Fri 21 April 2023, 16:15
Tottenham HotspurWelcome back to our special feature for 2022/23 - 1 from 30 - as we continue to mark 30 years of the Premier League.
English football's new dawn kicked-off on the weekend of 15/16 August, 1992 as the FA Premier League replaced Barclays League Division One, ending a structure of Division One-Four that had been in place since 1958. Thirty years on, the Premier League is amongst the most watched and most valuable sporting leagues in the world.
In this series, we're featuring a match from those 30 years that corresponds with our forthcoming fixture - next up, it's time for a trip to the Toon and a rare win at St James' Park from the 1990s and early 2000s from 21 October, 2001...
Newcastle 0-2 Spurs - 21 October, 2001
Times have changed on Tyneside in recent years.
We travel up to St James' Park in a huge Premier League fixture on Sunday (2pm) on the back of five unbeaten against the Toon, winning four, having lost just one in our last nine.
However, turn back to 2001, and this was our first win in seven - a run that included a 7-1 reverse, plus a 6-1 defeat in the FA Cup - and only the second time we'd take the spoils back to N17 between 1995-2008.
We thoroughly deserved this one, thanks to an impressive first half performance.
Sir Bobby Robson tweaked Newcastle's system from four to three at the back, but Laurent Robert looked uncomfortable at left wing-back, and what turned out to be decisive moments came down that side - our right - inside the first 20 minutes.
First up, on seven minutes, Mauricio Taricco, playing down our right, got the better of Robert to win a free-kick near the corner flag. Darren Anderton pulled into space and was found by Christian Ziege, his first effort was blocked and came back to him, his second attempt deflected home off Gary Speed.
On 20 minutes, a beautifully-crafted goal, also down our right. This time, Steffen Freund chipped wide to Teddy Sheringham, who cushioned the ball into Taricco. He played in Anderton, who hung a cross up to the far post where Gus Poyet wasn't to be denied, looping his header back over Shay Given for 2-0.
Both teams had chances after that, but it stayed 2-0 as we put together a run of five wins in seven to move up to fifth. Alas, that's as good as it got in 2001/02, as we stayed around eighth and ninth for the rest of the campaign before eventually finishing ninth.
Spurs: Sullivan, Perry, King, Richards, Taricco (Davies), Anderton (Sherwood), Poyet, Freund, Ziege, Ferdinand (Rebrov), Sheringham.
