| Sunday
30.09.12 |
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The Mail on Sunday report that Daniel Levy will
demand heavy compensation form Blackburn Rovers should
Tim Sherwood become their new manager. The paper
claims Rovers have approached Spurs about the move, with
Sherwood saying that it is nothing but rumour at the moment.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Saturday
29.09.12 |
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Tottenham beat Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford
tonight. For a match report click
here.
The Spurs Under-18 team lost 2-4 at Aston Villa today, with
the goals coming from a Dominic Ball penalty and
Kenneth McEvoy.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Friday
28.09.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs will once more
be without
Scott Parker (Achilles), Younes Kaboul (knee), Benoit Assou-Ekotto
(knee), Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring) and Jake Livermore
(groin), but Kyle Naughton (leg) hopes to be able to be
selected at left back.
MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM NEWS : - Rafael is a late doubt
for United after suffering a knock, but they will be without
Ashley Young (knee), Phil Jones
(knee), Nemanja Vidic (knee), Chris Smalling (foot) and
Antonio Valencia (ankle).
For a preview of the United match, click
here.
Harry Kane fractured a metatarsal on Wednesday night
playing on loan for Norwich City and will need an operation,
which will keep him out for eight weeks.
Nottingham Forest are paying a third of Jermaine Jenas'
£45,000 a week wages and that was what put them above other
Championship clubs who wanted him on loan the Daily Mail
reveals.
Also in the Mail, a report quotes Andre Villas Boas as
saying that Tim Sherwood would not get the Director
of Football job at Spurs, as he is in a technical role.
This may lead to the former Spurs midfield considering his
position, with Blackburn Rovers now looking for a new boss.
OTHER NEWS ... Steve Kean has been "forced to resign"
as manager of Blackburn Rovers according to quotes he has
given the press ...
|
| Thursday
27.09.12 |
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Midfielder Jermaine Jenas has joined Nottingham
Forest on a month's loan.
OTHER NEWS ... Joe Dunne has been appointed as the new
manager of Colchester United ...
CRIME WATCH ... John Terry is found guilty of using
racial terms in his confrontation with Anton Ferdinand last
year by an independent FA panel and he receives a £220,000
fine and a four match ban ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... John Terry said today that he was
"disappointed" that the FA had come to a different
conclusion to a Magistrate's Court on the Anton Ferdinand
incident. A number of football fans were said to be
"disappointed" that he only got a four match ban and was
fined one week's wages.
|
| Wednesday
26.09.12 |
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Tottenham beat Carlisle United 3-0 at Brunton Park in the
Third Round of the League Cup tonight. For a match report
click
here.
Spurs will travel to Norwich City in round 4 of the League
Cup after the draw tonight. The match will take place
in the week starting Monday 29th October.
The Daily Mirror claims that former Spurs defender
Ricardo Rocha is on trial at Ipswich Town after being
released by Portsmouth.
John Bond, the father of former Spurs Assistant manager
Kevin Bond, died today. Bond senior had managed
Norwich City, Manchester City and Bournemouth among other
clubs in his career after playing for West Ham United.
OTHER NEWS ... Kevin Blackwell has been appointed as
the new manager of Bury ...
|
| Tuesday
25.09.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs travel north to
Carlisle without Kyle
Naughton (foot), Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring),
Heurelho Gomes (ankle),
Scott Parker (Achilles), Younes Kaboul (knee),
Jake Livermore (groin) and Benoit Assou-Ekotto
(knee). There could be starts for Michael Dawson
and Hugo Lloris, as well as some of the younger
fringe players in the squad.
CARLISLE UNITED TEAM NEWS : - Danny Livesey and Paul
Thirwell both expect to play after suffering knocks to the
head on Saturday at Coventry City.
For a brief preview of the match, click
here.
Young goalkeeper Jordan Archer has joined Wycombe
Wanderers for a month on an emergency loan.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... .
|
| Monday
24.09.12 |
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Full back Nathan Byrne has joined Crawley Town on
loan until January.
