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08.03.2023 AC Milan (Home)   Champions League Round of 16 – Second Leg     Drew     0-0     For a match report, click here.
14.02.2023 AC Milan  (Away)  (Home)  Champions League Round of 16 – Second Leg     Lost     0-1     For a match report, click here.
01.11.2022 Olympique Marseille  (Away)   Champions League Group D     Won     2-1     For a match report, click here.
26.10.2022 Sporting Lisbon  (Home)   Champions League Group D     Drew     1-1     For a match report, click here.
12.10.2022 Eintracht Frankfurt  (Away)   Champions League Group D     Won     3-2     For a match report, click here.
04.10.2022 Eintracht Frankfurt  (Away)   Champions League Group D     Drew     0-0     For a match report, click here.
13.09.2022 Sporting Lisbon  (Away)   Champions League Group D     Lost     0-2     For a match report, click here.
07.09.2022 Olympique Marseille  (Home)   Champions League Group D     Won     2-0     For a match report, click here.
25.11.2021 NS Mura  (Away)   Europa Conference Group G.  For a match report, click here.
04.11.2021 Vitesse Arnhem  (Home)   Europa Conference Group G.  For a match report, click here.
21.10.2021 Vitesse Arnhem (Away)   Europa Conference Group G.  For a match report, click here.
30.09.2021 NS Mura  (Home)   Europa Conference Group G.  For a match report, click here.
16.09.2021 Stade Rennais  (Away)   Europa Conference Group G.   For a match report, click here.
26.08.2021 Pacos de Ferreira  (Home)   Europa Conference Play-off  Second Leg.   For a match report, click here.
19.08.2021 Pacos de Ferreira  (Away)   Europa Conference Play-off  First Leg.   For a match report, click here.
18.03.2021 Dinamo Zagreb (Away).  Europa League Round of 16  Second Leg  For a match report, click here .
11.03.2021 Dinamo Zagreb (Home).  Europa League Round of 16  First Leg  For a match report, click here.
24.02.2021 Wolfsberger AC (Home).  Europa League Round of 32  Second Leg  For a match report, click here.
18.02.2021 Wolfsberger AC (Away – Budapest).  Europa League Round of 32  First Leg  For a match report, click here.
10.12.2020 Royal Antwerp (Home).  Europa League Group J  For a match report, click here.
03.12.2020 LASK (Away).  Europa League Group J  For a match report, click here.
26.11.2020 Ludogorets (Home).  Europa League Group J  For a match report, click here.
05.11.2020 Ludogorets (Away).  Europa League Group J  For a match report, click here.
29.10.2020 Royal Antwerp (Away).  Europa League Group J  For a match report, click here.
22.10.2020 LASK (Home).  Europa League Qualifying Play-off  For a match report, click here.
24.09.2020 Maccabi Haifa (Home).  Europa League Qualifying Play-off  For a match report, click here.
24.09.2020 FK Shkendija (Away).  Europa League Third Qualifying Round.  For a match report, click here.
17.09.2020 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Away).  Europa League Second Qualifying Round.  For a match report, click here.
10.03.2020 RB Leipzig (Away).  Champions League Round of 16  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
19.02.2020 RB Leipzig (Home).  Champions League Round of 16  First Leg.  For a match report, click here
11.12.2019 Bayern Munich (Away).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
26.11.2019 Olympiacos (Home).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
03.12.2019 Crvena zvezda (Home).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
22.10.2019 Crvena zvezda (Home).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
01.10.2019 Bayern Munich (Home).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
18.09.2019 Olympiacos (Away).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
01.06.2019 Liverpool (Atletico Madrid).  Champions League Final  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
08.05.2019 Ajax (Away).  Champions League Semi-final  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
30.04.2019 Ajax (Home).  Champions League Semi-final  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
17.04.2019 Manchester City (Away).  Champions League Quarter final  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
09.04.2019 Manchester City (Home).  Champions League Quarter final  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
06.03.2019 Borussia Dortmund (Away).  Champions League Round of 16  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
13.02.2019 Borussia Dortmund (Home).  Champions League Round of 16  First Leg.  For a match report, click here.
11.12.2018 Barcelona (Away).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
28.11.2018 Internazionale (Wembley).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
06.11.2018 PSV Eindhoven (Wembley).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
24.10.2018 PSV Eindhoven (Wembley).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
03.10.2018 Barcelona (Wembley).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
18.09.2018 Internazionale (Away).  Champions League Group B.  For a match report, click here.
07.03.2018 Juventus (Home).  Champions League Round of 16  Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
13.02.2018 Juventus (Away).  Champions League Round of 16  First Leg.  For a match report, click here.
06.12.2017 APOEL Nicosia (Home).  Champions League Group H.  For a match report, click here.
21.11.2017 Borussia Dortmund (Away).  Champions League Group H.  For a match report, click here.
01.11.2017 Real Madrid (Home).  Champions League Group H.  For a match report, click here.
17.10.2017 Real Madrid (Away).  Champions League Group H.  For a match report, click here.
26.09.2017 APOEL Nicosia (Away).  Champions League Group H.  For a match report, click here.
13.09.2017 Borussia Dortmund (Home).  Champions League Group H.  For a match report, click here.
23.02.2017 KKK Gent (Wembley).  Europa League Round of 32 Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
16.02.2017 KKK Gent (Away).  Europa League Round of 32  First Leg.  For a match report, click here.
07.12.2016 CSKA Moscow (Wembley).  Champions League Group E.  For a match report, click here.
22.11.2016 AS Monaco (Away).  Champions League Group E.  For a match report, click here.
02.11.2016 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Wembley).  Champions League Group E.  For a match report, click here.
18.10.2016 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Away).  Champions League Group E.  For a match report, click here.
27.09.2016 CSKA Moscow (Away).  Champions League Group E.  For a match report, click here.
14.09.2016 AS Monaco (Wembley).  Champions League Group E.  For a match report, click here.
17.03.2016 Borussia Dortmund (Home).  Europa League Round of 16 Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
10.03.2016 Borussia Dortmund (Away).  Europa League Round of 16 First Leg.  For a match report, click here.
25.02.2016 Fiorentina (Home).  Europa League Round of 32 Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
18.02.2016 Fiorentina (Away).  Europa League Round of 32 First Leg.  For a match report, click here.
10.12.2015 AS Monaco (Home).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
26.11.2015 Qarabag (Away).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
05.11.2015 Anderlecht (Home).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
22.10.2015 Anderlecht (Away).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
01.10.2015 AS Monaco (Away).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
17.09.2015 Qarabag (Home).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
26.02.2015 Fiorentina (Away).  Europa League Round of 32 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
19.02.2015 Fiorentina (Home).  Europa League Round of 32 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
11.12.2014 Besiktas (Away).  Europa League Group C.  For a match report, click here.
27.11.2014 Partizan Belgrade (Home).  Europa League Group C.  For a match report, click here.
06.11.2014 Asteras Tripolis (Away).  Europa League Group C.  For a match report, click here.
23.10.2014 Asteras Tripolis (Home).  Europa League Group C.  For a match report, click here.
02.10.2014 Besiktas (Home).  Europa League Group C.  For a match report, click here.
18.09.2014 Partizan Belgrade (Away).  Europa League Group C.  For a match report, click here.
28.08.2014 AEL Limassol (Home).  Europa League Qualifying Play-Off Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
21.08.2014 AEL Limassol (Away).  Europa League Qualifying Play-Off First leg.  For a match report, click here.
20.03.2014 Benfica (Away).  Europa League Round of 16 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
13.03.2014 Benfica (Home).  Europa League Round of 16 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
27.02.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Home).  Europa League Round of 32 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
20.02.2014 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Away).  Europa League Round of 32 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
12.12.2013 Anzhi Makhachkala (Home).  Europa League Group K.  For a match report, click here.
28.11.2013 Tromso IL (Home).  Europa League Group K.  For a match report, click here.
07.11.2013 FC Sheriff (Away).  Europa League Group K.  For a match report, click here.
24.10.2013 FC Sheriff (Away).  Europa League Group K.  For a match report, click here.
03.10.2013 Anzhi Makhachkala (Away).  Europa League Group K.  For a match report, click here.
19.09.2013 Tromso IL (Home).  Europa League Group K.  For a match report, click here.
29.08.2013 Dinamo Tbilisi (Home).  Europa League Qualifying Play-Off Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
22.08.2013 Dinamo Tbilisi (Away).  Europa League Qualifying Play-Off First leg.  For a match report, click here.
11.04.2013 FC Basel (Away).  Europa League quarter final  Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
04.04.2013 FC Basel  (Home).  Europa League quarter final First leg.  For a match report, click here.
14.03.2013 Internazionale (Away).  Europa League Round of 16 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
07.03.2013 Internazionale  (Home).  Europa League Round of 16 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
21.02.2013 Olympique Lyonnais (Away).  Europa League Round of 32 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
14.02.2013 Olympique Lyonnais (Home).  Europa League Round of 32 First leg.  For a match report, click here .
06.12.2012 Panathinaikos (Home).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
22.11.2012 SS Lazio (Away).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
08.11.2012 Maribor (Home).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
25.10.2012 Maribor (Away).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
04.10.2012 Panathinaikos (Away).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
20.09.2012 SS Lazio (Home).  Europa League Group J.  For a match report, click here.
15.12.2011 Shamrock Rovers (Away).  Europa League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
30.11.2011 PAOK Salonika (Home).  Europa League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
03.11.2011 Rubin Kazan (Away).  Europa League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
20.10.2011 Rubin Kazan (Home).  Europa League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
29.09.2011 Shamrock Rovers (Home).  Europa League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
15.09.2011 PAOK Salonika (Away).  Europa League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
25.08.2011 Heart of Midlothian (Home).  Europa League Qualifying Play-Off Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
18.08.2011 Heart of Midlothian (Away).  Europa League Qualifying Play-Off First leg.  For a match report, click here.
13.04.2011 Real Madrid (Home).  Champions League Quarter final Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
05.04.2011 Real Madrid (Away).  Champions League Quarter final First leg.  For a match report, click here.
09.03.2011 AC Milan (Home).  Champions League Round of 16 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
15.02.2011 AC Milan (Away).  Champions League Round of 16 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
07.12.2010 Twente Enschede (Away).  Champions League Group A.  For a match report, click here .
24.11.2010 Werder Bremen (Home).  Champions League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
02.11.2010 Internazionale (Home).  Champions League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
20.10.2010 Internazionale (Away).  Champions League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
29.09.2010 Twente Enschede (Home).  Champions League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
14.09.2010 Werder Bremen (Away).  Champions League Group A.  For a match report, click here.
25.08.2010 Young Boys (Bern) (Home).  Champions League Qualifying Play-off – Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
17.08.2010 Young Boys (Bern) (Away).  Champions League Qualifying Play-off – First leg.  For a match report, click here.
26.02.2009 Shakhtar Donetsk (Home).  UEFA Cup Round of 32 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
19.02.2009 Shakhtar Donetsk (Away).  UEFA Cup Round of 32 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
18.12.2008 Spartak Moscow (Home).  UEFA Cup Group D.  For a match report, click here.
27.11.2008 NEC Nijmegen (Away).  UEFA Cup Group D.  For a match report, click here.
06.11.2008 Dinamo Zagreb (Home).  UEFA Cup Group D.  For a match report, click here.
23.10.2008 Udinese (Away).  UEFA Cup Group D.  For a match report, click here.
02.10.2008 Wisla Krakow (Away).  UEFA Cup First Round Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
18.09.2008 Wisla Krakow (Home).  UEFA Cup First Round First leg.  For a match report, click here.
12.03.2008 PSV Eindhoven (Away).  UEFA Cup Round of 16 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
06.03.2008 PSV Eindhoven (Home).  UEFA Cup Round of 16 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
21.02.2008 Slavia Prague (Home).  UEFA Cup Round of 32 Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
14.02.2008 Slavia Prague (Away).  UEFA Cup Round of 32 First leg.  For a match report, click here.
06.12.2007 Anderlecht (Away).  UEFA Cup –  Group G.  For a match report, click here.
29.11.2007 Aalborg (Home).  UEFA Cup –  Group G.  For a match report, click here.
08.11.2007 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Away).  UEFA Cup –  Group G.  For a match report, click here.
25.10.2007 Getafe (Home).  UEFA Cup –  Group G.  For a match report, click here.
04.10.2007 Anorthosis Famagusta (Away).  UEFA Cup –  First round – Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
20.09.2007 Anorthosis Famagusta (Home).  UEFA Cup –  First round – First leg.  For a match report, click here.
12.04.2007 Sevilla (Home).  UEFA Cup – quarter final.  Second leg.  For a match report, click here.
05.04.2007 Sevilla (Away).  UEFA Cup – quarter final First leg.   For a match report, click here.
14.03.2007 SC Braga (Home).  UEFA Cup – Round of 16.  For a match report, click here.
08.03.2007 SC Braga (Away).  UEFA Cup – Round of 16.  For a match report, click here.
14.12.2006 Dinamo Bucharest (Home).  UEFA Cup – Group B.  For a match report, click here.
23.11.2006 Bayer Leverkusen (Away).  UEFA Cup – Group B.  For a match report, click here.
02.11.2006 Club Brugge (Home).  UEFA Cup – Group B.  For a match report, click here.
19.10.2006 Besiktas (Away).  UEFA Cup – Group B.  For a match report, click here.
28.09.2006 Slavia Prague (Home).  UEFA Cup –  First Round – Second Leg.  For a match report, click here.
14.09.2006 Slavia Prague (Away).  UEFA Cup –  First Round – First Leg.  For a match report, click here.
04.11.1999 1. FC Kaiserslautern     (Away)     UEFA Cup  Second Round  First Leg     Lost      0-2.

For a match report, click here.

Teams :
1FC Kaiserslautern –   Andreas Reinke, Harry Koch, Hany Ramzy (Marco Reich 85), Michael Schjonberg (Igli Tare 83), Ratinho, Ciricaco Sforza, Jeff Strasser, Youri Djorkaeff, Andreas Buck, Olaf Marschall Jorgen (Pettersson 74), Marian Hristov
Unused subs. : –  Uwe Gospodarek, Axel Roos, Martin Wagner, Thomas Sobotzik
Spurs –   Ian Walker, Stephen Carr, Chris Perry, Sol Campbell, Justin Edinburgh (Luke Young 75), Oyvind Leonhardsen, Tim Sherwood, Steffen Freund, Stephen Clemence, Steffen Iversen, Chris Armstrong (David Ginola 80)
Unused subs. : –  Espen Baardsen, Ramon Vega, Ruel Fox, Jose Dominguez, Mark Gower
Ref. : –   Juan Rocca ()
Crowd : –   29,066.

