Spurs crashed to a 4-1 Premiership defeat to end Christmas with a whimper.  Two goals each from Mark Draper and Stan Collymore outdid Colin Calderwood's goal to see the Villa side through to a comfortable home win.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , Draper, Collymore,  
Subs Not used : - 
Spurs -  Walker, Carr, Campbell, Mabbutt (Clemence), Wilson (Rory Allen), Calderwood, Nielsen, Sinton (Anderton), Fox, Iversen, Ginola,  
Subs Not used : -  Baardsen, Dominguez 
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  38,644

Les Ferdinand shot Spurs into the lead in this Premier League match within five minutes of the start, hitting an angled shot into the net from Ruel Fox's pass, but Villa hit back with Steve Staunton's free-kick rebounding off the underside of the crossbar a minute later.  Walker stopped Collymore's curling shot with a very good one-handed stop and Bosnich had to race from goal to dive at Les Ferdinand's feet after a slide-rule pass from Andy Sinton.  Ferdinand had another effort go too high before Dwight Yorke tied things up in the 27th minute on the break.  

Into the second half, Stan Collymore put Villa ahead in the 57th minute with a rasping shot after Walker had denied Draper and Yorke, but a determined comeback from Spurs earned them three points.  With 65 minutes on the clock, Ferdinand scored a second when he headed home Fox's cross and Fox himself hit a shot into the Villa net for the winner in the 76th minute, after Ferdinand turned provider, heading down Sinton's cross into the winger's path.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker, Carr, Scales, Calderwood, Edinburgh (Mabbutt), Howells, Sinton, Clemence, Fox, Iversen, Ferdinand (Fenn) 
Subs Not used : -  Baardsen, Clapham, Nielsen 
Aston Villa -   Bosnich, Staunton, Southgate, Ehiogu, Townsend, Draper, Yorke, Collymore
Subs Not used : - 
Ref : -  Mike Riley (Leeds)
Attendance : -  26,317

Villa celebrated 100 years of football at Villa Park with an equaliser nine minutes from time to earn a Premier League point.

Savo Milosevic and Dwight Yorke missed opportunities that were carved out and Mark Draper hit a 25-yard drive that Walker did well to tip over the top.  Ramon Vega had already gone close from a Howells free-kick, before he headed home a cross from Sheringham to give Tottenham a 54th minute lead with his first Tottenham goal.  However, Yorke snatched a leveller, seizing on a rebound after Walker saved from Staunton, as it looked as though Spurs might leave will the three points.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , Staunton, Draper, Yorke, Milosevic,  
Subs Not used : - 
Spurs -  , , Vega, , , , Howells, , , Sheringham,  
Subs Not used : -  , ,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  39,339

Allan Nielsen's first Spurs goal was all that separated the two sides in this Premier League match.

Spurs had early openings through Fox and Sheringham, while Walker saved well from Sasa Curcic and Ugo Ehiogu shot over when well placed.  David Howells hit a fine volley that was kept out, then, on the hour, Ruel Fox put in a good cross for Nielsen to shoot home.  Spurs had some late defending to do to keep out Curcic twice and Steve Staunton drove inches wide at the end of the game.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker, Wilson, Calderwood, Campbell, Carr, Fox, Howells, Sinton, Nielsen (Nethercott 90), Sheringham, Armstrong 
Subs Not used : -   Baardsen, Austin, Edinburgh, Fenn,  
Aston Villa -  Bosnich, Wright, Staunton, Ehiogu, Nelson, Townsend (Tiler 79), Curcic, Taylor, Draper (Johnson 79), Milosevic (Joachim 79), Yorke 
Subs Not used : -   Oakes, Farrelly
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  32,847

Spurs slipped to a Premier League defeat as Villa ran out 2-1 winners.

Central defender Paul McGrath scored in the 23rd minute to give the visitors the lead, but Ruel Fox fired in a shot off McGrath's ankle to beat Mark Bosnich in the Villa goal to make it 1-1.   However, the points were sealed when Dwight Yorke ran through in the 79th minute to shoot in the winner.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Fox
Sub. not used : - 
Aston Villa -   Bosnich, McGrath, Yorke
Sub. not used : - 
Ref : -  - (-)
Attendance : -   35,666

Premier League.