The BBC website claims that Franco Baldini has said
that he is not interested in the job as Spurs Technical
Director, as he wishes to see out his contract at AS Roma.
OTHER NEWS ... John Ward was sacked as manager of
Colchester United today ...
|
| Sunday
23.09.12 |
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Tottenham beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 at White Hart Lane
this afternoon. For a match report click
here.
The Sunday Mirror claim that Spurs and Liverpool are leading
the pursuit of Malaga's 20 year old striker Isco,
with Manchester United, Juventus and Arsenal also interested.
His club need money and with a buy out clause of £16
million, the player could go on the cheap in January.
The Mirror also reports that Spurs may make a move for AS
Roma's General Manager Franco Baldini or Barcelona's
equivalent Txiki Begiristain to fill the Director of
Football role at Spurs, which Daniel Levy wants to
re-introduce with Harry Redknapp and chief scout Ian
Broomfield having left the club. The Sunday Telegraph
claims that if Tim Sherwood is over-looked for the post, he
might re-consider his position at the club
The Sun reveals that David Ginola is taking his
coaching badges with Tottenham at the moment and would like
to return to English football as a manager one day ... with
fond memories of Spurs.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's no-spin story ... John Terry has
retired from international football saying that the FA's
pursuit of charges concerning his alleged racist abuse of
Anton Ferdinand have made his position untenable after 78
caps. Firstly, his poor standard of play has made his
presence in the squad untenable and 78 caps ... that's about
78 too many. And to think this man stood in Ledley
King's way.
|
| Saturday
22.09.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs hope Kyle
Naughton (foot) and Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring)
can pass fitness tests, while Heurelho Gomes (ankle),
Scott Parker (Achilles), Younes Kaboul (knee),
Jake Livermore (groin) and Benoit Assou-Ekotto
(knee) all sit this match out.
QPR TEAM NEWS : - Rangers will be missing Adel Taarabt,
Anton Ferdinand and Fabio (all with hamstring), Stephane
Mbia (groin), Armand Traore (knock) and Andy Johnson (knee)
through injury.
For a preview of the game against QPR, click
here.
Spurs have joined Fulham in the chase for Anderlecht's 26
year old DR Congo striker Dieumerci Mbokani TalkSport
reports. Juventus are also interested.
Mark Hughes hopes to persuade Michael Dawson that he
should join Queens Park Rangers in January after missing out
on him in the summer transfer window.
OTHER NEWS ... Gary Waddock was sacked by Wycombe
Wanderers this afternoon ...
|
| Friday
21.09.12 |
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UEFA are to investigate racist chanting from the Lazio fans
at yesterday's game. The Italians are said to have
made monkey noises when Jermain Defoe, Aaron
Lennon and Andros Townsend were on the ball.
Brad Friedel has responded furiously on Twitter to
comments by former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez that new
signing Hugo Lloris should immediately replace him in
the Spurs team.
The Under-21 side will play Aston Villa in the Premier
League U21 League at White Hart Lane on Monday 1st October
with a 19:00 kick off.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Thursday
20.09.12 |
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Tottenham drew 0-0 with Lazio at White Hart lane tonight in
Group J of the Europa League. For a match report click
here.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Wednesday
19.09.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs are without
Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring), Heurelho Gomes
(ankle), Scott Parker (Achilles), Younes Kaboul
(knee), Jake Livermore (groin) and Benoit
Assou-Ekotto (knee) for the game against Lazio at White
Hart Lane. There may be first starts for Clint
Dempsey and Hugo Lloris, with Kyle Naughton
set to continue at left back and the rest of the squad are
fit and available for selection.
Former Spurs and Lazio midfielder Paul Gascoigne has
declined an invitation to tomorrow's Europa League meeting
with Lazio because of personal reasons as he continues his
return to good health after his problems with drink.
Investec have renewed their shirt sponsorship of the club
for the cup competitions for this season.
