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14 / Sat Oct 29, 1949 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Portsmouth 0-0 Manchester United

14 /  Sat Oct 29, 1949 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Portsmouth 0-0 Manchester United

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1949-50
Date Sat Oct 29, 1949
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 14
Stage League
Kick Off 3.00pm
Venue Fratton Park
Weather
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Team Manchester United
Attendance 41098
Receipts
Referee W Ling (Cambridge)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Portsmouth 0-0 Manchester United
Home Scorers None
Away Scorers None
Home Line Up Butler Hindmarsh Ferrier Scoular Spence Dickinson Harris Pickett Clarke Phillips Froggatt
Away Line Up Crompton Carey Aston Warner Chilton Cockburn Delaney Bogan Rowley Pearson Mitten
Match Summary Pompey draft in 23-year-old reserve Spence for his debut. In an interesting match, Phillips went closest, firing just wide early on, but in the second half a series of scrambles see Pompey lucky to survive. Championship ties are on sale, priced 7s 4d at Landports Drapery Bazaar.
Source Portsmouth Champions of England, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2000)
Pompeyrama Portsmouth 0-0 Manchester United
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