spurs v blackburn rovers match reports

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07.02.1998	Premier League. For match report, click here Spurs bounced back from their FA Cup defeat to beat Blackburn Rovers comprehensively at Ewood Park. Nicola Berti had already gone close with one effort before the Italian converted Fox's cross at the far post to give Spurs a 37th minute lead. In the closing stages, Spurs piled on the pressure scoring through Armstrong and Fox, who both fired powerful shots past the Rovers keeper. Blackburn Rovers : - Flowers, Kenna, Hanchoz, Spurs : - Baardsen, Carr, Vega, Campbell, Wilson (Clemence), Howells, Fox, Berti, Ginola, Nielsen (Brady), Ferdinand (Armstrong) Unused Subs. : - Grodas, Calderwood
20.09.1997	A scoreless match result did not tell the tale of this game, in which Spurs played well without a lot of luck. Tim Flowers was in outstanding form, making excellent saves from Howells in the 16th minute and then Wilcox cleared Mahorn's effort off the line shortly afterwards. Dominguez forced Flowers to save well once more, while Valery managed to clear the ball off the line fro Howells in a goalmouth scramble. Even though Blackburn were reduced to ten men by the second yellow card for Valery, Spurs could not break Rovers down and had to settle for a point, despite Howells and Dominguez going close and with Campbell blocking a Sutton shot. Spurs - Walker, Carr, Edinburgh, Mabbutt, Campbell, Howells, Fox, Clemence, Ginola, Dominguez, Mahorn (Vega) Unused Sub. : - Baardsen, Calderwood, Nielsen, Sinton Blackburn Rovers - Flowers, Valery, Sutton, Wilcox Unused Sub. : - Crowd : - 26,573 Ref. : - Graham Barber (Surrey)
29.01.1997	Steffen Iversen gave Spurs the lead in the 40th minute of this Premier League game, finishing at the far post following Fox's cross before Colin Hendry equalised for Rovers from a 56th minute Jason Wilcox corner. Walker denied Le Saux's fierce drive with a fine one-handed save, with Flowers relieved to see Sinton's cross bounce back off the bar and he was alert to keep Spurs at bay. But then, with 82 minutes on the clock, Andy Sinton popped up to hit the winner for Tottenham, chesting down Allan Nielsen's long-throw and firing past the Rovers goalie. Spurs - Walker, Carr, Campbell, Vega (Nethercott 49), Edinburgh, Sinton, Howells, Fox (Anderton 63), Nielsen, Armstrong, Iversen Unused Subs. : - Baardsen, Austin, Rosenthal Blackburn Rovers - Flowers, Berg, Hendry, Kenna, Le Saux, Sherwood (Donis 84), Flitcroft, Gallagher, Sutton, Bohinen, Wilcox Unused Sub. : - Given, Warhurst, Marker, McKinley, Crowd : - 22,943
17.08.1996	An opening day win at Ewood Park for Spurs was tinged with sadness. Two Chris Armstrong goals won the game for Tottenham, but they lost Gary Mabbutt with a broken leg in the 18th minute, after Graham Fenton followed through on a tackle after the ball had gone. Spurs took the lead in the 32nd minute, when David Howells crossed to Armstrong who flung himself headlong to steer his header past Flowers. Spurs strung together a 16 pass move to create the second goal, which was finished off by Armstrong after being set up by Howells and Fox. Blackburn Rovers - Flowers, Coleman, Fenton, Unused Sub. : - Spurs - , , , , Fox, Sinton, Howells, Armstrong Unused Subs. : - Crowd : - 26,960
16.03.1996	Two Alan Shearer goals had Tottenham playing catch-up in this Premier League meeting at White Hart Lane. The goals came in the eighth and 34^th minutes, but Teddy Sheringham grabbed one goal back with a 62^nd minute goal and then equalised in the 80^th minute, only to see Shearer hit his hat-trick goal as the clock showed the match was two minutes into injury time. There had been a one minute's silence for the Dunblane shootings before the kick off. Spurs - , , , , , , , , , Sheringham Unused Subs. : - Blackburn Rovers - , , , , , , , , , , Shearer Unused Sub. : - Crowd : - 31,803
