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Sunday 31.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
 Spurs
are looking to bring in Crystal Palace winger Wayne Routledge in the
January transfer window to supply crosses for our forwards to feed off.
It looks as though Routledge will be Santini's number one target after
being knocked back in the club's attempts to buy Shaun Wright-Phillips
from Manchester City and Andy Reid from Nottingham Forest according to
the News of the World.
Wigan
Athletic manager Paul Jewell is keen on midfielder Michael Brown and
will offer Spurs £1.5 million for the player in the transfer window.
The
Sunday People are tipping West Bromwich Albion managerial target Glenn
Hoddle to take over from Chris Coleman at Fulham.
The
same newspaper claims that Owen Hargreaves has said he will not be
leaving Bayern Munich in January despite interest from Liverpool,
Arsenal and Spurs.
OTHER
NEWS ... Djibril Cisse has had a successful operation on his
broken leg, but will not play again this season...
Saturday 30.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Tottenham
lost 0-2 at Fulham's Craven Cottage this afternoon. For a match
report, click here. For reaction,
click here.
Head
Coach Jacques Santini said that injuries and tiredness had caused
Tottenham's slump in the League. The Frenchman told the media
that his players had been playing a lot recently and with injuries and
suspensions, he had to keep the same nucleus on the pitch.
Santini was not unhappy with the spirit of the side, he told the club
website, but admitted that was not enough to get the right
result.
Calum
Davenport wants to extend his loan at West Ham United until the end of
the season.
Spurs
Under-18s drew 3-3 with Bristol City at Spurs Lodge this morning with
Charlie Lee, Kieran McKenna and Andy Barcham scoring the Tottenham
goals.
OTHER
NEWS ... Djibril Cisse broke his leg playing for Liverpool at
Blackburn Rovers tonight ...
Friday 29.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Tottenham
Hotspur will hold a memorial service for Sir Bill Nicholson at White
Hart Lane on Sunday 7th November with the gates opening at 10.00 a.m.
and the service beginning at 11.00 a.m. Ex-players under Sir
Bill will take part in the service including Martin Chivers, Jimmy
Greaves, Dave Mackay, Pat Jennings, Steve Perryman, Gary Mabbutt and
Glenn Hoddle.
A
scurrilous story in the Daily Mirror reckons that a bust up behind the
scenes by Michael Carrick over his exclusion from the first team might
mean he is heading out of Spurs. The story, which appears to be
based on his upset at not being involved in last Saturday's League
match against Bolton, has since been overtaken by circumstances, with
him taking part in the League Cup tie on Wednesday and stating in an
interview that he is looking forward to establishing himself in the
Spurs side. The Spurs website also carried a feature that flies
in the face of the Mirror story, although Santini laid down the law by
saying that whether players cost a lot of money or were
internationals, it was him who picked the starting XI".
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Sean Davis will continue in place of suspended Jamie
Redknapp, while Reto Ziegler looks likely to keep his place on the
left side of midfield. There is a problem at left back, where
Edman is still troubled by his head injury and that leaves Mauricio
Taricco an option to come in there, although Goran Bunjevcevic is
probably ahead of the Argentinian after playing the two League Cup
games this season, whereas Taricco has yet to play under Santini.
FULHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Edwin van der Sar misses out with a bad back, so Mark
Crossley will be between the posts. Claus Jensen's hamstring
prevents him taking part, while Andy Cole sits the match out through
suspension. Tomasz Radzinski will play after overcoming a
hamstring pull. Other absentees are Lee Clark (calf), Jerome
Bonnissel (groin), Alain Goma (calf), Sylvain Legwinski (ankle) and
Ian Pearce (knee).
Sean
Davis has said that he does not expect to be called up by England and
that at the age of 24, he would have expected to have caps to his name
by now. With the strength in depth in midfield for the national
side, Davis said he is intending to concentrate on his club football
and get Spurs into Europe where they belong.
Glenn
Hoddle is apparently the front runner for the manager's job at West
Bromwich Albion.
Sky
Sports website has reported that Spurs are watching 20-year old Dinamo
Zagreb midfielder Niko Kranjcar, who is rated as the best young player
in Croatia and looks set to leave his club in the January transfer
window. Also interested in the young Croatian are Dynamo Kiev,
Milan, Seville, Arsenal, Internazionale, Anderlecht and Feyenoord.
