Premiership · Matchday 30

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

4–0

Wednesday 6th March 2002 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,599

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 6th March 2002 in the Premiership. David Beckham (15', 64') and Ruud van Nistelrooy 43' (pen) (76') scored for United.

Timeline

Kick Off
15' David Beckham
29' Roy Keane
42' Mauricio Taricco
43' Gustavo Poyet
44' Paul Scholes
Half Time
64' David Beckham
66' Tim Sherwood
69' Phillip Neville for G.Neville
71' Christian Ziege
71' Nicky Butt for Scholes
71' Quinton Fortune for Veron
76' Ruud van Nistelrooy 43' (pen)
Full Time 4–0

Running score not shown: the recorded goals for this match don’t include every minute, or don’t reconcile with the final score.

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 Fabien Barthez

2 Gary Neville

4 Juan Sebastian Veron

5 Ronny Johnsen

6 Laurent Blanc

7 David Beckham 15', 64'

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy 76'

Substitutes

69' for G.Neville

71' for Scholes

71' for Veron

Tottenham Hotspur Lineup

Starting XI

1 Neil Sullivan G

3 Mauricio Taricco D

8 Tim Sherwood M

10 Teddy Sheringham F

11 Serhiy Rebrov F

14 Gustavo Poyet M

18 Ben Thatcher D

23 Christian Ziege D

26 Ledley King D

29 Simon Davies M

36 Dean Richards D

Substitutes

6 Chris Perry on

9 Les Ferdinand on

13 Kasey Keller

28 Matthew Etherington on

30 Anthony Gardner

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Glenn Hoddle

Tottenham Hotspur

Match Information

Man Utd Tottenham Hotspur

Possession

100%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Tottenham Hotspur History

Meeting 152 of 207

207

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

326

Goals For

274

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1899. After this match United had played Tottenham Hotspur 152 times: 66W 40D 46L.

2 Dec 2000 W 2–0 PL 19 May 2001 L 1–3 PL 29 Sep 2001 W 5–3 PL

6 Mar 2002 W 4–0 This match

21 Sep 2002 W 1–0 PL 27 Apr 2003 W 2–0 PL 21 Dec 2003 W 2–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	103	67	17	19	195	107	65.0
Away	100	28	35	37	128	162	28.0
Neutral	4	1	1	2	3	5	25.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →