A look back at this day in history, and what was happening with Pompey courtesy of our sister site PompeyRama.
Sat 18 Apr 2015
League Two Bury H 0-1
Att:14,569
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Sun 18 Apr 2010
PL Aston Villa H 1-2
Brown
Att:16,523
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Sat 18 Apr 2009
PL Bolton H 1-0
Kanu
Att:20,158
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Fri 18 Apr 2003
Div 1 Ipswich Town A 0-3
Att:29,396
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Sat 18 Apr 1998
Div 1 Charlton Athletic A 0-1
Att:14,082
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Sat 18 Apr 1987
Div 2 Reading A 2-2
Quinn, Hilaire
Att:9,549
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Sat 18 Apr 1981
Div 3 Millwall H 2-1
Doyle p, Gregory
Att:13,115
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Fri 18 Apr 1969
Div 2 Bury A 2-3
Hiron, Bromley
Att:3,063
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Sat 18 Apr 1964
Div 2 Huddersfield H 2-1
Saunders, Barton
Att:10,974
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Mon 18 Apr 1960
Div 2 Sunderland H 1-2
Newman
Att:16,151
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Sat 18 Apr 1959
Div 1 Bolton H 0-1
Att:14,161
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Sat 18 Apr 1953
Div 1 Newcastle Utd H 5-1
Scoular, Phillips, Henderson, Vaughan, 1og
Att:27,835
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Mon 18 Apr 1949
Div 1 Birmingham City A 0-3
Att:30,000
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Mon 18 Apr 1938
Div 1 Grimsby Town H 3-0
Beattie, Easson, Vincent(og)
Att:30,616
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Sat 18 Apr 1936
Div 1 Blackburn Rovers A 1-3
Parker
Att:7,618
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Wed 18 Apr 1934
Div 1 Arsenal H 1-0
Weddle
Att:28,442
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Sat 18 Apr 1931
Div 1 Bolton H 1-0
Easson
Att:12,519
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Fri 18 Apr 1930
Div 1 Aston Villa H 1-2
Weddle
Att:28,687
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Mon 18 Apr 1927
Div 2 Barnsley A 0-2
Att:15,948
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Sat 18 Apr 1925
Div 2 Sheffield Wednesday H 1-1
Mackie
Att:15,000
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Fri 18 Apr 1924
Division Three South Bournemouth and Boscombe H 3-0
Haines, Watson, Martin
Att:19,960
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Another feature, again courtesy of our sister site PompeyRama, sees us look at those Pompey personalities – past or present – who have a birthday on this day.
18/4/1992: Tom Davies
Happy birthday to Tom Davies – the Pompey player from the Blues’ past born on this day.
He only had a short spell at Fratton Park, which saw opinions split on him, but I thought Davies did ok. Alright, perhaps he wasn’t quite up to where we hope to go?
Now onto the games previously played.
Played – 21
Won – 8
Drawn – 4
Lost – 9
Not too much in it, but we’ve still lost more than anything else, so defeats are the most common outcome on this day.
I claim three today, the defeat against Bury in 2015 along with a loss against Aston Villa, both at Fratton Park. The third was a win over Bolton in 2009, also at Fratton.
What are your memories of Davies from his Pompey days? Also, have you taken in any of the games previously played today – if so what are the memories of them too?
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