Tottenham's best chances had come from Teddy Sheringham, who had a shot cleared off the line and Justin Edinburgh, who brought a good low save from Immel at his near post.  The German keeper also stopped efforts fro Sheringham and Armstrong, with Walker doing well to keep out Niall Quinn and Uwe Rosler, before Rosler struck a shot that bounced away off the post, leaving City to return home with nothing for their trip to London.

Spurs:  Walker, Edinburgh, Mabbutt (c), Campbell, Austin, Caskey, Nethercott, Dozzell, Rosenthal, Armstrong, Sheringham
Unused Subs. : -  Day, Wilson, Slade
Man. City:  Immel, , Curle (c), Symons, , , , , , , Quinn, Rosler
Unused Subs. : -  ,
Ref. : - 
Attendance : -  31,438
Colours: -
Spurs - Pony - White shirts with navy collar and cuffs; Navy shorts, with white stripe on side; Navy socks with white turnover
Man. City - Umbro - Light blue shirts with white collar with dark blue trim and cuffs; White shorts with light blue side panel inside two dark blue segments; White socks with light blue and dark blue chequered hoop around turnover

At the start of the season, Spurs went to Maine Road and went ahead ten minutes before half time, when a long pass forward to Ronnie Rosenthal, wide left just outside the box, pulled the ball back to substitute Kevin Scott.  The defender put in a cross to the far post for Teddy Sheringham who was unmarked to head past goalkeeper Eike Immel.

Ten minutes into the second half, Uwe Rosler scored with a header over Walker, who had advanced from his line, to leave the scores level.

Man. City: Immel, , , , , , , , Rosler
Unused Subs. : -  ,
Spurs:  I. Walker, Austin, Nethercott, Mabbutt (c), Edinburgh (Scott), Kerslake, Howells, Rosenthal, Dumitrescu, Sheringham, Armstrong.
Unused Subs. : - Thorstvedt, McMahon
Ref. : -
Attendance : -  30,827
Colours: -
Spurs - Pony -
Man. City - Umbro - Light blue shirts with white collar

Uwe Rosler gave Tottenham a 49th minute shock with a goal put City ahead, but David Howells got Tottenham level four minutes later.  It was left to Jurgen Klinsmann to notch the winner with just four minutes remaining.

Man. City: Rosler
Spurs: Howells, Anderton, Klinsmann
Attendance : -  27,410

Former Spurs forward Paul Walsh gave City a 15th minute lead somewhat against the run of play, when he converted Niall Quinn's pass, but home goalkeeper Andy Dibble fouled Jurgen Klinsmann a quarter of an hour later, allowing Ilie Dumitrescu the opportunity to successfully tuck away the spot-kick.  However, Manchester City went into the break with a 3-1 lead, thanks to Niall Quinn scoring with a header in the 41st minute and Walsh shooting home his second in the last minute of injury time before the interval.

Dumitrescu narrowed the gap a minute after the second half started, but City went on to add goals from a header by Steve Lomas in the 52nd minute and Gary Flitcroft in the 79th to run out 5-2 winners.

City : - Dibble, Phelan, Curle, I. Brightwell, Edghill, Summerbee, Lomas, Beagrie, Flitcroft, Walsh, Quinn
Unused subs. : - Margetson, Edge, Hill
Spurs : - Walker, Kerslake, Campbell, Scott, Edinburgh, Popescu, Dozzell (Hazard 72), Dumitrescu, Barmby, Sheringham, Klinsmann
Unused sub. : - Thorstvedt, Calderwood
Crowd : - 25,473
Ref. : - David Elleray (Harrow)
Weather : - Heavy rain.
 

Ref. : - Keith Hackett (Sheffield)
Linesmen : - Mr. M. K. Bullivant (Cambs - Quartered Flag); Mr. J. A. Elwin (Norwich - Red Flag)
Reserve Official : -  Mr. R. D. Spooner (Herts)
Crowd : -  24,535
Colours :  Spurs -  Umbro - White shirts with blue V-neck and collar with two white stripes around it; Navy Blue shorts, with white around leg, White socks with two navy hoops around turnover; Manchester City - Umbro -
Managers :  Spurs -  Ossie Ardiles; Manchester City - Player/manager - Peter Reid
Match sponsor : Holsten

Spurs took a 23rd minute lead in this Wednesday night match, when Darren Anderton shot the ball past Tony Coton after Teddy Sheringham had taken a right wing cross down into his team-mate's path.  With two minutes left before half-time, Nayim extended the lead to 2-0, running into the left side of the penalty area and beating two players before curling the ball around them and into the far side of the net.

Mike Sheron pulled one back for City just on the hour mark, firing home from the edge of the box when a shot was blocked and rebounded to him, but 87 minutes had elapsed when Andy Turner's run from halfway and shot under Coton completed the scoring to give Spurs the three points.

