1 from 30 | Spurs v Everton
The latest in our 1 from 30 series takes us back to January, 2012 and a goal to remember from Benoit Assou-Ekotto against Everton at the Lane...
Welcome back to our new series 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 next fixture - so, next up, it's Everton at home, and we look back at one of Benoit Assou-Ekotto's specials against the Toffees in 2012.
Spurs 2-0 Everton - 11 January, 2012
Benoit Assou-Ekotto didn't do tap-ins.
Three of his four goals in a Spurs career spanning eight years (2006-2014) and 201 appearances in all competitions were humdingers.
His first was against Liverpool on the opening day of the 2009/10 campaign, a rocket into the top corner from 25 yards and his second, here against Everton, simply flew in after he pulled the trigger from 30 yards. Okay, his third Spurs goal was a more of a tap-in against Newcastle in February, 2012 but his fourth and last was back to type, a rifle into the bottom corner from 25 yards against West Brom in August, 2013.
This day in January, 2012 was one to remember for the Cameroon international left-back, as he also set-up Aaron Lennon's opener with a searching crossfield pass. We were flying at the time as well - this win continued a run of one defeat in 19 in the Premier League - and we'd eventually finish fourth in the season famed for Sergio Aguero's late, late title-winning goal for Manchester City.
Spurs: Friedel, Walker, Dawson, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon (Pienaar 78), Livermore, Modric, Bale, Adebayor (Pavlyuchenko 87), van der Vaart. Substitutes (not used): Cudicini, Bassong, Rose, Kranjcar, Defoe.