30.12.1995	Blackburn brought a 10 game unbeaten away run to an end for Spurs. Midfielder Nicky Marker hit the back of the Spurs net in the 31^st minute and the home side's lead doubled just before half-time when Alan Shearer scored. Spurs hit back in the second half with Teddy Sheringham made it 2-1 with a volley with 54 minutes on the clock, but Spurs could not find an equaliser. Blackburn Rovers - , , Coleman, , , , , , Marker, Shearer Unused Sub. : - Sinton, Howells, Armstrong, Sheringham Spurs - Unused Subs. : - Crowd : - 30,004
05.02.1995	Spurs took on title-chasing Blackburn Rovers at White Hart Lane in front of the Sky TV cameras and won 3-1. 18 minutes in and Spurs went ahead as Jurgen Klinsmann took Darren Anderton's through pass and slipped the ball into the net through goalkeeper Bobby Mimms' legs. On the half hour, Anderton was Tottenham's second goal-scorer, with a shot that took a big deflection off Rovers centre-half Colin Hendry to make it 2-0, as Spurs sparkled in attack. In the second half, Blackburn pulled a goal back when Tim Sherwood netted from close range, but 10 minutes from the end, Anderton made the third Spurs goal with a cross that Nicky Barmby headed home to make the final score 3-1. Spurs - Walker, Edinburgh, Calderwood, Campbell, Mabbutt, Popescu, Anderton, Barmby (Nethercott), Howells, Klinsmann Sheringham Unused Subs. : - Blackburn Rovers - Mimms, Berg, Wright, Sherwood, Hendry, Pearce, Ripley (Newell), Sutton, Shearer, Warhurst, Wilcox (Adkins) Unused Sub. : - Crowd : - 28,124
05.11.1994	Goals from Jason Wilcox and an Alan Shearer penalty were enough to take Spurs down to 13th place in the table in this Premier League match. The three points were among those that took Blackburn to their league title at the end of the season. Spurs - , , , , , Howells, , , , Sheringham, Unused Subs. : - Blackburn Rovers - Unused Sub. : - Crowd : - 26,271 Ref : Terry Holbrook
12.02.1994	Spurs drew a blank at home to Blackburn Rovers, who took the points from this Premier League match. Rosenthal supplied early activity for Tim Flowers in the Rovers goal, making him save well twice and Ripley drew a save from Walker at the other end. With an hour on the clock, Shearer headed in the opening goal of the game and eleven minutes later, Gallagher finished off a good move to make it 2-0. Nick Barmby, Kevin Scott and Darren Caskey all had good efforts, but Spurs were unable to get back into the match. Spurs - Walker, Austin, Nethercott, Scott, Edinburgh, Samways, Anderton, Dozzell, Sedgley, Barmby, Rosenthal Unused Subs. : - Day, Campbell, Gray Blackburn Rovers - Flowers, Shearer, Gallagher Unused Sub. : - Ref : - I. J. Borrett (Suffolk) Crowd : - 30,236
01.12.1993	Spurs took this League Cup Fourth Round match with a 1-0 win that came against a determined Blackburn side. Spurs were kept at bay by former keeper Bobby Mimms, who produced fine stops from efforts by Dozzell and Barmby shot over when through in the 82nd minute. Spurs had moved Campbell forward from defence to hit a 64th minute shot after Samways, Edinburgh and Barmby linked to give him the chance to see Tottenham through. Spurs - Thorstvedt, Mabbutt (c), Calderwood, Campbell, Edinburgh, Robinson (Caskey), Howells, Dozzell, Sedgley, Anderton, Barmby Unused Subs. : - Walker, Howells Blackburn Rovers - Mimms, Unused Sub. : - Ref : - R. Milford (Bristol) Crowd : - 22,295
30.10.1993	Alan Shearer made the strike that won this match in the 15th minute, firing a shot past Spurs keeper Erik Thorstvedt to earn the three points for Blackburn, in which they dominated and only a fine performance from the Norwegian goalie, the margin could have been much bigger. Blackburn Rovers - Unused Sub. : - Spurs - Thorstvedt, Austin, Nethercott, Scott, Edinburgh, Samways, Anderton, Dozzell, Sedgley, Barmby, Rosenthal Unused Subs. : - Day, Campbell, Gray Crowd : - 16,849
