spurs v birmingham city match reports

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29.10.1987 A Third Round League Cup tie saw Spurs progress easily 5-0 in front of a small crowd of 15,542.  

Chris Waddle poked home a blocked Gough header from Paul Allen's corner to give Spurs the lead.  Then Clive Allen turned to hit a second and headed the third with a header from cousin Paul's corner kick into the second half.  The goals kept coming with a fierce Roberts volley and a typical curling Glenn Hoddle free-kick to wrap up a comfortable win.

Spurs : - Clemence: Paul Allen, Mitchell Thomas (Miller), Roberts, Gough, Mabbutt,  Stevens, Claesen, Clive Allen, Hoddle, Waddle.  
Birmingham City : - Hansbury; Ranson, Dicks, Hagan, Overson, Kuhl (Geddis), Bremner, Clarke, Whitton, Kennedy, Williams
Crowd : - 15,542

10.01.1981

A single Garth Crooks goal gave Spurs victory over Birmingham at White Hart Lane

Spurs: -  Mazzon, Crooks
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Crowd : -  24,909

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-struck Steve Archibald, Mabbutt showed his flexibility by taking both strikes well to ensure Spurs came out on top.

Spurs: -  Clemence, Hughton, Lacy, Roberts, Villa (Brooke), Perryman, Mabbutt, Hazard, Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks
Birmingham City : . 
Crowd : -  24,909

14.10.1978

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.

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Birmingham City :  , Tarantini, , , , , , Ainscow. 
Crowd : -   41,230

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 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). 
Spurs: -   Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Coates, Perryman (c), Chivers, J. Duncan, Neighbour (Chris Jones).
Crowd : -   30,616

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 gave Tottenham the first half goals that took the points.

Spurs: Jennings, Kinnear (Naylor), Knowles, Pratt, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Coates.
Birmingham City :  Cooper, Want, Carroll, Campbell, Hynd, Harland, Pendry, Francis, Latchford, Hatton, Gordon Taylor. 

08.04.1967

A gritty performance by City gave Spurs a scare in this FA Cup quarter final tie.  While there was little to talk about in terms of goalscoring 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.

Birmingham City :  Jennings, Knowles, Mackay, . 
Spurs: -  Hockey.
Crowd : -  51,500

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. 
Spurs: -  Marchi, Greaves, Robertson.
Crowd : -  33,833

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.

Birmingham City :  , , , , , , , , Harris 
Spurs: -  White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen
Crowd : -  29,614

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 
Spurs: -  Bobby Smith, L. Allen
Crowd : -  27,558

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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.
Birmingham City :  Merrick, Hall, Green, Bannister, Badham, Boyd, Stewart, Purdon, Trigg, Ferris, Wardle. 
Crowd : -   50,801

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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.

Spurs:   , , , , Baily,  , Bennett, Duquemin, Withers, Medley.
Birmingham City :   Boyd (c), Ferris, Stewart. 
Crowd : -  59,543

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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.

Birmingham City :  Merrick, , , , , , , ,Wardle. 
Spurs:  Bennett, Medley.
Crowd : -  52,348

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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 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.

Birmingham City :  Islip, Bradford, Lane, Cringan. 
Spurs: -  Elkes, Handley, Thompson
Crowd : -  25,000

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