Well the inevitable has now been confirmed, Portsmouth are relegated from the Championship after a 2-1 defeat by Derby at home today. Relegated by their 10 point deduction for going into administration.
This means they will play in division 1 next year. It will probably do them some good, in their current shape they need to rebuild and be run as a better business. Successive owners have all proved unsuitable and have not had the best interests of the club at heart.
The naming of the divisions has been abused in recent years, what it really looks like is:
Division 1 - Premiership
Division 2 - The Championship
Division 3 - Division 1
Division 4 - Division 2
Quite absurd really, so in old money Portsmouth are now in division 3.
As a footnote Portsmouth bowed out of the division with a 2-0 defeat away at Nottingham Forest (managed by ex Portsmouth boss Steve Cotterill). Southampton on the other hand finished second in the division to earn promotion with a 4-0 win over Coventry.
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