spurs v ipswich town match reports

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Referee :  -  Alan Wiley (Burntwood)
Assistant Referees : -  Ceri Richards (Yellow flag); Alan Sheffield (Quartered flag)
Fourth official : -  Clive Wilkes
Match Observer : - Martin Bodenham

Match sponsor : Directa
Match ball sponsor : CASA (Sports) Soccer Limited
Programme sponsor : Petit Papillon Management Limited

08.03.1995 Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker, Edinburgh, Calderwood, Mabbutt, Austin, Howells (Caskey 84), Barmby, Rosenthal, Anderton, Sheringham, Klinsmann
Subs not used :  Thorstvedt, Nethercott
Ipswich -  Forrest, Yallop, Youds, Linighan, Thompson, Sedgley, Williams, Milton (Marshall 88), Tanner, Paz (Thomsen 88), Chapman.
Subs not used :  Morgan
Attendance : - 24,930
30.08.1994 .

Ipswich Town's former Spurs midfielder Steve Sedgley missed the match with a broken leg.

Teams : 
Ipswich Town -  .
Subs not used : 
Manager : John Lyall
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Manager : Ossie Ardiles
Attendance : - 22,559

Ref. : Rodger Gifford (Llanbradach, Mid-Glamorgan)
Linesmen : Mr. D. R. Crick; Mr. R. A. Smith
Reserve Official : Mr. S. G. Artis

Match ball sponsor : Snappy Snaps
Shirt sponsor : Fisons
Match sponsor : IntaBusiness Travel Limited
Kit suppliers : Umbro
Trainers bench sponsor : Intatravel
 

19.03.1994 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Ipswich -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : - 26,653

29.01.1994 FA Cup Round 4.

Teams : 
Ipswich -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Walker, Austin, Calderwood, Nethercott, Edinburgh, Samways, Caskey, Sedgley, Anderton, Barmby, Dozzell (Campbell)
Subs not used : Day, Kerslake
Attendance : - 22,539

26.09.1993 .

Teams : 
Ipswich -  Forrest, Stockwell, Wark, Linighan (c), Thompson, Williams, Mason, Guentchev, Milton, Whitton, Marshall.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Thorstvedt, Carr (Caskey), Campbell, Calderwood, Mabbutt (c), Samways, Sedgley, Anderton, Dozzell, Durie, Sheringham
Subs not used : Walker, Moran
Ref : - G. Ashby (Worcestershire)
Attendance : - 19,411

27.01.1993 Goals from Frank Yallop and Boncho Guentchev gave Ipswich Town victory in this Premier League match at White Hart Lane.

Justin Edinburgh headed off the Spurs goal-line and the ball was cleared out to 35 yards, but Frank Yallop hit a screamer back into the Tottenham net to give Ipswich the lead two minutes after half-time.  That lead was extended when Spurs were denied a free-kick in attack, leaving Ipswich to break away on the left and when the ball came in, Guentchev was at the far post to tap it into a vacant goal with 79 minutes gone.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Thorsvedt, Austin 
31  (van den Hauwe  78), Ruddock, Edinburgh, Mabbutt (c), P. Allen, Samways, Barmby, Durie (Howells 34  82), Anderton, Sheringham
Subs not used :  , ,
Ipswich -   Clive Baker, Phil Whelan, Gavin Johnson, Neil Thompson, Frank Yallop, Jason Dozzell 
25, Vlado Bozinovski  82, Geraint Williams, Boncho Guentchev, Chris Kiwomya.
Ref : -  Stephen Lodge (Barnsley)
Crowd : -  23,738

30.08.1992 A spectacular goal by Jason Cundy (his only strike for the club) earned Spurs a draw on their visit to Portman Road.

With all eyes on debutant Teddy Sheringham, Cundy stole the limelight when, with half an hour gone, he challenged with Jason Dozzell for a ball from an Ipswich Town throw-in on the half-way line and his contact lofted it into the air and over Craig Forrest in the Ipswich goal some 50 yards away !! 

