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2 / Sat Jan 23, 1971 / Fourth Round / FA Challenge Cup / Pompey 1-1 Arsenal

Trebs late leveller stuns mighty Gunners

2 /  Sat Jan 23, 1971 / Fourth Round / FA Challenge Cup / Pompey 1-1 Arsenal

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1970-71
Date Sat Jan 23, 1971
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition FA Challenge Cup
Match No 2
Stage Fourth Round
Kick Off 3.00pm
Venue Fratton Park
Weather Rain
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Team Arsenal
Attendance 39659
Receipts £18002 4s 0d
Referee R Johnson (Lowestoft)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Pompey 1-1 Arsenal
Home Scorers Trebilcock 90
Away Scorers Storey 35 Pen
Home Line Up Milkins, Smith, Ley, Hand, Blant, Munks, Piper N, Trebilcock, Hiron, Bromley, Pointer (Youlden)
Away Line Up Wilson, Rice, McNab, Storey, McLintock, Simpson, Armstrong, Sammels, Radford, Kennedy, George
Match Summary Cup specialist Trebilcock pops up at the far post to convert Smith’s cross, after Radford had lost possession, to seal a famous result. In driving rain Pompey push the championship chasers all the way after Storey had opened the scoring from the a spot after Ley’s punch off the line.
Source Portsmouth The Modern Era, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2005)
Pompeyrama Pompey 1-1 Arsenal
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