Teams : 
Spurs -  
Sub. not used : - 
Aston Villa -   
Sub. not used : - 
Ref : -  - (-)
Attendance : -   ,

Villa went 3-0 up with goals from Dalian Atkinson (9) and two Graham Fenton goals between the 20th and 26th minutes.  Teddy Sheringham got a goal back for Spurs five minutes before half-time to get Tottenham back into the game, with Jurgen Klinsmann converting a penalty in the 52nd minute to make it 2-3.  

A great comeback was complete in the 73rd minute, when Jurgen netted, although the goal was later attributed to Mark Bosnich in the Villa goal.  Just when it looked like Spurs had salvaged a draw, Dean Saunders popped up in the third minute of injury time to net a winner for the Villans.

Teams : 
Spurs - Sheringham, Klinsmann
Aston Villa -  Bosnich, Fenton, Atkinson, Saunders 

Spurs conceded an early goal, when Garry Parker raced through to beat Ian Walker, but battled back to earn a point with a determined effort.

It looked as though Bosnich would keep Spurs at bay, having made a fine close range stop from Dozzell and kept out an Anderton penalty, awarded for a foul on Barmby.  That seemed even more likely when Barmby had his spot-kick (given when Bosnich tripped Anderton) saved six minutes into the second half and the Villa goalie stopped efforts from Sedgley and Scott, but Ronnie Rosenthal's header from Barmby's deep cross, 20 minutes from time, gave Spurs a leveller and the team pushed on to search for the winner.  That was only denied them by another outstanding stop from Bosnich when Anderton's shot in the dying moments was turned away.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker, Austin, Campbell, Scott, Samways, Mabbutt (c), Sedgley, Dozzell , Anderton, Barmby, Rosenthal 
Unused subs. : -  Day, Caskey, Gray
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Unused subs. : -  , 
Ref : -  K. Morton (Suffolk)
Attendance : -  17,452

Ray Houghton shot Villa ahead in the 56th minute of this Fifth Round League Cup tie, but Spurs drew level seven minutes later when Darren Anderton set up Darren Caskey to power his shot past Bosnich.  It was a goal from defender Earl Barrett, who got in front of Erik Thorstvedt and headed home Garry Parker's in-swinging corner that restored Villa's lead.

Tottenham pressed for an equaliser in the remaining 22 minutes, but John Hendry was unlucky to see his shot bounce back off the crossbar and Nick Barmby narrowly missed with an overhead kick, but Villa hung on to progress in the competition.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Thorstvedt, Kerslake, Campbell (Hendry), Calderwood, Edinburgh, Samways, Sedgley, Dozzell, Caskey, Anderton, , Barmby
Unused subs. : -  Walker, Austin
Manager : - Ossie Ardiles
Aston Villa -  Bosnich, Barrett, Teale, Parker, Houghton, Saunders, Atkinson 
Unused subs. : -    
Manager : - Ron Atkinson
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  31,408
 

A penalty winner from Steve Staunton was the difference between the two sides in this Premier League encounter.  Dean Austin's foul on Kevin Richardson resulted in the spot-kick that earned Villa the three points.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Manager : -  Ron Atkinson
Kit : - Claret shirts with thin light blue stripes and collar, white shorts with claret and light blue side panel, white socks with claret turnovers
Spurs -  Thorstvedt, Austin, Campbell, Calderwood, Mabbutt (c), Samways, Sedgley, Sheringham, Howells (Caskey [Anderton]), Dozzell, Durie 
Manager : -  Ossie Ardiles
Kit : -
Ref : -  Keith Cooper (Pontypridd)
Linesmen : - Mr. R. E. Budden – Yellow flag; Mr. D. C. Richards – Red/yellow flag
Fourth official : - Mr. C. T. Nicholls
Attendance : -  32,498

Match sponsor : - Bridgestone/Firestone UK
Matchball sponsor : - Sports Projects Limited
 

Justin Edinburgh's spectacular goal-line clearance resulted in stalemate in this Premier League match.  Villa dominated the game and Dean Saunders' effort looked goal-bound until Edinburgh took off and hooked the ball away with his foot swinging head-high to clear the ball off the line.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  37,727

Premier League.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Thorstvedt, Edinburgh, Ruddock, Mabbutt (c), Austin, Samways, Howells, Nayim, Allen (Cundy 79, Sheringham, Durie (Barmby 46)
Sub. not used : - Walker
Aston Villa -   Nigel Spink, Earl Barrett, Steve Staunton, Shaun Teale (Ugo Ehiogu 71), Paul McGrath, Kevin Richardson, Ray Houghton, Garry Parker (Cyrille Regis 85), Dean Saunders, Dalian Atkinson, Bryan Small
Sub. not used : -  Mark Bosnich
Ref : -  K. Morton (Bury St. Edmunds)
Attendance : -  32,852

Division One.

Teams : 
Spurs -  
Sub. not used : - 
Aston Villa -   
Sub. not used : - 
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  26,370

FA Cup Round 3 replay.

Teams : 
Spurs -  
Sub. not used : - 
Manager : -
Kit : -
Aston Villa -   
Sub. not used : - 
Manager : - Ron Atkinson
Kit : -
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  25,462

FA Cup Round 3.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -   
Sub. not used : - 
Manager : -  Ron Atkinson
Kit : -
Spurs -  
Sub. not used : - 
Manager : -
Kit : -
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  29,316

A Division One meeting at Villa Park concluded in a goal-less draw.

The home side came closest to scoring with an effort that struck the bar and late on, Pay van den Hauwe cleared a shot off the goal-line.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -   Nigel Spink, Darius Kubicki, Steve Staunton, Shaun Teale, Paul McGrath, Kevin Richardson, Tony Daley, Dwight Yorke, Cyrille Regis, Gordon Cowans, Denis Mortimer
Subs. not used : -  Ian Olney, Roland Nielsen
Manager : -
Kit : -
Spurs -   , , van den Hauwe, , , , , , , , ,
Sub. not used : - 
Manager : -
Kit : -
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  33,096

Division One.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -   
Sub. not used : - 
Spurs -  
Sub. not used : - 
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  32,638

Tottenham had to come from behind in this Division One meeting to take the three points.

Gordon Cowans floated free-kick was headed home in the 33rd minute by David Platt, but on half-time Nayim's corner was thundered against the post by Gary Mabbutt's header and Gary Lineker dived full length to head home the rebound.

Spurs had to wait until eight minutes from time before netting the winner when Paul Walsh passed through the Villa defence for Paul Allen to drill past Nigel Spink.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Mabbutt, Nayim, Howells (Walsh 46), P. Allen, Lineker
Sub. not used : - 
Aston Villa -  Spink, , Cowans, Platt,
Sub. not used : - 
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  34,939

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Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  32,472

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  24,769

In a rich vein of scoring form, Waddle scored for the third game running.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  19,090

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Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Spurs -  , , , , ,
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  26,238

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Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Spurs -  , , , , ,
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  29,114

It was an impressive match for Steve Hodge, who score twice against his old side in this First Division match.

He converted a great solo run in the 16th minute, after he left three Villa players trailing in his wake and he added a second goal in the 49th minute with a header from Glenn Hoddle's corner.  Hoddle was also instrumental in the third, picking out a Nico Claesen run for the Belgian striker to net with 20 minutes to go.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Hodge, Hoddle, Claesen
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  19,121
 

A mid-table Division One clash saw Spurs ease past Villa despite going a goal behind in three minutes to a Simon Stainrod shot after Mark Walters had provided a low cross.  Tony Galvin created a shooting chance for Mark Falco that put Spurs level only a minute later, with another headed in from a 50th minute Graham Roberts long throw to give Tottenham the lead.  

Strike partner Clive Allen hit the Spurs third after Glenn Hoddle's shot rebounded off the post and then made it 4-2, as Paul Elliott had headed Villa's second in between his two goals.  The match was played out in front of the lowest crowd for a match between the two sides at White Hart Lane.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Roberts, Galvin, Hoddle, Falco, C. Allen
Sub. not used : - 
Aston Villa -  Elliott, Stainrod 
Sub. not used : - 
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  14,845

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Teams : 
Aston Villa -  Dorigo, Elliott, Daley, Hodge, 
Spurs - Clemence, Stevens, Mitchell Thomas, Roberts, Gough, Mabbutt, Clive Allen, Falco, Waddle, Hoddle (Paul Allen), Galvin
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  24,712

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Teams : 
Spurs -  
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  27,971

A goal from John Chiedozie won this match for Spurs away at Aston Villa and helped the side continue their good early season form that saw them top the Canon League after this game.  The Nigerian winger came when Crooks took the ball off Tony Dorigo and ran forward to square for Chiedozie to hit a shot past former Orient team-mate Mervyn Day in the Villa goal.

