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8 / Sat Sep 17, 1949 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Huddersfield Town 0-1 Portsmouth

8 /  Sat Sep 17, 1949 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Huddersfield Town 0-1 Portsmouth

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1949-50
Date Sat Sep 17, 1949
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 8
Stage League
Kick Off 3.00pm
Venue Leeds Road
Weather
Home Team Huddersfield Town
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance 26222
Receipts
Referee H Pearce (Luton)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Huddersfield Town 0-1 Portsmouth
Home Scorers None
Away Scorers Clarke 60
Home Line Up Butler Hindmarsh Ferrier Scoular Flewin Dickinson Harris Reid Clarke Phillips Froggatt
Away Line Up Hesford Howe Stewart Hunter Percival Boot McKenna Glazzard Rodgers Nightingale Metcalfe
Match Summary Red-shirted Pompey are too good for Town (who had nine men out injured) without ever playing as well as last week. Clarke secures the vital goal, turning home from close range after Harris had skinned Stewart. Pompey should have netted more, but late casualness nearly let Town in.
Source Portsmouth Champions of England, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2000)
Pompeyrama Huddersfield Town 0-1 Portsmouth
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