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Sat Apr 24, 1965 / Northampton Town 1-1 Pompey

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 Sat Apr 24, 1965 / Northampton Town 1-1 Pompey

Entity details

Era 1946-1973
Season 1964-65
Date Sat Apr 24, 1965
Match Type First Team
Competition Football League Division Two (D2)
Match No 46
Stage
Kick Off 7.30pm
Venue
Stadium Name County Ground (Northampton)
Weather
Referee Mr V James (York)
Opponents
Final Score Northampton Town 1-1 Pompey
Home Scorers Gordon o.g. 78
Home Team Northampton Town
Away Scorers Wilson 84
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance 20660
Receipts
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Home Line Up Harvey, Foley, Everitt, Leck, Carr, Kiernan, Walden, Martin, Brown, Hunt, Robson
Away Line Up Armstrong, Wilson, Tindall, Gordon, Dickinson, Harris H, McClelland, Portwood, Edwards, McCann, Barton
Match Summary Northampton are unbeaten at home, Pompey MUST get a point to stay in Division Two and it is Jimmy Dickinson's 764th and final league game and with twelve minutes left Johnny Gordon heads inadvertently into his own net! Despair! Five minutes lapse and Pompey win a corner, the whole team go forward. John McClelland's flag kick is nodded on by Harry Harris, Cliff Portwood get a touch and Alex Wilson, with just one goal in his past 250 games, slams the ball home! PANDEMONIUM and five minutes later the boys in white chair their 40 year old skipper off the pitch as their fans invade the pitch. Back home phone lines are jammed as fans clamour to hear the final score with most having to wait for the Football Mail with the report printed in the stop press to be dropped on street corners!
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