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League / Sat Dec 11, 1948 / Portsmouth 2-2 Manchester United

League / Sat Dec 11, 1948 / Portsmouth 2-2 Manchester United

Entity details

Era 1946-1973
Season 1948-49
Date Sat Dec 11, 1948
Match Type First Team
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 21
Stage League
Kick Off 2.15pm
Venue
Stadium Name Fratton Park
Weather
Referee H Pearce (Luton)
Opponents
Final Score Portsmouth 2-2 Manchester United
Home Scorers Froggatt 60, Clarke 63
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Scorers Mitten 44p, McGlen 87
Away Team Manchester United
Attendance 29966
Receipts
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up Butler Rookes Ferrier Scoular Flewin Dickinson Harris Barlow Clarke Phillips Froggatt
Away Line Up Crompton Carey Aston Cockburn Chilton McGlen Delaney Morris Rowley Pearson Mitten
Match Summary Mitten gives United the lead when Flewin upends him, but Froggatt’s 20-yarder and Clarke’s finish after good work by Barlow seem to have turned the game. Butler is left groggy by Rowley’s piledriver and in the dying minutes McGlen nods home as United force a string of corners.
Pompeyrama Portsmouth 2-2 Manchester United
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