Michael Dawson gets his marching ordersSpurs sunk to their sixth defeat in eight games to stoke up the pressure on their Spanish manager, who left the Britannia Stadium pitch grim-faced.
It was the worst of matches for Tottenham and Ramos - a bitter defeat, two red cards and, not least, Croatian defender Vedran Corluka suffering a serious-looking head injury.
It started badly and rarely looked up for the visitors: Gareth Bale conceded a penalty and was red-carded 17 minutes into the game.
Danny Higginbotham scored from the spot and although Darren Bent equalised, Rory Delap grabbed the winner to leave Tottenham with two points from eight matches, their worst ever start to a season - worse still than 1912, the year the Titanic sunk, when they at least had three points from the opening eight games.
Ramos had to do without Ledley King, a major blow for the 20th-placed side against the team one above them in the table.
Alan Hutton did return at right-back however, the Scot's first appearance since May 11,
''You're going to be sacked in the morning,'' sang the Stoke supporters, and the Spurs players looked nervous in the opening exchanges.
The tension was increased when Delap burst through the middle after good play by Mamady Sidibe and Dave Kitson.
He shaped to shoot but instead laid the ball across to the unmarked Tom Soares who should have scored but hit his shot too close to Heurelho Gomes.
Bent managed a header on target before Tottenham's troubles deepened.
Bale made a complete hash of clearing Higginbotham's free-kick, Soares was onto him in a trice and took possession. The young Welshman lunged desperately to stop him but only succeeded in taking his legs.
Referee Lee Mason pointed to the spot, and produced the red card - and Spurs could have little complaint about either decision.
Higginbotham stepped up to take the penalty - several times as it turned out, because the buffeting wind kept moving the ball off the spot - and kept his composure to beat the diving Gomes low to the keeper's left.
In the 24th minute Tottenham finally enjoyed a slice of good fortune. Hutton's shot was blocked with two Spurs players offside and the ball found its way through to Bent, who poked home from close range.
The reversal in fortunes invigorated Ramos' side and Aaron Lennon went on a promising run but his shot was tame, then David Bentley curled a long-range effort but too high.
Luka Modric was next to try his luck after cutting in from the right but his drive sailed wide, before Thomas Sorensen was forced into a one-handed save to keep out Lennon's fierce 20-yard strike.
Spurs had shot their bolt though and Stoke began the second half with more purpose.
It was Delap who hit the equaliser seven minutes into the second half after Stoke - who had until then relied on direct tactics - finally put together a decent passing move.
The ball was worked through central midfield and then out to Sidibe on the right who struck a peach of a centre leaving Delap with a straightforward finish at the far post.
This time, Stoke kept up the pressure and Ramos made his only possible change, sending on Roman Pavlyuchenko for Bentley, who again had been disappointing, but to no avail.
Seyi Olofinjana brought a sprawling save out of Gomes from 25 yards before Stoke were forced into a change with Steve Simonsen coming on in goal for Thomas Sorensen after the Dane had been caught by Hutton.
There was an incident of real concern when Corluka was carried from the field after twice being caught by his own keeper within a minute as Gomes tried to deal with Stoke's set plays.
First the Croatian suffered a blow to the ribs and then caught the keeper's knee full on his chin. Lengthy medical attention on the pitch followed before the Spurs defender left on a stretcher wearing on an oxygen mask and was taken straight into a pitch-side ambulance.
Tottenham had hope when Bent won a free-kick 20 yards out but Jermaine Jenas' effort was woeful.
Soares should have wrapped it up when he seized onto Didier Zokora's hesitation but he scooped over.
Corluka's injury left 11 minutes of injury-time to be played and Stoke contrived to hit the woodwork three times.
Soares won a penalty after being fouled by Woodgate, Fuller hit the post and Delap's follow-up struck the bar, before Fuller again hit the angle.
And in the closing seconds substitute Michael Dawson rounded off Ramos' bad dream with another straight red card for a foot-up challenge on Sidibe.
Michael Turner heads in the Tigers' winnerFollowing stunning wins at Arsenal and Tottenham, the Lewisham-born Turner struck to sink Gianfranco Zola's ailing West Ham 1-0 and send the Tigers roaring back up to third place.
Confidence oozing from every pore, the home side deserved their latest win for their attacking intent and Phil Brown's men looked dangerous on the counter-attack right up to the final whistle.