Teams : - 
Spurs:  Thorstvedt, Austin, Mabbutt, Ruddock (Bergsson 48), van den Hauwe, Samways, Sedgley, Nayim, P. Allen, Anderton (Turner 86), Sheringham. 
Unused sub. : -  Dearden
Cards : - van den Hauwe (yellow) 5
Manager : -
Man. City:  Tony Coton, Andy Hill, Michel Vonk, Keith Curle, Terry Phelan, Peter Reid, Gary Flitcroft (Michael Quigley 51), Rick Holden, David White (Kaare Ingerbritsen 70), Niall Quinn, Mike Sheron
Cards : - Phelan (yellow) 48; Curle (yellow) 81
Manager : -
Unused sub. : -  Martin Margetson
Attendance : -  27,247
Ref. : - John Martin (-)

Mike Sheron headed in a Terry Phelan cross after just three minutes to give the early advantage to City, but Nayim equalised when he hit a low half volley through a forest of legs in the box from 20 yards, after a long throw had been headed out to him.  Right on half-time, Tottenham took the lead when Paul Allen played the ball in from the left wing to Sedgley and he drove a shot past Tony Coton.

Into the second period, Spurs worked a throw-in on the right through Dean Austin to Sheringham, whose shot crashed back off the foot of a post.  It dropped in the middle of the box, where Nayim got the ball stuck under his foot but reacted quickly to put Tottenham 3-1 up.  The midfielder completed his hat-trick when Paul Allen found him near the penalty spot after a good run down the right wing.  He stopped the ball, picked his spot and curled it in around Coton.  Man. City fans invaded the pitch at 4-1, hoping to get the game abandoned, with Police horses also getting on the grass, but the match ended with a very good win for Spurs, who went on to the semi-final.  The best goal of the match was scored by Terry Phelan, who slalomed through the Tottenham side and finished at the end of a 50 yard run.

Teddy Sheringham also missed a penalty, probably because he was informed by City keeper Coton that he wouldn't get out alive if he scored !!  

Teams : - 
Man. City:  Coton, Phelan, Sheron
Spurs:  Thorstvedt, Austin, Sedgley, Nayim, P. Allen, Sheringham, . 
Attendance : -  34,504

A Spurs free kick led to a spell of head tennis in the City penalty area, with the ball hitting the bar.  The goal came halfway through the second half, with Nayim's long ball releasing Kevin Watson on the left.  The youngster's ball into the box came off Terry Phelan and beat Tony Coton at his near post to decide the match in Tottenham's favour.

Man. City:  Tony Coton, Andy Hill, Keith Curle, David Brightwell, Terry Phelan, Rick Holden, Fitzroy Simpson (Garry Flitcroft 86), Steve McMahon, David White, Niall Quinn, Mike Sheron
Unused subs. : - Martin Margetson, Nicky Reid
Spurs:  Thorstvedt, Austin, Ruddock, Mabbutt, Edinburgh, Nayim, Howells (Cundy 32), Watson, Samways, Sheringham, Barmby (Moran 79)
Unused subs. : -  Walker
Card : - Samways (yellow) 64
Ref. : - David Allison
Attendance : - 25,496

With just 14 minutes on the clock, Erik Thorstvedt launched a big kick downfield and Vinny Samways latched onto Nicky Barmby's flicked header on and smashed a low left footed shot into the bottom corner of the net from the edge of the box.  Thorsvedt then turned goal-stopper, with a succession of saves from Simpson, White, Sheron and Quinn's diving header.

When Sheringham missed Paul Allen's cross from the right wing, Barmby snuck in behind and forced a good save from Coton, while Teddy and Samways also tested the City custodian.  However, both goals stayed intact and Tottenham progressed by the narrowest of margins.

Man. City:  Tony Coton; Andy Hill, Keith Curle, Ian Brightwell, Mike Phelan; Steve McMahon, Paul Simpson, Andy Holden, David White; Mike Sheron, Niall Quinn
Spurs:  Thorstvedt; Edinburgh, Mabbutt, Ruddock, Austin; Samways (Turner), Paul Allen, Sedgley, Nayim (Howells), Barmby, Sheringham 
Attendance : - 18,399

.

Spurs:  Thorstvedt; Edinburgh, van den Hauwe (Howells), Nayim (Walsh), Sedgley, Bergsson, Mabbutt, Durie, Samways, Lineker, Paul Allen 
Man. City:   ; Andy Hill, Keith Curle, , Neil Pointon; , Peter Reid, , ; Adrian Heath, Niall Quinn
Attendance : -  30,502

Man. City : 
Spurs: Clemence, Stevens, Mitchell Thomas, Roberts, Gough, Mabbutt, Clive Allen, Chiedozie, Waddle, Hoddle, Galvin

Spurs: Clemence, Samways (Bowen), Mitchell Thomas, Hodge, Gough, Mabbutt, Clive Allen, Paul Allen, Waddle, Hoddle, Claesen
Man. City : 

Spurs: Clemence, Stevens, Hughton, Roberts, Miller, Paul Allen, Ardiles, Falco, Waddle, Hoddle, Galvin (Chiedozie)
Man. City : 

Man. City : 
Spurs: Clemence, Danny Thomas, Hughton, Roberts, Miller, Perryman, Paul Allen, Falco, Clive Allen (Crook), Mabbutt, Waddle

A dull first half saw Ossie Ardiles have to leave the field after a heavy tackle from David Cross and Falco went close twice, Perryman hit a shot just too high and then Garry Brooke shot over, as the high point of proceedings.  The second half caught light when Terry Gibson was denied a goal, when his volley, taken on the run, was pushed up onto the post by Joe Corrigan.  City were also unlucky, hitting the woodwork with Cross' shot bouncing off the inside of the post and away.  Clemence was called upon to make a sharp save diving to stop Asa Hartford's low volley, but he was beaten to a Tommy Caton cross by Bobby McDonald and the header hit the bar. 

