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08.03.1986 | Going two goals up in ten
minutes of this First Division encounter, Spurs were well set for victory.
Three minutes into the match, Gary Mabbutt finished off a Graham Roberts long-throw that was flicked on by Chris Waddle and knocked against the post by Mark Falco. Falco was also on hand for the second, getting to Danny Thomas' cross, but there has always been some dispute as to whether he or WBA defender Derek Statham got the last touch to make it 2-0. Spurs were 4-0 up by the break, with Tony Galvin adding a third and Falco getting his second of the game. The second half was a more sedate affair in comparison and Imre Varadi missed Albion's best chance before Waddle finished off the scoring with a fifth goal. Teams : |
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23.02.1985 |
A second half Mark Falco goal gave Spurs the victory at the Hawthorns and kept Tottenham in second place in the table. Teams : |
03.11.1984 | A five goal thriller saw
WBA leave the Lane with the points in this Division One meeting.
John Chiedozie and Micky Hazard were the Spurs scorers, but that was not enough to prevent the Baggies taking the win thanks to goals from Nicky Cross, Steve Mackenzie and a Derek Statham penalty. The Guardian's reported Steve MacKenzie's third goal for Albion as "an imperious chip shot over Ray Clemence worthy of Rummenigge at his best". Teams : |
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23.04.1983 | West Bromwich Albion were
on a run of five defeats, but had the early chances to put themselves
ahead. Midfielder Gary Owen rasped two 20 yard shots just wide,
while striker Garry Thompson narrowly missed out getting on the end of a
Cyrille Regis cross. With 39 minutes on the clock, Derek Statham's
back-pass was intercepted by Archibald, who steered the ball past former
Arsenal keeper Paul Barron for the only goal of the game.
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29.01.1983 | Spurs edged this FA Cup
Fourth Round against West Bromwich Albion despite going a goal down.
Defender Clive Whitehead popped up in the Spurs penalty area in the 55th minute to put the visitors into the lead, but this was soon wiped out when Garth Crooks equalised. Whitehead had to leave the field after being involved in a crunching tackle with Graham Roberts. Spurs were the better team for the remainder of the game, but only had one goal to show for their endeavours with Terry Gibson netting in the 74th minute with a fierce shot into the far corner of the net. This win gave Spurs their record 18th unbeaten FA Cup tie, since being knocked out in the Sixth Round of the 1980 competition by Liverpool. Teams : |
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27.03.1982 | Spurs were missing the
services of Garth Crooks, Glenn Hoddle and Micky Hazard, while Albion were
without Martin Jol, Derek Statham and Steve MacKenzie for this First
Division match at the Hawthorns.
West Bromwich Albion took this
game with Cyrille Regis netting the only goal of the game with his right
foot after John Wile had put a free-kick into the Spurs area.
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10.02.1982 |
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07.11.1981 | Albion won this First
Division encounter with an own goal by Chris Hughton and a goal from
Martin Jol.
Tottenham's goal came from Garth Crooks. Teams : |
02.05.1981 |
A week ahead of Tottenham's Wembley appearance against Manchester City in the FA Cup Final, some key players missed out on the trip to the Midlands. Alistair Brown and Peter Barnes put the home team 2-0 up in the first half, with Bryan Robson and Nicky Cross netting in the second half to secure the win for the Baggies, despite Mark Falco and Gordon Smith being on the mark for Tottenham. Teams : |
14.05.1979 |
An end of season meeting at White Hart
Lane saw a single Ricardo Villa goal take the two points for Tottenham
against West Bromwich Albion on a Monday night. A 15th minute goal settled the match when Chris Jones headed won a long ball to Villa, who ripped a 30 yard shot past Godden, who was helpless to stop the effort. Teams : |
07.10.1978 |
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12.03.1977 |
Spurs were beaten 0-2 at home by West
Bromwich Albion in the First Division, as Alistair Robertson and Willie
Johnston scored the goals that gave Albion a win at White
Hart Lane.
