spurs v sheffield wednesday match reports

 

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Teams : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  , , , , , .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  
Baardsen; Carr, Calderwood, Campbell, Edinburgh (Brady); Howells, Nielsen, Fox, Berti (Dominguez); Ginola, Armstrong 
Subs not used :  Grodas, Mabbutt, Gain
Attendance : -  29,871
Ref. : - 

19.10.1997 Spurs took a 3-0 lead, but were pegged back in this Premier League meeting at the Lane. 

It was a fifth minute Jose Dominguez shot from long range that flew past Kevin Pressman in the Wednesday goal for his first in Spurs' colours.  A corner fell to Campbell, who helped the ball on for Chris Armstrong to finish in the 39th minute.  Right on half-time, Fenn and Vega created a shooting opportunity for David Ginola to curl a shot into the goal to make it 3-0. 

The second half saw more openings, but Tottenham could not apply the finishing touch, which allowed Wednesday to get back into the match.  In the 71st minute, Wayne Collins scrambled the ball in from close range and then Paolo Di Canio shot six minutes from the end made it a tense ending, but Tottenham held out for the points.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker; Carr (Fenn [Calderwood]), Vega, Campbell, Edinburgh; Fox, Howells, Sinton, Dominguez; Ginola, Armstrong 
Subs not used :  Baardsen, Nielsen, Anderton 
Sheff. Wed.  -   Pressman, Nolan, Rudi, W. Collins, Magilton,  Di Canio.
Subs not used : 
Ref. : -  Jeff Winter (Whitley Bay)
Attendance : -   25,097

09.04.1997 Mark Pembridge had the first chance in this Premier League meeting at Hillsborough, but a long range rocket from Peter Atherton in the 18th minute, Wednesday took the lead after Carbone's free-kick was laid on by David Hirst and Andy Booth.  Sheringham, Fox, Sinton and Rosenthal all had shots but it was Dean Austin's long cross that was headed down by Sheringham for Nielsen to steer home past Kevin Pressman.

Only a double reaction save by Walker kept Pembridge's shots out and even he could not prevent Wednesday taking the win in the 69th minute, as Booth shot home Carbone's pass.  Spurs took the game to Wednesday right to the end and Rosenthal went closest with a late header that brushed the post.

Teams : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  Pressman, Atherton, Pembridge, Carbone, Hirst, Booth.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  
Sinton, Nielsen, Fox, Sheringham, Rosenthal 
Subs not used : 
Ref. : - 
Attendance : -  22,667

21.12.1996 With Steffen Iversen and John Scales making their home debuts, this match saw two evenly matched sides fight out a 1-1 draw.  An Ian Nolan pile-driver gave the Owls the lead on 11 minutes after being set up by Mark Pembridge, but Tottenham drew level with a goal from Allan Nielsen, smuggling the ball past Pressman in the Wednesday goal.

Sheringham hit the post and Fox, Iversen, Howells and Sinton all had good openings to score, but Ian Walker had to be alert to make a good stop from Andy Booth and Regi Blinker shot wide in the closing minutes when well-placed.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker; Wilson, Calderwood, Campbell (Scales 86), Carr; Howells, Sinton, Nielsen, Fox; Sheringham, Iversen
Subs not used :  Baardsen, Nethercott, Dozzell, R. Allen
Sheff. Wed.  -  Pressman; Atherton, Walker, Stefanovic, Nolan,
Pembridge, Nicol, Carbone, Blinker, Booth (Hirst 75), Whittingham (Humphreys 88).
Subs not used :  Oakes, Clarke
Ref. : - 
Attendance : -  30,996

24.02.1996
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Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Ref. : - 
Attendance : -  32,047

16.09.1995

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Sheff. Wed.  -  , .
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Ref. : - 
Attendance : -  26,565

10.12.1994 .  

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Ref. : - 
Attendance : -  25,912

20.08.1994 The arrival of a new superstar at Tottenham was heralded by the goal from Jurgen Klinsmann and a novel goal celebration poking fun at his media given reputation for diving.

A 19th minute goal from Teddy Sheringham gave Spurs the lead, when he directed the ball past Pressman after taking Anderton's cross in space in the box.  That became 2-0 when Sheringham returned the compliment with a return ball to Anderton to run in the area and slide it into the net.

Wednesday weren't finished and drew level through a Petrescu goal, taking Sheridan's volley and coolly stroking home and then when Colin Calderwood raced back to deny Bart-Williams breaking into the box, but only succeeded in slamming it past Walker to make it 2-2 in the 66th minute.

With nineteen minutes remaining, a long ball was flicked on by Sheringham to Barmby, who took the ball to the edge of the area and shot between Des Walker's legs and low past Pressman into the bottom corner of the net.