OTHER NEWS ... AFC Wimbledon sacked their manager Terry
Brown today ...
|
| Tuesday
18.09.12 |
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The Sunderland Echo reports that on loan defender Danny
Rose has said that he would welcome a permanent move to
Sunderland if the opportunity presented itself.
Spurs look set to field a strong side against Lazio in the
Europa League on Thursday with Head Coach Andre
Villas-Boas saying he would like the team to go out and
win the trophy.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Monday
17.09.12 |
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Spurs Under-21s beat Stoke City U21 7-2 at Hotspur Way in
the FA Premier Under-21 league today. Captain Ryan
Mason scored a hat-trick with one of the goals a
penalty, while the other goals came from Cristian
Ceballos, Jon Obika, Dean Parrett and Nathan Byrne.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Sunday
16.09.12 |
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Spurs beat Reading 3-1 at the Madjeski Stadium this
afternoon. For a match report, click
here.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... Manchester City have said they will
fund the replacement of Emmanuel Adebayor's replica shirts
bought by Spurs fans with the number 25 on them, as the
player is now Tottenham's number 10.
|
| Saturday
15.09.12 |
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Little Spurs news today apart from Hugo Lloris'
situation has been clarified by Andre Villas-Boas,
who said he is willing to fight for his place in the side.
Spurs Under-18s travelled to Stoke City today, but lost
their match 1-2 with the goal scored by Ruben Lameiras.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Friday
14.09.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs will have Tom
Huddlestone available after having his red card against
Norwich City rescinded, while Clint Dempsey might be
ready to make his first appearance after signing on transfer
deadline day. surgery victims Younes Kaboul
(knee) and Scott Parker (Achilles) will be missing,
while Hugo Lloris may be omitted from the squad after
only having had one training session with the team and
Heurelho Gomes' ankle injury rules him out of the match.
READING TEAM NEWS : - Despite missing Australia's game
in mid-week with a knee knock, Adam Federici is a likely
starter in goal and Jimmy Kebe (hamstring) and Jason Roberts
(leg) will miss out.
The Daily Mirror reveals that during the summer, striker
Miroslav Klose turned down a move to Tottenham to stay
at Lazio, where he wanted to honour his contract.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Thursday
13.09.12 |
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Tottenham's Next Gen side lost 0-2 at home to Barcelona
tonight.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Wednesday
12.09.12 |
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Spurs trained at their new training ground at Hotspur Way,
Bulls Cross, Enfield for the first time today.
Clint Dempsey played 90 for the USA in their 1-0
victory over Jamaica in the World Cup qualifying campaign in
Columbus, Ohio.
OTHER NEWS ... David Cameron apologised to the families
of the 96 who died at Hillsborough and the Liverpool
supporters over the cover-up in what happened that day in
1989 and the Sun apologised for their reporting of the
tragedy ...
|
| Tuesday
11.09.12 |
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Jermain Defoe played 90 minutes of England's 1-1 draw
with Ukraine in a World Cup qualifying game at Wembley
tonight. Kyle Walker and Jake Livermore were
unused substitutes.
Gylfi Sigurdsson was in the Iceland side that
suffered a shock 0-1 defeat in Cyprus in a World Cup
qualifier tonight.
Wales went down 1-6 away in Serbia in a World Cup qualifier
tonight, with Gareth Bale playing the whole game and
scoring the solitary Welsh goal.
Jan Vertonghen played 90 minutes and Mousa Dembele
72 minutes of Belgium's 1-1 home draw with Croatia in
Brussells tonight in their World Cup qualifier.
Hugo Lloris played in France's 3-1 win over Belarus
in a World Cup qualifying match in Paris tonight.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Monday
10.09.12 |
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Jake Livermore has been called up to the England
squad for tomorrow night's World Cup qualifier against
Ukraine at Wembley.
Steven Caulker and Danny Rose played the 90
minutes of England Under-21's 1-0 win over Norway U21 at
Chesterfield tonight in a European Championship qualifying
match. Harry Kane and Adam Smith stood
by as unused substitutes.