OTHER
NEWS ... Chelsea have sacked the £16 million forward Adrian Mutu
after he was tested positive for drug use ... Hearts boss Craig Levein
has been announced as the new manager of Leicester City ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Manchester
City have revealed that the extent of their debt has risen to £62.2
million. It is thought they are currently investigating the
opportunity of applying to the FA to allow them to hunt down the back of Roman Abramovich's sofa to try
and pay off their debt with the loose change they find there.
Thursday 28.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Tottenham's
League Cup Fourth Round game with Burnley will be shown live by Sky
Television. The game will be played on Tuesday November 9, with
a 7.45pm kick off.
Jacques
Santini has joked that he would like Spurs to play only in the league
Cup, where they score lots of goals !! The French Head Coach
told reporters that he sees the situation changing in the next month,
with goals coming in the League, but he stressed how important Jermain
Defoe is for the side and how good it was that he scored twice last
night.
Khalilou
Fadiga has been released from hospital after fainting in the warm-up
for Bolton Wanderers prior to their match with Spurs last night.
OTHER
NEWS ... West Ham have announced profits of £11.8 million after
losing over £5 million the season before ... Charlton Athletic have
sacked their stadium announcer after he made disparaging remarks about
opponents Crystal Palace before their League Cup tie last night ...
Kidderminster Harriers Director of Football Jan Molby has quit his
post ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... The
grandson of the founder of Sainsburys supermarkets is behind the bid
to takeover at Leeds United. It is thought that the chain are
looking for a new outlet in the Elland Road area.
Wednesday 27.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
beat Bolton Wanders 4-3 after extra time at the Reebok Stadium tonight
in the Third Round of the League Cup, after finishing 90 minutes at
2-2. For a match report, click here.
Spurs
will now travel to Burnley in the Fourth Round on 9th or 10th of
November.
Jamie
Redknapp has received an additional two match ban for his foul on
Everton's Tim Cahill in the match on October 3rd. He will miss
tonight's League Cup tie with Bolton and Saturday's League game at
Fulham.
Iain
Dowie hopes that Wayne Routledge will turn his back on the interest
Spurs have shown in the 19 year old winger and stay with Crystal
Palace to continue his development.
Thimothee
Atouba may be out for between 3 and 6 weeks with his ankle injury.
Former
Spurs manager Glenn Hoddle is being linked with the vacancies at
Leicester City and West Bromwich Albion.
OTHER
NEWS ... Trouble broke out at the League Cup tie between Chelsea
and West Ham ...
Tuesday 26.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
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OTHER
NEWS ... A Derby MP has handed in a 7,500 signature petition for
Brian Clough to receive a posthumous knighthood ... Gary Megson was
today relieved of the post of manager of West Bromwich Albion after
saying he intended to leave in July ... Liverpool supporting DJ John
Peel died today of a heart attack while travelling in Peru. The
65 year old was a great supporter of new bands and broke many top
acts, but also loved his football and will be sorely missed ...
Monday 25.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs'
South African defender Mbulelo Mabizela has been released from his
contract by mutual consent following his failure to break into the
Tottenham first team. The 24 year old central defender had lost
the captaincy of his country while at the club and although he
featured in the squad a few times, he has failed to impose himself and
make a place in the team his own.
Spurs
reserves beat Portsmouth Reserves 2-0 at Broadhall Way tonight.
In form striker Lee Barnard hit the first and substitute Spase
Dilevski sealed the win with a goal twenty minutes from time.
Sky
Sports website is today linking Spurs with Benfica's Brazilian central
defender Luisao. The 23 year old has earned rave reviews with
Real Madrid and Internazionale interested, although the club have said
that Deportivo La Coruna and Spurs are both keen. No move might
take place until the summer, but Spurs will keep tabs on the player.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
Sunday 24.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Fans
have been flocking to White Hart Lane to lay flowers and pay tributes
to 'Sir' Bill Nicholson. A book of condolence will be available
at the ground from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day this week and an on-line
version can be used at http://www.spurs.co.uk/article.asp?hlid=233369
The
Press have slammed Jacques
Santini for refusing to attend the press conference after yesterday's
match, but he has issued a statement saying he thought it best to let
people who knew him remember him in their own way. He said he
was watching a video of the Bolton Wanderers match to see why the team
had not won, as he wanted that more than anything on the day Bill
Nicholson died.
