Portsmouth men's third team score win on the road at rivals Southampton
The visitors started well, applying pressure in the early exchanges but the high-flying hosts ultimately proved too strong, running out 4-1 victors.
Harry Hellyer netted from a short corner at the far post inside the opening 10 minutes but that was as good as it got for Portsmouth.
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Hide AdA few words from coach Chris Wimshurst at the break sent the visitors out fired up for the second half.
Both sides were victims to cards after the restart and with an unwelcome hail storm, the game was very up and down.
In the end, Aldershot converted a few short corners which led to Portsmouth going down 4-1.
n Salisbury pushed back for their return game at Furze Lane but didn’t hold the ball long from a confident looking Portsmouth 2nd team.
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Hide AdBut the home side would come up short, suffering a 3-2 defeat.
Tom Love arrived at the back post to hand Portsmouth the lead but Salisbury levelled things up at the end of the first half.
The visitors scored again to turn things around before Will Hartley levelled the scores once again.
But there was no coming back fro Portsmouth after Salisbury struck what proved to be the winner in the final minutes.
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Hide Adn Portsmouth 3rds came away from rivals Southampton with a 2-1 victory.
It was a cold and windy morning and they made the trip with only 11 players.
In the first half, the teams traded attacks but Oli Barron's excellent goalkeeping preserved Portsmouth's clean sheet.
Paul Barnes was on hand to fire the visitors in front with Harrison Carkeek-Blakley doubling their advantage with a simple tap-in.
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Hide AdSouthampton converted a penalty stroke and applied the pressure in the closing stages but failed to find an equaliser.
n Portsmouth's 4th team were unable to follow in the footsteps of the 3rds.
Making the trip to take on Southampton Otters, they went down 4-1.
They were 3-0 behind at the break and the Otters added another after the restart.
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Hide AdWill Duffy grabbed a consolation to give Portsmouth some slight cheer.
n Portsmouth Veterans moved into the top half of the table courtesy of a 5-1 triumph over rivals US Portsmouth.
n The club's men's 5th team defeated Swanage & Wareham 3-2 at home.
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