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Sat Feb 21, 1959 / Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 4 Pompey

Saunders hat-trick brings a rare smile

 Sat Feb 21, 1959 / Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 4 Pompey

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Era 1946-1973
Season 1958-59
Date Sat Feb 21, 1959
Match Type First Team
Competition Football League Division One (D1)
Match No 29
Stage
Kick Off 3.00pm
Venue
Stadium Name White Hart Lane
Weather Rain
Referee Mr H Haworth (Lancashire)
Opponents
Final Score Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 4 Pompey
Home Scorers Clayton 17, Jones 72, Smith 77, 89
Home Team Tottenham Hotspur
Away Scorers Harris H 27, Saunders 50,70,79
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance 27250
Receipts
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Dodge, Norman, Hey, Medwin, Blanchflower, Smith, Clayton, Jones
Away Line Up Brown, McGhee, Wilson, Carter, Hayward, Dickinson, Barnard, Newman, Saunders, Dougan, Harris H
Match Summary 1958/59 was a season to forget with Pompey finishing bottom of the First Division after being Champions only nine years previously. Pompey had picked up just one point from the last ten games before heading to White Hart Lane where they deserved a win after Spurs get an undeserved penalty and a clear offside goal and concede the equaliser with just seconds left. Freddie Cox, the much maligned boss has a smile though as two of his signings Harry Harris and Ron Saunders score the goals. The last thirteen games see Pompey pick up just two more points. It was Jimmy Dickinson's 500th appearance for his only club.
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