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31.10.2000 |
A 1-3 home defeat to Birmingham City in the League
Cup Fourth Round was an embarrassment for Tottenham, who failed to
resist a forceful Blues side. Dele Adebola scored twice in the 14th and 26th minutes, with Mark Burchill putting the visitors 3-0 ahead two minutes before the break with Tottenham's only response a penalty from Darren Anderton after Stephen Clemence had been brought down in the area. Spurs did have chances, with Les Ferdinand having three headers saved, Stephen Carr testing Ian Bennett with a fierce shot and Chris Perry hitting the crossbar with a header. For more reports, click here.
Spurs: Sullivan, Carr, Vega, Perry,
Thatcher, Anderton, Sherwood, Freund (Davies (Young)), Clemence,
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29.10.1986 |
Spurs had an easy 5-0 victory over Birmingham City
at White Hart Lane in the Third Round of the League Cup. From a 24th minute set-piece, Richard Gough headed won and Chris Waddle poked home to give Tottenham the lead and that was doubled just before half-time, when Glenn Hoddle's through pass was taken well by Clive Allen, who turned on it to power a shot past Roger Hansbury. With 58 minutes gone, Paul Allen's corner found cousin Clive's head to score the third Tottenham goal, with Graham Roberts striking a volley into goal five minutes later. When Julian Dicks fouled Paul Allen three minutes from time, it allowed Hoddle to curl a shot past the keeper from outside the box to round off the 5-0 victory and to see Tottenham through to the Fourth round.
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- R. Clemence, P. Allen, M. Thomas (Miller), Roberts, Gough,
Mabbutt, Stevens, Claesen, C. Allen, Hoddle, Waddle. |
15.03.1986 |
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25.02.1984 |
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22.10.1983 |
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07.05.1983 |
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18.12.1982 |
A 2-1 win over Birmingham at White Hart Lane was secured by two Gary Mabbutt goals. Pressed into a striker's role in place of flu-stricken Steve Archibald, Mabbutt showed his flexibility by taking both strikes well to ensure Spurs came out on top. Graham Roberts’ long free-kick from deep in the Spurs half was won in the air by Gary Mabbutt, but was headed out by a defender and as the ball dropped Mabbutt had timed his run to meet it shaping a perfect volley into the top left hand corner of the goal.
Spurs:
- Clemence, Hughton, Lacy, Roberts, Villa (Brooke), Perryman,
Mabbutt, Hazard, Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks |
28.04.1982 |
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10.01.1981 |
A
single Garth Crooks goal gave Spurs victory over Birmingham at White
Hart Lane in the First Division.
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22.11.1980 |
Spurs were denied anything from this game by the
woodwork and some good finishing by the Birmingham City midfielders, as
they slipped to a 1-2 defeat at At. Andrews. Both the Tottenham Argentinians - Ardiles and Villa - had struck the woodwork before Alan Curbishley hit a 30 yard drive to give the home team the lead. Ossie Ardiles levelled the scores halfway through the second half and Spurs looked like they might be taking something home with them, but with eight minutes left in the match, Frank Worthington flick headed a ball on and Alan Ainscow stole in to score in off the post to give Brum both points.
Birmingham City : Jeff Wealands, Dave Langan,
Phil Hawker, Alan Curbishley, Joe Gallagher, Colin Todd, Alan Ainscow,
Keith Bertschin, Frank Worthington, Archie Gemmill, Kevin Dillon. |
16.02.1980 |
A fiercely fought FA Cup Fifth Round
tie was hosted by Spurs, who ran out 3-1 winners.
Terry Yorath was through on goal, but his shot was stopped by Jeff Wealands in the Birmingham goal and then a Gerry Armstrong shot flew in from close range to make it 2-0.
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24.02.1979 |
Tottenham went down 0-1 at St. Andrews to
Birmingham City in their First Division visit. Tony Towers was the Brum goal-scorer that turned to to be the match-winner.
