Spurs Away Record against QPR

For Spurs, requiring three points to re-ignite their Champions League challenge, a visit to Loftus Road is not the most appealing of venues where they have only won on five occasions in twenty one previous meetings.  The task, even ignoring Spurs own poor recent form, will be made even more difficult with Queen's Park Rangers need for points to avoid an immediate return to Championship football next season. 

Spurs League Record at Loftus Road (inc. PL)

P  21  W  5  D  7  L  9  For  25  Ag  32

Away PL Record against QPR

P  4  W  1  D  1  L  2  For  6  Ag  9 

March, 1949  Div. 2   Draw 0 - 0
Spurs and Queen's Park Rangers first met in the 2nd Division in season 1948-49 following QPR's promotion.  The first match at Loftus Road in March, 1949 ended in a scoreless draw as Spurs finished the season in 5th place, once again missing out on promotion.  Many of the players who were to become the famous 'Push and Run' team of 1949 on, were already at White Hart Lane - Ted Ditchburn, Bill Nicholson, Ron Burgess, Len Duquemin, Eddie Baily and others - but it was to take a change of manager at the end of the season when Arthur Rowe replaced Joe Hulme, for all of the pieces to fall into place.

April, 1950  Div. 2  Won 2 - 0  Medley, Baily
The following season Spurs had their first success in West London with a 2 - 0 victory in April, 1950 which ensured their promotion to the 1st Division for the first time since 1934-35, an absence of fifteen years.  While QPR were battling against relegation, it was an exciting match, which a newspaper report of the time described as having 'the characteristics of a cup-tie.  It was fast, it was exciting and there was a sprinkling of really good football'. 

Spurs went ahead after seventeen minutes when Les Medley scored and secured their victory when Eddie Baily added a second with fifteen minutes remaining.

The clubs didn't meet again until 1968-69 when QPR were promoted to the 1st Division for the first time in their history following a meteoric rise from the 3rd Division and success in the League Cup as a 3rd Division side in 1967.

Feb. 1968  Div. 1  Draw 1 - 1  Greaves
The most notable fact from this match was that the Morgan twins, Ian and Roger, who had been part of the QPR success story of previous years were on opposite sides as Roger had joined Spurs the previous February for a fee of £110,000.  QPR were relegated at the end of the season and didn't to the 1st Division until 1973.

March, 1974  Div. 1  Lost 1 - 3  Chivers (pen)

March, 1975  Div. 1  Won 1 - 0  Duncan
A vital win for Spurs in a season of turmoil.  Bill Nicholson had resigned the previous August and was replaced by Terry Neill.  in a difficult year Spurs were in a constant battle against relegation and the points gained at Loftus Road when new signing John Duncan who had cost £140,000 when signed from Dundee, scored the only goal of the match, helped secure their survival come the end of the season.  It was Spurs second successive victory, having beaten Wolves 3 - 0 the previous day.  Duncan scored after 23 minutes but the win came as the result of a strong defensive display and an outstanding performance from Pat Jennings.

Nov. 1975  Div.1  Draw 0 - 0

Jan. 1977  Div. 1  Lost 1 - 2  Duncan
Duncan again scored Spurs only goal but it wasn't enough to gain any points and come the end of the season Spurs, now under Keith Burkinshaw, were unable to avoid relegation.

Dec. 1978  Div. 1  Draw 2 - 2  Lee, Taylor (pen)
The Boxing Day fixture came a few days after the humiliating five goal home defeat to Arsenal but Spurs re-grouped to take a point with goals from Colin Lee and a Peter Taylor penalty.  QPR were relegated at the end of the season but returned in 1983.

April, 1984  Div. 1  Lost 1 - 2  Archibald
Spurs finished the season in 8th position but newly promoted QPR were three places above them.  Steve Archibald scored Spurs only goal in one of his last games for the club as he joined Terry Venables at Barcelona in the summer.  Archibald had an excellent finale to his time at Spurs, scoring five goals in his last five matches.

Jan. 1985  Div. 1  Draw 2 - 2  Falco, Crooks

April, 1986  Div. 1  Won 5 - 2  Falco (2), Allen, C. (2), Hoddle
In a disappointing season, Spurs finished with a flourish, winning five of the last seven games and scoring fourteen goals in the final three games.  Such improved form was not enough to save Peter Shreeve from the sack and he was replaced by David Pleat.

April, 1992  Div. 1  Won 2 - 1  Gray, Durie

Sept. 1995  Div. 1  Won 3 - 2  Sheringham (2) (1 pen), Dozzell
Teddy Sheringham maintained his record of scoring at Loftus Road, having been responsible for all of Spurs goals in their previous three visits.  In the last match the two clubs played at QPR, the home side had a two goal advantage early in the second half, only for Sheringham to score with a penalty two minutes later.  The turn around continued in the second half with two goals from in a minute from Jason Dozzell and Sheringham to give Gerry Francis victory over his former club.

This Season's Match at White Hart Lane: Spurs 3 QPR 1

Spurs in History - 22nd April

22nd April, 1978

Spurs 2 Sunderland 3 (2nd Division)

It was getting very close for the three promotion spots out of the 2nd Division. Earlier in the season, Spurs had been sitting quite comfortably but now four teams, Bolton, Southampton, Brighton and Spurs were in pursuit of promotion.

