4-0 v Fulham FC - 15 December 2001 - Home

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Fulham FC

Fulham FC

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Details
Match Number

6323

Opposition
Fulham

Fulham FC

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Season

2001/02

Date

15th December 2001

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

White Hart Lane

Attendance

36,054

Referee

Neale Barry

League Position

7th

Opposition League Position

10th

Opposition Form

DWDDLL

Weather at Kick Off

4.2° - Overcast

Facts & Milestones
  • 6290th overall match (2988 wins, 1381 draws, 1908 losses)

  • 4823rd competitive match (2150 wins, 1135 draws, 1538 losses)

  • team

    110th match vs Fulham FC (58 wins, 29 draws, 23 losses)

  • competition

    371st Premier League match (130 wins, 103 draws, 138 losses)

  • 5793rd match in England (2701 wins, 1307 draws, 1772 losses)

  • 2571st match at White Hart Lane (1507 wins, 554 draws, 510 losses)

  • 13th consecutive match with a goal scored

Report

Les Ferdinand scored the 10,000th goal in the Premiership and Teddy Sheringham made his 700th league appearance as Spurs chalked up another three points.

Ferdinand also played a part in Spurs' second goal which was scored by Darren Anderton just before the interval.

Simon Davies and Sergei Rebrov claimed Spurs' other goals in the second half.

The win pushed Glenn Hoddle's side up to sixth place, level on points with Manchester United, as they maintained their push for a European place.

Fulham's defeat was the first time Jean Tigana's team had lost in nine matches and followed their impressive goalless draw at Liverpool.

But the day belonged to the 35-year-old Ferdinand.

Having scored a hat-trick in the 6-0 League Cup win over Bolton Wanderers in midweek, Ferdinand claimed his 10th goal of the season and a place in the Premiership record books.

The Premier League's first goal had been scored by Brian Deane for Sheffield United in a 2-1 win over Manchester United in August 1992.

Nine years on Ferdinand will be given £10,000 pounds to donate to a charity of his choice for his landmark goal.

It came as a result of good work by Simon Davies and Anderton.

Steffen Freund won a tackle and the ball rebounded to Davies on the wing.

He played a first-time pass into the path of Anderton, and the some-time England midfielder picked out Ferdinand with a low cross which he comfortably slotted home.

The 10,000th Premiership goal went to Ferdinand

Before he was replaced by Sergei Rebrov midway through the second half, Ferdinand had enjoyed an action-packed game.

After 32 minutes he went down following a clash of heads with Rufus Brevett, but he carried on after a couple of minutes' treatment.

Soon after he was booked as he challenged Sylvain Legwinski in the air.

Then on 40 minutes Sheringham nodded the ball to Ferdinand in the box and he held it up nicely before teeing-up Anderton to rifle a low drive past Edwin van der Sar.

Fulham should have pulled one back in injury time.

Steve Finnan's low cross from the right was missed by Chris Perry, but Barry Hayles blasted over from 12 yards.

Perry came to Tottenham's rescue after 55 minutes, making an important saving tackle as Saha was about to shoot from close range.

Davies and Ferdinand's replacement Rebrov wrapped up the scoring for Spurs in the game's later stages.

20 mins: Les Ferdinand scores the Premiership's 10,000th goal 40 mins: Darren Anderton nets with a fine shot 71 mins: Simon Davies makes the game safe for Spurs 77 mins: Sergei Rebrov wraps up the scoring

Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Liverpool
15 10 3 2 25 11 14 33
2
Arsenal
15 8 5 2 33 17 16 29
3
Leeds united
15 7 7 1 18 9 9 28
4
Newcastle united
15 8 3 4 25 18 7 27
5
Manchester united
16 7 3 6 36 27 9 24
6
Chelsea
16 5 9 2 19 12 7 24
7
Aston villa
16 6 6 4 21 18 3 24
8
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
16 7 3 6 25 23 2 24
9
Fulham
16 5 8 3 17 13 4 23
10
Charlton athletic
16 5 6 5 21 20 1 21
11
Everton
15 5 5 5 20 19 1 20
12
Bolton wanderers
16 5 5 6 20 21 -1 20
13
Sunderland
16 5 5 6 13 15 -2 20
14
Blackburn rovers
16 4 7 5 22 19 3 19
15
Middlesbrough
16 5 4 7 17 22 -5 19
16
West ham united
16 5 4 7 18 28 -10 19
17
Southampton
15 4 1 10 15 24 -9 13
18
Derby county
16 3 4 9 11 29 -18 13
19
Leicester city
16 3 4 9 9 29 -20 13
20
Ipswich town
16 1 6 9 14 25 -11 9
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Liverpool
16 10 3 3 25 15 10 33
2
Arsenal
16 8 6 2 34 18 16 30
3
Newcastle united
16 9 3 4 27 19 8 30
4
Leeds united
16 7 8 1 20 11 9 29
5
Chelsea
17 6 9 2 23 12 11 27
6
Manchester united
17 8 3 6 37 27 10 27
7
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
17 8 3 6 29 23 6 27
8
Aston villa
16 6 6 4 21 18 3 24
9
Everton
16 6 5 5 21 19 2 23
10
Fulham
17 5 8 4 17 17 0 23
11
Charlton athletic
17 5 7 5 21 20 1 22
12
Bolton wanderers
17 5 6 6 20 21 -1 21
13
Sunderland
17 5 5 7 13 17 -4 20
14
West ham united
17 5 5 7 19 29 -10 20
15
Blackburn rovers
17 4 7 6 23 21 2 19
16
Middlesbrough
17 5 4 8 17 23 -6 19
17
Southampton
16 5 1 10 17 24 -7 16
18
Leicester city
17 3 5 9 11 31 -20 14
19
Derby county
17 3 4 10 11 30 -19 13
20
Ipswich town
16 1 6 9 14 25 -11 9
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