European Match Reports 1961-1983

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Teams :
Bayern Munich –
Manager : –
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    50,000.

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Teams :
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Bayern Munich –
Manager : –
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    36,488.

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Teams :
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Coleraine –
Manager : –
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    20,295.

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Teams :
Coleraine –
Manager : –
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    12,000.

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Teams :
Barcelona –
Manager : –
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    82,000.

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Teams :
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Barcelona –
Manager : –
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    41,555.

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Teams :
Eintracht Frankfurt –
Manager : –
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    41,000.

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Teams :
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Eintracht Frankfurt –
Manager : –
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    38,172.

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Teams :
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Dundalk –
Manager : –
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –    33,455.

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Teams :
Dundalk –
Manager : –
Spurs –
Manager : –  Keith Burkinshaw
Ref. : –  – (-)
Attendance : –   17,000.

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
Ref. : –  Adolph Prokop (Germany)
Attendance : –    34,606.

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)
Attendance : –    21,742.

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
Referee : – Concetto lo Bello (Italy)
Attendance : –    59,317.

Match kicked off at 19.30.

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
Referee : – Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance : –    46,281.

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)
Attendance : –   41,390.

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
Attendance : –  74,698.

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)
Attendance : –    40,933.

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
Referee : – Ghoerge Limona (Romania)
Attendance : –    27,021.

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)
Attendance : –  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.

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)
Attendance : –  42,000.

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)
Attendance : –   21,785.

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)
Attendance : –   30,000.

Kick off was 19.30.

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)
Attendance : –   18,105.

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
Referee : –  Bohumil Kopcio (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance : –   10,314.

Although Liverpool had only a day’s rest between their previous game and this match (as opposed to Tottenham having a three-day break), they forced the pace in the first half, winning eight corners as they looked for the elusive away goal that would force Spurs to score three, but it didn’t come in the first half.

On the contrary, it was a goal from Martin Peters four minutes into the second half that levelled the aggregate score as the Spurs skipper put the finishing touch to a well-known Tottenham move of Alan Gilzean flicking on a Martin Chivers long-throw.  However, Steve Heighway’s shot five minutes later handed the advantage back to Liverpool, scoring the vital away goal having been set up by Kevin Keegan, who had latche donto a long clearance from Emlyn Hughes.  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, but the Merseysiders went through by the away goals rule.

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 (c), Chris Lawler, Brian Hall, Ian Callaghan, Steve Heighway, Kevin Keegan, Phil Boersma
Unused subs. : – Frank Lane, John Toshack, Trevor Storton, Derek Brownbill, John Webb
Manager : – Bill Shankly
Referee :  Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Attendance : –   46,919.

The goal came with Tottenham reportedly on the end of a torrid evening in Liverpool.

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)
Attendance : –   42,174.

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)
Attendance : –   30,000.

The match kicked off at 21.45.

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)
Attendance : –   30,469.

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)
Attendance : –   70,000.

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)
Attendance : –   23,958.

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)
Attendance : –   28,281.

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)
Attendance : –   27,860.

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)
Attendance : –   21,089.

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 seven 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)
Attendance : –   10,777.

Kick off was at 19.30.

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
Referee : –  Laurens van Ravens (Coorburg, Holland)
Linesmen : –  Mr. Theodrus van Boosten (Hoensbroek, HOL); Mr. Bernadus Hoppenbrouwer (Leidschendam, HOL)
Attendance : –   54,303

Kick off 19.45
Wednesday.

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 (John Pratt 68), Steve Perryman, Alan Mullery (c), Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean
Unused subs. : –  Barry Daines, Ray Evans, Terry Naylor, Jimmy Pearce
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : – Tofik Bakhramov (Azerbaijan)
Linesmen : –
Attendance : –   38,362

Kick off 19.30
Wednesday.

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
Attendance : –   69,606
Referee : –  Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Linesmen : –

Kick off 19.45
Wednesday.

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 : –  Silvano Villa, Aldo Maldera
Manager : – Nereo Rocco
Referee : –  Mariano Medina Iglesias (Oviedo, SPA)
Linesmen : –
Attendance : –  42,064.

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

Kick off 21.15
Wednesday.

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
Ref. :  Mr. Joaquim Fernandes Campos (POR)
Linesmen : – Mr. Ernesto Borrego (POR) – Red Flag; Mr. Joao Noeguiera (POR) – Yellow Flag
Attendance :-  30,253

Kick off 19.30
Tuesday.

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.

Teams : –
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

Kick off 13.30
Tuesday.

A torrid second leg saw a cynical performance from the home Rapid Bucharest 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
Referee  : –  Aurelio Angonese (Mestre, Italy)
Attendance : –  12,000

Kick off 11.30
Wednesday.

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.

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
Unused subs. : –
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
Unused sub. : – Agrian Ramureanu (gk)
Manager : –  Bazil Marian
Referee : –  Robert Schaut  (Germany)
Linesmen : – Mr. G. Delacour (Brussels, BEL) – Red Flag, Mr. R. Verhaeghe (Ostend, BEL) – Yellow Flag
Attendance : –   30,702

Kick off 19.30
Wednesday.

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)
Subs. : –  Barry Daines, Peter Collins, Roger Morgan
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
Subs : – Patrice Rio, Patrice Kervarrec, Jean-Michel Fouche.
Manager : – Jose Arribas
Referee : –  Stanislaw Ekaziajn (Poland)
Linesmen : – Mr. J. Swistek (Przemysl, POL) – Red Flag; Mr. M. Kuston (Poznan, POL) – Yellow Flag
Attendance : –   32,633

Kick off 19.30
Tuesday.

