spurs friendly match reports from 1984 - 1997
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03.08.1996 | Reading (away)
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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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26.05.1995 | Moving onto
Singapore Spurs met Singapore Lions, with Darren Anderton's goal enough
to earn a a 1-1 draw.
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24.05.1995 | Spurs
then visited China for a match against Guangzhou and a double-strike
from Teddy Sheringham saw off the home team 2-1.
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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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01.08.1993 | The final of the Makita
pre-season tournament took place at White Hart Lane, with Chelsea
beating Spurs 3-1 with a Tony Cascarino hat-trick for the Pensioners. Spurs - ; , , ,
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31.07.1993 | Spurs beat Lazio,
including Paul Gascoigne, 3-2 in the Makita pre-season tournament took
at White Hart Lane. Colin Calderwood was among the scorers hitting the first goal against the Serie A side. Spurs - ; , , ,
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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
through Vinny Samways' goal. Teams : |
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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03.08.1990 | Derry City hosted Spurs in
a pre-season friendly, with a 3-0 win coming for the visitors at
Brandywell in a sparking first half performance. All the goals came in the first half for Tottenham, but not before Derry City had caused a shock when it looked as though they had taken the lead, only for their goal to be disallowed for offside. After 13 minutes, Spurs moved the ball up the right side, with Gary Lineker returned a pass to Paul Gascoigne over the head of a defender. The goalkeeper closed Gazza down, but with a cross to the middle being cleared back to him, laying on the floor, he managed to pass the ball to Paul Stewart, who scored from close range. Shortly after, Stewart crossed from the left wing to find Gascoigne at the far post, where he nodded the ball to Lineker in the middle and the striker chested the ball and as it came down, struck a volley past the goalkeeper from six yards out. David Howells' cross from the right found Stewart's chest and he beat the advancing keeper from 10 yards to make it 3-0. Paul Stewart could have claimed a hat-trick from the penalty spot after Bergsson broke into the box and was brought down. The former Manchester City man's weak shot was easily saved by Dalton, who dropped to his right and easily held the ball. The start of the second half saw Lineker go close when he came in from the right and his shot went through the keeper, but was cleared away before it got to the line. Tottenham's only moment of concern came when Nayim skied a clearance and Bobby Mimms had to push the ball onto his crossbar. Teams : |
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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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06.11.1989 | Tottenham won
5-2 in Paul Ramsey's Testimonial against a Leicester City side at
Filbert Street. Two goals each from Paul Gascoigne and Paul
Stewart and one from Steve Sedgley gave Spurs the win. Teams : |
13.08.1989 | Hosts
Atletico Madrid were Tottenham's second
opponents in the 17th Trofeo Villa de Madrid tournament at the Vicente
Calderon stadium 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 : |
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10.08.1989 | SK Brann Bergen were Tottenham's
hosts in this pre-season friendly with Gary Lineker's brace giving Spurs
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08.08.1989 | A 5-1 win at
Viking Stavanger came courtesy of goals from Paul Stewart, a Terry
Fenwick penalty, Paul Gascoigne and two goals for Gary Lineker.
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06.08.1989 | A feisty
friendly at Ibrox in 1989 saw Glasgow Rangers field new signings Mo
Johnston and Trevor Steven as the home side won by a single goal.
There was a flahspoint between Ian Ferguson and Gazza and Johnston also had a heated confrontation, but the only goal of the game was scored by Steven from distance. Gary Stevens cut inside from the right and squared for the midfielder to bend a left foot drive into the bottom corner beyond Erik Thorstvedt. Teams : |
01.08.1989 | Swindon Town
visited Tottenham's Mill Hill training ground for a pre-season friendly
and won 1-0.
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28.07.1989 | Spurs welcomed
Bournemouth to Mill Hill and beat them 6-0 in a pre-season friendly.
The goals came from Paul Walsh, Paul Stewart, Paul Gascoigne and a
hat-trick from David Howells. Teams : |
25.07.1989 | The second
game of Tottenham's short Irish tour took place at Musgrave Park where
Spurs beat Cork City 3-0 with Gary Mabbutt, Paul Gascoigne and Gary
Lineker finding the net.
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23.07.1989 | The opening
match of the Spurs two game tour of Ireland saw them take Bohemians and
Tottenham won 2-0 at Dalymount Park. Paul Stewart and Paul Walsh
were the Tottenham scorers. Teams : |
29.07.1989 |
Fulham were Tottenham's first pre-season opponents as the Cottagers were
beaten 3-1 at Mill Hill training ground.
