spurs v bolton wanderers match reports
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02.05.2012 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
27.03.2012 | FA Cup Sixth Round. For a match report, click here. |
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03.12.2011 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
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06.11.2010 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
01.05.2010 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
24.02.2010 | FA Cup Fifth Round replay. For a match report, click here. |
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03.10.2009 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
31.01.2009 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
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23.09.2007 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
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07.11.2005 | Premier League. For a match report, click here. |
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27.10.2004 | League Cup 3rd Round. For a match report, click here. |
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23.09.1997 | Spurs had to come from
behind to secure a 1-1 Premier League draw at the Reebok.
A decision to give a penalty for an Edinburgh trip on Nathan Blake gave the home side the opportunity to take the lead in the 20th minute, when Alan Thompson scored the first goal at the new stadium. Walker faced a tide of efforts from the Trotters and Thompson hit the bar with a firm drive. Chris Armstrong came on for Paul Mahorn and in the 71st minute, it was his header that rounded off Ginola's cross to earn an equaliser.
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27.11.1996 | Spurs were humiliated 6-1
by Bolton Wanderers at Burnden Park in the League Cup 4th Round.
John McGinlay's sixth minute free-kick, powered in past Ian Walker opened the floodgates for a big defeat for Tottenham. Although Teddy Sheringham pulled Spurs back level on 13 minutes from another free-kick, it wasn't long before McGinlay was on the spot again. He smashed into the the net after Garry Taggart had headed on Scott Sellars' corner with 37 minutes on the clock. McGinlay then turned provider with an hour gone, when his cross allowed Taggart to head in, then the striker completed his hat-trick from the penalty post in the 74th minute after a hotly contested penalty was awarded. The score was 5-1 when Nathan Blake scored in the 79th minute, with David Lee's cross converted by substitute Scott Taylor to round off a night to forget for Spurs with a 6-1 defeat and the Spurs fans left singing "We want seven" ! Teams : |
20.03.1996 | Premier League.
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23.12.1995 | Bolton's visit to White
Hart Lane ended in a 2-2 Premier League draw.
Scott Green and former Spurs defender Gudni Burgsson scored the goals that denied Tottenham a spot in the top three. Teams : |
22.03.1980 | This Division 1 encounter
saw Bolton Wanderers win 2-1 at Burnden Park, with goals from Mike
Carter and Neil Whatmore, with Chris Jones responding for Tottenham.
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10.11.1979 | Spurs took the spoils in
this Division 1 match, despite Bolton's defensive approach to the game.
A first half volley by Terry Yorath from Chris Hughton's cross opened the scoring in the first half and Glenn Hoddle added a second from the penalty spot in the second period to take the points. Teams : |
08.05.1979 | The last away match of this
Division 1 season saw Tottenham travel to Burnden Park and come back
South with the points.
The home side went ahead in the early stages with a Frank Worthington goal, but half way through the first period, Mark Falco pounced to strike a left footed shot to regain parity on his League debut. It took until the 62nd minute for Spurs to get their noses in front, when Ricky Villa's shot flew in off gargantuan central defender Sam Allardyce to make it 2-1. Ossie Ardiles ran the show for Tottenham and was unlucky to see his "goal" ruled out for offside, but a late goal from defender Jimmy Holmes' shot wrapped up the win for Spurs. Teams : |
28.10.1978 | Both
promoted sides met in the First Division at White Hart Lane and Spurs
started like a whirlwind. Peter Taylor's run up the line ended with a shot that Jim McDonagh beat out and then Colin Lee and Don McAllister both put good chances over the bar with their head. Taylor had a shot that flew past the post and then some good play saw Steve Perryman lay the ball into Lee's path and he blasted the ball into the net from just outside the box. Tottenham continued to press and McDonagh managed to get his hand to John Pratt's drive and divert the ball over the top, while five minutes into the second half, Glenn Hoddle's corner was headed in at the near post by Pratt to make it 2-0. At last Bolton showed some attacking intent and Peter Reid's shot flew off Barry Daines and Taylor was on hand to kick the ball out as it was going in. Winger Willie Morgan was unlucky after his shot flew off a Spurs leg and hit the crossbar. Teams : |
08.04.1978 | This crunch Division 2
meeting was moved to kick off at 2.45 p.m. to avoid the FA Cup semi-final
between Ipswich Town and West Bromwich Albion at Highbury. While
Tottenham were looking for an immediate return to the top flight, Bolton
had been climbing back up after sinking to Division Three. The biggest White Hart Lane crowd for three years witnessed a tense affair with both clubs on 51 points, but Spurs on top courtesy of a better goal difference. It was a single goal from a familiar face to Bolton fans that won the game, with Don McAllister, signed from Burnden Park three years previously, who dived in to head home Glenn Hoddle's flick on to John Pratt's corner in the 35th minute to beat Jim McDonagh in goal. There was a threat to the lead when the ball hit the Spurs net in the 71st minute, but Neil Whatmore was ruled offside by the linesman after the referee had given the goal initially. Teams : |
10.01.1978 | Bolton took the FA Cup 3rd Round replay
in extra time to progress to the Fourth Round, but only after a battle
by Spurs.
