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MP pledges support for Pompey
Following news that Portsmouth Football club has gone into administration, Mike Hancock, the local MP for the club commented: "As a livelong Pompey fan, I find it very sad and disappointing that the club as gone into administration and I am sure all the club's fans and the whole of Portsmouth would share that feeling. Hopefully though it can mean a line can now be drawn under recent events. And I hope the club can come out of administration ultimately in a stronger financial position than it seems to have been in recent months. We have seen the club go through good times as well as bad and one of the club's strengths is its very loyal and strong fan base and I am sure that that will be of major assistance to the club in coming weeks and months. I am also committed to do whatever I can as an MP to help the club.
"I think that there now major issues on how Football in general and the Premier League in particular is run and regulated. I have asked to meet the Sports Minister to discuss with him, not just Pompey but the whole situation as regards Football. We have gone past the point when the Government can say this is just a question for private businesses - we are talking about our national game here and there are now a great number of issues that affect nearly all clubs. The minister recently said in Parliament that the Government needed to be a "critical friend" of Football - it now needs to be at least that and more. We have seen with the banks what happens if the Government does not act, I don't want to see a similar fiasco with Football. It now needs to work with the FA and Premier League to secure Football's long term future."
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