It was Tottenham who took the lead, when Garth Crooks broke down the right and played in Gibson, who was brought down by Nicky Reid for a penalty.  Brooke stepped up to dispatch it high into the net, after Corrigan had been booked for protesting.  This inspired Spurs and Roberts got to the line before turning the ball inside to Falco, who passed to Villa for the midfielder to spread the play wide right.  Brooke's first time cross was just nicked away from Falco, but Cross should have equalised when Bodak's cross went over Clemence and the striker dived in to head the ball down but it went into the ground and bounced over the bar. 

Spurs broke on City when Villa won a header in midfield and Gibson latched onto it, but Corrigan rushed out at his feet.  Cross again mis-fired when he scuffed a Bodak cross wide with the goal at his mercy.  That cost City, as Brooke won a header and Falco flicked it on for Gibson to finish low past Corrigan's right hand to make it 2-0.

The points looked like heading back South with Spurs, but Ray Ranson's long cross was headed back across goal by Cross and the ball hit Perryman's hand to conceded a penalty, which DenisTueart slotted just inside Clemence's right hand post.  That was in the 79th minute and two minutes later, City were level.  Ricky Villa was booked for a tackle on Tueart and from the free-kick, Caton headed the ball into the goalmouth.  Cross' header was tipped onto the bar by Clemence and the striker was first to react, nudging the ball wide of the keeper's left hand.

Spurs were still looking to win the game and Villa won the ball in midfield, setting Crooks away on the left and his shot was touched wide by the diving Corrigan, but then Crooks was booked for not letting the keeper kick the ball out a short while later.  There was one last chance for the home side, with Hartford cutting into the middle of the area from the right to drill a low shot a couple of feet wide. 

Man. City :  Corrigan    , McDonald, Reid, Caton, Ranson, Hartford, Tueart, Bodak, Cross, Bond, Reeves
Unused sub. :  May
Spurs: Clemence, Hughton, Lacy, Roberts, Villa     , Perryman, Ardiles (Falco 17), Mabbutt, Gibson, Brooke, Crooks    
Crowd :  26,357
Ref. :  Bert Newsome (Shropshire)

Spurs: Clemence, Mabbutt, Price, Lacy, Brooke, Perryman, Hazard (Roberts), Archibald, Galvin, Villa, Crooks
Man. City : 

Spurs: Clemence, Hughton, Miller, Price, Villa, Perryman, Ardiles, Falco, Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks (Hazard)
Man. City : 

Man. City : Corrigan (c), Ranson, McDonald, Reid, O'Neill, Caton, Tueart, Gow, Boyer, Hutchison, Reeves
Sub. : Bond
Manager John Bond
Spurs: Clemence, Hughton, Miller, Roberts, Villa, Perryman (c), Ardiles, Archibald, Galvin, Hoddle, Falco
Sub. : Hazard

03.02.1980

Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Man. City:  , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : -  - (-)

23.09.1979

Man. City:   , , , , , , , , ,
Unused sub. : -
Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : -  - (-)

03.02.1979

Manchester City kicked off defending the Paxton Road goal and it was Tottenham who should have had a penalty for handball, but straight away City broke away and Steve Perryman hauled down Peter Barnes in the box to concede a penalty that Gary Owen stepped up to convert.

Another break, from a Spurs corner saw Barnes outpace Perryman down the City left from the halfway line and shot across Kendall from a narrow angle to make it 2-0.

With Deyna replacing the injured Dave Watson at the break, City attacked with confidence and when Barnes' left wing cross fell to Mick Channon eight yards out, it looked a goal all over, but Mark Kendall pushed the effort one-handed over the bar to make a fine stop.

City player Paul Power earned a booking for a foul on Galvin, who had been booked for kicking Colin Bell.  Lacy also went in the book for an agricultural challenge on Barnes.  McAllister was also booked for another foul on Barnes in the build up to the third goal.

Beavon had a shot blocked on the edge of the box, but Spurs were out of the game, relying on Peter Taylor to head an effort off the line.  However, City would not be denied and Barnes was once more the architect, with a left wing run ending in a cross for an unmarked Channon to head past Kendall to wrap up a 3-0 win in front of a watching Rinus Michaels, the Dutch national manager.

