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Tuesday 30.9.2003
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 Ledley
King is aiming to return to the Spurs side in time for the away game
at Leicester City on Sunday 19th October.
The
Sun reveal that Alan Curbishley is becoming the favourite for the
Spurs manager's job, especially as he can leave the Valley for only
£1 million.
Meanwhile
Miroslav Blazevic is waiting to hear if he has got the Spurs or
Reading job before committing to a four year deal with Varteks of
Croatia. He says that he has heard that he is in the running for
the Tottenham post and that he will work magic with his coach Slaven
Bilic
Spurs
players are not believed to be implicated in the rape allegations by a
17 year old girl, which allegedly took place in a West London hotel on
.
Anthony
Gardner has been awarded the third SCBC goal in the recent match at
White Hart Lane getting to it first before Kevin Phillips, according
to an FA panel.
Brazil
have apparently chosen to play their friendly match against Jamaica at
Leicester City's ground on October 12th rather than at White Hart Lane.
Monday 29.9.2003
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Charlton
Athletic would say "no thanks" if Tottenham came knocking
for their manager Alan Curbishey. The club Chief Executive said
that Curbishley has a unique place in football as he has built up the
whole club, not just the team and is ingrained in Charlton, so would
not be interested in the post should it be offered to him.
Today's
new candidate for the Tottenham manager's job is Birmingham City's
Steve Bruce.
Rumours
today suggest the Reading manager's post is Glenn Hoddle's if he wants
it.
Raddy
Antic said today that he will not be the second choice for the Spurs
job even though he has not heard from anyone at the club.
Rivaldo
has changed his mind and will say at AC Milan anyway, thus ruling out
a move to England for the time being.
Former
Spurs target - Javier Portillo of Real Madrid is set to sign his first
professional contract with the Spanish champions, which will include a
buy-out clause of £24 million.
Sunday 28.9.2003
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Tottenham
drew 0-0 against Manchester City at the City of Manchester stadium this
afternoon. Click here for a match
report and here for reaction.
Martin
O'Neill is widely tipped to be the next manager of Tottenham Hotspur
according to most of the Sunday papers. He is said to be one of
only three candidates the board have on their short-list, with Graeme
Souness and Alan Curbishley the others. O'Neill apparently has a
£500,000 compensation clause in his contract for any club thinking of
taking him from Celtic and this would not prove a problem for
Tottenham. When he arrives is the subject of some dispute in the
news and it could be as soon as two weeks or the end of the season,
with David Pleat taking charge until then. Reasons for his
coming to Tottenham include the fact that he has always wanted to
manage Spurs to the fact that his wife is from the South-East and they
have a family home there.
Harry
Redknapp has said that if he got the Tottenham job, he would bring
Teddy Sheringham to be his assistant manager. In a move blatantly
designed to try and curry favour with Spurs fans, the Portsmouth boss
said it would be a tough decision if he was offered the position, but
might like to link up with Fredi Kanoute, who he signed for West Ham
United and Robbie Keane, who he tried to buy at Upton Park. His
chances of having that opportunity are minimal as one paper described
the Tottenham board as laughing off the claims that they were about to
appoint him as the new man in charge.
Meanwhile,
Jonathan Blondel has hit out at Glenn Hoddle saying he only spoke to
him twice in the 18 months he has been at the club. The Belgian
international said that Hoddle had little to do with him and the
caretaker manager David Pleat was much closer to the players, which
would be good for the team.
Former
Spurs midfielder Steffen Freund has also had a go at Hoddle saying he
has no tactical ability to change during a game if things are not
going well. Freund said that when Hoddle arrived, the players
were impressed with his style, but as his time went on, they felt that
he was too attack minded and could not make the necessary alterations
to the way the team were playing if things went against them. He
also felt that he was unable to cope with the views held by the
experienced players at the club, who would not blindly accept the
instructions he handed down to the side.
Christian
Ziege could be playing for the first team again next weekend.
His recovery has come along well in training and he will play against
Ipswich Town reserves on Wednesday to get another match under his belt
before making it back to the Premiership.
It
looks as though Rivaldo has set his heart on a move to Chelsea, where
he might be able to get his pension. He has also been contacted
by Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, but it looks like Spurs might
not enter the race for the Brazilian midfielder this time around.
Only
one defeat this weekend, so to see how the Spurs Ladies teams got on, click
here.
Saturday 27.9.2003
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Spurs
have been drawn at home in the Carling Cup against West Ham United.
The game will be played on Tuesday 28th or Wednesday 29th October.
