spurs friendly match reports from 1984 - 1997
[this page is under-going construction - please bear with MEHSTG as we try to complete this mammoth task for all our opponents.]
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here.
For friendly matches after 1997 - 2012, click
here.
For friendly matches from
2013 - , click here.
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| 25.07.1996 | Spurs travelled to
South-East Norway for a pre-season tour match against Odd
Grenland.
Odd went ahead after 52 minutes and fifteen minutes later, Ronny Rosenthal equalised, but it was to no avail, as Odd scored a winner three minutes before the end of the match. Teams : |
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| 30.07.1995 | Steaua Bucharest were the
opponents for Spurs as the sides played off for 3rd and 4th place in the
Ibrox International tournament at the home of Glasgow Rangers. Young winger Andy Turner scored in the 12th minute to put Tottenham ahead and the lead was doubled when Darren Caskey fired in the second Spurs goal. Steaua striker Daniel Vladoiu hit back before the break with a 35th minute goal and then drew the Romanians level ten minutes after the half-time interval. In a stunning comeback, Damian Militaru scored the winner for Bucharest after 63 minutes. Teams : |
| 29.07.1995 | Spurs lost out to Sampdoria
0-2, managed by Sven Goran-Eriksson, in their opening match of the Ibrox
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| 21.05.1995 | Spurs took part in the
Euro-Asia Challenge tournament, at the end of a long hard season, along
with Hong Kong Rangers, Arsenal and our opponents the Eastern/Kitchee
Select XI. Tottenham eased to a big win, but were shocked by a sixth minute opener by the home side. Spurs stepped up a gear to score goals from Jurgen Klinsmann 2, Darren Anderton, Nick Barmby 2, David Kerslake and Jason Dozzell before the Select XI got a consolation after the Spurs scoring had ended. Injury to our German striker meant that he had to return home for treatment and that was his last appearance for Spurs in his first spell at the club. Teams : |
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| 15.02.1994 | Spurs travelled to Jerez de
la Frontera in Spain to play Atletico Madrid in a mid-season friendly. After nine minutes, Steve Sedgley put Tottenham ahead, but Atletico's Kosecki equalised in the 14th minute. Ronny Rosenthal was downed in the area and the resulting penalty was converted successfully by Andy Gray with 58 minutes gone, which was enough to win the game. Teams : |
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| 20.10.1992 | Lazio finished off the job
at White Hart Lane, with a 2-0 victory that took the Capital Cup.
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| 23.09.1992 | Lazio were the hosts as
Tottenham took them on in the first leg of the Capital Cup - a
competition staged by the London radio station as a way of arranging two
friendlies between the sides as part of the deal for Paul Gascoigne to
move to Rome.
It was Gazza's first game after recovering from his 1991 FA Cup Final injury and the midfielder chose the ideal time to score his first goal for his new club !! Stroppa and Neri added goals in a 3-0 win to take to White Hart Lane for the second leg. Teams : |
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| 10.08.1992 | Spurs were on the end of a
2-4 defeat at Portsmouth at Fratton Park in their final pre-season
friendly. Two goals from Vinny Samways were not enough against a determined Pompey side. Teams : |
| 08.08.1992 | Neil Ruddock scored the
only goal in Nigel Gibbs' Testimonial against Watford at Vicarage Road. Teams : |
| 05.08.1992 | Sunderland celebrated their
City status with this match, but Tottenham celebrated a 3-0 win on the
ground of the Black Cats.
A Darren Anderton hat-trick, which included a penalty saw Spurs ease to a good pre-season victory. Teams : |
| 03.08.1992 | A pre-season friendly
against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns ended with Spurs winning
2-1, with Nayim and John Hendry on the score-sheet for Tottenham. Teams : |
| 01.08.1992 | Glenavon hosted Spurs in
Northern Ireland for a pre-season friendly that Tottenham won 1-0
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| 29.07.1992 | Spurs went to the South
Coast to play Brighton and the friendly ended 1-1 with a goals coming in
each half.
When Walsh was sent away on the left, he cut into the penalty area and a foul was given when Neil Ruddock slid in to tackle. Walsh got up to take the penalty and send Erik Thorstvedt the wrong way from the spot. After the break Spurs stepped up their game, with Andy Turner firing in a shot, then Darren Anderton's effort was saved, but the ball dropped kindly for Vinny Samways to tuck it away for the equaliser. Teams : |
| 25.07.1992 | Spurs met Hearts in a
pre-season friendly and while Craig Levein scored for the home side, two
goals from Gordon Durie, one from the penalty spot, earned Spurs a
narrow win as they warmed up for the new season.
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| 25.07.1992 | Spurs played a training
ground friendly against Gillingham at Spurs Lodge and won 2-0, with the
goals scored by from Andy Turner and Paul Allen.
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| 20.07.1992 | Spurs Lodge hosted a
friendly against Reading that ended 3-1 to Tottenham, with goals from
Darren Anderton, John Hendry and Paul Stewart.