Spurs were without Glenn Hoddle, Graham Roberts, Osvaldo Ardiles and Clive Allen, but Mike Hazard fired in a 25 yard drive that shook the crossbar and knocked the raindrops, from an earlier shower, flying from it.  Tottenham's win was preserved by Steve Perryman's athletic clearance from the goal-line denied Gordon Cowans what looked like a certain goal.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -   Day, Dorigo, , Cowans,  
Spurs -  Clemence, Perryman, Hazard, Chiedozie, Crooks, 
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  22,409
 

Spurs beat Aston Villa 2-1 at White Hart Lane in the First Division game.

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Teams : 
Spurs -  
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  18,668

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Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  30,125

Gordon Cowans hit a left-footed drive from the edge of the area that beat Clemence for his second goal and two Gary Shaw goals. won it for the Midlanders.  Spurs' best opportunity came out of nothing when Hoddle produced a 30 yard thunderbolt that rattled the crossbar, shaking the raindrops off the woodwork in the process.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , Cowans, Shaw, ,  
Spurs -  Clemence, , Hazard, Hoddle, Chiedozie, Clive Allen,
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  25,992

Spurs had the best of the first half, taking a lead into half time after Mark Falco had scored, but Villa pressurised Tottenham in the second half and in the last 20 minutes, Ray Clemence was required to make some athletic stops to keep out the Midlanders and to progress to the quarter finals. 

Teams : 
Spurs -  Clemence, Hughton, Miller, Price, Roberts, Perryman, Ardiles, Galvin, Hoddle, Falco, Crooks (Archibald)
Aston Villa -  Rimmer, Swain, Williams, Evans, McNaught, Mortimer, Bremner, Geddis, Withe, Cowans, Morley
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  43,419

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Teams : 
Spurs -  
Aston Villa -  , , ,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  31,26q5

Teams : 
Aston Villa -   Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Colin Gibson, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Dennis Mortimer (c), Des Bremner, Gary Shaw, Peter Withe, Gordon Cowans, Tony Morley
Subs. : -  Nigel Spink, D. Williams, Eamon Deacy, Andy Blair, David Geddis. 
Manager : - Ron Saunders
Spurs -  Clemence, Hughton, Miller, Roberts, Villa, Perryman (c), Ardiles, Archibald, Hoddle, Falco
Subs. : - Parks, Price, Lacy, G. Smith, Brooke.
Manager : - Keith Burkinshaw
Ref : -  Alf Grey (Great Yarmouth)
Linesmen : -  Les Shapter (Torquay) - Red flag; Bob Hamer (Bristol) - Yellow flag
Reserve Linesmen : -  T. Johnson (Gainsborough)
Attendance : -   ,

A piece of determination by Gordon Cowans won this Division One game for Villa.

With an attack seemingly having broken down, the ball was rolling out of play, but Cowans chased it down in the 67th minute and seeing Daines at his near post, produced a chip that beat the Spurs keeper for the only goal of the match.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Noel Blake, Brendan Ormsby, Colin Gibson, Pat Heard, Des Bremner, Gary Shaw, David Geddes, Gordon Cowans, Ivor Linton
Unused sub : - 
Manager : - Ron Saunders
Spurs -  Daines, Hughton, McAllister, Perryman, Miller, Yorath, Ardiles, Galvin, Chris Jones, Hoddle, Armstrong (Falco 64)
Manager : - Keith Burkinshaw
Ref : -  Kevin McNally (South Wirral)
Attendance : -  29,549
 

David Geddis marked his debut with a goal and then got carried off in an eventful first match in Division One for Villa.  

Gordon Cowans put Geddis in on the edge of the penalty area and the young striker fired a shot into the roof of the net on 21 minutes to give the away side the lead.  Geddis had been involved in a penalty shout prior to this and he fell a bit too easily when rounding Daines and getting half-tripped.  The Spurs keeper was not so lucky later on, when he brought down Little, who had intercepted Perryman's back-pass and Cowans converted the spot-kick to give the visitors a two goal cushion.

It was one they needed, as Keith Burkinshaw's team roared back and got a goal back from Ossie Ardiles in the 76th minute and then Chris Hughton lobbed Jimmy Rimmer only to see his effort hit the inside of the post and roll along the goal-line before it was hacked away, thus preserving Villa's advantage.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Daines, Hughton, Miller, Pratt, Smith, Perryman, Ardiles, Chris Jones, Hoddle, Lee, Villa
Sub. not used : - 
Manager : - Keith Burkinshaw
Aston Villa -  Rimmer, Swain, Gibson, McNaught, Ormsby , Bullivant, Bremner, Shaw, Geddis (Deacy 80), Cowans, Little
Manager : - Ron Saunders
Ref : -  Brian Hill (Kettering)
Attendance : -  30,555

With the Tottenham crowd looking forward to the arrival of Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa in their first home game, it was Villa who spoiled the party with a 4-1 win.

