Match Report

Tottenham Hotspur

Wimbledon

Walker, Edinburgh, Howells, Fox, Armstrong, Carr (Calderwood, 63), Ginola, Vega, Domingues (Fenn (Anderton, 88), 21), Sinton, Campbell.

Attendance
25,097

Referee
J T Winter

Pressman, Nolan, Pembridge, Newsome, Walker, Carbone, Di Canio, Briscoe (Donaldson, 86), Stefanovic (Collins, 46), Rudi (Whittingham, 46), Magilton.

Subs not used: Baardsen, Nielsen.

Subs not used: Grobbelaar, Nicol.

Booked:

Booked: Pembridge, Briscoe.

    Tottenham had strikers Les Ferdinad and Chris Armstrong, worth a combined £10.5milllion, back off the injury list and in tandem for the first time but the net result against Wimbledon was just another big fat zero.
    Armstrong had scored Spurs only goal in five league games as a second half substitute at Bolton in midewek but he, and his £6million partner, were guilty of some miserable finishing as Spurs let a series of first half chances pass them by.
    Wimbledon, sensing that their goal-shy hosts were never going to break them down, pressed forward with growing confidence after the break.
    And the Dons would have taken all three points had Efan Eokoku and the highly promising Carl Cort made the most of their power and speed up front.

    The start was delayed for 15 minutes by an unlikely combination of a burst water main near White Hart Lane, a security alert in the South stand, and traffic congestion outside the ground.
    When the action finally got going it was just as unpredictable and disjointed.
    Undoubtedly, though, Spurs should have had the game wrapped up by half time and as they laboured in vain towards the end of the match there was the now familiar cry of frustrated anguish from their fans who implored: ``Give us our Tottenham back.''
    Elusive winger Jose Dominguez failed to pick out the unmarked Armstrong after an exciting run took him into the box after only three minutes.
    Armstrong and Ferdinand both failed to dispatch perfect crosses by Frenchman David Ginola with the Wimbledon defence all at sea.

    Ferdinand repeated his miss soon afterwards from an Armstrong cross and the writing was clearly on the wall for Spurs when Ruel Fox hit a close range chance against the post two minutes before the interval.
    Wimbledon gave it all their familiar energy and drive and although this was not a good day for them they nearly unhinged their hosts with power and determination in the second half.
    Ceri Hughes had already missed a good opening after side stepping Fox who was employed in a unusual up and down central midfield role, but shot into the side netting.
    And although Ginola and Dominguez persisted admirably with dilligent running on the flanks, Wimbledon began to look the more likely team to score.
    Ekoku looked as though he had done when converting a Kenny Cunningham cross on 57 minutes only to be denied by an alert linesman's offside flag.
    Spurs keeper Ian Walker also did well to smother Ekoku's shot after Ramon Vega had completely missed a through ball by Cort and it was not until the closing stages that Spurs really threatened again.
    Ginola, whose frustration showed in a centre circle bust up with Robbie Earle which brought the French winger a yellow card, began to find his range again with a series of crosses from the left, one of which bounced off the junction of far post and bar.
    But Wimbledon's point was safe after Ferdinand headed over a Dominguez cross and substitute Allan Neilsen blazed wildly over right at the death.