28.10.1999 1. FC Kaiserslautern     (Home)     UEFA Cup  Second Round  First Leg     Won     1-0.

For a match report, click here.

Teams :
Spurs –   Ian Walker; Stephen Carr, Chris Perry, Sol Campbell, Mauricio Taricco, Oyvind Leonhardsen, Steffen Freund, Ruel Fox (Stephen Clemence 89), David Ginola, Tim Sherwood, , Steffen Iversen
Unused subs. : –
1FC Kaiserslautern –   Andreas Reinke; Hany Ramzy  ; Michael Schjoenberg, Harry Koch; Axel Roos (Slobodan Komljenovic 73), Martin Wagner (Marco Reich 46), Ciriaco Sforza, Ratinho (Andreas Buck 46), Strasser; Marian Hristov, Olaf Marschall
Unused subs. : –
Ref. : –   O. Erdemir (Turkey)
Crowd : –   35,177.

30.09.1999. FC Zimbru Chisinau     (Away)     UEFA Cup 1st Round Second Leg     Drew     0-0

For a match report, click here.

Teams :
FC Zimbru Chisinau –   Romanenco; Telesnenco, Catinsus, Ghilazev, Oprea, Miterev, Dodul (Kulik 75), Boret, Tropanet, Berco (Gusila 85), Diaconu (Epureanu 87)
Unused subs. : –
Spurs –   Walker; Carr, Perry, Young, Taricco (Edinburgh 86); Leonhardsen, Nielsen, Freund, Clemence; Armstrong (Dominguez 76), Iversen
Unused subs. : –
Ref. : – Georgios Kaznaferis
Crowd : –   4,500.

16.09.1999 FC Zimbru Chisinau     (Home)     UEFA Cup 1st Round First Leg     Won     3-0.

For a match report, click here.

Teams :
Spurs –   Ian Walker; Stephen Carr, Chris Perry, Luke Young, Mauricio Taricco (Justin Edinburgh 83); Oyvind Leonhardsen, Tim Sherwood, Steffen Freund, David Ginola; Chris Armstrong (Jose Dominguez 76), Steffen Iversen
Unused subs. : –
FC Zimbru Chisinau –   Romanenco; Kulik, Telesnenco, Catinsus, Ghilazev, Oprea, Miterev, Epureanu, Dodul (Robu 46), Boret, Tropanet (Fistican 46)
Unused subs. : –
Ref. : – Emmanuel Zammit
Crowd : – 32,660.

18.03.1992 Feyenoord     (Home)     European Cup-Winners Cup  Third Round Second Leg     Drew     0-0

A goal-less draw in the second leg of the European Cup-Winners Cup Third Round was enough for Feyenoord to knock Tottenham out of the competition with a 1-0 aggregate win.

Teams : –
Feyenoord –   , , , ,
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Wim Jansen.
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Gudni Bergsson, Steve Sedgley, Gary Mabbutt, Justin Edinburgh, Paul Allen, David Howells (Scott Houghton 63), Nayim (Paul Walsh 72), Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie, Gary Lineker
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Peter Shreeve
Ref. :  Kurt Rothlisberger (Switzerland).
Crowd : –   29,834.

04.03.1992 Feyenoord     (Away)     European Cup-Winners Cup  Third Round First Leg     Lost     0-1

Home side Feyenoord took the European Cup-Winners Cup Third Round first leg tie 1-0 with a goal from Joszef Kiprich.

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Teams : –
Feyenoord –   , , , ,
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Hans Dorjee.
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Terry Fenwick, Pat van den Hauwe, Gary Mabbutt, Steve Sedgley, Paul Allen, David Howells (Vinny Samways 85), Nayim, Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie, Gary Lineker (Paul Walsh 85)
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Peter Shreeve
Referee : –  Pierluigi Pairetto
Crowd : –   44,000.

07.11.1991 FC Porto     (Away)     European Cup-Winners Cup  Second Round Second Leg     Drew     0-0.

A goal-less draw in this second leg of the European Cup-Winners Cup Second Round earned Tottenham a route into the next stage.

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Teams :
FC Porto –   , , , ,
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : – Carlos Alberto
Spurs –   Erik Thorstvedt, Gudni Bergsson, Pat van den Hauwe, Gary Mabbutt, Justin Edinburgh, Paul Allen, David Howells, Vinny Samways, Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie (Steve Sedgley 85), Gary Lineker (Paul Walsh 89)
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : – Peter Shreeve
Referee : –
Crowd : –   45,000.

23.10.1991 FC Porto     (Home)     European Cup-Winners Cup  Second Round First Leg     Won     3-1.

A sparkling display gave Spurs a 3-1 first leg lead over FC Porto in this European Cup-Winners Cup Second round tie.

Gary Lineker put Tottenham ahead on 14 minutes, with a hooked volley and then Gordon Durie made it 2-0 shortly after.  Emil Kostadinov gave Porto some hope when he reduced the arrears after 52 minutes, but Lineker gave Spurs the two goal cushion again when he scored again eight minutes from time, following eleven passes that lead to the Spurs forward coolly passing the ball past Victor Baia into the net.

Teams :
Spurs –   Erik Thorstevdt, Justin Edinburgh, Gary Mabbutt (c), Steve Sedgley, Pat van den Hauwe, Vinny Samways (Gudni Bergsson 86), Paul Stewart, Paul Allen, Paul Walsh (Scott Houghton 58), Gordon Durie, Gary Lineker
Unused subs. : –  David Howells, Ian Hendon, Kevin Dearden
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
FC Porto –   Vitor Baia, Joao Pinto, Pereira, Alves, Couto, Filipe, Magalhaes (Toze 58), Kostadinov, Timofte (Kiki 75), Semedo, Andre
Unused subs. : –  Valante, Morgado, Andrade
Manager : –  Carlos Alberto
Referee : –  Zoran Petrovic (-)
Crowd : –  23,621

02.10.1991. Hajduk Split     (Home)     European Cup-Winners Cup  First Round First Leg     Won     2-0.

Two goals saw Spurs progress in the European Cup-Winners Cup on aggregate over Hajduk Split at the Lane.

Erik Thorstvedt was called in just an hour before kick-off to replace Ian Walker, who had gone down with tonsilitis and there was also a call for the Spurs change kit of all yellow, with Hadjuk turning up with white shirts and blue shorts and socks.

Novakovic was sent off in the second half, but Split pressed forward looking for the away goal that would have taken them into the next round, but Spurs played out the game without any trouble.

Teams :
Spurs –  Erik Thorstvedt, Gudni Bergsson, Steve Sedgley, Nayim, David Tuttle, Gary Mabbutt, Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie, Vinny Samways, Gary Lineker (Ian Hendon 90), Paul Allen
Used subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Peter Shreeve.
Hadjuk Split –   , , , Mario Novakovic  ,
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Stanko Poklepovic
Referee : –
Crowd : –   24,297
Match sponsors : –  Panini; Directa; Enfield & St. Albans Co-op; Quaker
Programme sponsor : First Equity.

17.09.1991 Hajduk Split     (Linz)     European Cup-Winners Cup  First Round First Leg     Lost     0-1.

Hajduk Split won a tight Cup-Winners Cup First Round First leg against Spurs played in Linz, Austria, because of the civil war in Yugoslavia.  A 53rd minute goal was the reward for putting Spurs under pressure throughout the game, but especially in the first half.  Tottenham had a strong finish, but could not convert the chances they created.

Ivica Mornar looked likely to score with an early effort, but Gary Mabbutt’s tackle took the ball away as he prepared to shoot inside the first minute.  The quick start Split made had Spurs on the back foot, with Gudni Bergsson heading Goran Vucevic’s effort off the line.  Mabbutt sliced a clearance that Walker showed good reflexes to keep out in the 19th minute and then Vucevic rattled the bar soon after.  Spurs eventually started to find a way forward and when Nayim played a one-two with Durie, the Moroccan smashed a shot at goal that cleared the bar, their first effort on goal in the 32nd minute.

Eight minutes after half-time, Split took the lead when Mario Novakovic had a long range shot which managed to squirm past Walker’s hands as he took his eyes off the ball and it  trickled over the line.  Walker redeemed himself a couple of minutes after the goal when Kozniku raced through and the keeper foiled him with a dive at his feet.  Robert Jarni had been proving problematical on the left wing, making runs from full back, but Paul Allen came on for David Howells to prevent him attacking that wing.

Spurs broke away in the 65th minute, but Lineker shot wide of the target, then Paul Stewart went close after a determined run and Samways volleyed wide, before Vucevic brought a good save out of Walker to stop his 77th minute free-kick.  Tottenham finished the game on the attack, with Nayim going close and then Stewart had a great chance meeting Samways’ free-kick with his head, but the ball stayed out and Split were well worth their narrow victory.

Teams :
Hadjuk Split –   Boskovic, Erak, Robert Jarni, Igor Stimac, Jeslinak, Milanko, Mario Novakovic, Mise, Ivica Mornar (Abazi 66), Goran Vucevic, Adrian Kozniku (Vukas 79)
Unused subs. : –  Slavica, Osibov, Milan Rapaic
Manager : –  Stanko Poklepovic
Spurs –   Ian Walker, Terry Fenwick, Pat van den Hauwe, Nayim, David Howells (Paul Allen 56), Gary Mabbutt, Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie, Vinny Samways, Gudni Bergsson, Gary Lineker (Steve Sedgley 73)
Unused subs. : –  Kevin Dearden, Ian Hendon, David Tuttle
Manager : –  Peter Shreeve
Crowd : –   7,000
Ref. :  Kurt Rothlisberger (Switzerland).

04.09.1991 Sparkasse Stockerau     (Home)     European Cup-Winners Cup  Preliminary Round Second Leg     Won     1-0.

The second leg of the qualifying round saw Spurs struggle to overcome a resistant Stockerau side who set up very defensively at White Hart Lane.

It took a 41st minute goal from Gary Mabbutt to see Spurs through with a 2-0 aggregate win.

Teams :
Spurs –   Ian Walker, Terry Fenwick, Pat van den Hauwe, Gudni Bergsson, Nayim, David Howells (Steve Sedgley 79), Gary Mabbutt (c), Paul Stewart, Gordon Durie, Vinny Samways, Gary Lineker (Paul Moran 74)
Unused subs. : –  Kevin Dearden, , , , ,
Manager : – Peter Shreeve
Sparkasse Stockerau –   , , , , Michael Keller (c), , ,
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Willi Kreuz
Referee : – Michel Piraux
Crowd : –   28,072.
Kick off  19.45

NOTE : – Keeper Kevin Dearden was recalled from his loan at Rochdale to be the substitute goalkeeper for Spurs and Paul Moran’s entry as a sub only lasted a matter of minutes as he snapped his Achilles tendon and had to go off.

21.08.1991 Sparkasse Stockerau     (Away)    European Cup-Winners Cup  Preliminary Round First Leg     Won     1-0

Gordon Durie was on the mark to give Tottenham the advantage with a 1-0 away win in the Praterstadion in Vienna against Sparkasse Stockerau.

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Teams :
Sparkasse Stockerau –   , , , ,
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Willi Kreuz
Spurs –   Thorstvedt, Fenwick, van den Hauwe, Nayim, Howells, Mabbutt, Stewart, Durie, Samways    34 (Hendon 89), Lineker, Paul Allen
Unused subs. : –  , , , , ,
Manager : – Peter Shreeve
Referee : – Gerard Biguet
Crowd : –   15,500
Kick off  19.30 (loacal time)

20.03.1985 Real Madrid     (Away)    UEFA Cup Quarter-final Second Leg     Drew     0-0

Spurs made a bold effort in getting the tie back from Real Madrid in the Bernabeu stadium, but failed with a combination of bad luck and some dubious refereeing.

Mark Falco’s second half header was ruled out for a foul, but this seemed a harsh decision, while Steve Perryman was later sent off for bringing down Valdano as he was through on goal.

Teams : –
Real Madrid –   Miguel Angel, Chendo, Pepe Salguero, Manolo Sanchis, Jose Antonio Camacho (c), Michel  , Ricardo Gallego, Angel, Jorge Valdano, Francisco Pineda (Lozano 90), Emilio Butragueno (Isidoro San Jose 89).
Unused subs. : –
Manager : –  Amancio
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Danny Thomas, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, Graham Roberts, Steve Perryman (c)    78, Micky Hazard, Glenn Hoddle, Garth Crooks (Garry Brooke 68), Mark Falco, Tony Galvin (Ally Dick 804)
Unused subs. : –
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Ref. : –  Bruno Galler (SWI)
Crowd : – 95,000.

06.03.1985 Real Madrid     (Home)    UEFA Cup Quarter-final First Leg     Lost     0-1

Spurs fell to their first home defeat in a European tie as Real Madrid left White Hart Lane with a 1-0 victory.

The Real defence held firm, as Tottenham created a number of openings, but could not find a testing effort on goal.  A breakaway at the other end, Steve Perryman’s attempt to stop the cross from Emilio Butragueno getting to Jorge Valdano saw the ball bounce off his knee and past Ray Clemence in the Spurs goal.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Gary Stevens, Chris Hughton, Micky Hazard, Paul Miller (Ally Dick 84), Steve Perryman (c), Glenn Hoddle, Garth Crooks, Mark Falco, John Chiedozie (Garry Brooke 63), Tony Galvin
Unused subs. : –
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Real Madrid –   Miguel Angel, Chendo, Uli Stielike, Pepe Salguero, Manolo Sanchis, Jose Antonio Camacho (c), Michel, Ricardo Gallego, Angel, Jorge Valdano (Santilana 87), Emilio Butragueno (Juanito 82).
Unused subs. : –
Manager : –  Amancio
Ref. : –  Paolo Casarin (ITA)
Crowd : – 39,914.

12.12.1984 Bohemians    (Away)     UEFA Cup   Drew     1-1.

Spurs were given a harsh lesson in brutalism, as the Czech side Bohemians played football to match the surrounding Prague architecture and Spurs were resolute in getting a 1-1 draw that saw them through to the quarter-finals.

In a tight little ground for a Tuesday afternoon kick-off, the Bohemians fans, who had been friendly outside, turned into a small, but frenzied crowd, who had come armed with bottles, firecrackers and smoke-bombs to throw onto the pitch.  The intimidating atmosphere failed to affect Tottenham, who took the lead in the 13th minute when Garth Crooks played the ball wide for Tony Galvin to cross onto Mark Falco’s head and he planted the ball into the net.

