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BLACKPOOL SHOULD HAVE HAD WIN The defence earned its bonus by the front it presented to Portsmouth forwards during 25 minutes of the first half when this fast aggressive squad might have won the game by a goal or two. Hayward and Shimwell, and as the game progressed Johnston, were stars in the rearguard action which was battled grimly at that time.
And all - the afternoon Farm was as good as ever which is to say that he was very good. A draw was fair, but Blackpool should never have lost that late lead.
ANOTHER all - Lancashire match next week - Manchester City at Blackpool. It will be only the second game between the teams on the Blackpool ground since the war. In the first, a year ago, the City made a 1-1 draw. Stanley Mortensen had one of his goals and wing-forward Wharton, who went from Preston to Maine-road and has since been transferred to Blackburn Rovers, won a point for the City.
Frank Swift had another of those games in his own home town which makes people wonder how a forward ever shoots a ball past him, so completely does he seem to fill up all the space underneath the crossbar and between the posts.
The Green - 75 years of BFC history -
Tangerines.co.uk - Portsmouth v Blackpool - Match report and related features
BLACKPOOL SHOULD HAVE HAD WIN The defence earned its bonus by the front it presented to Portsmouth forwards during 25 minutes of the first half when this fast aggressive squad might have won the game by a goal or two. Hayward and Shimwell, and as the game progressed Johnston, were stars in the rearguard action which was battled grimly at that time.
And all - the afternoon Farm was as good as ever which is to say that he was very good. A draw was fair, but Blackpool should never have lost that late lead.
ANOTHER all - Lancashire match next week - Manchester City at Blackpool. It will be only the second game between the teams on the Blackpool ground since the war. In the first, a year ago, the City made a 1-1 draw. Stanley Mortensen had one of his goals and wing-forward Wharton, who went from Preston to Maine-road and has since been transferred to Blackburn Rovers, won a point for the City.
Frank Swift had another of those games in his own home town which makes people wonder how a forward ever shoots a ball past him, so completely does he seem to fill up all the space underneath the crossbar and between the posts.
The Green - 75 years of BFC history -
Tangerines.co.uk - Portsmouth v Blackpool - Match report and related features- Blackpool FC match reports and features from the 1948-49 season - 75 years after being published in "The Green"
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