05.05.1993	The last home match of the season saw Tottenham slip to a 1-2 defeat. A 23rd minute strike from Mike Newell gave Rovers the lead, which he added to in the 55th minute to put the visitors two up. Darren Anderton scored with four minutes remaining to make it a grandstand finish, but Spurs could not get an equaliser in the time remaining. Spurs - Walker, Nethercott (Hill 58), van den Hauwe, Samways, Mabbutt, Ruddock, Sedgley, Turner (Hodges 58), Anderton, Sheringham Unused Sub. : - Dearden Blackburn Rovers - Mimms, Marker, Le Saux, Sherwood, Hendry, Cowans, Ripley, Atkins (Dobson 84), Gallagher, Newell, Wilcox Unused Sub. : - Anderson, Talia Crowd : - 23,097
07.11.1992	Goals from Teddy Sheringham from the penalty spot and David Howells won this Premier League match for Spurs. Blackburn Rovers - , , Unused Sub. : - Spurs - Howells, Sheringham, Unused Sub. : - Crowd : - 17,305
09.11.1988	The League Cup Third Round replay went all the way to extra time as the teams proved difficult to separate. Chris Waddle hit the bar in the 27^th minute, then took the lead, but it was only after the game had finished 0-0 and gone into extra time. 106 minutes was on the clock when Paul Gascoigne's free kick was headed close to the ground by Mitchell Thomas and the ball went in off the goalpost to put Tottenham 1-0 up. However, that lead only lasted for three minutes as a free kick by Ally Dawson was deflected past Bobby Mimms, but within a minute later, Paul Stewart broke past two defenders to shoot home to score the winning goal. Blackburn Rovers - , , , , , , Dawson, , , , Unused Sub. : - Spurs - Mimms, Stevens, Thomas, Fenwick, Fairclough (Butters), Mabbutt, Walsh, Gascoigne, Waddle (Samways), Stewart, Allen Crowd : - 12,964
01.11.1988	Spurs dominated against Second Division Rovers in this League Cup Third Round tie at the lane, with Paul Moran hitting the post and the winger looked to have a header going in, but it was handled out of the sight of the match officials. The game ended in a goal-less draw, but only after Spurs had been denied another penalty when Paul Stewart was brought down as he bore down on goal. Spurs - Mimms, Stevens, M. Thomas, Fenwick, Fairclough, Mabbutt, Moran, Gascoigne (Samways 52), Waddle, Stewart, P. Allen Unused Sub. : - D. Howells Blackburn Rovers - Gennoe, Atkins, MIllar, Dawson, Hendry, Mail, Gayle, Reid, Curry, Garner, Sellars Unused Sub. : - Miller, Hill Crowd : - 18,814
31.12.1977	A 4-0 win over Rovers rounded off the year in a great way for Tottenham, as they continued their escape from Division Two. With draws in the last four home games, Spurs got back on track thanks to goals from Colin Lee (2), Glenn Hoddle and John Pratt eased Tottenham to victory. Spurs - Daines, Naylor, Holmes, Hoddle, McAllister, Perryman (c), Perryman, Pratt, McNab, Duncan (Armstrong), Lee, Taylor Blackburn Rovers - Butcher, Hird, Bailey, Metcalfe, Waddington (Mitchell), Fazackerley, Brotherston, Fear, Keeley, Parkes, Taylor Crowd : - 30,520
24.08.1977	Spurs first away match in their Division Two campaign saw a nervous 0-0 draw fought out at Ewood Park. Spurs - Unused Sub. : - Blackburn Rovers - , , Unused Sub. : - Crowd : - 9,540
09.05.1966	This Division One match ended the season after being postponed from the opening day (21.08.1965) because of a polio epidemic in Blackburn. A single Jimmy Greaves goal won the match for Spurs against a Blackburn side who were already relegated before this game kicked off. Phil Beal created the opportunity for Greaves after 22 minutes, but Tottenham were indebted to Bill Brown, who kept a busy Rovers side at bay. Blackburn Rovers - , , Unused Sub. : - Spurs - B. Brown, , , , , , , Greaves Unused Sub. : - Crowd : - 7,256