Spurs had surprisingly picked up two yellow cards to the one issued to the home side, but that was until a minute before half-time.  Glenn Hoddle was played the ball receiving it with his back to the home goal, in the centre circle.  Aware that he was about to be tackled, he turned, but was hit with boot, elbow and some teeth in a really violent tackle that saw the Spurs man carried off with his head bandaged to stem the blood from a gash on his forehead and the offender only got a yellow card.

Another crunching tackle a minute after the break brought a third booking for the home side, they did manage to play a bit of football when Hruska’s cross was headed in at the far post by their captain Zdenek Prokes in the 50th minute.  The tackles flew in until the end of the match and Graham Roberts needed stitches over his left eye and suffered a cut shin, but it was Tottenham who were able to live to fight another day. 

Teams :
Bohemians –  Vladimir Borovicka, Josef Kukucka  46, Jaroslav Marcik (Stanislav Levy 46), Zdenek Prokes (c), Frantisek Jakubec  13, Zdenek Koukal, Milan Skoda, Jiri Sloup  44, Vladimir Hruska  61, Tibor Micinec, Petr Janecka
Manager : –
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Paul Miller  27, Steve Perryman, Graham Roberts  59, Chris Hughton, Tony Galvin, Glenn Hoddle (Gary Mabbutt 44), Gary Stevens, John Chiedozie, Garth Crooks (Danny Thomas 88), Mark Falco  13
Manager : –  Peter Shreeves
Referee : –  Alexis Ponnet (BEL)
Crowd : –   17,500.

28.11.1984 Bohemians     (Home)    UEFA Cup     Won     2-0.

The performance that Bohemians of Prague put up at White Hart Lane was in stark contrast to what was to come in the return in Czechoslovakia, but Tottenham’s 2-0 home win was a useful lead to take to Prague.

The speed and fluidity of the Czech side’s passing took Spurs by surprise and they created some good chances, but failed to take any of them. When John Chiedozie launched Tottenham’s first threatening attack, his low cross was rashly sliced into his own net by Jiri Ondra with 25 minute gone.  The visitors still attempted to go forward, while putting up a stern defence, which many journalists regarded as one of the best performances against an English side, with Tottenham one of the luckiest to survive such a display, so it was only rubbing salt into the Bohemians wound when Gary Stevens unleashed an unstoppable 89th minute strike from 25 yards out to give Spurs what looked a comfortable in on paper.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Gary Mabbutt (Chris Hughton 68), Paul Miller, Graham Roberts, Gary Stevens, Steve Perryman, Micky Hazard (Garth Crooks 68), Glenn Hoddle, John Chiedozie, Clive Allen, Mark Falco
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Bohemians –  Vladimir Borovicka, Josef Kukucka, Jiri Ondra, Zdenek Prokes (c), Frantisek Jakubec, Zdenek Koukal, Milan Skoda, Jiri Sloup, Vladimir Hruska, Tibor Micinec, Petr Janecka
Manager : –
Referee : –  Jan Kaizer (HOL)
Crowd : –   27,971

07.11.1984 Club Brugge (Home)  UEFA Cup

Spurs roared into the next round with a 3-0 victory to see them through 3-2 on aggregate against Club Brugge at White Hart Lane.

Starting without the suspended Chris Hughton, who was booked for the second time in the competition in the first leg and Glenn Hoddle who was dismissed in Belgium, Spurs set about their task with vigour.

Graham Roberts put an early tackle in on Ceulemans, who limped about for the rest of the match, but Micky Hazard levelled the aggregate score within five minutes with a good strike.  With two quick goals within seven minutes, Tottenham were coasting by the break and Brugge offered little in return.

Tony Galvin put in a cross that Jensen flapped at and Clive Allen was on hand to knock the ball into the net from six yards and then, after the ball had bobbled around the penalty area, it fell to Graham Roberts, who was 30 yards out, to smash the ball with great ferocity past the helpless Brugge keeper.

Teams :
Spurs –  , Perryman, Roberts, G. Stevens, Chiedozie, C. Allen, Galvin,
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Club Brugge –  Jensen, Ceulemans,
Manager : –
Crowd : –   ,.

24.10.1984 Club Brugge (Away)  UEFA Cup   .

A nightmare game for Spurs saw Glenn Hoddle sent off for two bookings and only a Clive Allen strike late in the game gave Tottenham a lifeline in the second leg.

Skipper Jan Ceulemans opened the scoring for the Belgian side after just six minutes and then Steve Perryman conceded a penalty, which was rammed home by the Danish keeper Birger Jensen, who was the regular Brugge penalty taker.

Spurs managed to hold out for the remainder of the match and then seven minutes from time, Allen came on to score an important away goal for the ten men of Spurs after Hoddle had been sent off for not retreating from a free-kick.

Teams :
Club Brugge –  Jensen, Ceulemans,
Manager : –
Spurs –   , , , Perryman, Roberts, G. Stevens, Hoddle, , ,Chiedozie, C. Allen, ,
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Ref. : –
Crowd : –   ,.

03.10.1984 Sporting  Braga (Home)  UEFA Cup.

The second leg proved easier than expected for Tottenham, with a 6-0 victory wrapping up a 9-0 aggregate win.

Young defender Carvahal sent a weak header out, but it went towards Gary Stevens, who dispatched a powerful drive past keeper Helder to give Tottenham a flying start and Chris Hughton followed up with a second on fifteen minutes after being put through by Micky Hazard.  Carvahal did not intercept Tony Galvin’s cross and Garth Crooks was let in to head the third Spurs goal with 25 minutes gone.

Glenn Hoddle entered the field at the break for his first appearance since getting injured six months before and he opened the way with a fine pass through the defence for Crooks to make it 4-0 twelve minutes into the second period.  Mark Falco made it five with a 66th minute close range effort and then Crooks seized on a poor Dito back-pass to score his hat-trick goal after 82 minutes and see Tottenham through convincingly.

Teams :
Spurs –   Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Graham Roberts, Paul Miller (Glenn Hoddle), Gary Stevens, Steve Perryman, John Chiedozie, Tony Galvin, Micky Hazard, Garth Crooks, Mark Falco (Richard Cooke)
Unused subs. :  –  Tony Parks, Gary Mabbutt, Danny Thomas
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Braga –  Helder, Dito, Artur, Nelito, Vitor Santos, Serra (Quim Alberto), Spencer, Zinho, Rifa (Reinaldo), Jorge Gomes, Jose Abrantes
Unused subs. :  –  Valter, Sergio Pinto, Festas
Manager : –
Ref. : –
Crowd : –   22,478.

19.09.1984 Sporting Braga (Away)  UEFA Cup.

The First Round first leg meeting with Portuguese side Braga found Spurs taking a 3-0 lead back to London for the second leg.

Despite the home side hitting the frame of the goal on three occasions, Mark Falco scored twice and Tony Galvin also got on the score-sheet to record a good away win.  Galvin and Hughton worked the left wing well to create Falco’s first on 31 minutes, with Hazard playing a through ball for the Spurs striker to net his second as the half-time whistle approached.  Galvin got in on the act in the dying stages of the first half, as Hughton set him up for his goal.

Teams :
Braga –  Helder, Dito, Artur, Nelito, Vitor Santos, Serra (Quim Alberto), Spencer, Zinho, Rifa (Reinaldo), Jorge Gomes, Jose Abrantes
Unused subs. : –  Valter, Sergio Pinto, Festas
Spurs –   Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Graham Roberts, Paul Miller, Gary Mabbutt, Steve Perryman, John Chiedozie, Tony Galvin, Micky Hazard (Danny Thomas), Clive Allen (Garth Crooks), Mark Falco
Unused subs. : –  Tony Parks, Garry Brooke, Ian Crook
Manager : – Peter Shreeves
Crowd : –   26,000.

23.05.1984 Anderlecht (Home)  UEFA Cup Final  Second Leg

A tense night at White Hart Lane saw Spurs pick up the UEFA Cup, but only after going a goal behind and then facing a penalty shoot-out.

Alex Czerniatinski raced clear to hit Anderlecht into a shock lead that silenced White Hart Lane with an hour of the game gone, as he delicately lifted the ball over Tony Parks.  Spurs looked as though they might suffer their first ever home defeat in Europe and when substitute Ossie Ardiles fired against the bar from close range and it flew out, it looked as though it was not to be Tottenham’s night.  However, the ball was played back in by Micky Hazard and captain on the night Graham Roberts chested the ball down and rammed it home to level the score with just seven minutes left on the clock.

Into extra time, there were few chances and the penalty shoot out went to and fro.  Graham Roberts, Mark Falco, Gary Stevens and Steve Archibald scored for Spurs, then Parks saved Morten Olsen’s penalty and with the chance to win the cup for Tottenham, Danny Thomas had his spot-kick saved too.  When Arnar Gudjohnsen stepped up to take his kick, Tony Parks flung himself to his right and pushed it out to see Spurs take the trophy for the second time.

Teams :
Spurs –   Tony Parks, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller        (Ossie Ardiles 77), Gary Mabbutt (Ally Dick 73), Danny Thomas, Graham Roberts (c), Tony Galvin, Micky Hazard, Gary Stevens      , Mark Falco      , Steve Archibald
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Anderlecht –  Jacques Munaron, Georges Grun, Morten Olsen (c), Walter de Greef, Wim Hofkens, Enzi Scifo, Michel de Groote, Rene Vandereycken, Frank Vercauteren, Frank Arnesen (Arnor Gudjohnsen 77), Alex Czerniatynski (Kenneth Brylle 103)
Unused subs : – Dick Vekeman.
Manager : – Paul van Himst
Crowd : –  46,258
Referee : – Volker Roth (Germany).

09.05.1984 Anderlecht (Away)  UEFA Cup Final  First Leg.

A Paul Miller goal gave Spurs the lead in the UEFA Cup Final first leg in Brussels.  Miller rose head Mike Hazard’s 57th minute corner into net to put Tottenham into a strong position.

However, two drawbacks left the second leg in the balance, as Steve Perryman received his second yellow card of the tournament and would be suspended for the second leg and five minutes from time defender Morten Olsen scrambled an equaliser from close range.

Teams :
Anderlecht –  Jacques Munaron, Georges Grun, Morten Olsen (c), Walter de Greef, Wim Hofkens, Enzi Scifo, Rene Vandereicken, Michel de Groote, Erwin Vanenberg (Frank Arnesen 64), Alex Czerniatynski (Frank Vercauteren 64)
Unused subs : – Dick Vekeman, Per Frimann, Arnor Gudjohnsen
Manager : – Paul van Himst
Spurs –  Tony Parks, Danny Thomas, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, Steve Perryman (c)      , Graham Roberts, Micky Hazard, Gary Stevens (Gary Mabbutt 81), Tony Galvin      , Mark Falco, Steve Archibald
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Crowd : –  38,000.

25.04.1984 Hajduk Split  (Home)  UEFA Cup Semi-Final  Second Leg

Spurs trailed from the first leg, but with the all important away goal knew a one goal win would be enough.

The fact that that goal came six minutes into the match meant Tottenham were aware of the need for a clean sheet for the remaining 84 minutes.  A handball outside the box gave Micky Hazard the opportunity to drill home a 25 yard free-kick low past the Spilt keeper.  A hold-up occurred after the goal, as Hazard lost a contact lens in the celebrations and it had to be found before he left the field to put it back in !!

Although Split had to come out to score the goal that would have seen them through, Spurs kept them at bay and almost scored a second themselves through Archibald, who hit a good chance just wide.

Teams :
Spurs –  Tony Parks, Danny Thomas, Chris Hughton, Graham Roberts, Paul Miller, Steve Perryman, Micky Hazard, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco, Gary Stevens (Gary Mabbutt 80), Tony Galvin
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Hadjuk Split –  Zoran Simovic, Josip Cop, Ive Jerolimov, Branko Miljus, Vedran Rozic, Zoran Vulic,  Zoran Vujovic, Goran Susnjara, Ivan Gudelj, Dusan Pesic, Xhevat Prekazi
Manager : – Petar Nadoveza
Crowd : –  43,969
Referee : –  Paolo Casarin (Italy).

11.04.1984 Hajduk Split  (Away)  UEFA Cup Semi-Final  First Leg.

On a soaking wet night in Split, Spurs went down 1-2 after taking the lead.

As the rain poured down after a sunny afternoon, Mark Falco took a penalty awarded for handball.  His shot was saved by Zoran Simovic, but he followed up and slid in Tottenham’s goal with 19 minutes gone.   At the other end, Tony Parks could only watch as one header from Ivan Gudelj slithered in on 67 minutes and another saw him hampered as the winner for the home side hit the net courtesy of Dusan Pesic ten minutes later.  Spurs did have the away goal, which was useful in this backs to the wall performance after a good start.

Teams :
Hajduk Split –  Zoran Simovic, Ive Jerolimov, Vedran Rozic, Zoran Vulic, Zoran Vujovic (Xhevat Prekazi 59), Dragutin Celic, Nikica Cukrov, Ivan Gudelj, Blaz Sliskovic, Dusan Pesic
Manager : – Petar Nadoveza
Spurs –  Tony Parks, Danny Thomas, Chris Hughton, Graham Roberts, Paul Miller, Steve Perryman, Micky Hazard, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco, Gary Mabbutt (Ian Crook 68), Tony Galvin
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Crowd : –  40,000
Referee : – Robert Wurtz (France).

21.03.1984 Austria Vienna  (Away)  UEFA Cup.

The Prater stadium was the setting for Tottenham’s UEFA Cup Fourth Round second leg meeting with Austria Vienna.

Gary Stevens and Steve Archibald paved the way as Alan Brazil made it 3-0 on aggregate with a neat 15th minute left footed finish from close range to send the Spurs fans held in a cage into raptures.  While Vienna pressured Tottenham, there were few threatening moments and when Ossie Ardiles fired high into the home goal off the crossbar in the 82nd minute the tie was securely wrapped up.

However, not wanting to go down without a fight, two goals in the last few minutes from Prohaska (a penalty when Stevens pushed Nyilasi) in the 82nd minute and a deflected Nyilasi shot salvaged a 2-2 draw with two minutes left on the clock, but it was not enough to stop Tottenham going through to the semi-final.

Teams :
FK Austria Vienna –  Freiderich Koncilia, Erich Obermayer, Josef Degeorgi, Robert Sara, Friederich Drazan (Ernst Drabits 61), Istvan Magyar, Dzemal Mustedanagic, Karl Daxbacher, Herbert Prohaska, Tibor Nyilasi, Toni Polster
Manager : – Vaclav Halama
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Gary Stevens, Chris Hughton, Graham Roberts (Danny Thomas 87), Paul Miller, Steve Perryman, Ossie Ardiles, Steve Archibald, Alan Brazil (Mark Falco 81), Gary Mabbutt, Tony Galvin
Manager :- Keith Burkinshaw
Crowd : –  21,000
Referee : – Adolf Prokop (Germany).

