Crystal Palace v Spurs Reserves Match Reports

It took Palace just five minutes to go ahead with central defender Jay Rich-Baghuelou heading in Jesurun Rak-Sakyi’s cross giving the impetus to the home side who nearly made it 2-0 moments later, but Tobi Omole produced an excellent tackle to avert the danger.  Rak-Sakyi did find the net after 13 minutes, when he got around Kallum Cesay and drilled in a shot at Josh Oluwayemi’s near post. 

Tottenahm almost reduced the lead straight away with Dilan Markanday’s shot producing a fine save from Palace keeper Joe Whitworth and that was followed by some desperate defending by the home side having to clear efforts from Alfie Devine off the line and Jack Clarke’s shot was deflected onto the post.  Palace had a couple of good openings before they went 3-0 up when Rob Street got the ball in the Spurs half, went forward and curled a shot beyond Oluwayemi’s reach with only 24 minutes on the clock.

Whitworth was made to work when he had to save from Harvey White and Markanday, but just before half-time, Yago Santiago did well on the left wing to pull the ball back to Devine, who found the net from close range.  Having pulled a goal back, the Spurs players had a different mind-set in the second half and in the 56th minute, Devine’s glancing header was only denied by the goalpost, but it came to Tottenham’s aid a minute later, when Markanday’s curler went in off the upright.

With the game swinging Tottenham’s way, we levelled the score at 3-3 just two minutes later as Dilan Markanday made good progress into the area and then had the presence of mind to play the ball into the path of Kallum Cesay, who bent a shot into the bottom corner of the net. However, a free-kick conceded on the edge of the Spurs area was curled in by Scott Banks to hand Palace a lead they retained to the end, despite Cesay having a couple of shots after being pushed forward, but they failed to hit the target and Spurs were left ruing their comeback that slipped away from them.

Teams :
Crystal Palace : –  Joe Whitworth, Sean Robertson  , Reece Hannam, Malachi Boateng  , Jay Rich-Baghuelou, Jake O’Brien (c), David Omilabu (John-Kymani Gordon 79), Jack Wells-Morrison, Rob Street, Scott Banks (David Boateng 84), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi
Unused subs. : –  Oliver Webber, Harry Freedman, Jack Roles
Manager : – Paddy McCarthy
Spurs : –  Josh Oluwayemi, Matthew Craig, Kallum Cesay, Harvey White (c), Marqes Muir, Tobi Omole, Jack Clarke (Michael Craig 75), Nile John  , Yago Santiago (Maksim Paskotsi 85), Alfie Devine, Dilan Markanday.
Unused subs. : –  Thimothee Lo-Tutala, Malachi Fagan-Walcott
Manager : – Wayne Burnett
Referee : – Daniel Lamport
Attendance : –  , . 

Paul Moran headed Mark Robson’s free-kick past the Palace keeper to give Tottenham the lead, but then he was sent off just before half-time to leave Spurs to battle on with 10 men.  Palace eventually broke Spurs down with a leveller in the 75th minute, but with 10 minutes left, Tottenham scored what turned out to be the winning goal.  Billy Manuel made good ground on the left wing, crossing for Phil Gray to head it on to Eddie Gormley, who hit a scorching volley into the net.

Teams :
Spurs : –  Peter Guthrie, Andy Polston, Mark Stimson, Jason Cook, Guy Butters, Gary Stevens, Paul Moran, Mark Robson, Phil Gray (Richie Johnston 85), Billy Manuel, Ian Gilzean (Eddie Gormley 46).
Crystal Palace : –
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Terry Gibson’s hat-trick contained one penalty and Garry Brooke, Gary O’Reilly and Peter Southey all found the net to record a big victory.

Teams :
Crystal Palace : –
Spurs : –  Tony Parks, Pat Corbett, Gary O’Reilly, Paul Price, John Lacy, Ian Crook, Gordon Smith, Peter Southey, Terry Gibson, Mike McCabe, Garry Brooke.
Attendance : –  , . 

Tottenham had several chances in the first part of the first half, but only had one goal from Mark Falco to show for it, although he also struck the bar.  This left Palace in with the chance of equalising in this Football Combination match and they did so as the match came towards the end.

