Spurs v Portsmouth match reports
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07.01.2023 | FA Cup Third Round Home Won 1-0 For a match report, click here. |
11.04.2010 | FA Cup semi-final Wembley Lost 0-2 (a.e.t) For a match report, click here. |
27.03.2010 | Premier League Home Won 2-0 For a match report, click here. |
17.10.2009 | Premier League Away Won 2-1 For a match report, click here. |
18.01.2009 | Premier League Home Drew 1-1 For a match report, click here. |
28.09.2008 | Premier League Away Lost 0-2 For a match report, click here. |
22.03.2008 | Premier League Home Won 2-0 For a match report, click here. |
15.12.2007 | Premier League Away Won 1-0 For a match report, click here. |
01.01.2007 | Premier League Away Drew 1-1 For a match report, click here. |
01.10.2006 | Premier League Home Won 2-1 For a match report, click here. |
12.12.2005 | Premier League Home Won 3-1 For a match report, click here. |
13.08.2005 | Premier League Away Won 2-0 For a match report, click here. |
05.02.2005 | Premier League Home Won 3-1 For a match report, click here. |
18.10.2004 | Premier League Away Lost 0-1 For a match report, click here. |
07.02.2004 | Premier League Home Won 4-3 For a match report, click here. |
26.12.2003 | Premier League Away Lost 0-2 For a match report, click here. |
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16.02.1991 | FA Cup Fifth Round Away Won 2-1
A superb individual performance by Paul Gascoigne turned this FA Cup Fifth Round in Tottenham’s favour and may have gone a long way to saving the club from financial ruin. With many of the stories leading up to this game surrounding the perilous state of the club’s money problems, Paul Gascoigne took the game by the scruff of the neck and scored two goals to bring Spurs back from a goal behind against Second Division Portsmouth to go through to the quarter-finals. A scuffed shot by Mark Chamberlain just before half-time gave Pompey the lead, but on the hour, Gascoigne played the ball wide to Paul Allen and then raced into the penalty area to rise and score a rare headed goal to pull Tottenham level. Saving the best for last, his dribble past a number of players on a heavy, bobbly pitch, before hitting a low shot into the corner of the net, gave Spurs the lead they retained for the final six minutes. Portsmouth – Alan Knight, Paul Beresford, , , , , , , , , , Guy Whittingham, Mark Chamberlain. |
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02.04.1988 | Division 1 Home Lost 0-1
A single goal by Barry Horne settled this Division One match at the Lane. Portsmouth were in the relegation zone on their arrival to play Spurs, but Horne’s 35th minute strike gave Pompey the points, but it was not enough to save them from going down to Division Two at the end of the season. Teams : |
04.11.1987 | Division One Away Drew 0-0
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10.12.1985 | League Cup Fourth Round Second Replay Away Lost 0-1
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27.11.1985 | League Cup Fourth Round Replay Away Drew 0-0 (after extra time)
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20.11.1985 | League Cup Fourth Round Replay Home Drew 0-0
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07.08.1974 | Friendly Away Won 2-0
The margin of victory over Portsmouth could have been much greater, but Spurs settled for a 2-0 win in this pre-season friendly. Chris Jones got on the end of a Chris McGrath cross to head in the opening goal and into the second half, Jimmy Neighbour picked out a carefully placed shot from the edge of the box to make it 2-0. Teams :- |
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18.02.1967 | FA Cup Fourth Round Away Won 3-1
Spurs progressed through this FA Cup Fourth Round tie with a 3-1 win over Portsmouth. After a three-match epic to overcome Hull City in the previous round, Pompey might have been drained and Tottenham took full advantage. Pompey mascot (in full naval dress) Barry Harris got the 15,000 South Coast fans singing, but they were quietened by goals from Alan Gilzean (2) and Jimmy Greaves. Ron Tindall netted a consolation goal for Portsmouth. Spurs – Pat Jennings, Phil Beal, Mike England, Cyril Knowles, Dave Mackay, Alan Mullery, Terry Venables, Cliff Jones, Alan Gilzean, Jimmy Greaves, Jimmy Robertson. |
21.02.1959 | Division 1 Home Drew 4-4
Three days after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Norwich City, Spurs hosted Portsmouth in a 4-4 First Division draw, with Ron Saunders hitting a hat-trick for Pompey.. Teams : – |
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04.10.1958 | Division 1 Away Drew 1-1
Jimmy Anderson took Spurs to Fratton Park for a First Division match against Portsmouth, which ended in a draw and the end of his reign as manager. After 50 years with the club, Anderson resigned on health grounds and the point gained from this match was earned by a Alfie Stokes goal, which he netted from a Jeff Ireland cross after six minutes. However, Ron Saunders equalised just three minutes later following a corner and the remaining 81 minutes saw Spurs under pressure. Only a linesman’s flag deprived Pompey of a win, when it signalled offside to wipe out the 86th minute “goal” the home side scored, much to the dislike of the majority of the 26,402 crowd. Teams : |