07.03.1984 FK Austria Vienna     (Home)     Won     2-0.

FK Austria Vienna came to White Hart Lane in the Fourth Round of the UEFA Cup.   The Austrian side were tough opposition, but succumbed to two second half goals from Steve Archibald (59) and Alan Brazil (67) to give us the advantage in the first leg of this tie.

Teams :
Spurs –  Tony Parks, Gary Stevens, Chris Hughton, Graham Roberts, Paul Miller, Steve Perryman (c), Ossie Ardiles, Steve Archibald, Alan Brazil, Micky Hazard (Glenn Hoddle 71), Ally Dick
Manager :- Keith Burkinshaw
Austria Vienna  –  Freiderich Koncilia, Erich Obermayer, Josef Degeorgi, Robert Sara, Ernest Baumeister (Toni Polster 74), Friederich Drazan (Ernst Drabits 81), Istvan Magyar, Dzemal Mustedanagic, Karl Daxbacher, Herbert Prohaska, Tibor Nyilasi
Manager : – Vaclav Halama
Referee : – Edvard Sostaric (Slovenia)
Crowd : –    35,000.

07.12.1983 Bayern Munich  (Home)  UEFA Cup     Won  2-0.

A 2-0 win over Bayern Munich at White Hart Lane in the second leg of the Third Round UEFA Cup, saw Tottenham seal an aggregate win over the German side.

Both sides played open attacking football, which lead to goal-mouth incident at either end of the pitch, with a first half pass to the left by Glenn Hoddle seeing Mark Falco drive the ball first-time across the keeper Pfaff to striker the far post.  The striker then dribbled the ball to the edge of the Bayern area to the right of the goal, before prodding an effort at goal that Pfaff had to react to with a dive to his left to push wide.  Danny Thomas and Richard Cooke linked well on the right wing to provide a cross in the 23rd minute, which dropped to Ally Dick and his volley into the ground caused panic amongst the Bayern defenders, with Steve Perryman almost getting a telling touch in the six yard box.

A quick Glenn Hoddle free-kick spotted Steve Archibald free in the area just to the side of the wall and although his first touch wasn’t great, he turned to shoot and it took a deflection that had the keeper scrambling to his left to dive on the ball as it neared the line.

Glenn Hoddle had the first chance of the second half.  A long throw from substitute Gary O’Reilly bounced in the area and was only half-cleared to Hoddle on the edge of the box.  He cleverly flicked the ball up with his left foot before hitting a looping volley with his right that forced Pfaff to tip the dropping ball over the crossbar.  It was another free-kick that produced Tottenham’s opening goal in the 53rd minute.  From 35 yards out on the right, Hoddle found Graham Roberts’ head at the far side of the penalty area and his knocked the ball back towards the six yard box.  At the far post, Archibald lurked and he killed the ball before firing it into the net off the keeper.

Roberts produced a good block tackle on Dremmler, as he was poised to shoot having taken Karl-Heinz Rummenigge’s return pass inside the box and then Ray Clemence denied the defender by shovelling a shot around his near post.  Michael Rummenigge headed a corner over the bar at the near post, while his brother Karl-Heinz broke through two tackles on the right to get to the penalty area and hit a rising shot at Clemence’s near post that the keeper dived upwards to push wide.  Dremmler and K-H Rummenigge were enjoying the space on their right wing and when the captain crossed low into the six yard box, Danny Thomas mis-kicked, with the ball going out to Michael Rummenigge, eight yards out, only for him to sky his effort way over the Spurs bar. 

O’Reilly’s free-kick from his own half was cleared, but Roberts played a controlled pass to Hoddle, who dug out a pass that sent Mark Falco free beyond Augenthaler and the striker hooked the ball from the left as he fell, sending his left-footed effort in off the far post to give Tottenham an aggregate lead in the 87th minute.  There was concern when Bayern won a late free-kick to the right side of the penalty area, but when Karl-Heinz Rummenigge played it in with some pace on it, there was a Spurs head to knock it away.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Danny Thomas, Chris Hughton (Gary O’Reilly 22), Graham Roberts, Gary Stevens, Steve Perryman (c), Richard Cooke, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco, Glenn Hoddle, Ally Dick (Garry Brooke 60)
Colours : – All white
Kit Supplier : –  Le Coq Sportif
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Bayern Munich –  Jean-Marie Pfaff, Wolfgang Grobe, Klaus Augenthaler, Hans Plufgler, Wolfgang Dremmler, Bernd Durnberger, Wolfgang Kraus, Soren Lerby, Michael Rummenigge, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (c), Dieter Hoeness
Colours : – All red
Kit Supplier : –  adidas
Manager : – Udo Lattek
Referee : –  Alain Delmar (France)
Crowd : –   41,977
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23.11.1983 Bayern Munich  (Away)  UEFA Cup    Lost     0-1.

Spurs travelled to Germany in the grip of a cold snap, which left the pitch frozen solid and the match in doubt.  However, it went ahead with players wearing gloves and tights to stay as warm as they could in the -10°C temperature at the Olympic Stadium.

The Tottenham team started well and Archibald and Falco tested Pfaff in the Bayern goal, but the home side began to dominate on the slippery surface.  Influential midfielder Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had to leave the play at half-time with an injury, but Munich came strongly in the second half with Danish midfielder Lerby was unlucky with two free-kicks.  However, with only five minutes remaining, it was Michael Rummenigge who ran directly at the Tottenham defence and rifled a shot that found the target past Ray Clemence in goal.

Teams : –
Bayern Munich :  Jean-Marie Pfaff, Bertram Beierlorzer, Klaus Augenthaler, Hans Plufgler, Wolfgang Dremmler, Bernd Durnberger, Wolfgang Kraus, Soren Lerby, Michael Rummenigge, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Karl Del’Haye 46), Dieter Hoeness
Colours : – All red
Kit supplier : – adidas
Manager : – Udo Lattek
Spurs :   Ray Clemence      , Chris Hughton, Danny Thomas      , Graham Roberts, Gary Stevens, Steve Perryman, Micky Hazard (Garry Brooke 77), Steve Archibald, Mark Falco, Gary Hoddle, Ally Dick (Alan Brazil 77)
Unused subs. : –  Tony Parks, Paul Price, Gary O’Reilly
Colours : – All white
Kit supplier : – Le Coq Sportif
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Crowd : –  20,000.

01.11.1983 Feyenoord  (Away)   UEFA Cup     Won     2-0.

Travelling to the de Kuip stadium for the first time since the infamous UEFA Cup final of 1974, there was still some trouble, but much less than the match nine years before as Spurs won 2-0 to progress from the Second Round of the UEFA Cup.

Gary Mabbutt had already gone close with a header before a good run forward saw Chris Hughton play a one-two and slot the ball past Feyenoord goalkeeper Hiele on 25 minutes and Spurs controlled the game well, but had to wait until six minutes from the end for Tony Galvin’s measured finish to wrap up a 6-2 aggregate win.  Ray Clemence made two very good saves when the score was 1-0 to protect the Tottenham lead, one of which was a fine one-handed stop two minutes before half-time, when Andrej Jeliazkov threatened.

It was Jeliazkov who was the most dangerous Feyenoord forward, hitting the bar in the second half, while substitute Peter Houtman had a good chance, but shot just wide.  Falco troubled the Feyenoord goal a couple of times, just failing to test the keeper before Galvin added the finish to hand Spurs a well-deserved 2-0 win.

Teams :
Feyenoord – Joop Hiele, Andre Stafleu, Sjaak Troost, Ivan Nielsen, Ben Wijnstekers, Wim van Til (Peter Houtman 46), Andre Hoekstra, Johan Cruyff, Andrey Zhelyazkov, Pierre Vermeulen (Mario Been 37), Ruud Gullitt,
Manager : –  Thijs Libregts
Spurs –   Ray Clemence, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Stevens, Graham Roberts, Chris Hughton, Danny Thomas, Steve Perryman (c), Tony Galvin, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco (Alan Brazil 83)
Unused subs. : – Tony Parks, Paul Price, Ian Crook, Garth Crooks
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Referee : – Luigi Angolin (Italy)
Crowd : –    54,600.

19.10.1983 Fans witnessed a Glory, Glory Night under the floodlights at White Hart Lane, as Spurs swept aside Johan Cruyff’s Feyenoord side with a scintillating first half display.

Starting as early as the seventh minute, Steve Archibald scored to begin a domination of the Dutch team.  Tony Galvin’s 19th minute goal doubled the lead and Archibald scored his second 33 minutes in (with a young Ruud Gullit being substituted before the restart), with Galvin adding another six minutes later.  The architect of the win was Glenn Hoddle, who showed a master-class of passing to upstage the legendary Dutchman.

The old master did have a say in the game, with a 75th minute goal and nine minutes from time, Ivan Nielsen made it 4-2 with a second away goal.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Gary Mabbutt, Gary Stevens, Graham Roberts, Chris Hughton, Garry Brooke (Ian Crook 82), Steve Perryman (c), Tony Galvin, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco
Unused subs. : –  Tony Parks, Paul Price, Alan Brazil, Garth Crooks
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Feyenoord –  Joop Hiele, Henk Duut, Sjaak Troost, Ivan Nielsen, Ben Wijnstekers, Andre Hoekstra, Johan Cruyff, Andrey Zhelyazkov, Pierre Vermeulen, Ruud Gullitt (Wim van Til 33), Peter Houtman (Andre Stafleu 22)
Manager : –  Thijs Libregts
Crowd : –    35,404.

28.09.1983 A regular flow of goals for Tottenham saw them beat the League of Ireland side Drogheda United in a 8-0 first round second leg match at White Hart Lane.

Mark Falco again opened the scoring with a 15th minute goal, followed by a Graham Roberts goal in the 26th.  Falco scored his second ten minutes before half time and with 41 minutes on the clock, Graham Roberts did the same.

The second half was five minutes old when Alan Brazil found the net and Steve Archibald joined him on the score-sheet in the 56th minute.  Chris Hughton got in on the scoring act with a 61st minute goal and the shooting match was rounded off by Brazil’s second with twenty minutes of the game still remaining.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Tony Galvin, Paul Price, Graham Roberts, Chris Hughton (Gary O’Reilly 84), Steve Perryman (c), Gary Mabbutt, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco, Glenn Hoddle, Alan Brazil
Unused subs. : –  Garry Brooke, Micky Hazard, Ian Crook, Garth Crooks
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Drogheda United –  Brendan Flynn, Noel Greenhalgh (Francis Flanagan  59), Terry Byrne, Matt Bradley (c), Tony Macken, Martin Murray, Paul Nugent, Gerry Martin, Ritchie Bayley (Paddy Mohan 67), Paddy Dillon, Donal Murphy
Manager :- Tony Macken
Referee : – Tony Brigulio (Malta)
Crowd : –    19,831.

14.09.1983 Spurs eased through this UEFA Cup first round first leg tie in the small border town of Drogheda with a 6-0 win.

Only five minutes had gone when Mark Falco netted Tottenham’s first, although Drogheda United defended stoutly until the 33rd minute, when Garth Crooks scored Spurs’ second goal.  A minute before half-time, Tony Galvin made it 3-0.

Gary Mabbutt extended the lead six minutes into the second half, with Falco grabbing his second of the match in the 74th minute and Mabbutt competing his brace nine minutes from the end.

Teams :
Drogheda United –  Brendan Flynn, Noel Greenhalgh, Terry Byrne, Matt Bradley (c), Tony Macken, Martin Murray, Paul Nugent, Gerry Martin, Ritchie Bayley, Paddy Dillon (Paddy Mohan 46), Donal Murphy
Manager :- Tony Macken
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Gary Mabbutt, Gary O’Reilly, Paul Price, Graham Roberts, Chris Hughton, Garry Brooke, Steve Perryman (c), Tony Galvin, Garth Crooks, Mark Falco
Unused subs. : –  Tony Parks, Mark Bowen, Alan Brazil, Ian Crook, Glenn Hoddle
Manager : – Keith Burkinshaw
Crowd : –    7,000
Referee : –  Ole Amendsen (Denmark).

29.09.1981 Spurs eased through with another fine performance against a strong Ajax side to win 3-0. Tony Galvin scored in the 70th minute to make it 4-1 on aggregate and Mark Falco knocked home a goal from close in just six minutes after the first to see Tottenham in a commanding position.

It was six minutes after that goal that Ossie Ardiles, who had been one of the main architects of Tottenham’s victory, curled a shot into the net from the edge of the box via a slight deflection to seal a 6-1 aggregate win over the Dutch side.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, Graham Roberts (John Lacy 83), Steve Perryman, Ricky Villa, Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Tony Galvin, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Ajax –  Hans Galje, Wim Jansen, Keje Molenaar, Peter Boeve, Piet Wijnberg, Soren Lerby, Jesper Olsen, Gerald Vanenberg, Piet Hamberg (Sonny Silooy 67), Wim Kieft, Dick Schoenaker
Manager : – Kurt Linder
Crowd : –    34,606
Ref. : –  Adolph Prokop (Germany).

16.09.1981 Spurs took a first leg lead in an impressive 3-1 victory at the home of Ajax in the De Meer stadium.

Mark Falco scored gave Spurs a 20th minute lead and doubled the lead with a 26th minute goal at the far post from Graham Roberts’ flick on from Tony Galvin’s corner.  It was the Argentine link that saw Ossie Ardiles send Ricky Villa through on goal in the 67th minute and his shot virtually ensured Tottenham’s passage through to the next round of the European Cup-Winners Cup.  However, Ajax struck to pull a goal back a minute after Spurs’ third with a Soren Lerby goal in the 68th minute, but they found Ray Clemence in good form to prevent them narrowing the score-line any further.

Teams :
Ajax –  Piet Schrijvers, Peter Boeve, Edo Ophof (Gerald Vanenberg 46), Keje Molenaar, Sten Ziegler, Dick Schoenaker, Soren Lerby, Jesper Olsen, Wim Jansen (Piet Wijnberg 20), Tscheu La Ling, Piet Hamberg
Manager : – Kurt Linder
Spurs –  Ray Clemence, Steve Perryman (c), Graham Roberts, Paul Miller, Chris Hughton, Ossie Ardiles, Ricky Villa, Glenn Hoddle, Tony Galvin, Steve Archibald, Mark Falco
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : –  Augusti Lamo Castillo (Spain)
Crowd : –    21,742

29.05.1974 Not only did Tottenham Hotspur lose the UEFA Cup final in the de Kuip stadium to Rotterdam, but they also lost their reputation on the continent as hooliganism blighted the match, which saw Bill Nicholson almost reduced to tears by the actions of a minority that brought shame on the club.