Glenn Hoddle's penalty goal was all there was to cheer about on a night when a tickertape welcome for Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa fell flat.

Goals from Allan Evans, John Gregory, Brian Little and Gary Shelton gave Villa full points from their trip to London.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , Ardiles, Hoddle, Villa  
Spurs -  , , , Evans, , Shelton, , Gregory, Little
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  47,892

Aston Villa went ahead in this meeting at White Hart Lane, but Spurs came back to secure a 3-1 victory.

Nine minutes in Villa took the lead when John Deehan headed home Dennis Mortimer's corner, but they should have been a goal up already, when Andy Gray scuffed a really good chance ten yards out.   Coates' cross was headed wise by Moores before the Villa goal, but Tottenham levelled when Glenn Hoddle beat John Burridge with a precisely placed free-kick from just outside the penalty area at the Paxton Road end.  Spurs nearly took the lead when Pratt played the ball into Gerry Armstrong, who took it on his chest on the 18 yard line and then unleashed a vicious volley that Burridge could only fist out.

Peter Taylor came on as a 68th minute substitute sparked a late revival to get Spurs a vital 3-1 win.  Hoddle hit a left foot falling half volley as Armstrong headed it down to him, but the ball grazed the bar on it's way over before the Spurs goals came.  Firstly, Chris Jones turned a Hoddle ball to the near post from a Steve Perryman long throw over his shoulder from the right hand edge of the six yard box to put Tottenham ahead in the 85th minute, then Ralph Coates crossed, Armstrong won a header and the ball dropped for substitute Taylor to score with a low right foot shot just inside the right hand post of the keeper John Burridge and make it 3-1.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Naylor, M. Stead, Pratt, Osgood, Perryman (cpt), Chris Jones, Hoddle, Moores (Taylor), Coates, G. Armstrong
Manager : - Keith Burkinshaw
Programme Line-up
Aston Villa -  John Burridge, Gordon Smith, John Robson, Leighton Phillips, Charlie Young, David Hughes, John Deehan, Brian Little, Andy Gray, Alex Cropley, Gordon Cowans  
Manager : - Ron Saunders
Colours : - Claret and light blue shirts, White shorts
Ref. Mr. Clifford A. E. Maskell (Cambridgeshire)
Linesmen : Mr. Allan Gunn (Sussex) - Red flag; Mr. R. H. Stevenson (Kent) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   30,690
 

Brian Little and John Deehan scored in the first half and Spurs could only manage one goal from substitute Gerry Armstrong in reply, as the Irish striker beat the keeper from outside the box, but it was not enough to prevent Villa holding on to win 2-1.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Spurs -  Jennings, Naylor, M. Stead, Pratt, Osgood, Perryman (cpt), Chris Jones, Hoddle, Moores, Coates, Taylor (G. Armstrong)
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   42,047
 

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Hoddle, Young, Osgood, Coates, Perryman (cpt), Chivers, Duncan, Brotherston (Robinson)
Aston Villa -  , , Chris Nicholl, , , , , , ,
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   21,370

Goal times
First goal – 23m 52s
Second goal – 28m 24s
Third goal – 29m 21s
 

The first half had been an even affair, with play moving quickly, but the second period contained too many stoppages and unnecessary bookings, leading to Naylor's sending off. In the 52nd minute, Villa's Andy Gray nodded home a cross from Ray Graydon to go ahead, before both Terry Naylor and Villa's Leighton Phillips were booked for an incident off the ball.  It was a second offence by Naylor in the 66th minute that saw him sent off, but Tottenham dug in and when Jimmy Neighbour's free kick came in on 82 minutes, John Pratt headed an equaliser.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , , , , , , Graydon, Gray, Phillips.   
Unused sub. : -
Spurs -  Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Conn, Perryman, Duncan (Chris Jones 70), Chivers, Neighbour
Unused sub. : -
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,
 