Jamie
Redknapp ahs said today that he wants to play for two more years
before looking at going into management like his father Harry.
Spur
have supposedly put a £21 million price tag on the head of Ledley
King to deter potential suitors.
Sky
Sports website claims that Norwegian coach Trond Sollied was
close to joining Tottenham last summer. The 45-year-old Club
Brugge coach revealed that Spurs were keen on taking him as their
manager before they gave the job to Jacques Santini. The coach
said he was flattered, but he was not sure about Tottenham's
potential, so might not have said yes to Daniel Levy.
OTHER
NEWS ... Arsenal's unbeaten run came to an end today with a 2-0
defeat at Old Trafford ...
Saturday 23.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
manager Bill Nicholson dies this morning after a long illness.
Aged 84, the former manager, Club President and Spurs legend passed
away in a nursing home. MEHSTG and all it's readers wish to pass
our sincerest condolences to his widow Darkie, his family and friends
at this sad time.
MEHSTG would like to compile a collection of your memories of
"Sir" Bill and we would welcome your contributions to the
great manager and very kind and unassuming man. Click here
to see the tributes to the legend.
Spurs
lost 1-2 to Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane this afternoon.
For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
Jacques
Santini refused to attend the post-match press conference today and
the club said he did not disrespect the memory of Bill Nicholson, but
was disappointed with the performance today and was re-watching the
match as he was a passionate man who wants to get things right at the
club.
Friday 22.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
Head Coach Jacques Santini is hoping that his players are more focused
on the League match with Bolton Wanderers rather than the League Cup
tie on Wednesday. He has set his sights on a three point return
from the game, as Spurs have not been firing on all cylinders and he
wants a home win after a 0-0 with Norwich and a 0-1 defeat by
Manchester United in the last two games at White Hart Lane.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Reto Ziegler and Johnnie Jackson look set to form
a very young left side of the Spurs side, with Anthony Gardner as
Taricco, Edman and Atouba all out. Sean Davis may make the bench
and Michael Carrick is likely to join him there, as Jamie Redknapp
will be restored to the midfield.
Squad : - Robinson, Pamarot, Naybet, King, Carrick, Pedro
Mendes, Mabizela, Davies, Davis, Redknapp, Jackson, Ziegler, Defoe,
Keane, Kanoute, Gardner, Brown, Barnard, Sousa, Keller.
BOLTON
TEAM NEWS : - Fernando Hierro will play and Jay Jay Okocha is
making progress to be included in the side after being sidelined with
a groin injury.
Squad : - Jaaskelainen, Hunt, N'Gotty, Jaidi, Gardner, Hierro,
Giannakopoulos, Speed, Okocha, Nolan, Davies, Diouf, Oakes, Barness,
Pedersen, Ferdinand, Fadiga, Cesar.
Sven
Goran Eriksson has been very pleased with Paul Robinson since he took
over from David James as the England number One and will keep faith
with him in March when the World Cup qualifiers resume with a match
for England against Northern Ireland. The England coach said
that although there had not been too much for Robbo to do, his
approach had impressed the manager and the Swede said that Robinson
was a "talker" from the moment he left the dressing room
onto the pitch and back again, something he felt displayed great
self-confidence in the keeper.
OTHER
NEWS ... Jimmy Quinn has resigned as manager of Shrewsbury Town ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Adrian
Mutu has said he only took cocaine to help his sex life, not realising
that it might affect the lifestyle that allows him to have that sort
of habit !! However, the Romanian striker is now saying that he
did not take cocaine in a vain attempt to get a more lenient sentence
from football's governing body, like Rio Ferdinand did for forgetting
something.
Thursday 21.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Simon
Davies has said that Jacques Santini's methods have been welcomed at
Tottenham, even though he keeps the players on their toes. The
Welsh international said that he still has a lot to prove personally
and that the way the team are playing has shown that they are more
difficult to beat rather than the "gung-ho" side who played
in high scoring matches last season. Davies revealed that
Santini often names the side just hours before the match keeping his
players fighting for their place in the team.