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02.10.1976 |
West Bromwich Albion skipper
John
Wile broke his
left leg in this First Division match at the Hawthorns that the home
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11.11.1972 |
Spurs were thankful for Martin Chivers' equaliser in the 32nd minute after they had fallen behind to Tony Brown's 24th minute strike.
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16.08.1972 |
Martin Peters' early goal gave Spurs a flying start away to West
Bromwich Albion and John Pratt almost added to that with a close range
header, but goalkeeper Graham Smith denied him with a fingertip save.
However, one goal was enough for Spurs to return south with both
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08.04.1972 |
Tottenham started well at the Hawthorns,
but were shocked by a dubious penalty award and had to fight back to
draw against West Bromwich Albion. Bobby Hope scored from the spot in the 31st minute and Spurs had to hold out until half time, as they were rattled by the goal. The second half saw Tottenham settle and Alan Gilzean won a flick on in the air to allow Martin Chivers squeeze the ball between John Osborne and his right hand post to equalise.
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20.11.1971 |
Tottenham's passing was not up to it's usual standard
as they struggled to beat West Bromwich Albion in the First Division at
White Hart Lane. Mike England scored his first goal of the season with a snap-shot as the ball dropped in the box, just before half-time, but Bobby Gould equalised for Albion in the second half. Shortly afterwards, Alan Gilzean got on the end of Ralph Coates' cross with a left foot shot to restore the lead at the Park Lane end and then a couple of minutes later, his floated header over the bar when keeper John Osborne who was off his line. Thankfully, the Scottish striker did get his head on Ray Evans' cross to make it 3-1 soon after. Just when it looked as though Spurs were safe, Tony Brown nipped in to score a second for the visitors, but Spurs, with Barry Daines deputising for Pat Jennings in goal, held out for a much needed win.
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08.09.1971 |
Spurs won a League Cup
2nd Round tie 1-0 at the Hawthorns against West Bromwich Albion. Jimmy Pearce dived in on his knees to head home the only goal of the match from close range after the Albion keeper had spilled the ball.
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17.02.1971 |
Tottenham drew 2-2 at home to
West Bromwich Albion with an Alan Mullery penalty and a goal from Alan
Gilzean earning a share of the points.
Albion had
taken the lead through Tony Brown, but the lead was pegged back when
Alan Mullery scored from the penalty spot to make it 1-1. The Spurs
skipper could have put Tottenham ahead, when the second penalty award of
the game was given to Spurs, but Mullery missed the target to leave
Albion to approach the second half with some hope. Teams
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12.12.1970 |
With a fine display in the first half, with Alan Mullery driving the team on from midfield, Tottenham should have sewn the game up, but at the interval, we only had Martin Chivers' goal to our credit. Albion equalised soon after the break with Tony Brown scoring and he went on to complete his hat-trick with another goal and a penalty, as the home side turned on the style in the second half. Teams : |
28.10.1970 |
Spurs won this
League Cup
4th Round tie comfortably by 5-0 at White Hart Lane. Alan Gilzean scored the only goal of the first half, but it was little advance notice of what was to come. The second half saw Martin Peters score three times and Gilzean added a second to his total.
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15.11.1969 |
Spurs eased to a 2-0 home win in the First Division against WBA. Eleven minutes into the game, Phil Beal had to be substituted by Martin Chivers after an injury and the reshuffled side managed to go into the break 1-0 up for the first time at home since September after Chivers scored the opening goal. Jimmy Greaves and Alan Gilzean combined well to provide Roger Morgan with the opportunity to left the ball over the keeper for number two. More chances came and went, but Tottenham had to settle for the 2-0 score-line. Teams :
Programme listing - West Bromwich Albion : - Osborne, Fraser (c), Williams, Brown, Talbut, Kaye, Kryzwicki, Suggett, Astle, Hartford, Hope
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07.04.1969 |
Two goals from Jimmy Greaves (one a penalty) could not stop Spurs from slipping to defeat at the Hawthorns. Teams : |
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01.03.1968 |
This meeting with the Throstles was brought
forward to a Friday night as Leeds United were playing Arsenal at
Wembley in the League Cup Final the following day.
