3-1 v Arsenal FC - 14 April 1991 - Neutral

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Spurs 3

Arsenal FC

Arsenal FC

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  • Smith
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Details
Match Number

5687

Opposition
Arsenal

Arsenal FC

Opposition Level

1

Competition
Fa cup

FA Cup

Round / Leg

Semi Final

Season

1990/91

Date

14th April 1991

Kick Off

12:00

Venue

Wembley

Attendance

77,893

Referee

Ray Lewis

Weather at Kick Off

9.2° - Overcast

Facts & Milestones
  • 5655th overall match (2725 wins, 1226 draws, 1692 losses)

  • 4304th competitive match (1948 wins, 1002 draws, 1354 losses)

  • team

    215th match vs Arsenal FC (86 wins, 42 draws, 87 losses)

  • competition

    332nd FA Cup match (172 wins, 81 draws, 79 losses)

  • 5222nd match in England (2466 wins, 1164 draws, 1580 losses)

  • 16th match at Wembley (8 wins, 3 draws, 5 losses)

  • Erik Thorstvedt: 100th appearance
Report

The first semi-final to be played at Wembley delivered one of the greatest goals ever to be seen at the stadium.

Arsenal were gunning for the Double, but Spurs' adopted Geordie, Paul Gascoigne, struck a 30-yard free-kick which forced BBC commentator Barry Davies to cry "schoolboy's-own stuff."

Clever build-up play enabled Gary Lineker to grab a second before Alan Smith gave the Gunners hope with his effort.

Lineker struck a third which slipped through David Seaman's hands from outside the area - an achievement for the England goalpoacher - which gave his team a chance to return to Wembley in May for the showdown against Nottingham Forest.

Spurs won the Cup, although Gascoigne's second famous kick of the competition, at Forest's Gary Charles, landed the Geordie on a stretcher and denied him the opportunity of climbing the Wembley steps.

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