Spurs gloom as Blackburn secure UEFA spot

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The 37-year-old captain's farewell started to go wrong as early as the fifth minute, when Andy Cole set up Dwight Yorke to sweep home the opener.

It got worse on the half-hour when Gus Poyet was dismissed by referee Andy D'Urso for a disgraceful two-footed lunge on Garry Flitcroft which left the Rovers skipper with blood pouring from a knee wound.