In Portsmouth Football Club's Golden Jubilee season of 1948–49, the club were tipped to be the first team of the 20th century to win the Football League and FA Cup double. However, Pompey crashed out of the FA Cup in the semi-final against Leicester City, but made up for it by claiming the league title in spectacular fashion. That season also saw a record attendance of 51,385, a record which still stands to this day.

First Division

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 21-Aug-48 Preston North End A 2–2 Reid Barlow 32,000 Report 25-Aug-48 Everton H 4–0 Barlow 2 Froggatt 2 31,000 Report 28-Aug-48 Burnley H 1–0 Froggatt 38,000 Report 01-Sep-48 Everton A 4–0 Harris Barlow Reid Froggatt 2 40,911 Report 04-Sep-48 Stoke City A 1–0 Harris 30,000 Report 08-Sep-48 Middlesbrough H 1–0 Reid 33,000 Report 11-Sep-48 Charlton Athletic H 3–0 Reid 3 39,000 Report 15-Sep-48 Middlesbrough A 1–1 Barlow 35,000 Report 18-Sep-48 Manchester City A 1–1 Reid 46,372 Report 25-Sep-48 Sheffield United H 3–0 Harris Phillips 2 36,000 Report 02-Oct-48 Newcastle United H 1–0 Phillips 44,000 Report 09-Oct-48 Aston Villa A 1–1 Reid 55,000 Report 16-Oct-48 Sunderland H 3–0 Harris Reid Froggatt 35,000 Report 23-Oct-48 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–3 50,000 Report 30-Oct-48 Bolton Wanderers H 0–0 35,000 Report 06-Nov-48 Liverpool A 1–3 Froggatt 43,665 Report 13-Nov-48 Blackpool H 1–1 Harris 44,000 Report 20-Nov-48 Derby County A 0–1 34,000 Report 27-Nov-48 Arsenal H 4–1 Barlow Clarke Phillips Froggatt 42,500 Report 04-Dec-48 Huddersfield Town A 0–0 21,785 Report 11-Dec-48 Manchester United H 2–2 Clarke Froggatt 30,000 Report 18-Dec-48 Preston North End H 3–1 Harris Barlow Phillips 26,000 Report 25-Dec-48 Chelsea A 2–1 Harris 2 42,153 Report 27-Dec-48 Chelsea H 5–2 Harris 2 Barlow Clarke Own goal 43,000 Report 01-Jan-49 Burnley A 1–2 Own goal 31,305 Report 15-Jan-49 Stoke City H 1–0 Froggatt 34,000 Report 22-Jan-49 Charlton Athletic A 1–0 Clarke 61,475 Report 05-Feb-49 Manchester City H 3–1 Harris Clarke 2 34,500 Report 19-Feb-49 Sheffield United A 1–3 Froggatt 46,000 Report 05-Mar-49 Aston Villa H 3–0 Phillips 2 Froggatt 34,000 Report 12-Mar-49 Sunderland A 4–1 Reid 2 Froggatt Phillips 57,229 Report 19-Mar-49 Derby County H 1–0 Phillips 43,000 Report 02-Apr-49 Liverpool H 3–2 Harris Clarke Phillips 34,500 Report 06-Apr-49 Newcastle United A 5–0 Harris 2 Froggatt 3 60,611 Report 09-Apr-49 Blackpool A 0–1 29,000 Report 15-Apr-49 Birmingham City H 3–1 Reid 2 Clarke 38,000 Report 16-Apr-49 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 5–0 Reid 2 Clarke 2 Phillips 44,000 Report 18-Apr-49 Birmingham City A 0–3 30,000 Report 23-Apr-49 Bolton Wanderers A 2–1 Harris Clarke 28,816 Report 30-Apr-49 Huddersfield Town H 2–0 Reid Clarke 36,500 Report 04-May-49 Arsenal A 2–3 Clarke 2 60,000 Report 07-May-49 Manchester United A 2–3 Harris Reid 39,608 Report

League table

FA Cup

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 08-Jan-49 Stockport County H 7–0 Harris 3 Clarke 2 Phillips 2 33,590 Report 29-Jan-49 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 Harris Phillips 47,188 Report 12-Feb-49 Newport County H 3–2 Phillips 2 Froggatt 48,581 Report 26-Feb-49 Derby County H 2–1 Clarke 2 51,385 Report 26-Mar-49 Leicester City N 1–3 Harris 62,000 Report

Appearances Player Position League Goals Cup Goals Games Goals Bert Barlow Inside forward 29 8 5 34 8 Gerry Bowler Centre half 2 2 Ernest Butler Goalkeeper 42 5 47 Ike Clarke Inside forward 24 14 5 4 29 18 Lindy Delapenha Right winger 2 2 Jimmy Dickinson Wing half 41 5 46 Harry Ferrier Full back 40 5 45 Reg Flewin Centre half 39 5 44 Jack Froggatt Left wing 41 15 5 1 46 16 Peter Harris Right wing 40 18 5 4 45 22 Billy Hindmarsh Full back 10 10 Cliff Parker Winger 5 5 Len Phillips Inside forward 40 10 5 6 45 16 Duggie Reid Inside forward 29 17 29 17 Phil Rookes Full back 25 1 26 Jimmy Scoular Wing half 42 5 47 Bill Thompson Wing half 3 3 Jasper Yeuell Full back 8 4 12

References Pompey Match Results Season: 1948/49 Division One