50,000 at Fratton Park. Gates shut 80 minutes before KO | Pompey nostalgia
If only! What would Pompey give for a 51,000 gate this Christmas/new year?
We’ve raided The News archives for some wonderful old Fratton Park pictures.
The file also contained this copy of the front page of The Evening News from late February 1949.
A message from the editor, Mark Waldron.
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