Daniel
Levy will apparently call a board meeting on his return from honeymoon
and is making Martin O'Neill his number one target as the new Spurs
manager. He will ask Celtic for formal permission to talk to
their manager, who revealed that he did speak to Levy and David Pleat
in the summer, but only about Tottenham's attempts to buy Henrik
Larsson and Craig Beattie. A big bid for Beattie was rejected,
while Spurs failed to follow up their interest in the Swedish striker.
Glenn
Hoddle's sacking has thrown Chris Perry's future into confusion.
the defender is on loan at Charlton Athletic until 4th October, but
said he will have to speak to David Pleat and Alan Curbishley to see
if he can extend his happy Valley stay.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - The Spurs website informs us that Paul Konchesky returns
to the squad as he was not available to play against Coventry City in
case he would be cup-tied for Charlton Athletic and Bobby Zamora is
back after a stomach upset ruled him out of the Carling Cup tie.
Squad - Keller, Burch, Carr, Doherty, Gardner, Richards, Taricco,
Konchesky, Mabizela, Anderton, Bunjevcevic, Blondel, Ricketts, Poyet,
Dalmat, Keane, Kanoute, Postiga, Zamora
Alan
Curbishley has left the door open for an approach by Tottenham saying
that he has to be offered a post first before commenting on whether he
want ed a particular job or not. His main reason for wanting to
join Spurs is that he lives two miles from our training ground.
Tottenham
Under-19s beat Chelsea 1-0 at Spurs Lodge today with Andy Barcham
scoring the goal.
Friday 26.9.2003
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Martin
O'Neill said he is happy at Celtic until the chairman tells him that
they no longer want him. The Irishman told the media that he has
a Champions League match to look forward to and barring a shocking
loss at Hibernian, he thought he would be in charge of Celtic for the
European match and for more to come.
Long
linked with Tottenham, Rivaldo is now a free agent after having had
his contract terminated by AC Milan.
Alan
Curbishley has denied that he wants to move to Tottenham as the new
manager again !!
Thursday 25.9.2003
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Captain
Jamie Redknapp and wing back Christian Ziege have said they had no
problem working with Glenn Hoddle and that he always had good training
sessions, with a good atmosphere. Redknapp added that none of
the players told him they were unhappy at the way things were run by
the former manager.
Robbie
Keane dedicated last night's win to the out-going manger saying that
the team had not played as well as they know they can at the start of
the season and hopefully that this will kick start the season for
them..
Klaus
Toppmoller, the former Bayer Leverkusen coach has said he has been in
London for two days and has had some interesting talks with Tottenham.
He said the team have potential and it would be a great opportunity
for him to coach the side.
Rohan
Ricketts said his contract ends next summer, so he can talk to foreign
clubs in January, although he would like to hear from Spurs. The
former Arsenal youth player said that the goal against Coventry City
last night meant a lot to him and Glenn Hoddle was also good to him,
giving him his first games in the first team, but he hoped he had done
enough to prove to David Pleat that he can stay in the side.
Pleat
revealed on the Spurs website that Bobby Zamora missed out of being in
the squad yesterday because of a stomach complaint.
The
London Evening Standard has reported that reputed "life-long
Spurs fan" John Gregory and USA national coach Bruce Arena are
among the prospective candidates for the manager's job at the Lane.
However, they feel that Jurgen Klinsmann will not be among the people
chasing the post, but only because his children are too young and
settled in California.
Another
interested in the post is Gianluca Vialli, who said he would speak to
Tottenham if they approached him and thought he was the right man for
the job.
The
paper also reports that the future of sports psychologist John Syer is
being debated by the board. It was some of his techniques, which
apparently turned some of the players against Hoddle.
The
Standard reckons Hoddle and Gorman went to pick up their things from
the club yesterday, but were unable to say goodbye to the players as
they had all gone to travel up to the game at Coventry.
The
official website has announced a change to the reserves home match
against Watford which has been moved from Monday October 13 to
Wednesday October 15. Kick off will be at 7.00 p.m. at Stevenage
Borough's Broadhall Way ground.
Former
Spurs captain and assistant manger Steve Perryman has turned down the
chance to move form his post as Director of Football at Exeter City to
a similar role at Brentford.
Wednesday 24.9.2003
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Spurs
won 3-0 tonight at Highfield Road against Coventry City in the second round
of the Carling Cup. For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
Leicester
City's Micky Adams has been linked with the vacant Spurs manager's job.
Steve
Perryman said he would like a proper go at managing Spurs after being
Ossie Ardiles' assistant and having one game after Ossie was sacked.
He said that the spirit at the club needs to be picked up and that he
would be happy with any coaching position there.
Unemployed
after taking Real Madrid to the La Liga title, Vincente Del Bosque is
another name mentioned in relation to filling Glenn Hoddle's old role.
Another
who has come out and said he ants the job is Miroslav Blazevic, the
Croatian World Cup 1998 manager, who took his country to third place.
