6-2 v Wimbledon FC - 2 May 1998 - Away · Matches

Wimbledon FC

Fear

Tottenham Hotspur

Competition

Premier League

Date

Sat 2 May 1998 15:00

Venue

Selhurst Park

Season

1997/98

Attendance

25,820

Referee

Graham Barber

Weather

13.4°C Clear

Events

KO
Kick off 15:00
18'
- Les Ferdinand 0 – 1 Goal
  
  5th goal for Spurs
21'
- Peter Fear 1 – 1 Goal
30'
- Peter Fear 2 – 1 Goal
41'
- Jürgen Klinsmann 2 – 2 Goal
  
  34th goal for Spurs
HT
Half time 2–2
52'
- Ben Thatcher Red Card
54'
- Jürgen Klinsmann 2 – 3 Goal
  
  35th goal for Spurs
58'
- Jürgen Klinsmann 2 – 4 Goal
  
  36th goal for Spurs
60'
- Jürgen Klinsmann 2 – 5 Goal
  
  37th goal for Spurs
61'
- Chris Armstrong for Les Ferdinand Substitution
72'
- Moussa Saïb for Ruel Fox Substitution
79'
- Moussa Saïb 2 – 6 Goal
  
  1st goal for Spurs
FT
Full time 2–6
—
Minute not recorded
—
- Nicola Berti Yellow Card
  
  6th yellow card for Spurs

Match Facts

6087th overall match
4656th competitive match
29th meeting with Wimbledon FC
239th Premier League match
41st visit to Selhurst Park
4th match refereed by Graham Barber
New record win at Selhurst Park

3–0 v Crystal Palace Previous record · 1970
New record for goals scored in the Premier League

5–1 v Norwich City Previous record · 1993
200th Appearance Sol Campbell 23y 226d
First Goal Moussa Saïb 29y 56d

Lineups

Spurs

Manager
Christian Gross
Starting XI
4–4–2
1

GK

Ian Walker
12

RB

Stephen Carr
5

CB

Colin Calderwood
23

CB

Sol Campbell 200th Appearance
8

LB

Allan Nielsen
7
RM
Ruel Fox
35
CM
Nicola Berti
9

CM

Darren Anderton
14
LM
David Ginola
10
ST
Les Ferdinand
33
ST
Jürgen Klinsmann
Substitutes
2 of 5 used
11
ST
Chris Armstrong
34
CM
Moussa Saïb
36

Frode Grodås
17

John Scales
25

Stephen Clemence

Attack ↑

GK ↓

10 Les Ferdinand ST

33 Jürgen Klinsmann ST

8 Allan Nielsen LB

5 Colin Calderwood CB

23 Sol Campbell CB

12 Stephen Carr RB

1 Ian Walker GK

League Table

League table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
…
1	Arsenal FC	35	22	9	4	36	75
2	Manchester United	36	21	8	7	42	71
3	Chelsea FC	36	19	3	14	28	60
4	Liverpool FC	35	16	11	8	18	59
5	Leeds United	36	17	7	12	14	58
6	Blackburn Rovers	36	15	10	11	6	55
7	West Ham United	35	15	7	13	3	52
8	Aston Villa	36	15	6	15	-2	51
9	Leicester City	36	12	14	10	10	50
10	Derby County	36	14	7	15	0	49
11	Coventry City	36	11	15	10	0	48
12	Southampton FC	36	14	5	17	-3	47
13	Sheffield Wednesday	36	12	8	16	-12	44
14	Wimbledon FC	36	10	13	13	-8	43
15	Newcastle United	36	10	11	15	-10	41
16	Tottenham Hotspur	36	10	10	16	-16	40
17	Everton FC	36	9	12	15	-11	39
…
18	Bolton Wanderers	36	8	13	15	-21	37
19	Barnsley FC	36	10	5	21	-42	35
20	Crystal Palace	35	7	8	20	-32	29

League table
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
…
1	Arsenal FC	36	23	9	4	40	78
2	Manchester United	36	21	8	7	42	71
3	Liverpool FC	36	17	11	8	23	62
4	Chelsea FC	37	19	3	15	26	60
5	Leeds United	36	17	7	12	14	58
6	Blackburn Rovers	37	15	10	12	4	55
7	Aston Villa	37	16	6	15	0	54
8	Leicester City	37	13	14	10	11	53
9	Derby County	37	15	7	15	2	52
10	West Ham United	36	15	7	14	-2	52
11	Coventry City	37	12	15	10	2	51
12	Southampton FC	37	14	5	18	-5	47
13	Newcastle United	37	11	11	15	-8	44
14	Sheffield Wednesday	37	12	8	17	-14	44
15	Tottenham Hotspur (up 1 place)	37	11	10	16	-12	43
16	Wimbledon FC (down 2 places)	37	10	13	14	-12	43
17	Bolton Wanderers	37	9	13	15	-18	40
…
18	Everton FC	37	9	12	16	-15	39
19	Barnsley FC	37	10	5	22	-43	35
20	Crystal Palace	36	7	8	21	-35	29

Kit

Pony · Hewlett-Packard

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Match Report

With five matches left of the 1997/98 season, we were in 17th place and just one point above the drop zone - we were on 35 points, Barnsley and Bolton on 34 and Palace marooned on 24.

A draw at home to Coventry only just improved matters and we then picked up a crucial point at Barnsley on 18 April. Colin Calderwood grabbed that late leveller at Oakwell which meant we stayed out of the bottom three by two points with three matches remaining. Without that goal, Barnsley would have gone above us.

Worries were eased with a key win over Newcastle in game 36 of 38 as Jurgen Klinsmann - who returned for his second stint at the Club in December, 1997 - and Les Ferdinand struck at the Lane on 25 April.

Victory against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park would extinguish any remaining fears and Jurgen - whose four goals up to then contributed to three wins and a draw - delivered in magnificent style...