Birmingham City : - Neil Freeman, Malcolm Page,
Mark Dennis, Tony Towers, Joe Gallagher, Alberto Tarantini, Alan Ainscow,
Bertschin, Don Givens, Kevin Dillon, Trevor Dark |
14.10.1978 |
Bottom of the league Birmingham City lost out to the only goal of the game at White Hart Lane in this First Division clash. Ricardo Villa watched from the stands as his fellow countryman Alberto Tarantini made his Blues debut in a game that ended 1-0 to Spurs thanks to an Alan Ainscow own goal from a Glenn Hoddle free-kick.
Spurs:
- Daines, Naylor, Holmes, LacyMcAllister, Perryman, Pratt,
Ardiles, Hoddle, Lee, P. Taylor |
19.03.1977 |
Spurs won a vital two points away against
Birmingham City with a 2-1 victory at St. Andrews. With Spurs perilously close to the relegation places, there was a nervousness about the play, which exhibited itself within five minutes, when John Connolly nipped in to intercept Ralph Coates' back pass to knock the ball past Barry Daines. Spurs picked themselves up very quickly and levelled within a minute through Glenn Hoddle's goal following a corner, when he shot home from 12 yards with his left foot. The second half proved a good 45 minutes for Tottenham and even though they had a couple of close shaves, a 63rd minute goal from Chris Jones, flicking a low cross past keeper Jim Montgomery at the near post having beaten Joe Gallagher to the ball, after Peter Taylor set him up. Spurs almost added another goal as they finished the match strongly, but were worthy winners. Birmingham City : - Jim Montgomery, , , , Joe Gallagher, , , , , , John Connelly. Spurs : - Daines, Naylor, Holmes, Pratt, Osgood, Perryman (cpt), Chris Jones, Hoddle, G. Armstrong, Coates, Taylor Unused sub. : - Keeley Crowd : - 23,398 |
17.04.1976 |
Manager Willie Bell fielded the same starting eleven for the second
match running and secured a second win with three goals scored, against
a Spurs side who were hoping to push into the UEFA Cup places at the top
of the table. The win eased the relegation threat for the Blues, who missed some easy opportunities in the opening exchanges and had to wait until the 40th minute before Gary Emmanuel's corner was firmly headed past Pat Jennings by centre-half Joe Gallagher. When Trevor Francis buried a low drive past Jennings to make it 2-0 (the 2,000th away league goal Tottenham had let in), the win looked secure for Brum, but an injury to Hibbert, who had been controlling midfield, let Spurs creep back into it and Ralph Coates laid the ball into John Pratt's path to drill home past Dave Latchford to give Birmingham some jitters in the closing stages. Having started the match in attack, but dropped deeper into defence when the pressure was mounting on the Blues goal, captain Kenny Burns popped up to shoot home Bob Hatton's lay-off to make it 3-1 with four minutes remaining and grab both points.
Birmingham City :
Latchford, Calderwood, Styles, Page, Gallagher, Want, Emmanuel, Francis,
Burns (c), Withe, Hibbert (Hatton). |
26.12.1975 |
Birmingham City enjoyed a late Christmas present
with a 3-1 win at White Hart Lane. Unfortunately, the railways were not operating on the Bank Holiday and this limited the size of the crowd, but it was the home supporters who left disappointed, witnessing Trevor Francis give City the lead halfway through the first half, then quickly add a second when Tony Want's cross was not cleared. Just after the interval, Francis turned provider with a cross for Peter Withe to convert to make it 0-3 and only a late penalty from Martin Chivers, after Joe Gallagher had handled in the box, gave the Spurs fans anything to cheer about.