Despite going close with two Martin Peters headers, it was goals by Wim Rijsbergen in the 43rd minute heading home when Jennings dropped a cross and Peter Ressel in the 85th, driving in Boskamp’s cross sealed the trophy win for the Dutch side, with Spurs second best on the night, carrying injured players and Ralph Coates’ daughter admitted to hospital with appendicitis.  But it was off the field that the headlines were made.

Nicholson made announcements at half-time calling for the fighting Spurs fans to stop, but they went unheeded and bottles and seats flew into the Feyenoord sections.  With fires on the terraces, this was one of the first nights when English hooligans affected the game and led to a ban from Europe for Spurs, although they would not qualify again for another seven years.

The trouble seemed like it would spread onto the pitch with some pushing and shoving at a Spurs free-kick almost leading to a fracas and the reaction by Feyenoord players to a Peters tackle late in the game inflamed the home fans further.

Teams :
Feyenoord –  Eddy Treijtel, Rinus Israel (c), Wim Rijsbergen, Johannes van Daele, Harry Vos, Mladen Ramljak, Theo de Jong, Wim Jansen (c), Peter Ressel, Jorgen Kristensen    51   (Johan Boskamp 74  [Hendrik Wery 88]), Lex Schoenmaker
Manager : –  Wiel Coerver
Colours : – Red and white halved shirts, Black shorts, Black socks
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, John Pratt (Phil Holder 75), Mike England , Phil Beal, Chris McGrath, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates
Manager : –  Bill Nicholson
Colours : –  Yellow shirts, Blue shorts, Yellow socks
Crowd : –    59,317
Referee : – Concetto lo Bello (Italy)

Match kicked off at 19.30.

21.05.1974 Despite leading twice in this UEFA Cup final first leg, Spurs were held 2-2 by a talented Feyenoord side.

Mike England rose to head in six minutes before half-time to give Spurs the lead, but it only lasted four minutes, as Wim van Hanegem scored with a trademark free-kick.

The second half was a similar story, with Joop van Daele putting through his own goal in the 64th minute before Theo de Jong earned a draw with the second away goal five minutes before full-time.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Phil Beal (Mike Dillon 81), Mike England, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Chivers, Chris McGrath 
Manager : –  Bill Nicholson 
Feyenoord –  Eddy Treijtel, Rinus Israel, Wim Rijsbergen, Johannes van Daele, Harry Vos, Theo de Jong, Wim Jansen (c), Peter Ressel, Wim van Hanegem    22  , Jorgen Kristensen    39  , Lex Schoenmaker
Manager : – Wiel Coerver
Crowd : –    46,281
Referee : – Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland).

24.04.1974 Goals from strikers Chris McGrath and Martin Chivers gave Spurs a 2-0 home win in the second leg of the UEFA Cup semi-final against Lokomotiv Leipzig to see the team through to a final against Feyenoord.

It wasn’t until the 57th minute that Spurs made the breakthrough with McGrath finding the net and the place in the final was sealed by Martin Chivers’ goal three minutes before the end of the match.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Mike England, Phil Beal, Terry Naylor, John Pratt (Phil Holder 86), Jimmy Neighbour, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Ralph Coates
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Locomotive Leipzig –  Werner Friese, Gunter Sekora, Wilfried Gröbner, Peter Giessner (c), Manfred Geisler, Lutz Moldt, Wolfgang Altmann (Roland Hammer 61), Henning Frenzel, Rainer Lisiewicz (Eberhard Köditz 78), Hans-Bert Matoul, Wolfram Löwe    85 
Manager : – Horst Scherbaum
Referee : – Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
Crowd : –   41,390.

10.04.1974 A packed 74,000 crowd cheered on the home side, but it was Spurs who left with a 2-1 advantage from this UEFA Cup semi-final first leg tie.

A first half brace of goals from Spurs took Locomotive by surprise and set up the win.  Mike England’s pass to Jimmy Neighbour got the ball to Peters to finish off move in the 15th minute.  When Ray Evans marauded down the right wing in the 26th minute, his cross was met by Ralph Coates, who netted from close range.

A goal was pulled back by Locomotive in the 58th minute, when a cross was converted by Wolfram Lowe to give the East German team a glimmer of hope for the second leg, but the defence, including Mike England suffering a head wound, held out.

Teams :
Locomotive Leipzig –  Werner Friese, Gunter Sekora, Wilfried Gröbner, Peter Giessner (c), Manfred Geisler, Roland Hammer (Eberhard Köditz 80), Lutz Moldt (Wolfgang Altmann 53), Henning Frenzel, Rainer Lisiewicz, Hans-Bert Matoul, Wolfram Löwe
Manager : – Horst Scherbaum
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Mike England     29, Phil Beal, Terry Naylor, John Pratt, Jimmy Neighbour     85, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Ralph Coates (Phil Holder 76)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –  74,698.

20.03.1974 A convincing 3-0 home win against Koln put Spurs through to the UEFA Cup semi-final 5-1 on aggregate.

When Martin Chivers scored in the 11th minute, it put the tie almost out of Koln’s reach and when Ralph Coates scored a screamer four minutes later, the tie was all but settled.   Martin Peters netted Tottenham’s third four minutes after the restart to ensure passage through to the last four was a formality.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Terry Naylor, Phil Beal, Mike England, Ray Evans, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Ralph Coates, Martin Peters (c), Chris McGrath, Martin Chivers
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Koln –  Toni Schumacher, Herbert Hein, Bernd Cullman, Harald Konopka, Wolfgang Weber, Jurgen Glowacz, Heinz Simmet, Heinz Flohe, Wolfgang Overath, Detlev Lauscher (Hannes Lohr 46), Dieter Muller
Manager : – Zlatko Cajovski
Referee : –  Paolo Toselli (Italy)
Crowd : –    40,933.

06.03.1974 Tottenham earned an impressive 2-1 away win in Koln to take back to White Hart Lane for the home leg of the UEFA Cup quarter final.

Chris McGrath gave Spurs an 18th minute advantage and it was nine minutes into the second half before Koln responded with a Dieter Muller equaliser.  However, captain Martin Peters scored the winner with 15 minutes left in the match to cap a very good display by the team.

Teams :
Koln : –  Gerhard Welz, Herbert Hein, Bernd Cullman, Harald Konopka     70 (Detlev Lauscher 75), Wolfgang Weber, Jurgen Glowacz, Heinz Simmet, Heinz Flohe, Wolfgang Overath, Hannes Lohr, Dieter Muller
Manager : – Zlatko Cajovski
Spurs : –   Pat Jennings, Terry Naylor, Phil Beal, Mike Dillon, Mike England, Ray Evans, Steve Perryman, John Pratt     70, Martin Peters (c), Chris McGrath     43, Martin Chivers
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –    27,021
Referee : – Ghoerge Limona (Romania).

12.12.1973 It was heads you win, with Tottenham’s aerial dominance beating the Russian side to progress in the UEFA Cup.  Two Martin Chivers goals and two more from Martin Peters were added to by a Chris McGrath header that sealed a 5-1 win.

With goals in 29 minutes 2 seconds and 51 minutes 59 seconds Spurs were coasting until Eberalidze pulled a goal back after 54 minutes  31 seconds.  Goals from Martin Peters (61 and 80) and Martin Chivers (77) finished off the Russians.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, John Pratt, Mike England, Phil Beal, Chris McGrath, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Ralph Coates
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Dynamo Tbilisi – Davit Gogia, Vakhtang Chelidze, Zerbag Eberalidze, Shota Khinchagashvili     38, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava (c), Kakhi Asatiani, Manutyar Machaidze, David Kipiani, Vladimir Gutsaev (Levan Nodia 68), Givi Nodia
Manager : –  Alexandre Kotrikadse
Referee : –  Rene Vigliani (France)
Crowd : –  18,602.

The Russians forgot their kit and Spurs lent them blue shorts, red shirts and bought some hooped socks from a sports shop on the High Road.

28.11.1973 Among the Georgian mountains lay the Locomotive stadium, where 42,000 packed in to see Spurs earn a valuable draw in the UEFA Cup third round first leg on a rough pitch.

With 25 minutes on the clock, Martin Chivers took Mike England’s pass and laid it off to Ralph Coates, who drilled a 20 yard shot into the goal.  The winger described it as the best goal he had ever scored.  Tbilisi came on strong in the search for an equaliser, which came 17 minutes before the end despite a great performance from Pat Jennings.  The Irishman had twice denied Manutyar Machaidze and Murtaz Khurtsilava before Kakhi Asatiani finally managed to beat the Spurs keeper in the 73rd minute with an effort that kept the home side in with a shout in the second leg at White Hart Lane, despite Terry Naylor going close with a last minute effort.

Teams :
Dynamo Tbilisi –  Davit Gogia, Vakhtang Chelidze, Zerbag Eberalidze (Zurab Tsereteli 69), Piroz Kanteladze, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Murtaz Khurtsilava (c), Kakhi Asatiani, Manutyar Machaidze, David Kipiani, Levan Nodia, Givi Nodia
Manager : –  Alexandre Kotrikadse
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, John Pratt, Mike England, Phil Beal, Terry Naylor, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates
Manager : –  Bill Nicholson
Referee : –  Franz Wohrer (Austria)
Crowd : –  42,000.

07.11.1973 A 4-1 home win over Aberdeen saw Spurs ease through this UEFA Cup Second Round Second leg tie.

Martin Peters’ 13th minute goal settled Tottenham nerves and winger Jimmy Neighbour made it 2-0 in the 37th minute.  Drew Jarvie’s goal nine minutes after the break caused a few worries, as another Aberdeen goal would have seen them through, but two Chris McGrath goals in the last ten minutes gave the score-line a true reflection of the match.

Teams :
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Phil Beal, Mike England, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Peters (c), Jimmy Neighbour (Chris McGrath 71), Martin Chivers     36, Alan Gilzean
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Aberdeen – Bobby Clark, Ian Hair      , Jim Hermiston, Eddie Thomson (Barrie Mitchell 83), Willie Miller (Bertie Miller 60), Willie Young, Joe Smith, Dave Robb, Alex Willoughby, Arthur Graham, Drew Jarvie
Manager : – Jimmy Bonthrone
Referee : –  Kurt Tschenscher (Germany)
Crowd : –   21,785
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24.10.1973 Spurs travelled north to Aberdeen and drew 1-1 in their UEFA Cup Second Round First leg tie.

Ralph Coates hit the net 15 minutes in to give Spurs a useful away goal, but were pegged back three minutes from the end of the match by Jim Hermiston’s penalty putting the tie on a knife’s edge.

Teams :
Aberdeen –  Bobby Clark, Jim Hermiston, Eddie Thomson (Bertie Miller 70), Ian Hair, Willie Miller, Willie Young, Joe Smith, Ian Taylor, Dave Robb, Arthur Graham, Drew Jarvie
Manager : – Jimmy Bonthrone
Spurs –  Daines, Ray Evans, Beal, England, Kinnear (Naylor 34), Perryman, Pratt, Peters (c), Coates (Neighbour 72), McGrath, Gilzean
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : –  Samuel Patterson (Northern Ireland)
Crowd : –   30,000

Kick off was 19.30.

03.10.1973 Grasshoppers arrived in London for their UEFA Cup First Round second leg tie, but had to borrow Spurs’ away shorts for the match, as their own shorts clashed and they were caught with their pants down as Spurs won 4-1 to record a 9-2 aggregate win.

The Swiss took a shock early lead with Rudolf Elsener scoring past Barry Daines with 24 minutes on the clock and Spurs had to wait until the last 20 minutes to assert any sort of superiority.

Robert Lador put through his own goal on 73 minutes, with Martin Peters giving Tottenham the lead on the night six minutes later.  Six minutes were left when Mike England scored the third Spurs goal, with Peters netting his second on the night to make it 4-1 in the 88th minute.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Ray Evans, Phil Beal, Mike England, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Grasshoppers – Rene Deck, Thomas Niggl, Hans Niggl, Max Malzacher, Andreas Capra (Luigi Stomeo 80), Alfred Grobli, Hans-Rudolf Staudemann, Robert Lador, Bigi Meier, Kurt Becker, Rudolf Elsener
Manager : – Erich Vogel
Referee : –  Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Crowd : –   18,105.

19.09.1973 Tottenham travelled to Switzerland for the first time to play Grasshoppers in the first leg of the UEFA Cup First Round.

Spurs won 5-1, but were indebted to Pat Jennings for a fine display in the first half, when he was only beaten by Adolf Noventa’s penalty a minute before half-time.

Tottenham were 2-1 ahead at the break thanks to Martin Chivers’ fifth minute goal and another from Ray Evans just after the half hour, scoring against the run of play on the break. In the last 18 minutes, Chivers added another and Alan Gilzean grabbed a brace to give Spurs an unbalanced first leg lead.

Teams :
Grasshoppers –  Rene Deck, Thomas Niggl, Hans Niggl, Max Malzacher, Hans-Rudolf Staudemann, Bigi Meier, Kurt Becker, Rudolf Elsener, Adi Noventa, Ove Grahn, Rainer Ohlhauser (Christian Winiger 72)
Manager : – Erich Vogel
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Phil Beal, Mike England, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates (Phil Holder 46), Martin Chivers, Jimmy Neighbour (Alan Gilzean 62)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   10,314
Referee : –  Bohumil Kopcio (Czechoslovakia).

25.04.1973 Despite a 2-1 home win in this UEFA Cup Semi-final Second leg against Liverpool, the width of the crossbar prevented Tottenham reaching the final for the second year running.

A goal from Martin Peters four minutes into the second half levelled the aggregate score, but Steve Heighway’s shot five minutes later handed the advantage back to Liverpool, scoring the vital away goal.  Captain Peters scored again with a header in the 62nd minute and was denied a hat-trick and what would have been a winning goal as another header crashed off the Liverpool bar.

Teams :
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear (Ray Evans 71), Mike England, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles (Jimmy Pearce 57), Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates, Alan Gilzean, Martin Chivers
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Liverpool – Ray Clemence, Phil Thompson, Larry Lloyd, Emlyn Hughes, Tommy Smith, Chris Lawler, Brian Hall, Ian Callaghan, Steve Heighway, Kevin Keegan, Phil Boersma
Manager : – Bill Shankly
Referee :  Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Crowd : –   46,919.

