spurs v leicester city match reports
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13.09.1997 | Spurs crashed to a 3-0
Premier League defeat with the City goals coming through Steve Walsh,
Steve Guppy and Emile Heskey.
Les Ferdinand made home fans hold their breath with an early header, but Ian Walker was called on to tip a Heskey shot onto the post and an Ian Marshall header onto the bar. Walsh opened the scoring in the 55th minute with a header from Garry Parker's free-kick, then Guppy's shot beat Walker after a corner fell to him in the 68th minute before Heskey hit the third Leicester goal after 77 minutes. Teams : |
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19.03.1997 | A Premier League draw saw
Teddy Sheringham's last minute equaliser cancel out Steve Claridge's
74th minute goal. Sheringham had gone close earlier on when his
first half shot hit the post
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22.09.1996 | A match of penalties ended
up with Leicester taking the points at White Hart Lane.
Steve Claridge took a chance in a 21st minute to score for Leicester and when Nethercott fouled Heskey, Steve Walsh's penalty was kept out by Walker. But when Campbell was pushed by Prior, Clive Wilson converted from twelve yards to make it 1-1. Garry Parker's 84th minute corner was headed home by Ian Marshall to give the Foxes a win. Teams : |
25.02.1987 |
A fine all round performance left Leicester reeling at White Hart Lane. It was a cold Wednesday night, but Spurs warmed their fans with Chris Waddle and Clive Allen linking well to set up Nico Claesen to slide the ball home in the 35th minute. Paul Allen was felled in the box and cousin Clive converted the spot-kick in the 52nd minute, while Paul got the third goal after taking Steve Hodge's through ball to score shortly after. The scorer was involved in the build up for the fourth goal, just a minute later, when he found Claesen, who put Clive Allen in for his 37th goal of the season. The Belgian wrapped up the 5-0 win with a fine shot on 65 minutes. Teams : |
13.04.1985 |
Glenn Hoddle and Mark Falco were the scorers as Spurs took the points in this First Division clash at Filbert Street that maintained third position in the table for Spurs. . Teams : |
11.02.1984 |
Two goals from Gary Lineker were not enough to deny Spurs in this Division One encounter at White Hart Lane. Goals from Mark Falco, Tony Galvin and Steve Archibald enabled Tottenham to take both points against the Foxes. Teams : |
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03.04.1982 | Spurs won this FA Cup
semi-final at Villa Park under sad circumstances, as the Falklands War
had broken out the previous day. This placed Ossie Ardiles in
a difficult position, with his loyalties divided and although he played,
he received a lot of abuse from the Leicester fans. Although this
was to be his last game for Tottenham that season, he helped Spurs
through to the final, even though he would not be there himself.
The match was close until the 56th minute, when Ardiles and Glenn Hoddle worked a short corner with Ossie crossing to find Garth Crooks six yards to volley home powerfully. Leicester lost Tommy Williams, carried off with a broken shin and having used their substitute were down to ten, with Spurs taking advantage by pressurising Ian Wilson to lob a 76th minute back pass over his keeper's head to make it 2-0.
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14.05.1977 |
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18.12.1976 |
Goals from Steve Earle and a Jeff Blockley header left Spurs pointless on their trip to Filbert Street,
despite Ralph Coates getting on the score-sheet for Tottenham.
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25.10.1975 |
Leicester City welcomed Spurs to Filbert
Street, but it was Tottenham who were the happier team at full-time. A 3-2 win was the boost the team needed after a poor run of results. A seventh minute goal gave Tottenham a good start, with Ralph Coates smuggling the ball into the net from close range, but former Spurs winger Keith Weller levelled the score just six minutes later and then, in the second half, put Leicester ahead. At that stage a point looked a satisfactory outcome, so Martin Chivers' 70th minute drive past Mark Wallington from 12 yards out looked to have achieved that. However, when Spurs pressed forward straight away from the kick-off, Chivers set up skipper Steve Perryman to fire in a fine first time effort to give Spurs a 3-2 lead, which they hung onto until the end. In fact, only a flying save from Wallington prevented a bigger winning margin, as Coates went close to making it four at the death. Teams : |
22.02.1975 | Spurs crashed to Leicester
City at White Hart Lane as the Foxes ran out 3-0 winners.
