spurs v notts forest match reports

02.03.2005 FA Cup Fifth Round replay.  For match report, click here.
20.02.2005 FA Cup Fifth Round.  For match report, click here.
17.04.1999 Premier League .

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21.11.1998 Premier League .

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01.03.1997 Premier League .

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19.01.1997 Premier League .

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06.04.1996 Premier League .

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09.03.1996 With the team unable to be separated during 120 minutes of this FA Cup Fifth Round replay, it was decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Although Tottenham had the early chances, it was Forest who took the lead.  Teddy Sheringham, David Howells and Chris Armstrong all had opportunities to score, but in the ninth minute, Bryan Roy ran through the Spurs defence to slot the ball home.  It was a fine free-kick from Sheringham that brought Tottenham level in the 33rd minute.

With Spurs again having the majority of the goal-scoring chances in the second half, it was disappointing that in extra time Ronny Rosenthal's shot was cleared off the line by Stuart Pearce and Steve Slade's late shot hit the post, meaning the game went to a shoot-out.  

Unfortunately for Spurs, Pearce scored the first penalty, while Mark Crossley beat out Clive Wilson's effort.  Ian Walker stopped Roy's kick and then Rosenthal's shot was stopped before Ian Woan and Ruel Fox both converted theirs.  Steve Chettle slotted past Walker and Teddy Sheringham had to score his penalty to keep Tottenham in the match, but Crossley once more saved a Spurs FA Cup penalty to seal their exit form the competition.

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Spurs -  Walker, Campbell, Edinburgh (Nethercott 107), Calderwood, Mabbutt (c), Howells, Wilson, Fox, Rosenthal, Sheringham, Armstrong (Slade 107)
Unused sub. : -  Thorstvedt
Notts Forest -  Crossley, Lyttle, Pearce, Haaland (Phillips 68), Chettle, Woan, Gemmill, Bart-Williams, Stone (McGregor 105), Campbell (J. Lee 120), Roy.
Unused sub. : -  Fettis
Attendance : -  31,055

28.02.1996 The rearranged FA Cup Fifth Round tie saw the game swing back and forth in typical cup tradition.

Mabbutt's third minute foul on Bryan Roy gave Ian Woan the opportunity to fire a shot past Walker from the edge of the box, but the lead only lasted for five minutes, as Sheringham flicked on Calderwood's long free-kick for Chris Armstrong to head home.

With 29 minutes on the clock, Campbell put in a cross that Crossley failed to hold and Armstrong was on the spot to convert the chance and give Spurs the lead.  

Kevin Campbell and Roy were denied by a fine double save by Walker on 62 minutes, but when Rosenthal fouled Steve Stone 10 minutes later, he was left helpless as Woan hit his second goal from the free-kick  to take the tie to a replay.

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Notts Forest -  Crossley, Lyttle, Phillips, Cooper (Haaland 33), Chettle, Woan, Gemmill, Bart-Williams, Stone (Silenzi 88), Campbell, Roy.
Unused sub. : - Fettis
Spurs -  Walker, Campbell, Wilson, Calderwood, Mabbutt (c), Howells, Dozzell, Fox, Rosenthal, Sheringham, Armstrong (McMahon 70)
Unused sub. : - Day, Nethercott
Attendance : -  18,600

19.02.1996 The FA Cup Fifth Round tie at the City ground was abandoned after fourteen minutes and fifty seconds, when blizzard conditions made further play impossible.  However, Jason Dozzell's fourth minute foul on Chris Bart-Williams that earned him a booking stood.

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14.10.1995 Premier League .

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24.09.1994 This Premier League saw Spurs take a rampant Forest side into the break at 1-1.  Steve Stone scored an early goal for the visitors, but Ilie Dumitrescu equalised to make things level at the break.

After the interval, Forest ran in three goals from Franz Carr (2) and Lars Bohinen to run out 4-1 winners.

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Attendance : -  24,558

12.04.1993 Premier League .

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28.12.1993 Premier League .

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02.12.1992 League Cup Fourth Round.

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01.03.1992 The League Cup Semi-Final Second Leg at White Hart Lane was delayed for over an hour because of a bomb scare.

