spurs v west bromwich albion match reports

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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 : 
Spurs -   D. Thomas, Mabbutt, Roberts, Waddle, Galvin, Falco
Subs not used : 
WBA -  Varadi.
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   10,841

05.10.1985 .  

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   12,040

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 : 
WBA -  , .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  15,418

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 : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
 -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   24,494

17.03.1984 .  

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Ref : - 
Attendance : -   22,385

07.09.1983 .

Teams : 
WBA  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - R. Clemence; Hughton, O'Reilly, Roberts, Stevens, Perryman, Mabbutt, Falco, Galvin, Brooke, Crooks
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

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.

Teams : 
WBA  Barron, Statham, , , , Owen, , , , Regis, Thompson.
Subs not used : 
Spurs - R. Clemence; Hughton, O'Reilly, Roberts, Miller, Perryman, Mabbutt, Archibald, Galvin, Hoddle, Brazil (Gibson)
Attendance : -   14,940
 

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 : 
Spurs - R. Clemence; Hughton, Lacy, Roberts, Villa, Perryman, Ardiles, Mabbutt, Gibson, Dick (Brooke), Crooks
WBA - Barron, Whitehead (Brown), Statham, Zondervan, Wile, Robertson, Jol, Bennett, Cross, Owen, Eastoe.
Attendance : -  38,208

04.12.1982 .

Teams : 
Spurs - R. Clemence; Hughton, Price, O'Reilly, Villa, Roberts, Mabbutt, Archibald, Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks
Subs not used : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  ,

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. 

Teams : 
WBA -   Wile, Regis.
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -    20,151

10.02.1982 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

03.02.1982 .

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

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 : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  ,

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 : 
WBA -   , , A. Brown, , , Barnes, Robson (c), Cross, , .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -   , , , , G.Smith, , , , , Falco
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   20,549

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 : 
Spurs -  Ardiles, Villa, Chris Jones,
Subs not used : 
WBA -  Godden, .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   24,789

07.10.1978 .

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

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.
 


Teams : 
Spurs : - Daines, Naylor, Holmes, Pratt, Osgood, Hoddle, Chris Jones, Steve Perryman (cpt) (McNab), G. Armstrong, Coates, Taylor
Programme line-up
WBA : - John Osborne, Paddy Mulligan, Derek Statham, Tony Brown, John Wile, Alistair Robertson, Bryan Robson, Alistair Brown, David Cross, Johnny Giles, Willie Johnston

Ref. Mr. Leslie F. G. Burden (Dorset)
Linesmen : Mr. P. K. Helsby (Hants) - Red flag; Mr. D. R. Waterman (Surrey) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   ,

Goal times : -
First goal - 22m 50s
Second goal – 66m 07s
 

02.10.1976

West Bromwich Albion skipper John Wile broke his left leg in this First Division match at the Hawthorns that the home side went on to a 4-2 win over Spurs.

Tottenham had gone into the half-time break 2-0 ahead with Chris Jones and debutant Peter Taylor finding the net, but in the second half Albion raised their game to hit Spurs for four second half goals. The first came from a penalty scored by Tony Brown, before Mick Martin's goal made it 2-2.

When Ray Treacy forced the ball over the line to put the Baggies into the lead, it was only left for Martin to round off the win with his second of the game.
 

Teams : 
WBA -  
, , , , John Wile, Ray Treacy, Johnny Giles, Bryan Robson,Tony Brown.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Naylor, Osgood, Stead (Coates), Perryman (cpt), Pratt, Hoddle, Conn, Taylor, Moores, Chris Jones
Attendance : -  23,461
 

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.



Spurs : - Daines, Evans, Knowles, Pratt, England, Naylor, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Pearce
Unused sub. : - Holder
Manager : Bill Nicholson
Sub. : - Holder
Programme line-up
WBA : - Peter Latchford, Gordon Nisbet, Ray Wilson, Alan Merrick, John Wile (cpt), Alistair Robertson, Colin Suggett, Tony Brown, Bobby Gould, Alistair Brown, Asa Hartford
Sub. : - Bobby Hope
Manager : - Don Howe
Ref. : - Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester)
Linesmen : Mr. A. H. Cooper (Norfolk) - Red flag; Mr. L. C. Shapter (Devon) - Yellow flag
Crowd : -
25,875

Goal times : -
First goal 23 mins 22 secs
Second goal 31 mins 58 secs
 

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 points.

WBA : - Graham Smith, , , , John Wile, , Len Cantello, , Asa Hartford, , ,
Spurs : - Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Pratt, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Coates.
Crowd - 19,175
 

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.

