spurs v crystal palace match reports

 

22.01.2005 Premier League.  For match report, click here.
28.12.2004 Premier League.  For match report, click here.
03.01.2004 FA Cup Third Round.  For match report, click here.
28.03.1998 Premier League.  For match report, click here.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker; Carr (Howells), Vega, Campbell, Wilson (Vega 26); Calderwood, Berti, Fox (Dominguez), Saib (Brady); Klinsmann, Armstrong
Subs not used : Baardsen, Mabbutt
Crystal Palace -  Miller; Edworthy, , , ; , , , ; Lombardo, Shipperley
Subs not used :  , , , 
Ref. : -  Mike Reed (West Midlands)
Attendance : -  26,116

24.11.1997 Neil Shipperley's 57th minute goal won this Premier League match for Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane, with new manager in waiting Christian Gross watching from the stands.  

Daren Anderton went close twice in the early stages, with Kevin Miller making a number of good saves for Palace.  A 52nd minute stop from Sinton was the best of the bunch and after the goal, Ginola, Iversen and Nielsen all had opportunities to score, but could not breach the packed Palace defence.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker; Carr, Scales, Campbell, Edinburgh (Vega 26); Sinton, Clemence, Anderton (Nielsen 66), Ginola; Ferdinand, Iversen (R. Allen 66)
Subs not used : Baardsen, Dominguez
Crystal Palace -  Miller; Edworthy, Hreidarsson, Linighan, Gordon; Roberts, Warhurst, Rodger, Dyer; Padovano (Veart 80), Shipperley
Subs not used :  Nash, Davies, Zohar, Emblen
Ref. : -  Paul Durkin (Dorset)
Attendance : -  25,634

14.04.1997

A draw was the result of a fairly matched game, where Palace had the best of the first fifteen minutes, while Spurs dominated the rest of the first half.  Wilmot was kept busy in the Palace goal, but the home side took the lead just before the break.  On 42 minutes, a Young header was not properly cleared and Chris Armstrong drove a 20-yarder low into the bottom left hand corner of the net.

Spurs survived Ian Cox's shot that ended up in the side-netting with ten minutes left and with two minutes left on the clock, a free-kick was given just outside the box and Jurgen Klinsmann hit the dead ball over the wall and past Wilmot for a late equaliser.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Wilmot, Patterson, Gordon, Southgate, Young, Shaw, Pitcher (Newman), Houghton, Armstrong, Dowie, Salako (Cox.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Walker, Austin, Calderwood, Mabbutt, Edinburgh, Popescu, Rosenthal, Barmby, Sheringham, Anderton, Klinsmann
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  18,149

14.04.1995 Although Jurgen Klinsmann twice tested goalkeeper Rhys Wilmot, it was Palace striker Chris Armstrong who put the home side ahead with a 41st minute shot, after a ball had not been cleared properly.  It was Klinsmann, who had been Tottenham's main threat, who scored the equaliser with just three minutes remaining, when he curled a free-kick on the edge of the box around the wall and in off the goalpost for a share of the points.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Wilmot, Armstrong, .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Klinsmann
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  18,149

27.12.1994 A goal-less draw saw both teams playing their second game in consecutive days and perhaps the performances reflected that as one Premiership point each was all that was taken from this encounter.

A 33rd minute Sheringham shot was well tipped over the bar by Nigel Martyn, with Howells pulling a shot to bring Martyn into action again, while Anderton shot over.  The best chance for Palace saw Ricky Newman go close.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker, Austin, Campbell, Popescu, Mabbutt, Calderwood, Barmby (Rosenthal 46), Howells (Nethercott 83), Anderton, Sheringham, Klinsmann
Subs not used :  Day
Crystal Palace -  Martyn, Shaw, Southgate, Coleman, Gordon, Pitcher, Newman, Patterson, Bowry, Armstrong, Salako (Paul Williams 28).
Subs not used :  Wilmot, Humphrey
Attendance : -  27,730

30.01.1993 .

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  29,937

22.08.1992 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  25,237

16.02.1992 Division One.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  19,834

22.12.1991 .

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  22,491

17.04.1991 .

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  26,285

22.09.1990

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Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  34,859

03.03.1990 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  26,181

18.11.1989 .

Teams : 
Crystal Palace - 
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  26,366

31.01.1987

A FA Cup Fourth Round tie which was fought out in a derby atmosphere ended up as a comfortable win for Tottenham.

Eagles midfielder Andy Rray had an opportunity to put his side ahead on six minutes, but, released by Finnigan and clean through on goal, he blazed over the top.  Gary Mabbutt pounced on Clive Allen's stabbed effort towards goal George Wood's fumble to Hoddle's corner and gave Tottenham a 28th minute lead.  Former Spurs defender Gary O'Reilly stuck in an own goal six minutes after to add to our lead, following good work from Clive Allen, Waddle and Hoddle. 

