English League Two

FT Saturday, May 6, 2017
Cheltenham Town DDWLW 1
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Portsmouth WDWWW 6
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CHL011
POR156
Fratton Park · 17,956 att.

Match Report

Portsmouth thrash Cheltenham to land League Two title

Portsmouth thrash Cheltenham to land League Two title

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Head to Head

Lineups

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David FordeG
  2. 5Matthew ClarkeCD-L
  3. 6Christian BurgessCD-R
  4. 3Enda StevensLB
  5. 26Gareth EvansRB
  6. 22Kal NaismithAM
  7. 8Michael DoyleLM
  8. 4Danny RoseRM
  9. 19Conor ChaplinF
  10. 23Kyle BennettAM-L
  11. 7Carl BakerAM-R

CHL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Scott BrownG
  2. 24Daniel O'ShaughnessyCD-L
  3. 15William BoyleCD-R
  4. 33Liam DavisLB
  5. 17Jordan CranstonRB
  6. 4Kyle StorerCM-L
  7. 18James RoweCM-R
  8. 8Billy WatersLM
  9. 7Harry PellRM
  10. 9Daniel WrightCF-L
  11. 30Dan HolmanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Own Goal by Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Cheltenham Town. Portsmouth 1, Cheltenham Town 0.
  2. 29' Kyle Storer (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 54' Substitution, Cheltenham Town. James Dayton replaces Harry Pell.
  5. 60' Substitution, Portsmouth. Jamal Lowe replaces Carl Baker.
  6. 61' Substitution, Portsmouth. Gary Roberts replaces Conor Chaplin.
  7. 62' Goal! Portsmouth 2, Cheltenham Town 0. Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  8. 66' Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jack Barthram replaces Jordan Cranston.
  9. 66' Goal! Portsmouth 3, Cheltenham Town 0. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Bennett.
  10. 71' Substitution, Portsmouth. Stanley Aborah replaces Danny Rose.
  11. 71' Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jack Munns replaces Dan Holman.
  12. 72' Goal! Portsmouth 4, Cheltenham Town 0. Jamal Lowe (Portsmouth) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gary Roberts.
  13. 75' Goal! Portsmouth 5, Cheltenham Town 0. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  14. 77' Goal! Portsmouth 5, Cheltenham Town 1. James Dayton (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Rowe.
  15. 84' Goal! Portsmouth 6, Cheltenham Town 1. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Doyle.

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