On this day in history…24th August

A look back at this day in history, and what was happening with Pompey courtesy of our sister site PompeyRama.

Sat 24 Aug 2013
League Two Mansfield Town A 2-2
Barcham, Connolly
Att: 4,574
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Tue 24 Aug 2010
FLC2 Crystal Palace H 1-1 (4-3P)
Nugent
Att: 8,412
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Sat 24 Aug 2002
2002 Div 1 Watford H 3-0
Merson p, Todorov, Burton
Att: 17,901
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Tue 24 Aug 1999
1999 FLC2:2 Torquay Utd H 3-0
Nightingale 2, Lovell
Att: 8,741
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Tue 24 Aug 1993
1993 Div 1 Grimsby Town A 1-1
McLoughlin
Att: 5,259
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Sat 24 Aug 1991
1991 Div 2 Port Vale H 1-0
Clarke
Att: 8,083
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Sat 24 Aug 1985
1985 Div 2 Carlisle Utd H 4-0
Hilaire, Morgan 2, Hardyman
Att: 12,595
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Tue 24 Aug 1976
1976 Div 3 Swindon Town H 2-1
Denyer, Went
Att: 7,898
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Sat 24 Aug 1974
1974 Div 2 Nottm Forest H 2-0
Mellows, Reynolds
Att: 11,340
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Sat 24 Aug 1968
1968 Div 2 Birmingham City A 2-5
Trebilcock, Pointer
Att: 23,915
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Wed 24 Aug 1966
1966 Div 2 Birmingham City H 4-5
Lewis, Hiron, McCann, Barton
Att: 16,934
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Sat 24 Aug 1963
1963 Div 2 Manchester City A 2-0
Saunders, 1og
Att: 21,822
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Wed 24 Aug 1960
1960 Div 2 Luton Town A 0-1
Att: 17,514
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Sat 24 Aug 1957
1957 Div 1 Burnley H 0 – 0
Att: 30,137
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Wed 24 Aug 1955
1955 Div 1 Wolves H 2 – 1
Harris, Gordon
Att: 30,419
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Wed 24 Aug 1949
1949 Div 1 Manchester City H 1 – 1
Reid
Att: 44,297
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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…

24/8/1967: Michael Thomas
24/8/1957: Ken Todd

From the ed…

The two birthday’s, Todd isn’t one known to me and although Thomas I know very well I certainly remember him from his Arsenal fame and didn’t see him for us during his loan.

A really good day for Pompey traditionally, from the 16-matches played only the 3 defeats and even the last one of those came in 1968! 8 wins and 5 draws, although technically one of those ‘draws’ ended as a win in a penalty shootout!

That aforementioned penalty shootout, Palace in 2010 in the league cup is my only game previously on this day – also my first ‘at the game’ experience of penalty shootout as had only ever seen one on the box or heard it on the radio before…the Charity Shield one against United aside, as that one didn’t count as it wasn’t exactly ‘competitive’ was it.

Have you taken in any of the games and have any memories?

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