1949–50 Portsmouth F.C. season explained

Club:Portsmouth F.C.
Season:1949–50
League:Division One
Manager:Bob Jackson
League Result:1st
Season Topscorer:Ike Clarke
20 goals
Cup1:FA Cup
Cup1 Result:5th Round
Cup2:FA Charity Shield
Cup2 Result:Shared
Highest Attendance:50,248
Lowest Attendance:26,728
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Prevseason:1948–49

Portsmouth Football Club were league champions of 1949–50. They have not been champions of England since 1950. The club retained the title they won in 1948–49, beating Aston Villa 5–1 on the last day of the season, and are thus one of only five English teams to have won back-to-back titles since World War II.

First Division

Opposing Team Result
F–A
Date Venue
3–1 20 August 1949 A
1–1 24 August 1949 H
2–3 27 August 1949 H
0–1 31 August 1949 A
5–1 3 September 1949 A
0–1 5 September 1949 A
7–0 10 September 1949 H
1–0 17 September 1949 A
1–1 24 September 1949 H
1–1 1 October 1949 H
3–0 8 October 1949 A
3–1 15 October 1949 H
0–3 22 October 1949 A
0–0 29 October 1949 H
4–1 5 November 1949 A
0–0 12 November 1949 H
1–2 19 November 1949 A
2–2 26 November 1949 H
2–2 3 December 1949 A
2–1 10 December 1949 H
1–0 17 December 1949 H
1–2 24 December 1949 A
2–1 26 December 1949 A
1–0 27 December 1949 H
1–1 31 December 1949 H
2–1 14 January 1950 A
4–0 21 January 1950 H
0–1 4 February 1950 A
0–1 18 February 1950 A
2–0 25 February 1950 H
1–2 8 March 1950 A
2–1 11 March 1950 H
1–1 18 March 1950 A
4–0 25 March 1950 H
1–0 1 April 1950 A
3–0 7 April 1950 H
0–1 8 April 1950 H
1–0 10 April 1950 A
2–0 15 April 1950 A
2–1 22 April 1950 H
0–2 3 May 1950 A
5–1 6 May 1950 H

FA Cup

Opposing Team Result
F–A
Date Venue Round
1–1 7 January 1950 3rd Round
2–0 12 January 1950 3rd Round Replay
5–0 28 January 1950 4th Round
3–3 11 February 1950 5th Round
1–3 15 February 1950 5th Round Replay

Players Used

Player Position League Goals Cup Goals Charity Shield Goals Games Goals
Bert Barlow (1939 FA Cup Winner) 2 1 1 3 1
2 1 2 1
42 5 1 48
Inside forward 37 17 5 3 1 43 20
Winger 1 1
5 1 1 6 1
41 5 1 46
5 5
Wing half 1 1
42 1 5 1 1 48 2
Reg Flewin (captain) 24 5 29
39 15 4 2 1 46 16
40 16 4 1 44 17
Full back 34 5 1 40
Centre forward 1 1
Cliff Parker (1939 FA Cup Winner) Winger 3 3 1 6 1
Centre forward 14 1 1 15 1
Inside forward 34 5 5 1 39 6
Inside forward 27 16 2 2 1 1 30 19
Full back 3 3
Wing half 36 5 1 42
Centre half 16 16
Full back 1 0 1
Wing half 9 2 1 10 2
Full back 4 4