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46 / Sat May 14, 1983 / Football League Division Three (D3) / Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Pompey

Biley seals Third Division crown

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46 /  Sat May 14, 1983 / Football League Division Three (D3) / Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Pompey

Entity details

Era 1973-1999
Season 1982-83
Date Sat May 14, 1983
Match Type First Team
Competition Sponsor
Competition Football League Division Three (D3)
Match No 46
Stage
Kick Off 3.00pm
Venue Home Park
Weather Fine
Home Team Plymouth Argyle
Away Team Portsmouth
Attendance 14173
Receipts
Referee K Cooper (Pontypridd)
Status Completed after 90 minutes
Final Score Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Pompey
Home Scorers -
Away Scorers Biley 59
Home Line Up Crudgington Nisbet Uzzell Harrison Smith Cooper Hodges Phillips Sims Staniforth Rowe
Away Line Up Knight Ellis Sullivan Doyle Tait Aizlewood Webb Dillon Rafferty Biley Rogers
Match Summary Fittingly, it is Player of the Season Biley who fires home from eight yards, from ex-Argyle winger Rogers’ cross, earning Pompey’s first title since 1962. A bad-tempered pitch invasion causes a hold up of several minutes and Deacon confirms that Fratton will have fences next season.
Source Portsmouth The Modern Era, Farmery C, Desert Island Books (2005)
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