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18.02.1975 |
A ninth minute goal by Bob Hatton gave Birmingham
an early lead in Tottenham's visit to St. Andrew's. Kenny Burns went down the right wing and put in a mis-hit cross that fell in front of Hatton, who slid the ball into the net. Tottenham did come back into the match, but found Dave Latchford in good form to keep out efforts from John Duncan and Terry Naylor. Alfie Conn went close on a couple of occasions, almost grabbing a very late leveller when his shot in crowded goal-mouth was blocked by Latchford on the floor, but Spurs could not get the equaliser they were seeking. Birmingham : - D. Latchford, Burns, Hatton Spurs : - Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, McAllister, England, Naylor (Coates), Conn, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Duncan Ref. Mr. (-) Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag Crowd : - 24,240 |
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23.11.1974 |
. Teams : - Spurs : - Jennings, Evans, Beal, Pratt (McGrath), England, Naylor, Coates, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Duncan Programme Line-ups Birmingham City : - Dave Latchford, Ray Martin, Archie Styles, Howard Kendall, Joe Gallagher, Malcolm Page, Alan Campbell, Gordon Taylor, Ken Burns, Bob Hatton, Jimmy Calderwood Manager : - Freddie Goodwin Crowd : - 27,761 Ref. : - Mr. Tom H. C. Reynolds (Glamorgan) Linesmen : Mr. W. H. Smale (Devon) - Red flag; Mr. D. S. Bone (Beds) - Yellow flag |
06.02.1974 |
Birmingham City visited White Hart Lane on a
Wednesday evening in the First Division, but succumbed 4-2 to Tottenham. A first minute goal from Martin Chivers set Spurs on their way, but they were pegged back when Mike England put the ball past Pat Jennings. The score was still 1-1 at the break, but with a further brace from Chivers completing his hat-trick, Spurs took a 3-1 lead before Steve Phillips narrowed the score-line. However, substitute Mike Dillon put the result beyond doubt with a fourth Spurs goal. Teams Spurs : - Jennings, Evans, Naylor, Pratt, England, Beal, McGrath, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (Dillon), Coates Birmingham City : - Gary Sprake, Ray Martin, Clarke, Garry Pendrey, Joe Gallagher, Roger Hynd, Campbell (Steve Phillips), Trevor Francis, Bob Latchford, Bob Hatton, Kenny Burns Ref. Mr. (-) Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag Crowd : - , |
28.08.1973 |
Martin Peters two
goals were enough to give Spurs a win at St. Andrews, where Bob Hatton
pegged Spurs back with a goal for the home side.
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04.11.1972 |
Tottenham's visit to St. Andrews saw them dominate
the first half, but fail to produce enough forward movement to damage
Birmingham City. Martin Chivers went down under challenge in the area, but there was no interest in awarding a penalty from the referee and later Coates was baulked by Bobby Hope and goalkeeper Bob Latchford. There was an opportunity to grab a winner in the closing moments of the match, but it would have been unfair on City, who played their part in the game. Birmingham City : - Bob Latchford, , , , , , Bobby Hope, , , , Spurs : - Jennings, Evans, Knowles, Pearce, England, Naylor, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Coates (Pratt) Crowd : - , Ref : - Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag Crowd : - 38,504 |
23.08.1972 |
Birmingham City came to White Hart Lane wearing a three colour shirt of yellow, red and black vertical thirds and left with nothing. A goal from Chivers, despite former Spurs defender Tony Want's attempt to tackle him and another by Ralph Coates, sliding in to finish from the six yard line, just after the half time break, gave Tottenham the goals that took the points.
Spurs:
Jennings, Kinnear (Naylor), Knowles, Pratt, England, Beal, Gilzean,
Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Coates. Goal times |
12.04.1967 |
Birmingham City visited White Hart Lane on a
Wednesday night for a Sixth Round FA Cup replay. The first game ended
0-0, but this one was a simpler task for Spurs, who ran out 6-0 winners. Terry Venables put Tottenham 2-0 ahead with Alan Gilzean adding a third goal before the half-time whistle. Spurs piled on the pressure in the second half as Jimmy Greaves grabbed a brace and Frank Saul ensured an easy passage to the semi-final. Spurs : - Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Mackay, Robertson, Greaves, Venables, Saul Birmingham City : - Herriott, Murray, Green, Ron Wylie, Sharples, Beard, Trevor, Hockey, Thomson, Leggat, Geoff Vowden, Barry Bridges. Crowd : - 52,304. Ref : - |
08.04.1967 |
A gritty performance by City gave Spurs a scare in this FA Cup quarter final tie that ended 0-0. While there was little to talk about in terms of goal-scoring chances, the match was memorable for one moment when Dave Mackay stepped in between Cyril Knowles and Trevor Hockey, who were having their own private battle, to save the referee getting involved. Defences held sway, shutting out the other team's forwards in a game which went to White Hart Lane for the replay.