Spurs:  Kendall, Perryman, Holmes, Lacy, McAllister, Hoddle, Galvin, Ardiles, Taylor, Beavon, G. Armstrong
Unused sub. : Pratt 
Man. City:  Joe Corrigan, Willie Donachie, Paul Power, Gary Owen, Dave Watson (Kazimierz Deyna), Paul Futcher, Mick Channon, Colin Bell, Brian Kidd, Asa Hartford, Peter Barnes
Attendance : -   32,037
Ref. : -  Les Burden (Dorset)

23.09.1978

Man. City:  Corrigan, Clements, Donachie, Viljoen, Watson, P. Futcher, Channon, Owen, R. Futcher, Hartford, Power 
Unused sub. : - Booth
Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   43,471
Ref. : -  - (-)

07.05.1977

Joe Roye capitalised on Keith Osgood's slip and crossed for Peter Barnes to volley at goal, with Pat Jennings keeping it out with his legs.  From the ensuing corner, central defender Tommy Booth scored in the 19th minute with a header and that was the only score of the first half, leaving Tottenham with some hope that they might get back into the game.  

Spurs went close at the start of the second half, when John Pratt completely missed the ball and it rebounded off a City player to Glenn Hoddle, who could only poke it wide of the goal.  When Barnes headed on a long clearance, Dennis Tueart seized on it and finished first time from just inside the box to double the lead.  Barnes was through on goal when he dummied Jennings, putting hi on the floor, before dinking the ball over him for the third and the fourth came when a corner was headed out, but straight to Asa Hartford, who thumped a low volley in from 16 yards out.  City completed the humiliation when Tueart ran clear to square the ball for Brian Kidd, who was completely unmarked to score the fifth.

Man. City: Joe Corrigan, Kenny Clements, Willie Donachie, Tommy Booth, Dave Watson, Gary Owen, Asa Hartford, Brian Kidd, Dennis Tueart, Joe Royle, Peter Barnes
Sub. : -  Jimmy Conway
Spurs:   Jennings, Naylor, M. Stead, Pratt, Osgood, Perryman (cpt), Chris Jones, Hoddle, G. Armstrong, Coates, Taylor (Moores) 
Attendance : -   37,919
Ref. : -  Mr. Derek Lloyd (Fernhill Heath, Worcestershire)
 

11.12.1976

Teams : -
Spurs : - Jennings, Naylor, Gorman, Hoddle, Young, Osgood, Conn, Perryman (cpt), Moores, Coates, Taylor
Sub. : - Pratt
Programme line-up
Man City : - Joe Corrigan, Ken Clements, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle (cpt), Dave Watson, Paul Power, Gary Owen, Brian Kidd, Joe Royle, Asa Hartford, Dennis Tueart.
Sub. : - Jimmy Conway
Attendance : -   24,608
Ref : - Mr. Les C. Shapter (Paignton, Devon)
Linesmen : - Mr. J. B. Hazell (Essex) - Red flag; Mr. D. G. Mitcham (Bucks) - Yellow Flag

Man City fans paid £1.50 for reserved seats, £1.20 for reserved seats and 70p standing, with juveniles 35p.

Man. City: Joe Corrigan, , , Alan Oakes, , , Dennis Tueart, ,
Spurs: Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Coates, Perryman (cpt), Duncan (Conn), Chris Jones, Neighbour
Attendance : -   31,456
Ref. : - - (-)
 

Teams :
Programme line-ups
Spurs : - Jennings, I. Smith, McAllister, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Conn, Perryman (cpt), Duncan, Chivers, Neighbour
Manchester City : - Joe Corrigan, Kenny Clements, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Dave Watson, Alan Oakes, Peter Barnes, Colin bell, Joe Royle, Asa Hartford, Denis Tueart
Ref. : - Mr. Kenneth W. Baker (Warwickshire)
Linesmen : Mr. D. R. Drewitt (Sussex) - Red flag; Mr. R. Rodell (Bedfordshire) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   ,
 

18.10.1975

Chris Jones had been drafted into the team and he responded with both goals in a 2-2 draw.  Jones' first goal came at the Park Lane end, where he hit a left foot shot past Joe Corrigan from just inside the penalty area.

Prior to the game, Pat Jennings was presented with a silver salver by Ted Ditchburn to mark his 419^th appearance for the club two weeks before, thus breaking Ditchburn's own record.

Spurs:   Jennings, McAllister, Knowles, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Conn, Perryman (cpt), Chivers, Chris Jones, Neighbour
Sub. not used : - McNab
Man. City:  Joe Corrigan, Mike Doyle (c), Tommy Booth, Clements, Colin Bell, , , , , , , 
Sub. not used : - 
Attendance : -  30,554
Ref. : -   - (-)

Goal times : -
First goal - 25m 15s
Second goal - 29m 02s
Third goal – 35m 49s
 

Colin Bell had given City the lead in the 52nd minute with a neatly placed lob and then with seconds remaining Tommy Booth scored a towering header to give City both points.