Teams : 
WBA - 
John Osborne, , , Alistair Brown, , , Bobby Hope.
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Coates, England, Naylor, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Mullery
Unused sub. : - Pearce

Attendance : -  20,862

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.

Teams : 
Spurs : -  Daines, Evans, Knowles, Coates, England, Beal, Neighbour, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (c), Gilzean
Unused Sub. : -  Souness
WBA : -  John Osborne, Roger Minton, Ray Wilson, Len Cantello, John Wile (cpt), Alistair Robertson, Alan Glover, Asa Hartford, Jeff Astle, Bobby Gould, Tony Brown
Sub. : - John Kaye
Manager : Don Howe
Ref. : -  Ray Tinkler (Lincs)
Linesman : -  Mr. J. H. Chamberlain (Suffolk) – Red Flag; Mr. L. H. Holland (Oxon) – Yellow Flag

Attendance : -   31,895

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.

Teams : 
WBA -  , , , , John Wile, , , , , Asa Hartford, , .
Sub not used : 
Spurs -   Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery (cpt), England, Beal, Coates, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   26,185

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.

Brown doubled his and Albion's score in the second half, but only a late Gilzean header denied the travelling Baggies a win at the Lane.

Teams : 
Spurs :  -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery (c), Peter Collins, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Neighbour
WBA
(as per programme) :  Jim Cumbes, Lyndon Hughes, Ray Wilson, Graham Lovett, John Wile, John Kaye, George McVitie, Tony Brown, Jeff Astle (c), Bobby Hope, Asa Hartford
Attendance : -   22,695
Ref. : - Harold Davey (Nottingham)
Linesmen :  Mr. D. S. Bone (Bedfordshire) - Red flag;  Mr. M. F. Stimpson (Surrey) - Yellow flag
 

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 : 
WBA - Hartford, Brown, Astle.
Spurs - Jennings, Kinnear, England, Beal, Knowles, Mullery (c), Pearce, Peters, Perryman, Chivers, Gilzean.
Unused sub. : - P. Collins
Attendance : -  25,584

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.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery (c), England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce
Subs not used : 
WBA - 
Jim Cumbes, John Kaye.
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  31,598
Ref. : - Harold Davey (Nottingham)

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 : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Want, Knowles, Mullery (c), England, Beal (Chivers), Pearce, Perryman, Greaves, Gilzean,  Morgan
WBA -  Osborne, , Kaye, , , , Hartford, Astle, T. Brown.
Sub not used : 
Ref.  Vincent James (York)
Linesmen :  -  Mr. L. Leonard (Beds) - Red flag; Mr. E. A. Read (Wilts) - Yellow flag

Attendance : -  28,340

 

Programme listing - West Bromwich Albion : -  Osborne, Fraser (c), Williams, Brown, Talbut, Kaye, Kryzwicki, Suggett, Astle, Hartford, Hope

07.04.1969

Two goals from Jimmy Greaves (one a penalty) could not stop Spurs from slipping to defeat at the Hawthorns.

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  Greaves
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  53,539

21.08.1968  

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 

Attendance : -   ,

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 : 
Spurs -  , , , ,
Sub not used : 
WBA -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

25.11.1967 .

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  , , , ,
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

27.12.1966 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , ,
Sub not used : 
WBA -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

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 : 
WBA -   , Fraser, , , , , , , Hope, T. Brown, Astle.
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  B. Brown, , , , ,  , Clayton, Gilzean
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   22,586

30.10.1965 .


Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Norman, Knowles, Mullery, L. Brown, Mackay (c), Johnson, Clayton, Gilzean, Greaves, Robertson.
WBA - 
Dick Sheppard, Bobby Cram, Ray Fairfax, Graham Lovett, Stan Jones (c), Doug Fraser, Tony Brown, Ray Crawford, John Kaye, Bobby Hope, Clive Clark.
Attendance : -   43,658

Ref. :  Mr. R. L. Johnson (Suffolk)

Linesmen :  Mr. F.C. Lane (Sussex) - Red Flag; Mr. D.J. Farrow (Suffolk) - Yellow flag

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 : 
WBA -  Potter, Cram, P. Williams, Doug Fraser, Stan Jones, SImpson, Foggo, Howshall, Jeff Astle, Bobby Hope, Clark.
Manager :  Jimmy Hagan
Spurs -   B. Brown, Knowles, Henry, Mullery,  L. Brown, Clayton, Robertson, Greaves, Gilzean, Cliff Jones, Dyson
Manager :  Bill Nicholson
Attendance : -   ,
Referee : Mr. Martin ()
Linesman :  Mr. Lee (); Mr. ()
WBA kicked off the first half.
 