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Villa had gone close to scoring when forward Andy Lochhead and Spurs stand-in centre-half Peter Collins (Mike England had broken his ankle) collided and were both prostrate on the floor, but Steve Perryman was aware of the danger as the ball rolled towards the open goal, getting there just in time to kick the ball off the line.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  John Dunn, Keith Bradley, Fred Turnbull, Charlie Aitken, Brian Godfrey (c), Brian Tiler, Pat McMahon, Bruce Rioch, Chico Hamilton, Andy Lochhead, Chico Hamilton, Willie Anderson
Unused sub. :  Dave Gibson
Manager : - Vic Crowe
Colours : -  Claret shirts with light blue arms and trim, White shorts, Claret and light blue socks
Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery (c), Collins, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Neighbour (Pearce)
Manager : -  Bill Nicholson
Colours : -  White shirts, Navy Blue shorts, yellow socks
Ref : -  Jim Finney ()
Attendance : -   100,000

Teams presented to HRH Princess Alexandra

Mike England shot home the second goal from the edge of the box.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Jennings, , , England, , , , Greaves
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Teams : 
Spurs -  
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Teams : 
Spurs -  
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , ,   
Spurs -  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Spurs put in a desperate performance and Villa were worthy of their win albeit from a Lew Chatterley goal that gently bobbled in off the goalpost.

Teams : 
Spurs -  
Aston Villa -  , , , , , , , , , Chatterley,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   ,

Alan Gilzean notched the first goal with a neat header from six yards out in the second minute, with Jimmy Greaves doubling the lead ten minutes later, converting after his first shot had been saved.  In the 14th minute, Frank Saul made it 3-0 before Tony Hateley headed in a goal for Villa. 

Defender Laurie Brown headed in the fourth Spurs goal from the edge of the six yard box from a cross from the right and Tottenham's fifth goal was scored by a diving Jimmy Robertson, who headed home from a left wing cross just after the break. 

5-1 up at half-time, some seriously poor defending let Villa come back to draw 5-5 at the final whistle.  Hateley scored twice in four second half minutes to complete his hat-trick, and Deakin pulled it back to 5-4 and with 79 minutes on the clock, Hateley popped up again to make it 5-5.

Three minutes were left, when Deakin was in a position to shoot, after he had taken Jennings wide of the goal, but Alan Mullery appeared from nowhere to nick the ball away as the Villa man prepared to shoot.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Mullery, Knowles, Clayton, L. Brown, Mackay (c), Robertson, Greaves, Saul, Gilzean, Possee
Manager : -  Bill Nicholson
Aston Villa -   Withers, Wright, Charlie Aitken, Tindall, John Sleeuwenhoek, Deakin, Macleod, Hamilton, Tony Hateley, Phil Woosnam (c), Scott
Ref : -   Mr. P. R. Walters (Somerset)
Linesmen :  Mr. A. F. Coghlan (Kent) - Red flag;  Mr. G. F. Squirrell (Suffolk) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   28,371

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  Withers, Wright, Charlie Aitken, Ron Wylie, Chatterley, Poutney, Alan Baker, Phil Woosnam, Tony Hateley, Deakin, Macleod
Spurs -  B. Brown, Knowles, Henry, Mullery, Norman, L. Brown, Possee, Greaves, L. Allen, Gilzean, Weller
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   24,930

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Knowles, Henry, Mullery, Norman, Marchi, Robertson, Greaves, Saul, Cliff Jones, Dyson
Aston Villa -  Withers, Gordon Lee, Charlie Aitken, Tindall, John Sleeuwenhoek, Poutney, McLeod, Stobart, Tony Hateley, Ron Wylie, Burrows
Ref : -   ()
Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   29,724

Derek Possee enjoyed a dream debut with a goal with his first shot, a well-placed left-footed effort that beat the keeper in the 16th minute.  A Greaves corner was knocked out and John White played it to Possee, who side-footed the ball wide of the keeper.

The second goal was scored in the 25th minute, when Les Allen made a shooting opportunity for Terry Dyson and a third Spurs goal came in the 63rd minute through the ace goal-scorer Jimmy Greaves.

A penalty for Villa in the 83rd minute saw Harry Burrows reduce the deficit, but Spurs ran out 3-1 winners

Teams : 
Spurs -  Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Beal, Norman, Marchi, White, L. Allen, Possee, Greaves, Dyson
Aston Villa -  Burrows, , ,   
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   36,394

A frustrating start with Villa playing an offside trap, made Spurs wait until the 21st minute for John White to score the opening goal.