He said he has respect for the honesty of the Premiership and
recognises Tottenham great tradition. He might bring former West
Ham United defender and World Cup semi-final cheat, Slaven Bilic with
him.
Meanwhile
our former manager Glenn Hoddle is interesting Reading, where an old
goalkeeper he had at Swindon Town is now Director of Football.
Another former team-mate of Hoddle, this time from when he was at
Spurs, Peter Taylor, has turned down the job at the Madjeski stadium.
Christian
Ziege thought the sacking of Glenn Hoddle was inevitable, saying that
the "bungled" start to the season made the board's decision
obvious in football terms.
An
unidentified player has told the London Evening Standard that the
players were often confused by Hoddle's tactical changes and the
increasing frequency of them.
Jamie
Redknapp has been advised to take a month's break to rest the knock he
took on his knee in the SCBC game. It was the same right knee
that he had trouble with at Liverpool and there are fears that it may
be a long term injury.
Tuesday 23.9.2003
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Spurs
are being linked with a move for Bayer Leverkusen's former manager
Claus "Sideshow Bob" Topmoller.
David
Pleat has not ruled himself out of the running for the Spurs manager's
job on a permanent basis.
The
Mirror put Alan Curbishley as someone who has indicated he would want
the job and with a clause in his contract saying any club who agrees
to pay the compensation required, there might be few complications in
taking him on.
The
London Evening Standard propose current PSV boss Gus Hiddink.
Former
Middlesbrough manager Bryan Robson is putting himself up for the job.
For
some reason the Aberdeen Chief Executive has said Glasgow giants
managers McLeish and O'Neill would have too much to lose if they took
the Tottenham post. He reasons that it would be easier to get
into the Champions League through the SPL than the English
counterpart. So, we ask, why settle for second best North of the
border then ??
Defender
Stephen Kelly has gone on loan to Watford for one month.
Former
keeper Neil Sullivan has been telling the world that players did not
like Glenn Hoddle and his man-management techniques, which meant that
they did not go out and play for him in matches. The Scot now
with Chelsea said that Hoddle would not talk to players and would be
set in his decisions about them (i.e. not talking to them if they fell
out of favour, but then having to when injuries required them to
play).
Sergei
Rebrov would like to return to Tottenham now Glenn Hoddle has left as
he feels he might be able to resurrect his career under another
manager at White Hart Lane.
Tomorrow's
opposing manager Gary McAllister said that Spurs have bowed to
pressure and sacked the manager too soon. He went on to say that
his respect for Glenn was undimmed and to midfielders of his era,
Glenn was their favourite.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Jamie Redknapp misses out after receiving a kick on his
knee against SCBC, while Gus Poyet, Jonathan Blondel and Johnnie
Jackson are included in the party to travel to the Midlands.
Squad : - Keller, Carr, Richards, Gardner, Taricco, Ricketts,
Anderton, Postiga, Zamora, Kanoute, Dalmat, Bunjevcevic, Poyet,
Acimovic, Doherty, Keane, Marney, Burch, Jackson, Blondel.
Tottenham
lost 4-5 to Leyton Orient in a behind closed doors friendly today set
up to give Christian Ziege and Milenko Acimovic some match practice.
700
Spurs tickets will be on sale on the turnstile for tomorrow nights
game at Coventry City.
Monday 22.9.2003
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The
smart money appears to be on Raddy Antic taking over at White Hart
Lane. A former player under David Pleat, Antic has managed in
Spain and is well respected on the continent. Bookies have
stopped taking bets on his appointment as the next manager at Spurs.
Antic has said he would be interested in the job, but that Tottenham
would have to approach him about the position.
Celtic
have been quoted as saying that Martin O'Neill will not be going
anywhere and any stories about him joining Spurs are just
speculation.
Glasgow
Rangers have been quoted as saying that Alex McLeish will not be going
anywhere and he has shaken hands on a new contract at Ibrox, which
will be tied up in the next couple of weeks.
David
Ginola says he would love the job at Tottenham and would be good at it
as he is sensitive. The former Spurs winger told the Press that
he would use psychology to get to know the players and boost their
confidence. He said "I am Tottenham" and that he would love
to be an ambassador for the club.
Graeme
Souness said that there are not many jobs better than his one at
Blackburn Rovers and that he wasn't aware of being linked to other
jobs during the weekend. So, not a categorical denial of
interest, although he said he enjoyed working with the people he saw
every day and was happy at Blackburn.
Charlton
Athletic manager Alan Curbishley is being linked in some quarters.
