Tottenham 0-1 Hull City

By admin | Oct 5, 2008

Geovanni’s brilliant free-kick made it another perfect day in north London for Hull City – and piled the pressure on Tottenham manager Juande Ramos. The Brazilian stunned White Hart Lane with a brilliant curling effort from 30 yards after only eight minutes. Spurs twice hit the woodwork through Gareth Bale and Jonathan Woodgate before the [...]

Wisla Krakow 1-1 Tottenham

By admin | Oct 2, 2008

Tottenham edged into the Uefa Cup group stages with a narrow 3-2 aggregate win at Wisla Krakow that will do little to ease the pressure on boss Juande Ramos. Despite holding a first leg lead, Spurs were totally bereft of confidence, and Radoslaw Sobolewski and Pawel Brozek threatened early on for the hosts. Spurs nerves [...]

Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham

By admin | Sep 28, 2008

Tottenham were left rooted to the bottom of the Premier League after a tame display in a loss at Portsmouth. Former Spurs striker Jermain Defoe put Pompey ahead when he drove in a penalty after Jermaine Jenas needlessly handled a Glen Little free-kick. Spurs lacked a goal threat but were denied a penalty after an [...]

Newcastle 1-2 Tottenham

By admin | Sep 27, 2008

Carling Cup holders Tottenham edged into the last 16 to give their season a timely boost while plunging managerless Newcastle’s to a dismal new low. In front of a 20,577 crowd at St James’ Park, both teams showed their fragile confidence in a poor first-half. Spurs did not offer much, but they did manage to [...]

Tottenham 2-1 Wisla Krakow

By admin | Sep 19, 2008

Darren Bent’s second-half header gave Tottenham their first victory of the season, over Polish team Wisla Krakow in the Uefa Cup. Spurs took the lead when Aaron Lennon’s cross was finished by David Bentley on 33 minutes, only for Tomas Jirsak to hit back 67 seconds later with a chip. Bent had a second-half goal [...]

Tottenham 1-2 Aston Villa

By admin | Sep 15, 2008

Aston Villa condemned Spurs to their worst ever start to a Premier League campaign with a win that leaves the Londoners bottom of the league. Villa took the lead after just four minutes as Tottenham failed to cut out a Gabriel Agbonlahor cross which Nigel Reo-Coker converted with ease. Keeper Heurelho Gomes inexplicibly let Ashley [...]

Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham

By admin | Aug 31, 2008

A resolute Tottenham earned their first point of the season as they held a frustrated Chelsea to a draw. Michael Essien hit the bar for Chelsea before they went ahead from a disputed corner after Darren Bent’s sliced clearance went in off Juliano Belletti. But Bent atoned when he slotted in the equaliser after inadvertently [...]

Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland

By admin | Aug 24, 2008

Djibril Cisse scored on his Sunderland debut to condemn Tottenham to their second straight Premier League defeat. Spurs, who dropped Dimitar Berbatov, were lucky not to trail at half-time after Steed Malbranque hit the post. Gareth Bale powered a header over for the hosts soon after the re-start but they fell behind when Kieran Richardson [...]