Atletico Madrid striker Adrian Lopez is now undecided
about whether he wants to stay with the Spanish club amid
speculation that Barcelona, Spurs and Arsenal were
interested in him during the summer transfer window.
The Metro claims that midfielder Jermaine Jenas may
go out on loan to Leeds United after being told he does not
feature in Andre Villas-Boas' plans.
Jordan Archer was in goal for the Scotland Under21s,
who lost 2-3 to Austria U21s in Altach.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Sunday
09.09.12 |
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With it being international weekend, there is little Spurs
related news around.
Jan Vertonghen has revealed the part that his late
father has played in his progress as a footballer, when his
mother presented him with the Dutch Footballer of the Year
trophy.
Clint Dempsey has told that he was nearly in tears
during the transfer window over his desire to leave Fulham
and the lies that were put around about him during that time.
Togo got a 1-1 draw against Gabon in the first leg of their
African Cup of Nations qualifier thanks to a last minute
Emmanuel Adebayor goal.
Former Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has returned to
an old stomping ground at AFC Bournemouth to act as a
consultant to the management team there.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Saturday
08.09.12 |
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The Daily Mirror claims Spurs may make a January transfer
window move for Santos midfielder Ganso, who could be
available for a cut price £8 million, after clubs were
talking about £24 million in the window just closed.
Sao Paolo and Fluminese are also keen on the 19 year old
Brazilian international.
The Republic of Ireland Under-18s drew 1-1 in a friendly
with Latvia tonight, with Kenneth McEvoy playing the
whole game for the Irish.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Friday
07.09.12 |
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Jermain Defoe scored and played 68 minutes of
England's 5-0 away win over Moldova in Chisinau in the World
Cup qualifying group latch tonight. Kyle Walker
was an unused substitute.
Another international goal-scorer was Jan Vertonghen,
who hit the second Belgian goal in a 2-0 win over Wales in
Cardiff tonight. Mousa Dembele also played and
was substituted after 64 minutes, while Gareth Bale
played 90 minutes for Wales.
Hugo Lloris made his first appearance for France as a
Spurs player in a1-0 away World Cup qualifying win against
Finland in Berlin tonight.
Finland's 2-0 home win over Norway in their World Cup
qualifying match saw Gylfi Sigurdsson complete 90
minutes for his country.
Clint Dempsey scored after 46 seconds to give the USA
the lead against Jamaica in Kingston, but went on to lose
their World Cup qualifier 1-2.
Bongani Khumalo played all of the friendly against
Brazil in Sao Paolo, which South Africa lost 0-1.
Jordan Archer kept a clean sheet in a 3-0 win over
Finland for the Scotland Under21s.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Thursday
06.09.12 |
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Steven Caulker scored England Under-21s first goal in
a 2-0 European Championship qualifier away to Azerbaijan
today. Danny Rose also played with both
completing 90 minutes.
David Bentley has joined Russian side FC Rostov on
loan until January.
The Daily Mirror claims that Spurs are willing to loan
Jermaine Jenas to a Championship club until January to
get him some first team games.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Wednesday
05.09.12 |
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The Guardian report that Spurs came within minutes of
signing FC Porto midfielder Joao Moutinho, but a
third party, who owns a part of the midfielder, demanded
more money, which caused a delay in agreeing a fee and this
pushed the deal past the deadline.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Tuesday
04.09.12 |
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Tom Huddlestone's red card on Saturday against
Norwich City has been rescinded by the referee after an
appeal from Spurs. The midfielder will now be
available for selection against Reading on Sunday week.