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04.09.1957 | Division 1 Home Lost 3-5
With the Portsmouth coach held up in traffic after an accident, the match kicked off twenty minutes late, but it didn’t stop Pompey racing away with this game. They were soon 3-0 up with goals from Peter Harris (12), Johnny Gordon (13) and Jackie Henderson (15). Amazingly, Spurs were level by the break as they hit back with goals from Micky Dulin, Johnny Brooks and a Tommy Harmer penalty. Former Spurs striker Sid McClellan put Pompey ahead again just after the break and Henderson won it with a fifth Portsmouth goal that left Tottenham bottom of the table after four matches. Teams : |
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28.08.1957 | Division 1 Away Lost 1-5
Spurs suffered a big defeat at Fratton Park as Portsmouth ran riot. Ray Crawford, new to the South Coast side, opened the scoring in the 26th minute, following up within a minute with his second. Peter Harris then netted a brace in the 33rd and 37th minute as Spurs crumbled. Harris completed his treble in the 56th minute with a penalty, before Spurs finally got a consolation goal from Bobby Smith on the hour. Teams : |
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16.03.1957 | Division 1 Home Won 2-0
A break by Terry Medwin and Tommy Harmer lead to Tottenham’s first goal in the 23rd minute. A Medwin cross was aiming for goal from Bobby Smith’s head, but it hit the bar and bounced back into Pompey defender Jack Mansell’s chest to put the ball over the line. In the 42nd minute, Medwin linked up with Blanchflower to lay the ball into Bobby Smith’s path and he hit a powerful right foot shot low into the net to make it 2-0. Teams : , , Jack Mansell, |
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03.11.1956 | Division 1 Away Won 3-2
An own goal apiece were included in the scoring in this 3-2 away win for Tottenham at Fratton Park. On 11 minutes, Jimmy Gordon got in between Harry Clarke and Ted Ditchburn to put Portsmouth ahead, but Spurs scored through Johnny Brooks in the 23rd minute, going past two defenders and hitting a left-foot shot to make it 1-1 at the break. Tony Marchi tried a back-pass on 56 minutes, but slipped it past his own goalie, while a deflected shot from Terry Medwin went in off Alec Wilson to get Spurs back level eleven minutes later. It was left to Bobby Smith to wrap up a 3-2 win with a shot from a Tommy Harmer free-kick in the 69th minute. Teams : |
10.03.1956 | Division 1 Home Drew 1-1
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29.10.1955 | Division 1 Away Lost 1-4
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05.02.1955 | Division 1 Away Won 3-0
With no goals in the first hour, the match burst into life with three in the last half hour to give Spurs, what was in the end, a comfortable winning score-line having ploughed through the heavy conditions at Fratton Park to beat Portsmouth 3-0. Len Duquemin started the move for the first goal after 64 minutes. He got in the way of a pass out of the home defence, then put Eddie Baily in on the right wing. He crossed to Johnny Gavin, whose header flashed into the net. Gavin also scored Tottenham’s second, again from Baily’s pass, this time with a shot in the 69th minute. Alf Ramsey needed to produce a well-timed tackle to prevent Jackie Henderson getting in on goal and Reynolds denied Peter Harris with a timely save. Len Duquemin scored from a Gavin corner with five minutes remaining to secure the points for Tottenham. Teams : |
18.09.1954 | Division 1 Home Drew 1-1
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26.12.1953 | Division 1 Away Drew 1-1
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25.12.1953 | Division 1 Home Drew 1-1
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28.03.1953 | Division 1 Home Drew 3-3
Portsmouth staged a storming comeback to earn a 3-3 draw after being 3-1 down with just fifteen minutes to go to leave White Hart Lane with a First Division point. Five minutes into the game, Jackie Henderson opened the scoring for the visitors, nodding in a free-kick, but Tottenham went on to have the majority of the play in the remainder of the first half. However, Pompey had two great chances to extend their lead with Charlie Vaughan missing an open goal and Duggie Reid intercepting a short back pass but slipping with only Ditchburn to beat. Spurs had seven corners in the first forty-five minutes but it took until the 22nd minute to break the Portsmouth resistance when Sonny Walters charged goalkeeper Norman Uprichard, who dropped the ball at Len Duquemin’s feet and he put it into the net. Duquemin got up from a foul to take a free-kick fifteen minutes after his goal and the striker fired it in off the wall to turn the game in Tottenham’s favour. It became 3-1 five minutes before half-time, when Tommy Harmer struck a cross-shot past the keeper. Into the second half, Harmer was set up by Walters, but hit his shot over the bar and Duquemin’s powerful shot winded Uprichard making the save, as Tottenham created and missed a few chances. With 13 minutes left of the game, Jimmy Scoular and Lionel Phillips carved out an opening for Henderson to pull a goal back, which looked like a consolation until the last minute, when Derek King fouled Vaughan and Peter Harris scored a last-gasp equaliser from the penalty spot. Teams : |