Spurs were now in the ascendancy and were passing the ball with supreme confidence.  They worked the ball through the midfield and out to Anderton on the right wing, where he produced a peach of a cross to the far post.  There, Klinsmann leapt and powered a header past the goalie to open his Spurs account and was joined by his team-mates in his "Dive" celebration.  Unfortunately, he had to leave the field shortly after following a clash of heads with Des Walker, but he was hailed the hero.

The home side continued to press and were rewarded with a third goal - the goal of the game - when David Hirst hit a screamer of a volley from 18 yards that ripped into the roof of the net, but it was to no avail as Tottenham took three points to wipe out half of the FA imposed reduction.

Teams : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  Pressman, Walker, Nolan, Petrescu, Bart-Williams, Bright, Hirst.
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  Walker, Kerslake, Campbell (Mabbutt), Nethercott, Edinburgh, Calderwood, Barmby, Anderton, Dumitrescu (Hazard), Klinsmann, Sheringham
Subs not used : Day
Attendance : -  34,051

05.02.1994 With Owls keeper Kevin Pressman in outstanding form, Spurs were denied in this game at White Hart Lane, in which Wednesday ran out 3-1 winners.

Central defender Simon Coleman's far post finish to a 16th minute free-kick gave Sheffield Wednesday the lead before slack defending handed Mark Bright two goals, leaving Spurs a big margin to close.  Ronnie Rosenthal headed Darren Anderton's 65th minute corner in from 18 yards to get one goal back on his debut, but Pressman athletically stopped efforts from Sedgley, Barmby and Rosenthal to keep the points safe for the visitors.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Walker, Austin, Nethercott, Scott, Edinburgh, Samways, Sedgley, Anderton, Caskey (Gray), Rosenthal, Barmby
Subs not used : Day, Campbell
Sheff. Wed.  -  Pressman, Coleman, Bright.
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   23,078

03.01.1994 .

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Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  , 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   32,514

16.01.1993 .

Teams : 
Spurs -  , 
Subs not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   25,702

27.09.1992 .

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Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Spurs -  , 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   24,895

31.03.1990 Gary Lineker hit two Paul Stewart and Paul Allen scored the goals that gave Tottenham a win over Wednesday with the home side hitting back with goals from David Hurst and Dalian Atkinson.

Teams : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  Hirst, Atkinson.
Subs not used : 
Spurs - 
Paul Allen, Stewart, Lineker 
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   26 ,582

21.10.1989 Gary Lineker hit two first half goals and Paul Moran added a second half third to wrap up a comfortable win for Tottenham.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Moran, Lineker 
Subs not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   26 ,909

03.10.1987 Spurs had to wait until the later stages of this First Division match before goals from Paul Allen and Nico Claesen gave them the three points.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Paul Allen, Claesen
Subs not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   24,311

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18.10.1986 Clive Allen was the scorer to put Spurs ahead right on half-time, but a goal 17 minutes into the second half from midfielder Gary Megson earned Sheffield Wednesday a share of the points in this First Division encounter.

Teams : 
Spurs -  C. Allen, 
Subs not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  Megson.
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -  26,876

08.09.1984 Wednesday won 2-1 with goals from Brian Marwood and Imre Varadi, while Spurs' goal came from Mark Falco.

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Spurs - 
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Attendance : -  ,

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02.01.1971 This FA Cup Third Round paired Spurs with Sheffield Wednesday, who had been relegated to Division Two at the end of the previous season and the game was almost postponed, with fog lifting from the ground just before the match kicked off.

A Martin Peters goal, finishing good work on the left allowed Spurs the lead, but it didn't last too long as David Sunley pulled Wednesday level with a header after only a few minutes had elapsed.

Tottenham scored through Alan Mullery (p), Gilzean 2, Peters and Wednesday got one back through David Sunley.  Alan Gilzean glanced Steve Perryman's shot into the net past keeper Peter Springett to make it 2-1 before half-time.

Into the second half, Spurs went further ahead when Springett brought down Martin Chivers in the area and Alan Mullery stepped up to convert, after his penalty-kick was saved. A late goal to give Gilzean his second of the match wrapped up a 4-1 win.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Kinnear, Peter Collins, Naylor, Knowels, Mullery, Perryman, Peters, Neighbour, Gilzean, Chivers
Sub. not used :  Pearce
Sheff. Wed.  -  Springett, , , , , , , , Sunley.
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   34,170
Ref. : - Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

01.11.1969 Third from bottom Wednesday visited White Hart Lane and fell to a single goal from Spurs winger Roger Morgan.  The goal came late in the game, as it seemed to be heading to a scoreless draw.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
, , Morgan.
Sub. not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  Eustace, Ford, Coleman.
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -   31,655
Ref. : -  - (-)

13.11.1965 Division One.  Scorers for Wednesday were Colin Dobson, Vic Mobley and John Fantham and for Spurs Frank Saul and a Dave Mackay penalty.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Subs not used : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  .
Subs not used : 
Attendance : -   53 ,988

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Sheff. Wed.  -  .
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17.04.1961 Spurs were top of the table and expected to take the title with a stylish win in this First Division match with their closest rivals, Sheffield Wednesday.  However, the Yorkshire team were not that willing to roll over and a Don Megson goal gave the Owls the lead, flying in the face of the expected scripting for the game.