Santini
himself has been talking about his aims for this season and because of
the lack of depth in the squad he fears that a Champions League place
will be beyond his young team and a more realistic aim is 5th to 10th
in the table.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - With Erik Edman and Thimothee Atouba out for Saturday's
match, Spurs might look to Reto Ziegler to fill the left side of
defence, with a rearrangement in midfield where Jamie Redknapp could
return after suspension and Sean Davis might be an option after
resuming training this week. Michael Carrick is likely to start
on the bench once more.
OTHER
NEWS ... There were 1-0 wins for Newcastle against Panionios and
Boro against Egaleo in the UEFA Cup ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... Paul Gascoigne has chosen a nickname to
replace "Gazza" and he will henceforth be known as G8 as he
thinks he is as important as the eight most wealthy countries in the
world and will strive to reach the summit every now and then.
Gascoigne said "I think summit had to change."
Alternatively, you can call him TFFKAG ("The Footballer Formerly
Known As Gazza).
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Craig Bellamy has apologised for abusing
Graeme Souness as he was substituted on Sunday. Coward !!
Wednesday 20.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
Reserves beat Coventry City reserves 5-0 away tonight, with a Lee
Barnard hat-trick and other goals from Mark Yeates and Eddie Silva
Sousa. Coventry had a player sent off in the 27th minute and
Spurs capitalised on the extra man advantage.
Former
Spur John Scales has praised Jacques Santini for turning Tottenham
into a mean defensive unit in such quick time with a large number of
new players.
OTHER
NEWS ... Chelsea beat CSKA Moscow and Arsenal drew 2-2 with
Panathaniakos in the Champions League tonight, while Celtic lost 0-3
to Shakthar Donetsk ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Alex
Ferguson is perplexed by the drought the forwards in his side are
suffering. This is despite being in Manchester where it always
rains !!
Tuesday 19.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Jacques
Santini has said that Spurs missed Erik Edman and Jamie Redknapp in
last night's defeat at Portsmouth. The Spurs Head Coach also
added that the young team were tired as many of them played their
third game in a week and a half after international duty.
Thimothee
Atouba's knee injury he picked up in a challenge with Lomano Lualua
will keep him out for a while. He has had it scanned
Jamie
Redknapp has requested a personal hearing with the FA charge
concerning his tackle on Everton's Tim Cahill.
The Spurs captain was cautioned for the foul on Cahill, but Redknapp
now wants to defend himself, especially as Cahill was back playing
this week. His appeal means that the midfielder will be able to
play this weekend against Bolton Wanderers.
Chelsea
are lining up Jermain Defoe as cover for the drug-positive Adrian Mutu,
according to the Telegraph.
Former
Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne is being supposedly lined up to take
charge at Rotherham United with Bryan Robson, but this has been
dismissed by the club.
Former
Spurs defender Ben Thatcher has been reported to UEFA by Poland for
stamping on one of their defenders in the World Cu qualifying match
last week.
OTHER
NEWS ... Adrian Mutu has been revealed as the Premiership player
who has tested positive for cocaine ... Malcolm Glazer has taken his
share of Manchester United to nearly 30% meaning if it goes above that
level, he will have to bid for the whole of the club's shares ...
Manchester United draw 0-0 with Sparta Prague and Liverpool 0-0 with
Deportivo La Coruna in the Champions League ...
MEHSTG's spin
story ... Mark
Bosnich has revealed that he wants to make a comeback. However,
the man who already plays Mr. Blobby has said he will not give up his
job without a fight !!
Monday 18.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
lost 0-1 at Portsmouth tonight. For a match report, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
Sunday 17.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
The
Sunday Mirror are claiming that Tottenham will demand Shaun
Wright-Phillips should Manchester City want to sign striker Robbie
Keane during the January transfer window.
Fredi
Kanoute has said that the supposed rift between him and Jacques
Santini is non-existent. Kanoute told the media that he was
pleased with the way that the team had been organised and all the
players are united in their approach under the French manager
England
midfielder Owen Hargreaves has said that he has no intention of
leaving Bayern Munich as long as he is being selected for the team
there. He had been linked with a move to Tottenham in the
summer.