Teams :
Crystal Palace : –
Spurs : –  Milija Aleksic, Peter Southey, Don McAllister, John Cooper, Kenny Dixon, Micky Hazard, Gordon Smith, Ian Crook, Anderson Rollock (Terry Chambers 85), Terry Gibson, Mark Falco.
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Teams :
Crystal Palace : –
Spurs : –  Mark Kendall, Roger Wade, Steve Cavanagh, Phil Holyoak, Fred Barwick, Noel Brotherston, Neil McNab, Kevin Stead, Stuart Beavon, Martin Robinson.
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Roger Wade and Noel Brotherston worked a shooting opportunity for Neil McNab form the right of the goal at an acute angle and the Scot found the net to allow Spurs to go ahead.  A dominant performance in the first half should have built up a bigger lead, but in the second half Palace seized on a defensive lapse to grab an equaliser.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Fred Barwick, Micky Stead, Roger Wade, Steve Walford, Steve Cavanagh, Noel Brotherston, Gerry Armstrong, John Duncan, Neil McNab, Martin Robinson
Crystal Palace : –
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An inexperienced forward line could not convert the opportunities a hard-working Tottenham team created, but the team of teenagers gave a good account of themselves.

The woodwork came in for a battering in the match, with Palace’s Paul HInshelwood striking it twice and after half-time, Kevin Stead’s shot rebounded back off the post and in trying to clear the ball Eagles defender John Love almost put through his own goal.

Spurs almost pulled off a late win when Noel Brotherston screwed a shot just wide of the Palace goal.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ian Cranstone, Ian Smith, Micky Stead, Andy Keeley, Fred Barwick, Gary Bacon, Noel Brotherston, Neil McNab, Martin Robinson, Kevin Stead, Gary Hyams
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Spurs : –  Ian Cranstone, Ian Smith, Micky Stead, Andy Keeley, Steve Walford, Fred Barwick, Noel Brotherston, Ralph Coates, Martin Robinson, Gary Bacon, Andy Bradbury.
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Crystal Palace : –
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Spurs : –  Terry Lee, Joe Kinnear, Gary Anderson, Andy Keeley, Wayne Cegielski, Danny Clapton, Roger Gibbins, John Margerrison, Chris Jones, Neil McNab, Alfie Conn.
Sub. not used : –
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In this away match, Palace won 2-1, with Tottenham’s goal coming from Mike Dillon

Teams : –
Crystal Palace : –
Spurs : –  Terry Lee, Ray Evans, Eddie Jones, Mike Dillon, Peter Collins, John Margerrison, Jimmy Pearce, Ray Clarke, Gary Mabee, Phil Holder, Jimmy Neighbour.
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Crystal Palace : –
Spurs : – Terry Lee, Joe Peck, Eddie Jones, Joe Kinnear, Peter Collins, Mike Dillon, Jimmy Neighbour, Ray Clarke, Chris Jones, Phil Beal, Roger Morgan
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Sub. not used : –
Spurs : – Terry Lee, Joe Kinnear, Tony Want, Terry Naylor, Peter Collins, Phil Holder, Jimmy Pearce, Graeme Souness, Roy Woolcott, Ray Clarke, Roger Morgan.
Sub. not used : –
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Ray Clarke and an own goal by Wooldridge were not enough to overcome the home side.

Teams :
Crystal Palace –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Terry Lee, John Pratt, Tony Want, Terry Naylor, Peter Collins, Graeme Souness, Ray Clarke, David Jenkins (Eddie Jones), Phil Holder, Roy Woolcott, Ray Clarke, Roger Morgan
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Crystal Palace –  Paul Hammond, Loughlan, Bill Roffey, Mann, Brown, Goldthorpe, Wharton (Woolridge), Dawkins, Pinkney, Hinshelwood, Thomas.
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Crystal Palace Reserves took an early lead to shock Spurs Reserves into action and go on to a big win in this Football Combination meeting at White Hart Lane.

Roy Woolcott pulled Spurs level before half time and then in the second half, Tottenham turned in a very good performance to go on to win.

Phil Holder’s half-volley early in the second period put Spurs ahead and then a brace from John Cutbush gave them breathing space before a trip on Roy Woolcott gave Ray Bunkell the opportunity to score the fifth goal from the penalty spot to make the final score 5-1.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Ray Evans, John Collins, Ray Bunkell, Mike Dillon, Terry Naylor, Neil Johnson, Roger Morgan, Roy Woolcott, Phil Holder, John Cutbush
Sub. not used :
Crystal Palace –  .
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Teams :
Crystal Palace –  .
Subs not used :
Spurs –  Ken Hancock, Ray Evans, John Collins, Ray Bunkell, Terry Naylor, John Pratt, John Cutbush, Dennis Bond, Roy Woolcott, Neil Johnson, David Jenkins
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Spurs : –  , , , , Ray Evans, , , Steve Perryman, Roy Woolcott, ,
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Spurs : –  , Tony Want, , , Ray Evans, John Pratt, Dennis Bond, Neil Johnson, , , Pearce
Crystal Palace : –
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Teams :
Crystal Palace : –
Spurs : – Roy Brown, Ben Embery, Ron Henry, Joe Kinnear, A. Smith, Jimmy Lye, Steve Pitt, John Sainty, David Gillingwater, Roger Smith.
Attendance : –  , .