Birmingham City :
Jim Herriot, Murray, Green, Ron
Wylie, Sharples, Malcolm Beard, Trevor Hockey, Thomson, Fenton, Vowden,
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02.01.1965 |
Tottenham's trip to the Midlands proved pointless on this occasion, as Malcolm Beard hit the winner after 25 minutes, following good work from Brian Sharples and Dennis Thwaites. Spurs hit back and Greaves went close twice being denied by Colin Green and Sharples. Tottenham strove to get an equaliser, but Marchi's 25 yard effort went just wide and Schofield was required to save from Jimmy Robertson.
Birmingham City : Schofield, Green, Sharples, Thwaites. |
29.02.1964 |
Cliff Jones scored
with a flicked header at St. Andrews to put Spurs ahead against
Birmingham City and Jimmy Greaves later added a penalty to help Spurs
gain a 2-1 victory at St. Andrews.
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18.08.1962 |
Bobby Smith converted a tap-in at the far post
after Jimmy Greaves' shot had been blocked, but he was given offside.
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10.01.1962 |
Spurs had an easier task of progressing to the
Fourth Round of the FA Cup with a 4-2 replay win over Birmingham City at
White Hart Lane.
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06.01.1962 |
A 3-3 draw in this FA Cup Third Round saw both
teams head to London the following week for the replay. Jimmy Greaves raced onto Maurice Norman's pass and although keeper John Schofield saved his shot, the Spurs striker got the rebound into the net. The lead was doubled on the half-hour when Cliff Jones headed home Terry Medwin's cross and it became 3-0 three minutes later, when Greaves got his second of the afternoon with a header after Les Allen had put the ball into the box. With time still remaining in the first half, Stan Lynn's fierce free-kick lead to a goal for Jimmy Harris and the teams turned around at 3-1. Shortly after the interval, Harris headed a second goal and with the fans now behind the home side, they grabbed an equaliser with Lynn hitting another rocket free kick and Ken Leek putting the ball into the net as the ball ran loose in the box. Birmingham City : - John Schofield, Stan Lynn, Sissons, Terry Hennessey, Smith, Beard, Hallawell, Orritt, Jimmy Harris, Ken Leek, Bertie Auld Spurs : - Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Wedwin, White, Les Allen, Greaves, Cliff Jones Crowd : - 46,096 Ref : - |
28.04.1961 |
Bobby Smith's early goal set Spurs up for a 3-2 win in the First Division at St. Andrews. Les Allen added a second, with John White contributing a third, before Jimmy Harris netted twice (the first from the penalty spot in the first half) to reduce the difference, but Spurs ran out winners on the day.
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19.11.1960 |
A 6-0 home win helped Tottenham
maintain their Double season success, with Terry Dyson 2, Cliff Jones 2,
John White and a Bobby Smith penalty hitting the goals that saw Spurs
keep their top spot in the table. White opened the scoring, with Dyson and Jones making it 3-0 at the interval. Dyson got his second after half-time and then Smith converted from the spot and Cliff Jones rounded off the win with the sixth Tottenham goal.
Spurs: Bill Brown; Baker, Henry,
Norman, Blanchflower (c), Mackay, Cliff Jones, L. Allen, White, Bobby
Smith, Dyson. |
02.01.1960 |
Bobby Smith created an opening for Les Allen to give Tottenham the two points in this game at St. Andrews. Making the trip at the top of the league, Spurs took the lead when Allen rounded Johnny Schofield in the Birmingham goal to hit the net. The lead was a narrow one, which almost did not prove enough when Robin Stubbs scored, but the goal was wiped out when the referee awarded a handball against Dick Neal.