Two goals in twelve first half minutes from Jimmy Greaves took Spurs into a 3-0 lead at the break, but Derek Dougan and Alan Deakin brought the visitors right back into the game.  Bill Brown kept Villa out with a great display in goal and Cliff Jones wrapped up the game for Tottenham with a goal two minutes from the end.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Norman, Blanchflower (cpt), Mackay, Medwin, White, Cliff Jones, Greaves, L. Allen
Aston Villa -  Sims, Aitken, Lee, Crowe (cpt), Sleeuenhoek, Deakin, MacEwan, Baker, Dougan, Thomson, Burrows 
Ref : -  Mr. R. T. E. Langdale (Durham)
Linesmen : -  Mr. J. Reid (Surrey - Red Flag); Mr, B. S. Setchell (Beds - Yellow Flag)
Colours : -
Spurs : -  White shirts, Navy Blue shorts, Navy Blue socks with white turnover
Aston Villa : -  Claret shirts with light blue arms and rings around neck and cuffs; White Shorts, Light Blue socks with claret turnover
Managers - Spurs : Bill Nicholson; Aston Villa -
Attendance : -   55,650

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Spurs -   , , , , Medwin,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -   32,527

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (cpt), Norman, Mackay, Medwin, White, Bobby Smith, Greaves, Cliff Jones.
Aston Villa -  Sims, Gordon Lee, Charlie Aitken, Vic Crowe, John Sleeuenhoek, Deakin, MacEwan, Tindall, Derek Dougan, Ron Wylie, Burrows.  
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -   63,457

Spurs hosted Aston Villa who sat five places below them in 14th place in the First Division.
 

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (cpt), Norman, Mackay, Cliff Jones, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson.
Aston Villa -  Sidebottom, John Neal, Charlie Aitken, Vic Crowe, John Sleeuwenhoek, Deakin, Ashe, Tindall, McPartland, Ron Wylie, Burrows
Ref : -  Mr.  (-)
Linesmen :  Mr. - (-) - Red flag;  Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag
Attendance : - 37,920

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Spurs -  .
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -   65,474

Spurs took two points away from Villa Park in a really good game between two sides, who failed to score in the first half, although, with Cliff Jones in fine form, Villa had to defend in numbers to keep the score-board blank at the interval.

Tottenham broke the deadlock shortly after the interval when Les Allen's right wing run produced a cross for Bobby Smith to head home.  Ten minutes later, a right wing cross was crashed home on the volley by Terry Dyson.  Villa's Stan Lynn put a penalty past Brown to narrow the gap, but Mackay and Blanchflower held firm in defence to keep the home side out.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -   Sims, Stan Lynn, John Neal, VIc Crowe, Dugdale, Deakin, MacEwan, O'Neill, Gerry Hitchen, Thomson, McParland.
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (c), Norman, Mackay, Jones, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson
Ref : -  K. A. Collinge (Altrincham)
Linesmen : - Mr. B. F. Watkins - Red flag; Mr. G. Walker - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   50,786 
Note : - Band of the Irish Guards played at the match - "Begorrah"; "Gigi"; "Erinalia"; Selection; "Oklahoma"; Petite Waltz"; Selection; "Bugler's Holiday"; Savoy Irish Medley"; "Paddy's Day"

A win in this match gave Tottenham a Football League record of ten successive wins at the start of the season.

Two John White goals put Spurs in a commanding position at half-time, as Spurs scorched to a 4-0 half-time lead.  With the other goals coming from Bobby Smith, Terry Dyson, Les Allen and Dave Mackay, the game ended 6-2 with Gerry Hitchens and Jimmy MacEwan replying for Villa.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (c), Norman, Mackay, Jones, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson
Aston Villa -  Sims, Neal, Winton, Crowe, Morrall, Deakin, MacEwan, Thomson, Hitchens, Wylie, Burrows  
Ref : - L. J. Hamer (Lancs)
Attendance : -  61,356

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Spurs recorded a big home win with a 6-2 score-line, but only Bobby Smith and Terry Medwin hit the net for Tottenham.

Jackie Sewell and Peter McParland scored for Villa, but Smith's four goals and a brace from Medwin ensured the visitors returned to the Midlands empty handed.

Teams : 
Spurs -   R. Smith, Medwin.
Aston Villa -  Sewell, McPartland.  
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -    34,102

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It took Spurs 65 minutes to break down a determined Villa defence, but once Alfie Stokes had converted the keeper Keith Jones' save from George Robb's shot, the following goals came easier.  Ten minutes later, Bobby Smith side-footed Terry Dyson's volley home and the same player created a third for Stokes on 79 minutes.  The score-line could have been bigger had Tommy Harmer scored from the penalty spot, but his effort hit the inside of the post and bounced into the grateful arms of Jones.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Harmer, Dyson, Stokes, Bobby Smith, Robb.
Aston Villa -  K. Jones, .  
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -   38,934

Derek Pace and Johnny Dixon went close to giving the home side the lead, but they were both denied by excellent saves from Ted Ditchburn.  However, the Spurs keeper was helpless when Peter McPartland smashed a shot from the left hand side of the area and then the lead was doubled just two minutes later, when Pace seized on a poor defensive clearance.

