3-2 v West Bromwich Albion - 21 April 2003 - Away

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Spurs 3

West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion

2

  • Dichio
    24'
  • Clement
    61'
Details
Match Number

6401

Opposition
West bromwich albion

West Bromwich Albion

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Season

2002/03

Date

21st April 2003

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

The Hawthorns

Attendance

26,899

Referee

Phil Dowd

League Position

8th

Opposition League Position

19th

Opposition Form

LWLLLD

Weather at Kick Off

14.8° - Clear

Facts & Milestones
  • 6368th overall match (3019 wins, 1397 draws, 1939 losses)

  • 4889th competitive match (2175 wins, 1148 draws, 1566 losses)

  • team

    126th match vs West Bromwich Albion (50 wins, 24 draws, 52 losses)

  • competition

    427th Premier League match (150 wins, 116 draws, 161 losses)

  • 5868th match in England (2732 wins, 1322 draws, 1801 losses)

  • 64th match at The Hawthorns (18 wins, 9 draws, 37 losses)

Report

Two goals from Robbie Keane kept the Londoners' slim hopes of European football alive after victory against relegated West Brom.

His first came on the stroke of half-time after West Brom striker Danny Dichio had broken the deadlock with a header after 24 minutes.

Then Neil Clement fired in a 25-yard free-kick after 61 minutes to put the home side back into the lead before Teddy Sheringham struck a minute later.

Keane then settled the affair by beating keeper Russell Hoult with a low shot five minutes from time.

West Brom, who grabbed their first victory since September in Saturday's 2-1 win against Sunderland, were first out of the blocks and determined to go down fighting.

Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle's powers of motivation faced a huge test after the dreadful 2-0 defeat on Good Friday by Manchester City at White Hart Lane.

And it was Keane who reacted best with a busy first-half display.

The pick of his early efforts was a trademark overhead kick, which forced a fine save from Hoult in the Baggies goal on 21 minutes.

However, it was the home side that looked the most dangerous and they deserved to break the deadlock.

Jason Koumas supplied the cross for Dichio, who headed past Spurs keeper Kasey Keller from six yards out.

Roberts had the ball in the net just minutes before half-time but referee Dowd disallowed the goal after an earlier infringement.

The near-miss jolted Spurs into life.

Keane combined well with strike partner Sheringham to slot the ball past Hoult for the equaliser in stoppage time.

Spurs opened the second half the brighter and could consider themselves unlucky after substitute Gus Poyet's shot from a Matt Etherington pass went the wrong side of the post.

West Brom took advantage by going into the lead again when Clement's free-kick flew past Keller.

But Spurs were not out of it, and went up the other end for an equaliser within two minutes.

A free-kick fell into the path of Goran Bunjevcevic, whose header struck the post before veteran Teddy Sheringham passed the ball into the net.

Then Keane struck with five minutes remaining after latching on to a Ledley King through-ball to finish with customary aplomb.

Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester united
35 22 8 5 66 32 34 74
2
Arsenal
34 21 8 5 71 36 35 71
3
Newcastle united
34 19 4 11 58 45 13 61
4
Chelsea
34 17 9 8 61 34 27 60
5
Liverpool
34 16 10 8 51 36 15 58
6
Everton
34 16 8 10 44 40 4 56
7
Blackburn rovers
34 14 10 10 44 40 4 52
8
Southampton
33 12 12 9 38 35 3 48
9
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
34 13 8 13 47 49 -2 47
10
Middlesbrough
34 12 10 12 42 37 5 46
11
Charlton athletic
34 13 7 14 41 48 -7 46
12
Manchester city
34 13 6 15 42 51 -9 45
13
Aston villa
34 11 8 15 38 41 -3 41
14
Fulham
34 11 8 15 37 47 -10 41
15
Birmingham city
34 11 8 15 33 44 -11 41
16
Leeds united
34 11 5 18 48 51 -3 38
17
Bolton wanderers
34 9 11 14 37 48 -11 38
18
West ham united
34 7 11 16 37 57 -20 32
19
West bromwich albion
34 6 6 22 24 53 -29 24
20
Sunderland
34 4 7 23 21 56 -35 19
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester united
35 22 8 5 66 32 34 74
2
Arsenal
34 21 8 5 71 36 35 71
3
Chelsea
35 18 9 8 65 35 30 63
4
Newcastle united
35 19 5 11 59 46 13 62
5
Liverpool
35 17 10 8 53 37 16 61
6
Everton
35 16 8 11 45 44 1 56
7
Blackburn rovers
35 14 11 10 44 40 4 53
8
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
35 14 8 13 50 51 -1 50
9
Southampton
34 12 12 10 40 38 2 48
10
Manchester city
35 14 6 15 45 51 -6 48
11
Middlesbrough
35 12 10 13 42 38 4 46
12
Charlton athletic
35 13 7 15 42 50 -8 46
13
Birmingham city
35 12 8 15 36 46 -10 44
14
Aston villa
35 11 9 15 39 42 -3 42
15
Leeds united
35 12 5 18 50 51 -1 41
16
Fulham
35 11 8 16 37 49 -12 41
17
Bolton wanderers
35 9 12 14 37 48 -11 39
18
West ham united
35 8 11 16 38 57 -19 35
19
West bromwich albion
35 6 6 23 26 56 -30 24
20
Sunderland
35 4 7 24 21 59 -38 19
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