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08.11.1952 | Division 1 Away Lost 1-2
A home win for Portsmouth in the First Division was reasonably straightforward until a late goal for Spurs. A fine display of goalkeeping from Ted Ditchburn held Portsmouth goal-less until the 42nd minute, when Peter Harris scored for the home side with a 20 yard finish and Duggie Reid made it 2-0 ten minutes into the second half. However, late on, Dennis Uphill hit a shot that debutant goalie Norman Uprichard fumbled and then knocked the ball into his own goal to make it 2-1, although Tottenham could not grab an equaliser before the end. Teams : |
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12.04.1952 | Division 1 Home Won 3-1
The teams met at White Hart Lane in a game that saw Tottenham come out on top, as both sides sat in the top four of the First Division. It was the visitors who went ahead, shocking Spurs in the fifth minute, as Jackie Henderson’s low cross was touched out by Ditchburn to the edge of the six yard box, where Len Philips ran in to force home from close range. Len Duquemin’s fired home in the 12th minute with a left footer after Alf Ramsey has put him through and he had held off a number of challenges, while the Spurs striker then squared the ball from the left wing for Eddie Baily to give Tottenham the lead, after Charlie Withers and Les Medley had opened the Portsmouth defence up to play Duquemin into space. Right on half-time, Baily scored his second when he converted the rebound when Charlie Dore stopped Medley’s shot, but was helpless to prevent the goal that saw Spurs finish 3-1 victors. The second half failed to live up to the high points of the first forty five minutes although Les Medley hit the post with a shot in a move that started with Ted Ditchburn and went through Ramsey and Sony Walters before reaching Medley. Teams : |
24.11.1951 | Division 1 Away Lost 0-2
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24.03.1951 | Division 1 Away Drew 1-1
Top of the table Spurs earned a draw at Fratton Park with a goal from reserve striker Dennis Uphill to cancel out the goal scored by Duggie Reid for last season’s champions Pompey, who fielded four internationals in Jimmy Dickinson, Jack Frogatt, Peter Harris and Jimmy Stephen. Ted Ditchburn was the man of the match for Tottenham, with a good save to stop Reid’s header from Dickinson’s free-kick, but Reid bested the keeper with another header in the sixth minute to give the home side the lead after Marcel Gaillard crossed from the left wing. Pompey were hampered by Reid having to move out to play on the wing after knocking himself out in a collision with the post. Ditchburn kept out Gaillard and Albert Mundy, but coming up to half time, Ronnie Burgess floated a free-kick in for Sonny Walters to head on to Dennis Uphill and the 19 year old steered the ball past Ernie Butler for the equaliser. The goal earned Spurs a draw in an entertaining match played out in gale force winds. Teams : |
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04.11.1950 | Division 1 Home Won 5-1
Spurs romped to a big win over Portsmouth at White Hart Lane thanks to two first half goals from Len Duquemin and Sonny Walters. Arthur Willis stuck the ball into his own net to give Portsmouth a glimmer of hope, but that was extinguished by a second half hat-trick from inside forward Eddie Baily. Teams : |
13.04.1946 | Football League South Home Won 2-0
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06.04.1946 | Football League South Away Won 1-0
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30.12.1944 | Football League South Cup Away Drew 0-0
In a Football League South Cup match that the Spurs programme described as having “thrills as plentiful as blackberries in autumn” the game ended 0-0 preserving Tottenham’s unbeaten away record at the top of their group table. Teams : – |
16.09.1944 | Football League South Cup – Group 2 Home Won 1-0
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18.03.1944 | Football League South Cup – Group 2 Away Won 2-1
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26.02.1944 | Football League South Cup – Group 2 Home Won 1-0
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30.01.1943 | A war-time match between Spurs and Portsmouth at White Hart Lane saw Tottenham take a 4-1 lead by half-time and run out 5-2 winners. A George Ludford hat-trick along with goals from Jackie Gibbons and Pat Beasley netted for Spurs, with the visitors scoring through Bert Barlow and Billy Bushby.