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09.02.1992 League Cup Semi-Final First Leg.

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26.12.1991 Division One.

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28.08.1991 Division One.

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18.05.1991 FA Cup Final.  See here for a match report and here for more information on the match
04.05.1991 Division One.

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27.10.1991

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10.11.1984 Spurs won this home First Division match with Peter Davenport getting Forest's goal.

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Notts Forest -  Sutton, Mills, Swain, Metgod, Fairclough, Bowyer, Wigley, Hodge, Raynor, Davenport, Walsh
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Attendance : -   21,306

04.02.1984 Spurs visited the City Ground to play Forest, who were in the top four of the Canon League Division One.

Forest took an 11th minute lead through Steve Hodge (later to play for Spurs), who shot past Parks in goal for Tottenham, but Mark Falco pulled Spurs level by knocking home Graham Roberts' cross on 26 minutes.

The home side pushed Spurs back for large sections of the game and the pressure told when Colin Walsh scored in the 64th minute.  But with only a minute or so to go, Ardiles picked out a shrewd pass through the Forest defence to find Chris Hughton running through and he found the back of the net with a 15 yard shot to earn Spurs a point.

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Notts Forest -  Hodge, Walsh.
Spurs -  Parks, Hughton, Galvin, Roberts, Stevens, Perryman, Mabbutt, Archibald, Falco, Hoddle, Brooke (Crooks)
Attendance : -  21,482

02.10.1983 Spurs met Nottingham Forest in the first live televised League match on ITV and Spurs thrilled the watching millions with a comeback performance to take the points in their first home win of the season.

Chas and Dave entertained the crowd before the game and five minutes into it Spurs fans were not keen to sing along to "Mustn't Grumble", as Colin Walsh gave the visiting side from the East Midlands the lead.  With Spurs failing to get going, it was not until the 70th minute that Gary Stevens' diving header from Garry Brooke's cross levelled the scores.

Five minutes before the final whistle, Brooke floated in a free-kick and Mark Falco rose to head downwards into the danger area and Steve Archibald nipped in to poach the winning goal.

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Spurs -  Roberts, Stevens, Brooke, Falco, Archibald
Notts Forest -  Bowyer, Walsh, Wallace.
Attendance : -  30,596

25.09.1982

Spurs turned on a very good performance to see off a strong Forest team.

Tottenham took the lead just before the half hour with a Gary Mabbutt header, then Ricky Villa cleverly made an opening for Garth Crooks to add another goal three minutes after.  

Mabbutt scored a third before half-time to put Spurs 3-0 up and although Garry Birtles had found Ray Clemence in fine form, he pulled one goal back for the visitors.  However, Willie Young condemned his new side to defeat when he assisted Tottenham with a sloppy back-pass allowing Crooks to nip in to poach a fourth goal.

Teams : 
Spurs -   Clemence, Perryman, Miller, Price, Hughton, Brooke, Hazard (Crook), Villa, Mabbutt, Falco, Crooks
Notts Forest -  van Breukelen, Anderson, Fairclough, Young, Gunn, Proctor, Hodge, Gray (Ward), Walsh, Birtles, Wallace.
Attendance : -  30,662

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18.01.1982 A mis-hit Ossie Ardiles shot got Spurs through this 5th round League Cup tie, but it was another incident that took the spotlight in a match that saw the new West Stand used for the first time.

Sours were awarded a penalty and Glenn Hoddle stepped up to face Peter Shilton in the City goal.  The ball was hit to the keeper's right and he dived to push the ball out, but some Forest players were inside the area at the time the kick was taken, so Hoddle had to take it again.  This time, he shot to Shilton's left and found the back of the net, but Mark Falco was encroaching, so again he had to replace the ball on the spot.  For a third time Hoddle ran up to take the kick and placed the ball near the right hand post, but Shilton saved it for a second and final time.

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Spurs -  Clemence, Hughton, Miller, Roberts, Villa, Perryman, Ardiles (Hazard), Falco, Galvin, Hoddle, Crooks
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Attendance : -   31,192

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27.10.1979 A stunning goal from Glenn Hoddle won this match for Spurs against a strong Forest side.