Harry
Redknapp has ruled himself out of the running for the job (but was he
ever in it anyway ?). He said it is a tough job and he hopes
Hoddle gets back into the game with John Gorman soon, as the game
needs people like them. Redknapp senior said Jamie had been a
bit down, as he got on well with Glenn and although he has been linked
with the post, Harry said he liked everything about the set-up at
Fratton Park and wasn't interested in the post at White Hart Lane.
Glenn
Hoddle is said to be devastated by the loss of his Spurs manager's
job, according to John Gorman. The former Spurs Assistant
Manager told reporters that they were disappointed that they were now
out of work, as they wanted to bring joy and success to the Spurs
fans, but now won't get that chance. He said that he had built a
great squad, who, when fit, will do very well this season.
Hoddle wished Spurs well in the future as he said that both of them
were Spurs through and through. Hoddle said he was going to take
some time out with his family and then hoped to get back into
management at the highest level. Glenn thanked he fans for their
support throughout his time in charge.
It
is reported that Hoddle will pick up a £1.25 million pay off for his
sacking from the club.
Stand-in
manager David Pleat says that the team have to forget the past and
focus on the future starting with the Carling Cup tie at Coventry City
tomorrow. He said they all want the same things as the fans, so
must start winning soon to generate some confidence.
Daniel
Levy returns from his honeymoon on Friday, when he will attend a board
meeting to start drawing up a short-list of targets for the manager's
job.
Sunday 21.9.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle has been sacked as Spurs manager. A statement from
chairman Daniel Levy said that after the poor run of results at the
end of last season and the bad start to this, the manager would be
relieved of his position. David Pleat will take over as
caretaker manager in the interim, while the board take their time to
make an important decision on who the next manager will be.
Newspapers
today say that Hoddle was going to be sacked regardless of yesterday's
result.
John
Gorman has also left with Hoddle and Chris Hughton will take over as
first team coach.
It
was another successful weekend for the seven Tottenham Hotspur Ladies
sides. Click here
to see how they all got on.
Saturday 20.9.2003
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Spurs
lost 1-3 to SCBC at White Hart Lane this afternoon. Frederic
Kanoute scored the Tottenham goal. For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
It
was rumoured at the ground today that Paul Konchesky has extended his
loan period for another month.
The
Under-17 side blew away Bristol City in the first half of their game
at home this morning. They won 4-1, but were four up at
half-time thanks to goals from Stuart Lewis (2), Scott Thyer and an
own goal.
Friday 19.9.2003
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TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Simon Davies, Gus Poyet and Robbie Keane are in the
squad for tomorrow's game against SCBC. Stephane Dalmat might
make his first start for the club after a good showing in the reserves
this week.
SCBC
TEAM NEWS : - Looks like SCBC will be without Parhars, Delap and
Kenton, as well as Hall and Delgardo.
It
is reported that a Spurs official met David Pleat's old mate and
former Real Madrid and Barcelona manager Raddy Antic last week ...
...
but then, in the next breath, it is said that they might go for Alex
McLeish if they don't succeed in luring Antic to White Hart Lane.
The
London Evening Standard, never missing a chance to put the boot in,
report that Hoddle described a defensive midfielder he wanted cash for
to the board and Daniel Levy is supposed to have said that the player
sounded just like Tim Sherwood. In which case, I would hope that
he said no to Hod having the money !!
Hoddle
said that the squad have analysed the match last week and have
identified the need to cutout individual mistakes and for the team to
take collective responsibility for defending. The Spurs manager
thinks that the team need one result to turn around the poor start to
the season.
Thursday 18.9.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle has had the Spurs squad in at Spurs Lodge doing double training
sessions. Does that men there will be twice the amount of
injuries now ??
The
Spurs boss said he had been in the same position for England (losing
against Italy ay Wembley 0-1) and at Chelsea and turned things around,
so he thinks back to the experience back then and will use that to
change the current fortunes of the Spurs team. He also said on
BBC radio today that he was pleased the pressure was on him, because
it would leave the players free to get on with the job in hand.
Daniel
Levy has revealed that he spoke to Roman Abramovich in last year
before the Russian bought into Chelsea. The meeting, thought by
the Telegraph to be in April, was arranged by agent Pini Zahavi and
was to seek Levy's view on the European football market. The
Spurs chairman claims that at not time did they discuss the purchase
of a Premiership club and although later Zahavi came back to ask how
much ENIC would want to sell Spurs, the figure given to him (thought
to be £50 million for ENIC's third of the company) was enough to put
him off.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - On the official site, it claims that Simon Davies has an
outside chance of being fit for Saturday's match at home to SCBC.
Hoddle has said that Toda is ready to return to training and Robbie
Keane has come through a week's training with the first team.
Wednesday 17.9.2003
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On
top of everything else, Glenn Hoddle will have to face a FA
"improper conduct" charge for his comments about referee Rob
Styles, who awarded a dubious penalty to the home side in the opening
match of the season at Birmingham City .