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24.10.1942 | Football League South Away Lost 0-1
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21.02.1942 | London War League Home Drew 1-1
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15.11.1941 | London War League Away Won 2-1
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26.10.1940 | Football League South Home Lost 1-2
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11.05.1940 | Football League South Group C Home Won 4-1
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16.03.1940 | Football League South Group C Away Won 2-1
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16.01.1937 | FA Cup Third Round Away Won 5-0
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09.03.1935 | Division 1 Home Drew 1-1
Teams : NOTE : – Same Bell made his debut for Tottenham, as Tommy Meads plays his last match for the club. |
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27.10.1934 | Division 1 Home Won 4-1
Prolific scorers George Hunt and Jack Weddle were both on the score-sheet for either side as Spurs ran out 4-1 winners to take the Division 1 points. Len Bolan opened the scoring for Tottenham, while Les Howe added a second and Hunt got two more to take his tally to five goals in five matches. Weddle notched Portsmouth’s lone goal, which put Pompey 1-0 ahead and was one of eleven he scored in six consecutive games for manager Jack Tinn’s side. Spurs – Joe Nicholls, Fred Channell, Bill Whatley, Tom Evans, Arthur Rowe, Tom Meads, Len Bolan, Les Howe, George Hunt, Willie Hall, Willie Evans. |
24.02.1934 | Division 1 Home Drew 0-0
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14.10.1933 | Division 1 Away Won 1-0
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19.03.1928 | Division 1 Home Lost 0-3
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17.09.1927 | Division 1 Away Lost 0-3
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10.04.1917 | London Combination Home (Played at Highbury) Won 2-1
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31.03.1917 | London Combination Home (Played at Highbury) Won 10-0
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17.02.1917 | London Combination Away Won 4-2
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16.12.1916 | London Combination Home (Played at Highbury) Won 1-0
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06.04.1908 | Southern League Home Lost 2-3
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26.10.1907 | Southern League Away Won 2-1
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09.03.1907 | Southern League Away Lost 1-3
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26.11.1906 | Western League Home Won 4-2
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07.11.1906 | Western League Away Lost 0-1
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03.11.1906 | Southern League Home Drew 1-1
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16.04.1906 | Southern League Away Lost 0-1
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03.03.1906 | Western League Home Drew 1-1
Teams : NOTE : – Fred Milnes and Jimmy McNaught play their last games for Tottenham. |
25.12.1905 | Southern League Home Won 3-1
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28.10.1905 | Western League Away Drew 0-0
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24.04.1905 | Southern League Away Lost 2-3
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17.04.1905 | Western League Home Lost 0-1
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27.12.1904 | Southern League Home Drew 1-1
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22.10.1904 | Western League Away Lost 0-1
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04.04.1904 | Southern League Away Lost 0-1
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27.02.1904 | Western League Home Drew 1-1
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25.12.1903 | Southern League Home Drew 1-1
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31.10.1903 | Western League Away Won 3-0
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13.04.1903 | Southern League Away Lost 0-2
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25.12.1902 | Southern League Home Drew 2-2
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29.11.1902 | Western League Away Drew 2-2
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08.11.1902 | Western League Home Drew 0-0
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31.03.1902 | Southern League Away Lost 0-1
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17.03.1902 | Western League Home Drew 0-0
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25.12.1901 | Southern League Home Lost 1-2
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16.11.1901 | Western League Away Lost 1-3
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24.04.1901 | Southern League Away Lost 0-4
Teams : NOTE : – Anson played his last game for Spurs, while John Stephenson and W. Fortnum made their Tottenham debuts. |
17.04.1901 | Western League Away Lost 0-1
Teams : NOTE : – Sands made his only appearance for Tottenham and Bob Stevens made his debut. |
25.12.1900 | Southern League Home Won 4-1
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17.11.1900 | Western League Home Won 8-1
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03.03.1900 | Southern League Away Lost 0-1
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17.01.1900 | Southern District Combination Away Drew 2-2
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25.12.1899 | Southern League Home Won 3-0
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18.09.1899 | Southern District Combination Home Won 2-0
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