A 0-0 draw at the Lane was not the most exciting of matches. . Teams : |
25.11.1967 |
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07.05.1966 |
Spurs were beaten by the odd goal in
three by West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns in this First Division
meeting. 11 minutes in, Bill Brown did well to stop Tony Brown's shot, but when the ball was kicked out, Bobby Hope picked it up and hit the ball back low past the keeper from 25 yards out. Spurs pulled level when Eddie Clayton headed home Alan Gilzean's cross in the 22nd minute, although the score-line did not stay the same for long. Just four minutes later Albion had restored their lead when Jeff Astle scored a trademark header to finish off Doug Fraser's ball in. Albion held onto the lead to secure their win. Teams : |
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23.01.1965 |
On a snow covered pitch, which was
thawing, there was an entertaining game at the Hawthorns, which ended
2-0 in the home team's favour. A crude rugby tackle on Jeff Astle by reserve centre-half Laurie Brown, standing in for the injured Maurice Norman, handed Albion a free-kick. It produced a corner, which Foggo took and found the head of centre-half Stan Jones. His header was going into the top corner until Bill Brown pushed it over the bar, but the ref had already blown for a foul. Another free-kick, this time given against Alan Mullery for a high foot, although there was no West Brom player in his vicinity led to the first goal of the afternoon. It was played into the box and cleared by Gilzean, but it was played to Bobby Cram, some 20 yards out, who fired past Brown from the right of the D, two minutes before half-time. A good passing move from the back saw Spurs open the second half with Jimmy Robertson putting in a dangerous low cross to the near post, but Simpson cleared for a corner before Greaves could get onto it. When Cyril Knowles was robbed of the ball, WBA moved it forward quickly and Clark jinked his way into the area, only to be stopped by a well-timed tackle by Ron Henry. Albion did have the ball in the net again, when a Spurs defender slipped as Howshall drove on into the box and his shot was turned in by Clark in the 72nd minute, but he had been in an offside position. This brought snowballs thrown onto the pitch by the Baggies fans. However, after consultation with the lineman, the referee allowed the goal and it was 2-0 to West Brom. Potter grabbed a Spurs corner, coming a long way off his line and he threw the ball out to Clark, who ran 60 yards before being denied by a block from Ron Henry on the edge of the six yard box. Teams : |
19.09.1964 |
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28.12.1963 |
Albion took the points with a 2-0 win in the First
Division at the Lane. Ronnie Fenton and Ken Foggo hit second half goals to leave Spurs without much post-Christmas cheer. Teams : |
26.12.1963 |
A Boxing Day treat was served up for the fans at the Hawthorns in this First Division match. Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones and Bobby Smith (his 200th goal in League football and his last for Spurs) had given Spurs a 3-2 lead at the break, with Albion's goals coming from John Kaye and Clive Clark. After the break, Spurs looked set for both points as Greaves extended the lead, but Mike Fudge and Don Howe managed to salvage a point for the home side in a storming come-back. Teams : |
02.03.1963 |
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13.10.1962 |
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21.04.1962 |
For the second season running WBA won
2-1 at White Hart Lane.
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17.02.1962 |
Two goals apiece from Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Smith earned Tottenham a place in the Sixth Round of the FA Cup after seeing off West Bromwich Albion. The final score was 4-2 as Derek Kevan and Smith notched goals for Albion at the Hawthorns. Bobby Smith gave Tottenham an early lead and
the striker doubled the lead just before half time, when he ran onto a
long ball from Ron Henry and hit his shot past Jock Wallace in the
Albion goal. Teams : |
02.12.1961 |
Spurs won away at West Bromwich Albion
4-2 in the First Division, as the Tottenham defence stood firm in the
face of pressure from the home team. The opening 30 minutes were Albion's, but when Terry Medwin broke away to finish the chance, Spurs went 1-0 ahead. Then, two minutes later, John White made it 2-0 before Derek Kevan pulled a goal back with a 20 yard shot. The half-time score became 3-1 to Spurs, with WBA defender Don Howe putting through his own goal. While Albion came out fighting in the second half, Les Allen extended Tottenham's lead, while Albion's centre-forward Keith Smith netted a second goal for the Baggies.
