Tottenham Hotspur 1-4 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 March 2008

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-4 Newcastle United

Premier League · Sunday 30 March 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-4 Newcastle United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur were beaten by Newcastle United 1-4 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 March 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Darren Bent (25'). Newcastle United scored through Nicky Butt (45'), Geremi N'Djitap Fotso (52'), Michael Owen (65') and Obafemi Martins (82').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 11th on 39 points from 31 and Newcastle United 15th on 32 points from 31. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 43.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 6 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Nicky ButtNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Geremi N'Djitap FotsoNewcastle United · 1-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Jamie O'HaraTottenham Hotspur
  • 65'Goal · Michael OwenNewcastle United · 1-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United
  • 82'Goal · Obafemi MartinsNewcastle United · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 0, Newcastle United 6.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-3)

Paul Robinson, Michael Dawson, Alan Hutton, Didier Zokora, Steed Malbranque, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Bent, R. Keane, Jamie O'Hara, Jonathan Woodgate

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Steve Harper, José Enrique, Abdoulaye Faye, Steven Taylor, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Joey Barton, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt