Pompey set to test Premier League rules

PORTSMOUTH administrator Andrew Andronikou is set to ask the Premier League for special dispensation on three separate fronts.

Andronikou was appointed after Pompey, who face Burnley at Turf Moor today, became the first Premier League club to go into administration yesterday morning.

That should mean a nine-point deduction which would effectively seal the club’s relegation from the Barclays Premier League.