Spurs recent loss of form in the Premier League has brought a greater focus on the FA Cup, with the 6th Round home tie against Bolton Wanderers bringing the possibility of a trophy at the end of an exciting season another step closer. A win is essential to end Spurs recent disappointing results and to set them up to retain third place in the League and to strive for possible Cup success at Wembley.
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Spurs and Bolton have been drawn together in the FA Cup on seven occasions. Of the previous six, four have required replays but Spurs have progressed on four occasions. This is the first time that they've been drawn to play in the 6th Round.
Last FA Cup Meeting:
The most recent meeting was two years ago in the 5th Round as Spurs progressed to the semi-final stages of the competition.
Feb. 2010 5th R. (a) Draw 1- 1 Defoe
Bolton took the lead after thirty five minutes at the Reebok but Jermain Defoe equalised after an hour. Tom Huddlestone had a penalty saved which should have set Spurs up for a deserved win.
Replay (h) Won 4 - 0 Pavlyuchenko (2), Opp. o.g. (2)
With thoughts on Premier League survival, Bolton fielded a weaker team and Spurs progressed after Roman Pavlyuchenko started the scoring midway through the first half. The Bolton goalkeeper helped the ball into his own goal, ten minutes before the interval. Two minutes into the second half, Bolton's woes continued with a second own goal and Pavlychenko added a fourth three minutes from time.
First Meeting in FA Cup:
Jan. 1925 2nd R. (h) Draw 1 - 1 Seed
Both teams were in the 1st Division, Spurs were to finish the season in mid-table while Bolton were third. The game was described in the following weekend's programme as, "one of the finest Cup struggles ever staged on our enclosure." Bolton had taken the lead but Spurs, although playing into the wind, forced Bolton back and equalised through Jimmy Seed.
Replay (a) Won 1 - 0 Lane
Spurs were given little chance in the replay and although Bolton had more of the play, the Spurs goalkeeper, Fred Hinton, signed from Bolton the previous year had something to prove. His display played a major part in Spurs progress thanks to a second half goal scored by centre forward, Billy Lane, his first for the club.
1934-35
Drawn together in the 5th Round, it took three matches to settle the tie. Spurs were in the top flight that year but were to end the season at the foot of the table and be relegated after just two seasons in the 1st Division. Bolton were in the 2nd Division and were to be promoted at the end of the year, the two clubs swopping places.Feb. 1935 5th R. (h) Draw 1 - 1 W. Evans
Over 70,000 spectators were in White Hart Lane - 70,347 which at the time set up a new record for the ground. Willie Evans had given Spurs the lead but Bolton drew level with a shot from forty yards.
Replay (a) Draw 1 - 1 G. S. Hunt
The match played on a slippery, rain-soaked surface was a gruelling affair. George Hunt who later became a Bolton player gave Spurs the lead but Bolton again drew level and with no more goals after extra time, a second replay was needed.
2nd Replay (at Villa Park) Lost 0 - 2
Bolton were comfortable winners at Villa Park on the following Monday, the three games having been played in the space of ten days, with a League game played the previous Saturday, a home draw with Sunderland.
1947-48
Spurs were still in the 2nd Division, having failed to win promotion following their relegation in 1934-34, while Bolton had retained their top flight status over that period.Jan. 1948 3rd R. (a) Won 2 - 0 (aet) Duquemin (2)
In an entertaining game, there were no goals during the ninety minutes. To avoid unnecessary replays and absenteeism from work in those early post-war years, extra time was played that season at the end of the first game. Most of the excitement came in extra time as Spurs made their greater craft and understanding count. Len Duquemin scored with a tremendous shot having run twenty yards with the ball. Bolton tried to get level but were susceptible to Spurs on the break and the secod came in the final minute, Duquemin almost on his knees to head it into the goal. For Spurs it was the first step on their way the semi-final, their first since 1922.
1977-78
Thirty years later both clubs were battling to win promotion from the 2nd Division and at the end of the season, both were successful, Bolton as Champions and Spurs in third after a nail-biting climax to the season.Jan. 1978 3rd R. (h) Draw 2- 2 Hoddle, Duncan
Replay (a) Lost 1 - 2 (aet) Taylor (pen)
2001-02
Bolton visited White Hart Lane on three occasions in two months, lost all three and conceded thirteen goals - a 3 - 2 loss in the Premier League, followed by a six goal defeat in the Worthington Cup, Les Ferdinand scoring a hat-trick, and a four goal defeat in the FA Cup.
Feb. 2002 4th R. (h) Won 4 - 0 Anderton (pen), Iversen, Etherington, Opp. o.g.
Spurs, under Glenn Hoddle, were in a purple patch of Cup results, a few weeks away from the final of the Worthington Cup. Two goals in each half saw Spurs coast through with Matthew Etherington scoring his first goal for Spurs. Unfortunately, the good run of Cup results was brought to an abrupt halt by Blackburn Rovers in the Final at Cardiff.
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