David Howells scored twice and Paul Moran once as Tottenham enjoyed a
winning start in this warm-up game. Teams : |
03.04.1989 | Steve Gritt's
Testimonial ended in a 3-2 win for Charlton Athletic at the Valley. The home team took the lead with Paul Williams scoring but Paul Stewart's cross provided the chance for Paul Walsh to head Tottenham level before Stewart turned the game in our favour firing home after a strong run with the ball. It only took a minute for Steve Mackenzie to make it 2-2 and then he gave Charlton the lead with a good shot. However, right on before half time Paul Stewart finished off Paul Allen's good approach work to make it 3-3 and allowing the crowd to get their breath back in the interval. Stewart was hoping for a hat-trick when Nayim was brought down in the box and although he hit the 50th minute spot-kick well, the keeper saved it and that allowed an 82nd minute goal from Mike Flanagan to settle the match in Charlton's favour as he made it 4-3. Teams : Charlton - , , , , , , Steve Mackenzie, , , Paul Williams, . Sub. not used : Spurs - Erik Thorstvedt, Guy Butters, Chris Hughton, Gudni Bergsson, Gary Mabbutt, Nayim, David Howells (Gary Stevens), Paul Allen (Jason Cook), Brian Statham (Andy Theodosiou), Paul Stewart, Paul Walsh (Richie Johnston) Attendance : - 1,762 |
04.03.1989 | Clive Allen's
transfer to Bordeuax included a condition for a friendly to be played at
White Hart Lane between the two clubs and the French side won out 2-1. Jean-Marc Ferreri put Bordeaux ahead a minute before half-time, with the lead extended by the ex-Spurs striker Allen with 65 minutes gone. Gary Mabbutt scored a consolation goal for Spurs eight minutes from time with a powerful shot from 20 yards out. Teams : |
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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 : |
21.08.1988 | West Ham
United staged a testimonial for Alvin Martin with Spurs the opposition,
which was won by the Upton Park side 2-0.
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16.08.1988 | Spurs visited
Chelsea for a Testimonial for Colin Pates with a match ending in a 0-0
draw.
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14.08.1988 | Tottenham's
second game in the Wembley International tournament ended in a second
defeat, losing out 1-2 to AC Milan with Terry Fenwick the Tottenham
scorer.
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13.08.1988 | Spurs suffered
a 4-0 defeat by Arsenal in the pre-season Wembley International
Tournament.
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07.08.1988 | Dundee United drew 1-1 with
Spurs at Tannadice in David Narey's Testimonial. The Terrors were hampered by early injuries to Jim McInally and Paul Sturrock, but took the lead against the run of play when Mixu Paatelainen headed a cross back for Alex Cleland to drive low past Bobby Mimms eight minutes after half-time. With twenty minutes until the end of the game, the impressive on the day Paul Walsh closed down Dave Bowman, who was panicked, hitting Dave Narey with his clearance with the ball bouncing off the defender and past Billy Thomson to level the score.. Teams : |
02.08.1988 |
Another draw signalled
the end of Tottenham's Swedish pre-season tour, with Jonkopings holding
Spurs 1-1 with the Spurs goal coming from Chris Waddle. Teams : |
31.07.1988 |
Tottenham were held to a
1-1 draw by GAIS, with Paul Walsh scoring the Tottenham goal. Teams : |
28.07.1988 |
Two goals from Terry
Fenwick - one a penalty - and a Paul Moran goal earned Spurs a 3-0 win
at Trelleborgs FF. Teams : |
26.07.1988 |
The start of Tottenham's
pre-season programme saw a 4-1 away win against a
Vederslov/Danningelanda IF XI with a hat-trick from Paul Walsh and a
Paul Stewart penalty easing Spurs to a comfortable win. Teams : |
28.03.1988 | Manchester
United provided the opposition for Spurs at White Hart Lane for the
Danny Thomas Benefit match, with the young full-back's career ended by a
rash tackle in a match against QPR. It was an unusual Spurs team that took to the field, with some guest players Kenny Dalglish and John Barnes turning out for Danny, but they could not stop United winning 3-2 with goals from Gordon Strachan (2) and Peter Davenport. The Spurs goals were scored by Steves Archibald and Hodge. 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 : |
02.08.1986 | Former Spurs midfielder
Graeme Souness brought his new look Glasgow Rangers side to White Hart
Lane for Paul Miller's testimonial. Around 8,000 Rangers fans made the trip south to London and Chris Woods and Avi Cohen watched from the stand before joining the Scottish side. Nicky Walker put in an excellent display of goalkeeping. Rangers opened the scoring with Davie Cooper crossing for Cammy Fraser to head home from close range early in the match. The visitors had spent £2,000,000 on new players in pre-season 1986 and it needed the appearance of Spurs substitutes Glenn Hoddle, Gary Stevens and Chris Waddle to gain a second half equaliser through Clive Allen. Teams : |
09.05.1986 | Brentford
Away Lost 3-4 Denis
Salman's Testimonial .
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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 : |
06.04.1986 |
There was a small turn-out as 12,665 fans were inside Ibrox to see Jock
Wallace’s Glasgow Rangers beaten 2-0 by Spurs in this end of season
friendly. Centre forward Derek Ferguson had an early header cleared off the line by Danny Thomas and Iain Ferguson fired in a shot that was deflected wide of the post. However, after starting the match brightly, what followed was a poor game in which John Chiedozie scored the opener following a Peter McCloy mistake and the second scored at the back post by Paul Allen. Teams : |
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04.08.1984 | Spurs made the short trip
to Enfield Town for a pre-season friendly at Southbury Road, taking a
surprise trialist in Argentinian World Cup winner Mario Kempes who
played in a 7-0 win for the Lilywhites. Tottenham scored through Garth Crooks (4), Gary Stevens, Micky Hazard and Garry Brooke, while Kempes was content to stay on the periphery of the game, which may have cost him his chance of a deal with Tottenham. Teams : |