Spurs : - Jennings, Evans, Naylor, Coates, England, Beal, McGrath, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Neighbour
Sub. : - Pratt
Manchester City : - Keith MacRae, Colin Barrett, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, Alan Oakes, Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell, Rodney Marsh, Asa Hartford, Dennis Tueart
Unused Sub. : -  Philip Henson
Crowd :  20,079
Ref. : - Mr. Harry New (Gloucs)
Linesmen : - Mr. R. H. Cocup (Kent) – Red flag; Mr. J. F. Jode (Herts) – Yellow flag
 

Asa Hartford scored a 35th minute goal that saw Tottenham defend weakly. Although the home team were the better in the first half, Spurs could have got a point out of the match as Chris McGrath and Steve Perryman both narrowly missed when well placed and Martin Peters had a header kept out by Keith MacRae.

Man. City :  Keith MacRae, Colin Barrett, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Jeff Clarke, Philip Henson, Colin Bell, Rodney Marsh, Asa Hartford, Dennis Tueart
Unused Sub. : -  Dennis Leman
Manager : -  Tony Book
Spurs:  Jennings, Evans, Naylor, Coates, Osgood, Beal, McGrath, Perryman, Chris Jones, Peters (cpt), Neighbour
Unused sub. : - Pratt
Crowd :  31,549
Referee : -  Pat Partridge (Bishops Auckland)
 

Man. City : Keith MacRae, Colin Barrett, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, Tony Towers, Glyn Pardoe, Colin Bell, Dennis Leman, Alan Oakes, Frank Carrodus
Unused sub. : - Philip Henson
Spurs:  Jennings, R. Evans, England, Beal, Naylor, Pratt, Coates, Perryman, Peters, McGrath, Chivers
Unused sub. : - Dillon
Crowd :  24,652
Referee : -  W. J. Gow (-)

15.12.1973

Spurs:  Jennings, Ray Evans, England, Beal, Naylor, Pratt (Gilzean), Coates, Perryman, Peters (cpt), McGrath, Chivers 
Unused sub. : - Dillon
Man. City:  Keith McRae, Glyn Pardoe (Colin Barrett), Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, Tony Towers, Mike Summerbee (cpt), Colin Bell, Dennis Law, Rodney Marsh, Dennis Leman
Kit : - Red and black striped shirts, black shorts, black socks with three red stripes around sock tops.
Manager : - Ron Saunders
Attendance : -   17,066
Ref.  Mr. Kenneth H. Burns (Worcester)
Linesmen :  Mr. K. S. Crofts (Cornwall) - Red flag;  Mr. D. G. Martin (Beds) - Yellow flag

10.02.1973

Rodney Marsh scored the first goal of the game, but Martin Chivers was on the mark, when he shot home after being picked out by an astute pass from Steve Perryman.  Francis Lee scored a second half brace, with the second being allowed despite it looking more than suspiciously like handball as he punched the ball in. Chivers' second of the match narrowed the score to 3-2, hitting a left footed shot into the net at the Park Lane end but it was no consolation as the feeling of being cheated remained.

Chivers also went close to a third with a shot from the right of the goal, but while his effort beat Joe Corrigan it also beat the far post and went just inches wide.

Teams : -
Spurs : -  Jennings, Evans, Knowles, Pratt (Coates), England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Pearce
Man City : - Joe Corrigan, Tony Book, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, Derek Jeffries, Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell (cpt), Rodney Marsh, Francis Lee, Tony Towers
Sub. : -
Colours : - Blue shirts with red and white diagonal sash across chest
Attendance : -   30,944
Ref. Mr. Norman Burtenshaw (Norfolk)
Linesmen : Mr. W. H. Smale (Devon) - Red flag; Mr. E. T. Walters (Hants) - Yellow flag
 

16.09.1972

In front of the watching England manager Sir Alf Ramsey, Marsh put away a knock-down by Mike Doyle before Martin Peters pulled the scores back level with a header.  However, four minutes from time Marsh gave Manchester City a vital two points with his second goal, knocking the ball home from close range four minutes from time, to take them up to fourth from bottom in the table.

Man. City:  Healey, Jeffries, Donachie, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee (Mellor), Bell (c), Marsh, Lee, Towers 
Spurs: Jennings, Evans, Knowles, Pratt, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Coates
Unused sub. : - Naylor.
Attendance : -   31 ,755
Ref. : -  ()
 

08.01.1972

Spurs:  Jennings, Evans, Knowles, Coates, England, Beal, Pratt, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Gilzean (Pearce)
Man. City:  Joe Corrigan, Tony Book, Willie Donachie, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, Alan Oakes, Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell (cpt), Wyn Davies, Francis Lee, Tony Towers
Unused sub. : - Ian Mellor
Colours : - Red/Black striped shirts, black shorts, black socks with two red hoops on turnover
Attendance : -   36,470
Ref. : - Gordon Hill (Leicester)
Linesmen : - Mr. A. H. Cooper (Norfolk) – Red flag; Mr. D. R. Drewitt (Sussex) – Yellow flag
 

28.08.1971

Man. City:  Joe Corrigan, , Glyn Pardoe, Mike Doyle, Tommy Booth, , Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell, Wyn Davies, Francis Lee,
Spurs : - Jennings, Kinnear, Want, Mullery (cpt), England, Naylor, Coates, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Gilzean
Unused sub. : - Pratt
Attendance : -   33,683
 

01.05.1971

The Spurs midfielder's shot came out of the blue and surprised City goalkeeper Ron Healey, who let the ball slip through his grasp and go into the net off the foot of the post.

