euro match reports
| 12.03.2008 | PSV Eindhoven (Away). UEFA Cup Round of 16 Second leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 06.03.2008 | PSV Eindhoven (Home). UEFA Cup Round of 16 First leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 21.12.2008 | Slavia Prague (Home). UEFA Cup Round of 32 Second leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 14.02.2008 | Slavia Prague (Away). UEFA Cup Round of 32 First leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 06.12.2007 | Anderlecht (Away). UEFA Cup - Group G. For a match report, click here. |
| 29.11.2007 | Aalborg (Home). UEFA Cup - Group G. For a match report, click here. |
| 08.11.2007 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (Away). UEFA Cup - Group G. For a match report, click here. |
| 25.10.2007 | Getafe (Home). UEFA Cup - Group G. For a match report, click here. |
| 04.10.2007 | Anorthosis Famagusta (Away). UEFA Cup - First round - Second leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 20.09.2007 | Anorthosis Famagusta (Home). UEFA Cup - First round - First leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 12.04.2007 | Sevilla (Home). UEFA Cup - quarter final. Second leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 05.04.2007 | Sevilla (Away). UEFA Cup - quarter final First leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 14.03.2007 | SC Braga (Home). UEFA Cup - Round of 16. For a match report, click here. |
| 08.03.2007 | SC Braga (Away). UEFA Cup - Round of 16. For a match report, click here. |
| 14.12.2006 | Dinamo Bucharest (Home). UEFA Cup - Group B. For a match report, click here. |
| 23.11.2006 | Bayer Leverkusen (Away). UEFA Cup - Group B. For a match report, click here. |
| 02.11.2006 | Club Brugge (Home). UEFA Cup - Group B. For a match report, click here. |
| 19.10.2006 | Besiktas (Away). UEFA Cup - Group B. For a match report, click here. |
| 28.09.2006 | Slavia Prague (Home). UEFA Cup - First Round - Second Leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 14.09.2006 | Slavia Prague (Away). UEFA Cup - First Round - First Leg. For a match report, click here. |
| 04.11.1999 |
UEFA Cup. For a match report, click here. Teams : |
| 04.11.1999 |
UEFA Cup. For a match report, click here. Teams : |
| 28.10.1999 | For
a match report, click here. Teams : |
| 30.09.1999 | For
a match report, click here. Teams : |
| 16.09.1999 | For
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| 18.03.1992 | A goal-less draw in
the second leg of the European Cup-Winners Cup Third Round was enough
for Feyenoord to knock Tottenham out of the competition with a 1-0
aggregate win. . Teams : |
| 04.03.1992 | Home side Feyenoord
took the European Cup-Winners Cup Third Round first leg tie 1-0 with a
goal from Joszef Kiprich. . Teams : |
| 07.11.1991 | A goal-less draw in
this second leg of the European Cup-Winners Cup Second Round earned
Tottenham a route into the next stage. . Teams : |
| 23.10.1991 | A
sparkling display gave Spurs a 3-1 first leg lead in this European
Cup-Winners Cup Second round tie.
