Bristol City v Spurs Match Reports

Teams :
Spurs : –  Barry Daines, Chris Hughton, Don McAllister, Paul Miller, Steve Perryman (c), Ossie Ardiles, Tony Galvin, Micky Hazard, Glenn Hoddle, Mark Falco, Chris Jones
Subs not used :
Bristol City : –  John Shaw, Gerry Sweeney, Clive Whitehead, Gerry Gow, Alan Hay, Geoff Merrick, Tony Fitzpatrick (Don Gillies), Tom Ritchie, Joe Royle, Jimmy Mann, Kevin Mabbutt.
Subs not used :
Attendance : –   23,585.

Tottenham enjoyed their First Division visit to Ashton Gate, returning to London with a 3-1 win over Bristol City.

Ricky Villa’s 21st minute corner was planted into the net by Paul Miller’s header and it was scant reward for the number of chances created during the first half by Spurs.  City keeper John Shaw had to save from Chris Jones before the striker shot over the bar and Ossie Ardiles went close twice in the first 45 minutes.

Soon after the second half kicked off, Jones went close once more, but Barry Daines was called into action by Geert Meyer’s free-kick, which he held well and then he reacted well as Gerry Gow’s shot had to be pushed wide.  Spurs were under pressure and Chris Hughton hacked a shot off the line, but when Spurs went onto the attack, Ardiles was brought down in the box.  Hoddle gave Shaw no chance from the resulting penalty and City could have been further behind had Colin Lee’s shot not bounced out off the foot of the post.

Tom Ritchie gave the Robins some hope with a penalty in the 84th minute, but Hoddle’s diving header bulleted Ossie Ardiles’ right wing cross into the net to wrap up a 3-1 victory.

Teams :

Bristol City – John Shaw, Gerry Sweeney, Gerry Gow, David Rodgers, Geoff Merrick, Tony Fitzpatrick, Trevor Tainton, Joe Royle, Chris Garland, Geert Meyer.
Sub. not used : –  Peter Cormack
Spurs – Barry Daines, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, John Pratt, Gordon Smith, Steve Perryman (c), Ossie Ardiles, Chris Jones, Colin Lee, Glenn Hoddle, Ricky Villa
Sub. not used : – Gerry Armstrong
Ref. : –  – (-)
Linesmen : – .
Attendance : – 25,093

The Robins held Spurs to a 0-0 home First Division draw on a pitch that was divided by the effects of the weather.  One side was frozen rock hard and soil was sprinkled on top to try to allow players some grip, while the other side of the pitch had been in the sun and was muddy and slippery.

Spurs had the better of the game, but could only produce one threatening moment when Colin Lee headed against the bar.

Teams :
Bristol City –  John Shaw, Gerry Sweeney, Donnie Gillies, Gerry Gow, David Rodgers, Norman Hunter, Trevor Tainton, Tom Ritchie, Joe Royle, Peter Cormack, Clive Whitehead
Sub. not used : Kevin Mabbutt
Manager : – Alan Dicks
Spurs –  Mark Kendall, Jimmy Holmes, Don McAllister, John Lacy, Colin Lee, Steve Perryman (c), Ossie Ardiles, John Pratt, Peter Taylor, Ricky Villa, Chris Jones
Sub. not used :
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : –  Peter Reeves (Leicester)
Linesmen : –  Mr. P. G. Daly (Barry) – Red flag; Mr. B. R. Banwell (Stroud) – Yellow flag
Attendance : –   29,122.

Match Ball sponsor : – Mr. Black, Windmill Stores, Windmill Hill, Bedminster.