Man. City:  Healey, , , , , , , , , , 
Spurs: , , , , , , Perryman, , , , 
Attendance : -   19,761
Ref. : -   - (-)

26.09.1970

Spurs:  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery (c), England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Morgan (Pearce)
Man. City:   Joe Corrigan, Tony Book, Glyn Pardoe, Mike Doyle, George Heslop, Alan Oakes, Mike Summerbee, Colin Bell, Francis Lee (Ian Bowyer), Neil Young, Tony Towers
Attendance : -  42,490
Ref. : -   Danny Lyden (Birmingham)
Linesmen :  Mr. N. Chamberlain (Norfolk) - Red flag; Mr. B. J. Caddy (Somerset) - Yellow flag
 

13.12.1969

Neil Johnson got Tottenham's goal, when he ran onto a ball into the box and slid it into net the ball past the City keeper, but the scores were tied when Alan Oakes rammed home a shot from outside the box past Jennings.

Man. City:  Mulhearn, Book (c), Pardoe, Booth, Doyle, Oakes, Summerbee, Connor, Lee, Young, Bowyer
Unused sub. : - Donachie
Spurs: Jennings, , , , , Mullery, , Johnson, , , 
Attendance : -   29,216
Ref. : -   G. C. Kew (-)

13.09.1969

Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Man. City:  Corrigan, Book (c), Pardoe, Booth, Doyle, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Young, Bowyer
Unused sub. : - Bowles
Attendance : -   41,644
Ref. : -   D. J. Lynden (-)

Man. City : 
Spurs: Jennings, Beal, Knowles, Mullery, England, Collins, Johnson, Greaves, Gilzean, Venables, Pearce

14.12.1968

Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Man. City:  , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : -   - (-)
City fans paid 12 shillings (60p) for their tickets

12.10.1968

Man. City:  , , , , , , , , , , 
Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   38,019
Ref. : -   - (-)
City fans paid 12 shillings (60p) for their tickets

04.05.1968

Spurs: , , , , , , , Greaves, , , 
Man. City:  , , , , , , Summerbee, Bell, , , 
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : -   - (-)

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Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Man. City:  , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   ,
Ref. : -   - (-)

Despite being up against it, Jimmy Greaves was on hand to touch in a deflected free-kick with his first touch of the game, but Colin Bell drove an equaliser past Pat Jennings to make it 1-1.  Mike Summerbee started the City surge with a 50th minute header, then Tony Coleman bundled the ball home after Francis Lee had shot against the post and Neil Young scored following another rebound with 15 minutes left.

Man. City:  Corrigan, Book (cpt), , , , , Summerbee, Bell, Young, , Coleman
Spurs: Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, Hoy, Mackay, Saul, Greaves, England, Venables, Cliff Jones
Attendance : -   35,792
Ref. : -   D. W. Smith (-)

A City goal from David Connor gave the visitors the lead into the second half, but Jimmy Robertson got an equaliser to salvage a point for Tottenham, although, sadly, they were more concerned about Phil Beal's broken forearm which put him out for the remainder of the season.

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Attendance : -  36,459
Ref. : -   - (-)

11.05.1963

Fighting to win points to keep them up, the home side ran out 1-0 winners with Alex Harley netting a 53rd minute header, but it was not enough to keep City up.

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Spurs: , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   27,784
Ref. : -   - (-)

01.09.1962

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Man. City:  , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   48,758
Ref. : -   - (-)

Starting the game well, it was a shock to Spurs when Joe Hayes opened the scoring after 30 minutes, with Peter Dobing doubling the score two minutes later.  With half-time approaching Neil Young struck to make it 3-0 and two minutes after the interval Dave Mackay deflected Dobing's effort past John Hollowbread.  Peter Baker was forced into putting the ball into his own net by pressure from Colin Barlow five minutes later and the sixth City goal rounded off Dobing's hat-trick with 57 minutes of the match having elapsed.

Two Jimmy Greaves goals were Tottenham's only consolation from the trip North.

Man. City:  Bert Trautmann, Kennedy, Sear, John Benson, Bill Leivers, Alan Oakes, Neil Young, Peter Dobing, Colin Barlow, Joe Hayes, Wagstaffe
Spurs:  Hollowbread, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (cpt), Norman, Mackay, Medwin, White, B. Smith, Greaves, Cliff Jones
Crowd :  31,706
 

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14.10.1961

Spurs: Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower (c), Norman, Mackay, Medwin, White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Dyson
Man. City:  , , , , , , , , , , 
Attendance : -   40,335
Ref. : -   - (-)
Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag

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Spurs went one up through Bobby Smith and when Clive Colbridge equalised in the 50th minute, Spurs players claimed he handled the ball, but the goal stood, putting an end to that winning run.