Gary Lineker put Tottenham ahead on 14 minutes, with a hooked volley and then Gordon Durie made it 2-0 shortly after. Emil Kostadinov gave Porto some hope when he reduced the arrears after 52 minutes, but Lineker gave Spurs the two goal cushion again when he scored again eight minutes from time, following eleven passes that lead to the Spurs forward coolly passing the ball past Victor Baia into the net. Teams : |
| 20.03.1985 |
Spurs had a bold effort in getting the tie back from Real Madrid in the
Bernabaeu stadium, but failed with a combination of bad luck and some
dubious refereeing. Mark Falco's second half header was ruled out for a foul, but this seemed a harsh decision, while Steve Perryman was later sent off for bringing down Valdano as he was through on goal. Teams : |
| 06.03.1985 |
Spurs fell to their first home defeat in a European tie as Real Madrid
left White Hart Lane with a 1-0 victory. The Real defence held firm, as Tottenham created a number of openings, but could not find a testing effort on goal. A breakaway at the other end, Steve Perryman's attempt to stop the cross from Emilio Butragueno getting to Jorge Valdano saw the ball bounce off his knee and past Ray Clemence in the Spurs goal. Teams : |
| 07.11.1984 |
Spurs roared into the next round with a 3-0 victory to see them through
3-2 on aggregate against Club Brugge at White Hart Lane. Starting without the suspended Chris Hughton, who was booked for the second time in the competition in the first leg and Glenn Hoddle who was dismissed in Belgium, Spurs set about their task with vigour. Graham Roberts put an early tackle in on Ceulemans, who limped about for the rest of the match, but Micky Hazard levelled the aggregate score within five minutes with a good strike. With two quick goals within seven minutes, Tottenham were coasting by the break and Brugge offered little in return. Tony Galvin put in a cross that Jensen flapped at and Clive Allen was on hand to knock the ball into the net from six yards and then, after the ball had bobbled around the penalty area, it fell to Graham Roberts, who was 30 yards out, to smash the ball with great ferocity past the helpless Brugge keeper. Teams : |
| 24.10.1984 | A nightmare game for
Spurs saw Glenn Hoddle sent off for two bookings and only a Clive Allen
strike late in the game gave Tottenham a lifeline in the second leg. Skipper Jan Ceulemans opened the scoring for the Belgian side after just six minutes and then Steve Perryman conceded a penalty, which was rammed home by the Danish keeper Birger Jensen, who was the regular Brugge penalty taker. Spurs managed to hold out for the remainder of the match and then seven minutes from time, Allen came on to score an important away goal for the ten men of Spurs after Hoddle had been sent off for not retreating from a free-kick. Teams : |
| 03.10.1984 |
The second leg proved easier than expected for Tottenham, with a 6-0
victory wrapping up a 9-0 aggregate win. Young defender Carvahal sent a weak header out, but it went towards Gary Stevens, who dispatched a powerful drive past keeper Helder to give Tottenham a flying start and Chris Hughton followed up with a second on fifteen minutes after being put through by Micky Hazard. Carvahal did not intercept Tony Galvin's cross and Garth Crooks was let in to head the third Spurs goal with 25 minutes gone. Glenn Hoddle entered the field at the break for his first appearance since getting injured six months before and he opened the way with a fine pass through the defence for Crooks to make it 4-0 twelve minutes into the second period. Mark Falco made it five with a 66th minute close range effort and then Crooks seized on a poor Dito back-pass to score his hat-trick goal after 82 minutes and see Tottenham through convincingly. Teams : |
| 19.09.1984 |
The First Round first leg meeting with Portuguese side Braga found Spurs
taking a 3-0 lead back to London for the second leg. Despite the home side hitting the frame of the goal on three occasions, Mark Falco scored twice and Tony Galvin also got on the score-sheet to record a good away win. Galvin and Hughton worked the left wing well to create Falco's first on 31 minutes, with Hazard playing a through ball for the Spurs striker to net his second as the half-time whistle approached. Galvin got in on the act in the dying stages of the first half, as Hughton set him up for his goal. Teams : |
| 23.05.1984 | A tense night at White
Hart Lane saw Spurs pick up the UEFA Cup, but only after going a goal
behind and then facing a penalty shoot-out. Alex Czerniatinski raced clear to hit Anderlecht into a shock lead that silenced White Hart Lane with an hour of the game gone, as he delicately lifted the ball over Tony Parks. Spurs looked as though they might suffer their first ever home defeat in Europe and when substitute Ossie Ardiles fired against the bar from close range and it flew out, it looked as though it was not to be Tottenham's night. However, the ball was played back in by Micky Hazard and captain on the night Graham Roberts chested the ball down and rammed it home to level the score with just seven minutes left on the clock. Into extra time, there were few chances and the penalty shoot out went to and fro. Graham Roberts, Mark Falco, Gary Stevens and Stave Archibald scored for Spurs, then Parks saved Morten Olsen's penalty and with the chance to win the cup for Tottenham, Danny Thomas had his spot-kick saved too. When Arnar Gudjohnsson stepped up to take his kick, Tony Parks flung himself to his right and pushed it out to see Spurs take the trophy for the second time. Teams : |
| 09.05.1984 |
A Paul Miller goal gave Spurs the lead in the UEFA Cup Final first leg
in Brussels. Heading in from a corner, Miller rose to net Mike
Hazard's cross and put Tottenham into a strong position. However, two drawbacks left the second leg in the balance, as Steve Perryman received his second yellow card of the tournament and would be suspended for the second leg and five minutes from time defender Morten Olsen scrambled an equaliser from close range. Teams : |
| 25.04.1984 | The second leg of the
semi-final at White Hart Lane saw a tough match settled by a single
moment of Micky Hazard magic. Teams : |
| 11.04.1984 | On a soaking wet night in Split,
Spurs went down 1-2 after taking the lead.
