2-0 v Wolverhampton Wanderers - 15 May 2004 - Away

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Details
Match Number

6458

Opposition
Wolverhampton wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Round / Leg

Last Match of the Season

Season

2003/04

Date

15th May 2004

Kick Off

15:00

Venue

Molineux

Attendance

29,389

Referee

Steve Bennett

League Position

14th

Opposition League Position

20th

Opposition Form

WDDLLL

Weather at Kick Off

17.9° - Partly Cloudy

Facts & Milestones
  • 6425th overall match (3041 wins, 1405 draws, 1966 losses)

  • 4937th competitive match (2192 wins, 1155 draws, 1590 losses)

  • Last League Match of the Season (40 wins, 20 draws, 38 losses)

  • team

    91st match vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (44 wins, 19 draws, 28 losses)

  • competition

    468th Premier League match (163 wins, 122 draws, 183 losses)

  • 5922nd match in England (2753 wins, 1330 draws, 1826 losses)

  • 46th match at Molineux (15 wins, 8 draws, 23 losses)

  • Mark Yeates: Debut
Report

Tottenham ended their poor season in style as their win consigned Wolves to last place in the league. The hosts wasted a plethora of chances, Henri Camara and Carl Cort the most guilty while Denis Irwin hit the post on his last appearance before retiring.

Robbie Keane opened the scoring by converting debutant Mark Yeates' cross and Jermain Defoe coolly made it 2-0 after Carl Cort's woeful backpass.

Paul Ince was sent off for two bookings as Wolves bowed out of the Premiership.

Wolves started like a house on fire, nearly getting their noses in front after just 17 seconds as Ince's drive was tipped over by Kasey Keller.

Moments later Lee Naylor's cross was scuffed at Keller by livewire striker Camara, before Rohan Ricketts responded with a right-foot drive that flew over the Wolves bar.

Cort went close with two headers before Irwin rattled the woodwork, his precise 25-yard free-kick clipping the post via Keller's outstretched right hand.

Having weathered Wolves' early storm Spurs hit back, Ricketts' left-foot volley forcing Paul Jones to palm over before Jones had to be alert to keep out a Defoe drive.

But unlike the visitors, Wolves failed to ride their luck for long. Debutant Yeates crossed for former Molineux favourite Keane to bundle the ball home at the second attempt.

Defoe flashed a shot wide as Spurs sought to double their lead before Wolves briefly threatened as Keller was forced to react to Ince's close-range header.

Wolves started the second half in a similar vein to the first, Cort's header cleared by Christian Ziege and Shaun Newton's volley inadvertently blocked by his own player Paul Butler.

As Newton fired another chance wide you sensed it was not Wolves' day, and Spurs made them pay for the profligacy which has haunted their solitary term in the top-flight.

Cort's loose backpass gave Defoe an inviting opportunity and the former West Ham hitman finished coolly past Jones.

Wolves' hopes of getting back into the contest ended midway through the half as Ince, playing almost certainly his last game for the club, was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Jamie Redknapp.

Ince refused to go quietly, the ex-England skipper having to be led away to the touchline by his team-mates.

Freddie Kanoute went close with two late drives as Spurs underlined their superiority while Vio Ganea launched a 40-yard volley that landed on top of Keller's net.

Camara and Defoe exchanged efforts as the clock ticked down but the final whistle signalled the end of Wolves' brief dalliance with the upper echelons of English football.

Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Arsenal
37 25 12 0 71 25 46 87
2
Chelsea
37 23 7 7 66 30 36 76
3
Manchester united
37 22 6 9 62 35 27 72
4
Liverpool
37 16 11 10 54 36 18 59
5
Aston villa
37 15 11 11 48 42 6 56
6
Newcastle united
37 13 16 8 51 39 12 55
7
Bolton wanderers
37 14 11 12 48 54 -6 53
8
Charlton athletic
37 13 11 13 49 50 -1 50
9
Fulham
37 13 10 14 50 46 4 49
10
Birmingham city
37 12 13 12 42 47 -5 49
11
Middlesbrough
37 13 9 15 43 47 -4 48
12
Southampton
37 12 11 14 43 43 0 47
13
Blackburn rovers
37 12 7 18 50 58 -8 43
14
Portsmouth
37 11 9 17 42 53 -11 42
15
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
37 12 6 19 45 57 -12 42
16
Everton
37 9 12 16 44 52 -8 39
17
Manchester city
37 8 14 15 50 53 -3 38
18
Leicester city
37 6 15 16 47 63 -16 33
19
Wolverhampton wanderers
37 7 12 18 38 75 -37 33
20
Leeds united
37 8 9 20 40 78 -38 33
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Arsenal
38 26 12 0 73 26 47 90
2
Chelsea
38 24 7 7 67 30 37 79
3
Manchester united
38 23 6 9 64 35 29 75
4
Liverpool
38 16 12 10 55 37 18 60
5
Newcastle united
38 13 17 8 52 40 12 56
6
Aston villa
38 15 11 12 48 44 4 56
7
Charlton athletic
38 14 11 13 51 51 0 53
8
Bolton wanderers
38 14 11 13 48 56 -8 53
9
Fulham
38 14 10 14 52 46 6 52
10
Birmingham city
38 12 14 12 43 48 -5 50
11
Middlesbrough
38 13 9 16 44 52 -8 48
12
Southampton
38 12 11 15 44 45 -1 47
13
Portsmouth
38 12 9 17 47 54 -7 45
14
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
38 13 6 19 47 57 -10 45
15
Blackburn rovers
38 12 8 18 51 59 -8 44
16
Manchester city
38 9 14 15 55 54 1 41
17
Everton
38 9 12 17 45 57 -12 39
18
Leicester city
38 6 15 17 48 65 -17 33
19
Leeds united
38 8 9 21 40 79 -39 33
20
Wolverhampton wanderers
38 7 12 19 38 77 -39 33
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