17 / Sat Dec 2, 1967 / Football League Division Two (D2) / Pompey 3-1 Blackpool
Pompey go clear at the top
35,000 see the Seasiders sunk
Entity details
| Era | 1946-1973 |
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| Season | 1967-68 |
| Date | Sat Dec 2, 1967 |
| Match Type | First Team |
| Competition Sponsor | |
| Competition | Football League Division Two (D2) |
| Match No | 17 |
| Stage | |
| Kick Off | 3.00pm |
| Venue | Fratton Park |
| Weather | Overcast |
| Home Team | Portsmouth |
| Away Team | Blackpool |
| Attendance | 35038 |
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| Referee | N Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth |
| Status | Completed after 90 minutes |
| Final Score | Pompey 3-1 Blackpool |
| Home Scorers | Portwood 27, Travers 85 Pointer 89 |
| Away Scorers | Skirton 44 |
| Home Line Up | Milkins, Pack, Ley, Smith, Tindall, Harris, Portwood, Pointer, Hiron, Kellard, Jennings (Travers) |
| Away Line Up | Taylor, Armfield, Mowbray, MIlne, James, McPhee, Skirton, Craven, Ingram, Green (Rowe(, Oates |
| Match Summary | A day all those there will remember - Pompey were top and Blackpool second in the race for promotion to the top league. A crowd of over 35,000 packed Fratton to the rafters and the game did not disappoint as the two sides gave their all in the December gloom. Pompey got the start they wanted when Portwood headed in a Ley cross but just on half time Skirton dived to head home an Armfield centre. The second half saw the two sides trade punches and Pompey lost Jennings with a broken leg, but the crowd roared the Blues home and Substitute Travers and Pointer scored in the last five minutes. At the final whistle the crowd spilled onto the pitch in celebration. The crowd was the biggest since 1959 and has not been beaten for a league game since. |
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| Pompeyrama | Click me |
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