As the rain poured down after a sunny afternoon, Mark Falco took a penalty awarded for handball. His shot was saved by Zoran Simovic, but he followed up and slid in Tottenham's goal. At the other end, Tony Parks could only watch as one header from Ivan Gudelj slithered in and another saw him hampered as the winner for the home side hit the net courtesy of Dusran Pesic. Spurs did have the away goal, which was useful in this backs to the wall performance after a good start. Teams : |
| 25.04.1984 | Spurs
trailed from the first leg, but with the all important away goal knew a
one goal win would be enough.
The fact that that goal came six minutes into the match meant Tottenham were aware of the need for a clean sheet for the remaining 84 minutes. A handball outside the box gave Micky Hazard the opportunity to drill home a 25 yard free-kick low past the Spilt keeper. A hold-up occurred after the goal, as Hazard lost a contact lens in the celebrations and it had to be found before he left the field to put it back in !! Although Split had to come out to score the goal that would have seen them through, Spurs kept them at bay and almost scored a second themselves through Archibald, how hit a good chance just wide. Teams : |
| 21.03.1984 |
The Prater stadium was the setting for Tottenham's UEFA Cup Fourth Round
second leg meeting with Austria Vienna. Gary Stevens and Steve Archibald paved the way as Alan Brazil made it 3-0 on aggregate with a neat 15th minute finish to send the Spurs fans held in a cage into raptures. While Vienna pressured Tottenham, there were few threatening moments and when Ossie Ardiles fired high into the home goal off the crossbar in the 82nd minute the tie was securely wrapped up. However, not wanting to go down without a fight, two goals in the last few minutes salvaged a 2-2 draw, but it was not enough to stop Tottenham going through to the semi-final. Teams : |
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| 23.11.1983 | Spurs travelled to Germany
in the grip of a cold snap, which left the pitch frozen solid and the
match in doubt. However, it went ahead with players wearing gloves
and tights to stay as warm as they could in the -10° temperature.
The Tottenham team started well and Archibald and Falco tested Pfaff in the Bayern goal, but the home side began to dominate on the slippery surface. Influential midfielder Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had to leave the play at half-time with an injury, but Munich came strongly in the second half with Danish midfielder Lerby was unlucky with two free-kicks. However, with only five minutes remaining, Michael Rummenigge ran directly at the Tottenham defence and rifled a shot that found the target past Ray Clemence in goal. Bayern Munich :
Pfaff, Lerby, K. Rummenigge, M. Rummenigge, |
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| 10.04.1974 | A
packed 74,000 crowd cheered on the home side, but it was Spurs who left
with a 2-1 advantage from this UEFA Cup semi-final first leg tie.
A first half brace of goals from Spurs took Locomotive by surprise and set up the win. Mike England's pass to Jimmy Neighbour got the ball to Peters to finish off move in the 15th minute. When Ray Evans marauded down the right wing in the 26th minute, his cross was met by Ralph Coates, who netted from close range. A goal was pulled back by Locomotive a few minutes after the interval, when a cross was converted by Wolfram Lowe to give the East German team a glimmer of hope for the second leg. Teams : |
| 12.12.1973 | It was
heads you win, with Tottenham's aerial dominance beating the Russian
side to progress in the UEFA Cup. Two Martin Chivers goals and two
more form Martin Peters were added to by a Chris McGrath header that
sealed a 5-1 win. Teams : |
| 28.11.1973 | Among the
Georgian mountains lay the Locomotive stadium, where 42,000 packed in to
see Spurs earn a valuable draw in the UEFA Cup third round first leg on
a rough pitch.