In their two previous games Spurs had overcome Bolton at home but lost away to Brighton and were sitting in second place. However, this result put another dent in the Spurs' promotion bid and created additional anxiety and uncertainty among the players and the supporters.

Spurs had taken the lead within 30 seconds through Peter Taylor but Sunderland equalised before half time and went 3-1 up midway through the second half. Spurs tried to retrieve the situation and scored through John Duncan who was returning from injury, but it wasn’t enough.

The pressure was on with two games remaining.

Cardiff City Preview

Wednesday, 17th January, 2007

at White Hart Lane KO 8.00pm

Cardiff City Preview (FA Cup 3rd Round Replay Replay)

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In the first game, Cardiff were exactly what it said on the tin – ‘a Championship side who gave it everything in their ‘Cup Final’ backed by a vociferous and expectant crowd.’

That Spurs came through unscathed was ‘a job well done’ and if they had achieved that result in a European away match everyone would have been well-satisfied. However, as it was only Cardiff some became rather critical of the result and the performances of some of the players.

Martin Jol’s first priority was to ensure the players were prepared to compete and ensure they didn’t become victim of a Cup upset, similar to last season’s two fiascos. Having achieved that Spurs must now ensure the job is completed successfully at White Hart Lane on Wednesday evening – show their greater skill and class and make it count to overcome a Cardiff side which hasn’t scored in their last four matches, including Saturday’s home defeat to Southend. After a bright start to the season, Cardiff are now eighth in the Championship but have not won any of their last twelve games. The last victory was in mid-November at home to Burnley when a Scimeca goal brought them success. Of those twelve games 8 have been draws, 6 of them scoreless, so Cardiff are difficult to beat and don’t concede too many goals, although they did concede four at Hull a month ago.

The Cardiff manager, Dave Jones, has his team well organised defensively but if Spurs play the style of quick, passing football that they displayed against Newcastle, surely they can’t be as unfortunate in front of goal as they were then or be up against as inspired a goalkeeper as Shay Given. In the first game, Neil Alexander in the Cardiff goal looked competent and played his part in ensuring that Spurs didn’t score but it is to be hoped that he will be kept busier on Wednesday evening. In defence they have Darren Purse who has played for both Birmingham and W.B.A. Their leading goal scorer is Michael Chopra who has scored 12 in the League, while Scimeca and Thompson have five each.

The only previous FA Cup contest at White Hart Lane between the two clubs was back in 1921-22 in the quarter finals with Spurs winning 2-1. That was the same result as the last time the two clubs met at Tottenham in Spurs’ promotion season of 1977-78 when John Duncan scored both goals.

The last Cup meeting was in 2002-03 in the 2nd Round of the Worthington Cup which Spurs won with a single goal scored by Teddy Sheringham. The team that night was:

Keller, Taricco (Doherty), Richards, Bunjevcevic, Thatcher, Davies, Freund (Iversen), Acimovic, Etherington, Keane (Ferdinand), Sheringham

Spurs’ home record against Cardiff (League and Cup):

P 22 W 12 D 5 L 5 For 39 Ag 24

Port Vale and Southend have already shown that nothing can be taken for granted so with an eight o’clock kick off, it might be a long evening but with the League results slipping over the past few games, continued good results in the Cup competitions are essential as Spurs search for a European place for next year. With the prospects of a home tie in the next round against Southend United, Spurs should accept their good fortune with the draw and ensure progress in the competition that has meant so much to the club and the fans over the years.

Spurs in History - 11th January

11th January, 1975

Newcastle United 2 Spurs 5 (1st Divison)

This was a very disappointing season. Poor early results brought about the resignation of Bill Nicholson. He was replaced by Terry Neill who signed some new players but the results continued to be poor and Spurs were involved in a relegation fight throughout the season.

This result was totally unexpected and was inspired by a hat-trick from Alfie Conn, the last player signed by Bill Nicholson. Conn had been signed from Glasgow Rangers for £150,00 during the summer. The other goals came from Cyril Knowles and John Duncan.

At the end of the season, Spurs avoided relegation thanks to a last match victory over Leeds United, but they had much to thank Newcastle for – four points from two wins and 8 goals scored with 2 conceded.

'D' Team for Tottenham-Spur

The 'D' team of current and former Spurs players is a mix of famous White Hart Lane 'Legends' and those who made a few appearances for the club.

Ted Ditchburn

GK: Ted Ditchburn - member of 'Push and Run' team - 575 appearances for Spurs.

RB: Simon Davies - Welsh International midfielder who could play full-back - early 2000s

LB: Michael Dillon - played occasionally in the team of early 1970s

CD: Michael Dawson - impressive member of current team

CD: Gary Doherty - Republic of Ireland International

M: Terry Dyson - winger for 'Double' team

M: Edgar Davids - current player and Dutch International

M: Jimmy Dimmock - member of 1920s - scorer of FA Cup winning goal in 1921.

F: Jermain Defoe - current striker and England International

F: Len Duquemin - centre forward for 'Push and run' team

F: John Duncan - goal scorer for the team of late 1970s - Scottish International

Sub: Gordon Durie - Scottish International - early 1990s