Tottenham had to wait until the 80th minute for Clive Allen to make it 3-0 from a penalty on 80 minutes awarded for a trip on Waddle, while substitute Nico Claesen added a fourth goal right at the end of the game. 

Teams : 
Spurs -  Clemence, D. Thomas, Mabbutt, Gough, M. Thomas, Hoddle, Hodge, P. Allen (Stevens), Waddle, Galvin (Claesen), C. Allen
Crystal Palace -  Wood, Stebbing, Brush (Higginbottom), Cannon, O'Reilly, Taylor, A. Gray, Ketteridge, Barber, Bright,  Finnigan
Subs not used : Nebbeling

Attendance : -  29,603

12.11.1980

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Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : - 25,
777  

06.10.1980 Extra time goals from Ricardo Villa and Garth Crooks saw Tottenham through this Third round League Cup replay.  

Clive Allen had scored a penalty for the home side and Glenn Hoddle netting for Spurs to take the match into an extra half hour, where the two strikes took Spurs further in the competition.  

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Gerry Francis, .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Hoddle, Ardiles, Villa, Crooks
Subs not used : 
Attendance : - 26,409

19.08.1980

A cracking game saw Spurs triumph over Terry Venables talented young side at Selhurst Park.  

Spurs ran into a two goal lead, before Vince Hilaire pulled a goal back for Palace, but Tottenham scored a third before the interval.  Neil Smillie seized on some loose defending to make it 3-2 and then a bizarre incident occurred.  Crooks fouled Hilaire, who stood up and hit the first person he saw, who happened to be the referee, who had not option but to send him off.

Spurs made the extra man pay by taking a 4-2 lead, although the home side continued to go forward and scored a consolation goal through Jim Cannon near the end of the game.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Cannon, Hilaire, Smillie.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Hoddle, Ardiles, Villa, Archibald, Crooks
Subs not used : 
Attendance : - 27,841

17.12.1977

This Division Two derby ended up all square with Terry Venables' Palace side worth their point.

Although Tottenham dominated the match, they were unable to put Palace away and even Hoddle's early goal, driven home from inside the area after Lee's headed pass did not deter the visitors, who pulled the goal back through Dave Swindlehurst moments later.  Hoddle netted a rare header from Peter Taylor's in-swinging free-kick, but once more Swindlehurst regained parity as the half-time break approached.

In the second period, Pratt and McAllister hit the woodwork, Burns saved with his legs from Taylor, while Daines had to be on his mettle to save from Silkman to protect the point we took from the match at the end.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Daines, Naylor, McAllister, Osgood, Hoddle, Perryman, Pratt, McNab, Lee, Taylor, Duncan
Subs not used : Armstrong
Crystal Palace -  Burns, Cannon, Hinshelwood, Gerry Francis, Silkman, Swindlehurst, .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  34,211
Ref. : - M. V. Sinclair (Surrey)

12.11.1977

A pulsating match between two London sides finished with a useful two Second Division points for Spurs.

John Duncan almost directed a ball into the goalmouth into the net in the seventh minute, before Palace started pushing forward.  It was in the fortieth minute that Tottenham went ahead, with Terry Naylor's cross ending in a towering jump and Duncan's crashing header bouncing down off the bar and Ian Moores forcing the rebound over the goal-line.

The lead didn't last long, as Rachid Harkouk put the Eagles level two minutes after the interval getting the ball past Daines when Kenny Samson's swerving low cross caused problems for the Spurs defence.  This did not deter Tottenham and Duncan was on the mark in the 58th minute as he finished off a goalmouth scramble in which Peter Taylor took a loose ball away from keeper Tony Burns.  Duncan was denied by a point blank save from Burns a little later as Spurs kept up the pressure on the home side and held out at the other end for the win.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Burns, Samson, Cannon (c), Harkouk.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Daines, Naylor, Osgood, Holmes, Perryman (c), Pratt, Hoddle, McNab (G. Armstrong), Moores, J. Duncan, P. Taylor
Attendance : -  40,277

09.09.1972

Spurs came through this game 2-1 despite scoring all three goals !!

Martin Peters with a penalty and Mike England had given Spurs a two goal lead, but with seconds remaining, Alan Gilzean chested a pass down and chipped the ball to Cyril Knowles.  Knowles then did the same to Jennings to run time down, but unfortunately, the ball sailed over the keeper's head and into the net for Palace's consolation goal, which drew uncomplimentary comment from Bill Nicholson in the dressing room.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear (Pearce 29), England, Naylor, Knowles, Pratt, Perryman, Coates, Peters, Gilzean, Chivers
Crystal Palace -  J. Jackson, Payne, Roffey, Kellanrd, McCormick, Blyth, Pinkney, Tambling (Craven 46), Wallace, Jenkins, Taylor.
Attendance : - 28,545

01.01.1972

Gerry Queen scored for Palace and Martin Chivers for Spurs to leave honours even at Selhurst Park.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Queen.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Chivers
Attendance : -   35,
571 

24.04.1971

Spurs had taken a 1-0 lead through Steve Perryman and the game was petering out until Mel Blyth stepped in.