Former
Spurs captain Gary Mabbutt has backed Glenn Hoddle to be given time to
sort out Spurs' season. Mabbs said that the Tottenham manager
had lived with pressure all his footballing life, so reckons he will
get it right if Daniel Levy doesn't panic and go with press pressure.
John
Gorman has also supported his manager by saying that the whole squad
are pulling to get things right and that players returning from
injury, such as Christian Ziege, will not be rushed back until fully
fit.
It
is rumoured that if the Venezualan billionaire takes over at Aston
Villa, former Spurs and current Tokyo Verdy manager Ossie Ardiles
might replace David O'Deary as manager.
Tuesday 16.9.2003
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Some
bizarre news toady with the denial by Portsmouth that Harry Redknapp
is set to replace Glenn Hoddle at White Hart Lane. Now you Sun
journos ... what does 2+2 make ??
Simon
Davies picked up a groin injury just before the Chelsea match and it
looks as though it will rule him out of Saturday's match with SCBC.
Monday 15.9.2003
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Should
Glenn Hoddle get the sack as Spurs manager, Celtic boss Martin O'Neill
is the prime candidate to take over the White Hart Lane hot seat.
He has a rolling one year contract, but can leave in January without
breaking the terms of his contract, so Daniel Levy will have to decide
when he makes the decision to replace Hoddle if the rumours about his
future are true. Being away for the next three weeks, the London
Evening Standard promote the idea that Levy will decide in the October
international break. O'Neill is said to be desperate to return
to the Premiership and would welcome an approach to take over at
Spurs.
Ledley
King has had a scan on his improving hamstring injury and will wait
for the results before knowing how long he will be out of action.
Tottenham
have been linked with a move for Derby County's Georgian midfielder
Georgi Kinkladze, so the Sun says. The 30 year old midfielder is
also being tracked by Dundee, but the report claims the free agent
Kinkladze could spark the Tottenham revival.
Spurs
Reserves won 2-1 against West Ham United reserves tonight at Stevenage Borough
FC. Gus Poyet and Stephane Dalmat scored the goals. Click here
for a match report.
Sunday 14.9.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle says he can handle the pressure of managing Spurs, as he places
more pressure on himself than anyone else and also that having done
the England manager's job, it has prepared him for anything that
football can throw at him.
Bolton
Wanderers are keen to sign up Spurs forward Sergei Rebrov in the
January transfer window.
Spurs
Ladies had another very successful weekend, with the first team
hitting double figures for the second week running and only one defeat
and that by the only goal of their first ever league match for the
Under-10s. To find out how they got on, click here.
Monday 15.9.2003
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Should
Glenn Hoddle get the sack as Spurs manager, Celtic boss Martin O'Neill
is the prime candidate to take over the White Hart Lane hot seat.
He has a rolling one year contract, but can leave in January without
breaking the terms of his contract, so Daniel Levy will have to decide
when he makes the decision to replace Hoddle if the rumours about his
future are true. Being away for the next three weeks, the London
Evening Standard promote the idea that Levy will decide in the October
international break. O'Neill is said to be desperate to return
to the Premiership and would welcome an approach to take over at
Spurs.
Ledley
King has had a scan on his improving hamstring injury and will wait
for the results before knowing how long he will be out of action.
Tottenham
have been linked with a move for Derby County's Georgian midfielder
Georgi Kinkladze, so the Sun says. The 30 year old midfielder is
also being tracked by Dundee, but the report claims the free agent
Kinkladze could spark the Tottenham revival.
Spurs
Reserves won 2-1 against West Ham United reserves tonight at Stevenage Borough
FC. Gus Poyet and Stephane Dalmat scored the goals. Click here
for a match report.
Sunday 14.9.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle says he can handle the pressure of managing Spurs, as he places
more pressure on himself than anyone else and also that having done
the England manager's job, it has prepared him for anything that
football can throw at him.
Bolton
Wanderers are keen to sign up Spurs forward Sergei Rebrov in the
January transfer window.
Spurs
Ladies had another very successful weekend, with the first team
hitting double figures for the second week running and only one defeat
and that by the only goal of their first ever league match for the
Under-10s. To find out how they got on, click here.
Saturday 13.9.2003
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Tottenham
lost 2-4 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this afternoon. Frederic
Kanoute scored both goals, but Spurs have now made their worst start
to a Premiership season ever. For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
Ledley
King's hamstring injury picked up in today's match will keep him out
for three weeks.
The
Daily Mirror reports that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is getting tired
of waiting for things to come right at White Hart Lane and that Glenn Hoddle
will have today's match and the upcoming fixtures against SCBC and
Coventry City in the Carling Cup to save his job.
