Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has said he will tender his resignation when the administrators sell the club.

Portsmouth was given a stay of execution today as bosses were granted extra time to fight a winding-up petition.

PORTSMOUTH tumbled to their first home defeat since March and out of the Carling Cup as goals by Benni McCarthy and Morten Gamst Pedersen earned Blackburn a place in the quarter-finals.

Portsmouth, playing their last home match for five weeks, had Steve Stone back in midfield after injury to face Aston Villa.