Later in the first half, John Wark equalised with a goal when he looked offside to share the spoils.  He latched onto Geraint Williams' chip over the Spurs defence to lob the ball over Walker, but the point took Spurs off the bottom of the table.

Teams : 
Ipswich -  Craig Forrest, Phil Whelan  , Gavin Johnson, Neil Thompson, David Linighan  , Mick Stockwell, John Wark,
Geraint Williams, Jason Dozzell, Chris Kiwomya, Paul Goddard (Simon Milton 82).
Spurs - Walker, Austin, Edinburgh, Sedgley, Cundy, Ruddock, Anderton, Durie, Samways, Sheringham, P. Allen (A. Gray  79)
Subs not used : Thorstvedt, Fenwick
Ref : - Keith Hackett  (Sheffield)
Crowd : -  20,100

21.12.1985 Ipswich came to White Hart Lane one place off the bottom and left in a worse position after a 2-0 Spurs win.

Clive Allen's 20th minute opener came from a cute Hoddle pass that opened space for the prolific scorer to lob over Cooper's head.  Hoddle headed home a second shortly after, going in low to convert Falco's header down from a cross by Chris Waddle in the 59th minute.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Clemence, Thomas, Hughton, Mabbutt, Stevens, Perryman, Ardiles, Hoddle (P. Allen), Waddle, Falco, C. Allen 
Subs not used : 
Ipswich -  Cooper, Butcher, Dozzell, .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : - 19,411

24.08.1985 .

Teams : 
Ipswich -   , .
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , ,
Subs not used :  , ,
Ref : -  - (-)
Crowd : -   17,758

20.04.1985 Spurs has a setback in their pursuit of the top slot when Ipswich came to White Hart Lane and won 3-2.  Spurs scored twice through striker David Leworthy, but goals from midfielders Mark Brennan and an Eric gates penalty, were added to by one more from Alan Sunderland.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Leworthy
Subs not used : 
Ipswich - Brennan, Gates, Sunderland
Subs not used : 
Ref :  -
Attendance : -  20,348

17.11.1984 .

Teams : 
Ipswich -   , .
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , ,
Subs not used :  , ,
Ref : -  - (-)
Crowd : -   21,894

14.01.1984 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  Parks, Stevens, Roberts, Miller, Bowen, Perryman, Cooke, Galvin, Hoddle (Crooks), Falco, Archibald
Ipswich -   Sivell, Burley, Osman, Butcher, Gernon, Parkin, Wark, McCall, Putney (O'Callaghan), Gates, D'Avray.
Ref : -  Clive Thomas (-)
Crowd : -   25,832

27.08.1983 Two Eric Gates goals made this First Division match a tough for for Tottenham to come back into, but Steve Archibald netted to keep Spurs in with a chance of earning a draw, but ultimately, they were unable to catch the East Anglians,  who extended their lead through Paul Mariner in the final minute of the match.

Teams : 
Ipswich -   Cooper, Burley, Osman, Butcher, Gernon, Parkin (O'Callaghan), Wark, McCall, Putney, Gates, Mariner.
Spurs -  Clemence, Thomas, Mabbutt, Perryman, Hazard (Falco), Galvin, Roberts, Stevens, Hoddle, Brazil, Archibald
Ref :  -  M. Scott (-)
Attendance : -  26,185

16.04.1983 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , ,
Subs not used :  , ,
Ipswich -   , .
Ref : -  - (-)
Crowd : -   30,587

31.08.1982 .

Teams : 
Ipswich -   , .
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , ,
Subs not used :  , ,
Ref : -  - (-)
Crowd : -   23,224

17.05.1982 .

Teams : 
Ipswich -   , .
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , ,
Subs not used :  , ,
Ref : -  - (-)
Crowd : -   21,202

10.04.1982 Spurs had been on the end of a good kicking from Barcelona in midweek and Ipswich were sitting second in the League, so it was a surprise that Spurs won this one at White Hart Lane.  Clemence saved a John Wark penalty to give Spurs confidence to go on to take the points with a shot from Glenn Hoddle with just nine minutes remaining.

