0-2 v Newcastle United - 26 August 2000 - Away

Tottenham Hotspur Badge

Spurs 0

Newcastle United

Newcastle United

2

  • Speed
    9'
  • Cordone
    66'
Details
Match Number

6249

Opposition
Newcastle united

Newcastle United

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Season

2000/01

Date

26th August 2000

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

St James' Park

Attendance

51,573

Referee

David Elleray

League Position

11th

Opposition League Position

3rd

Opposition Form

LW

Weather at Kick Off

17° - Drizzle

Facts & Milestones
  • 6216th overall match (2951 wins, 1367 draws, 1885 losses)

  • 4759th competitive match (2121 wins, 1122 draws, 1516 losses)

  • team

    125th match vs Newcastle United (52 wins, 30 draws, 43 losses)

  • competition

    319th Premier League match (110 wins, 91 draws, 118 losses)

  • 5720th match in England (2664 wins, 1293 draws, 1750 losses)

  • 60th match at St James' Park (19 wins, 17 draws, 24 losses)

Report

Injury-hit Newcastle stormed to their second Premiership victory in four days as Gary Speed and Daniel Cordone secured victory over Spurs.

Welshman Speed shot the home side ahead in the ninth minute.

He latched onto an Aaron Hughes chip, which beat the offside trap, and calmly lifted the ball over the advancing Neil Sullivan.

Midfielder Cordone sealed the victory with a close range strike in the 66th minute after the visitors failed to clear.

It was a fine performance from Newcastle, who were without Nikoz Dabizas, Marcelino, Rob Lee, Carl Cort and Christian Bassedas.

Both sides had pressed forward throughout the match, with the action switching from end to end, but Tottenham were always chasing the game after Speed's opener.

He nearly grabbed a second just two minutes after his opening strike, but blasted just over from a Cordone cross.

But the man who replaced him - former United striker Les Ferdinand - was given a warm welcome as he stepped on to the St James's Park turf.

The home side survived a scare shortly after the restart when they blocked a succession of efforts in the penalty area.

But Shearer also went close on 54 minutes when a free-kick from just outside the box went narrowly wide.

Brilliant

And Nolberto Solano saw a brilliant 25-yard effort crash against the bar.

Tottenham continued to look for an opening, but Ferdinand fluffed a close-range 72nd minute header.

And Newcastle remained a threat, with Kieron Dyer just denied near the end.

Timeline
KO

Gary Speed

9'
HT

Daniel Cordone

66'
FT
Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Middlesbrough
2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
2
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
2 1 1 0 4 2 2 4
3
Manchester united
2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4
4
Leicester city
2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
5
Leeds united
1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6
Charlton athletic
2 1 0 1 4 3 1 3
7
Everton
2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
8
Arsenal
2 1 0 1 2 1 1 3
9
Bradford city
2 1 0 1 2 1 1 3
10
Chelsea
2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
11
Coventry city
2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
12
Newcastle united
2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
13
Sunderland
2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 3
14
Liverpool
2 1 0 1 1 2 -1 3
15
Manchester city
2 1 0 1 4 6 -2 3
16
Aston villa
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17
Derby county
2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 1
18
Southampton
2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1
19
Ipswich town
2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1
20
West ham united
2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 0
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Arsenal
3 2 0 1 7 4 3 6
2
Leeds united
2 2 0 0 4 1 3 6
3
Newcastle united
3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
4
Coventry city
3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
5
Manchester united
3 1 2 0 5 3 2 5
6
Leicester city
3 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
7
Everton
3 1 1 1 5 4 1 4
8
Middlesbrough
3 1 1 1 5 4 1 4
9
Bradford city
3 1 1 1 2 1 1 4
10
Chelsea
3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
11
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
12
Liverpool
3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
13
Ipswich town
3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
14
Charlton athletic
3 1 0 2 7 8 -1 3
15
Sunderland
3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
16
Manchester city
3 1 0 2 5 8 -3 3
17
Aston villa
2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
18
Derby county
3 0 2 1 6 7 -1 2
19
Southampton
3 0 2 1 6 7 -1 2
20
West ham united
3 0 1 2 4 7 -3 1
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