However, a long ball forward was won by Terry Dyson, getting there ahead of Peter Swan and the winger headed on to Bobby Smith.  The striker made for the box, but found Megson in his way, so delicately lobbed the ball over the defender's head, ran around him and volleyed the ball home past Springett in the Wednesday goal.

Drawing Spurs level, the goal inspired the team and within a minute, the match and the title were won.  Les Allen netted the second Tottenham goal and the celebrations began.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Brown, Baker, Norman, Henry, Blanchflower, Mackay, White, Dyson, L. Allen, B. Smith, Cliff Jones
Sheff. Wed.  -  Springett, Johnson, Megson, McAnearney, Swan, Kay (c), Finney, Craig, Ellis,
Fantham, Wilkinson
Attendance : -  61,205

12.11.1960 Sheffield Wednesday became the first team to beat Spurs in Division One. 

Scorers for Wednesday were Billy Griffin and John Fantham and for Spurs Maurice Norman.

Teams : 
Sheff. Wed.  - 
Griffin, Fantham.
Spurs -  , , , , Norman, , , , , ,
Attendance : -   53,988

17.10.1959

Gerry Young's 14th minute goal gave the home side the lead, but Spurs equalised eight minutes later with John White scoring in this First Division game.  The Scot's joy was dampened when Derek Wilkinson scored a winner for Wednesday in the 83rd minute. 

Teams : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  Young, Wilkinson.
Spurs -  White, 
Attendance : -   37,632

28.04.1951 In the Spurs “Push and Run” side's Second Division title win of 1949-50, It was Sheffield Wednesday who took the runners-up spot.

The following season saw the teams have differing fortunes.  Spurs were near the top of the First Division from New Year onwards, while Wednesday were close to the bottom of the table and their visit to White Hart Lane came with just two matches left.  Both teams needed the points for different reasons, with a win for Tottenham that would give them the title for the first time. 

Spurs had stuttered in the run-in with Huddersfield Town winning at the Lane and Middlesbrough taking a point from Spurs on Tees-side.    

When the match started, inside forward Eddie Baily almost broke through, but was denied by a timely tackle from Norman Curtis, before Wednesday made their attacking intent clear with a cross from Alan Finney picking out Redfearn Froggatt to fire a shot just wide of the mark.  Spurs broke and Len Duquemin struck a shot on goal from 10 yards out, forcing Owls keeper Dave McIntosh to plunge to palm away the ball. 

Wednesday were giving as good as they got and Ted Ditchburn was called into action, keeping out a shot from striker Dennis Woodhead and then diving at Woodhead's feet before he could get a shot away.  Ditchburn was left standing when Walter Rickett put the ball across for Wednesday, but nobody was available to put the ball in, then Froggatt fizzed an effort inches wide. 

Spurs were lacking their usual accuracy in their passing, with only Peter Murphy testing McIntosh, while the visitors once more threatened and Alf Ramsey got back to clear Finney's shot off the goal-line.  The ebb and flow of the game did not stop, with a tricky run up the wing by Les Medley ending with a flicked effort on goal that McIntosh did well to tip it wide. 

An unusual nervousness seemed to be creeping through the Tottenham attack, resulting in good play being spurned in the last third, but with only a minute remaining in the first half, Spurs made a telling attack. 

Ron Burgess was on a strong run that was almost ended by a fearsome tackle by Gerry Henry, but the Welshman managed to nick the ball on to Eddie Baily, wide on the right.  Good movement ahead of him by Duquemin and Medley opened up space for him to run past three Wednesday defenders and then laid the ball off to Medley, in turn finding a pass to Duquemin.  With the keeper coming out and with two full backs bearing down on the Channel Islander, Len showed his goal-scoring ability by reaching the ball before the opposition and prodding it into the net to give Spurs the lead with half a minute remaining. 

The Spurs crowd roared their approval and the team went into the dressing room in good spirits, only to find out that second place Manchester United were leading  Huddersfield Town 3-0.  However, the crowd's buoyant atmosphere and the confidence of a goal scored at a vital psychological time gave Tottenham the filip they needed. 