10.04.1973 A 26th minute goal from Alec Lindsay handed Liverpool a 1-0 UEFA Cup Semi-final First leg lead at Anfield.

Teams :
Liverpool –   Ray Clemence, Alec Lindsay, Larry Lloyd, Emlyn Hughes, Tommy Smith, Chris Lawler, Peter Cormack, Brian Hall, Ian Callaghan, Steve Heighway (Phil Boersma 85), Kevin Keegan
Manager : – Bill Shankly
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Mike England, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates (Ray Evans 84), Alan Gilzean, Martin Chivers (Jimmy Pearce 85)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : –  Bertil Loow (Sweden)
Crowd : –   42,174.

21.03.1973 After a delayed kick off, Henrique Campora curled a shot past Jennings from just inside the penalty area to give the Vitoria Setubal side some hope of a result against Spurs in the second leg of the quarter final.

Hopes were even higher when a 65th minute goal from Jose Torres put the Portuguese side ahead 2-1 on aggregate, but Tottenham’s salvation came in the shape of Martin Chivers, who fired home a 35 yard free-kick within three minutes to see Spurs through on thanks to this all-important away goal.

Teams :
Vitoria Setubal –  Joaquim Torres, Carrico, Carlos Cardoso, Conceicao (Arcanjo 78), Jose Mendes, Rebelo, Octavio Machado, Jose Maria (Vicente Belmondo 73), Henrique Campora, Jacinto Joao, Duda, Jose Torres
Manager : – Jose Maria Pedroto
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Ralph Coates, Mike England, Phil Beal, Alan Gilzean (Terry Naylor 82), Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters (c)     45, Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : –  Gunther Mannig (Germany)
Crowd : –   30,000.

The match kicked off at 21.45.

07.03.1973 A Ray Evans goal was all that separated the two sides after the first leg of this quarter final against Vitoria Setubal.

Evans had only been on the pitch for five minutes as a substitute, when he latched onto Martin Peters’ flick on from Chivers’ long throw and headed in the only goal of the game at the far post.  Alan Gilzean almost scored before being replaced by Evans, but his close range shot cleared the crossbar.

Teams :
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Ralph Coates, Mike England, Phil Beal, Alan Gilzean (Ray Evans 76), Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters (c), Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Vitoria Setubal –   Joaquim Torres, Carrico     75, Carlos Cardoso, Jose Mendes, Rebelo, Francisco Amancio, Octavio Machado, Jose Maria (Conceicao 27), Hanrique Campora, Jacinto Joao (Vicente Belmondo 80), Jose Torres
Manager : – Jose Maria Pedroto
Referee : –  Gusztav Bircsak (Hungary)
Crowd : –   30,469.

13.12.1972 Tottenham’s lead from the first leg was enough to see them through against Red Star Belgrade, even though they lost 0-1 to the Yugoslav side in this UEFA Cup Third Round Second Leg tie.

Kicking off a 15.00, Spurs faced a hostile 70,000 crowd in the Rajkko Mitic stadium as Red Star sought to overhaul the first leg loss.  Vojin Lazaravic’s 48th minute goal could not stop Spurs going through to the quarter final.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, John Pratt     80, Mike England, Joe Kinnear, Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters (c), Jimmy Pearce.
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Red Star Belgrade –  Ognjen Petrovic, Kiril Dojcinovski     80, Petar Krivokuca, Jovan Acimovic, Vladislav Bogicevic, Mile Novkovic (Dusan Nikolic 50), Miroslav Pavlovic, Vladimir Petrovic (Zoran Filipovic 77), Stanislav Karasi, Vojin Lazaravic, Dragan Dzajic
Referee : –  Sergio Gonella (Italy)
Crowd : –   70,000.

29.11.1972. Spurs faced crack Yugoslav side Red Star Belgrade at home in the UEFA Cup Third Round First Leg and at the end of the match took a one goal lead into the second leg.

Martin Chivers  gave Spurs the lead when he took the ball around the Red Star keeper Ognjen Petrovic to slide the ball in past a defender on the line at the Paxton Road end with 26 minutes gone.

In the second half, a Pearce cross picked out Martin Peters, but he headed the ball over the bar from eight yards out, leaving Alan Gilzean to slide in to convert a low cross in the 63rd minute to seal a 2-0 home leg win.

Teams :
Spurs : –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, Mike England, Cyril Knowles   , Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Peters (c), Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean, Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Red Star Belgrade : –  Ognjen Petrovic, Kiril Dojcinovski, Petar Krivokuca, Jovan Acimovic, Vladislav Bogicevic, Slobodan Jankovic (Mihalj Keri 51), Mile Novkovic, Miroslav Pavlovic, Stanislav Karasi   , Vojin Lazarevic, Dragan Dzajic
Manager : – Milan Miljanic
Referee : –  Robert Helies (France)
Crowd : –   23,958.

08.11.1972 Spurs lost in Greece 0-1 in the second leg of their UEFA Cup tie with Olympiakos Pireaus in the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis.

The only goal of the game went to the Greek side, with Romain Argyroudis netting a minute before the break, but it was not enough to overcome the first leg deficit and Spurs progressed to the Third Round.

Teams :
Olympiakos : –  Panagotis Kelesidis, Apostolos Glezos, Takis Synetopoulos, Athanasios Angelis, Giannis Gaitatzis, Georgios Delikaris, Romain Argyroudis, Julio Losada, Yves Triantafilos (Panagiotis Papamitriou 56), Nikolaos Gioutsos
Manager : – Lakis Petropoulos
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, Jimmy Pearce, Mike England, Mike Dillon, Alan Gilzean, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Terry Naylor, John Pratt   
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : –  Hans-Joachim Weyland (Germany)
Crowd : –   28,281.

25.10.1972 Spurs hosted Greek side Olympiakos Pireaus in the First leg of the UEFA Cup Second Round at White Hart Lane.

A 4-0 home win gave Tottenham a good lead to take to Greece and Jimmy Pearce’s goal opened the scoring in the 10th minute.  Ten minutes before half-time, Martin Chivers struck a second, with Ralph Coates adding another three minutes into the second half.  Pearce second of the first leg in the 58th minute wrapped up the comfortable victory for Spurs.

Teams :
Spurs –   : –   Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Phil Beal (Terry Naylor 65), Mike England, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, Martin Peters (c), Ralph Coates, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean (Jimmy Neighbour 75), Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Olympiakos : –   Panagotis Kelesidis, Apostolos Glezos, Takis Synetopoulos, Vasilios Siokos, Athanasios Angelis, Giannis Gaitatzis   , Milton Viera (Romain Argyroudis 46   ), Panagiotis Papamitriou, Yves Triantafilos (Julio Losada 75), Nikolaos Gioutsos
Manager : – Lakis Petropoulos
Referee : – Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)
Crowd : –   27,860.

27.09.1972 Lyn Oslo   (Home)  UEFA Cup R1 2L.

Spurs romped to a 6-0 home win to take the UEFA Cup First Round tie 12-3 on aggregate.

First goal 19 mins 46 secs – Martin Chivers
Second goal 30 mins 23 secs – Martin Chivers
Third goal 51 mins 20 secs – Ralph Coates
Fourth goal : –  57 minutes – Jimmy Pearce
Fifth goal : –  70 minutes – Martin Chivers
Sixth goal : –   83 minutes – Ralph Coates.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Mike England, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Ralph Coates, Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Lyn Oslo  – Svein Olsen, Tore Borrehaug, Jan Rodvang, Helge Ostvald, Svein Gjedrem, Asmund Sandland, Arild Gulden, Trygve Christophersen (Finn Skjeldsted 88), Torbjorn Skjerve, Sven Otto Birkeland, Odd Myrland (Per Hammerstram 46)
Manager : – Andreas Morisbak
Referee : – Magnus Petursson (Iceland)
Crowd : –   21,089.

13.09.1972 FK Lyn of Oslo were Tottenham’s first opponents as holders of the UEFA Cup and although Spurs won 6-3 in Norway, it was a harder match than the score-line suggests.

The match was played in the Ullevaal Stadium and the home club took a shock lead after 7 minutes through Jon Austnes.  However, Spurs woke up to the threat as Martin Peters grabbed the equaliser a minute later and were soon were ahead through a 24th minute John Pratt goal, shooting home from just outside the area and two from Alan Gilzean inside a couple of minutes (38 and 39).  Lyn fought back and stunned Tottenham with two goals by Trygve Christophersen either side of half-time and then Torbjorn Skjerve almost made it 4-4, only Pat Jennings with a fine save keeping the ball out.

It required two late goals in two minutes (82 and 83) from Martin Chivers – the fifth goal a floating header over the keeper from a right wing cross – to help Spurs take a 6-3 lead back to White Hart Lane for the second leg as the Norwegian side tired.

Teams :
Lyn Oslo –   Svein Olsen, Knut Iversen, Tore Borrehaug, Jan Rodvang, Svein Gjedrem, Asmund Sandland, Arild Gulden, Torbjorn Skjerve, Sven Otto Birkeland (Per Hammerstram 80), Odd Myrland, Jon Austnes (Trygve Christophersen 20)
Manager : – Andreas Morisbak
Spurs –   Jennings, Evans, Knowles, Pratt, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : – Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)
Crowd : –   10,777

Kick off was at 19.30.

17.05.1972 Wolverhampton Wanderers  (Home)  UEFA Cup Final Second Leg.

For a match report, click here.

First goal – 29 minutes
Second goal – 40 minutes.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Mike England, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, Alan Mullery (c), Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Unused subs. : –  Barry Daines, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, John Pratt, Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Wolverhampton Wanderers :  –  Phil Parkes, Bernard Shaw, John McAlle, Frank Munro, Gerry Taylor, Dave Wagstaffe, Kenny Hibbitt (Mike Bailey 55), Danny Hegan, Jim McCalliog (c), Derek Dougan (Hugh Curran 84), John Richards
Unused subs. : – Rod Arnold, Derek Parkin, Steve Daley
Manager : – Bill McGarry
Crowd : –   54,303
Referee : –  Laurens van Ravens (Holland).

03.05.1972 Wolverhampton Wanderers  (Away)  UEFA Cup Final First Leg.

For a match report, click here.

First goal – 57 minutes
Second goal – 72 minutes
Third goal – 87 minutes.

Teams :
Wolverhampton Wanderers :  –  Phil Parkes, Bernard Shaw   , John McAlle, Frank Munro, Gerry Taylor, Dave Wagstaffe, Kenny Hibbitt, Danny Hegan, Jim McCalliog (c), Derek Dougan, John Richards
Unused subs. : – Rod Arnold, Derek Parkin, Steve Daley, Hugh Curran, Peter Eastoe
Manager : – Bill McGarry
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear   , Mike England, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, Alan Mullery (c), Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Unused subs. : –  Barry Daines, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   38,362
Referee : – Tofik Bakhramov (Azerbaijan).

19.04.1972 A draw in Milan gave Tottenham a 3-2 aggregate victory in the semi-final of the UEFA Cup over AC Milan.

A shock lead was handed to Tottenham by Alan Mullery, who hit a 20 yard shot into the top corner of the net after just seven minutes, but in the 67th minute Phil Beal had a penalty given against him when he fouled Bignon in the area, despite claiming to have made a clean tackle.  Gianni Rivera stepped up to convert it and while the pressure was on the Spurs goal, there was no further scoring and Tottenham progressed to the final.

Teams :
AC Milan –  Fabio Cudicini, Giulio Zignoli, Roberto Rosato, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Angelo Anquilletti, Giorgio Biasiolo (Giuseppe Sabadini 54), Romeo Bennetti    , Alberto Bignon, Gianni Rivera (c), Lino Golin (Silvano Villa 81), Pierino Prati
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery (c), Mike England, Phil Beal   , Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, John Pratt (Terry Naylor 75)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   69,606
Referee : –  Vital Loraux (Belgium).

04.05.1972 A typically Italian performance from AC Milan was undone by two cracking Steve Perryman goals to give injury-hit Tottenham the advantage going into the away leg two weeks later.

It was a shock when Romeo Bennetti fired home a goal for Milan to take the lead in the 26th minute, but two long-range specials from the Spurs midfielder rocked the Italians.  Taking a pass from Martin Chivers, Perryman unleashed a rocket shot from 20 yards out that flew past Fabio Cudicini’s dive to his left to level the score with 33 minutes gone.

Tottenham then had to keep their calm as they were on the receiving end of some brutal treatment which resulted in Riccardo Sogliano being dismissed (ironically for a second yellow card for not retreating 10 yards at a free-kick) and Spurs kept plugging away despite the cynical nature of Milan’s tackling and when the Italian’s defence could only clear an Alan Mullery corner straight to Perryman, he blasted it back past Cudicini’s right hand from 25 yards to give Tottenham a richly deserved win.

Teams : –
Spurs : – Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery (c), Ralph Coates (Jimmy Neighbour 84), Mike England, Terry Naylor, Alan Gilzean   37, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
AC Milan : – Fabio Cudicini, Angelo Anquilletti, Giuseppe Sabadini, Guilio Zignoli, Roberto Rosato, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger  37, Riccardo Sogliano  62  62, Romeo Benetti, Alberto Bigon, Gianni Rivera, Lino Golin (Vincenzo Zazzaro 69)
Unused subs : –
Manager : – Nereo Rocco
Referee : –  Mariano Medina Iglesias (Oviedo, SPA)
Linesemen : –
Crowd : –  42,064

Goal times : –
First goal  –  25m 10s
Second goal  –  32m 30s
Third goal  –  64m 15s.

21.03.1972 UT Arad shocked Spurs with a goal in the 61st minute to bring the aggregate score in the UEFA Cup quarter-final second leg back to 2-1 when Flavius Dorminde pounced to tap the ball into the net that left the Rumanian side just a goal away from taking the tie into extra time.

While Spurs created a lot of chances, it looked like being one of those nights when nothing would go right for them, until Alan Gilzean’s 80th minute header saved face and earned Tottenham a draw that saw them through 3-1 on aggregate.  Gilzean could have bagged a hat-trick and Ralph Coates was denied a goal by a superb reflex stop by keeper Miroslav Vidac.

Teams : – 
Spurs : – Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, Mike England, Terry Naylor, Ralph Coates, Alan Gilzean, Steve Perryman, John Pratt, Martin Peters, Roger Morgan.
Unused sub. : –
Manager : – Bill Nicholson

UT Arad : –  Miroslav Vidac, Gavril Birau, Iosof Leretter (c), Eugen Pozsony, Paul Popovici, Flavius Domide, Mircea Petescu, Ladislau Brosovschi, Viorel Sima, Attila Kun, Gavril Both
Unused sub. : – 
Manager : – Nicolae Dumitrescu
Crowd:-30,253
Ref. :  Mr. Joaquim Fernandes Campos (POR)
Linesmen : – Mr. Ernesto Borrego (POR) – Red Flag; Mr. Joao Noeguiera (POR) – Yellow Flag.