Spurs won 1-0 at White Hart Lane against Bristol City in a First Division match thanks to David Rodgers’ own goal.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Jimmy Holmes, Don McAllister, John Lacy, Colin Lee, Steve Perryman (c), John Gorman, Ossie Ardiles, John Pratt, Peter Taylor, Ricky Villa
Sub. not used :  Gerry Armstrong
Bristol City –  John Shaw, Gerry Sweeney, Donnie Gillies, Jimmy Mann, David Rodgers, Norman Hunter, Trevor Tainton, Tom Ritchie, Joe Royle, Gerry Gow, Clive Whitehead
Sub. not used : Kevin Mabbutt
Ref. : – Clifford Maskell (Cambridge)
Linesmen : – Mr. K. B. Daniels (Kent) – Red flag; Mr. A. G. Linsey (Kent) – Yellow flag
Attendance : –  34,035

Spurs travelled to the bottom placed team Bristol City, but suffered a 0-1 reverse, which left them only one place above them.

City packed their defence and Spurs found it hard to create many clear cut chances, with only Keith Osgood’s 15th minute effort being cleared off the Robins’ goal-line. Our defence needing to be re-arranged when Andy Keeley had to come on for ankle injury victim Jimmy Holmes.

Terry Naylor was adjudged to have fouled Clive Whitehead in the box and Peter Cormack converted the spot-kick to give City the lead halfway through the second half. With the confidence of a goal behind them, the home team hit the bar later in the match through Cormack’s shot.

Teams :
Bristol City  –  John Shaw, Gerry Sweeney, Geoff Merrick, Gerry Gow, Gary Collier, Norman Hunter, Trevor Tainton, Jimmy Mann, Chris Garland (Donnie Gillies), Peter Cormack, Clive Whitehead.
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Terry Naylor, Jimmy Holmes (Andy Keeley 29), John Pratt, Keith Osgood, Steve Perryman (c), Chris Jones, Glenn Hoddle, Gerry Armstrong, Neil McNab, Peter Taylor
Attendance : –   27,568.

Spurs lost this game 0-1 with a poor performance, with only one shot from John Duncan giving visiting keeper John Shaw something to do.

Keith Fear’s goal was enough to win the match for the Robins. but Spurs should have got something out of the game, which saw John Gorman make his debut.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Terry Naylor, Willie Young, Keith Osgood, John Gorman, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Perryman (c), John Pratt, Peter Taylor, John Duncan, Alfie Conn
Unused sub. : – Neil McNab
Manager : –
Bristol City : – John Shaw, Donnie Gillies, Geoff Merrick, Gerry Sweeney, Gary Collier, Norman Hunter, Trevor Tainton, Tom Ritchie, Jimmy Mann, Keith Fear, Peter Cormack
Unused sub. : – Clive Whitehead
Manager : – Alan Dicks
Attendance : –  28,795
Ref. : – Kenneth Baker (Rugby)
Linesmen : Mr. K. B. Daniels (Kent) – Red flag; Mr. D. R. Drewitt (Sussex) – Yellow flag.

Goal time
First goal –  81m 11s

Spurs had to go to extra-time in this League Cup semi-final second leg to progress to the final at Wembley.

Bristol City battled gallantly, but despite having played better than Spurs in the first half, when Tottenham lost centre half Mike England early on with an ankle injury, the failure to turn that advantage into goals meant that the game entered an extra half an hour.

Seven minutes in, Cyril Knowles floated a free-kick onto Martin Chivers’ head at the Paxton Road end and Spurs were ahead.  Although City still harboured hopes of securing a final place, five minutes into the second period of extra time, substitute Jimmy Pearce hit a stunning left foot drive for the second and a meeting with Aston Villa at Wembley awaited Tottenham.

Teams :
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Mike England (Jimmy Pearce 9), Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery, Steve Perryman, Martin Peters, Jimmy Neighbour, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Bristol City –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –   29,982.

Jimmy Neighbour has an odd souvenir of his first start for Spurs in this match.  During the match, Jimmy took a corner at the Paxton Road End and kicked the corner flag, breaking it.  He was given the broken flag post and put it in the garden of his Chingford house when the frozen ground had softened.