John Ritson put the home side ahead, but Peter Taylor's late penalty - his first goal for Tottenham - gave Spurs an equaliser to take the game into an extra half-hour. Bolton were the stronger side in extra time and a Gary Jones strike settled the match in the Trotters' favour. Teams : |
07.01.1978 | Bolton were our opponents
in the FA Cup 3rd Round and having been vying with them at the top of
the Second Division only separated by goal difference, as tight battle was in prospect.
An indeed that proved the case despite Tottenham taking a 2-0 lead. John Duncan struck to head in the first goal from a 38th minute Glenn Hoddle corner. However, Roy Greaves got Bolton back on track with a penalty awarded against Jimmy Holmes for handball in the 55th minute. It was Hoddle put Tottenham further ahead when he produced a curler around McDonagh from 15 yards out after being set up by Holmes and Gerry Armstrong, but Neil Whatmore equalised with five minutes to spare, converting Micky Walsh's through ball to take Spurs back to Burnden Park for the replay. Teams : |
26.11.1977 |
A last minute goal by Bolton Wanderers saw them jump above Spurs in
the race to get out of Division Two. Tottenham were denied a point, when
Neil McNab was denied a goal when harshly ruled to be off-side. Teams : |
18.04.1964 | Jimmy Greaves' goal decided
this Division 1 match between the two sides at the Lane. Bolton
sat near the bottom of the table, even though they had not been beaten
in six matches needing one point from their last two games to avoid
relegation, but in converting a Mullery
cross, Greaves helped condemn Wanderers to the Second Division. Bolton should have gone ahead in the early stages when Francis Lee set up Gordon Taylor for a shot the flew just wide of the Tottenham goal. However, Greaves' goal five minutes before the interval settled the match, knocking the ball into the net from close range. This was John White's last match at White Hart Lane, before his untimely death in July. Teams : |
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07.12.1963 |
One of the best games seen at Burnden Park for some time saw Spurs
triumph 3-1. Jimmy Greaves' header in the tenth minute was deflected past his own goalkeeper by defender Syd Farrimond, but a determined Bolton side pulled level with a goal in the 20th minute from Wyn Davies' volley. Five minutes later, Spurs regained the lead with Jimmy Greaves netting his 200th league goal of his career with a left foot shot past Eddie Hopkinson. After the half time break, it took ten minutes for Tottenham to make it 3-1. Cliff Jones ran half the length of the pitch, before passing to Greaves, who fed Dyson to score the final goal of the game. Teams : |
27.04.1963 | Bolton Wanderers were the visitors
to White Hart Lane in the First Division, but returned home north with a
4-1 defeat behind them. A 19th minute opener from Bobby Smith put Tottenham ahead and John White made it 2-0 ten minutes later. Seven minutes into the second half, Spurs extended their lead through Tony Marchi. Peter Deakin got Bolton back into the game, but Spurs stretched away with a fourth from Jimmy Greaves, who recorded his 36th goal of the season. Teams : Spurs : - Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Marchi, Greaves, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson Bolton : - Eddie Hopkinson, Hartle, Hatton, Stanley, Edwards, Ellis Rimmer, Birch, Peter Deakin, Russell, Hill, Pilkington Crowd : - 40,965 |
08.12.1962 |
Eighteenth place Bolton Wanderers won this match with Spurs, who sat
second, with the only goal of the game score by Peter Deakin.
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24.02.1962 | Spurs were in the midst of
a busy spell when they met Bolton in this First Division game at White
Hart Lane. Two days before Tottenham met Dukla Prague, they faced Bolton and the visitors took the early initiative. Freddie Hill struck the bar and the goalpost, but it was Spurs who took the lead with Bobby Smith's 34th minute volley finishing off a neat chipped pass from John White. However, Hill did find the back of the net shortly afterwards to make it 1-1 after being set free by Ron McGarry. Hill was on the mark again in the 54th minute to give Wanderers the lead as he crashed in a 30 yard left foot shot, but Spurs responded with White the creator once more, this time setting up Jimmy Greaves with ten minutes left on the clock. Teams : |
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07.11.1959 | Bolton kept
a clean sheet at White Hart Lane and took victory with two goals from
Dennis Stevens and Ray Parry. The Wanderers' goals came within
five minutes in a second half spell of pressure.
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08.11.1958 | Tottenham's
1,000th match in the old First Division ended in a draw.