07.03.1972 Tottenham’s return to Romania saw them return home from this UEFA Cup Fourth Round First leg with a 2-0 lead over Unizale Textile Arad.

On a dry, grassy and bumpy pitch, it would have been difficult to play any decent football, but with the added complication of a gusty wind, the game was not a classic.  Playing into the wind in the first half, the defence had to be alert to the bounce of the ball and they did get the rub of the green when Ladislau struck the post.

A 12th minute free-kick was played into the area by Ray Evans and when the ball came out to our right wing, Martin Peters was quick to the ball and played it back into the goalmouth.  Having taken a touch off Eugen Pojoni, Roger Morgan reacted well to put the ball into the net from close range.  As expected, having the wind behind the, Arad were often on the attack and Tottenham had to dig in to repel the home team, but two minutes before half-time, Mike England got on the end of an Alan Gilzean flick to Morgan’s corner to head in Tottenham’s second goal.

Gilzean took a blow to the head in setting up the goal and was replaced at half-time by Peter Collins, taking the field as the wind dropped and any advantage from that being denied Spurs. UT Arad were looking to get back into the match and Tottenham had to defend for the first 15 minutes of the half, but gradually gained control and although the Romanian table-toppers hit the bar in the second period, that was as close as they came to getting on the score-sheet.

UT Arad : – Miroslav Vidac, Gavril Birau  , Iosof Leretter (c), Eugen Pozsony, Paul Popovici, Flavius Domide, Mircea Petescu, Ladislau Brosovschi, Viorel Sima (Mircea Axente 80), Attila Kun, Gavril Both.
Manager : – Nicolae Dumitrescu
Spurs : –   Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles  , John Pratt, Mike England, Phil Beal, Alan Gilzean (Peter Collins 46), Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers  , Martin Peters, Roger Morgan.
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Ref. : –  Gerhard Schulenburg (Germany)
Attendance : –   12,253.

15.12.1971 A torrid second leg saw a cynical performance from the home side which Tottenham had to rise above to progress to the Fourth Round.

The game was moved from Rapid’s Giulisti stadium to the national stadium in Bucharest and many home fans were given the day off work to attend and produce a very hostile atmosphere.   The determination on the Romanian players to not let Spurs pass meant that they did not attack the Spurs goal that much, leaving substitute Jimmy Pearce to score the opening goal of the match on 58 minutes.  However, his participation only lasted another six minutes, as he was dismissed with Ion Pop as they got involved in a fight.

Tottenham continued to play their own game and although Martin Peters put a penalty against a post in the 68th minute, Chivers notched the second Tottenham goal of the game with six minutes left to total a 5-0 aggregate score-line against a brutal Rapid Bucharest team.

Teams :
Rapid Bucharest –  Rica Raducanu  , Alexandru Boc, Gheorghe Codrea, Nicolae Lupescu  , Constantin Dinu, Daniel Ene (Constantin Nasturescu  60), Ion Dumitru (Iordan Angelscu  46), Teofil Codreanu, Ion Pop   64, Marian Petreanu, Alexandru Neagu
Manager : –  Bazil Marian
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, Ralph Coates, Peter Collins, Phil Beal, John Pratt, Steve Perryman (Terry Naylor 46), Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Alan Gilzean (Jimmy Pearce  52   64)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –  12,000
Referee  : –  Aurelio Angonese (Italy).

NOTE : – It is rumoured that the Romanian authorities would not allow footage of the match to leave the country such was the “physical approach” of the home side.

08.12.1971 Tottenham’s UEFA Cup Third Round opponents Romania’s Rapid Bucharest were 1-0 down within 24 seconds of the start of this first leg after a trademark Martin Chivers long-throw was directed home off Martin Peters’ head at the near post header at the Paxton Road end.

It was the Spurs centre-forward who was the focal point of this tie with a second goal coming from his finish to Neighbour’s good work on the wing with 35 minutes gone.

Chivers wrapped up a useful first leg lead when he struck in the 62nd minute to net Alan Gilzean’s knock-down after Cyril Knowles’ left wing cross found the Scotsman.

Teams :
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, Ralph Coates (Jimmy Pearce 56), Mike England, Phil Beal, Alan Gilzean, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Jimmy Neighbour
Manager : –  Bill Nicholson
Rapid Bucharest –  Rica Raducanu, Alexandru Boc, Gheorghe Codrea, Nicolae Lupescu, Constantin Dinu, Constantin Musat (Iordan Angelsecu 68), Ion Dumitru, Constantin Naturescu, Teofil Codreanu (Daniel Ene 88), Ion Pop, Marian Petreanu, Alexandru Neagu
Manager : –  Bazil Marian
Crowd : –   30,702
Referee : –  Robert Schaut  (Germany).

02.11.1971 A dominant performance by Spurs against Nantes saw them through to the next round, even though they only had one goal to show for their efforts.

A good move ended with captain Martin Peters netting within fifteen minutes to give Tottenham a goal’s advantage, but missed opportunities by Chivers and Gilzean.  Martin Chivers had gone close twice with a hooked shot wide from Peters’ free-kick and then keeper Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes beat out a drilled shot by the big striker. Unfortunately, the game was all one way traffic, with Jennings having little to do and Nantes trying to hold out for the majority of the game.

Blanchet almost made Spurs pay with an early second half opportunity, but he shot wide and Spurs went on to press forward with enough chances for Spurs to have wrapped the tie up, but Nantes’ resolute defending kept them down to one goal.  The French side even tried to take Spurs on with 12 players, when Rampillon decided he was fit to carry on after treatment, re-entering the field of play even though Georges Eo had come off the substitute’s bench to replace him.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, John Pratt, Mike England, Phil Beal, Jimmy Neighbour, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Alan Gilzean (Jimmy Pearce 89)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Nantes –   Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, Phillippe Barot, Gabriel de Michele, Jean-Claude Osman, Bernard Gardon, Michel Pech, Bernard Blanchet    82, Henri Michel, Angel Marcos    55, Gilles Rampillon (Georges Eo 62), Eric Maas
Manager : – Jose Arribas
Crowd : –   32,633
Referee : –  Stanislaw Ekaziajn (Poland).

20.10.1971 A pretty awful performance by Tottenham still saw them come away from Nantes with a goal-less draw.

Teams :
Nantes –  Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, Jean-Luc Laguillez, Gabriel de Michele, Jean-Claude Osman, Bernard Gardon, Michel Pech, Bernard Blanchet, Henri Michel, Angel Marcos, Paul Courtin (Georges Eo 77), Eric Maas (Patrice Kevarrec 85)
Manager : – Jose Arribas
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Phil Beal, Mike England, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, Alan Mullery, Martin Peters, Jimmy Neighbour, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean (Roger Morgan 73)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   21,000
Referee : –  Gunter Mannig (Germany).

28.09.1971 The return leg at White Hart Lane against Keflavik in the first UEFA Cup tie saw Tottenham ease through with their biggest European win.

Bill Nicholson expressed his disappointment that the forwards had wastes so many chances as Spurs went ahead through a Martin Chivers shot on eight minutes.  With the Icelanders’ goal being peppered with shots, goals from Chivers in the 19th minute, Steve Perryman in the 24th and Ralph Coates a minute before the break put the score-line at 4-0 at the half-time whistle.

A hat-trick goal in the 55th minute saw Chivers net at the near post, before Cyril Knowles joined the scorers in the 65th minute, followed by two goals in two minutes by Alan Gilzean in the 77th and 78th minutes and the scoring was rounded off by youngster Phil Holder, making his debut, in the 86th minute to set a club record European win of 9-0.

Teams :
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery (Jimmy Pearce), Mike England, Phil Beal, Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters (Phil Holder 46), Alan Gilzean
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Keflavik (Iceland) –  Porsteinn Olafsson, Einar Gunnarsson, Astadur Gunnarsson, Indimundur Hilmarsson, Gudni Kjartansson, Gisli Torfason, Karl Hermansson, Olafur Juliusson, Pordur Ragnarsson (Gretar Magnusson 46),  Birgir Einarsson, Steinar Johansson (Jon Olafur Jonsson 70)
Manager : –  Einar Helgason
Crowd : –   23,818

22.09.1971 Tottenham beat Torino 2-0 in the second leg at White Hart Lane to win the Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners Cup.

Strikers Martin Chivers and Alan Gilzean both hit the net to give Tottenham a 3-0 aggregate win.  Steve Perryman picked out a pass through the Italian defence to allow Chivers to stroke the ball into the net with 15 minutes gone.  It was just nine minutes from time that Alan Gilzean’s volley at the far post wrapped up the tie for Spurs, after Martin Chivers had flicked on Cyril Knowles’ free-kick.

The game saw Tottenham enjoy the majority of possession, with the Torino side barely having a shot on target.  Peters picked up his first booking for two years after a goalmouth clash with keeper Castellini.

Teams :
Spurs –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Mike England, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery, Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Torino –   Luciano Castellini, Marino Lombardo, Natalino Fossati, Luciano Zecchini, Angelo Cereser, Aldo Agroppi, Sandro Crevelli (Livio Luppi), Giorgio Ferrini, Gianni Bui (Paolino Pulici), Claudio Sala, Giovanni Toschi
Manager : –  Gustavo Giagnoni
Crowd : –   34,000.

14.09.1971 Spurs faced the Icelandic amateurs of Keflavik in their first ever UEFA Cup tie.

Tottenham’s strength showed through as Alan Gilzean bagged a hat-trick (scored in the 7th, 64th and 87th minutes), with Alan Mullery scoring twice (31 and 59) and Ralph Coates (25) scoring the other goal to win 6-1 with Keflavik’s goal scored in the 76th minute by Olafur Juliusson.

Teams :
Keflavik (Iceland) –   Porsteinn Olafsson, Gisli Torfason, Vilhjalmur Kjetilsson (Indimundur Hilmarsson 46), Gudni Kjartansson, Einar Gunnarsson, Astadur Gunnarsson, Pordur Ragnarsson, Olafur Juliusson, Jon Olafur Jonsson (Fridrik Ragnarsson 46), Karl Hermansson, Steinar Johansson
Manager : –  Einar Helgason
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Mike England, Phil Beal, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, Alan Mullery (Graeme Souness 74), Martin Peters, Ralph Coates (Jimmy Pearce 62), Alan Gilzean, Martin Chivers
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   11,000
Referee : –  Derry Barrett (Ireland).

01.09.1971 Tottenham visited Turin to play Torino to lay the first leg of the Anglo-Italian League Cup Winners Cup.

The Stadio Communale saw a 59th minute Martin Chivers goal give Tottenham the advantage for the second leg, but it was Steve Perryman whose run on the right wing past Fossati and Angelo Cereser that provided the pass into the six yard box for Chivers to tuck the ball past the keeper.

Big money signing (£200,000) Giovanni Toschi had some early chances, but did not really test Pat Jennings in goal.  At the other end Mike England hit the post with a header and another header, this time from Martin Peters, was well kept out by goalie Luciano Castellini.  It was late in the game that Torino pushed for an equaliser and Jennings performed acrobatically to deny Giorgio Ferrini and Giovanni Toschi.

Teams :
Torino –  Luciano Castellini (Franco Satolo), Roberto Mozzini, Natalino Fossati, Luciano Zecchini, Angelo Cereser, Aldo Agroppi, Rosario Rampanti, Giorgio Ferrini, Paolino Pulici (Gianni Bui), Claudio Sala, Giovanni Toschi
Manager : – Gustavo Giagnoni
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Mike England, Phil Beal, Tony Want, Alan Mullery (c), Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman, Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Manager : –  Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   38,000.

03.11.1970 Motherwell  (away)  Texaco Cup Second Round Second Leg.

Spurs were knocked out of the Texaco Cup at Firs Park at the Second Round stage, even though Jimmy Pearce headed Spurs ahead from Martin Chivers’ long throw after 20 minutes of dominating football.  His shot beat the keeper as it hit the net with great force.

Brian Heron levelled the score six minutes before half time when he finished Dixie Deans’ through pass to drive a shot from a narrow angle after rounding Ken Hancock and gave the ‘Well the boost to go into the second half of this second leg.  The home side grabbed two further goals through Tom Donnelly (a long-range shot that went in off the post) and Bobby Watson to take the tie 5-4 on aggregate.  Keith MacRae made a good save to protect their lead and Joe Kinnear was forced to head a Jim Muir effort off the goal-line, but the Motherwell players celebrated after the final whistle and had a £300 bonus for beating Spurs waiting for them.

Teams : –
Motherwell : –  Keith MacRae, Davie Whiteford, Joe Wark, Tam Forsyth, Jackie McInally, McCallum, Dixie Deans, Jim Muir, Brian Heron, Tom Donnelly, Bobby Watson (c)
Unused sub. : – Campbell
Manager : –  Bobby Howitt
Spurs : –  Ken Hancock, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery (c), Mike England, Phil Beal, Alan Gilzean, Terry Naylor (Jimmy Neighbour), Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Jimmy Pearce
Manager : –  Bill Nicholson
Ref. : –  J. Callaghan (Glasgow)
Linesmen : –  Mr. C. J. Patterson, Mr. C. Laird
Crowd : –  22,688.

21.10.1970 Motherwell  (Home)  Texaco Cup Second Round First Leg.

Spurs won 3-2 against Motherwell at White Hart Lane in the First leg of this Texaco Cup Second Round.

Goals from the two Martins, Chivers and two from Peters saw Spurs edge this tie with Motherwell showing they were not to be taken lightly with a fierce performance.

Teams :
Spurs : –   Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Alan Mullery (c), Mike England, Terry Naylor, Alan Gilzean, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Motherwell : –  , , , , ,
Manager : –  Bobby Howitt
Ref : –
Crowd : –  19,570.

29.09.1970 Dunfermline Athletic  Texaco Cup  First Round Second Leg.

Spurs won at East End Park 3-0 to progress to the Second Round with a 7-0 aggregate.

Teams :-
Dunfermline Athletic : –
Spurs :  –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Mike England, Phil Beal, Alan Gilzean (Jimmy Pearce), Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Roger Morgan
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   9,000

Match played on a Tuesday night..

16.09.1970 Tottenham were drawn against Dunfermline Athletic in the first playing of the Texaco Cup for clubs north and south of the border.

The first leg was at White Hart Lane and Tottenham ran out easy 4-0 winners, with the first goal coming from a right wing Joe Kinnear cross that Martin Chivers rammed home, with Mike England heading a second goal at the Paxton Road end.

Chivers went on to add another couple to complete his hat-trick.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ken Hancock, Joe Kinnear, Tony Want, Alan Mullery (c), Mike England, Phil Beal, Alan Gilzean, Steve Perryman, Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Roger Morgan (Jimmy Pearce).
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Dunfermline Athletic –
Ref. : –
Crowd : –   16,388.