With 25 minutes on the clock, Martin Chivers took Mike England's pass and laid it off to Ralph Coates, who drilled a 20 yard shot into the goal. Tbilisi came on strong in the search for an equaliser, which came 17 minutes before the end despite a great performance from Pat Jennings. Kakhi Asatiani finally managed to beat the Spurs keeper in the 73rd minute with an effort that kept the home side in with a shout in the second leg at White Hart Lane. Teams : |
| 21.03.1973 | After a
delayed kick off, Henrique Campora curled a shot past Jennings from just
inside the penalty area to give the Vitoria Setubal side some hope of a
result against Spurs in the second leg of the quarter final. Hopes
were even higher when a 65th minute goal from Jose Torres put the
Portuguese side ahead on aggregate. Tottenham's salvation came in the shape of Martin Chivers, who fired home a 35 yard free-kick within five minutes to see Spurs through on away goals. Teams : |
| ..1973 | A Ray Evans
goal was all that separated the two sides after the first leg of this
quarter final against Vitoria Setubal. Evans had only been on the
pitch for five minutes as a substitute, when he latched onto Martin
Peters' flick on from Chivers' long throw and headed in the only goal of
the game. Teams : |
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| 13.09.1972 | Lyn of Oslo
were Tottenham's first opponents as holders of the UEFA Cup and although
Spurs won 6-3, it was a harder match than the score-line suggests. The match was played in the Ullevaal Stadium and the home club took a shock lead after 10 minutes through Jon Austnes. However, Spurs woke up to the threat as Martin Peters grabbed the equaliser and soon were ahead through a goal from John Pratt and two from Alan Gilzean. Lyn fought back and stunned Tottenham with two goals by Trygve Christophersen and Torbjorn Skjerve almost made it 4-4, only Pat Jennings with a fine save keeping the ball out. It required two late goals from Martin Chivers to help Spurs take a lead back to White Hart Lane for the second leg. Teams : |
| 19.04.1972 | A draw in
Milan gave Tottenham a 3-2 aggregate victory in the semi-final of the
UEFA Cup. A shock lead was handed to Tottenham by Alan Mullery, who hit a 20 yard shot into the top corner of the net after just seven minutes, but in the 68th minute Phil Beal had a penalty given against him when he fouled Bignon in the area, despite claiming to have made a clean tackle. Gianni Rivera stepped up to convert it and while the pressure was on the Spurs goal, there was no further scoring and Tottenham progressed to the final. Teams : |
| 05.04.1972 | A typically Italian defensive
performance by AC Milan was undone by two cracking Steve Perryman goals
to give injury-hit Tottenham the advantage going into the away leg two
weeks later. It was a shock when Bennetti fired home a goal for Milan to take the lead, but two long-range specials from the Spurs midfielder rocked the Italians, who were reduced to ten men when tough tackling Sogliano was dismissed. Teams : |
| 21.03.1972 | Arad
shocked Spurs with a goal in the 61st minute to bring the aggregate
score in the UEFA Cup quarter final second leg back to 2-1 when Flavius
Dornide pounced to hit the net. Luckily for Spurs, Alan Gilzean's glancing header gave Tottenham the equaliser and secure their passage through to the semi-final. Teams : |
| 07.03.1972 | Another
Romanian club awaited Spurs in the quarter final in the shape as Unizale
Textile Arad and Tottenham returned with a 2-0 victory. Winger Roger Morgan netted in the 12th minute to put Tottenham ahead, while Mike England scored the team's second with 43 minutes gone to make it 2-0. The score stayed the same, even though Arad hit the bar and post as they pushed to get something out of the game. Teams : |
| 15.12.1971 | A torrid
second leg saw a cynical performance from the home side which Tottenham
had to rise above to progress to the Fourth Round. The game was moved from Rapid's Giulisti stadium to the national stadium in Bucharest and many home fans were given the day off work to attend and produce a very hostile atmosphere. The determination on the Romanian players to not let Spurs pass meant that they did not attack the Spurs goal that much, leaving substitute Jimmy Pearce to score the opening goal of the match on 58 minutes. However, his participation only lasted another six minutes, as he was dismissed with Ion Pop as they got involved in a fight. Tottenham continued to play their own game and although Martin Peters put a penalty against a post in the 68th minute, Chivers notched the second Tottenham goal of the game with four minutes left to total a 5-0 aggregate score-line. Teams : |
| 08.12.1971 | Romania's
Rapid Bucharest were 1-0 down within 20 seconds of the start of this
first leg after a trademark Martin Chivers long-throw was directed home
off Martin Peters' head. It was the Spurs centre-forward who
was the focal point of this tie with a second goal coming from his
finish to Neighbour's good work on the wing with 35 minutes gone. Chivers wrapped up a useful first leg lead when he struck in the 62nd minute to net Alan Gilzean's knock-down after Cyril Knowles' left wing cross found the Scotsman. Teams : |
| 02.11.1971 | Spurs
dominant performance against Nantes saw them through to the next round, even though