A right wing Bob Lee cross was touched on by Frank Worthington and defender Mike Stringfellow applied the finishing touch to give City an early lead. The score stayed like that until thirty minutes from the end, when Worthington converted Lee's cross for 2-0, which became three ten minutes later after Lee and Keith Weller had carved an opening for Jon Sammels to score. Teams : |
16.11.1974 |
Spurs had a happy trip to Filbert Street, winning
2-1 away at Leicester City in the First Division.
Steve Earle had put the Foxes ahead in
only the fifth minute to shock Spurs, but Martin Peters jumped high to
head past Mark Wallington's attempted punch on John Pratt's right-wing
corner putting Tottenham level within eight minutes.
Martin Chivers was then thwarted by Mark Wallington, as the keeper raced out
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27.04.1974 |
Tottenham's win was assured by Martin
Chivers' 100th League goal for the club at White Hart Lane.
Martin Peters and Ralph Coates linked up to create the chance for Chivers to power the ball home from just inside the area past Peter Shilton in the second half. Steve Earle hit the bar for the Foxes before the break and the game could have gone either way after the interval. Teams : |
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01.12.1973 | Spurs were well beaten by
Leicester City at Filbert Street with two goals from Len Glover and
another from Steve Earle.
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21.04.1973 | The two teams fought out
a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane, with an Alan Gilzean header giving
Tottenham an early lead, but Keith Weller struck late on to earn the
Foxes a point.
Alan Gilzean got in front of his marker at the near post to glance
home a free kick from Ray Evans in the sixth minute, but with just over
90 seconds left, former Spur Weller levelled for Leicester to rob Spurs
of the win. Earlier in the match, Martin Peters had been
denied a goal when his diving header was well stopped by Peter Shilton.
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18.11.1972 | Tottenham deserved
their 1-0 goal at Filbert Street and could have beaten Leicester City
more convincingly. Spurs dominated the first half and hit the woodwork twice through Alan Gilzean hitting bar and post, while Martin Peters went close to breaking the deadlock. Jimmy Pearce and Martin Chivers also had good chances to score, before Leicester battled back and force Pat Jennings into action a couple of times. The only goal of the game was scored in the 56th minute by Chivers who finished with a fierce shot after he was set up by Gilzean and John Pratt. Teams : |
29.04.1972 |
Seven goals were shared by Leicester City
and Spurs in this match at the Lane with Tottenham winning out by the
odd goal. The Spurs
team was weakened by England call-ups as they were playing West Germany
at Wembley in the European Championship qualifier on the same day, so
Leicester City were lucky not to go home with more than a 4-3 defeat. With just a minute gone, Mike England put Tottenham into the lead with a header and then it was made 2-0 by Jimmy Pearce's close range goal, but Leicester hit back to level by the break. Len Glover got the first Foxes goal and Jon Sammels hit the equaliser from the penalty spot. Cyril Knowles scored a spectacular goal to restore the Tottenham lead and then scored from a penalty kick, after his first attempt had to be re-taken, to make it 4-2, but Leicester had not given up and Malcolm Partridge scored towards the end of the 90 minutes to make it a nervy ending for Spurs. Teams : |
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11.12.1971 | Spurs won away at Filbert Street, with
Martin Peters' goal seeing off Leicester City.
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29.04.1969 |
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05.10.1968 | Spurs hauled
themselves from a goal down to take both points when Leicester City
visited White Hart Lane. Allan Clarke had put the Foxes ahead before Jimmy Greaves pulled Spurs level and then gave them a 2-1 lead before half-time. There was a hat-trick goal for Greaves after the interval and then Len Glover narrowed the arrears with a fine goal, but the visitors could not grab a third. Teams : |
16.12.1967 | A good display of
goalkeeping by Peter Shilton in the Leicester goal kept Tottenham at
bay, while at the other end one goal from Alan Tewley, converting Len
Glover's cross, was enough to take both points back to the Midlands.
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19.08.1967 | Spurs won 3-2 at Filbert
Street on the opening day of the season.
Spurs were off to a flying start with Joe Kinnear's header putting them
ahead with his first Spurs goal, but Leicester levelled thanks to a Nick
Sharkey goal before England put Spurs in front again with a header from
a Terry Venables free-kick.