With ten minutes to half-time, Bobby Smith headed in George Robb's corner and then had to retreat to a wing position, as a nail in his boot had to be dealt with, while Bobby played on with one boot !  A clash between Ditchburn and Jackie Sewell left the Villa man needing treatment and the home supporters behind the goal threw paper balls at the Spurs goalie.  There was still time for Robb to provide the cross from another corner to find Tommy Harmer, who met it with expert timing to find the net and make it 2-2 at the break.

In the 48th minute, Robb finished a solo run with a good shot to give Tottenham the lead and then the crossbar came to Spurs' aid when Pace's header bounce away off the woodwork.  Terry Medwin drove in a shot in the 54th minute, but it was blocked, although only as far as Alfie Stokes, who netted the loose ball to make it 4-2 to Spurs.  It was a lead they held to the end, with Bill Baxter suffering concussion with 20 minutes to go and leaving the home side with only ten fit men.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  Baxter, Sewell, Pace, Dixon, .  
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Medwin, R. Smith, Harmer, Robb.
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -    43,947

Baily's seventh minute goal was the difference between the sides for 18 minutes until John Dixon levelled for the Villans, which could have been the goal to give them the lead had Stan Lynn not hit the bar with a penalty between the goals.  Equally, Alf Ramsey could have changed the score, but put his penalty wide of the right hand post to leave the honours share din a match which saw Danny Blanchflower make his debut against the side he had just signed from for £30,000.

Teams : 
Spurs -  , Ramsey, Blanchflower, Baily.
Aston Villa -  Lynn, Dixon.  
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -    28,131

George Robb made a sparkling first appearance as a professional, but it was a Villa player who scored the winner ... for Spurs !!

He made a fine run and when the ball was played into the area, Harry Parkes headed past his own keeper, Dennis Parsons to win the game for Tottenham in the 38th minute.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Robb,
Aston Villa -  Dennis Parsons, Harry Parkes, ,  
Ref : -   ()
Attendance : -  50,202

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Spurs -  .
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In the 80th minute, Aston Villa's frustration was complete when striker Pongo Waring, already spoken to twice by the referee, barged into Arthur Rowe and Joe Nicholls in quick succession, earning a dismissal from the ref.

Villa managed to pull back a consolation goal with five minutes left, through Astley.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  Morton, Blair, Mort, Gibson, Kingdon, Wood, Mandley, Dix, Waring, Astley, Houghton.  
Spurs -  Nicholls, Channell, Whatley, Colquhoun, Rowe, Meads, McCormick, Howe, George Hunt, G. W. Hall, W. Evans.
Ref : -  P. Snape ( )
Attendance : -    35,296

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Spurs -  .
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Spurs -  .
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Spurs -  .
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Ian Dickson netted and Billy Walker added a second goal, with Tottenham's response coming from Jimmy Seed.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , , , , , Billy Walker, , , Dickson.  
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , , Seed.
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -    ,

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Teams : 
Aston Villa -  .  
Spurs -  .
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -    50,000

Spurs travelled to Villa Park for a meeting in the First Division and they were grateful to keeper Alexander Hunter, who kept Tottenham in the game with some good saves, but was beaten by Billy Kirton in the 10^th minute to put Villa 1-0 ahead.   Spurs then took the game to the home side for an hour and got level when, coming in from the wing, Jimmy Dimmock hit a shot under the keeper. 

However, it was the home side who took the two points, when Spurs defender Tommy Clay cleared the ball against Ian Dickson, only to see the ball end up in the Tottenham net.

Teams : 
Aston Villa -  , , , , , , , , , Dickson, Kirton.  
Spurs -   Hunter, Clay, , , , , , , , Dimmock.
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -    40,000

The goal came when Jimmy Seed looked as though he might score, but Banks took the ball and Seed into the goal to make sure of Tottenham's progress in the competition.

Teams : 
Spurs -   , , , , , , , , Seed, Banks.
Aston Villa -  Sam Hardy,  , ,Billy Walker, , , , Frank Barson.  
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -   51,991

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Aston Villa -  .  
Spurs -  .
Ref : -   ( )
Attendance : -    10,000

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