they only had one goal to show for their efforts. A good move ended with captain Martin Peters netting within fifteen minutes to give Tottenham a goal's advantage, but missed opportunities by Chivers and Gilzean. Blanchet almost made Spurs pay with an early second half opportunity, but he shot wide and Spurs went on to press forward and reach round three. Teams : |
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| 28.09.1971 | The return
leg at White Hart Lane against Keflavik in the first UEFA Cup tie saw
Tottenham ease through with their biggest European win. Bill Nicholson expressed his disappointment that the forwards had wastes so many chances as Spurs went ahead through a Martin Chivers shot on eight minutes. With the Icelanders' goal being peppered goals from Chivers in the 19th minute, Steve Perryman in the 24th and Ralph Coates a minute before the break put the score-line at 4-0 at the half-time whistle. A hat-trick goal in the 55th minute saw Chivers net at the near post, before Cyril Knowles joined the scorers in the 65th minute, followed by two goals in two minutes by Alan Gilzean in the 77th and 78th minutes and the scoring was rounded off by youngster Phil Holder, making his debut, in the 86th minute Teams : |
| 22.09.1971 | Tottenham
beat Torino 2-0 in the second leg at White Hart Lane to win the
Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners Cup. Strikers Martin Chivers and Alan Gilzean both hit the net to give Tottenham a 3-0 aggregate win. Steve Perryman picked out a pass through the Italian defence to allow Chivers to stroke the ball into the net with 15 minutes gone. It was just nine minutes from time that Alan Gilzean's volley at the far post wrapped up the tie for Spurs, after Martin Chivers had flicked on Cyril Knowles' free-kick. The game saw Tottenham enjoy the majority of possession, with the Torino side barely having a shot on target. Peters picked up his first booking for two years after a goalmouth clash with keeper Castellini. Teams : |
| 14.09.1971 | Spurs faced
the Icelandic amateurs of Keflavik in their first UEFA Cup tie ever. Tottenham's strength showed through as Alan Gilzean bagged a hat-trick, with Alan Mullery scoring twice and Ralph Coates scoring the other goal. Teams : |
| 01.09.1971 | Tottenham
visited Turin to play Torino to lay the first leg of the Anglo-Italian
League Cup Winners Cup. The Stadio Communale saw a 59th minute Martin Chivers goal give Tottenham the advantage for the second leg, but it was Steve Perryman whose run on the right wing past Fossati and Angelo Cereser that provided the pass into the six yard box for Chivers to tuck the ball past the keeper. Big money signing (£200,000) Giovanni Toschi had some early chances, but did not really test Pat Jennings in goal. At the other end Mike England hit the post with a header and another header, this time from Martin Peters, was well kept out by goalie Luciano Castellini. It was late in the game that Torino pushed for an equaliser and Jennings performed acrobatically to deny Ferrini and Toschi. Teams : |
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| 15.05.1963 | Spurs entered the European Cup Winners Cup Final without talisman Dave Mackay, but a great performance blew Atletico Madrid away, just a year after they had lifted this trophy. Jimmy Greaves opened proceedings with a goal in 16 minutes, converting a Cliff Jones cross, with Bobby Smith laying on a chance for John White to smash home a second goal soon after. Two minutes after the break, Ron Henry handled a shot on the goal-line to concede a penalty and Enrique Collar shot past Brown from the spot to make it 2-1. Atletico put some pressure on the Spurs goal, but could not break through. Spurs eased the nerves when White threaded a pass through to Terry Dyson, who crashed in a fine shot from a tight angle, then crossed for Greaves to shoot home the fourth (and his 44th of the season). Dyson rounded off his man of the match display with a run through the middle of the Atletico defence to smash in an unstoppable drive to make the final score 5-1 and to give Spurs the honour of being the first British team to lift a European trophy. Teams : |
| 01.05.1963 |
Spurs overcame crack Yugoslav side OFK Belgrade in the semi-final second leg to reach their first European final. Missing suspended Jimmy Greaves, Tottenham weathered some OFK pressure as they sought an equaliser on aggregate and then, in the 23rd minute, Danny Blanchflower put Dave Mackay through to score the opening goal of the game. The visitors hit back quickly with Josip Skoblar drawing Belgrade level, but the nerves were settled when a move involving Blanchflower, White and Mackay set up Cliff Jones to put Tottenham 2-1 up on the night, just before the half-time whistle. With a two goal cushion, Spurs played a little more freely and a full-length diving header from Bobby Smith wrapped up a 5-2 aggregate win to put Tottenham through to meet Atletico Madrid in the European Cup Winners Cup final, despite the OFK players trying to aggravate the Spurs players with cynical challenges. Teams : |
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| 14.03.1963 | Tottenham
recorded a 6-0 win in this European Cup Winners Cup quarter final second
leg after coming into the game trailing after the first match.