29.01.1966	Spurs ran out comfortable winners as injury-hit Blackburn travelled to White Hart Lane. Tottenham were missing broken leg victim Maurice Norman and Cliff Jones with a thigh strain, but Jimmy Greaves' return to action after ten weeks out with jaundice meant that Rovers were the victims of his enforced lay-off. It was Frank Saul who opened the scoring though, having rounded the Blackburn goalkeeper Else, the striker slammed the ball into an empty goal for the first goal and Greaves then added a second. Strike partner Alan Gilzean rounded off the win with a brace of goals, his second from the edge of the six-yard box, that even soon to be Spurs defender Mike England could not help keep out. Spurs - Jennings, Beal, Mullery (Johnson), Laurie Brown, Mackay (cpt), Robertson, Clayton, Saul, Gilzean, Greaves Blackburn Rovers - Else, Wilson, Newton, Clayton (cpt), England, Joyce, Darling, Byrom, McEvoy, Ferguson, Harrison Unused Sub. : - Ref : - D. J. Lyden (Warwickshire) Linesmen : Mr. D. J. Burns (Middx) - Red flag; Mr. D. E. Ranner (Suffolk) - Yellow flag Crowd : - 23,097
11.01.1964	With Blackburn Rovers taking a first half lead after 23 minutes through Mike Harrison, it looked like Tottenham might struggle to get back into the game. A hat-trick from Jimmy Greaves and a further goal from Terry Dyson set Spurs fans minds at rest and saw Tottenham through to a good win. Spurs - Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Beal, Norman, Marchi (c), Cliff Jones, White, L. Allen, Greaves, Dyson Blackburn Rovers - Else, Bray, Newton, Clayton (c), England, McGrath, Ferguson, McEvoy, Pickering, Douglas, Harrison Crowd : - 43,646 Ref : - Mr. W. Clements (Staffs) Linesmen : - Mr. P. K. Byford (Essex) - Red flag; Mr. A. R. C. Weller (Kent) - Yellow flag
20.05.1963	Spurs had won the European Cup Winners Cup just five days before this First Division meeting with Blackburn Rovers and played a less than familiar line-up in losing 0-3. The game had originally been postponed during the severe winter in February, but a two goal haul from Mick Ferguson and another goal from Mike Harrison sealed a win for Rovers. Spurs - , , Piper Blackburn Rovers - , , Ferguson, Harrison Crowd : - 22,867
20.09.1962	Fred Pickering had given Rovers an early lead on their visit to the Lane, but Spurs stormed back to take the points. Les Allen drew Tottenham level, before John White, a Ken Taylor own goal and Terry Medwin wrapped up a 4-1 win. Spurs - , L. Allen, White, Medwin Blackburn Rovers - Taylor, Pickering, Crowd : - 43,014
23.04.1962	The Easter return match was played at Ewood Park on Easter Monday, with Jimmy Greaves scoring the single goal in the game to win the points for Tottenham. Blackburn : - , , , , Mike England, , , , , , Spurs : - , , , , , , , , Ref. Mr. (-) Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag Crowd : 23,301
20.04.1962	Spurs hosted Blackburn Rovers at White Hart Lane and struggle to assert themselves until the second half. Although Tottenham sat fourth in the table, their early lead from Terry Medwin was wiped out by Bryan Douglas before the interval, but they had more joy in the second half, with Bobby Smith re-establishing the lead and before Spurs managed to pull away with goals from Cliff Jones and Jimmy Greaves. Spurs : - Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (cpt), Norman, Marchi, Medwin, White, Bobby Smith, Greaves, Cliff Jones Blackburn : - Jones, Taylor, Keith Newton, Ronnie Clayton, Mike England, John McGrath, Ratcliffe, Lawther, Fred Pickering, Bryan Douglas, Haverty Ref. Mr. (-) Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag Crowd : 55,183 Mike England played against Spurs in this match and in the return on Easter Monday which Spurs won 1-0.