On a sunny autumn afternoon at White Hart Lane, Milija Aleksic kicked the ball upfield, where Gerry Armstrong flicked it on.  Chris Jones knocked the ball back into the path of Hoddle, who produced a stunning volley that flew past a helpless Peter Shilton to give Tottenham an early lead they held to the end of the match.

Featuring on The Big Match TV programme, the goal was hailed as the best that season, with the ball not touchng the ground until it nestled in the back of the net at the Park Lane end.

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11.11.1978 A 1-3 home defeat for Spurs saw Nottingham Forest extend their unbeaten run to 40 games, as they scored through Viv Anderson, John Robertson and Garry Birtles.  Tottenham's only consolation came through John Pratt's goal in the 80th minute, as all the goals came in the second half.

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Attendance : -  50,451
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19.08.1978

Spurs made their first appearance of the season with Ossie Ardiles and Ricardo Villa in the side, pulling in a bumper crowd at the City Ground, which was to become a common feature in this season - Tottenham's first back in the First Division.

Martin O'Neill opened the scoring for the home side, but the crowd got what they came for when Villa scored an equaliser to earn Spurs a point.

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Notts Forest -  O'Neill.
Spurs -  Lacy, Ardiles, Villa
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Attendance : -  41,223
Ref. : - D. W. Lloyd

08.01.1975 Spurs failed to claim the initiative with early chances falling to Conn, Peters and Coates and went behind to Forest in the 33rd minute.  Liam O'Kane's right wing free kick was glanced home by Neil Martin.

The game was fairly dire, with Spurs fans singing "We want football" and "What a load of rubbish", as the team struggled against the Reds, who were being managed for the first time by Brian Clough.  Spurs could have brought the tie level in the 82nd minute, when Perryman snaffled a loose ball away from the keeper, but his shot was too high and Spurs were consigned to an early exit from the competition.

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Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, England, Naylor, Pratt, Coates, Perryman, Conn, Peters (Neighbour), Duncan
Notts Forest -  Middleton, , Greenwood (Cottam), Chapman, , O'Kane, , Martin, Butlin, Bowyer, 
Attendance : -   27,996

04.01.1975 Having sacked their manager Allan Brown, Forest were up against it and when Kinnear, Duncan and Perryman linked play to set up Martin Chivers with the opening to score on 35 minutes from close range their fans were silenced. 

However, Spurs were forced into a replay when Perryman's foul on Ian Bowyer got Forest a free-kick on the edge of the area.  George Lyall knocked the ball to Dave Jones and his left foot shot flew in from 25 yards to take the tie on to White Hart Lane.

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Notts Forest -  Middleton, Anderson (Martin), Greenwood, Chapman, Jones, O'Kane, Dennehy, Lyall, Butlin, Bowyer, Richardson
Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, England, Naylor, Pratt, Coates, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Duncan.
Unused sub. : - Beal 
Attendance : -  23,355

12.02.1972 A 59th minute Martin Peters goal gave Spurs the points as they travelled to the City Ground for this First Division meeting.

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Attendance : -  20,209

13.02.1971 A good first half performance saw Spurs through this FA Cup Fifth Round FA Cup tie against Nottingham Forest in their 250th FA Cup match.

Just 45 seconds into the game, Martin Chivers' long throw found Martin Peters, who hit a shot from three yards out that went wide.  It was in the seventh minute that Chivers put Spurs into the lead when he reacted first to the Jim Barron's parry from Alan Gilzean's shot and hit the ball into the net.

It was a Chivers long throw that created the second goal as Gilzean came across the front of the defender and back-headed into the net with 41 minutes gone.

The visitors got back into the game in the second half, when Knowles was adjudged to have fouled Peter Cormack and Ian Storey-Moore struck the 67th minute penalty past Jennings to make the score 2-1 and it stayed that way until the end, although Jennings and Knowles had to combine to stop Cormack grabbing a late equaliser.

