 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Portsmouth yakadzikiswa kuEFL Championship iyo nyowani Tier 2 level zita zuva rakatevera musi wa10 Kubvumbi 2010 mushure mekunge West Ham yakahwina. Portsmouth yakakunda mutambo wavo weFA Cup semi-fainari vachirwisa Tottenham 20 mushure mekuwedzera nguva zuva rakatevera, nezvibodzwa kubva kuna Frédéric Piquionne naKevin-Prince Boateng vakakunda mutambo. Vakatarisana neChelsea mumutambo wokupedzisirapaWembley musi wa15 Chivabvu 2010 uye akarasikirwa 10 nechinangwa kubva kuna Didier Drogba. Pasinei nokuva FA Cup yokupedzisira, kirabhu vakaramba rezinesi kutamba European nhabvu anotevera mwaka muna UEFA Europa League. Muna May, Grant akasiya basa somutungamiriri wePortsmouth. Musi wa 17 Chikumi, vakweretesi vekirabhu vakavhotera chibvumirano chekuzvidira chekambani CVA, nehuwandu hwe81.3; HMRC, Paul Hart uye mumiriri wePortsmouth midfielder Tommy Smith ndivo chete vakaramba, asi HMRC yakakwidza mhosva yeCVA nekuda kwekudzikiswa kwechikwereti chayo chakakura. Musi wa15 Chikunguru 2010, HMRC yakakwidza mhosva yeCVA yakapihwa pazuva rekupedzisira risati rabvumidzwa zviri pamutemo, nyaya iyi yaive ichizoitika muna Gumiguru 2010, asi mushure mekukwirira kubva kuvatariri vekirabhu yakatarwa musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu kuHigh Court muLondon. Nyaya yacho yakanzwiwa naVaJustice Mann kubva musi wa3 kusvika musi wa5 August apo, pashure pokunge vanzwa zvakataurwa nemativi ose, vakaramba chikumbiro cheHMRC pazvinhu zvose zvishanu zvavakanga vataura. HMRC yakasarudza kusakwidza mhosva yacho, ichisiya vatungamiri vePortsmouth kuti vabvumirane zviri pamutemo neCVA uye vabudise kirabhu kunze kwekutungamira. Musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu, Balram Chainrai akapedza kutora kwake kirabhu uye akapasa varidzi nevatungamiriri anokodzera uye akakodzera munhu bvunzo. 