West Ham United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Match pulse
Who won: West Ham 2-1
West Ham United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 on Sunday, May 7, 2006 at Boleyn Ground. Goals for West Ham: Carl Fletcher (10') and Yossi Benayoun (80'). Goals for Spurs: Jermain Defoe (35').
Play by play
- 90'
FULL-TIME: United secure second-place with a breathtaking first-half show. Alan Curbishley's final match in charge ends in an absolute drubbing.
- 88'
SHOT! Ambrose fires in a low shot, but Van Der Sar gets down quickly to save on his goal-line.
- 87'
Both sides seem desperate for this non-game to finish.
- 85'
Ferdinand is spotted eating biscuits on the field as play goes on around him; very, very odd.
- 84'
Ferdinand seems to be moving freely enough now; there was some genuine concern when he first went down, but he looks fine now.
- 83'
Hughes breaks in to the United penalty area, but Ferdinand comes across to clear up.
- 82'
Scholes makes his first run forward, but his attempted flick towards Solskjaer doesn't come off.
- 81'
Ferdinand seems to have picked up an injury; the United players look very concerned as the physio comes on to treat the England defender.
- 79'
So, it seems likely that Alan Curbishley will complete 15 years in charge of Charlton without beating Manchester United. How he will have wished that he could have got something this afternoon.
- 78'
Richardson needs some treatment to a knock on his leg, but he is soon back up on his feet.
- 77'
The pace of the game is little above a practice game; the players are knocking the ball around with little pressure.
- 76'
Scholes shows he hasn't lost his love of the tackle as he robs Powell inside the United half.
- 75'
WASTED CHANCE! Rossi plays in Silvestre down the left; he opts to cut the ball back to the penalty spot rather than fire across the face of goal, but there is no United player there to slot home.
- 74'
DREADFUL! Hughes fires in Charlton's first shot since the break, but his left-foot effort flies high and wide.
- 73'
Scholes is just sitting in midfield, popping the ball around, feeling his way back in to football; this is his first game of any description for a number of months.
- 72'
Van Der Sar has only touched the ball twice in this second half, by my reckoning; United are camped in the Charlton half.
- 71'
Ronaldo almost makes it five when he sneaks in behind the Charlton defence, but Andersen makes a good save.
- 70'
The game is drifting a little; Charlton are defending deep and allowing United plenty of the ball, but the home side's desire seems to be on the wane.
- 69'
Just over twenty minutes to go, and United have finally taken their foot off the pedal.
- 68'
Ambrose and Holland stand over a rare Charlton free-kick, 35 yards out. Ambrose fires in the set-piece, but the United defence cope easily.
- 67'
JUST WIDE! Rossi's snap-shot from the edge of the penalty area bobbles a foot wide of the far post.
- 66'
We have a record Premiership attendance inside Old Trafford this afternoon; 73,006.
- 65'
...Ronaldo curls a right-foot shot goalwards, but his effort dips a yard or so over the crossbar.
- 65'
United win a free-kick when Perry fouls Rossi on the edge of the area. Giggs and Ronaldo stand over the ball...
- 65'
Silvestre and Richardson combine well down the left, but the defender's cut-back towards Giggs is intercepted.
Leaders
More from this season series: TOT leads series 2-1-2
Arsenal20-7-114
Wigan15-6-172Final
Aston Villa10-12-162
Sunderland3-6-291Final
Blackburn19-6-132
Man City13-4-210Final
Bolton15-11-121
Birmingham8-10-200Final
Everton14-8-162
West Brom7-9-222Final
Fulham14-6-181
Boro12-9-170Final
Man United25-8-54
Charlton13-8-170Final
Newcastle17-7-141
Chelsea29-4-50Final
Portsmouth10-8-201
Liverpool25-7-63Final