Spurs
Under-19s lost 3-5 at home to Arsenal today with Michael Malcolm
scoring twice and Ricky Dobson once.
Former
Spurs striker Teddy Sheringham scored for Portsmouth at Highbury today.
John
Sutton, released by Spurs, scored twice for Raith Rovers today at
Queen of the South.
Former
reserve striker Steven Ferguson scored for Woking in their 3-2 win
over Scarborough.
Former
reserve striker Peter Beadle scored for Barnet on his debut in their
2-1 win at Stevenage Borough.
Another
ex-Spurs reserve striker was on the scoresheet for Norwich City, where
Peter Crouch notched a goal on loan from Aston Villa.
Friday 12.9.2003
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Ex-Spurs
midfielder Steffen Freund has criticised Glenn Hoddle for having a
personal problem with him. He said that any on pitch
disagreements should be forgotten off the field, but believed that
Hoddle didn't let go of them and thus disliked him for that, even
though he was playing well. In the London Evening Standard,
Freund said his footballing philosophy differed from Hoddle's in that
he believed that there should be a solid defensive base, while the
former England manager likes to play "nice football" in an
attacking style.
Neil
Sullivan has hit out at Hoddle too. The former Tottenham keeper
has said that he was told by the manager that he would not judge him
on reserve matches, as he was playing against "a load of kids
half the time" and that he did not look sharp enough in
training. The Scottish goalie said he knew he would not be
retained at the end of his contract and decided to move on. He
also said Hoddle had to come up with the goods soon or his head would
be on the block. However, elsewhere he is quoted as saying he
didn't blame Hoddle for his departure from the Lane, as he was one of
George Graham's buys.
Gus
Poyet backed the Tottenham manager though. Speaking on Sky
Sports News, he said that the boss had to make some hard decisions and
Gus accepted them - like not being in the squad for tomorrow's match
at Stamford Bridge. The Uruguayan midfielder added that he does
not have a problem with the manager, unlike most of the players who
have left lately.
Glenn
Hoddle himself has said that he knows the team and style he wants to
play, but because of injuries he has been denied the possibility to do
so. He hoped that he would be allowed time to turn things
around, as that would not be possible to do overnight and was the
result of 20 years of frustration at the club.
On
loan from Internazionale, Stephane Dalmat has told the media that he
wants to start enjoying playing football again. The French
midfielder said he had fun in his two reserve matches. He said
he had refused approaches from Middlesbrough and Lazio and he thinks
his style will suit the English game, where there is physical contact,
lots of space and the "technical calculation" is not so
important !!
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Gus Poyet is fit, but has been left out by the
manager. Stephane Dalmat and Paul Konchesky are both included in
the squad.
Squad - Keller, Burch, Carr, Taricco, Mabizela, King, Gardner,
Richards, Ricketts, Redknapp, Davies, Dalmat, Anderton, Bunjevcevic,
Acimovic, Konchesky, Kanoute, Postiga, Doherty, Zamora.
CHELSEA
TEAM NEWS : - Claude Makelele is set to make his midfield debut, but
Veron and Crespo will be given a late test to gauge their fitness
after playing in South America this week.
The
official website announced that Gary Doherty's £1.3 million move to
Cardiff City has broken down.
Ex-Spurs
striker Peter Beadle has joined Barnet after being released by
Brentford.
Thursday 11.9.2003
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Apparently
Spurs and Portsmouth are chasing the next big thing out of Portugal -
Bruno Alves. Porto's central defender, who has been loaned out
to Vitoria Guimares, the 21 year old is believed to be available to
leave the Portuguese champions.
Versatile
defensive midfielder Jose Bosingwa played at right back for Portugal
Under-21s on Tuesday and he is interesting Spurs, Portsmouth, Bolton
Wanderers and Birmingham City . He is also at Porto, but after
moving there in the summer from Boavista, has been unable to keep a
first team place.
Wednesday 10.9.2003
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Spurs
are considering a move to the new Olympic Stadium planned for
Stratford, East London should plans to expand White Hart Lane and the
provision of a tube station not be realised. Chairman Daniel
Levy is reported in the London Evening Standard to be ready to quit
the Tottenham area and move the club to a purpose built stadium with a
55,000 capacity. Other options are said to be being considered,
but sharing with Arsenal at Ashburton Grove is not thought to be one
of them. Wembley could still be on the cards if anything else
fails to materialise. The underground link was dismissed by
London Underground as too expensive at £50 million, but London Mayor
Ken Livingston has asked for the decision to be looked into and the
matter might be re-opened should it be found to have been wrongly
decided. Spurs will also put in planning applications for 4,000
extra seats in the West and in the East stands taking the capacity to
nearly 44,000, but these will only be implemented should the transport
issue be resolved.
