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35 / Sat Apr 1, 1950 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Stoke City 0-1 Portsmouth

Harris goal earns two more vital points

35 /  Sat Apr 1, 1950 / League / Football League Division One (D1) / Stoke City 0-1 Portsmouth

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1949-50
Date Sat Apr 1, 1950
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 35
Stage League
Kick Off 3.00pm
Venue Victoria Ground (Stoke)
Weather
Home Team Stoke City
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance 26521
Receipts
Referee A Tolley (Worcester)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Stoke City 0-1 Portsmouth
Home Scorers -
Away Scorers Harris 50
Home Line Up Wilkinson Watson McCue Mountford F Franklin Sellars Malkin Bowyer Mountford G Johnston Oscroft
Away Line Up Butler Hindmarsh Ferrier Scoular Flewin Dickinson Harris Reid Clarke Pickett Froggatt
Match Summary United drop another point as Harris settles this game when the keeper misjudges Froggatt’s corner. Stoke look the livelier early on, but once Pompey go ahead there is only one winner – despite losing Flewin for ten minutes – delighting a small band of bell ringing and rattling fans.
Source Portsmouth Champions of England, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2000)
Pompeyrama Stoke City 0-1 Portsmouth
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