David Gibson made the score 2-2 before half-time, but into the second half Frank Saul got what proved to be the winning goal with another header. Teams : |
25.03.1967 | A lacklustre game saw Jimmy
Robertson's goal settle the Division One match with Leicester City.
The goal that won the game came in the 42nd minute after Alan Gilzean had set up the opportunity and although Leicester forced for an equaliser in the second half, Jackie Sinclair's miss when well placed exemplified their poor finishing. Teams : |
10.12.1966 | Two first half goals
settled this First Division match with Leicester City at White Hart Lane.
Jimmy Greaves scored the first with a firm shot and then Peter Rodrigues put through his own goal with a header. Spurs had to make a change in the interval, when Cliff Jones left the action with an injured shoulder to be replaced by Roy Low. Teams : |
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24.04.1965 |
Three goals in each half gave Spurs a big
home win over Leicester City in their last match of the season at White
Hart Lane.
Cliff Jones hit a hat-trick, Jimmy Greaves notched two goals (one a penalty) and Alan Gilzean got the other goal. Teams : |
25.08.1965 | Hosting
Leicester City on a Wednesday night.
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19.10.1963 |
The honours were shared at White Hart Lane between Spurs and Leicester
City. Cliff Jones' goal went just inside the left hand post of Banks' goal with the keeper unable to reach the ball with his dive, but a Frank McLintock equaliser gave each side a point. Teams : |
23.03.1963 | Top of the
table Spurs visited second placed Leicester City and the teams shared
the points in a 2-2 draw. Mike Stringfellow put the Foxes ahead in the 18th minute, but Spurs levelled through Bobby Smith and a minute later they were ahead with Jimmy Greaves scoring the second. The second half was a more even affair, but Leicester grabbed an equaliser with Ken Keyworth scoring to make it 2-2 at the final whistle. Teams : Leicester City : - Gordon Banks, John Sjoberg, Norman, Frank McLintock, King, Colin Appleton, Riley, Graham Cross, Ken Keyworth, Mike Gibson, Mike Stringfellow Spurs : - Brown, Hopkins, Henry, Marchi, Norman, Mackay, Saul, White, Bobby Smith, Greaves, Cliff Jones Attendance : - 41,622 |
25.11.1961 | Tottenham lost out to bogey
team Leicester at White Hart Lane. Danny Blanchflower set up John
White to shoot Spurs into a very early lead, but with five minutes on the
clock before half-time Ken Keyworth equalized from Howard Riley's cross.
A poor clearance in the 75th minute went straight to Colin Appleton, who shot the winner past John Hollowbread in front of the watching Jimmy Greaves, a guest of the Director's prior to the completion of his transfer to Spurs. Teams : |
06.05.1961 |
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04.02.1961 | Even though it was
February,
Leicester City became the first team to beat Spurs at White Hart Lane in
the Double season. Spurs'
goals came from Les Allen and a Danny Blanchflower penalty could not
stop the Foxes who rattled in three goals.
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17.09.1960 | Spurs recorded a 2-1 away
win against Leicester City to take both points.
Bobby Smith put Spurs into the lead, but Howard Riley equalised before the half-time break. However, Smith was on the mark again before the end of the match to give Spurs a useful away win. Teams : |
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07.03.1959 | Both teams were near the
wrong end of the table when they met at the Lane and Spurs ran in six
goals without reply. It was a match to remember for Terry Medwin, who
took over in the number 9 shirt that day, as he scored four of the Spurs
goals - two in each half. Dave Dunmore and Danny Blanchflower hit the
other two goals to leave Leicester a long journey home without much
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19.04.1958 | Spurs recorded a fine 3-1
win at Filbert Street as the struggling Foxes made the going tough.
In fact, City took a 14th minute lead, but Bobby Smith equalised and Terry Medwin put Tottenham ahead with a goal on 24 minutes. Spurs held the upper hand for the rest of the game and Cliff Jones scored his first Tottenham goal after 65 minutes to complete the win. Teams : |
04.01.1958 | FA Cup Third Round.