19.09.1964 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , ,
Sub not used : 
WBA -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

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 : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Hopkins, Marchi, Norman, John Smith, Cliff Jones, Clayton, Bobby Smith, Greaves, Dyson
WBA -  Potter, Howe, G. Williams, Fraser, Jones, Simpson, Foggo, Fenton, Kaye, Fudge, Clark
Attendance : -  47,863
Ref. : - Mr. W. Crossley (Lancashire)
Linesmen :  Mr. W. T. Castle (Worcester) - Red Flag; Mr. G. F. Squirrell (Suffolk) - Yellow Flag

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 : 
WBA -  Potter, Howe, G. Williams, Fraser, Jones, Simpson, Foggo, Fenton, Kaye, Fudge, Clark
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Hopkins, Marchi, Norman, John Smith, Cliff Jones, White, Bobby Smith, Greaves, Dyson
Attendance : -   37,189
 

02.03.1963 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , ,
Sub not used : 
WBA -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

13.10.1962 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , ,
Sub not used : 
WBA -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

21.04.1962 For the second season running WBA won 2-1 at White Hart Lane.  

Teams : 
Spurs - 
WBA -  .
Attendance : -  53,512

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.

In the 48th minute, Albion pulled a goal back through Keith Smith, but then Jimmy Greaves restores the two goal margin after Smith set him up.  Derek Kevan headed in to make it 3-2 until a minute from the end of the game, when Greaves weaved through the home defence to curl in a shot to see Tottenham through.

Teams : 
WBA - 
Jock Wallace, Don Howe, Williams, Bobby Robson, Jones, Drury, Jackson, Burnside, Smith, Derek Kevan, Clark
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Medwin, White, Greaves, Bobby Smith, Cliff Jones
Attendance : -  53,539

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.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Barton, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Marchi, Cliff Jones, White, B. Smith, L. Allen, Dyson
WBA - 
Millington, Don Howe, Williams, Bobby Robson, Jones, Drury, Jackson, Burnside, Keith Smith, Derek Kevan, Clark.
Attendance : -   28,701

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 : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Cliff Jones, White, B. Smith, L. Allen, Dyson
WBA -  .
Attendance : -   ,

26.11.1960 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Cliff Jones, White, B. Smith, L. Allen, Dyson
WBA -  .
Attendance : -   ,

02.09.1959 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, Dunmore, Cliff Jones
WBA -  .
Attendance : -   ,

26.08.1959 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, Brooks, Cliff Jones
WBA -  .
Attendance : -   ,

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 season.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, Brooks, Cliff Jones
WBA -  .
Attendance : -   51,049

29.11.1958 A cracking game saw West Bromwich Albion edge a 4-3 home win in the First Division.

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Spurs -  Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Norman, Iley, Medwin, Harmer, Dunmore, B. Smith, Brooks
Attendance : -  21,753

07.04.1958 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , ,
Sub not used : 
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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.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Hills, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Iley, Medwin, Brooks, Bobby Smith, Harmer, Robb, Cliff Jones
WBA -  .
Attendance : -   56,166

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 : 
WBA - 
Spurs -   Reynolds, Norman, Baker, Ryden, Danny Blanchflower, Marchi, Robb, Medwin, B. Smith, Harmer, Stokes
Attendance : - 30,602
 

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 : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Baker, Hopkins, Clarke, Marchi, Blanchflower, Medwin, Harmer, Brooks, Bobby Smith, Robb
WBA -  Sanders, Howe, Millard, Dudley, Kennedy, Barlow, Griffin, Robson, Kevan, Nicholls, Allen.
Attendance : -   36,098

Ref. : - Mr. N. Hough (Cheshire)
 

27.12.1955 First Division revenge was swift for West Bromwich Albion as they gained a 1-0 win over Spurs at The Hawthorns.

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Teams : 
WBA -  .
Spurs -   Reynolds,
Norman, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Clarke, Marchi, Dulin, Brooks, Duquemin, Bobby Smith, Robb
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   31,381

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 : 
Spurs -  Reynolds,
Norman, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Clarke, Marchi, Dulin, Brooks, Duquemin, Bobby Smith, Robb
WBA -  .
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Attendance : -   32,430

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.

