36 / Fri Mar 16, 1962 / Football League Division Three (D3) / Reading 0-3 Pompey
Suave Pompey go ten points clear
Entity details
| Era | 1946-1973 |
|---|---|
| Season | 1961-62 |
| Date | Fri Mar 16, 1962 |
| Match Type | First Team |
| Competition Sponsor | |
| Competition | Football League Division Three (D3) |
| Match No | 36 |
| Stage | |
| Kick Off | 7.30pm |
| Venue | Elm Park |
| Weather | |
| Home Team | Reading |
| Away Team | Portsmouth |
| Attendance | 22969 |
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| Referee | Mr W Crossley (Lancaster) |
| Status | Completed after 90 minutes |
| Final Score | Reading 0-3 Pompey |
| Home Scorers | - |
| Away Scorers | Barton 19, 35 Saunders 68 |
| Home Line Up | Meeson, Walker, High, Travers, Spiers, Evans, Batt, Whitehouse, Allen, Maughan, Wheeler |
| Away Line Up | Beattie, Rutter, Wilson, Brown, Snowdon, Dickinson, Barton, Gordon, Saunders, Blackburn, Dodson |
| Match Summary | Pompey are on a roll and go ten points clear at the top of Division Three after this comfortable Friday night victory at Elm Park. Reading pack in their biggest crowd of the season and the Pompey chimes drown out the home support as their team play some football described by Ken Jones in the Daily Mirror as the best he had seen outside the top six of the First Division. Goals from Tony Barton (2) and Ron Saunders sealed the win but keeper Meeson prevented a cricket score. |
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| Pompeyrama | Click me |
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