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League / Wed May 3, 1950 / Arsenal 2-0 Portsmouth

League / Wed May 3, 1950 / Arsenal 2-0 Portsmouth

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1949-50
Date Wed May 3, 1950
Match Type First Team
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 41
Stage League
Kick Off 6.30pm
Venue
Stadium Name Highbury (Arsenal)
Weather
Referee P Annette (Basingstoke)
Opponents
Final Score Arsenal 2-0 Portsmouth
Home Scorers Goring 25, 80
Home Team Arsenal
Away Scorers None
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance 63124
Receipts
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up Swindin Scott Barnes Forbes Compton L Mercer Cox Logie Goring Lewis Compton D
Away Line Up Butler Hindmarsh Ferrier Thompson Spence Dickinson Harris Reid Pickett Phillips Froggatt
Match Summary Injuries rob Pompey of Clarke (toe) and Flewin (hip), while Scoular is controversially banned. They are always second best to the FA Cup winners wearing their Wembley yellow. A late rally nearly earns a point, after Goring had nodded Gunners in front, then slotted past Butler.
Pompeyrama Arsenal 2-0 Portsmouth
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