AFC Bournemouth v Spurs Reserves Match Reports

Tottenham suffered from the dodgy playing surface that hampered their passing game, and found it difficult to find a way past the five-man Bournemouth back line.  It was 20 minutes into the game when Paul McVeigh got the side’s first shot on target, but it was straight at the Cherries keeper.  On the half hour, it was McVeigh who created a shooting opportunity for Danny Hill, who saw his effort come off the crossbar.

When Spurs had the wind at their backs in the second half, it looked as though they might have already done the hard work, but a failure to clear a Bournemouth attack saw the visitors capitalise and take the lead.  It was a struggle to create much and Simon Wormull went close, although it was only late in the match that Tottenham equalised when Simon Webb’s corner was bundled over the line by Leon Townley.

Teams : 
Spurs – Espen Baardsen, Simon Wormull, Simon Webb, Ross Darcy, Leon Townley, Mark Arber, Garry Brady, Kevin Maher (Simon Spencer 70), Paul McVeigh, Danny Hill, Stephen Clemence (Mark Janney 60)
Unused sub. : –  Peter Gain
Bournemouth –  .
Unused sub. : – 
Attendance : –  ,

Teams : 
Spurs – Barry Daines, Joe Kinnear, Eddie Jones (Gary Mabee), Mike Dillon, Joe Peck, Danny Clapton, Jimmy Neighbour, Holder, Ray Clarke, Souness, Roger Morgan
Bournemouth –  .
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : –  ,

Spurs scored through Jimmy Neighbour, Ray Clarke and Chris McGrath to take the points.

Bournemouth : –
Spurs : –   Barry Daines, Ray Evans, Eddie Jones, Keith Osgood, Joe Peck, Mike Dillon, Chris McGrath, Graeme Souness, Ray Clarke, Roger Morgan, Jimmy Neighbour
Attendance : –  ,

Some of the credit for the clean sheet goes to Barry Daines, who made a couple of good stops to prevent Bournemouth scoring, while at the other end, Ron Tilsted made a good save from John Cutbush and Roy Woolcott hit the crossbar, but he was helpless when Ray Clarke headed Cutbush’s cross into the net to give Spurs a half-time lead.

Soon after the interval, a handball in the area gave Graeme Souness the opportunity to extend the lead from the spot and then a late corner fell to the Scot to score the goal that made it 3-0 from close range after Peter Collins had chested the ball down for him.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Ray Evans, Eddie Jones, Mike Dillon, John Collins, Phil Holder, John Cutbush, Graeme Souness, Ray Clarke, Roy Woolcott, Jimmy Neighbour
Sub. not used :
Bournemouth –   Ron Tilsted, , , , , , , , , , .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Tottenham Reserves played out a 0-0 Football Combination draw at Bournemouth.

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Teams :
Bournemouth –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs – Ken Hancock, Ray Evans, Tony Want, Ray Bunkell, Terry Naylor, John Pratt, David Jenkins, Jimmy Pearce, Roy Woolcott, Phil Holder, Neil Johnson (John Cutbush).
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, John Collins, Tony Want, Phil Beal, Terry Naylor, John Pratt, John Cutbush, Neil Johnson, Roy Woolcott, Ray Bunkell, Jimmy Neighbour.
Sub. not used :
Bournemouth –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –   ,.

Teams :
Spurs –  John Hollowbread, Peter Baker, Ken Barton, Ernie Walley, Harry Clarke, John Ryden, Jeff Ireland, Johnny Brooks, Dave Dunmore, George Robb, Aled Owen.
Bournemouth –  .
Attendance : –   ,