Spurs:  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, White, Cliff Jones
Man. City:  Trautmann, , , , , Law, , Colbridge
Crowd :  58,916

Spurs:  Brown, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, White, Cliff Jones
Man.City:  , McAdams
Kit :  Yellow shirts with red collar and cuffs, white shorts, yellow socks, red turnovers
Crowd :  49,767
Ref. : - Gilbert Pullin (-)

For some footage of the game, click here.

A 19th minute opening goal from Bobby Smith gave Tottenham the lead and Cliff Jones' 18 yard drive made it two on 35 minutes.  Terry Medwin added a third for Spurs with a quarter of an hour left on the clock, but Bill McAdams pulled back a consolation goal for City a minute after.

Spurs:  Hollowbread, Baker, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Norman, Mackay, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, Brooks, Cliff Jones
Man. City:  , , , , , , McAdams
Crowd :  58,916

Coming into the game with a run of four games without a win, Spurs found themselves a goal behind as Joe Hayes gave City a lead after 38 minutes, but Spurs hit back with a second half surge.  Tommy Harmer had a penalty saved by Bert Trautmann and minutes later Johnny Brooks slid home the ball after the keeper had stopped Smith's fierce drive.  Then came a Bobby Smith hat-trick to put Spurs out of reach. 

Smith even set up the fifth goal for George Robb four minutes from the end of the game to cap a fine solo performance.

Spurs: Ditchburn, Hills, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, Ryden, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, Brooks, Robb
Man. City:  Trautmann, Leivers, Sear, Barnes, Ewing, Warhurst, Barlow, Hayes, Johnstone, McAdam, Sambrook
Attendance : -  37,539
Ref. : - A. E. Westwood (Warwicks)
 

Man. City:   , , Ken Brannigan, , , , Colin Barlow, , Joe Hayes, Bobby Johnstone,
Spurs:  Reynolds, , , , , , , , , ,
Attendance : -  22,497

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Attendance : -  32,718

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Attendance : -  33,443

A home goal gave City a sixth minute lead, but Spurs were level when Johnny Brooks finished Tommy Harmer's centre with 28 minutes gone.  Just after the restart, Roy Clarke restored Manchester City's lead, but with some good pressure, Tottenham earned a point with an equaliser from Terry Medwin with two minutes left on the clock.

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Spurs:  Ditchburn, Norman, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Clarke, Marchi, Medwin, Harmer, B. Smith, Brooks, Robb
Attendance : -  32,718

An early corner by George Robb dropped for Dave Dunmore to drive a shot at goal that beat Bert Trautmann, but not Leivers on the goal-line and his block was only just out of reach of Len Duquemin hoping to poach a goal.  Bobby Smith was denied a goal by a questionable offside flag on 30 minutes, with City getting their game together and five minutes before the break, Johnstone headed home a left wing cross from point-blank range to break the deadlock.

Second half injuries hampered Maurice Norman and George Robb a little, with Johnny Brooks taking Norman's place in defence.  Harry Clarke was in fine form in the back line and Norman's presence up front almost brought a leveller, but his shot was scuffed at goal, proving no threat.

However, in the last few minutes, it appeared that Spurs should have had a penalty when Trautmann dropped the ball and then grabbed the ankle of Spurs forward in the box, but the referee played on, consigning Tottenham to their third consecutive semi-final defeat at Villa Park.

Spurs: Reynolds, Norman, Hopkins, Blanchflower, Clarke, Marchi, Dunmore, Brooks, Duquemin, Smith, Robb
Man. City:  Bert Trautmann, Bill Leivers, Roy Little, Peter Barnes, Dave Ewing, Roy Paul, Bill Spurdle, Joe Hayes, Bobby Johnstone, Jack Dyson, Roy Clarke
Attendance : -  69,788
Referee :  -  Mr. J. W. Topliss (Grimsby)
Linesmen : -  Mr. K. Douglas (Peterborough) - Red Flag; Mr. B. T. Whickham (Trowbridge) - Yellow Flag

From Michael Tibby : -
Spurs were not doing particularly well in the league and had been playing Tommy Harmer at outside right for a few games. Semi-Final day was St Patrick’s Day and a photo in the paper showed Danny Blanchflower (I think on Euston Station) pinning shamrock onto Dave Dunmore’s lapel.

Because of rainy weather and a possible heavy pitch at Villa Park, Tommy Harmer (a genius on his day) had been dropped by Manager Jimmy Anderson in favour of Dave Dunmore, who had never fulfilled his potential.

Spurs lost 1-0 to a Bobby Johnstone goal, but there was tremendous controversy concerning George Robb.  Late in the game he was held by the legs by City’s German born ex paratrooper goalkeeper Bert Trautmann (who was to become the hero of the next year’s 1955 Cup Final). Extensive newspaper photographs, in frame by frame sequence, show George Robb, with the goal at his mercy, being clearly held by Trautmann with the ball to one side.  No-one could understand how the referee managed to miss this incident.

Bert received a lot of hate mail over this and obviously, being not long after WWII, you can imagine what it was like.
 

