Southend United v Spurs Match Reports

Spurs eased through this pre-season friendly at Roots Hall to win 4-1 against Southend United.  Goals from Paul Walsh, Paul Stewart, Vinny Samways and an own goal saw Tottenham win their last match before the league programme started.

Teams :
Southend United –
Spurs –  Bobby Mimms, Gudni Bergsson (Ian Hendon), Pat van den Hauwe (Justin Edinburgh), Steve Sedgley (David Tuttle), Vinny Samways (Mitchell Thomas), Gary Mabbutt, Paul Stewart, Paul Gascoigne, Nayim (Peter Garland), Paul Walsh (Gary Lineker), Paul Allen
Referee : –  David Axcell (Southend)
Attendance : – 7,345

Spurs managed to get past a determined Southend side on away goals with the aggregate score standing at 3-3 in this League Cup tie that went to extra time. Paul Allen and Nayim netted for Tottenham, who were beaten on the night by goals from David Martin and two from Gary Bennett.

Teams :
Southend United –  Paul Samsome, Andy Dixon (Justin Edinburgh 71), Paul Roberts, David Martin, Spencer Prior, Paul Brush, Jason Cook (Walsh 90), Peter Butler, David Crown, Roy McDonough, Gary Bennett
Unused Sub. : –
Manager : – David Webb
Spurs –   Erik Thorsvedt, Mitchell Thomas (David Howells 55), Pat van den Hauwe, Terry Fenwick, Paul Allen (Paul Walsh 90), Gary Mabbutt, Paul Gascoigne, Paul Stewart, Nayim, Steve Sedgley, Gary Lineker 
Unused Sub. : –
Manager : – Terry Venables
Crowd : – 10,400

A single Terry Fenwick goal won this dull League Cup first leg match for Tottenham.  Paul Sansome in the Shrimpers goal played heroically and Spurs, lacking confidence from a poor league start, struggled to break down the United defence.  The goal came a quarter of an hour from the end, when Terry Fenwick headed in a Steve Sedgley cross and ran to celebrate in front of an empty East Stand (which was awaiting works being completed).

Teams :
Spurs –   Erik Thorstvedt, Guy Butters, Paul van den Hauwe, Terry Fenwick, Mitchell Thomas (Vinny Samways), Gary Mabbutt, Paul Walsh, Paul Gascoigne, Paul Stewart, Sedgley, Mark Robson
Unused Sub. : –  David Howells
Manager : – Terry Venables
Southend United –  Paul Sansome,
Manager : – David Webb
Crowd : –   15,734

This war-time match took place at Chelmsford as Southend were forced to leave their home ground of Southend Stadium.

Teams :
Southend United –
Spurs –  Percy Hooper, Ralph Ward, Bill Whatley, Arthur Willis, Arthur Hitchins, Ken Bennett, Tom Paton, Eugene O’Callaghan, George Ludford, Billy Sperrin, Andy Duncan
Crowd : –   1,000

Len Bolan was once again a thorn in Tottenham’s side, when he gave the home side a 1-0 lead but late goals from Fred Sargent and Willie Evans scored the goals that gave Spurs the win that saw the team through to the Fourth Round.

Teams :
Spurs –  Allan Taylor, Fred Channell, Vic Buckingham, Les Howe, Arthur Rowe, Ernie Phypers, Willie Evans, Johnny Morrison, Fred Sargent, Sam Bell, Andy Duncan
Southend United –
Crowd : –   23,634

A home FA Cup tie saw Tottenham face a familiar face in Len Bolan, who had been transferred to the Shrimpers a couple of months before.  The Tottenham Herald noted that former Tottenham players James Baxter, Albert Peter and R. Drysdale returned to the Lane from their retirement homes by the sea to take in the match.

It was Southend who took a 1-0 lead after ten minutes when Bolan put the “Law of the Ex” into practice and netted for the away side.  Spurs pushed forward and George Mackenzie in the United goal saved a spot-kick from Les Howe.  Johnny Morrison pulled Tottenham level, then Fred Sargent put us into the lead, before Bolan brought it back to 2-2.

Shortly after the restart, Bolan netted to complete his treble, but a rush of three goals in six minutes saw both Sargent and Morrison put Tottenham into a 4-3 lead, but Lane scored an equaliser to tie up a 4-4 draw in front of a 48,839 crowd who paid £3,500 to watch the game.

Teams :
Spurs –   Percy Hooper, Fred Channell, Bill Whatley, Les Howe, Arthur Rowe, Ernie Phypers, Willie Evans, Johnny Morrison, Fred Sargent, Willie Hall, Andy Duncan
Southend United –  George Mackenzie, , , , , , , , Len Bolan, Lane
Crowd : –   48,839

The Kursaal Ground staged this first meeting between the two sides in the FA Cup Third Round and the home side took a 13th minute lead, when winger George Nicholls hit a low shot into the net.  In the 38th minute, Jimmy Cantrell rose to nod a Banks corner home for the equaliser.  The home team should have restored their lead after 30 minutes, as Smith fouled striker Nuttall right on the goal-line to concede a penalty.  Shrimpers captain Fairclough stepped up to take the spot-kick, but the referee moved the ball, as he claimed it was not on the spot.  Fairclough wanted to replace it, but the ref would not let him touch the ball, which obviously upset the Southend skipper and he subsequently put his penalty wide of the goal.

On the hour, Cantrell hit the bar and it that took the ball into the path of Jimmy Banks, who netted Tottenham’s second.  Bert Bliss was brought down for a free-kick that he then converted from 25 yards to make it 3-1 and the Spurs scoring was rounded off by Jimmy Seed, who finished off Banks’ cross into the area.  The crowd of 11,600 paying £2,993 was a record for the Shrimpers at the time.

Teams :
Southend United –  Fairclough (c), Nicholls, Nuttall.
Spurs –  Bill Jacques, Tommy Clay, Bob McDonald, Charlie Walters, Arthur Grimsdell, Bert Smith, Jimmy Banks, Jimmy Cantrell, Jimmy Seed, Jimmy Dimmock, Bert Bliss
Crowd : –   11,600