Teams : 
Spurs - Clemence, Hughton, Miller, Roberts, Perryman, Hazard, Villa, Archibald (Brooke), Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks
Subs not used : 
Ipswich - Cooper, Burley, McCall, Mills, Osman, Steggles, Wark (O'Callaghan), Muhren, D'Avray, Brazil, Gates
Subs not used : 
Ref :  -
Attendance : -   45,215

14.03.1981 A 3-0 win for Ipswich at Portman Road was not without some controversy.

The first Town goal came in the eighth minute, when Eric Gates fired in a shot that beat Daines at his near post from a narrow angle, then with half-time approaching, Don McAllister tackled Paul Mariner in the area and the forward plummeted to the ground.  The referee pointed to the spot and John Wark scored with the resulting penalty to make it 2-0 at the break.

Daines made a good save from Frans Thijssen when he kicked out the Dutchman's header with his feet while diving the wrong way, but he was helpless when Alan Brazil ran through, from what looked like an offside position, to put the ball past the Spurs keeper in the 68th minute.

Teams : 
Ipswich -  .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs - 
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  32,044
Ref. : -  - (-)

17.12.1980 Tottenham went ahead in this topsy-turvy game against Ipswich Town that turned on a red card at White Hart Lane.

Having taken the lead through Garth Crooks, Paul Mariner equalised before Glenn Hoddle's goal restored the Spurs lead.   Eric Gates made it 2-2 in the 55th minute, before Perryman once more put Tottenham ahead, only for  Mariner to level again.  When Gates was sent off in the 76th minute, the tide turned in our favour and Steve Archibald and Ossie Ardiles scored to secure three First Division points with the 5-3 victory.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub. not used : 
Ipswich -  .
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  22,741
Ref. : -  - (-)

02.04.1980 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub. not used : 
Ipswich -  .
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  26,423
Ref. : -  - (-)

21.12.1979 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub. not used : 
Ipswich -  .
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  18,945
Ref. : -  - (-)

28.04.1979 .

Teams : 
Ipswich -  .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs - 
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  28,179
Ref. : -  - (-)

09.12.1978 A single John Pratt strike took the two points Tottenham's way.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Ipswich -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  33,882

22.01.1977 A 1-0 win for Spurs in the First Division came courtesy of Peter Taylor, who scored the decider at the Paxton Road end in the pouring rain, with a curling shot from the edge of the box.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Naylor, Gorman, Hoddle, Keeley, Osgood, Chris Jones, Perryman (cpt), Duncan, McNab, Taylor
Sub. not used : 
Pratt
Ipswich -  Paul Cooper, George Burley, Mick Mills (c), Brian Talbot, D. Roberts,
Kevin Beattie (Keith Bertschin), Roger Osborne, John Wark, Paul Mariner, Trevor Whymark, Clive Woods.
Attendance : -  35,126
Ref. : -  - (-)


Goal time : - 67m 07s
 

21.08.1976 A first day of the season 1-3 reverse at Portman Road was not the start Tottenham wanted to the season.

Spurs made the first chance of the game on a sunny afternoon, with Terry Naylor clipping the ball forward for Jimmy Neighbour to pull back for Gerry Armstrong, but he was beaten to the ball by George Burley.  Then Naylor won a tackle, finding Armstrong on right wing, who poked it on to Neighbour.  The winger cut inside and laid it into the path of Armstrong, who fired over from 20 yards out.  Chris Jones then burst through three tackles left of centre and the ball broke for him as he got into the area, slotting the ball past Paul Cooper on the half-volley to put Spurs 1-0 ahead. 

Into the second half a Mills free-kick was played to Burley and his shot pin-balled through to an unmarked Mick Lambert in the box, who slipped the ball past Daines to equalise, although the Tottenham keeper was right behind a weak volley as Mills got forward.  Spurs hit back, with Coates and Pratt linked before a first time pass released Armstrong on the right of goal and his angled shot went across the face of goal and wide. 