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| 10.11.1991 | A Memorial match for the
late Cyril Knowles was held at White Hart Lane featured a game between
re-union sides of Spurs and Arsenal from 1971, which ended in a 0-0
draw, but the main game saw a Spurs side of 1981 take on their 1991
counterparts. The side of '91 went 2-0 up with Vinny Samways and Scott Houghton scoring, but they were pegged back by the '81 team, as Terry Gibson and Mark Falco were on target. Teams : |
| 05.06.1991 | The second game of the
Kirin Cup took place in the port of Nagoya in Japan against the Thailand
National XI. Another young side was fielded against the Thai team and Spurs won out with Matthew Edwards and John Hendry scoring to give Tottenham a 2-1 victory. Teams : |
| 02.06.1991 | Tottenham faced Brazilian
opposition in Japan in the shape of Vasco da Gama in the Kirin Cup. The game ended in a goal-less draw, with a young Spurs team holding a star-studded Gama side. Teams : |
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| 13.08.1990 | Tottenham's visit to
Tynecastle to play Heart of Midlothian ended all square with goals from
Wayne Foster an David Howells cancelling each other out.
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| 01.05.1990 | Billy Bingham brought his Northern
Ireland side (including some qualified Spurs players who had not
featured for the national side previously) to White Hart Lane to meet an
all-star Spurs team in Danny Blanchflower's benefit match. David Howells opened the scoring in the 13th minute, but Ireland got level when Kevin Wilson hit the net in the 20th minute. Three minutes before the interval, Paul Gascoigne entered into the light-hearted nature of the match with a successful penalty, taken with a right foot shot from behind his left standing leg !! Teams : |
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| 13.08.1989 | Hosts
Atletico Madrid were Tottenham's second
opponents in the 17th Trofeo Villa de Madrid tournament and ended our
interests in the competition with a 1-0 win with Marina scoring the only
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| 11.08.1989 | Spurs faced Dinamo
Bucharest in the 17th Trofeo Villa de Madrid tournament played at the
Vicente Calderon stadium of Atletico Madrid. Sabau gave Dinamo the lead in the 12th minute, but 12 minutes later, David Howells equalised with a shot from the left corner of the penalty area. Paul Gascoigne set up Paul Stewart in injury time, but Stelea made a fine save to keep the score level, but from the save, Vaiscovici hit Spurs on the break to give Bucharest the lead at the break. Into the second half, Gudni Bergsson was penalised for a push on Vaiscovici, giving Raducioiu the opportunity to score from the spot and wrap up a 3-1 win in a tempestuous match which saw Paul Walsh and four Dinamo players booked and a red card for Paul Stewart in the 81st minute after a flare-up with defender Klein. As a "count-back" in the event of a tie on points in the tournament, Dinamo also won a penalty shoot out after the game 6-5, with Tottenham's penalties converted by Terry Fenwick, Paul Moran, Guy Butters, Gary Mabbutt and Ian Hendon. Mark Robson hit the post with the third Tottenham spot-kick and Andone had also struck the woodwork for Bucharest. Teams : |
| 10.08.1989 | SK Brann Bergen were Tottenham's
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| 17.01.1989 | As part of Glenn Hoddle's
move to Monaco, Tottenham played a mid-season friendly on a cold
Saturday afternoon. It was two
and a half year's after he departed and could not take part in the game,
as he was injured, but Tottenham's only glimmer of light on a dank
evening was when John Moncur converted a penalty following a foul on
Nayim. Goals from Youssouf Fofana, Mark Hateley and Jean-Marc Ferratge secured a 3-1 win for Arsene Wenger's team. Teams : |
| 20.08.1986 | Spurs won third place in
the Trofeo Juan Gamper tournament in Barcelona with a 2-1 win over AC
Milan.
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| 19.08.1986 | Spurs met PSV Eindhoven in
the Trofeo Juan Gamper tournament at the Nou Camp stadium on a Tuesday
evening in Barcelona. Striker Mark Falco gave Tottenham a 35th minute lead when he headed home Mitchell Thomas' cross past Hans van Breukelen, but an own goal by Paul Miller just before the half-time whistle saw Gerard Vanenburg's cross provide the equaliser. With no score in the second half, the game had to be decided by penalties and the Dutch side won 4-3 with goals from Ronald Koeman, Jurrie Koolhof, Frank Arnesen and Willy van der Kerkhof and a miss by Ruud Gullit, while Spurs scored from the spot with attempts from Chris Waddle, Richard Gough and Gary Stevens, with Glenn Hoddle and Paul Allen being unsuccessful. Teams : |
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| 01.05.1986 | Ossie Ardiles' Benefit
match brought exotic opposition in the shape of Internazionale of Milan,
but of more interest to the Spurs crowd was the appearance of Diego
Maradona in a Tottenham shirt.
His attendance ensured a sell-out crowd that put the kick-off back to allow everyone in and the game featured a feast of skill with Maradona and Hoddle linking up like they had played together all their lives. Mark Falco gave Tottenham an early lead and Liam Brady equalised for Inter, but Clive Allen hit a late winner for Spurs, for whom Ardiles could only play a few minutes, being restricted by his knee injury. Teams : |
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