South Coast Fortunes

The two super powers of football in Hampshire have certainly had different fortunes this season.

Whilst one consistently climbed the table from being docked 10 points at the start of the season, the other ended up being demoted from the top division and were found out to be in the region of £130 million in debt.

Portsmouth's crippling debts starts with owing several clubs money from the transfers of players such as Jamie O'Hara and Kevin-Prince Boateng.

In the mean time, whilst Pompey struggle to bring any new players in with no money, Southampton have been splashing he cash in order to put a serious title challenge in next year's fight for the League One top spot.

Saints announced Rickie Lambert as their player of the year, and he has been the key to the clubs progress, and will no doubt prove to be the main man to propel Southampton to the title next year.

Lambert is the top goal-scorer this year with only this weekends fixtures to play, and has almost lived up to the £1 million that was paid for his acquisition from Bristol Rovers back in August.

The team in red and white also splashed the cash in the January with the addition of Jose Fonte from established Championship side Crystal Palace, as well as the purchase of Danny Seaborne and Lee Barnard from Exeter City and Southend United respectively.

Portsmouth on the other hand have had to bend the rules and look to sell their own players to raise the cash outside of the transfer window.

However, the only silver lining of a horrendous season for the blues was the 4-1 victory in the F.A Cup against their rivals in their ‘own backyard'.

Which proves, for now at least, that Portsmouth are still the top club in Hampshire.