Again the ball ricocheted around the edge of the Spurs box before it fell for Talbot, but Daines was  out to him quickly and smothered the shot and the keeper was quick to get down to his left to push Whymark's low shot aside.  But a throw in on the right allowed a cross to come in and Keith Bertschin's shot was stopped by Daines' leg, but the second effort went in to make it 2-1 with two minutes remaining.  Spurs were cruelly undone again when a late free-kick was played right to Lambert and his shot was half-saved by Daines, but squeaked inside the near post in injury time.

Teams : 
Ipswich -  Paul Cooper, George Burley, Kevin Beattie, Brian Talbot, John Peddelty, John Wark (Clive Woods), Mick Mills (c), Pat Sharkey, Keith Bertschin, Trevor Whymark, Mick Lambert.
Colours : -  Blue shirts with white collar, white shorts, blue socks
Manager : -  Bobby Robson
Spurs -   Daines, Naylor, McAllister, Pratt, Osgood, Young, Coates, Perryman, Chris Jones, Neighbour, Armstrong
Sub. not used : 
Colours : -  Yellow shirts with blue collar and trim, yellow shorts with blue trim, yellow socks with two blue lines on turnover
Manager : -  Keith Burkinshaw
Attendance : -  28,490
Ref. : -  - (-)

31.01.1976 Ralph Coates struck a fine shot from a tight angle after only three minutes to give Spurs the early advantage against Ipswich Town at Portman Road.

The Spurs winger's shot flew past Paul Cooper and from there, Spurs went on to enjoy a good away win with a Keith Osgood penalty adding a second.
 

Teams : 
Ipswich -  .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs - 
  Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Osgood, Coates, Chris Jones, Neighbour
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  ,
Ref. : -  - (-)

Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag
 

20.08.1975 Spurs were lacking inspiration as they ground out a 1-1 home draw with Ipswich Town.

Ipswich were worth their lead, with Colin Viljoen scoring in the second half, but a header from substitute John Duncan, who out-jumped Kevin Beattie and George Burley, levelled the score and earned Spurs a point.
 

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Naylor (Duncan 68), Knowles, Pratt, Osgood, McAllister, McNab, Perryman (cpt), Chivers, Chris Jones, Neighbour
Programme line-up
Ipswich - 
Laurie Sivell, George Burley, Mick Mills (cpt), Brian Talbot, Allan Hunter, Kevin Beattie, Bryan Hamilton, Colin Viljoen, David Johnson, Trevor Whymark, Mick Lambert.
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  28,351
Ref. : - 
Mr. Trevor D. Spencer (Wiltshire)
Linesmen : Mr. J. J. Faulkner (Berks) - Red flag; Mr. C. A. Gregory (Surrey) - Yellow flag

Goal times : -
First goal – 51m 19s
Second goal – 72m 16s
 

14.12.1974 A poor display by Spurs was condemned to defeat by four unanswered Ipswich Town goals at Portman Road.

Kevin Beattie and Colin Viljoen had put Town 2-0 ahead at the break and the score was doubled by goals from Mick Lambert and Roger Osborne.

Tottenham's best chance came from a Martin Peters header that was saved by Laurie Sivell.

Teams : 
Ipswich - 
Laurie Sivell, George Burley, Mick Mills (cpt), , Allan Hunter, Kevin Beattie, Mick Lambert, Colin Viljoen, , , Roger Osborne.
Sub. not used : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Beal, Knowles, McNab (Pratt 58), England, Naylor, Coates, Perryman, McGrath, Peters (cpt), Duncan
Attendance : - 
20,812
Ref. Dennis Turner (Cannock)

Spurs manager
Terry Neill - “I think those supporters are marvellous. I felt really sorry for them at Ipswich. They were still cheering us on when we were losing 4-0. I certainly would not have blamed them if they had been completely silenced by our performance. I only wish things had been different for them.”
 