Birmingham City : Schofield, Neal, Stubbs, Trevor Smith (c),
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29.08.1959 |
A game of two halves
saw Tottenham have the best openings of the first half, while Birmingham
had the lion's share of the opportunities in the second. Spurs created chances for Bobby Smith, Terry Medwin and Johnny Brooks, while Brum's Brian Taylor, Robin Stubbs and Bryan Orritt could not force the ball home for the visitors, leaving the points shared in a goal-less draw.
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18.09.1957 |
Following a 0-0 draw
at St. Andrews the week before, Spurs romped home 7-1 against Birmingham
City at White Hart Lane. A Tommy Harmer penalty and a goal from Terry Dyson were overshadowed by five goals from Alfie Stokes. Birmingham scored through Eddie Brown, but they could not live with the link-up between Stokes and his strike partner Bobby Smith. The Brummies were hampered by goalkeeper Gil Merrick's collision with Dyson, when he needed four stitches before coming out to play on. However, he could not carry on in goal and played on the right wing, while he handed the gloves over to Gordon Astall. City also missed a penalty when Alec Govan hit the post and the ball went wide.
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13.04.1957 |
A 5-1 home victory saw Spurs ease past Birmingham
City in a First Division meeting. Dave Dunmore gave Tottenham the lead after just three minutes when he seized on a poor back pass and flicked expertly past Gil Merrick, with a penalty from Tommy Harmer making it 2-0 after Birmingham City's defender Ken Green handled inexplicably on the half hour. A mix-up in the Spurs defence allowed Birmingham's Gordon Astall to pull a goal back before the interval. Seventeen minutes into the second half, Dunmore hit his second after the referee ignored calls for offside and Reynolds had to keep out the Brum strikers with some good saves before Terry Dyson headed Brooks cross to make it 4-1 and Terry Medwin beat four opponents, then crashed a shot into the net to round off a comfortable win. Teams : - Spurs: Reynolds, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Norman, Marchi, Medwin, Harmer, Dunmore, Brooks, Dyson. Birmingham City : Gil Merrick, Jeff Hall, Ken Green, Bunny Larkin, Trevor Smith, Roy Warhurst, Gordon Astall, Noel Kinsey, Finney, Bryan Orritt, Peter Murphy. Crowd : - 33,512 Ref : - |
01.12.1956 |
What was a good game of football failed to produce
a goal, with both goalkeepers in good form to keep the result goal-less.
Birmingham City : Gil Merrick, Jeff Hall,
Ken Green, Newman, Trevor Smith, Roy Warhurst, Gordon Astall, Noel Kinsey, Bryan Orritt,
Allan Brown, Noel Kinsey, Peter Murphy. |
11.02.1956 |
The only goal of the game came in the second half,
with Gordon Astall's effort winning the match at White Hart Lane for
Birmingham City. Teams : - Spurs: Reynolds, Norman, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Clarke, Marchi, Robb, Brooks, Duquemin, Bobby Smith, Dyson. Birmingham City : Gil Merrick, Jeff Hall, Ken Green, Boyd, Newman, Roy Warhurst, Gordon Astall, Finney, Brown, Noel Kinsey, Peter Murphy. Crowd : - 26,141 Ref : - |
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09.03.1953 |
A Second replay was required in this
Sixth Round tie to separate the two sides and Molineux was the venue for
the game. Having missed the replay because of the death of his son, Charlie Walters returned at his wife's behest and it was his excellent 12th minute goal that decided the tie. He took Ron Burgess' throw-in and dribbled along the dead-ball line, moved in-field and then slipped his shot between Merrick and the near post to put Spurs through to a semi-final against Blackpool at Villa Park.
