Top flight* League fixture
*Then known as Division One

Notts County 3     Tottenham Hotspur 0
Hunt 8
Chiedozie 25, 43

Attendance :- 11,896
Referee:-  D. H Brazier (Northampton)
 

Notts County
Colours:- Black & white striped shirts, Black shorts, White socks
League Position:- before match 16th/22, after match 14th/22
Manager:- Jimmy Sirrel & Howard Wilkinson

1.   Mick Leonard
2.   Mark Goodwin
3.   Nigel Worthington
4.   David Hunt
5.   Brian Kilcline
6.   Pedro Richards
7.   John Chiedozie
8.   Justin Fashanu
9.   Iain McCulloch
10. Ray O'Brien
11. Paul Hooks *

Sub: Ian McParland *
 

Tottenham Hotspur
Colours:- All sky blue
League Position:- before match 9th/22, after match 13th/22
Manager:- Keith Burkinshaw

1.   Ray Clemence
2.   Chris Hughton
3.   John Lacy
4.   Paul Price
5.   Ricky Villa *
6.   Steve Perryman
7.   Tony Galvin
8.   Gary Mabbutt
9.   Terry Gibson
10. Mark Falco
11. Garth Crooks

Sub: Graham Roberts *

Video of the match:- Central Television recorded the match for extended highlights shown on that night's "Star Soccer".

Report
None available.

Up the Maggies footnote:
3-0 up at half time against the current holders of the FA Cup (for the past two season's) and Notts secured their 3rd successive league win. David Hunt had opened the scoring by stabbing in a corner on 8 minutes, Chiedozie prodded home on 25 after England goalkeeper Ray Clemence failed to hold onto Worthington's low cross, the little Nigerian then added his 2nd goal and put Notts 3-0 up on 43 by beating off the challenge of three Spurs defenders before finding the top corner of the net with a superb finish. Although it was fairly late in the season, the middle of the table was still very tight - Had Notts already been three points better off, the Magpies would have moved up to 7th challenging for a place in the UEFA Cup, but such was the high quality of both this and the previous weeks 5-1 thrashing of Coventry, fans still left the ground seriously contemplating the possibility of European football at Meadow Lane the following season. This was only my 7th visit to Meadow Lane and on the way back to the car my Dad was wondering if we might soon get to see Real Madrid! Little did I know then that this would be as good as it would ever get. Ironically, it was Spurs who went on to grab one of the UEFA Cup places and win the trophy in 1984.
 

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