17.08.1974 Ipswich Town were the visitors to White Hart Lane on opening day and left N17 with two points.

It only took one goal to win the match and it came in the second half, when striker David Johnson headed in from Kevin Beattie's free-kick
in the 67th minute. While Ipswich were ahead, Tottenham did have chances to equalise, but failed to turn them into goals.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Evans, Osgood, England, Naylor, Coates, Perryman, Peters
(cpt), Neighbour, McGrath, Chris Jones.
Sub. not used : 
- Pratt
Ipswich - 
Laurie Sivell, George Burley, Mick Mills (cpt), Brian Talbot, Allan Hunter, Kevin Beattie, Bryan Hamilton, Colin Viljoen, David Johnson, Trevor Whymark, Mick Lambert
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  26,444
Ref : - Mr. Gordon Hill (Leicester)
Linesmen : Mr. P. J. White (Hampshire) - Red flag; Mr. M. J. Smith (Leicester) - Yellow flag
 

23.02.1974 A 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane was secured by John Pratt's goal driven in from the edge of the penalty area to tie up the scores after Trevor Whymark had scored for Ipswich at White Hart Lane.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Jennings, Evans, England, Beal, Naylor, Pratt, Perryman, Peters (cpt), Coates, McGrath, Chivers
Sub. not used : Gilzean
Ipswich - 
Laurie Sivell, George Burley, Allan Hunter, Kevin Beattie, Mick Mills (cpt), Brian Talbot, Bryan Hamilton, Peter Morris, Mick Lambert, David Johnson, Trevor Whymark.
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  26,289
Ref. : Tom Reynolds - (Swansea)
 

06.10.1973 A hugely disappointing game with very few chances saw the defences come out on top.  Barry Daines had an early misunderstanding with his defence, but made some good saves, while at the other end Martin Chivers had a shot charged down by the Ipswich defenders and Ralph Coates struck a rising shot over the bar.

Teams : 
Ipswich -   , .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs -  Daines,  Knowles, England, Beal, Evans, Naylor, Pratt, Perryman, Gilzean, Peters, Chivers
Sub. not used :  Neighbour
Attendance : -  23,903
Ref. : -  - (-)

20.01.1973 Bryan Hamilton's second half goal gave Ipswich a win at White Hart Lane despite a late surge which saw Martin Chivers poke Martin Peters' pass over the bar.

Teams : 
Spurs -   , , , , Peters, Chivers
Sub. not used : 
Programme line-ups
Ipswich – David Best, Mick Mills (cpt), Colin Harper, Peter Morris, Allan Hunter, Kevin Beattie, Bryan Hamilton, Colin Viljoen, David Johnson, Trevor Whymark, Mick Lambert

Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  26,289

Ref. : - Mr. David W. Smith (Gloucestershire)
Linesmen : - Mr. D. A. Burlingham (Herts) – Red flag; Mr. H. R. Robinson (Norfolk) – Yellow flag
 

02.09.1972 Alan Gilzean threatened the Ipswich goal in the first half, but it was in the second half that the goals came to see the game at Portman Road against Ipswich Town drawn 1-1. 

Phil Beal slid in to make a tackle as Mick Lambert was breaking onto a ball in the six yard box.  An entertaining game was enlivened further when Colin Viljoen opened the scoring, but when Martin Peters was fouled by Kevin Beattie, he got up to plant the ball into the net from the penalty spot to equalise sending David Best the wrong way.  Alan Gilzean thought he had doubled the lead, when he hooked past Paul Cooper from close range, but he was disappointed to see the linesman's flag giving him offside and with a final push Spurs almost won the match, but had to settle for the draw.