The second half was almost one-way traffic, with McIntosh keeping Spurs at bay.    Medley put in a cross which hit Curtis' hand, but the ref didn't see it, while the keeper beat out Murphy's pile-driver and then managed to get enough on the ball to take Ramsey's bullet of a shot over the top.  McIntosh was getting anything in the way to prevent Tottenham scoring and his face was put to good use to deny Baily, who hit a powerful shot on target and then produced a fine save to push out Walters' effort that looked as though it might end up in the roof of the net. 

Walters was having little luck and the post kept his next shot out, with Murphy also going close until Curtis popped up to head off his own line.  With time running out, Sheffield Wednesday decided to move further up the pitch to try to salvage something from the match.  Woodhead tested Ditchburn's reflexes and and the forward was through, but when poised to pull the trigger, he slipped and the chance was gone. 

Spurs were happy with keeping possession and when the final whistle was blown, the players were joyous and the crowd erupted, as the two points had sealed the First Division championship for the club for the first time.  Unfortunately, the Duquemin shot that gave Spurs the victory proved damaging to Wednesday, whose relegation was confirmed a week later.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Ditchburn, Ramsey, Willis, Nicholson, Clarke, Burgess, Walters, Murphy, Duquemin, Baily, Medley
Sheff. Wed. - 
McIntosh, Jackson, Curtis, Henry, Packard, Wilcomb, Finney, Sewell, Woodhead, Froggatt, Rickett.
Attendance : -   46,645

26.10.1946 Struggling Sheffield Wednesday were overpowered by a Spurs side who did enough to win this Second Division encounter at White Hart Lane.

After just ten minutes, Les Bennett opened the scoring for Tottenham and although both sides spurned the opportunity to score from the penalty spot, it was left to Freddie Cox to hit the net, after good work by Spurs in the 32nd minute.  The game disintegrated into a scrappy affair in the second half, which saw neither goal threatened.   

Teams : 
Spurs -   Ditchburn, Willis, Nicholson, Ludford, Woodward, Burgess, Cox, Bennett, Foreman, Dix, L. Stevens
Sheff. Wed.  - 

Attendance : -   19,726

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Spurs - 
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13.01.1932 The Third Round FA Cup replay saw Sheffield Wednesday progress with a 3-1 win.

George Hunt was on the mark again for Spurs, this time from the penalty spot, but three home goals sealed victory for Wednesday.

Teams : 
Sheff. Wed.  -  ,
Spurs -  George Hunt, 
Attendance : -   30,000

09.01.1932 A Third Round FA Cup meeting at White Hart Lane saw Second Division Spurs face the high-flying First Division Sheffield Wednesday.

Harry Burgess gave the Owls the lead and when George Hunt equalised, the Spurs contingent among the 40,000 plus crowd started the Tottenham Roar, which inspired the team to go ahead through Willie Evans.  With Tottenham struggling with injured full back Albert Lyons not much more than a passenger, Wednesday's left winger Ellis Rimmer made the score 2-2 to take the tie to a replay.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Spiers, Lyons, Poynton, Colquhoun, Rowe, Tom Evans, Davies, Brain, O'Callaghan, George Hunt, Willie Evans
Sheff. Wed.  -  Brown, Walker, Blenkinsop, Strange, Leach, Gowdy, Hooper, Stephenson, Millership, Burgess, Rimmer
Attendance : -   41 ,511

30.08.1926

Spurs scored a big win over Wednesday at White Hart Lane, with six different scorers getting in on the act.  Jack Elkes grabbed a brace, while John Blair, Jimmy Dimmock, Frank Osborne, Jimmy Seed and Andy Duncan all hit a single goal each to rack up Tottenham's magnificent seven.   

Teams : 
Spurs -   Blair, Osborne, Seed, Elkes, Duncan, Dimmock
Sheff. Wed.  - 

Attendance : -   19,726

26.12.1914 Tottenham had few high-points in this relegation season, but the 6-1 thrashing of Sheffield Wednesday on Boxing Day was one of them.  Having lost 2-3 at Hillsborough the day before, Tottenham enjoyed the home advantage and Bert Bliss' four goals were added to by Bobby Steel and Harry Sparrow to round off the biggest win of the season.

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , , , Sparrow, Bliss, R. Steel
Sheff. Wed. -  .
Attendance : -   8,000

26.12.1914 .

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Spurs - 
Sheff. Wed. -  .
Attendance : -   26,000

05.03.1904

A goal by John Jones earned Tottenham a replay in this Third Round FA Cup match, which was the quarter-final stage at the time.   

Teams : 
Spurs -   John Jones
Sheff. Wed.  - 

Attendance : -   14,500

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