Spurs were held to a 1-1 draw at Ashton Gate in a tough League Cup semi-final first leg match with Bristol City.

The first half of this League Cup semi-final first leg was goal-less, but the tie sparked into life in the 56th minute, when Alan Skirton scored for City to send Ashton Gate into raptures.  The joy was short-lived, as Alan Gilzean equalised to take the tie to White Hart Lane all square.

Teams :
Bristol City –  Skirton, .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Phil Beal, Mike England, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery, Steve Perryman, Martin Peters, Jimmy Pearce, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –   30,201.

Two Jimmy Greaves goals, with the second being a last minute penalty kick, saw Tottenham through the Fifth Round FA Cup tie against Bristol City at White Hart Lane.  Dave Mackay flew into a tackle early in the match and fouled Bobby Kellard, with the ref giving a free-kick and seemingly pointing to the dressing room to dismiss Mackay. However, the Spurs captain argued with the referee and stayed on the pitch !!

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Mike England, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Dave Mackay, Alan Mullery, Terry Venables, Alan Gilzean, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones, Jimmy Robertson
Sub. not used :
Bristol City –  , , , , , , Bobby Kellard, , , , .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  54,610.

Spurs won this match against bottom of the table Bristol City in the Second Division by two goals to one.

Willie Davies and George Greenfield notched the strikes that earned Spurs two points.

Teams :
Spurs –   Allan Taylor, Cecil Poynton, Jack Reddish, Davie Colquhoun, Tommy Cable, Tom Meads, Willie Davies, Eugene O’Callaghan, Jimmy Brain, George Greenfield, Walter Bellamy
Bristol City  –
Attendance : –  15,178.

Teams :
Bristol City –  .
Spurs –  Allan Taylor, Bert Lyons, Cecil Poynton, Davie Colquhoun, Arthur Rowe, Wally Alsford, Jimmy Smailes, Willie Davies, George Hunt, Jimmy Brain, George Greenfield
Attendance : –  9,129

Teams :
Bristol City  –  .
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Bert Lyons, Bert Hodgkinson, Harry Skitt, Alf Messer, Tom Meads, Jimmy Smailes, Willie Davies, George Hunt, Dick Rowley, George Cook
Attendance : –   15,149.

Spurs eased to a 4-1 home win over Bristol City thanks to goals from Dick Rowley 2, Billy Cook and Alf Messer.

Teams :
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Bert Lyons, Bert Hodgkinson, Harry Skitt, Alf Messer, Tom Meads, Willie Davies, Ted Harper, Dick Rowley, Walter Bellamy, George Cook
Bristol City –  Whitelaw, Walsh, Hughes, Jennings, Sliman, Brinton, Homer, Mercer, Vials, Townrow, Johnson.
Attendance : –  21,464.

Teams :
Bristol City –  .
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Matt Forster, Edwin Herod, Harry Skitt, Tommy Cable, Tom Meads, Willie Davies, Ted Harper, Dick Rowley, Walter Bellamy, George Cook
Attendance : –   10,935.

Teams :
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Edwin Herod, Cecil Poynton, Harry Skitt, Tommy Cable, Tom Meads, Jimmy Dimmock, Ted Harper, Andy Thompson, Joe Scott, George Cook
Bristol City –  .
Attendance : –  11,863.

Teams :
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Tommy Clay, Edwin Herod, Arthur Lowdell, Harry Skitt, Bert Smith, Jimmy Dimmock, Ted Harper, Jimmy Armstrong, Frank Osborne, Eugene O’Callaghan
Bristol City  –  .
Attendance : –   22,396.

Teams :
Bristol City –  .
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Matt Forster, John Richardson, Arthur Lowdell, Harry Skitt, Harry Wilding, Jimmy Dimmock, Arthur Crompton, Frank Osborne, Eugene O’Callaghan, Bert Elkes
Attendance : –   13,937.

