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Dele Adebola scored twice in the 14th and 26th minutes, with Mark Burchill putting the visitors 3-0 ahead two minutes before the break with Tottenham's only response a penalty from Darren Anderton after Stephen Clemence had been brought down in the area.  Spurs did have chances, with Les Ferdinand having three headers saved, Stephen Carr testing Ian Bennett with a fierce shot and Chris Perry hitting the crossbar with a header.

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Spurs:  Sullivan, Carr, Vega, Perry, Thatcher, Anderton, Sherwood, Freund (Davies (Young)), Clemence, Ferdinand, Korsten (Dominguez)
Subs. not used : -  Walker, Doherty.
Birmingham City :  Bennett, , , , , , , , Burchill, Adebola, . 
Managers : -  Spurs  -  Keith Burkinshaw;  Birmingham City  -  Jim Smith
Colours :
Spurs - Le Coq Sportif - White shirts one navy line around V neck and cuffs, Navy Blue shorts, White socks with one navy hoops around edge of turnover
Birmingham City : - Blue Shirts, White Shorts, Blue socks
Crowd : -  27,069
Ref : -  Stephen Bates (Bristol)
Linesmen : -  Mr. I. S. Hamley (Beds - Red flag);  Mr. B. A. Obray (Cambs - Yellow Flag)

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Chris Waddle poked home a blocked Gough header from Paul Allen's corner to give Spurs the lead.  Then Clive Allen turned to hit a second and headed the third with a header from cousin Paul's corner kick into the second half.  The goals kept coming with a fierce Roberts volley and a typical curling Glenn Hoddle free-kick to wrap up a comfortable win.

Spurs : - Clemence: Paul Allen, Mitchell Thomas (Miller), Roberts, Gough, Mabbutt,  Stevens, Claesen, Clive Allen, Hoddle, Waddle.  
Birmingham City : - Hansbury; Ranson, Dicks, Hagan, Overson, Kuhl (Geddis), Bremner, Clarke, Whitton, Kennedy, Williams
Crowd : - 15,542

Goals from Chris Waddle, Clive Allen 2, Graham Roberts and Glenn Hoddle saw Tottenham through to the Fourth round.

Spurs: -  R. Clemence, P. Allen, M. Thomas (Miller), Roberts, Gough, Mabbutt, Stevens, Claesen, C. Allen, Hoddle, Waddle.
Birmingham City : - Hansbury, Ranson ,Dicks, Overson, Hagan, Kuhl (Geddis), Bremner, Clarke, Whitton, Kennedy, Williams. 
Crowd : -  15,542
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A 2-1 win over Birmingham at White Hart Lane was secured by two Gary Mabbutt goals. 

Pressed into a striker's role in place of flu-stricken Steve Archibald, Mabbutt showed his flexibility by taking both strikes well to ensure Spurs came out on top.

Spurs: -  Clemence, Hughton, Lacy, Roberts, Villa (Brooke), Perryman, Mabbutt, Hazard, Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks
Birmingham City : . 
Crowd : -  24,909

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Crowd : -  24,90Ref : -  Stephen Bates (Bristol)

Both the Tottenham Argentinians - Ardiles and Villa - had struck the woodwork before Alan Curbishley hit a 30 yard drive to give the home team the lead.  Ossie Ardiles levelled the scores halfway through the second half and Spurs looked like they might be taking something home with them, but with eight minutes left in the match, Frank Worthington flick headed a ball on and Alan Ainscow stole in to score in off the post to give Brum both points. 

Birmingham City :  , , , , , Curbishley, Ainscow, , Worthington. 
Spurs:  , , , , , , , , Ardiles, Villa, , .
Crowd : -  24,817
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Terry Yorath was through on goal, but his shot was stopped by Jeff Wealands in the Birmingham goal and then a Gerry Armstrong shot flew in from close range to make it 2-0.

Spurs:  , , , McAllister, Perryman, Yorath, Ardiles, Hoddle, G. Armstrong, Falco.
Birmingham City : Wealands, , , , , Curbishley, , , Bertschin, . 
Crowd : -  49,936
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Bottom of the league Birmingham City lost out to the only goal of the game at White Hart Lane in this First Division clash.