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Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, P. Collins, Beal, Knowles, Mullery, Perryman, Neighbour, Peters, Chivers, Gilzean
Sub not used : Pearce
Notts Forest -  Barron, Hindley, Winfield, Chapman, O'Kane, Jackson, Lyons, Frasier, Collier (Rees), Cormack, Storey-Moore.
Attendance : -   46,366
Ref. : - Edward Jolly (Manchester)

12.04.1969 The chances that Forest created but did not take in the first half of this match cost them victory by the end.

Young centre-half Peter Collins stopped Barry Lyons scoring from a narrow angle with a goal-line clearance in the 15th minute, but Spurs broke away when Roger Morgan took the ball off Len Harris and crossed into the box.  Greaves took the ball and set up Gilzean to shot home from the edge of the box in the 28th minute.

The home side pressed again as the rain fell heavily, but Spurs held firm and broke again near the end, when Gilzean returned the compliment for Greaves to stroke home a left footed effort to make it 2-0.

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Notts Forest -  Hennesey, Harris, Hall, Lyons, .
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Spurs -   Jennings, Beal, Knowles, Mullery, P. Collins, Pratt, Johnson, Greaves, Gilzean, Venables, Morgan (Pearce)
Attendance : -   22,920

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29.04.1967

Spurs came out on top in the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough in an open and attacking match.

Frank Wignall went close twice in the first half hour with Cyril Knowles required to kick the ball away from in front of goal and another effort just going wide, but Spurs kept Forest out as they pressed forward.  On 32 minutes, Spurs opened the scoring.  Kinnear passes sideways to Mike England in the centre circle and his lofted pass forward found the head of Alan Gilzean.  It was his knock down from the aerial battle with Bob McKinlay that provided the opportunity for Jimmy Greaves to strike a left foot volley that flew past keeper Peter Grummitt and went in off the left-hand post.

After 66 minutes, Saul took the ball off Terry Hennessey and hit a 20 yarder past the goalie to make it 2-0.  Saul and Hennessey were lucky to stay on the pitch after they got involved in a spat near the corner flag.  It was the Forest defender who closed the gap with an 81st minute header from Barry Lyons' corner that bounced down over the line off the underside of the crossbar.  Forest pressed for an equaliser, but Spurs caused some concern at the other end with Grummitt saving well from Gilzean, Saul and Greaves.  Forest's efforts were not enough to keep Spurs from going through to Wembley to meet Chelsea, who overcame Leeds in the other semi.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, England, Mackay (Jones), Mullery, Venables, Robertson, Greaves, Gilzean, Saul
Notts Forest -  Grummitt, Hindley, Winfield, Hennessey, McKinlay, Newton, Lyons, Barnwell, Wignall (Chapman), Storey-Moore, Hinton

Attendance : -   55,000

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31.08.1963 Jimmy Greaves hit a hat-trick as Tottenham strolled to victory.

Greaves put Spurs ahead early on and Cliff Jones hit number two before the interval.  The game then hit a barren patch before three goals in the last five minutes.  Greaves made it 3-0, but Colin Addison pulled a goal back for Forest before Greaves completed his treble right on the final whistle.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Hollowbread, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Norman, J. Smith, Jones, White, Bobby Smith, Greaves, Dyson
Notts Forest -  Grummitt, Wilson, Mochan, Whitefoot, McKinlay, Winfield, Hockey, Addison, Wignall, Quigley, Le Flem.
Attendance : -   49,407

05.10.1957
A quick start by Spurs counted for nothing in the final analysis as Forest came back to take both First Division points at White Hart Lane.

Tommy Harmer and Johnny Brooks gave Spurs a dream start inside ten minutes, but Forest's Tom WIlson got one back before the break.  Then in a turnaround in fortune, Stewart Imlach and Billy Gray took Notts. Forest into the lead shortly after the interval and while Terry Medwin brought the score back to 3-3, it was left to Imlach to notch the winner for the visitors.

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Spurs -  Reynolds, Baker, Hopkins, Ryden, Norman, Iley, Medwin, Harmer, Bobby Smith, Stokes, Brooks
Notts Forest -  T. Wilson, Imlach, Gray, 
Attendance : -  51,429

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