Believing he had heard a whistle for a free-kick against a team-mate, he was not happy and in an attempt to allow his side time to organise, he punted the ball away, only to see it drift over keeper John Jackson's head and for the referee to be running back to the centre circle indicating a second goal for Spurs !!.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Knowles, England, Perryman, Gilzean, Chivers
Sub not used : 
Crystal Palace -  Jackson, Blyth, .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : - 28,619
Ref. : - John Gow (Swansea)

19.09.1970

Spurs strolled to a victory against Palace at Selhurst Park on a hot day after playing in midweek.

Thirty minutes into the match, Spurs created a good goal with Chivers heading home Knowles' pin-point cross.  However, the home side fought hard to stay in the game and it was only half way through the second half that Alan Mullery fired Spurs into a 2-0 lead.

The final goal started with Ken Hancock in goal, who threw the ball out to Gilzean.  It was moved on to Perryman and Peters, who passed through to Chivers, who slammed in a third goal for Tottenham.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Hancock, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce (Johnson) 
Attendance : -  41,
308 

28.01.1970

One of the greatest nights in Palace's history ended with a 1-0 win in this FA Cup Fourth Round replay over the star-studded Tottenham side.

Tottenham forced the early pace, but the chances that were created were not converted and home striker Gerry Queen scored the only goal of the match with a glancing header in the 59th minute to put Palace through to the Fifth Round.  

After the match, manager Bill Nicholson slammed his players and ended up dropping many of them for the following game, with Jimmy Greaves never playing for Tottenham again.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  
Spurs -  
Attendance : -  45,980

24.01.1970

The match at the Fourth Round stage of the FA Cup saw Palace hold Tottenham 0-0 at White Hart Lane.

A heavy pitch following days of rain bogged play down and Palace settled quicker, with Jackson and John Sewell making Jennings save their efforts.  At the opposite end, Gilzean drew a low save from John Jackson.  

A late surge by Spurs followed Morgan's effort being hacked away from in front of the goal, Greaves got a shot over the bar and Gilzean's header was kicked off the line by Sewell.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Pearce (Chivers), Greaves, Gilzean, Perryman, Morgan
Crystal Palace -  John Jackson, Sewell, Loughlan, Payne, McCormick, Blyth, Taylor, Hoy (Hoadley), Hynd, Queen, Cliff Jackson 
Attendance : -  43,948

26.12.1969

Alan Mullery gave Spurs a great start with a headed goal from Neil Johnson's cross after just six minutes, leaving Palace reeling.   18 year old Steve Perryman added to the lead on 37 minutes with his first league goal for Spurs, having been set up by Jimmy Greaves' pass to grab the two points in this Division One match.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Mullery, Perryman, Greaves
Subs not used : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  32,
845  

23.08.1969

Goals from Jimmy Pearce and Martin Chivers gave Spurs a 2-0 win at Selhurst Park.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -   Pearce, Chivers
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  39,
494  

12.01.1924

Second Division Crystal Palace took this First Round FA Cup tie with a 2-0 win on their own ground, although another nearby game caused a smaller than expected crowd to turn out.

Defences were mostly on top in the opening exchanges, with Whitworth going close for Palace, while Spurs forced two saves from goalkeeper Alderson. However, Morgan gave Palace the lead with a header in the first half and added another after the break, being set up by Roy McCracken and Albert Harry.  The latter blazed over the top shortly after and Tottenham's only riposte was a shot by Grimsdell that went close, as the game progressed as the heavy pitch cut up further.

Palace finished strongly, with Hand and Hoddinott having shots and Maddison making a fine save from Whitworth near the end, to ensure there was no way back for Spurs of the First Division, especially s they finished the match with ten men after Grimsdell limped off the pitch.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Alderson, Greener, Whitworth, Hand, Hoddinott, Harry, Morgan, McCracken.
Spurs -  Maddison, Lindsay, Elkes, Grimsdell, Walden
Attendance : - 17
,000  

05.04.1919

This London Combination match saw the match end all square at 2-2.

Spurs went into the game at Selhurst without winger Fanny Walden and Charlie Rance, but Billy Minter gave Spurs the lead after 25 minutes, then Palace defender Bartlett mis-kicked allowing Jimmy Elliott net past Alderson from 30 yards to make it 2-0.  The home side pulled a goal back just before the interval when Edmunds scored and the point was gained when Smith scored a penalty given for handball in a goalmouth melee.

Teams : 
Crystal Palace -  Alderson, Fisher, Bartlett, Booth, Bates, Cracknel, Bateman, Kimpton, Smith, Edmunds, Gilboy.
Spurs -   Jacques, Clay, Barton, Fraser, Grimsdell, Tomkins, Darnell, Minter, Elliott, Banks, Dockray
Attendance : -  10,
000 

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