Teams : 
WBA -  .
Spurs -  Reynolds, Withers, Gavin, Brooks, Duquemin, Baily, Robb
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Attendance : -   16,617

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 : 
WBA -  Heath, Rickaby, Millard, Dudley, Dugdale, Barlow, Griffin, Ryan, Allen, Lee, Nicholls.
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Willis, Nicholson, Clarke, Burgess, Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Baily, Robb
Attendance : -   51,049

16.01.1954 .

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05.09.1953 .

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20.12.1952 .

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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
 
25.08.1951 .

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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 : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Willis, Nicholson, Clarke, Burgess, Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Baily, Murphy
WBA -  Sanders, Rickaby, Millard, Kennedy, Vernon, Barlow, Allen, Dudley, Richardson, McCall, Lee
Attendance : -   45,180

28.10.1950 .

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22.01.1949 .

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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 : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Tickridge, Buckingham, Nicholson, Toulouse, Burgess, Cox, Baily, Duquemin, Bennett, Jones
WBA -   , , , , , , , , , , Rowley.
Attendance : -   71,853

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 : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Tickridge, Buckingham, Nicholson, Woodward, Burgess, Cox, Jordan, Duquemin, Baily, Stevens
WBA -  Rowley.
Attendance : -   71,853

20.12.1947 .

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23.08.1947 .

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04.01.1947 .

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07.09.1946 .

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29.08.1945 .

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22.08.1945 .

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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.

Teams : 
WBA  -  E. Jones, .
Spurs -  Hooper, Ward, Nicholson, Burgess, Hitchins, Page, Buckingham, Sargent, Morrison, Dix, Tomkin
Attendance : -   16,021

28.01.1939 .

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24.09.1938 .

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30.03.1935 .

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17.11.1934 .

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17.03.1934 .

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04.11.1933 .

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28.03.1931 .

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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 : 
WBA  -   , ,  , , , , , Wood .
Spurs -  Spiers, Lyons, Hodgkinson, Skitt, Messer, Meads, Davies, Thompson, Harper, Cook, Dimmock
Attendance : -   40,850

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 : 
WBA  - 
Finch, Glidden, Cookson, Wood, .
Spurs -  Spiers, Herod, Reddish, Skitt, Cable, Lindsay, Davies, Osborne,
Harper, Smy, Bellamy
Attendance : -   13,989

18.04.1930 Goals from Stan Wood and Henry Boston won Albion this Second Division match at White Hart Lane.

Teams : 
Spurs - Spiers, Forster, Herod, Skitt, Cable, Meads, Davies, Thompson, Rowley, Cook, Dimmock
WBA  -  Boston, Wood.
Attendance : -   25,228

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.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Spiers, Forster, Herod, Lindsay, Skitt, B. Smith, Crompton, O'Callaghan, T. Harper, Armstrong, Dimmock
WBA  -   , , , , .
Attendance : -   25,228

22.12.1928 .

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12.02.1927 .

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25.09.1926 .

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05.04.1926 .

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02.04.1926 .

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22.09.1924 .

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08.09.1924 .

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08.12.1923 .

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01.12.1923 .

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28.10.1922 .

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21.10.1922 .

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30.01.1922 .

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21.01.1922 .

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26.02.1921 .

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23.02.1921 .

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15.05.1920 .

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06.04.1915 .

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28.09.1914 .

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11.04.1914 .

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06.12.1913 .

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24.03.1913 .

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21.03.1913 .

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13.03.1912 .

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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.

Teams : 
WBA - 
, , , , , Bowser, Deacey, Wright.
Spurs -  Lunn, Collins, Brittan, D. Steel, Rance, Darnell, j. Mctavish, Minter, Newman, R. Steel, Middlemiss
Attendance : -  22,000

06.01.1912 .

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09.09.1911 .

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13.03.1909 .

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07.11.1908 .

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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 : 
WBA  -  .
Spurs -   Clawley, Watson, Tait, Morris, Hughes, J.L. Jones, Dryburgh, Gilhooley, Woodward, Cameron, Kirwan
Attendance : -   35,000

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 : 
Spurs - Clawley, Watson, Tait, Morris, Hughes, J.L. Jones, Dryburgh, Cameron, Woodward, Copeland, Kirwan
WBA -  .
Attendance : -  25,641

08.04.1901 Sandy Brown's four goal haul saw Tottenham through this FA Cup Semi-final against West Bromwich Albion at Villa Park.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Clawley, Erentz, Tait, Morris, Hughes, J. L. Jones, Smith, Cameron, Brown, Copeland, Kirwan
WBA -  .
Attendance : -   46,000

   

 

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