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29.04.1961 |
A 2-2 draw saw Spurs ended their Double
season at home with a point against West Bromwich Albion. It nearly ended with a Tottenham win, as Booby Smith shoulder-charged goalkeeper over the line, but the referee gave a foul against the Spurs striker. Teams : |
26.11.1960 |
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02.09.1959 |
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18.04.1959 |
Spurs took an eighth minute lead
through Johnny Brooks, but it was centre forward Bobby Smith who stole
the show with four goals to give Spurs a vital two points that secured
their place in Division One in what had been a relegation threatened
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29.11.1958 |
A cracking game saw West Bromwich Albion edge a
4-3 home win in the First Division.
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07.04.1958 |
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04.04.1958 |
This 0-0 draw at White Hart Lane was Tottenham's
first goal-less game for nearly eight years.
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09.03.1957 |
Two contrasting styles made
for an interesting match, which ended all square at the Hawthorns. While West Bromwich Albion swept the ball across the pitch, using longer passes led to them having more attempts on goal, Tottenham's short passing game gave chances for Alfie Stokes, who put his shot into the side-netting and Bobby Smith, who was unable to get his shot away as the ball stuck in the penalty area mud. The goal came for Tottenham when Harmer's pass set Stokes away and he took the ball around a defender and then drew the goalkeeper to him, before slipping the ball into the net from a narrow angle. Albion had a shoot on sight policy, giving Ron Reynolds plenty of saves to make. The start of the second half was shared between both sides, then Tottenham started to dominate when they should have gone ahead with Stokes spurning an easy chance and then Harmer shot Medwin's cross wide. The home side put in an extra effort in the last 20 minutes as they sought an equaliser, which finally came with five minutes of the game left. Ronnie Allen's pass set up Whitehouse to score from close range, despite strong offside appeals from Spurs. Teams : |
08.12.1956 |
Two Derek Kevan goals pulled a point out of the bag for West Bromwich on their visit to White Hart Lane. Tommy Harmer was the scorer of the first Spurs goal when he was played in by Terry Dyson just outside the penalty area, stepping back to make space for his shot, that he dispatched into the bottom corner of the net with 18 minutes gone. With four minutes to half-time, Bobby Smith smashed a shot on the turn past Sanders in the Albion goal to put Spurs two up at the break. West Bromwich Albion started to play long balls and striker Kevan struck a shot that Bill Brown thought was going wide, but went into the net just three minutes after the break and another in the 61st minute to earn a 2-2 draw as Spurs maintained their unbeaten home record. Tottenham had a couple of shots cleared off the line and despite being without centre-half for 12 minutes when he was off injured, had a goal disallowed. Teams : |
27.12.1955 |
First Division revenge was swift for West Bromwich
Albion as they gained a 1-0 win over Spurs at The Hawthorns. . Teams : |
26.12.1955 |
A Maurice Norman goal put Tottenham on the road to
a 4-0 home win in the First Division against the Throstles. Len Duquemin nabbed a brace and Johnny Brooks added a goal to round off a good win for Spurs. Teams : |
27.04.1955 |
Johnny Brooks was on the score-sheet,
along with Eddie Baily, as Spurs took the points from their visit to the
West Midlands.