31.12.1960	Spurs were shocked when England international Bryan Douglas gave Blackburn the lead, but Bobby Smith equalised before the half-time interval. Tottenham went on to dominate the second half, with two goals from Les Allen and Danny Blanchflower and Bobby Smith's second wrapped up the points, although Peter Dobing hit a late consolation for Rovers, making the final score 5-2. Spurs - Blanchflower, Les Allen, Bobby Smith, Blackburn Rovers - Reeves, Taylor, Bray, McAvoy, Woods, Bryan Douglas, Peter Dobing, Derek Dougan, Vic Crowe, MacLeod Crowd : - 48,742
27.08.1960	Spurs won their first away match of the season with Bobby Smith 2, Les Allen and Terry Dyson netting the goals in a 4-1 win at Ewood Park. Three goals ahead at half-time, the second half saw just a goal apiece for the two sides, with the Rovers goal being scored by Derek Dougan. Blackburn Rovers - Jones, Mike England, Eckersley, Ronnie Clayton, Woods, John McGrath, Peter Dobing, Bryan Douglas, Derek Dougan, Vic Crowe, MacLeod. Spurs - Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (c), Norman, Mackay, Medwin, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson Crowd : - 26,819 Ref. : Mr. J. E. Carr
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25.02.1939	A 3.15 p.m. kick off in this Division Two meeting saw a seven goal thriller. Spurs - Hooper, Ward, Whatley, Burgess, Hitchins, Buckingham, Sargent, A. E. Hall, Morrison, G. W. Hall (c), L. Miller Blackburn Rovers - Barron, Hough, Crook (c), Chivers, Pryde, Whiteside, Guest, Langton, Weddle, Butt, Rogers Crowd : - 22,709 Ref. : - Mr. H. T. Wright (Macclesfield)
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28.12.1936	Les Miller was the hero with four goals in the 5-1 win over Blackburn Rovers in the return at White Hart Lane, with Jimmy McCormick scoring the other goal, although Frank Baxendale got a goal for Rovers. Spurs - , , , , , , , , L. Miller, McCormick Blackburn Rovers - , , , , , , , Baxendale Crowd : - 16,135
25.12.1936	Spurs won 4-0 with Jackie Morrison scoring twice and Joe Meek and Les Miller were also on the score-sheet as Tottenham enjoyed a happy Christmas. Blackburn Rovers - , , Spurs - , , , , , , , Meek, L. Miller, Morrison Crowd : - 26,756
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06.05.1922	The return game came a week later to finish the league programme at Ewood Park. This time the match ended in a 1-1 draw with a goal from Charlie Wilson cancelling out Jock McKay's early strike for Rovers, but the point was enough to give Spurs the runners-up spot in the First Division. Spurs - , Charlie Wilson Blackburn Rovers - McKay, , , Crowd : - 12,000
29.04.1922	Our last match of the season at the Lane ended 2-1 in Tottenham's favour, with goals from Fanny Walden and Charlie Wilson, although Ron Haworth pegged one goal back for the visitors. Spurs - Walden, C. Wilson Blackburn Rovers - Haworth, , , Crowd : - 24,559
05.12.1914	A big win for Blackburn stood as their record win at White Hart Lane until 2003, when it was equalled. Two goals for Joe Hodkinson and two more from Eddie Latherton and a Tom Collins own goal sealed a 4-0 win for Rovers. Spurs - , T. Collins, Blackburn Rovers - Hodkinson, Latherton, , Crowd : - 14,000
09.09.1911	Spurs were unbeaten in their league programme before they welcomed Blackburn to White Hart Lane and suffered with a loss to the Lancashire visitors, who scored through "Tinker" Davies and Walter "Wattie" Aitkenhead. Spurs - , , Blackburn Rovers - Davies, Aitkenhead, Crowd : - 37,820