13.12.1967 Tottenham played the second leg of their Cup-Winners Cup at home and ran out 4-3 winners, but it was not enough to overcome an 0-1 away defeat that was enough to take Olympique Lyonnais through on away goals.

Spurs scored through Jimmy Greaves (2), Alan Gilzean and Cliff Jones, but defensive lapses saw them exit the competition.

Teams :
Spurs : –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Dennis Bond, Roger Hoy, Dave Mackay, Jimmy Robertson, Jimmy Greaves, Alan Gilzean, Terry Venables, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Lyon : –  Yves Chauveau, Yves Flohic, Erwin Kuffer, Bernard Lhomme, Rene Rocco, Hector Maison, Raymond Schwinn, Mohammed Bouassa, Fleury Di Nallo, Jacky Pin, Angel Rambert.
Ref. : –  Jose Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)
Crowd : –   41,895.

29.11.1967 The first leg of Tottenham’s European Cup-Winners Cup Second Round tie against Olympique Lyonnais in France saw Spurs lose out by the only goal of the game.

Losing out to Fleury Di Nallo’s 75th minute goal at the Stade Gerland, both sides had been reduced to ten men by then as a bust-up between Andre Guy and Alan Mullery saw both players dismissed.

Teams :
Lyon : –  Yves Chauveau, Yves Flohic, Erwin Kuffer, Bernard Lhomme, Rene Rocco, Hector Maison, Raymond Schwinn, Fluery Di Nallo, Andre Guy   34, Mohammed Lekkak, Angel Rambert
Manager : –  Louis Hon.
Spurs : –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Cyril Knowles, Roger Hoy, Dave Mackay, Alan Mullery   34, Jimmy Robertson, Jimmy Greaves, Alan Gilzean, Terry Venables, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Ref. : –
Crowd : –  10,997.

15.05.1963 Spurs entered the European Cup Winners Cup Final without talisman Dave Mackay, but a great performance blew Atletico Madrid away, just a year after they had lifted this trophy.

Jimmy Greaves opened proceedings with a goal in 16 minutes, converting a Cliff Jones cross, with Bobby Smith laying on a chance for John White to smash home a second goal soon after.

Two minutes after the break, Ron Henry handled a shot on the goal-line to concede a penalty and Enrique Collar shot past Brown from the spot to make it 2-1.  Atletico put some pressure on the Spurs goal, but could not break through.

Spurs eased the nerves when White threaded a pass through to Terry Dyson, who crashed in a fine shot from a tight angle, then crossed for Greaves to shoot home the fourth (and his 44th of the season).  Dyson rounded off his man of the match display with a run through the middle of the Atletico defence to smash in an unstoppable drive to make the final score 5-1 and to give Spurs the honour of being the first British team to lift a European trophy.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Tony Marchi, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Terry Dyson, John White, Bobby Smith, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Atletico Madrid –  Madinabeytia, Rivilla, Rodrigues, Ramiro, Griffa, Glaria, Jones, Adelardo, Shuzo, Mendonca, Collar
Crowd : –   40,000.

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01.05.1963 Spurs overcame crack Yugoslav side OFK Belgrade in the semi-final second leg to reach their first European final.

Missing suspended Jimmy Greaves, Tottenham weathered some OFK pressure as they sought an equaliser on aggregate and then, in the 23rd minute, Danny Blanchflower put Dave Mackay through to score the opening goal of the game.  The visitors hit back quickly with Josip Skoblar drawing Belgrade level, but the nerves were settled when a move involving Blanchflower, White and Mackay set up Cliff Jones to put Tottenham 2-1 up on the night, just before the half-time whistle.

With a two goal cushion, Spurs played a little more freely and a full-length diving header from Bobby Smith wrapped up a 5-2 aggregate win to put Tottenham through to meet Atletico Madrid in the European Cup Winners Cup final, despite the OFK players trying to aggravate the Spurs players with cynical challenges.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Tony Marchi, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, John White, Bobby Smith, Terry Dyson, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
OFK Belgrade –  Blagoje Vidinic, Miroslav Milovanovic, Momcilo Gavric, Dragoljub Maric, Blagomir Krivokuca, Dragan Gugleta, Spasoje Samardzic, Milorad Popov, Stojan Milosev, Josip Skoblar, Streten Banovic
Ref. : – Mr. T. Sorensen (Denmark)
Linesmen : –  Mr. K. Madsen (Denmark) – Red flag; Mr. A. Jensen (Denmark) – Yellow flag
Crowd : –   59,736.

24.04.1963 Spurs secured a 2-1 win to take a one goal lead back to White Hart Lane and two vital away goals in this bad tempered European Cup Winners Cup semi-final first leg in Yugoslavia.

With goals coming from John White and Terry Dyson, firing home from 12 yards out with the keeper out of position, OFK’s only response came from Milorad Popov from the penalty spot after Dave Mackay had harshly been penalised for handball when the ball popped up off his foot.  The match was marred by intimidation by the home players, which lead to Jimmy Greaves being sent off for retaliation in the 55th minute.

Teams :
OFK Belgrade –  Blagoje Vidinic, Miroslav Milovanovic, Momcilo Gavric, Dragoljub Maric, Blagomir Krivokuca, Dragan Gugleta, Spasoje Samardzic, Milorad Popov, Sava Antic, Josip Skoblar, Streten Banovic
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Tony Marchi, Dave Mackay, Terry Dyson, John White, Bobby Smith, Jimmy Greaves, Terry Dyson
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Ref. : –  Mr. Lajo Aranjosi  (Hungary)
Linesmen : – Mr. –  (Hungary) – Red flag; Mr. –  (Hungary) – Yellow flag
Crowd : –   45,000.

14.03.1963 Tottenham recorded a 6-0 win in this European Cup Winners Cup quarter final second leg after coming into the game trailing after the first match.

It took until just after the half-hour for Tottenham to open the scoring, when Dave Mackay paved the way for this win.  Other goals followed from Jimmy Greaves (2), John White, Bobby Smith and Cliff Jones to see Tottenham move on to play OFK Belgrade in the semi-final.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Tony Marchi, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, John White, Bobby Smith, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Slovan Bratislava –
Ref. : –
Crowd : –  61,504.

05.03.1963 .

Teams :
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Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Tony Marchi, Dave Mackay, Terry Dyson, John White, Bobby Smith, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Ref. : –
Crowd : –   32,000.

11.12.1962 .

Teams :
Glasgow Rangers –
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Terry Medwin, John White, Bobby Smith, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Ref. : –
Crowd : –   80,000.

31.10.1962 Having had to wait 24 hours because of fog, Spurs took Glasgow Rangers apart with a stunning performance earning a 5-2 win.

Goals from John White (2), Maurice Norman, Les Allen and a Shearer own goal, Spurs set themselves up for a comfortable return leg.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Terry Medwin, John White, Les Allen, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Glasgow Rangers –  Billy Ritchie, Bobby Shearer, Ronnie McKinnon, Harold Davis, Eric Caldow, Jim Baxter, Willie Henderson, Davie Wilson, Jimmy Millar, Ian McMillan, Ralph Brand
Ref. : –
Crowd : –   58,859.

05.04.1962 A European Cup semi-final nearly ended in triumph for Tottenham, but Benfica did just enough to go through to a meeting with Real Madrid.

3-1 down from the first leg, Spurs soon were further behind when a suspiciously offside 15th minute goal from Aguas made it a very uphill battle for Tottenham.  Controversy prevented Greaves getting Tottenham back into the tie with a goal that was ruled out for offside after initially being awarded by the ref.  As Tottenham pressed forward, the pressure paid off when Bobby Smith converted a John White cross ten minutes before half-time.

When White was fouled in the area by Coluna just after the break, Blanchflower put away the penalty to put Spurs only two goals behind.

In a frantic finish, Smith hit the woodwork no less than three times and only some elastic saves from the Benfica keeper kept Tottenham out and heaped disappointment on the way the team had gone out.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Tony Marchi, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Terry Medwin, John White, Bobby Smith, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Benfica –  Alberto de Costa Pereira, Mario Joao, Gaspar Martins Angelo, Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavem, De Figueredo Germano, Fernando de Conceicao Cruz, Pinto de Almeida Jose Augusto, Eusebio, Jose Aguas, Mario Coluna, Antonio Simoes
Manager : –  Bela Guttmann
Crowd : –  64,448
Ref. : – Mr. Age Poulsen (Denmark)
Linesmen : –  Mr. C. W. Hansen (Denmark) – Red flag; Mr. S. E. Hansen (Denmark) – Yellow flag
Thursday
Kick off : – 19.45.

21.03.1962 A fast start by Benfica gave Tottenham a setback in their European Cup semi-final first leg in the original Estadio de Luz.

Jose Aguas and Jose Augusto hit goals within the opening 20 minutes to leave Spurs shaken, but Bobby Smith pulled a goal back in the early stages of the second half.  However, despite a disallowed Jimmy Greaves goal (for offside), Augusto got his second on 65 minutes with a header to leave Spurs a tough task in the second leg.  The Portuguese side’s lead could have been slimmer with Smith knocking in Greaves’ cross, only to find it ruled out for a lineman’s offside flag once more despite being behind the ball when it was played to him.

Teams :
Benfica –  Alberto de Costa Pereira, Mario Joao, Gaspar Martins Angelo, Domiciano Barrocal Gomes Cavem, De Figueredo Germano, Fernando de Conceicao Cruz, Pinto de Almeida Jose Augusto, Eusebio, Jose Aguas, Mario Coluna, Antonio Simoes
Manager : –  Bela Guttmann
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Tony Marchi, John White, Bobby Smith, Jimmy Greaves, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : – Daniel Mellett (Switzerland)
Crowd : –  86,000.

26.02.1962 Dukla Prague     European Cup Quarter Final  Second Leg     Home    Won     4-1.

Teams :
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, John White, Bobby Smith, Tony Marchi, Terry Medwin, Cliff Jones
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Dukla Prague –
Colours : –  Red shirts, yellow shorts, red socks with yellow turnover
Manager : – Jaroslav Vejvoda
Ref. : –  Mr. Carl F. Jorgensen (Denmark)
Linesmen : – Mr. H. Asmussen (Denmark) – Red flag; Mr. G. Michaelsen (Denmark) – Yellow flag
Crowd : –   55,388
Monday
Kick off : –  19.45.

14.02.1962 Dukla Prague     European Cup Quarter Final  First Leg     Away     Lost     0-1.

Bobby Smith had a header from John White’s cross ruled out for offside.

Teams :
Dukla Prague : –  Pavel Kouba, Frantisek Safranek, Svata Pluskal, Ladislav Novak. Jiri Cadek, Josef Adamec, Rudolf Kucera, Josef Jelinek, Jan Brumovsky, Jaroslav Borovicka
Colours : –  Red shirts, yellow shorts, red socks with yellow turnover
Manager : – Jaroslav Vejvoda
Spurs : –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Tony Marchi, John White, Bobby Smith, Terry Medwin, Cliff Jones
Colours : –  All white
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   32,475.

20.09.1961 Tottenham overturned a first leg deficit to sweep through the preliminary round of the European Cup in great style. Aided by a fervent crowd, who the Gornik Zabrze manager Dzenis Zygmun said, “had my players completely off their stroke,” the players turned around a 2-4 score-line in Poland to win 8-1 (10-5 on aggregate).

Spurs had already hit the crossbar in the first minute with a Les Allen effort, before a goal arrived after nine minutes when Danny Blanchflower netted a penalty and ten minutes later, the aggregate score was 4-4 when Cliff Jones rose to head home to make it 2-0 on the night, powering home Dyson’s cross.  Just five minutes after, Jones’ second of the night put Tottenham ahead overall, but the Poles showed just how good they were, when Ernest Pohl struck to make it 5-5 on aggregate with a well-struck 25 yard volley.

A fine first half by our Welsh winger was completed with a 35th minute goal to complete his hat-trick and a diving header from Bobby Smith gave Tottenham a commanding 5-1 lead at half-time.

The action didn’t stop in the second half, with goals from Smith (72 minutes), Terry Dyson (73) after being set up by Blanchflower and then John White wrapped up a famous win a minute before full time and the victory sent a warning message to the rest of Europe that Tottenham had quickly adapted to the needs of European football.

Teams :
Spurs : – Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Cliff Jones, John White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Terry Dyson
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Gornik Zabrze : –   Hubert Kostka, Stefan Florenski, Antoni Franosz, Stanislaw Oslizto, Edward Olszowka, Roman Lentner, Ginter Gawlik, Edward Jankowski, Marian Olejnik, Ernest Pol, Erwin Wilczek
Manager : – Augustyn Dziwisz
Ref. : – Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)
Crowd : –   56,737.

13.09.1961 Tottenham’s first competitive European tie was a tough one, both in terms of the on-pitch football and the off-pitch culture shock.

The mining town hosted Spurs’ debut in the European Cup and at 0-3 down at the interval in this preliminary round first leg tie through goals from Maurice Norman (own goal), Musialek and Wilszek, it looked as grim as the surrounding countryside scarred by the local industry.   With a crowd of a reputed 90-100,000 crowd behind them, the home side shocked Tottenham.

In the opening exchanges, Polish striker Ernest Pohl hit a fierce shot against the bar with Brown beaten, then in the eighth minutes, Jones and Baker allowed Lentner to cross and Musialek touched the ball against Norman and into his own goal.  Musialek volleyed home a second goal in the 20th minute and then Wilszek headed home with five minutes to the break to leave Spurs stunned.

Despite dropping a further goal behind, when Dave Mackay let Pohl slip past him and score past the Tottenham keeper after 47 minutes, the side kicked on and in the latter stages pulled two vital away goals back.  The turning point appeared to come amid boos from the home crowd, when Mackay tackled Kowalski strongly and he had to leave the action.

However, Spurs hit back through Cliff Jones on 70 minutes, as the winger headed home the ball after Mackay’s run and cross found his head and then four minutes after, Mackay was the creator again.  His cross was headed into the path of Terry Dyson, who netted a second to give Tottenham something to play for in the second leg.

Teams :
Gornik Zabrze –  Hubert Kostka, Stefan Florenski, Antoni Franosz, Stanislaw Oslizto, Roman Lentner, Jerzy Musialek, Jan Kowalski, Ernest Pol, Erwin Wilczek
Manager : – Augustyn Dziwisz
Spurs –  Bill Brown, Peter Baker, Ron Henry, Maurice Norman, Danny Blanchflower (c), Dave Mackay, Cliff Jones, John White, Bobby Smith, Les Allen, Terry Dyson
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Crowd : –   70,000.