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Pompey went into administration in February 2010 Portsmouth could be docked points after chairman Vladimir Antonov resigned as its parent company Convers Sports Initiatives entered administration.Controlled by London-based Russian businessman Antonov, CSI only took over Championship club Pompey in June.
"I don't hold out much hope the club will avoid at least a 10-point loss," lawyer Guy Thomas told the BBC Sport.
"It's disappointing for the club to find itself in this position," said Pompey chief executive David Lampitt.
Pompey became the first Premier League club to enter administration in 2010.
The club was consequently deducted nine points on its way to relegation from the top flight.
In a statement, the club insisted that "Portsmouth Football Club (2010) Limited - the company that operates PFC - is not in administration and continues to trade".
However the Football Association has previously indicated that those clubs whose parent company enter administration will be subject to a points deduction process.
"It will have to be decided whether CSI and Portsmouth were effectively run as one economic entity," insolvency lawyer Thomas of Taylor Walton told BBC Sport.
"The penalty - ranging between 10 and 25 points - will depend on the outcome of that review."
And what happened to Portsmouth's Championship rivals Southampton in 2009 offers a worrying precedent for Pompey fans.
Then, Saints' parent company Southampton Leisure Holdings went into administration and though the club hoped to avoid deduction, an independent investigation by the Football League found the club & SLH were "inextricably linked as one economic entity".
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"Almost three years ago to the day, Portsmouth nearly beat AC Milan on a stirring night of European football. Pompey were the FA Cup holders and solid Premier League performers. How things have changed. News that the club's parent company has filed for insolvency protection would be shocking news at most other clubs but not Pompey. Crisis has become the norm. A second spell of administration looms, Pompey's seventh regime in 27 months, and a points deduction looks likely. Never has a club needed fit and proper persons at the helm more urgently."
Southampton were subsequently deducted 10 points.
"The matter will be considered by the Board of the Football League as and when all the facts surrounding the administration of the club's parent company become available," said a Football League spokesman.
Colin Farmery, who runs a Portsmouth supporters website, told BBC Radio Solent that CSI's insolvency could have a significant impact on the football club.
"The worst case outcome is that because the club is potentially going insolvent for the second time in 18 months, the Football League may take a dim view of that.
"The other side of that is the Football League approved these people of being fit and proper of running a football club."
Farmery added: "On a basic level, if CSI are involved in insolvency proceedings, that will have an impact on Portsmouth football club - and time will tell how big that will be."
Antonov, who last week was arrested in an inquiry into asset stripping, secured the sale of Portsmouth from Hong Kong businessman Balram Chainrai, director of Sports Holdings (Asia) Ltd in June. Portpin is another Chainrai company.
Chainrai first took over at Fratton Park in February 2010, placing Portsmouth in administration after initially investing £17m in the club, and "reluctantly" assuming control when previous owner Ali Al Faraj defaulted on loan payments due to him.
Last week, Portsmouth's former owners Portpin Ltd re-emerged as an interested party in the club's future after filing a charge at Companies House over the parent company making it a secured creditor over CSI.
"I want to assure staff and fans that we will continue to do everything possible to safeguard the position of the club and its longer-term future," added Lampitt.
Last week Antonov and his business partner Raimondas Baranauskas appeared in court in connection with the alleged asset stripping of a bank in Lithuania.
Prosecutors in Lithuania want to question Antonov and Baranauskas as part of an investigation into claims involving Snoras Bank.
The men were arrested in London on Thursday after Lithuanian authorities issued extradition warrants.
Both were released by Westminster Magistrates' Court on conditional bail.
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