OTHER
NEWS ... Kevin Keegan has said that Jose Mourinho will not win
many popularity contests with his arrogant attitude ... a Premiership
player has tested positive for a banned substance according to the FA,
but they cannot publicise his name as he may wish to ask for a second
test ...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Alex Ferguson has gone public and gone
ballistic at the punishment that Arsenal received for last season's
antics at Old Trafford. He said that they had got away with
murder and that the club would never suspend one of it's own players
for what they got up to on the pitch. Despite all this he said
that the matches against Arsenal were usually very good.
Saturday 16.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Erik
Edman has told the Sun that his head injury may keep him out of action
for another two weeks. His attempt to return to training this
week was unsuccessful, with him feeling dizzy and the medical advice
he received was to rest.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Spurs hope to have Robbie Keane fit for Monday night's
match at Fratton Park, although Sean Davis is still troubled by his
knee injury. Michael Carrick could come into the reckoning for
his debut as Jamie Redknapp is suspended, along with Mauricio
Taricco. Erik Edman is still unlikely to play after his
concussion at Everton and Spurs might need to
For
a Portsmouth match preview, click here.
Spurs
Under-18s lost to Reading at Spurs Lodge this morning 0-2.
OTHER
NEWS ... Chelsea and Luton Town both lose for the first time in
the league this season ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Victoria
Beckham is believed to be ready to put a gag on her family members to
prevent them talking about her married life. Or did that let the
cat out of the bag ??
Friday 15.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Ledley
King has been awarded the Premier League Player of the Month trophy
for September.
The
Sun claim that Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth are all
interested in taking defender Dean Richards from Spurs.
OTHER
NEWS ... Malcolm Glazer has increased his stake in the Old
Trafford club to 25.3% at a cost of £45million ... Despite his club
losing to Spurs, Everton's David Moyes has been voted September's
Manager of the Month ... the deal to buy Fulham has crashed amid
claims that Mohammed Al Fayed called the Turkish brothers bidding for
the club "kebab shop owners" ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Jose
Mourinho has said that he is not bothered by miserable players at
Chelsea because they are not getting a game at the club. The
former Porto boss said "I am miserable and I would not ask my
players to not do anything that I wouldn't do."
Thursday 14.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Dave
Mackay believes that although it is not the Tottenham Way, Jacques
Santini is doing the right thing in grinding out results to give the
team a sound footing to work from. The inspirational former
Spurs midfielder was at the Manchester United match and felt that the
visitors deserved to win and that Spurs were poor, but he liked Ledley
King and Jermain Defoe and thinks with a couple more signings, Spurs
could flourish.
Feyenoord's
21 year old Romeo Castelan has been watched by Spurs, Internazionale
and Atletico Madrid. The winger has attracted a lot of attention
and he starred in Holland's 3-1 win over Finland in midweek.
OTHER
NEWS ... Andy Cole's six match ban for Fulham has been reduced to
four on appeal following his sending off against West Bromwich Albion ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Malcolm
Glazer has been shattered by the news that a deal with Manchester
United has fallen through. His business was due to install
double glazing in some of the executive boxes, but the loss of this
deal might force him into liquidation.
Wednesday 13.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Apologies
for the content on the homepage today ... it appears an old version
was uploaded instead of the one for today's date. Sorry for any
strangeness that resulted from that !!
Paul Robinson
played the whole of England's 1-0 World Cup qualifying win in
Azerbaijan, while Jermain Defoe was brought off after 55 minutes.
Robbie
Keane scored the two goals that secured victory for the Republic of
Ireland over the Faroe Islands in Dublin tonight. His first goal
took him to the top of the scorers list for his country with 22 goals.
Wales
2-3 defeat by Poland in Cardiff saw Simon Davies complete 90 minutes
for the Dragons.
Rohan
Ricketts has had to ask for forgiveness from the Coventry City fans
before he has kicked a ball for them in anger, after scoring a goal in
last season's League Cup that knocked them out of the competition.
Tottenham's
interest in Bologna midfielder Mourad Meghni could be scuppered by
Juventus who have been in touch with the club about the talented
20-year-old Frenchman, who is also attracting interest from Marseille
and Paris Saint Germain.
Boston
United have had an approach for former Spurs midfielder Darren
Anderton to take over from Paul Gascoigne as player-coach rejected by Birmingham
City.