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09.10.1954 |
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13.03.1954 |
Spurs crashed out of the FA Cup at the Hawthorns beaten 3-0. Ronnie Allen scored an early goal for Albion after 17 minutes and second half goals from Johnny Nicholls and Ray Barlow wrapped up a convincing victory for the home side. Teams : |
16.01.1954 |
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23.08.1952 | The opening
game of the season saw Spurs suffer a 3-4 defeat by West Bromwich Albion
at White Hart Lane. Spurs had gone into the lead with a goal from Les Bennett before Harry Clarke's own goal levelled for the visitors. The second half saw Ronnie Allen give Albion the lead and then George Lee made it 3-1 for the Throstles. Alf Ramsey got a goal back for Tottenham when he scored from the penalty spot. Allen then put Albion two goals ahead again and even though Len Duquemin grabbed a third for Tottenham they could not fashion an equaliser. Spurs : - Ditchburn, Ramsey, Withers, Nicholson, Clarke, Burgess, Grubb, Bennett, Duquemin, Baily, Dicker West Bromwich Albion : - Heath, Rickaby, Millard, Dudley, Kennedy, Barlow, Griffin, Nicholls, Ronnie Allen, Ryan, George Lee Crowd : - 56,552 |
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17.03.1951 |
With criticism about the ability of the side to
play push and run on heavy pitches, Spurs put those theories to rest with a
scintillating performance against the Baggies. Winning 5-0, Len Duquemin lead the way with a hat-trick. His first was set up in the first half by a Bill Nicholson pass, with his second and third added within ten minutes after the break. Les Bennett, shooting past Jimmy Sanders as Jack Vernon slid in to tackle and Eddie Baily score the other two goals in what the News of the World described as, "a match won by the supreme artists against the honest workmen" leaving Spurs five points clear at the top of the table. Teams : |
28.10.1950 |
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11.09.1948 |
A huge crowd at White Hart Lane gathered to see
the Fourth Round FA cup tie between the two clubs. Two goals from Len Duquemin and another from Freddie Cox gave Spurs the win, even though Arthur Rowley scored for the visitors. Teams : |
24.01.1948 |
Spurs came through this FA Cup Fourth
round tie at White Hart Lane with Len Duquemin's brace and another goal
from Freddie Cox winning the game, despite Arthur Rowley scoring for Albion. The third biggest crowd ever at White Hart Lane saw Tottenham get through to the Fifth Round. Teams : |
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02.09.1939 | Spurs had gone into a 4-2
lead thanks to Ronnie Dix and a Johnny Morrison hat-trick, before Eric
Jones completed his hat-trick and pegged Spurs back to 4-3, but they held on for
the points in this Second Division match played the day prior to World
War II breaking out.
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28.01.1939 |
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24.01.1931 | One goal settled this FA
Cup Fourth Round tie at the Hawthorns
with Stan Wood's strike taking Albion through.
In front of a crowd of 40,850 who paid £2,402 to watch the tie and it was Throstles who went on to win the trophy that season. Teams : |
22.11.1930 |
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21.04.1930 | A thrilling return match
over this Easter weekend saw West Brom take the two points edging out
Spurs in a seven goal thriller.
The Easter Monday crowd were treated to a gripping match, with Albion's goals coming through Jimmy Cookson, Stan Wood, an own goal by Jack Reddish and Tommy Glidden, while Tottenham replied with goals from Osborne, Harper and another own goal from Bob Finch. Teams : |
18.04.1930 | Goals from Stan Wood and
Henry Boston won Albion this Second Division match at White Hart Lane.
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04.05.1929 | Two strikes from striker Ted Harper
gave Spurs a 2-0 win and took his tally to 11 goals from 11 games for
Spurs in a Second Division match at White Hart Lane, in which half back
Bert Smith made his last appearance for the club.
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13.01.1912 |
Goals from Bowser, Deacey and Wright
saw WBA through to the Second Round of the FA Cup following this tie at
the Hawthorns. Record receipts of £2,402 were earned by the
Baggies for this match and they went on to win the FA Cup that season.
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11.02.1903 | Having been held at White
Hart Lane, Spurs triumphed at the Hawthorns in this FA Cup First Round
replay thanks to goals by William Dryburgh from the penalty spot and Vivian Woodward.
David Copeland was unable to play at the last minute as John Cameron moved to the left inside forward position to make room for Pat Gilhooley, who came in at inside right to spark the win, the club's first since the final replay win of 1901. He was instrumental in the win secured by a goal from forward Vivian Woodward and a penalty from William Dryburgh saw Spurs through to the next round. Teams : |
07.02.1903 |
A 0-0 draw in this match saw the teams have to travel to the Midlands to replay the First Round FA Cup tie. The match was watched by a then record crowd at White Hart Lane. Teams : |
08.04.1901 | Sandy Brown's four goal
haul saw Tottenham through this FA Cup Semi-final against West Bromwich
Albion at Villa Park.
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