spurs v arsenal youth match reports
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| 17.05.2009 | A single goal won the FA
Premier Academy League final for Arsenal at White Hart Lane. A fiesty start saw Tottenham have the first effort on goal, with Danny Rose's seventh minute strike going wide, after he outstripped Coquelin, then shortly afterwards, Obika dispossessed Cruise and hit a tame shot at the Arsenal goal. Oscar Jansson was then called into action when he plunged to his left to keep out Sunu's drive from 18 yards out. Murphy chipped over Jansson, but also over the bar and the Spurs keeper was again diving low to keep the score-line blank, as he palmed Lansbury's volley wide. On the half hour, Nathan Byrne tried his luck from 25 yards, but it went wide of the goal and ten minutes later, it was the Spurs goal that was under threat, as Jansson saved Coquelin's header and Danny Rose kicked the loose ball away from in front of the goal. Five minutes before the break, Byrne was robbed of the ball by Lansbury. allowing the Arsenal forward a clear run on goal, but he was inaccurate with his shot that went wide with only Jansson to beat. Into the second half, the only goal of the game came five minutes in. Frompong won a midfield challenge and sent the ball wide to Sunu, who put a low ball into the goalmouth, where it was knocked in by Murphy from five yards out. it could have been 2-0 on the hour, when Sunu again played a low cross into the box, but Eastmond missed his kick completely to give Spurs a let-off. A 70th minute break into the Spurs penalty area by Thomas saw Jansson rush out to block his shot, but the ball went up in the air and was heading in until Calum Butcher recovered to head it out. Spurs might have felt that they had a better chance of getting back into the game a couple of minutes later, when Arsenal's Ayling was sent off for a second yellow card offence. While this did give Tottenham some impetus for Smith to hit a shot across goal from the corner of the box and then Thomas almost put a fierce low ball from Townsend into his own goal, but managed to get it wide, the rest of the game was seen out with Arsenal controlling possession and almost adding to their lead. Jansson had to be on his toes to keep out a rocket of a shot from Watt, who hit it from 25 yards out and Oscar just managed to tip it wide with two minutes to go and then Lansbury shot just wide from a short corner. In added time, the visitors hit the bar with a pile-driver from Frimpong, but there were two late chances for Spurs to equalise. Ryan Mason capitalised on a slip by Thomas and hit a shot from the 18 yard line but it was pulled a yard or so wide. Then, a last minute Bostock corner saw Oscar Jansson join the attack and there were some vain appeals for a handball, before the ball was cleared to safeguard Arsenal's 1-0 win. Teams : |
| 25.04.2009 | Spurs were pegged back by
Premier Academy League Group A leaders Arsenal after going into a 2-0
lead at London Colney. Tottenham took a 20th minute lead when Kudos Oyenuga was brought down in the penalty area and a spot-kick awarded, which Ryan Mason coolly stroked home. The lead was doubled five minutes later when Mason put John Bostock through and he finished past the advancing goalkeeper. Arsenal got back into the game before half time with a goal, but with 69 minutes gone, Spurs could have gone further ahead, but Nathan Byrne's effort was well saved by the Arsenal goalie. Ninety seconds later, the home team made it 2-2 and although there were twenty minutes left, neither side could get the winning goal. Teams : |
| 05.03.2009 | Two late Arsenal goals
knocked Spurs out of the Youth Cup at the Quarter final stage at White
Hart Lane. Tottenham could not have had a better start, with Bostock and Mason moving the ball well to find Andros Townsend on the left wing. His run took him past the Arsenal full back Bartley and he pulled a low ball across into the six yard box, where Jon Obika reacted first to get ahead of a defender and prod home from close range. Arsenal had lots of possession, but some poor use of the ball and some very determined defending saw them earn a number of corners but few shots on target. Caulker baulked Sunu as he looked to shoot on two occasions, before Tottenham got into attack again. Townsend was put away on the left side of the box after good interplay between Mason and Obika, but the winger slashed his shot well wide. An even better opening was created in the 22nd minute, as Mason picked out Obika's run behind the central defence and it dropped onto his foot, but he tried to steer it in rather than put power in the shot, leaving him in two minds and the ball skewed off his foot and went wide. None of the better known players were showing their true potential and Wilshire and Parrett both got booked for petulant acts - Wilshire kicking the ball away and Parrett for a late tackle. It was ten minutes before the break that Jansson had some work to do, with Sunu put in on the 'D' and as he strode forward, he let go a low shot to the keeper's right, but it was not strong enough to beat the Swedish keeper's outstretched arm. Oscar then had to field a 25 yard shot straight at him from Bartley and Wilshire hit a shot that flew about 18 yards wide. Within five minutes of the game re-starting, Arsenal were level with Adam Smith's clearance from a corner hitting Bartley and going back past him into the net. It could have been worse two minutes later, when Thomas was released on the left side of the box, but Jansson beat his effort away. Yaser Kasim came on for twisted ankle victim Jose-Paul M'Poku and his first act was to have a shot from just outside the box that was half-hit wide. Stephen Caulker almost got a goal for Spurs just after the hour, when a corner was played low into the near post, but it popped up and the centre half headed goal-wards, but Shea grabbed it above his head. Arsenal's Watt hit a shot just over the bar from outside the area and then Mason had a shot deflected just wide with Shea rooted to the spot. As the game entered the final ten minutes, Townsend got away on the left and he beat Eastmond to play the ball into Obika, but he was denied by a tackle from Ayling and at the other end, a corner found Thomas' head, but he put the chance wide. However, in the last minute of the game, Watt played in Thomas on the left and he rocketed a shot past Jansson with seconds remaining, taking a deflection off Calum Butcher on the way. Into added time and the ref got in the way of Parrett's pass and Arsenal broke away to grab a third when Murphy shot across Jansson, who was left exposed as Tottenham had pressed for a late equaliser. Teams : |
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| 06.11.1976 | Spurs suffered a 0-3
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| 04.02.1971 | Arsenal took Spurs into
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