The match was played on a sodden pitch and Spurs took the lead with a move passing through Blanchflower, Dunmore and Brooks. The winger's cross was slid home by Bobby Smith, but Tottenham were pegged back late on when Nat Lofthouse headed home a cross from Doug Holden. Teams : |
19.10.1957 | Bolton edged this home
encounter in Division One with a 3-2 win against Spurs. Nat Lofthouse grabbed two goals and Ray Parry scored in a 3-2 win at Burnden Park, while the Tottenham goals came from Bobby Smith and George Robb. Teams : |
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29.12.1956 | Tommy
Harmer's sparkling display made this a comfortable win for Spurs in the
thick mud at the Lane in Division
1.
The thaw of the frozen pitch had left the
playing surface slippery and heavy but Spurs managed to play some very
good football and outplay Bolton Wanderers to win 4-0. Terry Dyson continued to deputise for the injured Terry Medwin and it was he who beat two men after receiving a pass from Tommy Harmer before hitting the net on 25 minutes. Bobby Smith scored the second for Tottenham three minutes after, having taken Stokes' pass and it was three before half-time when George Robb struck Dyson's centre first time into the net with the whistle for the interval moments away, While Spurs also had the balance of play after the break, chances were not taken and Hopkinson could not be beaten until Robb was fouled in the area and Tommy Harmer added a penalty to make the final score 4-0. Teams : |
01.09.1956 | Bolton Wanderers won this Division
One meeting at Burnden Park by the only goal of the game.
Nat Lofthouse scored the winner after 60 minutes in a game played in very windy conditions. Teams : |
21.03.1956 | This rearranged Division One
match saw Spurs travel to the North-West to meet Bolton Wanderers after
the original fixture had been postponed.
Bobby Smith's goal had put Tottenham ahead at the break, but the second half was a different matter. Bolton scored soon after the restart to make it 1-1, but George Robb restored the Spurs lead. However, two penalties for the home side in three minutes changed the outcome of the match, with both being converted to leave the points at Burnden Park after a disappointing result. Tottenham were without Dave Dunmore, who was representing the Army in a match against the Irish FA. Teams : |
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08.10.1955 | Ralph
Gubbins' twice and one from Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse scored the
Wanderers' goals in a 3-0 win at White Hart Lane, when the
teams met in the First Division.
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03.10.1953 | Harry
Hassell and Nat Lofthouse scored for Bolton in a 2-0 home win in this
First Division meeting. Teams : |
04.04.1953 |
Spurs travelled north to Burnden Park and came back to North London
with two points from a 3-2 First Division win over Bolton Wanderers. Willie Moir had put Bolton ahead, firing home from 25 yards out, before Sid McClellan had the simple task of chesting the ball over the line to make it 1-1 just before half-time. With Tottenham gaining the upper hand in the second half, Len Duquemin and Alfie Stokes made it 3-1 until Moir grabbed his second of the game ten minutes before the end of the match. Teams : Bolton Wanderers : - Hanson, Hartle, R. Banks, Neill, Barrass, Bell, Holden, Willie Moir, Nat Lofthouse, Halsall, Langton Spurs : - Ditchburn, Ramsey, Willis, Marchi, King, Burgess, McClellan, Stokes, Duquemin, Harmer, Medley Attendance : - 40,185 Ref. : - |
28.08.1950 |
An early season game saw Tottenham beat Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane by four goals to two in the First Division to complete a double over the Trotters in five days. One win in three games prior to this match gave no indication of what would happen at the end of the campaign, with Spurs ending it with their first First Division championship title. Tottenham had been shocked when Moir shot home through a crowded penalty area to give the Trotters a 10th minute lead, but things got worse when Langton fed Hernon to set up Moir to score his second of the game. But Tottenham started to put things together, with some neat passing opening up Bolton to allow Medley to cross for Duquemin to crash in a header. This inspired a spell of pressure that brought an equaliser when Sonny Walters put a corner into the goalmouth and Howe knocked the ball into his own goal. Now level, Tottenham had the momentum to go on and win the game. With Duquemin shooting his second and Bill Nicholson creating a fourth for Eddie Baily Spurs had won a match that had goals, chances and good personal battles all over the field, played out in a sporting manner. Teams : |
23.08.1950 | After a
poor start to the season Arthur Rowe's side kick started their season
with an away win at Bolton's Burnden Park, which was soaked after a
three hour downpour before the game.
