[this page is under-going construction – please bear with MEHSTG as we try to complete this mammoth task for all our opponents.]
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.
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28.10.1999 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (Home) UEFA Cup Second Round First Leg Won 1-0.
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30.09.1999. | FC Zimbru Chisinau (Away) UEFA Cup 1st Round Second Leg Drew 0-0
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16.09.1999 | FC Zimbru Chisinau (Home) UEFA Cup 1st Round First Leg Won 3-0.
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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 : – |
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. . Teams : – |
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. . Teams : – |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : 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. . Teams : |
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 : – |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : – |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : 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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : 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 : |
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 : |
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 : 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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
10.04.1973 | A 26th minute goal from Alec Lindsay handed Liverpool a 1-0 UEFA Cup Semi-final First leg lead at Anfield.
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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 : 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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 Teams : |
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 : 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 Teams : |
03.05.1972 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (Away) UEFA Cup Final First Leg.
For a match report, click here. First goal – 57 minutes Teams : |
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 : |
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 : – Goal times : – |
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 : – |
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 |
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 : 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 : |
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 : |
20.10.1971 | A pretty awful performance by Tottenham still saw them come away from Nantes with a goal-less draw.
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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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : – |
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 : |
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 :- 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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : Click here for fuller match report. |
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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
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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 : |
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 : |
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 : |
26.02.1962 | Dukla Prague European Cup Quarter Final Second Leg Home Won 4-1.
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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 : |
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 : |
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 : |