Teams : 
Ipswich - 
David Best, Allan Hunter, Kevin Beattie, Colin Viljoen, Paul Mariner, Mick Lambert.
Sub. not used : 
Spurs -  
Jennings, Kinnear, Beal, , , , , Peters (cpt), Gilzean
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  23,140
Ref. :  - - (-)
 

03.04.1972 This First Division meeting at Portman Road ended in an Easter Monday win for the Suffolk side.

The score was 0-0 at half-time, but Spurs had lost John Pratt with a serious nose injury during that 45 minutes.  Into the second half, Tony Want put the ball past Jennings to give the home side the advantage, but Martin Chivers took a chance soon after to bring the scores level at 1-1.  However, turning in a good performance, Ipswich grabbed a deserved winner late on through striker Rod Belfitt.

Teams : 
Ipswich -   Belfitt.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -   Jennings, Evans, Want, Coates, P. Collins, Naylor, Pearce, Perryman, Chivers, Pratt (Kinnear), Morgan
Attendance : -  24,302
Ref. : - - (-)
 

02.10.1971 Spurs had to come from a goal behind to take both points in this Division 1 game at White Hart Lane.

Ian Collard had shocked the Tottenham fans by putting the Blues into the lead with an early goal, after exchanging passes with former Spurs Jimmy Robertson and hitting his shot just inside the post in the 16th minute.  Town keeper Laurie Sivell did well to block a close range shot from Alan Gilzean.

In the second period, Spurs started to gain the ascendancy and when Martin Chivers steered home the 58th minute equaliser, as Laurie Sivell and Derek Jefferson left a cross to give the Spurs striker and easy chance to score, it looked as though Ipswich would crumble under the pressure.  Tottenham eventually gained the winner when Martin Peters scored from a Cyril Knowles free-kick to secure the victory, with the Town players calling for a Gilzean foul on Sivell, which was not given.

Teams : 
Spurs -   
Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery (cpt), England, Beal, Coates, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Gilzean
Sub. not used :  -
Pearce
Ipswich -  
Laurie Sivell, Mick Mills (cpt), Colin Harper, Colin Viljoen, Allan Hunter, Derek Jefferson, Jimmy Robertson, Ian Collard, Frank Clarke, Mick Hill, John Miller
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  33,562
Ref. : - 
Mr. Dennis Turner (Cannock)
Linesmen : Mr. B. H. Chapman (Cambs) - Red flag; Mr. J. J. Faulkner (Berks) - Yellow flag

10.04.1971 Goals from Martin Chivers and a Peter Morris own goal won this First Division meeting for Tottenham.

Chivers had headed Spurs into the lead before Morris unfortunately deflected a Martin Peters shot into his own net to see Spurs gain two points in this Easter Monday match.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, Peter Collins, Beal, Knowles, Mullery (c), Perryman, Peters, Pearce, Gilzean, Chivers
Sub. not used :  Neighbour
Ipswich - 
Laurie Sivell, Geoff Hammond, Mick Mills (c), Peter Morris, Bobby Bell, Derek Jefferson, Jimmy Robertson, Colin Viljoen, Frank Clarke, Clive Woods, Mick Hill
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  28,708
Ref. : - Ray Tinkler (Boston)

Linesmen : - Mr. B. H. Chapman (Cambs) – Red Flag; Mr. B. M. James (Surrey) -Yellow flag

Bobby Bell – former Spurs apprentice was sold by Ipswich to Blackburn in September 1971 and then moved to Crystal Palace two weeks later.

23.03.1971 Tottenham triumphed on their travels to Portman Road after coming back from being a goal down and having lost Cyril Knowles with a gashed shin in the first half.  Mick Hill gave the home side the lead with a 17th minute header, but Spurs had to wait until the last quarter of an hour to get the goals to give them their win.

Martin Peters smashed in the equaliser before Alan Gilzean popped up with five minutes remaining to score the Tottenham winner.  In the remaining time, Ipswich still went close to scoring a leveller, hitting the woodwork in the last few moments.

Teams : 
Ipswich - 
Laurie Sivell, Frank Clarke, .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles (Pratt), Mullery (cpt), Naylor, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  21,718
Ref. : -  - (-)

..19 Teams : 
Spurs - 
Ipswich -  .
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : - - (Boston)
27.12.1969 Roy Woolcott's debut (and only appearance for the first team) was not one to remember, as Spurs crashed to a 0-2 defeat.  The Ipswich goals at Portman Road came from Mick Hill and Charlie Woods, who would later become Chief Scout at Tottenham.

Teams : 
Ipswich -  , , , Hill, Charlie Woods, .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs -  , , , , Woolcott, ,
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -   24,658
Ref. : -  - (-)

30.08.1969 An Ipswich fight-back at White Hart Lane gave Spurs a fright before they managed to take the points with a 3-2 win.

Tottenham were 2-0 ahead at the interval thanks to Alan Mullery and Alan Gilzean hitting the target.  Jimmy Greaves made it 3-0 shortly after the break, but the visitors stormed back to peg Spurs back to 3-2 when Ron Wigg and Colin Viljoen netted.  Despite a spirited finish by Ipswich, Spurs held on for the win. 

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Want, England, P. Collins, Knowles, Pearce, Mullery (c), Chivers (Beal 85), Greaves, Gilzean, Morgan
Manager :  Bill Nicholson
Ipswich -   Best, Carroll, Mills, Viljoen, Baxter, Jefferson, Morris (Hunt 78), Collard, Wigg, C. Woods, Lambert.
Sub. not used : 
Manager :  Bobby Robson
Attendance : -  33,333
Ref. : -  Pat Partridge (Middlesbrough)
 

18.03.1969 A point apiece was what the two sides had to settle for when they met at White Hart Lane in the First Division.

A Jimmy Greaves penalty and a Cyril Knowles goal were cancelled out by goals from Ron Wigg and Derek Jefferson for Ipswich.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Knowles, England, P. Collins, Beal, Mullery (c) Pearce, Venables (Johnson 55), Greaves, Gilzean, R. Morgan
Ipswich -   Best, Mills, Houghton, Morris, Baxter, Jefferson, Hegan, Viljoen, Wigg, O'Rourke, C. Woods
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  21,608
Ref. : -  D. A. Corbett (Wolverhampton)

26.10.1968 Former Spurs keeper, Ken Hancock, denied Jimmy Greaves his 200th League goal for Spurs with a flying save from a header and another save in the first half, but it was strike partner Alan Gilzean who won the day for Tottenham.  The goal came when the Spurs man finished off a 48th minute move created on the left wing, involving Greaves.

Jennings had to be at his best to keep out O'Rourke and Houghton to ensure Spurs took the two points home with them.

Teams : 
Ipswich - Hancock, Houghton, O'Rourke
Spurs - Jennings, Knowles, Collins, Beal, Kinnear, Mullery, Jenkins, Pearce, Venables, Greaves, Gilzean

Attendance : - 30,251

04.04.1964 A high-scoring match saw Spurs score the lion's share of the nine goals to emerge victorious at the Lane.

Ipswich included some of their most famous players such as Joe Broadfoot, Jimmy Leadbetter and Gerry Baker, but they could not stop Spurs taking a 4-1 half-time lead.  With goals from a Cliff Jones hat trick, a brace from John White and one from Jimmy Robertson, Spurs eased to a win 6-3 win by the final whistle.

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , Robertson, White, Cliff Jones, ,
Sub. not used : 
Ipswich -   , Leadbetter, Baker, Broadfoot.
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  25,511
Ref. : -  - (-)

23.11.1963 With Les Allen replacing ankle injury victim Bobby Smith, Spurs arrived at Portman Road with hopes of a second successive win there.  But Ipswich stunned Spurs when Ted Phillips hit a 10th minute opener for the home side, but Tony Marchi pulled a goal back when he drilled home a left foot shot from 30 yards out in the 28th minute and then Terry Dyson put Tottenham ahead 11 minutes before the break, heading home following Peter Baker's pass.