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07.12.1957 |
The Leicester City side that was bottom
of the table surprised Spurs to leave White Hart Lane with a 4-1 win.
John Doherty and Tom McDonald scored the two goals that gave City a lead going into half-time, but Johnny Brooks pulled a goal back after the interval. However, it was not enough to stop the Foxes, who went on to score again through Arthur Rowley and Doherty's second. Teams : |
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05.01.1957 |
Spurs won this Third Round FA Cup tie 2-0
at White Hart Lane as the Second Division Foxes failed to seriously
trouble them. Danny Blanchflower's goal gave Tottenham a 32nd minute lead, but City came back to create some opportunities in the second half, they could not convert them, leaving George Robb to finish off the visitors with a goal five minutes from the end of the tie. Teams : |
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20.11.1954 | Spurs were
at home to Leicester City and ran in five goals with the Foxes only
replying once. A 3-0 lead at half-time and a 5-1 final score-line was achieved with goals from Johnny Gavin 2, George Robb 2 and Eddie Baily, with Leicester's response coming from Arthur Rowley. Teams : Spurs : - Reynolds, Ramsey, Hopkins, Nicholson, Marchi, Gavin, Baily, Dunmore, Brooks, Robb Leicester : - Anderson, Milburn, Jackson, Morris, Froggatt, Russell, Griffiths, Worthington, Hines, Rowley, Hogg Ref. Mr. (-) Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag Crowd : - 27,874 |
04.02.1950 | Spurs lead the Second
Division, but lost out to seventh place Leicester at White Hart Lane.
An early penalty was awarded to the Foxes and Charlie Adam knocked it
home to give them the lead. Bert Barlow hit a second goal to turn the
form book upside down and leave City with a happy trip back to the
Midlands.
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24.09.1949 | A rousing performance at
Filbert Street earned Tottenham both league points in this Second
Division meeting.
Les Bennett was the supplier for Sonny Walters to fire an unstoppable shot to put Spurs in front, and Len Duquemin added a second to round off a satisfactory first-half for Spurs. Charlie Adam got Leicester back into the match with a second half goal, but the pressure was mainly on the home defence, who managed to hold out to prevent a bigger Tottenham victory. Teams : |
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07.02.1948 |
Second Division Spurs had
to wait until halfway through the second half to pull away from the
Foxes in this Fifth Round FA Cup tie.
Eddie Baily's through pass was finished neatly by Duquemin, but Harrison's wind-assisted 35-yarder flew in over Ted Ditchburn's head to make it 1-1. A second Duquemin strike put Tottenham ahead again, just before the half-time break. Lee brought the scores level again minutes after the restart, but once more Len Duquemin netted , this time with his head, getting on the end of Stevens' corner to restore Tottenham's advantage. Two more quick goals by Freddie Cox, the first a penalty kick, gave Spurs the breathing room to ensure their place in the quarter-finals. Teams : |
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01.05.1937 | The last game of the season
found Leicester hosting Spurs and they gave them a warm welcome ending
with a 4-1 win. Johnny Morrison netted Tottenham's only goal that day.
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11.04.1936 | A 1-1 draw
with Leicester City at White Hart Lane, with George Hunt scoring for
Tottenham came with a much changed team from the previous day's match at
Charlton Athletic. An injury to Arthur Rowe at centre-half forced Spurs into playing centre-forward Doug Howe in his place. In the time of the match, players were not as versatile as now and specialised in one position. However, Howe did a good job marking Leicester centre-forward Fred Sharman. The following week, Rowe returned and Howe dropped to the reserves in his usual attacking role. The visitors to the Lane were Leicester City Reserves and after being marked out of the previous first team game, Fred Sharman had been dropped to the second XI and was asked to play centre-half, with the roles reversed from the Saturday before !! Teams : |
09.09.1933 | Although
Jimmy Patterson put Leicester into a 1-0 lead early on in the match, it
was Tottenham who took the eventual spoils. Spurs equalised before
half-time through Jimmy McCormick, who went on to complete a hat-trick
with a second half double.
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11.09.1919 |
Goals from Jimmy Cantrell, Bert Bliss, Billy Minter and a Tom Clay penalty gave Tottenham a win on their first league visit to Filbert Street, although two City goals made the score-line close. Teams : |
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