IThe optimism and belief surging through the home side is in stark contrast to the Hammers, who were left to rue two Carlton Cole misses but summoned little by way of their quest for an equaliser.
Cole hit a simple first-half effort straight at Hull goalkeeper Bo Myhill when he should have scored, then scythed an even better chance against the underside of the bar moments after the restart from Turner's goal.
Recent defeat to Bolton, plus fresh financial concerns, had hardly sent the Hammers bounding north in the best of moods, but boss Zola had the bonus of handing Craig Bellamy his first league start of the season.
The Welshman had his moments in the opening period but the Hammers laboured early and the home side started brightly, exuding the confidence which had swept them to such lofty heights.
Daniel Cousin posed a constant danger down the right flank while Marlon King, returning from the back injury which ruled him out of midweek international duty, saw a low shot grasped by Hammers keeper Robert Green.
King headed straight at Green from a Paul McShane cross in the 11th minute as the Tigers continued to dominate and Zola's men struggled to find a route out of their own half.
But the momentum began to change after a quarter of an hour when Bellamy, in his first contribution, raced across the halfway line and teed up Cole to side-foot the simplest of chances straight at Myhill.
Then Herita Ilunga could consider himself unfortunate for being penalised by referee Chris Foy after charging down an attempted Myhill goal-kick, and overhead-kicking the loose ball into the net.
Dean Marney volleyed just wide from King's cross but the Hammers continued to get into the game and Ilunga came even closer when he headed Scott Parker's corner just the wrong side of the post from point-blank range.
The visitors were starting to enjoy far more possession in dangerous areas with Bellamy's low cross almost catching out a hesitant Hull defence, and Valon Behrami firing wide from long range.
The already-booked Ilunga looked lucky to escape a second yellow card after scything down Marney on the Tigers right as the lively action continued with goals still looking likely.
The opener almost came from Bellamy, who blazed high and wide from a tight angle after Cole's clever knock-down in first-half injury time.
But in the end it came for the home side six minutes into the second half, when Turner outjumped Matthew Upson to head home the impressive Andy Dawson's corner from the right.
The Hammers had a golden chance to equalise two minutes later when Valon Behrami got round the back of the Hull defence and set up Cole on the edge of the six-yard box, but the striker scythed his shot against the underside of the bar.
Having survived that scare, the home side grew in confidence and Kamil Zayette came close in the 56th minute when he steamrollered out of defence before lashing a long-range effort just over the bar.
The home side were continuing to knock the ball around with aplomb, although Cole remained a threat and his cross in the 68th minute resulted in Matthew Etherington volleying into the side-netting from a tight angle.
Zola's men were left looking short of ideas and summoned little by way of threat in the closing stages, with the home side hanging on with ease to claim their fifth top flight victory.
Hull City boss Phil Brown admitted his side were ''dancing in the dressing room'' after Michael Turner's winner against West Ham sent the Tigers roaring back to third place in the Barclays Premier League.
BERLIN, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Hamburg SV edged back top of the Bundesliga with a 1-1 draw at home to Schalke 04 on Sunday, but the result will have cheered struggling champions Bayern Munich more than anyone.
Piotr Trochowski put Hamburg ahead in a first half they dominated but Schalke equalised straight after the break through defender Benedikt Hoewedes.
A draw means Hamburg reclaim the league leadership with 17 points from eight matches, one clear of Hoffenheim after the wealthy village team enjoyed a 5-2 win at Hanover on Saturday.
Hamburg will nevertheless be frustrated at missing a chance to go seven points clear of their three most serious title rivals.
As it is, Schalke move up to sixth on 13 points, while Werder Bremen and Bayern are a point further back in 10th and 11th respectively.
Werder drew 3-3 at home to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, while Bayern had a late strike from Miroslav Klose to thank for a 1-0 win at Karlsruhe.
Considering that it was a first win in four Bundesliga matches, Bayern coach Juergen Klinsmann can be quietly pleased that they are only five points behind the leaders.
MIDFIELD MISTAKE
Hamburg were much the better team for the first half against Schalke and they took the lead with around half an hour gone.
David Jarolim stole the ball from Orlando Engelaar in midfield and played in Trochowski to shoot across the keeper and in from the left.
Schalke nicked an equaliser when Hoewedes headed home from a free kick and Kevin Kuranyi missed a good chance to put the visitors in front when he headed over the bar from another free kick soon afterwards.
Hamburg were soon back in control but they had few clear chances to reclaim the lead in an unmemorable match.
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