Teams :
Bristol City –  .
Spurs –  Cyril Spiers, Tommy Clay, Matt Forster, John Richardson, Arthur Lowdell, Harry Skitt, Arthur Grimsdell, Jimmy Dimmock, Stan Alexander, Jimmy Armstrong, Frank Osborne, Eugene O’Callaghan, Charlie Handley
Attendance : –   36,260.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Bob Brown, Jimmy Archibald, Arthur Grimsdell, Bert Smith, Jimmy Dimmock, Fanny Walden, Jimmy Cantrell, Jimmy Banks, Bert Bliss
Bristol City  –  , , , , , , , , , , .
Attendance : –  38,000.

Teams :
Bristol City  –
Spurs –   Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Bob Brown, Charlie Rance, Jimmy Skinner, Bert Smith, Jimmy Dimmock, Fanny Walden, Charlie Wilson, Jimmy Banks, Bert Bliss
Attendance : –   12,000.

A Billy Minter hat-trick eased Spurs to a 3-2 win over Bristol City at the Lane, two of which were headers and the win completed the ‘double’ over City – the first time Tottenham had achieved this feat against any club in the First Division.  The two points took Spurs of the bottom of the table.

Teams :
Spurs – Tommy Lunn, Tom Collins, Fred Wilkes, Jimmy Kennedy, Danny Steel, Jabez Darnell, Albert Gosnell, Jack Curtis, George Crompton, Billy Minter, Bob McTavish
Bristol City  –  , , , , Fred Wedlock, , , , , , , .
Attendance : –   18 ,000.

Teams :
Bristol City –  .
Spurs –  Tommy Lunn, Bert Elkin, Fred Wilkes, Tom Morris, Danny Steel, Bobby Steel, Jabez Darnell, Jack Curtis, Percy Humphreys, Billy Minter, Bert Middlemiss
Attendance : –  20,000.

Spurs had a 3-2 home win over Bristol City with goals from Percy Humphreys, Bert Middlemiss and Billy Minter.

Teams :
Spurs –  John Joyce, Ernie Coquet, Tom Morris, Danny Steel, Bobby Steel, Jabez Darnell, Tom Leslie, Jack Curtis, Percy Humphreys, Billy Minter, Bert Middlemiss
Bristol City  –  , , , , , , , , , , .
Attendance : –   25,000.

Teams :
Bristol City –  .
Spurs –  Fred Boreham, Ernie Coquet, Ollie Burton, Danny Steel, Bobby Steel, Jabez Darnell, Doug McFarlane, Jack Curtis, Walter Tull, Billy Minter, Bert Middlemiss
Attendance : –  20,000.

Vivian Woodward made his Spurs debut in this 1-0 home win over Bristol City thanks to a goal from John Burton.

Teams :
Spurs –  George Clawley, Jimmy Melia, Bill Anson, Jimmy McNaught, Ted Hughes, Bob Stormont, Joe Moffat, Vivian Woodward, Leon Hyde, John Burton, Jack Jones
Bristol City  –  .
Attendance : –   5,000.

Teams :
Spurs –  George Clawley, Harry Erentz, Alex Tait, Tom Morris, Jimmy McNaught, Ted Hughes, Bob Stormont, Jack Kirwan, Sandy Brown, John Cameron, Arthur Jones
Bristol City  –  .
Attendance : –   3,000.

Teams :
Bristol City  –
Spurs –  George Clawley, Jimmy Melia, Harry Erentz, Jimmy McNaught, Ted Hughes, Jack Kirwan, Tom Smith, Sandy Brown, John Cameron, Jack Jones
Attendance : –   9,000.

Teams :
Spurs –  David Haddow, Jimmy Melia, Alex Tait, Tom Morris, Jimmy McNaught, Bob Stormont, Jack Kirwan, Leon Hyde, John Cameron, Jack Jones, Joe Raby
Bristol City  –  .
Attendance : –   3,000.