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   Tottenham beat Huddersfield Town 4-0 at the John Smith's Stadium this afternoon.  Click here for a match report.
   Our Under-18s lost 0-1 away to Reading this morning.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Steve Cotterill has been appointed as the new manager of Birmingham City ... Jack Lester has taken the role of manager of Chesterfield today  ...

   Dele Alli has been handed a one match ban for his one fingered gesture in the match against Slovakia recently.
   There was a bomb scare at Hotspur way this afternoon, when a piece of metal had been mistaken for a World War II bomb.
   For a preview of tomorrow's gamer at Huddersfield Town, click here.
   Spurs and Crystal Palace are reported to be looking at a January move for Everton's young striker Ademola Lookman.  .

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   Spurs and West Ham United London have been fined GBP20,000 each after pleading guilty to failing to control their players in the game last weekend.
   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Serge Aurier will serve his one match ban and miss the match against Huddersfield Town, while Christian Eriksen should be fit to play after suffering illness this week.  Still on the injured list are Victor Wanyama (knee), Mousa Dembele (ankle), Erik Lamela (hips) and Danny Rose (knee).
   Eric Dier, Dele Alli, Harry Kane and Kieran Trippier are included in the England squad for the World Cup qualifying games against Slovenia and Lithuania next week.
   Spurs are reported to be watching 17 year old Walsall striker Mitch Candlin.

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   Defender Anton Walkes has signed a new deal with Spurs until 2019.
   The FA have charged West Ham United London and Spurs for failing to control their players in the game at the Olympic Stadium last Saturday.

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  Tottenham beat APOEL 3-0 in  Nicosia tonight in the Champions League.  For a match report click here.
  The Under-19 Tottenham side lost to APOEL 0-1 away this afternoon in the UEFA Youth Cup.
   Spurs are reportedly lining up a GP30 million offer for Everton midfielder Ross Barkley, with Mousa Dembele's foot injury under constant monitoring.

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  Not much transfer rumour today other than the news that the media are over-excited about and that is Dele Alli is going to Real Madrid and we are getting Mateo Kovacic in return.  OK then !
   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Christian Eriksen picked up a knock and will miss the Champions League match against APOEL on Wednesday, while Mousa Dembele will still be out injured.  Dele Alli and Jan Vertonghen are suspended, while Danny Rose and Erik Lamela are still out.

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   OTHER NEWS ... John Sheridan was sacked as manager of Oldham Athletic today ... Gillingham manager Ady Pennock left his post by mutual consent today ...

   Reports today in the Sunday Mirror claim that Dele Alli has been promised by super-agents that they can get him a move to Manchester United or Real Madrid.  Spurs are looking at GBP 30 million rated Napoli and Poland striker Arek Milik should Harry Kane leave Tottenham.   Internazionale might challenge Spurs for the signing of 20 year old Rennes and France defender Joris Gnangon, who could cost GBP14 million.

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   Tottenham beat West Ham United London at the Olympic Stadium this afternoon.  Click here for a match report..
   The Under-18 side lost 0-1 at home to Aston Villa in the Premier League U18 Academy league this morning.

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   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Danny Rose (knee), Victor Wanyama (knee) and Erik Lamela (hops) are all out injured for tomorrow's visit to West Ham United London.
   For a preview of the game at the Olympic Stadium, click here.
   The date for our League Cup meeting with West Ham United London has been set for Wednesday 25th October at Wembley, kicking off at 20.00.
   Marcus Edwards scored from the penalty spot and Christian Maghoma got Tottenham's second, but the Under-23s lost 2-4 to Liverpool at Anfield tonight.

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   Mauricio Pochettino took the Spurs squad and staff out to dinner at West End restaurant The Beast last night and footed the 10,000 pound bill.

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   In the Fourth Round of the League Cup, Tottenham have been drawn at home to West Ham United London.
   Harry Kane is the sole Englishman in the FIFPRO shortlist of 55 players to be nominated for the FIFPRO World XI.  The only other British player on the short-list is Gareth Bale.
   Kyle-Walker Peters has been nominated for the Golden Boy (European Young Player of the Year) award by Italian newspaper Tuttosport..

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   Tottenham beat Barnsley 1-0 in the League Cup at Wembley tonight.  Click here for a match report.

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   Spurs Under-23s drew 2-2 with Swansea City at Stevenage FC tonight.  Tottenham's goals were scored by Kazaiah Sterling and Keanan Bennetts.
   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Victor Wanyama (knee), Danny Rose (knee) and Erik Lamela (hips) are all still side-lined, but there should be a few young players in the squad as Mauricio Pochettino mixes it up for the League Cup tie with Barnsley.
   For a preview of the Barnsley match, click here.
   Spurs, Crystal Palace and Newcastle United are said to be looking at Cenk Tosun, the Besiktas striker, to bring in during the January transfer window.  Arsenal, Internazionale and Spurs might be in a battle to sign Paris Saint Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot, while Tottenham still retain an interest in signing Andre Gomes from Barcelona in January.  Poch also hinted that Dele Alli's supposed wish to sign a new contract is not backed up in fact.

