Plymouth Argyle v Spurs Reserves and Youth Match Reports

The Tottenham goal came from Tony Galvin.

Teams :
Plymouth Argyle  –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs : –  Tony Parks, Giorgio Mazzon, Alex Hamill, Gary O’Reilly, John Lacy, Stuart Beavon, Chris Jones, Tony Galvin, Terry Gibson, Jimmy Bolton (Paul Grayling), Micky Hazard

It didn’t take too long for Spurs to equalise, when Steve Brennan put through his own goal and a minute later, Mark Falco had turned the score-line around to make it 2-1 to Tottenham with a header.  There was plenty of action at both ends, but Spurs had to wait until the 87th minute to extend the lead further, when Paul Bowgett glanced a header in and then, in the last minute, Micky Hazard shot at goal and when goalkeeper Neil Hards was unable to hold the ball, Falco put the loose ball into the Plymouth goal with the last kick of the game.

Teams :
Spurs –  Mark Kendall, Terry Naylor, Chris Hughton, Micky Hazard, Paul Bowgett, Tom Heffernan, Tony Galvin, Neil McNab, Mark Falco, Kerry Dixon, Stuart Beavon
Sub. not used :
Plymouth Argyle  –  Neil Hards, , , Steve Brennan, , , , , Leigh Cooper, , .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

The Spurs goal-scorers were Mark Falco and Gerry Armstrong.

Teams :
Plymouth Argyle  –  , , , , , , , , , , .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Mark Kendall, Terry Naylor, Tom Heffernan, Stuart Beavon, Paul Bowgett, Micky Hazard (Peter Southey), Tony Galvin, Neil McNab, Mark Falco, Gerry Armstrong, Ian Moores
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Plymouth Argyle  –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Mark Kendall, Roger Wade, Micky Stead, Terry Boyle, Steve Walford, Fred Barwick, Noel Brotherston, Neil McNab, Ian Moores, Stuart Beavon, Martin Robinson
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Plymouth Argyle  –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Micky Stead, Steve Cavanagh, Andy Keeley, Terry Boyle, Fred Barwick, Noel Brotherston, Neil McNab, Gerry Armstrong, Martin Robinson, Gary Bacon
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

First half goals from Noel Brotherston and Alfie Conn gave Spurs a good lead at the turnaround, while Plymouth got back into the match with a penalty soon after the start of the second half.

However, a Martin Robinson double gave Spurs a three goal leading margin that they kept until the end.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ian Cranstone, Micky Stead, Terry Boyle, Steve Walford, Gary Bacon, Noel Brotherston, Glenn Hoddle, Martin Robinson, Ralph Coates, Alfie Conn
Sub. not used :
Plymouth Argyle  –  .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –   ,

A dull first half was followed by an early goal in the second half for the home team, but Tottenham came back to equalise soon after with Ray Clarke heading in.

Teams :
Plymouth : –
Spurs : – Terry Lee, Ray Evans, Eddie Jones, Terry Naylor, Joe Peck, Mike Dillon, Roger Morgan, Graeme Souness, Ray Clarke, Phil Holder, Jimmy Neighbour
Attendance : –  ,.

Only a deflected David Jenkins shot halfway through the second half separated the teams and it was disappointing that more goals did not come Tottenham’s way.  Argyle keeper Jim Furnell twice made saves at point blank range from Jimmy Pearce in the first half, then in the second 45 minutes, Peter Collins shot over the bar from close range and Roy Woolcott headed a chance wide. The visiting goalie also denied Graeme Souness three times and then the Scottish midfielder was denied when his shot bounced off the goal-post.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, Eddie Jones, Tony Want, John Pratt, Peter Collins, Graeme Souness, Jimmy Pearce, David Jenkins, Roy Woolcott, Ray Clarke, Jimmy Neighbour
Sub. not used :
Plymouth Argyle  –  Jim Furnell, .
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

Teams :
Plymouth Argyle  –  .
Sub. not used :
Spurs – Barry Daines, John Cutbush, Tony Want, Ray Bunkell, Terry Naylor, John Pratt, David Jenkins, Phil Holder, Roy Woolcott, Roger Morgan, Jimmy Neighbour
Sub. not used :
Attendance : –  ,

The goals came from Ray Bunkell 2, Phil Holder, Jimmy Neighbour, John Cutbush and Roy Woolcott.

Teams :
Spurs –  Barry Daines, John Collins, Tony Want, Ray Bunkell, Terry Naylor, Phil Beal, John Cutbush, David Jenkins, Roy Woolcott, Phil Holder, Jimmy Neighbour
Subs not used :
Plymouth Argyle  –  .
Subs not used :
Attendance : –   ,

Teams :
Spurs –  John Hollowbread, Ken Barton, Allan Dennis, Danny Blanchflower, Anthony Smith, Fred Sharpe, Barry Aitchison, David Gillingwater, Les Allen, Eddie Clayton, Terry Dyson
Plymouth Argyle  –  .
Attendance : –   ,

The first chance of the game came in the ninth minute, when Ryan Mason made a run into the left side of the penalty box and slid a ball across the box, but his ball went between Jon Obika and Stephen Caulker.  Just before the quarter hour, Mason took Parrett’s pass and hit a shot towards Brooks’ near post, but the keeper beat the ball away for a corner.

It was 19 minutes into the game when Spurs took the lead, as Mason finished from 10 yards after being put in by Andros Townsend’s pass from the right.  In the 27th minute, Mason was on hand to preserve the lead, when he cleared off the line as Head headed Young’s corner on target.  Ten minutes before the break, Tottenham doubled the lead with Paul-Jose M’poku converted from the edge of the area with a curling shot after intercepting a defender’s pass.

At the other end, Nathan Byrne deflected Edwards’ shot wide and then, Hodgkinson did the same to deny Bostock at the Plymouth end.

Plymouth started the second half with a determination to get back into the match, but Joe Mason hit a fierce shot wide and then a free-kick from Kinsella was easily taken by Jansson in the Spurs goal.  Four minutes into the half, a free-kick from Townsend dropped for M’poku and Butcher in on goal, with the Plymouth defence pushing up for offside, but neither were able to get a decent contact on the ball.  Then Spurs hit the woodwork in the 50th minute, when Mason smashed a shot from 12 yards out against the bar.

Six minutes later, Obika was alive to some loose defending and found M’poku, who shot past the keeper from the left side of the box to make it 3-0. 

It was all Spurs after that as Caulker had a 59th minute header cleared off the line by Edwards, Bostock struck a shot just wide after an hour and then goalkeeper Brooks stopped an accurate 66th minute effort from Townsend, then again denied Mason and Perrett a minute later.  The goalie was there again four minutes from time to make a brave stop at the feet of substitute Oyenuga.

Teams :
Plymouth Argyle –  Brooks, Leonard, Brett, Kinsella, Hodgkinson (c), Gerring, Edwards, Young, Head, Mason, Grant.
Subs not used :   Trott, Sawyer, Rickard, Levett, Chenoweth
Spurs –  Oscar Jansson, Adam Smith, Nathan Byrne (Jake Nicholson 90), Dean Parrett (c), Steven Caulker, Calum Butcher, Paul-Jose M’poku (Kudus Oyenuga 84), John Bostock (Yaser Kasim 74), Jon Obika, Ryan Mason, Andros Townsend
Subs not used :   Jamie Butler, Josh Ekim
Attendance : –  ,