Ricardo Villa watched from the stands as his fellow countryman Alberto Tarantini made his Blues debut in a game that ended 1-0 to Spurs thanks to an Alan Ainscow own goal from a Glenn Hoddle free-kick.

Spurs: -  Daines, Naylor, Holmes, LacyMcAllister, Perryman, Pratt, Ardiles, Hoddle, Lee, P. Taylor
Birmingham City :  Montgomery, Tarantini, Dennis, Dillon (Broadhurst), Gallagher, Pendrey, Page, Barrowclough, Ainscow, Emmanuel, Givens. 
Crowd : -   41,230

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Crowd : -   41,230
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The win eased the relegation threat for the Blues, who missed some easy opportunities in the opening exchanges and had to wait until the 40th minute before Gary Emmanuel's corner was firmly headed past Pat Jennings by centre-half Joe Gallagher.

When Trevor Francis buried a low drive past Jennings to make it 2-0 (the 2,000th away league goal Tottenham had let in), the win looked secure for Brum, but an injury to Hibbert, who had been controlling midfield, let Spurs creep back into it and Ralph Coates laid the ball into John Pratt's path to drill home past Dave Latchford to give Birmingham some jitters in the closing stages.

Having started the match in attack, but dropped deeper into defence when the pressure was mounting on the Blues goal, captain Kenny Burns popped up to shoot home Bob Hatton's lay-off to make it 3-1 with four minutes remaining and grab both points.

Birmingham City :  Latchford, Calderwood, Styles, Page, Gallagher, Want, Emmanuel, Francis, Burns (c), Withe, Hibbert (Hatton). 
Spurs: -   Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Coates, Perryman (c), Chivers, J. Duncan, Neighbour (Chris Jones).
Crowd : -   30,616

Unfortunately, the railways were not operating on the Bank Holiday and this limited the size of the crowd, but it was the home supporters who left disappointed, witnessing Trevor Francis give City the lead halfway through the first half, then quickly add a second when Tony Want's cross was not cleared.

Just after the interval, Francis turned provider with a cross for Peter Withe to convert to make it 0-3 and only a late penalty from Martin Chivers, after Joe Gallagher had handled in the box, gave the Spurs fans anything to cheer about.

Spurs:  Jennings, , , Dillon, , , , , , , , Chivers.
Birmingham City :  , Want, , , , , , , , , , Francis. 
Crowd : -  21,651
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Crowd : -   37,7540

Birmingham City came to White Hart Lane wearing a three colour shirt of yellow, red and black vertical thirds and left with nothing.  A goal from Chivers, despite former Spurs defender Tony Want's attempt to tackle him and another by Ralph Coates, sliding in to finish from the six yard line, just after the half time break, gave Tottenham goals that took the points.

Spurs: Jennings, Kinnear (Naylor), Knowles, Pratt, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Coates.
Unused. Sub. : - Pearce
Birmingham City :  Cooper, Want, Carroll, Campbell, Hynd, Harland, Pendry, Francis, Latchford, Hatton, Gordon Taylor. 
Manager – Freddie Goodwin

Ref. Mr. Tommy Dawes (Norwich)
Linesmen : Mr. W. G. V. Cleere (Bucks) - Red flag; Mr. R. L. Weedon (Berks) - Yellow flag
Crowd - 30,798

Goal times v Birmingham City

First goal 22 mins 04 secs
Second goal 47 mins 10 secs
 

A gritty performance by City gave Spurs a scare in this FA Cup quarter final tie.  While there was little to talk about in terms of goalscoring chances, the match was memorable for one moment when Dave Mackay stepped in between Cyril Knowles and Trevor Hockey, who were having their own private battle, to save the referee getting involved.

