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Tue Feb 10, 1981 / Pompey 5 - 0 Exeter City

'Yosser' Tait hits three in five minutes

 Tue Feb 10, 1981 / Pompey 5 - 0 Exeter City

Entity details

Era 1973-1999
Season 1980-81
Date Tue Feb 10, 1981
Match Type First Team
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 32
Stage
Kick Off 7.30pm
Venue
Stadium Name Fratton Park
Weather
Referee M Taylor (Deal)
Opponents
Final Score Pompey 5 - 0 Exeter City
Home Scorers Bryant 11, Tait 62, 64, 65, Rafferty 69
Home Team Portsmouth
Away Scorers -
Away Team Exeter City
Attendance 12743
Receipts
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up Knight, Ellis, Viney, Doyle, Aizlewood, Davey, Hemmerman, Tait, Rafferty, Bryant, Rogers
Away Line Up Main, Rogers M, Sparrow, Forbes, Giles, Roberts P, Pearson, Rogers P, Kellow (Roberts L), Prince, Hatch
Match Summary Tait’s five-minute hat-trick shatters City, who will draw with Division Two Newcastle away in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday. Two powerful drives from outside the box and a header complete the feat. Bryant’s header started the rout, finished by Rafferty’s shot-on-the-turn
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