It took until just after the half-hour for Tottenham to open the scoring, when Dave Mackay paved the way for this win. Other goals followed from Jimmy Greaves (2), John White, Bobby Smith and Cliff Jones to see Tottenham move on to play OFK Belgrade in the semi-final. Teams : |
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| 31.10.1962 | Having had to wait 24 hours because of fog, Spurs took Glasgow Rangers apart with a stunning performance earning a 5-2 win. Goals from John White (2), Maurice Norman, Les Allen and a Shearer own goal, Spurs set themselves up for a comfortable return leg. Teams : |
| 05.04.1962 | A European
Cup semi-final nearly ended in triumph for Tottenham, but Benfica did
just enough to go through to a meeting with Real Madrid.
3-1 down from the first leg, Spurs soon were further behind when a suspiciously offside 15th minute goal from Aguas made it a very uphill battle for Tottenham. Controversy prevented Greaves getting Tottenham back into the tie with a goal that was ruled out for offside after initially being awarded by the ref. As Tottenham pressed forward, the pressure paid off when Bobby Smith converted a John White cross ten minutes before half-time. When White was fouled in the area by Coluna just after the break, Blanchflower put away the penalty to put Spurs only two goals behind. In a frantic finish, Smith hit the woodwork no less than three times and only some elastic saves from the Benfica keeper kept Tottenham out and heaped disappointment on the way the team had gone out. Teams : |
| 21.03.1962 |
A fast start by Benfica gave Tottenham a setback in their European Cup
semi-final first leg. Jose Aguas and Jose Augusto hit goals within the opening 20 minutes to leave Spurs shaken, but Bobby Smith pulled a goal back in the early stages of the second half. However, despite a disallowed Jimmy Greaves goal (for offside), Augusto got his second on 65 minutes with a header to leave Spurs a tough task in the second leg. The Portuguese side's lead could have been slimmer with Smith knocking in Greaves' cross, only to find it ruled out for a lineman's offside flag once more despite being behind the ball when it was played to him. Teams : |
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| 20.09.1961 | Tottenham overturned a
first leg deficit to sweep through the preliminary round of the European
Cup in great style. Aided by a
fervent crowd who, the Gornik Zabrze manager Dzenis Zygmun said, "had my
players completely off their stroke," the
players turned around a 2-4 score-line in Poland to win 8-1 (10-5 on
aggregate). Nine minutes in Danny Blanchflower netted a penalty and ten minutes later, the aggregate score was 4-4 when Cliff Jones rose to head home to make it 2-0 on the night. Just five minutes after, Jones' second of the night put Tottenham ahead overall, but the Poles showed just how good they were, when Ernest Pohl struck to make it 5-5 on aggregate. A fine first half by our Welsh winger was completed with a 35th minute goal to complete his hat-trick and a diving header from Bobby Smith gave Tottenham a commanding 5-1 lead at half-time. The action didn't stop in the second half, with goals from Smith, Terry Dyson and John White to wrap up a famous win and send a warning message to the rest of Europe that Tottenham had quickly adapted to the needs of European football. Teams : |
| 13.09.1961 |
Tottenham's first competitive European tie was a tough one, both in
terms of the on-pitch football and the off-pitch culture shock. The mining town hosted Spurs' debut in the European Cup and at 0-3 down at the interval in this preliminary round first leg tie, it looked as grim as the surrounding countryside scarred by the local industry. Despite dropping a further goal behind, the side kicked on in the latter stages and pulled two vital away goals back through Terry Dyson and Cliff Jones. Teams : |