Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Newcastle United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.

Teemu Tainio opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Teemu Tainio (43') and Mido (66'). Newcastle United did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 34 points from 19 and Newcastle United 10th on 25 points from 18. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Newcastle United 7th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 5 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Newcastle United's L-W-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Peter RamageNewcastle United
  • 43'Goal · Teemu TainioTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · MidoTottenham Hotspur · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 5, draws 0, Newcastle United 5.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Anthony Gardner, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Mido

Newcastle United line-up

Shay Given, Robbie Elliott, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Titus Bramble, Peter Ramage, Amdy Faye, Michael Owen, Shola Ameobi, N. Solano, Alan Shearer, Scott Parker