Arsenal
however, have said they would be happy for Spurs to share their
planned new ground, but acknowledge that the fans might be against the
idea. The South London club also imagined that local residents
would object and that planning permission might be difficult to gain
with all the associated problems of a ground being used every week.
Simon
Davies scored Wales' goal in their 1-1 draw with Finland in the Euro
2004 qualifier at the Millennium Stadium tonight.
Goran
Bunjevcevic was an unused substitute for Serbia and Montenegro in
their qualifier against Italy.
Milenko
Acimovic played for Slovenia in their Euro 2004 qualifier against
France in their 0-2 defeat by the European Champions.
Paul
Konchesky has had a lot to say for himself today. He reckons he
will "have a word" with Helder Postiga once he gets to know
him about the "horrible" goal the Portuguese striker got to
win the game for his country. The ball was propelled in with his
right arm and he got away with it to give Portugal a 2-1 win and rule
England Under-21s out of the European championships. He also
told reporters that he is aiming to get back in the full England squad
if he does well at Tottenham.
Bolton
Wanderers are to try and sign Sergei Rebrov in the winter transfer
window after being refused a work permit for him a month ago.
Tuesday 9.9.2003
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Paul
Konchesky played for England Under-21s tonight in their 1-2 defeat by
Portugal at Goodison Park. The winning goal for the visitors was
scored by Helder Postiga and contained more than an element of
handball about it. This provoked a fierce reaction from the
England left back towards the ref, which was featured closely on TV.
Bobby Zamora and Rob Burch were unused substitutes for England.
Konchesky
said that he can't wait to get playing for the Tottenham first
team, that being the reason he went on the transfer list at Charlton
Athletic. With a couple of players from his former youth side in
the Spurs squad, he also told the Spurs website that he should settle
quickly and hopes to make a good impression while at THFC.
Stephane
Dalmat is ready to be drafted into the squad for Saturday's game after
playing just 84 minutes for the reserves yesterday. The
Frenchman might be used in the London derby at Stamford Bridge and
Jonathan Blondel might also make the squad after completing one game
following his broken finger.
Gary
Doherty played for the Republic of Ireland in their 2-2 friendly draw
with Turkey in Dublin. Stephen Carr came on as a last minute
substitute.
Tottenham
are supposedly going to watch Lionel Morgan as he makes his comeback
appearance for Wimbledon after almost a year out injured.
Tottenham want to convince themselves that he is fit before making a
move for him, probably during the transfer window.
Stoke
City are believed to be ready to take defender Stephen Kelly on loan.
Spurs
are believed to be going back for Brazilian midfield protégé Diego
in the winter transfer window once the Brazilian championship is over.
Monday 8.9.2003
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OJ
Mabizela has said that he might take some time to get used to the pace
of the Premiership, but he is trying hard in training and with the
support of his team-mates, he is sure he will break into the first
team.
Stephane
Dalmat made his debut for the reserves in the 0-4 defeat against
Arsenal at Barnet FC tonight. The Frenchman played 84 minutes,
while Jonathan Blondel played all 90 minutes of the match.
If
any readers can put together an 11-a-side football team to take on a
Leicester City fans side in aid of "Kick Out Racism", see here
for further details.
Sunday 7.9.2003
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Spurs
might be ready to hijack Fulham's bid for Bristol City's 19 year old
midfielder Liam Rosenior. The much talked about youngster is the
son of Leroy Rosenior - the Torquay United manager - and is available
on a free transfer from the Second Division club.
A
successful weekend with all six Tottenham Hotspur Ladies taking the
field recording victories. For reports of all the games
including an 11-1 WFA Cup win for the first team, click here.
Saturday 6.9.2003
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Stephen
Carr played for the Republic of Ireland in their 1-1 draw with Russia
at Lansdowne Road, Dublin this afternoon. Gary Doherty came on
as a second half substitute.
Simon
Davies played for Wales in their 0-4 defeat in Milan, conceding the
penalty for the fourth and final goal.
Milenko
Acimovic played for Slovenia in their Euro 2004 match against Israel,
which they won 3-1.
Danny
Stevens and Jack Maghoma scored for the Spurs Under-17s in their 2-2
draw away to Fulham.
Birmingham
City were the opponents for the Under-19s as two Andy Barcham goals
and a winner from Michael Malcolm earned a 3-2 victory in the
Midlands.
Friday 5.9.2003
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Spurs
played a behind doors friendly at Spurs Lodge against a Portsmouth
side, including Teddy Sheringham and Tim Sherwood, losing 2-3.
Lee Barnard and Johnnie Jackson scored for Spurs, who included Ledley
King, OJ Mabizela, Stephane Dalmat and Fredi Kanoute.
