Blues finally ended winless run
Today we go back some 46 years to when Pompey triumphed for the first time in more than two months, beating Shrewsbury 2-0 at Fratton Park. A goal in either half from Colin Garwood and Peter Denyer secured a sorely-needed win for Jimmy Dickinson’s side
Pompey tasted victory for the first time since early January as they beat Shrewsbury Town 2-0 on March 18, 1978.
Colin Garwood, who along with John Lathan was making his home debut for the club, opened the scoring after 35 minutes and Peter Denyer’s 66th-minute strike sealed the points.
The match was watched by a crowd of 8,575 at Fratton Park.
The Blues remained bottom of Division Three, two points behind 23rdplaced Hereford United, who had two games in hand on Jimmy Dickinson’s men.
Pompey went on to finish bottom of the table and were relegated to Division Four.
They picked up 31 points from their 42 matches, winning just seven of them and drawing 17. David Kemp was their leading scorer for the second campaign in succession, this time netting 21 goals.
Meanwhile, Pompey Youth drew 1-1 with West Ham at Eastney Barracks.
Ronnie Hall headed in a cross from Neil Hider to give Pompey a first-half lead, but Phil Brignull scored the equaliser with a glancing header over Alan Knight.
There was no score at
Wembley after extra-time in the League Cup final between First Division leaders Nottingham Forest and Liverpool.
Southampton remained third in Division Two after earning a goalless draw with second-placed Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park.
Brighton, who were lying fourth in the division, also drew 0-0 away to Crystal Palace.
Britain’s costliest footballer, Gordon McQueen, scored his first goal for Manchester United with a header after 31 minutes against West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford. The game ended 1-1.
The Second Division clash between Stoke City and Blackburn Rovers, which finished 4-2 to the Potters, was held up for 10 minutes after referee George Nolan was knocked unconscious by a shot from Rovers’ Dave Wagstaffe.
Seventeen-year-old Dave Eggleton scored on his debut in Chichester City’s 1-0 win over Haywards Heath.
Waterlooville suffered a single-goal defeat away to Southern League leaders Margate. The decisive strike came from Bob Walter during the last few seconds.
In other Blues news, it was announced that Norman Piper had played his last match for Pompey.
Piper was about to rejoin Fort Lauderdale Strikers, with whom he had spent the previous summer, but this time there would be no return to Fratton Park.
Piper said: “I am sorry about that, I still felt I could have done a job for Pompey.”
Blues manager Dickinson added: “He has given the club very good service, but the time has come to part. I don’t think he is the player he was a year or two ago.”
Wales beat France 16-7 in the “grand slam” rugby international at Cardiff, while England won 159 in the International Championship at
Twickenham.
Richard Lewis beat Bernard Balleret 8-6, 4-6, 1012, 7-5, 6-1 to put Britain 2-0 ahead in their third round European Zone Davis Cup tennis tie against Monaco in Monte Carlo.