Co-written with Lukas Flottmeier On 24th February, Borussia Mönchengladbach will host Manchester City for the first leg of their last-16 tie in the UEFA Champions League. The fixture is certainly not one you would have seen in Europe’s elite competition a decade ago. Both sides have come an awfully long way in that time, although they …
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A series of ownership mishaps kickstarted a turbulent decade at Portsmouth Football Club. After relegation from the Premier League in 2010, Pompey found themselves in England’s fourth division by 2013. In financial ruin after two spells in administration, the club was on the brink of going out of existence. In a sharp turn-around in fortunes, …
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Between 2005 and 2011, Portsmouth’s boardroom dragged a proud club to the brink of non-existence. After Sulaiman Al-Fahim was imprisoned for stealing £5m from his wife to make his first down payment on the club, Pompey eventually fell into the hands of Vladimir Antonov. As TaleOfTwoHalves summarises: “Portsmouth had already been through two fake sheikhs and a busted businessman, …
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