In praise of Dawson, Soldado and Dowd!
Spurs captain Michael Dawson was voted equal man of the match (with Roberto Soldado), by the 200+ voters who took part in the Cardiff post-match survey.
It was Dawson's first such vote since 11th April last year when we lost to Basel in a penalty shoot-out in the Europa League quarter-final.
Soldado finished level with Dawson, and was man of the match for the first time since he scored a hat-trick against Anzhi on 12th December. That was Soldado's only other man of the match vote.
Spurs have won their last six matches now with Phil Dowd in charge, and are unbeaten in the last 8 such games. Mr. Dowd has been in charge of us 14 times now in the last four years, and ranks highest of those referees we have seen most often. I remember being un-impressed by this man when we first saw him in October 2001 at Tranmere. Now I think he is one of the best in our league.
· See the spursometer in full here.
Results 01-02.03.14
Everton 1-0 West Ham
Fulham 1-3 Chelsea
Hull 1-4 Newcastle
Stoke 1-0 Arsenal
S'derland P West Brom
S'hampton 0-3 Liverpool
A. Villa 4-1 Norwich
Man Utd P Man City
Swansea 1-1 C. Palace
Spurs 1-0 Cardiff
Barclays Premier League
P W D L F-A GD Pts
1. Chelsea 28 19 6 3 52-22 30 63
2. Liverpool 28 18 5 5 73-35 38 59
3. Arsenal 28 18 5 5 52-28 24 59
4. Man City 26 18 3 5 69-27 42 57
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5. Spurs 28 16 5 7 37-33 4 53
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6. Everton 27 13 9 5 38-27 11 48
7. Man Utd 27 13 6 8 43-31 12 45
8. Newcastle 28 13 4 11 37-39 -2 43
9. S'hampton 28 10 9 9 38-35 3 39
10. West Ham 28 8 7 13 31-35 -4 31
11. A. Villa 28 8 5 13 31-38 -7 31
12. Hull 28 8 6 14 30-35 -5 30
13. Stoke 28 7 9 12 28-42 -14 30
14. Swansea 28 7 8 13 37-41 -4 29
15. Norwich 28 7 7 14 21-43 -22 28
16. C. Palace 27 8 3 16 19-37 -18 27
17. West Brom 27 4 13 10 31-39 -8 25
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18. S'derland 26 6 6 14 26-42 -16 24
19. Cardiff 28 5 7 16 19-49 -30 22
20. Fulham 28 6 3 19 28-62 -34 21