Birmingham City :  Jennings, Knowles, Mackay, . 
Spurs: -  Hockey.
Crowd : -  51,500

Tottenham's trip to the Midlands proved pointless on this occasion, as Malcolm Beard hit the winner after 25 minutes, following good work from Brian Sharples and Dennis Thwaites.  Spurs hit back and Greaves went close twice being denied by Colin Green and Sharples.

Tottenham strove to get an equaliser, but Marchi's 25 yard effort went just wide and Schofield was required to save from Jimmy Robertson.

Birmingham City :  Schofield, Green, Sharples, Thwaites. 
Spurs: -  Marchi, Greaves, Robertson.
Crowd : -  33,833

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Crowd : -  28,433
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Crowd : -  62,917
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Bobby Smith's early goal set Spurs up for a 3-2 win in the First Division at St. Andrews.

Les Allen added a second, with John White contributing a third, before Jimmy Harris netted twice (the first from the penalty spot in the first half) to reduce the difference, but Spurs ran out winners on the day.

Birmingham City :  , , , , , , , , Harris 
Spurs : - Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Cliff Jones, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson
Crowd : -  29,614
 

White opened the scoring, with Dyson and Jones making it 3-0 at the interval.  Dyson got his second after half-time and then Smith converted from the spot and Cliff Jones rounded off the win with the sixth Tottenham goal.

Spurs: Bill Brown; Baker, Henry, Norman, Blanchflower (c), Mackay, Cliff Jones, L. Allen, White, Bobby Smith, Dyson.
Birmingham City : Withers, Farmer, Allen, Watts, Smith (c), Neal, Hellawell, Gordon, Stibbs, Singer, Taylor. 
Crowd : - 46,010
Ref : -  G. W. Thorpe (Wilts)

Bobby Smith created an opening for Les Allen to give Tottenham the two points in this game at St. Andrews.

Making the trip at the top of the league, Spurs took the lead when Allen rounded Johnny Schofield in the Birmingham goal to hit the net.  The lead was a narrow one, which almost did not prove enough when Robin Stubbs scored, but the goal was wiped out when the referee awarded a handball against Dick Neal.

Birmingham City :  Schofield, Neal, Stubbs, Trevor Smith (c), Bloomfield,
Spurs: -  Bobby Smith, L. Allen
Crowd : -  27,558

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Spurs created chances for Bobby Smith, Terry Medwin and Johnny Brooks, while Brum's Brian Taylor, Robin Stubbs and Bryan Orritt could not force the ball home for the visitors, leaving the points shared in a goal-less draw.

Spurs: Brown, , , , , Mackay, , , Bobby Smith, Medwin, Brooks.
Birmingham City : , , , , , , , Orritt, B. Taylor, Stubbs, . 
Crowd : -  45,243
Ref : -

A Tommy Harmer penalty and a goal from Terry Dyson were overshadowed by five goals from Alfie Stokes.  Birmingham scored through Eddie Brown, but they could not live with the link-up between Stokes and his strike partner Bobby Smith. 

The Brummies were hampered by goalkeeper Gil Merrick's collision with Dyson, when he needed four stitches before coming out to play on.  However, he could not carry on in goal and played on the right wing, while he handed the gloves over to Gordon Astall.  City also missed a penalty when Alec Govan hit the post and the ball went wide.

Spurs : -  , , , , , , , , Harmer, Stokes, B. Smith, Dyson.
Birmingham City :   Merrick, , , , Govan, E. Brown, , , , , Astall.
Crowd : - 35,292
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Having missed the replay because of the death of his son, Charlie Walters returned at his wife's behest and it was his excellent 12th minute goal that decided the tie.  He took Ron Burgess' throw-in and dribbled along the dead-ball line, moved in-field and then slipped his shot between Merrick and the near post to put Spurs through to a semi-final against Blackpool at Villa Park.

Spurs:  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Withers, Brittan, Gibbins, Burgess, Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Baily, Medley.
Birmingham City :  Merrick, Hall, Green, Bannister, Badham, Boyd, Stewart, Purdon, Trigg, Ferris, Wardle. 
Crowd : -   50,801
Ref : -

A quarter of an hour in, Len Duquemin headed Spurs into the lead from Medley's corner, but 45 minutes later, Jackie Stewart put a free-kick in for captain Len Boyd to equalise.

Charlie Withers, Eddie Baily and Duquemin combined to provide Bennett with a scoring opportunity to give Spurs the lead again in the 69th minute, but back came Brum when Ray Ferris headed home Stewart's cross to take the game into extra time.  No further scoring meant a second replay and with Birmingham chairman Harry Morris calling correctly for the toss, the venue choice was his and Spurs had to head to the Midlands for a third game at Wolves.

Spurs:   , , , , Baily,  , Bennett, Duquemin, Withers, Medley.
Birmingham City :   Boyd (c), Ferris, Stewart. 
Crowd : -  59,543
Ref : -

City took the lead through Willie Wardle, who scored with a 25 yard effort, but following Gil Merrick making a good save and a header hitting the crossbar, Spurs hit back in the 75th minute, when Les Bennett  headed home Les Medley's centre to earn a replay.

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Spurs:  Bennett, Medley.
Crowd : -  52,348
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On their home ground, Birmingham captain Fred Harris was presented with the trophy by Arthur Oakley of the Football League.

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Crowd : -  35,569
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Charlie Wilson-Jones gave the Blues a lead, but an equaliser for Tottenham came from George Foreman.  However, it was Wilson-Jones who hit the winner for the Midlands side to give them a solid win.

Spurs: -   , Nicholson, , , , , Burgess, Buckingham, Foreman, Ludford.
Birmingham City : -   , , , , , , Wilson-Jones, Billy Hughes, , Ted Duckhouse, Fred Harris, .
Crowd : -  52,348
Ref : -

However, the outcome was the same, although the result was a much narrower 0-1 defeat, the only goal scored by Ambrose Mulraney in the second period.

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Birmingham City :   , , , , , , , , , , Mulraney. 
Crowd : -  30,589
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Crowd : -  21,608
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Arriving at the Lane for a Second Division match, the crowd witnessed a goal-less first half, but into the second period, Fred Sargent put Tottenham ahead, only for Birmingham's Jackie Brown to level things.

Spurs:  , Nicholson, , , Burgess, Buckingham, Sargent, Ludford, , , .
Birmingham City : , , , Arthur Turner (c), , Billy Hughes, Jackie Brown, Ted Duckhouse, Fred Harris, . 
Crowd : -  28,366
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Crowd : -  37,408
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Spurs opened the scoring with Tich Handley setting up Andy Thompson, who took on two defenders and hit his shot past the keeper.  Bill Harvey crossed for Joe Bradford to bring the scores level and a 20-yarder from Jimmy Cringan gave the Blues the lead.

Both Bradford and Ernie Islip hit the woodwork before Moses Lane put City 3-1 up, but Tottenham narrowed the gap with Jack Elkes scoring against his old club.

Birmingham City :  Islip, Bradford, Lane, Cringan. 
Spurs: -  Elkes, Handley, Thompson
Crowd : -  25,000

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New boys to the Football League Spurs ran out 4-0 winners against Birmingham City on the day that Charlie Woodruff made his debut.

An early chance fell to the visitors' Charles “Bullet” Jones and he missed the target with the goal gaping in front of him.  Two goals each from Vivian Woodward and Bert Middlemiss secured the two points for Tottenham, but there were other notable incidents in the match between Birmingham, who had lead the table for much of the season and Spurs, who had just been beaten 0-3 by West Bromwich Albion.

Woodward could have grabbed a hat-trick if the crossbar had not stopped one of his shots and in an odd incident, Birmingham's Edmund Eyre got his foot stuck in the main stand railings at the edge of the pitch.  With injury time building up, there was some concern that the game might be abandoned, but the match finished in fading light, even though the game kicked off five minutes early to avoid this.

Spurs:  , , , , , , Woodward, Woodruff, Middlemiss, .
Birmingham City :  , Edmund Eyre, Charles “Bullet” Jones, , , , ,  .
Crowd : -  25,000
Ref. : -