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   Rumours in the media today hint that Dele Alli may be set to sign an ew deal with Tottenham, despite stories that "super" agents wanted to engineer a move out of the club for him when they took him on as a client.

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   Tottenham drew 0-0 with Swansea City at Wembley this evening.  For a match report click here.
   Tottenham's Under-18s won  2-1 away to Leicester City with both goals from Dilan Markanday in the Premier League Under-18 League Cup.
   Former Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has been sacked as manager of Birmingham City.  His assistant Kevin Bond has lasso left the club, as he did when Redknapp left Tottenham.
   Former Spurs midfielder Michael Brown has left his post as manager of Port Vale.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Gary Caldwell has been sacked as manager of Chesterfield ... 

   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Erik Lamela (hip), Danny Rose (knee), Victor Wanyama ().

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   CRIME WATCH ... Arsenal and 1FC Koln are charged with various offences at yesterday's Europa League match ... 

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   MEHSTG's spin story ... After yesterday's failure to cope with ticketing at a group game in the Europa League, Arsenal have abandoned shoddy plans for a drunken celebration of their win in a place where beer is produced.

   Dele Alli is supposedly at the centre of a battle between two "super" agents (why they are so super, only their bank managers can answer) to take him on as a client.  Jorge Mendes and Mino Raiola are said to want to sign up the Spurs and England midfielder, with the move interpreted by the media as an opportunity to push the salary ceiling at Tottenham or engineer a move away from THFC. 
   Borussia Dortmund report that Mario Gotze had teeth knocked out by Jan Vertonghen's contact that earned him a second yellow card last night, but failed to mention Gotze's two footed lunge that luckily missed a Spurs player a few minutes earlier.  Dortmund manager Peter Bosz said of Gotze's face "It doesn't look so good."  The German club's midfielder Nuri Sahin was also whingeing about a goal being disallowed wrongly for offside and a foul not being given in his favour as Harry Kane broke away to score Tottenham's second goal.

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   MEHSTG's spin story ... The Europa League tie at Highbury tonight was blighted by visiting FC Koln fans being able to get seats in the home sections of the ground.  UEFA are set to investigate how this happened and may impose the ultimate sanction of condemning Arsenal to the Europa League for the next five years (although that is a highly likely prospect anyway).

   Tottenham beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at Wembley tonight in the Champions League.  For a match report, click here.
   Spurs Under-23s beat Borussia Dortmund 4-0 with goals from Kazaiah Sterling, Marcus Edwards 2 (1 pen) and  Keanan Bennetts.

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   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  In addition to the injured Danny Rose, Erik Lamela, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou and Victor Wanyama, Dele Alli starts a three match European suspension.
   BORUSSIA DORTMUND TEAM NEWS : -  Marco Reus (knee), Raphael Guerreiro (foot), Andre Schurrle (thigh), Erik Durm (hip), Marc Barta (groin), Sebastian Rode (knock), Julian Weigl (ankle) and Marcel Schmelzer (ankle) are all out injured, with Neven Subotic taken ill in training, so may not be a starter, although he might make the bench.
   For a preview of our Champions League game at Wembley tomorrow, click here.
   Tottenham will play Barnsley on Tuesday 19th September at Wembley in the League Cup Third Round, after they beat Derby 3-2 tonight.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Roy Hodgson has been appointed Crystal Palace manager on a two year deal ... 

   Former Spurs midfielder and assistant manager Gus Poyet has resigned as manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.

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   OTHER NEWS ... Frank de Boer was sacked as manager of Crystal Palace after just 5 matches and 77 days in charge ... 

   Joe Pritchard scored the Spurs Under-23s' only goal in a 1-4 defeat by Everton at Goodison Park today.
   Toby Alderweireld is being eyed by Manchester City as a GBP 60 million replacement for Vincent Kompany.

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   Tottenham beat Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park this afternoon.  Click here for a match report.
   The Under-18s beat Southampton 2-0 away in the Premier Academy League this morning with the Spurs goals scored by Reo Griffiths and Phoenix Patterson.

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   MEHSTG's no-spin story ... Chelsea FC had to issue an official statement today regarding a song sung at their match today at Leicester City about Alvaro Morata, which contains anti-semitic content.  The player has asked for it to be stop being sung immediately.
   MEHSTG's spin story ... The footballing world awaits a statement from David Baddiel condemning Chelsea fans for this chant.

   Vincent Janssen has joined Fenerbahce on a season long loan.
   For a preview of Tottenham's match at Everton tomorrow, click here.
   Dele Alli is to be investigated by FIFA over a rude gesture he made to Kyle Walker in the England v Slovakia World Cup qualifier at Wembley last week.

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   TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -  Victor Wanyama will be out of action for a few weeks after picking up an injury in training before the Burnley match.  Erik Lamela (hips), Danny Rose (knee) and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (foot) are all out for the game against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday.