They suffered a set-back when Clarke slid Langton's cross into his own net on 35 minutes, but five minutes before the break Murphy ran through the home defence and the keeper could only help the ball into the net. The second half proved a better one for Spurs and Medley, Walters and Duquemin all scored to give Tottenham the points. Teams : |
10.01.1948 |
Bolton were near the foot of Division One, while Spurs were in the Second Division when the two teams were drawn together in the Third Round of the FA Cup at Burnden Park. Tottenham were grateful to Bill Nicholson, who cleared a Bolton shot off the line after it had got past Ted Ditchburn, so the game went into extra time, which was played after the first game in this time. Seven minutes in, Len Duquemin hit the first goal of the game in his first FA Cup match. The striker had to power through the muddy pitch and went past two defenders before shooting across Bolton keeper Hanson. Freddie Cox's cross provided Duquemin with the opportunity to head home a second in the closing minute of the game to see Tottenham to victory by diving head-long into the mud to score. Teams : |
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25.02.1935 |
The second replay was held at Villa Park and a crowd of 26,692 turned out to see the tie finally decided in Bolton's favour. Goals from Ray Westwood and George Walton gave the Trotters a passage through to the sixth round. Teams : |
20.02.1935 |
The replay at Burnden Park went to extra time, but it failed to separate the two sides once more. Tottenham once more went ahead, with George Hunt netting, but it was Ray Westwood who took the tie to a third match with the equalising goal. Teams : |
16.02.1935 |
A Fifth Round FA Cup tie at White Hart Lane ended all square with a goal apiece. Both teams changed their kits for the match, with Spurs wearing navy blue and white hooped shirts with navy shorts, while Bolton sported red shirts and white shorts. But it was the Lilywhites who took the lead, with Willie Evans scoring, only for Bolton's Jack Atkinson equalising to salvage a replay. Teams : |
06.02.1928 | A Division One
meeting saw Wanderers head home North with the two points thanks to two
goals from John Smith, with Jimmy Armstrong scoring Tottenham's goal.
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04.02.1925 |
The Third Round FA Cup replay saw Spurs triumph 1-0 at Burnden Park. It was Billy Lane of Tottenham, scoring his first goal for the club in the first team, that won Spurs a place in the Third Round. But it was Fred Hinton, who was playing against his former team, who was the star of the show, with a series of important stops that kept a clean sheet for Spurs. Teams : |
31.01.1925 |
Spurs hosted Bolton in the FA Cup Second Round at the Lane and the visitors went ahead after 20 minutes, with Ted Vizard's run down the left ending with a pass to John Smith, who laid the ball on for Joe Smith to hit an immediate shot past Fred Hinton in the Tottenham goal. Spurs had to wait until the 72nd minute to level things, when Jimmy Seed headed home a perfect corner from Jimmy Dimmock from the corner of the six yard box to earn a draw and take the game to Burnden Park for a replay. Teams : |
30.08.1924 |
The
opening day fixture at White Hart Lane saw a penalty from Tom Clay put
Tottenham ahead, while Alex Lindsay and Harry Hargreaves scored to give
Spurs a 3-0 win. Teams : |
29.09.1923 | This Division One
encounter at Burnden Park saw Bolton come out as victors with a 3-1 win
just a week after the goal-less meeting in North London.
Spurs' goal came from Alex Lindsay, while Bolton went on to win with David Jack scoring twice and John Smith grabbing the other goal. Teams : |
22.09.1923 | Spurs drew 0-0 with Bolton
Wanderers in Division One at White Hart Lane.
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18.12.1920 | Spurs
beat Bolton 5-2 at the Lane with Bert Bliss 2, Jimmy Seed, Jimmy Dimmock
and Jimmy Cantrell completing the Spurs scoring, as Bolton scored
through Joe Smith and Walter Rowley in this First Division match. Teams : |
03.04.1915 |
Spurs took the points in their meeting with Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane as Bert Bliss hit a First Division hat-trick. Jimmy Cantrell scored a fourth Tottenham goal, while two goals from Joe Smith restored some respectability to the score-line in what was the club's last win of the season that saw them relegated to Division Two and when World War I was declared, the London Football Combination. DivisionTeams : |
20.04.1912 | Spurs squeaked a 1-0 home
victory in their last home Division One
game of the season against Bolton Wanderers.
The Trotters had arrived at the Lane with a record of seven wins in eight games and had only let one goal in during that run, but It was top scorer Billy Minter who scored the vital goal to give Spurs the two points. Teams : |
23.04.1910 | Having finished as Division Two
champions the season before, Bolton hosted the side who finished just
behind them, but this time in the top flight. By the time the two teams met at Burnden Park, Spurs were in the ascendancy, with Bolton struggling at the bottom of the Division one table. Spurs were fielding Tommy Lunn and Ernie Newman for the first time, but it was Percy Humphreys who got both goals in a 2-0 win for Tottenham, condemning the Trotters to an immediate return to the Second Division. Teams : |
11.12.1909 | The first Division One
meeting between the two sides finished all square at White Hart Lane.
Billy Minter had equalised Bert Baverstock's goal to get a point at White Hart Lane. Teams : |
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