 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muzvinabhizimisi weLebanese Sam Hammam akatora kutonga kwekirabhu muna 2000 uye akatsiva Ayre naBobby Gould, uyo aive maneja wekirabhu yaHammam yapfuura Wimbledon. Gould akatanga zvakanaka, achiramba asina kukundwa mumitambo yake mipfumbamwe yekutanga, asi akatsiviwa naAlan Cork mushure mekutambura kukundwa kaviri kwakateedzana muna Gumiguru 2000. Cork yakakunda kukwidziridzwa kuChipiri Chikamu muna 2001 uye yakaita masiginecha epamusoro akati wandei ayo akabhadharwa neHammam pamberi pemwaka unotevera, achiputsa rekodhi yekutumira yekirabhu kaviri mumwedzi mitatu. Zvisinei, akasiya basa rake muna February 2002 mushure mekumanikidzwa nekuda kwechimiro chisina hanya. Lennie Lawrence, uyo akanga achishanda semutungamiriri wenhabvu yekirabhu, akatora kutonga kwechikwata chekutanga zvichitevera kuenda kwaCork uye akatungamira divi kusvika kumatanhatu matanhatu akateedzana. Mushure mekutambura kukundwa mumutambo wekutamba mumwaka wekutanga, akakunda kukwidziridzwa kuburikidza ne2003 Football League Second Division play-off Final mumwaka wake wechipiri. Lawrence akawana mid-tafura yekupedzisa mumwaka wake wekutanga muchikamu chechipiri asi, mushure mekurwisana nekudzikiswa mumwaka wake wechipiri, akatsiviwa pakupera kwemwaka wa2004-05. Dave Jones akagadzwa semutsivi waLawrence uye akapedza mwaka mitanhatu achitungamira timu yekutanga uye akavatungamira ku2008 FA Cup Finaluko vakatambura kukundwa kuPortsmouth. Jones akasiya kirabhu mushure mekurasikirwa mumakwikwi eChampionship play-offs kwemwaka wechipiri wakateedzana. 