Spurs
loan player Paul Konchesky played for England Under-21s in their 1-1
draw with Macedonia. Bobby Zamora was an unused substitute.
Jonathan
Blondel is keen to get playing against Arsenal reserves on Monday at
Barnet FC. Having had the pin removed from his finger that was
broken, he told the Spurs website that he is fit and ready to play,
after missing all the pre-season build-up after the Oxford United
friendly.
Mark
Hughes played for Northern Ireland Under-21s in their 0-1 defeat by
Ukraine.
Arsenal
have said they would not move in to a ground share at Wembley if there
new ground did not get built. This did not elicit a response
from Tottenham.
FIFA
have put up a motion to make removal of a player's shirt in a goal
celebration to be a yellow card offence once more at their meeting
later this month.
Thursday 4.9.2003
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Tottenham's
match at home to Manchester United scheduled for Saturday 20th
December has been chosen by Sky as a match to be covered live and
therefore, has been moved to Sunday 21st December with a 4.05 p.m.
kick off.
Ledley
King has told the Spurs website that he is sure that his former
team-mate at Senrab - an East End youth side - Paul Konchesky will
prove a hit at Tottenham.
Former
Spurs reserve striker Peter Crouch has joined Norwich City on loan
from Aston Villa.
Former
Spurs transfer target, Millwall's Richard Sadlier has had to retire
after failing to overcome a hip injury.
Wednesday 3.9.2003
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The
Spurs website announces that Christian Ziege has returned to training
after a relapse of his thigh injury at the start of this season.
Gus
Poyet also hopes to be back in action soon after his breaking his
wrist in the Sporting Lisbon match.
Spurs
fans are being offered a cheap view of the Second Division, when
Brentford let in season ticket holders of all other London Premiership
and Nationwide First Division in at Griffin Park for just £5.
Just produce your season ticket for the discount at the turnstiles.
Tuesday 2.9.2003
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John
Gorman has said of the loan deals of Chris Perry to Charlton Athletic
and Paul Konchesky form the same club, that the players can be brought
back or the spells extended as the clubs wish and also that there is
an option to buy.
Chris
Perry fears that his loan move to Charlton Athletic might be the end
of his time at Spurs . His lack of opportunity at Spurs has made
him desire a permanent move to the Valley and if Konchesky impresses,
that may happen.
The
Spurs website also tells us that Toda and Poyet are back in training.
Simon
Davies has told the London Evening Standard that he hasn't been
playing well for six months and is trying to break out of this spell
of bad form for Tottenham. He is happy to be going to play with
Wales in Italy, as he has found success and good performances in the
national side.
Stephane
Dalmat has wanted to come and play in England for some time now,
although the midfielder thinks his time in Italy have helped to
develop his game. He has told the website that the challenge of
coming to a great club like Spurs is one that excites him.
Leeds
United's loan signing from Marseille Cyril Chapuis has told Planet
Football that one of the clubs he turned down was Tottenham.
Planet
Football also report that Reading are keeping tabs on Gary Doherty's
situation at White Hart Lane. However, the Royals might not be
able to afford the money Spurs will be asking, which could be in the
region of £1 million.
Monday 1.9.2003
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Tottenham
today completed the season long loan of French midfielder Stephane
Dalmat from Internazionale. He can use both feet apparently and
prefers a right sided midfield role.
Another
player coming in at White Hart Lane is left back Paul Konchesky from
Charlton Athletic, who has joined on a month's loan with Chris
Perry moving in the opposite direction. It is unclear if the
loan period can be extended, but it will allow Glenn Hoddle to take a
look at the England Under-21 player and see if he likes what he sees,
with Konchesky still on the transfer list at the Valley.
Hoddle
did say that he was still looking for a certain type of midfielder and
might have to wait until the winter transfer window opened before
filling that role.
Sky
TV today suggested that Neil Sullivan had cost Chelsea £500,000 when
transferred from Tottenham.
Former
Spurs transfer target Jason Roberts of West Bromwich Albion has
snubbed a move to Wigan Athletic to join Portsmouth on loan for the
rest of the season.
Another
forward who Spurs looked at - Marcus Bent of Ipswich Town - has gone
to the Walkers Stadium on loan for the season.
Forgotten
forward Sergei Rebrov almost joined Bolton Wanderers, but the Home
Office saved him from that humiliation, by not being able to process
his work permit application quickly enough. They have a tough
job at that Government department you know !!
Spurs
reserves played Chelsea at Aldershot tonight and lost 0-2.
Glory-Glory
Net are running a campaign to lobby the Home Office about the decision
to turn down Bobby Convey's work permit application. To find out
more click here.
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