On a Nantes pitch that was longer and wider than Spurs were used to, they managed to contain a home side that was building their attacks from deep in their own half.

One wing had suffered from a downpour the night before the match, although the strong sun dried out the rest of the playing surface. Nantes attacked from the start and Pat Jennings made a good save five minutes into the match before Paul Courtin shot narrowly wide. Martin Peters had Tottenham’s first effort on goal in the eighth minute, with keeper Bertrand-Demanes holding his shot well. The keeper was required to make a sharp save to deny Alan Gilzean’s shot.

Peters shot over the bar and Martin Chivers also was too high with a 29th minute effort and after the restart, it was Tottenham under pressure, with Henri Michel forcing Jennings to save. Chivers and Jimmy Neighbour combined well with the latter having a chance that he should have done better with, but the goalkeeper saved well.  Jennings was busy to keep Nantes at bay, with the game finishing goal-less.

Teams :
Nantes –  Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes, Jean-Luc Laguillez, Gabriel de Michele, Jean-Claude Osman, Bernard Gardon, Michel Pech, Bernard Blanchet, Henri Michel (c), Angel Marcos, Paul Courtin (Georges Eo 77), Eric Maas (Patrice Kevarrec 85)
Unused subs. : – Patrice Rio, Gilles Rampillon, Jean-Michel Fouche
Manager : – Jose Arribas
Spurs –  Pat Jennings, Joe Kinnear, Phil Beal, Mike England, Cyril Knowles, Steve Perryman, Alan Mullery, Martin Peters (c), Jimmy Neighbour, Martin Chivers, Alan Gilzean (Roger Morgan 73)
Manager : – Bill Nicholson
Referee : –  Gunter Mannig (Germany)
Attendance : –   20,033

Kick off 20.30
Wednesday.

The return leg at White Hart Lane against Keflavik in the club’s 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) –  Thorstein Olafsson, Einar Gunnarsson, Astradur Gunnarsson, Ingimundur Hilmarsson, Gudni Kjartansson (c), Gisli Torfason, Karl Hermannsson, Olafur Juliusson, Hordur Ragnarsson (Gretar Magnusson 46),  Birgir Einarsson, Steinar Johansson (Jon Olafur Jonsson 70)
Unused subs. : – Raynir Oskarsson, Jon Olafur Jonsson, Fridrik Ragnarsson
Manager : –  Einar Helgason
Ref. : – Mr. K. Goppel (SWI)
Linesmen : – Mr. A. P. Oliver (Essex) – Red Flag; Mr. R. W. Bartlett (Oxford) – Yellow Flag.
Attendance : –   23,818

Kick off 19.30
Tuesday.

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
Attendance : –   34,103

Goal times : –
First goal –  15m 23s
Second goal – 79m 32s.

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

A few minutes into the match, Keflavik keeper Thorstein Olafsson beat out Martin Chivers fierce shot and Alan Gilzean was on hand to net the rebound. The score was doubled on 25 minutes, when Ralph Coates scored his first goal for the club, carefully placing a header into the net before Gilzean crossed for Alan Mullery to score on the half hour.

Mullery drove home a shot from 22 yards out to make it 4-0 in the second half and Gilzean scored with a trademark glancing header to add a fifth. Keflavik pulled a goal back when Olafur Juliusson scored, although Gilzean completed his hat-trick with a few minutes remaining to secure a 6-1 victory.

Teams :
Keflavik (Iceland) –   Thorstein Olafsson, Gisli Torfason, Vilhjalmur Ketilsson (Ingimundur Hilmarsson 46), Gudni Kjartansson (c), Einar Gunnarsson, Astradur Gunnarsson, Hordur 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
Referee : –  Derry Barrett (Ireland)
Attendance : –   11,000

Kick off 20.15
Tuesday.

Tottenham visited Turin to play Torino in 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
Attendance : –   28,000.

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
Attendance : –  22,688.

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 : –
Attendance : –  19,570.

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
Attendance : –   9,000.

Match played on a Tuesday night.

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 of goals 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. : –
Attendance : –   16,388.

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)
Attendance : –   41,895.

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. : –
Attendance : –  10,997.

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 –  Edgardo Madinabeytia, Feliciano Rivilla, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Lopez, Ramiro, Jorge Griffa, Jesus Glaria, Miguel Jones, Adelardo Rodriguez, Chuzo, Mendonca, Enrique Collar
Attendance : –   40,000.

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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
Attendance : –   59,736.

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
Attendance : –   45,000.

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. : –
Attendance : –  61,504.

Teams :
Slovan Bratislava –  Viliam Schroif, , , , , , , , ,
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. : –
Attendance : –   32,000.

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. : –
Attendance : –   80,000.

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. : –
Attendance : –   58,859.

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
Ref. : – Mr. Age Poulsen (Denmark)
Linesmen : –  Mr. C. W. Hansen (Denmark) – Red flag; Mr. S. E. Hansen (Denmark) – Yellow flag
Attendance : –  64,448.

Thursday
Kick off : – 19.45.

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)
Attendance : –  86,000.

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
Attendance : –   55,388.

Monday
Kick off : –  19.45.

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
Attendance : –   32,475.

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)
Attendance : –   56,737.

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
Attendance : –   70,000.