Angry Spurs fans voted with their feet as thousands walked out after their struggling side shipped three goals and were reduced to 10 men in a calamitous first half against Crystal Palace.
TV footage showed hordes of supporters heading for the exits at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with their team losing 3-1 as Igor Tudor's relegation-threatened team plumbed new depths.
Dominic Solanke put Spurs ahead before the match took a turn for the worse for the majority of fans inside the ground four minutes later.
Micky van de Ven was shown a straight red card after pulling back Ismaila Sarr, who converted the resulting penalty to level for the visitors.
Palace then took full advantage of having the extra man as Jorgen Strand Larsen gave Oliver Glasner's men a 2-1 lead before Sarr scored again before half-time.
Spurs will be just one point clear of the relegation zone if they go on to lose to Palace.
Tudor sent his Spurs players back out for the second half early but they were greeted by thousands of empty seats vacated by fans who had seen enough.
Tottenham only survived going behind early on when Sarr was narrowly adjudged to have been offside before his strike looped up and over Guglielmo Vicario.
Their hopes of securing a huge win in their battle to avoid the embarrassment of dropping into the Championship were given a boost when Solanke converted at the near post after 34 minutes.
But it was to prove a fleeting moment of joy for Spurs as Van de Ven was given a straight red for his challenge on Sarr when the Palace star appeared to be clean through on goal.
Strand Larsen, a £45million signing from Wolves in January, put Palace in front with a clever finish before Sarr latched on to Adam Wharton's pinpoint pass and nudged the ball beyond Vicario to give the visitors a two-goal advantage.
Spurs' 2-1 defeat at Fulham stretched their dismal run to 10 without a win and they are yet to record a victory in 2026.
The club sacked Thomas Frank in February after two wins in 17 Premier League games left them 16th in the table, with Tudor replacing the Dane as head coach until the end of the season.
Spurs face Forest, Leeds and Championship-bound Wolves in their last nine matches but also travel to Liverpool, Aston Villa and Chelsea.
They have enjoyed success in the Champions League despite their domestic issues and travel to Spain to face Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday.
Ozilkevin
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i can feel the pain for spurs and the remaining fixtures am sorry to say this, next season Tottenham hotspurs will be playing championship 😢
hiwbciknrs
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The problem with spurs is the defence. They have the most silly centre-back pairing in Romero and Van daven. These two are high profile and very experienced players but also very reckless. Looking at the team performances one will clearly see that they are scoring but conceding stupidly bcos of reckless defending.
Yupabklort
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they refused to watch a comeback
Voeiostu
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I am not a spurs fan but it really hurt me seeing spurs like this this show that in life things turn around quickly who would have thought of that when they beat Man city in August I just hope they survive at The end of the season they are too big for championships at the moment
wenbimnpt
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I don't like the rule of double punishment where you give a defender red card for denying an obvious goal and still give penalty...I think penalty alone should be enough punishment unless there was also a serious foul play..or only red card if the striker is not in the 18 yard box when he was fouled.. but Tottenham's mistake was sacking pochetino who gave them 2nd in premier League and champions league..they thought they were bigger than 2nd place, now reality has begin to show..then again they sacked another manager that broke a trophy curse for them only for them to be In the same situation they were trying to avoid
Pawadikrsu
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sorry spours,I feel ur paint
plueto
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is not their fault more than half of their top players or first 11 are injured I feel for them as for sacking the coach we all know is normal in football if things are getting awry Postecoglou or not this is probably where they will be because of injuries
The players lack character as well. Zero discipline from them.
Alupigus68
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I agree they shouldn't have sacked Frank. It causes chaos. Everyone was sacked from the top boss to the coaching team. If you look at the course of events after Posteloglu both Tot and Not are in the dumpster. It might not necessarily be the skipper at fault here but management and players. They need to sell all the expensive players and reset buy younger cheaper but more hungry for wins. I think Romero and Van der Ven are at fault. They are playing really bad to relegate the team so they can move to other teams. I am 100% sure of that.
abiola£
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is not their fault more than half of their top players or first 11 are injured I feel for them as for sacking the coach we all know is normal in football if things are getting awry Postecoglou or not this is probably where they will be because of injuries
henryenroll
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I feel for spurs 💔
fawiklrtuz
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Tottenham management fired Ange Postecoglou who won a title for the club. The club is cursed, I won’t be surprised if they get relegated.
yes!
fawiklrtuz
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They should stop attending games as a protest.
social3727
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Tottenham players are responsible for all this shit and at the end it will affect only the coach
Casbdeklop
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Tottenham will play next season with nothingham forest and others
unknownpersons
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they were unlucky because theyre not facing manu.. if manu were their opponent, they will win because they played with 10 men [Crylaugh]
Casbdeklop
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Tudor to be sacked again by Tottenham?
Gamer15
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Tottenham management fired Ange Postecoglou who won a title for the club. The club is cursed, I won’t be surprised if they get relegated.
LilMoneyMoneyMaker
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This Tottenham Hotspur football team is a finished Club
cardo01
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Watching Tottenham play is sometimes feels like a full time job and the pay is pure stress
livingstoneDlam
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they should focus now on staying in EPL and then adjust everything at the end of the season.
zezcdloy
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hye
cardo01
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Imagine paying tickets, transport, food just to watch that performance. Spurs should start issue emotional damage refunds.
IamAman
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it's embarrassing to watch Spurs perform like this, come on Spurs it's not you at all
keuadosuyz
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spurs is the most useless team in the world
BeckMathew
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Tottenham can't stand arsenal winning the league so they want to exit to different league by relegating there's level to this shit.. 😂 😂 😂
Charlesugwu
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The coach should be sacked whilst the match is still going on. I said it earlier today that Spurs made a s!lly mistake sacking Frank.
AFerhdFg6656
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Tottenham playing rubbish today
Dejankadee
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The birds 🦅 still have wings to fly 😅😅😅
AFerhdFg6656
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Fuck Tottenham