Dyson netted a second goal after the interval, this time heading home Cliff Jones' cross, but Ipswich came back with John Elsworthy scoring to make it 3-2, although they could not grab an equaliser in the remaining 15 minutes.

Teams : 
Ipswich -  Roy Bailey, Joe Davin, John Compton, Bill Baxter, Bolton, John Elsworthy, Roy Stephenson, Doug Moran, Ted Phillips, Danny Hegan, Joe Broadfoot.
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Norman, Henry, Marchi, Mackay, Cliff Jones, White, L. Allen, Greaves, Dyson
Attendance : -  21,718
Ref. : -  - (-)

16.03.1963 A 4-2 away win gave Spurs the double over Ipswich in this 1962-63 season.

Two goals from Jimmy Greaves, one a penalty added to by Frank Saul and Cliff Jones lead Tottenham to both points. 

Teams : 
Ipswich -   , , .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs -  , , , , Cliff Jones, Saul, Greaves
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -   23,679
Ref. : -  - (-)
 

26.12.1962 Spurs hit a big Boxing Day win over League Champions Ipswich Town at the Lane with a Jimmy Greaves hat-trick helping them on their way.  Bobby Smith and Cliff Jones gave Tottenham a 2-0 lead before Greaves took over to complete a 5-0 victory. 

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , , Cliff Jones, Bobby Smith, Greaves
Sub. not used : 
Ipswich -   , , .
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -  34,822
Ref. : -  - (-)
 

11.08.1962 FA Charity Shield.   For a match report, click here.
 
14.03.1962 Alf Ramsey's return to White Hart Lane as manager of second place Ipswich Town could not have gone better for him.  His team's organisation was the key and striker Ray Crawford gave the visitors an early lead and they were disciplined enough to with-hold Tottenham's attacks, until Jimmy Greaves broke through the defence and found the back of the net to make it 1-1 just before half-time.

The respite was brief, as Ipswich got their lead back a minute after the interval through Ted Phillips. 
Well drilled and playing a solid formation, Ipswich controlled things in the second half, going on to add to their lead with another goal from Ted Phillips that wrapped up a convincing
3-1 win.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Greaves, 
Ipswich -  Phillips, Crawford.
Attendance : -  51,098
Ref. : - - (-)
 

21.10.1961 The demand to see this match between the current champions and the team who were currently top of the table meant that the gates had to be closed before the kick-off with a record crowd already inside.

Cliff Jones' header from John White's cross put Tottenham ahead, but Ted Phillips pulled Ipswich level in the 37th minute However, Jones struck again to put Spurs into the lead as they left the field at the half-time whistle.

Jones was a thorn in Town's side after the break, but the game was turned in Ipswich's favour by two Ray Crawford goals in three second half minutes soon after the restart.  With Spurs pressing on the Town goal, the home side managed to hold out for both points.

Teams : 
Ipswich : - Roy Bailey, Carberry, Compton, Baxter, Nelson, Elsworthy, Stephenson, Moran, Crawford, Phillips, Leadbetter
Spurs : - Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Cliff Jones, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson

Attendance : -  28,778
Ref. : - Ray Tinkler (Boston)
 

..19 Teams : 
Spurs - 
Ipswich -  .
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : - - (-)
05.05.1952 The Ipswich Hospital Charity Cup Final ended 2-2 with two goals from Ipswich Town's centre-forward McCrory cancelled out by Tottenham goals scored by Len Duquemin and Ron Burgess.

The fixture was played at Ipswich Town on a Monday evening with a 18.30 kick-off.

Teams : 
Ipswich -  Parry, Feeney, Deacon, Murchison, Rees, Parker, Gaynor, McCrory, Garneys, Elsworthy, Ball.
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Withers, Nicholson, Clarke, Burgess, Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Baily, Medley
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : - V. Palfrey (Ipswich)
Linesmen : -  Mr. E. W. Abbott (Brantham) - Yellow Flag; Mr. J. Rodwell (Ipswich) - Red Flag

 

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