Tue 08 February 2022, 17:30
Tottenham HotspurSouthampton were our first opponents in the Premier League back in August, 1992. The goalless draw at The Dell that day wasn't a sign of things to come between the the teams in the Premier League era...
Indeed, in 44 meetings since, we've scored 82 goals against the Saints, averaging over two goals per game at home. We've hit fours, fives, a six (in the FA Cup) and a seven in the Premier League era, and once bagged four goals in less than five minutes!
That's where we'll start this rundown...
7/2/1993 - Spurs 4-2 Southampton
Trailing to Iain Dowie's first half strike, Teddy Sheringham buried a header to level matters with 54 minutes on the clock. Four minutes and 48 seconds later, we were 4-1 up! In a goal rush, Nick Barmby turned home Teddy's miscued volley for 2-1 (56), Darren Anderton fired home from close range for 3-1 (57) and Teddy was there again to strike superbly into the corner from the edge of the box (59). Jason Dodd made it five goals in 12 minutes as it ended 4-2. Teddy won the Golden Boot with 22 goals, we went on to finish eighth.
11/3/2000 - Spurs 7-2 Southampton
The first time we'd scored seven goals in a league game since the 9-0 drubbing of Bristol Rovers in the old Second Division in October, 1977, this performance came somewhat out of the blue towards the end of the 1999/2000 campaign. We'd scored just six goals in our previous nine games, including a run of four blanks in five, leading up to this match. However, having trailed twice to goals from Jo Tessem and Tahar El Khalej in the first half, Sol Campbell on target for us, we struck goal-d. Darren Anderton, Chris Armstrong and Steffen Iversen put us 4-2 up by the break with Armstrong's lovely dinked finish making it five at the start of the second half. It was then left to Iversen to complete his hat-trick, his second and our sixth from Mauricio Taricco's cross, his hat-trick and our seventh a control and cool finish after David Ginola's shot looped to his direction. We went on to finish 10th that season.
18/12/2004 - Spurs 5-1 Southampton
It's not often an assist will be remembered as much as a hat-trick, but that's certainly the case on this occasion in the 2004/05 season. Martin Jol had just taken charge, and our young team, including the likes of Jermain Defoe, Ledley King, Michael Dawson, Michael Carrick and Robbie Keane, only 24 at the time, had started to click. Indeed, we'd come off the back of six-straight losses in the Premier League to win five on the trot, including this fine performance against the Saints at the Lane. JD led the way with a treble, his first two from Fredi Kanoute assists, his third following in a shot from Michael Brown. Kanoute also scored, but Defoe saved his best until last, a moment of magic to lift the ball over Southampton's defenders into the path of Keane to score the fifth. The team continued to progress under Jol, finished eighth that season and then just missed out on Champions League qualification in 2005/06.
26/12/2017 - Spurs 5-2 Southampton
This was all about Harry Kane. Needing a goal to break Alan Shearer's record of 36 Premier League goals in a calendar year, set in 1995, it took the striker just 22 minutes to head home Christian Eriksen's free-kick for goal number 37 in 2017. The goals kept flowing as he tapped home from Heung-Min Son's cross for 2-0 and then dinked home our fifth on the day from Dele's pass. That took the new record to 39 Premier League goals in a calendar year. It was also Harry's eighth hat-trick of a staggering 12 months for the Academy graduate. Dele was also on target and then set up Sonny for a clinical finish. Southampton replied to make it 4-1 and 5-2. We went on to finish third on 77 points.
20/9/2020 - Southampton 2-5 Spurs
Never has the seemingly telepathic understanding between Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son been seen to such devastating effect as this sunny September at St Mary's. Harry delivered four assists, all clinically finished by Sonny. The first and, arguably, most important came from Harry's pass from the left touchline into Sonny, running through centrally, to drill home the equaliser in first half injury time. We took over from there. Harry threaded a pass between defenders for Sonny to finish one-on-one on 47 minutes, and then an almost blind clip over the top into Sonny's path for his hat-trick and 3-1 on 64. The pick of the bunch came next as Harry, running towards the touchline, hooked a pass back over his shoulder into Sonny's path, again, finished in style for 4-1 on 73 minutes. Harry tapped home from close range for 5-1 on 82 before Danny Ings scored his second in added time, a consolation at 5-2.
