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2 / Wed Jan 19, 1994 / Third Round Replay / FA Challenge Cup / Pompey 1 - 3 Blackburn Rovers

2 /  Wed Jan 19, 1994 / Third Round Replay / FA Challenge Cup / Pompey 1 - 3 Blackburn Rovers

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Era 1973-1999
Season 1993-94
Date Wed Jan 19, 1994
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition FA Challenge Cup
Match No 2
Stage Third Round Replay
Kick Off 7.45pm
Venue Fratton Park
Weather
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Team Blackburn Rovers
Attendance 23035
Receipts
Referee J Kirby (Sheffield)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Pompey 1 - 3 Blackburn Rovers
Home Scorers McLoughlin 77
Away Scorers Shearer 44, May 68, Wilcox 78
Home Line Up Knight, Durnin, Daniel, McLoughlin, Butters (Dobson), Awford, Neill, Stimson (Hall), Powell, Walsh, Kristensen
Away Line Up Flowers, May, Berg, Sherwood, Hendry (Moran), Le Saux, Riley, Gallacher, Shearer, Batty, Wilcox
Match Summary The officials are the only ones who miss Wilcox ‘bowl’ the ball in, just after Macca’s turn-and-shot had Rovers on the rack. TV shows it was an off-break! Shearer deflects in off Awford, then May stoops to conquer. The club have put ‘POMPEY’ on their shirt backs. Not a good idea!
Source Portsmouth The Modern Era, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2005)
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