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Attendance : -   27,052

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Attendance : -  41,113

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Ref. : - Mr. G. Tedds (Nottinghamshire)
Linesmen : -  Mr. H. C. Oliver (Bedfordshire); Mr. F C. B. Hullis (Suffolk)
 

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Ernie Toseland gave City the lead in the match came from an error from Spurs keeper Joe Nicholls, but George Hunt and Taffy O'Callaghan both grabbed a brace apiece which was added to by a Willie Evans penalty to leave third placed Spurs, driven on by captain Arthur Rowe, 5-1 winners.

Spurs: Nicholls, Colquhoun, Whatley, Day, Rowe (c), Meads, McCormick, W. Evans, George Hunt, G.W. Hall O'Callaghan
Man. City : Frank Swift, Cann, Billy Dale, Matt Busby, Sam Cowan, McLuckie, ErnieToseland, Bobby Marshall, Fred Tilson, Heale, Payne
Attendance : -  24,576
 

Matt Busby scored twice, with the other two goals coming from Ernie Toseland and Bobby Marshall.

Man. City: Barber, , , , Marshall, Busby, , , Toseland
Spurs: Spiers, Illingworth, Herod, Skitt, Cable, A. Lindsay, Osborne, Thompson, Harper, Cook, Dimmock
Crowd : 37,716
 

Lewis Barber in goal for Manchester City played a blinder, but Manchester City took the lead with a controversial goal.  Ernie Toseland's goal was ruled out and a free-kick given to Spurs, but the ref spoke to the linesman and awarded the goal to City.  

City were reduced to ten men, when Barber punched his own full-back Mick Ridley, who had to leave the field.  Tottenham capitalised on their numerical advantage, as Osborne went past Jimmy McMullan and Bill Felton to shoot Tottenham level.  Billy Cook converted Andy Thompson's cross in the 75th minute to give Tottenham what looked like a winning lead, but City came back with Sam Cowan equalising with a 25 yard shot with five minutes left.

Spurs: Spiers, Illingworth, Herod, Skitt, Cable, A. Lindsay, Osborne, Thompson, Harper, Cook, Dimmock
Man. City: Barber, Ridley, McMullan, Felton, , , , , , Cowan, Toseland
Crowd : 37,000

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Man. City:   Warner, 
Crowd :  10,000

Spurs:  Blake, Clay, Brown, Smith, Lowe, Skinner, Walden, Elkes, Lindsay, Hargreaves, Dimmock
Man. City:  Johnson, 
Crowd :  11,739

Spurs: Jacques, Clay, McDonald, Smith, Walters, Grimsdell, Walden, Seed, Wilson, Bliss, Dimmock
Man. City:  Kelly, 
Crowd : 53,810

 
Man. City:  Howard, Browell
Spurs:  Joyce, Collins, Webster, Lightfoot, R. Steel, Grimsdell, Walden, Newman, Cantrell, Bliss, MIddlemiss
Crowd : 36,256

Spurs: 
Man. City: Goodchild, Henry, Fletcher, Bottomley, Eadie, Dorsett, Lawrence, Taylor, Holford, Jones, Wallace
Crowd :  20,000
Ref. : -

Man. City: Goodchild, Henry, Fletcher, Bottomley, Eadie, Dorsett, Wynn, Taylor, Holford, Jones, Wallace
Spurs: 
Crowd :  30,000
Ref. : -

With Tottenham unable to breach the City defence this time, Billy Jones and Joe Dorsett were both scorers in the 2-0 win.  This win kick-started a revival of seven wins in their last eight games to lift them from the bottom of the table to safety.

Spurs: Joyce, Morris, Britttan, Darnell, Rance, Kennedy, J. McTavish, Newman, Elliott, Bliss, Middlemiss
Man. City:  Goodchild, Henry, Fletcher, Bottomley, Lawrence, Jones, Wynn, Wall, Holford, Hoad, J. Dorsett
Attendance : -  20,000

Man. City:   Goodchild, Henry, Fletcher, Bottomley, Lawrence, Jones, Wynn, Wall, Holford, Hoad, J. Dorsett
Spurs:  Joyce, Collins, Britttan, Darnell, D. Steel, Lightfoot, J. McTavish, Newman, Minter, R. Steel, Middlemiss
Attendance : -  39,800

Man. City:  Smith, Chaplin, Kelso, G. Dorsett, Wall, Ross, Holford, Stewart, Smith, Jones, J. Dorsett
Spurs: 
Attendance : 20,000
Ref. :

Spurs: 
Man. City:  Smith, Chaplin, Kelso, Jones, Brown, Wynn, HOlford, Stewart, Smith, Conlin, J. Dorsett

Two goals from Billy Minter, one from Bobby Steel and a Tom Morris penalty proved just enough to edge out City, who's three goals all came from Tom Holford.

Man. City:  , , , , , , , , , , Holford
Spurs: Hewitson, Coquet, Burton, Morris, D. Steel, Darnell, Walton, Minter, Woodward, B. Steel, Middlemiss
Attendance : 20,000

NOTE : -  Spurs went on a short training break at Southport before the Manchester City FA Cup tie.
Tickets for away FA Cup tie at Manchester City were 3s (£0.15) and return fare was 11s (£0.55).
 

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