Tottenham's Premier League squad has been announced and is
as follows (in alphabetical order) ...
|
Emmanuel Adebayor |
Heurelho Gomes |
|
David Bentley |
Tom
Huddlestone |
|
Benoit Assou-Ekotto |
Jermaine Jenas |
|
Gareth Bale |
Younes Kaboul |
|
Sandro Cordeiro |
Aaron Lennon |
|
Carlo Cudicini |
Jake
Livermore |
|
Michael Dawson |
Hugo
Lloris |
|
Jermain Defoe |
Kyle
Naughton |
|
Mousa Dembele |
Scott Parker |
|
Clint Dempsey |
Gylfi Sigurdsson |
| Yago
Falque |
Jan
Vertonghen |
| Brad
Friedel |
Kyle
Walker |
|
William Gallas |
|
Added to that 25 will be all the
under-21 players at the club who are available for selection
and these total 42 additional players (see
here for the full list).
Hugo Lloris is attributed with comments saying he is
unhappy at being kept out of the side by Brad Friedel
after his last day signing in the recent transfer window.
Andre Villas-Boas had said that he would be on the
bench after Friedel's outstanding display on Saturday
against Norwich City.
A Spurs XI beat Wycombe Wanderers 6-0 in a friendly at Spurs
Lodge today, with the goals scored by Ryan Mason 2,
Jon Obika 2, an own goal and Jack Munns.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Monday
03.09.12 |
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Dimitar Berbatov was a late target for Spurs in the
summer transfer window, with his agent claiming there was a
£5 million bid for him.
The Daily Mirror claims that Spurs will allow Carlo
Cudicini and Heurelho Gomes to go out on loan to
Championship clubs after the singing of French national
keeper Hugo Lloris.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Sunday
02.09.12 |
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The Sunday Mirror claims that as part of the partnership
relationship struck up between Spurs and Real Madrid, the
Spanish club will have first refusal on £42 million rated
winger Gareth Bale.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
|
| Saturday
01.09.12 |
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Tottenham drew 1-1 with Norwich City this afternoon.
For a match report click
here.
Spurs Under-21s drew 2-2 with Sunderland at Spurs Lodge
today, with the Tottenham goals coming from Alex
Pritchard and Yago Falque.
A late attempt to sign Joao Moutinho involved
Tottenham asking for a one hour extension to the transfer
window, which was granted, but were frustrated by a sell on
clause to Sporting Lisbon (his former club) and a third
party ownership issue.
One late deal that did go through was a loan move for
Harry Kane to today's opponents, Norwich City, where he
will spend the season on loan.
Aaron Lennon has signed a new contract that will run
until the end of June 2012.
Tottenham announced their squad numbers for the coming
season, but will allocate numbers to deadline day signings
Clint Dempsey and Hugo Lloris soon ...
|
1 |
Heurelho GOMES |
|
21 |
Jermaine JENAS |
|
2 |
|
|
22 |
Gylfi SIGURDSSON |
|
3 |
Danny ROSE |
|
23 |
CARLO CUDICINI |
|
4 |
Younes KABOUL |
|
24 |
Brad FRIEDEL |
|
5 |
Jan VERTONGHEN |
|
25 |
|
|
6 |
Tom HUDDLESTONE |
|
26 |
|
|
7 |
Aaron LENNON |
|
27 |
|
|
8 |
Scott PARKER |
|
28 |
Kyle WALKER |
|
9 |
|
|
29 |
Jake LIVERMORE |
|
10 |
Emmanuel
ADEBAYOR |
|
30 |
SANDRO |
|
11 |
Gareth BALE |
|
31 |
Andros TOWNSEND |
|
12 |
|
|
32 |
Benoit
ASSOU-EKOTTO |
|
13 |
William GALLAS |
|
33 |
Steven CAULKER |
|
14 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
15 |
David BENTLEY |
|
35 |
|
|
16 |
Kyle NAUGHTON |
|
36 |
|
|
17 |
|
|
37 |
Harry KANE |
|
18 |
Jermain DEFOE |
|
38 |
|
|
19 |
Mousa DEMBELE |
|
39 |
Adam SMITH |
|
20 |
Michael DAWSON |
|
46 |
Tom CARROLL |
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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