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BLACKPOOL HUMBLE FIRST DIVISION LEADERS ON the crest of the wave, Portsmouth, fielding the eleven men who won 5-0 at Newcastle three days ago, entered this match at Bloomfield-road this afternoon requiring a maximum of 10 points from their remaining six games to win the First Division championship.
Blackpool entered it with a team containing three reserves, an experimental front line, and against all the odds.
Blackpool not only won this match, which everybody expected Blackpool to lose, but deserved to win it and would, I think, have been in front by two or three goals if there had only been a few extra pounds and inches in the forward line.
The Green - 75 years of BFC history -
Tangerines.co.uk - Blackpool v Portsmouth - Match report and related features
BLACKPOOL HUMBLE FIRST DIVISION LEADERS ON the crest of the wave, Portsmouth, fielding the eleven men who won 5-0 at Newcastle three days ago, entered this match at Bloomfield-road this afternoon requiring a maximum of 10 points from their remaining six games to win the First Division championship.
Blackpool entered it with a team containing three reserves, an experimental front line, and against all the odds.
Blackpool not only won this match, which everybody expected Blackpool to lose, but deserved to win it and would, I think, have been in front by two or three goals if there had only been a few extra pounds and inches in the forward line.
The Green - 75 years of BFC history -
Tangerines.co.uk - Blackpool v Portsmouth - 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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