FA far from blameless

SO, Portsmouth fans have had to accept the lesser of two evils: certain relegation – it’s doubtful the win at Turf Moor will make any significant difference – as opposed to extinction at the hands of the High Court this morning.

At least, they still have a club to support.

But the Premier League and all those that are alleged to govern the game in England – that’s the FA – should hide their heads in shame. Never before has a top flight club gone to the wall, something that’s supposedly anathema to the all-mighty, all-powerful division in the Sky era for whom football before 1992 never really existed. How embarrassing. Their mismanagement of affairs in general – try thinking about the ‘fit and proper person’ rules without bursting out laughing – is as culpable as the club’s.