative scraps too tempting. ­ Responsibility needs to be taken somewhere somehow­ before football in this country tumbles further away­ from the supporters that ultimately fund it and give it­ the passion and glamour "the man" is so eager­ to buy, plunder and exploit.

When a Football Club gets into Financial trouble whos­ fault is it? A Football Club is like any other­ business, it goes through good times and bad. In good­ times it has money in the Bank and the Bank uses this­ money to extend its own business! When the Club is­ going through lean times then it goes to the Bank. What­ does the Bank do, usually it may extend a loan, a loan­ at possibly exorbitant rates of interests! this is hard­ for the club but usually they have no choice and most­ accept the higher interest in order to keep the Club­ solvent! Should the Club have further lean times and­ return to the Bank they find that the Bank will­ foreclose, Mortgage holders know this, and the club­ goes into liquidation! No probleml for the Bank, no­ twinge of conceience, why it is only a business, and­ business world is hard! They don`t think about people,­ fans or tradition of how the Club is part of the Life­ of any town or city because it is part of the people of­ that town or City! The Bank give you an Umberella when­ the Sun shines but asks for it back when it starts to­ Rain! We all know what happens though when the Banks­ get into trouble don`t we? They run to the Government­ and ask for money, taxpayers money, money from the­ working men and women who supported the Club that had­ to go into Liquidation because the Banks would no­ longer help! What do they say? What goes around comes­ around, I surely hope that that is true! Signed A Leeds­ United Fan!

It really is a pity to see this happen to any club i­ even would not like this to happen to man city i hate­ them but not this much.

The FA should make it easy to­ get these clubs out of jail and help a takeover happen­ not make it even harder.

What a shame i hope all comes­ good in the end.

Portsmouth fans i would keep quiet­ you never know what is round the corner!!!!!

RIP southampton you will be missed man U supported

despite a 10 point penalty southampton would still be­ in the top six at the end of the season unlike poor old­ luton who were doomed for the drop because the league­ and f a could not get their act together by issuing­ separate points deductions a bloody disgrace.

or even idea sam

now you all know what leeds went though and voted for­ the extra 15points not a good idier was it .sam a leeds­ fan

Is there really noting better to do in Porsmouth guys?

Looks like the old farts @ football league are willing­ to let a long respected football club go under for­ petty reasons, disgraceful. I hope the Saints survive­ to play again. A Newcastle United fan.

It all started to go wrong when that bloke who­ didn't know alot about RUGBY went there and thought­ that he could teach them how not to play football, and­ succeeded.

Don't be too @#$% Donney and the Portsmouth fans No­ 42, they're both a product of inter-breeding.

What with Donney and Portsmouth fans, this site is full­ of W*NK*RS and I'm not even a Saints fan. Let's­ hope you find a buyer.

Any football club in financial trouble is bad news for­ us all who love the game.

I hope you dont go under.

­ Southchurch Blue