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.