SOS

SOS POMPEY!

Portsmouth Fans United For Their Club

PRESS RELEASE

POMPEY FANS MARCH IN SEARCH OF A SAVIOUR!

Wanted! One careful owner who recognises how the passion of the Pompey fansmakes Portsmouth Football Club a football club worth saving.

Hundreds of Pompey fans are expected to rally behind a fans’ protestinitiative ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup fourth round tie with Sunderland tohelp save Portsmouth FC.

Fans are being asked to march, rally and then sign a petition calling on theclubs’ current owners to sort out the financial mess at Fratton Park. Thepetition, which can be signed by all fans on Saturday, will be handed in bya group of young Pompey fans ahead of the match.

And if the current owners are unable to come up with the finance needed,then fans are urging the present owners to sell up to someone who can.

With a winding up petition hanging over the club, over unpaid tax debts, atransfer embargo in place and the salaries not paid on time two months outof the past three, fans are claiming enough is enough.

A march is planned from the Guildhall Square at 12.45pm. Those fans willmeet with another group rallying at Milton Park from 1.15pm. Once united,fans will then march to Fratton Park at 2pm, where a petition is set to bepresented to the club by a group of young supporters, representing thefuture of the club.

Spokesman for the protest Bob Beech said: “We are making our voices heardtelling those in charge you can try and kill our club but you cannot killour spirit. The protest also points out to any potential investor who may bewaiting in the wings that there is no lack of passion with the fans.”

And Pompey ‘super fan’ John PFC Westwood added: “We want to show everyonethat fans are united behind this protest. We urge all fans to march, rallyor sign this petition,” he said.

“We are not against the new owner for the sake of it. If Ali Al Faraj can show he has the finance to take the club forward we would welcome it, but if he hasn’t he should step aside and allow someone who has to take over.”