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16.02.1991 FA Cup Fifth Round

Portsmouth - .
Spurs -  .
Crowd : - 26,049

02.04.1988 A single goal by Barry Horne settled this Division One match at the Lane.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Mimms; Statham, Fairclough, Mabbutt, Fenwick; Moncur (D. Howells),  P. Allen, Hodge (Moran), Samways; Walsh, Claesen
Portsmouth - Knight; Swain, Blake, Gilbert, Sandford; Dillon, Horne, Whitehead, Hilaire; Mariner, Quinn
Crowd : - 18,616

04.11.1987 Division One

Portsmouth - .
Spurs -  .
Crowd : -  15,302

10.12.1985 League Cup Fourth Round second replay

Portsmouth - .
Spurs -  .
Crowd : -  26,306
 

27.11.1985 League Cup Fourth Round replay

Portsmouth - .
Spurs -  .
Crowd : -  28,100
  

20.11.1985 League Cup Fourth Round replay

Spurs -  .
Portsmouth - .
Crowd : -  28,619
 

18.02.1967 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 -  , , , , , , , , ,Gilzean, Greaves.
Portsmouth -  , , , , , , ,Tindall.
Crowd : -  57,910

21.02.1959
04.10.1958 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 : 
Portsmouth -  Cutler, Saunders,
Spurs - Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Hills, Ryden, Iley, Ireland, Stokes, B. Smith, Clayton, Robb
Crowd : - 

04.09.1957 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 : 
Spurs -  , , , , , , Harmer, Brooks, Dulin, Bobby Smith, 
Portsmouth - Harris, Gordon, McClellan, Henderson
Crowd : -  35,813
Ref. : - 

28.08.1957 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 Sours finally got a consolation goal from Bobby Smith on the hour.

Teams : 
Portsmouth - Harris, , Crawford, 
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , Bobby Smith, 
Crowd : -  33,479
Ref. : - 

16.03.1957 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 :  Mansell, 
Spurs -  , , , Blanchflower, , , Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, , 
Portsmouth - 
Crowd : -   36,110

03.11.1956 An own goal apiece were included in the scoring in this away win for Tottenham.

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 to make it 1-1 at the break.

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 goal from a Medwin free-kick in the 69th minute.

Teams : 
Portsmouth -  Wilson, Penk, Gordon
Spurs -  Ditchburn, , , , Clarke, Marchi, Brooks, , B. Smith, , Medwin
Crowd : -   31,903

10.03.1956
29.10.1955
05.02.1955 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.

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, who's 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 : 
Portsmouth -  Harris, Henderson
Spurs -  Reynolds, Ramsey, , , Baily, , , Duquemin, , Gavin
Crowd : -   27,539

18.09.1953 -
26.12.1953 -
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24.03.1951 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 Pompey, who fielded four internationals in Jimmy Dickinson, Jack Frogatt, Peter Harris and Jimmy Stephen.  

Teams : 
Portsmouth -  , Stephens, Dickinson, Frogatt, Harris, Reid
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, , Burgess, , , , , Baily, Uphill, 
Crowd : -   49,716

04.11.1950 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 bal 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 : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Willis, Nicholson, Clarke, Brittan, Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Baily, Medley
Portsmouth -  , 
Crowd : -   66,402

30.12.1944 In a Football League South 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 the table.

Portsmouth -  .
Spurs -  .
Crowd : -   15,000
 

27.10.1934 Prolific scorers George Hunt and Jack Weddle were both on the scoresheet for either side as Spurs ran out 4-1 winners.  Hunt got two to take his tally to five goals in five matches, while Len Bolan and Les Howe both scored a goal apiece.  Weddle notched Portsmouth's lone goal, which was one of eleven he scored in six consecutive games.

Spurs -  G. Hunt, Bolan, Howe.
Portsmouth -  Weddle.
Crowd : -   33,461

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