Watford v Spurs Reserves Match Reports

With Erik Edman and Anthony Gardner returning from injury, Spurs had an experienced team out and when Alec Chamberlain touched Eddie Silva Sousa’s shot wide for a corner, Mark Yeates’ ball into the area hit the net off Marcus Gayle’s head to give Spurs the lead in the 63^rd minute.

Silva and Yeates both went close but Watford thought they had salvaged a point six minutes from time, when Mauricio Taricco’s clearance off the line from Anthony McNamee’s corner was put back into the goalmouth and Marcel McKie tried to hack the ball away, but it hit Jamie Hand and went in to make it 1-1.

Spurs hit back straight away with Silva striking the post, but into the last minute, it was Johnnie Jackson who popped up with a late goal to take the points.  Yeates threaded a pass through to Jackson, who nudged the ball past a defender and then lobbed keeper Chamberlain from 18 yards out.

Teams :
Watford –  Alec Chamberlain, Herd, Collins, Hand, Mayo, Gayle, McNamee, Fitzgerald (Grant 84), Bouazza (Diafutua 60), Diagouraga, Ferrell (Gilligan 76).
Subs not used : –  Kirk, Adrian Mariappa.
Scorer : – Hand 84
Spurs : –  Marton Fulop, Mauricio Taricco, Erik Edman (Kieran McKenna 61), Mark Hughes, Anthony Gardner (Paul O’Donoghue 75), Rodrigo Defendi, Spase Dilevski, Johnnie Jackson, Jamie Slabber, Edson Silva Sousa, Mark Yeates
Subs not used : –  Tommy Forecast, Jamie O’Hara
Scorers : –  Gayle (o.g.) 63, Jackson 89
Attendance : –  ,.

Spurs opened sharply with John Piercy, Johnnie Jackson, Ian Hillier and Steven Ferguson all going close, but they had to wait until the 37th minute for Andy Booth, Jackson and Ferguson to create a chance for Piercy to run through.  His first shot was well saved by Richard Lee, but Piercy latched onto the rebound, only to see his second effort strike the crossbar, but when the ball bounced down Yannick Kamanan was on hand to knock the ball to make it 1-0.

A route one goal two minutes into the second half put Tottenham 2-0 ahead. Ian Walker launched a long goal-kick up-field, which was left by the Hornets defence and Steven Ferguson got to the ball with his head before Lee, allowing him to put the ball into an open goal.

With nine minutes remaining, James Okoll got on the end of a free-kick from Stephen Armstrong with his head to make the score 2-1 and Spurs were reduced to ten men with four minutes left after Piercy was shown the red card for dissent, but they held on for the victory.

Teams :
Watford –  Richard Lee, Neill (Matthews 46), David Perpetuini, Okoll, Lloyd Doyley, Jerel Ifil, Swonnell, Armstrong, Forde (Edghill 89), Easton, Cook.
Subs not used :  –  Hughes, Williams, Godfrey
Spurs –  Ian Walker, Ian Hillier, Andrew Burke, Ciaran Toner, Anthony Gardner, Destin Makumbu, John Piercy, Johnnie Jackson, Andy Booth (Neale Fenn 76), Steven Ferguson, Yannick Kamanan
Subs not used :  Jamie Attwell, Maurizio Consorti, Jamie Quilter, George Snee
Attendance : –   ,.

A strong Tottenham side took the lead in the fifth minute, when Willem Korsten hit an unstoppable 20 yard drive.  Stephen Clemence and Matthew Etherington had opportunities to add to the score, but the team had to wit until Etherington played a one-two with Anderton and took the ball round former Spurs keeper Chris Day to shoot at goal.  Unfortunately, the ball hit the inside of the post, but luckily, Ledley King was following in to put the ball into the net to make it 2-0.

Watford did not give up and just before half-time, David Warner crossed for Charlie Miller to head home past Ian Walker.  However, Tottenham resumed their dominance of the game in the second period, although they could not add any more goals, despite chances for Jose Dominguez, Korsten and Neale Fenn.

Teams :
Spurs –  Ian Walker, Ian Hillier, Johnnie Jackson, Ledley King, Gary Doherty, Alton Thelwell, Darren Anderton, Ray Clemence, Dave McEwen (Jose Dominguez 46), Willem Korsten, Matthew Etherington (Neale Fenn 85)
Subs not used :  Gavin Kelly, Simon Davies, Maurizio Consorti, Mark Gower
Watford –  Day, Neill (Williams 71), Brathwaite, Fisken, Panayi, Jerel Ifil, Warner, Armstrong, Mansley, Miller (Forde 80), David Perpetuini.
Subs not used : –  Richard Lee, Gudmundsson, Godfrey
Attendance : –   ,.

The Hornets took the lead early on in the first half, but Tottenham had to wait until the later stages of the game to equalise.  A corner was headed down into the goalmouth by Andy Theodosiou and Gudni Bergsson was on the spot to lift the ball, left-footed into the roof of the Watford net from a yard out.

Teams :
Spurs : – Bobby Mimms, Andy Polston, Steve Smart, Gudni Bergsson, Andy Theodosiou, John Polston, Paul Moran, Brian Statham, Ian Gilzean, John Moncur, Shaun Murray (Richie Johnston 75)
Unused Sub. : – Tommy Fitzgerald
Watford : – 

Watford went ahead early on in proceedings, but Tottenham equalised with a goal just before half-time coming from the penalty spot, tucked away by Allan Cockram, who had been fouled in the penalty area.

It was almost a repeat of the first half, with the visitors taking the lead again soon after the restart and it was another penalty that earned the draw when Garth Crooks was fouled and Garry Brooke converted the resulting penalty.

Teams :
Spurs : –  Tony Parks, Gary O’Reilly, Simon Webster (Peter Southey 43), Paul Price, Paul Miller, Allan Cockram, Richard Cooke, Ian Crook, Mike McCabe, Garth Crooks, Garry Brooke
Watford : – 

In a tight game, Watford missed a golden chance to take the lead when an early penalty came back out off the goal-post, but they did get the ball in the net shortly after to make it 1-0 to the Hornets, who had the better of the first half. 

With hamstring victim Giorgio Mazzon replaced at half-time by Mike McCabe, Tottenham came out with a different attitude.  The equaliser eventually came when Allan Cockram went off on a run and finished with a dipping shot that left the keeper helpless to stop it.  Although Spurs continued to dominate, it wasn’t possible to find a winner in this game of two halves.

Teams :
Watford –
Spurs –  Milija Aleksic, Peter Southey, Kenny Dixon, Simon Webster, Pat Corbett, Allan Cockram, Gordon Smith, Giorgio Mazzon (Mike McCabe 46), Terry Gibson, Chris Jones, Ally Dick
Attendance : –   , .

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