Spurs:
Ditchburn, Ramsey, Withers, Brittan, Gibbins, Burgess, Walters, Bennett,
Duquemin, Baily, Medley. |
04.03.1953 |
Spurs took the lead in this Sixth Round
replay, but once more it ended all square. A quarter of an hour in, Len Duquemin headed Spurs into the lead from Medley's corner, but 45 minutes later, Jackie Stewart put a free-kick in for captain Len Boyd to equalise. Charlie Withers, Eddie Baily and Duquemin combined to provide Bennett with a scoring opportunity to give Spurs the lead again in the 69th minute, but back came Brum when Ray Ferris headed home Stewart's cross to take the game into extra time. No further scoring meant a second replay and with Birmingham chairman Harry Morris calling correctly for the toss, the venue choice was his and Spurs had to head to the Midlands for a third game at Wolves.
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28.02.1953 |
Spurs faced Second Division Birmingham
City in this Sixth Round FA Cup tie at St. Andrews. City took the lead through Willie Wardle, who scored with a 25 yard effort, but following Gil Merrick making a good save and a header hitting the crossbar, Spurs hit back in the 75th minute, when Les Bennett headed home Les Medley's centre to earn a replay.
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01.05.1948 |
Despite Ted Ditchburn's heroics keeping the score
at 0-0, Birmingham City celebrated at the end of the match, as the point
had secured them the Second Division title. On their home ground, Birmingham captain Fred Harris was presented with the trophy by Arthur Oakley of the Football League.
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31.08.1946 |
Birmingham City
earned a 2-1 win at White Hart Lane on the resumption of football after
World War Two.
Charlie Wilson-Jones gave the Blues a lead, but an equaliser for Tottenham came from George Foreman. However, it was Wilson-Jones who hit the winner for the Midlands side to give them a solid win.
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13.10.1945 |
Spurs showed a marked difference in approach (in
line with programme comments that " ... we have to survey the situation
and take every possible measure to bring about an improvement" from the
previous week's humiliation). However, the outcome was the same, although the
result was a much narrower 0-1 defeat, the only goal scored by Ambrose
Mulraney in the second period.
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06.10.1945 |
Spurs suffered a 8-0 trouncing at the hands of
Birmingham City at St. Andrews in this Football League South match.
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26.08.1939 |
Birmingham were the
last team to visit White Hart Lane before football stopped when World
War II was declared.
Arriving at the Lane for a Second Division match, the crowd witnessed a goal-less first half, but into the second period, Fred Sargent put Tottenham ahead, only for Birmingham's Jackie Brown to level things.
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27.08.1927 |
A fine goal from Welshman Taffy O'Callaghan gave
Spurs an opening day 1-0 win at White Hart Lane.
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05.01.1924 |
Spurs opened the scoring with Tich Handley setting up Andy Thompson, who took on two defenders and hit his shot past the keeper. Bill Harvey crossed for Joe Bradford to bring the scores level For Birmingham and a 20-yarder from Jimmy Cringan gave the Blues the lead. Both Bradford and Ernie Islip hit the woodwork before Moses Lane put City 3-1 up, but Tottenham narrowed the gap with Jack Elkes scoring against his old club.
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14.11.1908 |
New boys to the Football League Spurs ran out 4-0 winners against Birmingham City on the day that Charlie Woodruff made his debut. An early chance fell to the visitors' Charles “Bullet” Jones and he missed the target with the goal gaping in front of him. Two goals each from Vivian Woodward and Bert Middlemiss secured the two points for Tottenham, but there were other notable incidents in the match between Birmingham, who had lead the table for much of the season and Spurs, who had just been beaten 0-3 by West Bromwich Albion. Woodward could have grabbed a hat-trick if the crossbar had not stopped one of his shots and in an odd incident, Birmingham's Edmund Eyre got his foot stuck in the main stand railings at the edge of the pitch. With injury time building up, there was some concern that the game might be abandoned, but the match finished in fading light, even though the game kicked off five minutes early to avoid this.
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