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Spurs Full Cup Record against Chelsea
FA Cup
SEASON RD H/A Score SCORERS
09-10 2 A 1-0 Humphreys
56-57 4 H 4-0 Harmer R Smith
Stokes Medwin
63-64 3 H 1-1 Dyson
3R A 0-2
64-65 5 A 0-1
66-67 F W 2-1 Robertson Saul
81-82 6 A 3-2 Archibald Hoddle
Hazard
01-02 6 H 0-4
06-07 6 A 3-3 Berbatov, o.g., Ghaly
06-07 6R H 1-2 Keane(pen)
League Cup
71-72 S-F A 2-3 Chivers, Naylor
71-72 S-F H 2-2 Chivers, Peters
90-91 Q-F A 0-0
90-91 Q-F H 0-3
01-02 S-F A 1-2 Ferdinand
01-02 S-F H 5-1 Iversen, Sherwood
Sheringham, Davies
Rebrov
My good friend, Brian Judson wrote these reminiscences about our 1967 FA Cup Final victory over Chelsea :-
"The game I remember most is the 1967 FA Cup Final. It was, in my opinion,
the most one-sided Final I have ever seen, even more so than the
Manchester United -v- Brighton replay, which the Reds won 4-0. The simple
truth is that, on the day, Chelsea froze and played nothing like their
normal form at all. Perhaps the factors that led to Docherty's abrupt
departure later were already in play. Certainly life at the Bridge was
never dull whilst Docherty was there.
Spurs sprung a major shock from the outset by playing Mackay in a
defensive position whilst Mullery, who had played that role for most of
the season, was given the role that Mackay had played in swashbuckling
style. Mackay's role was simply to nullify the threat that Cooke could
pose. He was chivvied into positions where he could do no damage and
Chelsea had no idea how to set about releasing Cooke. Tambling and Hateley
were subdued and were rarely seen. Also, Kinnear, although with just a
season behind him, emerged as the star of the game, closing down Boyle.
Gilzean's deft flicks terrorised the Chelsea defence and Hinton ran around
like headless chickens trying to shore up the gaps and cracks that were
appearing.
Just before half-time, Spurs struck. Mullery surged down the pitch like a
tank as the Chelsea players backed off. Mullery let fly at the ball, which
struck Ron Harris and rebounded to Robertson, who cracked home a shot low
and hard to elude the diving Bonetti! Spurs celebrated and knew they were
certain to win, given their long undefeated run of 23 games without a
defeat since early January.
In the second half, Chelsea seemed bemused and hesitant. Spurs continued
to press forward with Knowles leading the charge down the left wing.
Hollins conceded a throw-in. Mackay sauntered up, took one look at the
goalmouth and took a long throw. Kinnear headed the ball to Robertson, who
steered the ball to Saul. With his back to the goal, Saul spun round on a
sixpence and slashed the ball beyond Bonetti's despairing dive.
At this point, Chelsea started to play as they should have done much
earlier. They knew they had nothing to lose by pushing everyone forward.
Spurs could have scored twice more when Kinnear chipped balls across the
Chelsea goalmouth. In one, Saul and Gilzean left it to each other to react
and the chance was gone. In the other, Saul over-ran the ball and reacted
too late.
Then, with time ebbing away, Chelsea scored. Jennings was at fault with
the goal as he decided to try to punch the ball clear instead of catching
it. Needless to say, Jennings missed it and the ball hit Tambling on his
head and dropped in to Tottenham's goal. Spurs then played out the final
four minutes, preventing Chelsea from snatching an undeserved equaliser
and forcing extra time."
Chelsea: Bonetti, A Harris, McCreadie, Hollins, Hinton, R Harris,
Cooke, Baldwin, Hateley, Tambling, Boyle Sub: Kirkup
Tottenham Hotspur: Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England,
Mackay, Robertson, Greaves, Gilzean, Venables, Saul Sub: Jones
Referee: K Dagnall (Lancashire)
Linesmen: V James (North Riding), K Gale (Shropshire)
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