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   Tottenham and Chelsea both tried to sign Paris Saint Germain's Belgian defender Thomas Meunier on transfer deadline day, but the French club would not let him leave.  Spurs, Liverpool, arsenal and the two Milan clubs are supposedly interested in 24 year old Barcelona midfielder Rafinha, who could be allowed to leave (although perhaps on a buy-back deal) in January.  Tottenham, Barcelona, Chelsea, Liverpool, Sevilla, Arsenal, Paris St. Germain, Juventus and Atletico Madrid are all looking to the January transfer window, as they may be able to sign Real Madrid's 21 year old midfielder Marcos Llorente, who is seeking game time, although the La Liga club rejected 20 offers for the youngster.  The Daily Star reckons Spurs will be back in for Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes in January after they failed to complete a deal in the summer transfer window.  Austrian press claim Spurs had a scout at the national stadium to watch them play Georgia this week in the Wrld Cup qualifying match, with the target believed to be 18 year old Ausburg defender Kevin Danso

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   Tottenham Hotspur FC is 135 years old today.
   Heung-Min Son played all of South Korea's 0-0 away draw with Uzbekistan, qualifying them for the 2-18 World Cup finals in Russia.
   Ben Davies was a starter for Wales in their 2-0 away World Cup qualifying win in Moldova.
   Davinson Sanchez was in the starting line-up for Colombia who faced Brazil in a World Cup qualifying match and drew 1-1.
   Serge Aurier played all of Ivory Coast's 1-2 World Cup qualifying defeat at home to Gabon today.
   Kyle Walker-Peters played all of England's Under-21 3-0 home win against Latvia in their European Championship Under-21 qualifying game tonight.

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   Tottenham's squad for the Champions League is : -
 

1.  Hugo LLORIS	13.  Michel VORM	22.  Paulo GAZZANIGA
2.  Kieran TRIPPIER	3.  Danny ROSE	4.  Toby ALDERWEIRELD
5.  Jan VERTONGHEN	6.  Davinson SANCHEZ	21.  Juan FOYTH
24.  Serge AURIER	33.  Ben DAVIES	12.  Victor WANYAMA
14.  Georges-Kevin NKOUDOU	15.  Eric DIER	17.  Moussa SISSOKO
19.  Mousa DEMBELE	20.  DELE Alli	23.  Christian ERIKSEN
7.  Heung-Min SON	10.  Harry KANE	18.  Fernando LLORENTE

                 Tottenham only have a squad of 21 instead of 22 because they only have 7 "home grown" qualified players instead of 8, so the number in the squad is accordingly reduced.  They are able to include as many Under-21s as they wish in match day squads (see UEFA criteria for squad players at http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2497207.html )
   Eric Dier scored in England's 2-1 win over Slovakia at Wembley tonight and played all of the World Cup qualifying match, as did Harry Kane and Dele Alli.
   Christian Eriksen scored once and had one assist in Denmark's 4-1 away World Cup qualifying win against Armenia tonight.
   Spurs are likely to sign Everton midfielder Ross Barkley in the January transfer window according to press reports today.
   Apparently, Ajax made a bid to sign Marcus Edawards towards the end of the transfer window in retaliation for Spurs continually buying their young players., according to reports online today

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   OTHER NEWS ... Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has been appointed as the new managedr of Northampton Town ... 

   Jan Vertonghen scored for Belgium in their 2-1 away win in Greece tonight, as Belgium qualified for the World Cup finals in Russia next year.  Mousa Dembele played 74 minutes from the start and Toby Alderweireld all 90 alongside Jan. 
   Vincent Janssen played the whole game as Holland beat Bulgaria 3-1 tonight in a World Cup qualifier.
   Hugo Lloris captained France to a home 0-0 draw with Luxembourg tonight as they got another point to head their World Cup qualifying group.
   The media today reckon that Everton midfielder Ross Barkley will sign for Tottenham in the January transfer window according to press reports today.

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   Serge Aurier played all of Ivory Coast's 3-0 away win in Gabon in a World Cup qualifier today.
   Ben Davies was on the pitch throughout Wales' 1-0 win over Austria in Cardiff in their World Cup qualifying match today.
   There is a lot of fall out from the transfer window and the rumour is that Everton midfielder Ross Barkley didn't have a medical at Chelsea, but decided to pull out as he wants to join Spurs in the winter.

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   Tottenham's League Cup Third Round tie at home to Derby County of Barnsley will be played on Tuesday 19th September with a 20.00 kick off.
   Vincent Janssen turned down a late loan move by Brighton & Hove Albion to stay with Spurs.
   August's over and Harry Kane scored twice for England as they beat Malta 4-0 away in their World Cup qualifying match tonight.  Dele Alli started and played 70 minutes of the game.
   Christian Eriksen was also on the score-sheet with the fourth in Denmark's 4-0 victory over Poland in their home World Cup qualifier tonight.

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