OTHER
NEWS ... Northern Ireland drew 3-3 with Austria in Belfast and
Scotland drew 1-1 away in Moldova in World Cup qualifiers... Mohammed
Al Fayed has said Fulham is not for sale ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... David
Beckham has issued an apology for saying that he got booked
deliberately when playing for England against Wales. He said he
really was that stupid !!
Tuesday 12.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Calum
Davenport played 69 minutes of England Under-21's 0-0 draw in
Azerbaijan this afternoon.
Former
Spurs midfielder Paul Gazza Gascoigne has said that he no longer wants
to be known as Paul or Gazza. Gascoigne will seek to gain more
respect with a new name.
Unfortunately
for Gascoigne he has not been selected as the new manager of Greenock
Morton ... a job he wanted and resigned from Boston United for.
OTHER
NEWS ... Howard Wilkinson is the new manager of Leicester City on
a temporary basis ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... David
Beckham has admitted that he deliberately went out to get booked after
he knew he had broken a rib in the game against Wales. He
planned his clash with Ben Thatcher to get a second caution in the
competition that meant that he would miss the game in Azerbaijan and
with an injury, he would have been out of the game anyway.
Beckham said that people think he is dim, but he is not. By
telling the world of his fiendish plan, he now faces a FIFA ban for
bringing the game into disrepute !!
Monday 11.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Midfielder
Rohan Ricketts has joined Coventry City on a month's loan.
Spurs
reserves came unstuck against Charlton Athletic Reserves at Broadhall
Way tonight, losing 1-3. Click here
for a match report.
Ledley
King might be moved into the left back position for England on
Wednesday, as Sven Goran Eriksson shuffles his pack with injuries
hitting the side.
OTHER
NEWS ... The Kick It Out campaign has blasted football for still
being racist with few black managers, coaches and directors in English
football ... Micky Adams resigns as Leicester City manager ...
Cristian Damiano has been drafted in at SCBC to coach alongside Steve
Wigley ...
Sunday 10.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
The
Sunday People claim that Arsene Wenger will make Ledley King his prime
target after receiving a large amount of the club's ground sponsorship
cash to spend on players.
Sean
Davis, Michael Carrick and Fredi Kanoute will all be fit for the trip
to Portsmouth on Monday 18th October.
Noureddine
Naybet said that he will be not at full strength for the month of
October as he is celebrating the fasting in Ramadan, where he will
observe the Muslim traditions of his religion.
OTHER
NEWS ... David Beckham has broken a rib ...
Saturday 09.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Paul
Robinson played the whole of England's 2-0 win over Wales at Old
Trafford and Simon Davies was on the opposing side. Jermain
Defoe started the match but was withdrawn after 70 minutes and Ledley
King came on for the last three minutes as a substitute.
Robbie
Keane played for the Republic of Ireland in their 0-0 draw against
France in Paris.
Goalkeeper
Nicky Eyre has gone on a month's loan to Grays Athletic.
OTHER
NEWS ... The Spain coach has apologised for his rude outburst
about Thierry Henry, saying he didn't mean to upset anyone ...
Friday 08.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Ledley
King has said that he is disappointed at being dropped by England to
make way for the return of Rio Ferdinand and other returning defenders.
The Spurs central defender has said that he is playing as well as
anyone in the country and feels that being on the bench will be a step
backwards, although he understands the reliance on experience by some
managers. Quite approvingly, he said that if he didn't play, he
would return to Spurs in good shape to continue the good defensive
form the club have shown this season.
Jermain
Defoe has said that he wants Sven Goran Eriksson to play a three man
attack for England against Wales on Saturday. The Spurs striker said
that they have been trying it out in training and it had been
"dynamic".
Robbie
Keane has revealed that Spurs French manager Jacques Santini had
wished everyone well in their internationals, except the Republic of Ireland
!!
In
today's Guardian newspaper, Gordon Strachan reckons Wales should copy
our defence. "To guard against the threat of Defoe, Rooney
or Owen, Wales have to play a bit like Spurs. That means keeping the
full-backs at home, leaving the central midfielders in place and
letting their good players - in this case Simon Davies, Ryan Giggs,
John Hartson and Craig Bellamy - do the attacking."
Calum
Davenport played 90 minutes of England under-21s 2-0 win over Wales at
Ewood Park tonight. He looked marvelously compose don the ball
and a very good distributor from the back.
OTHER
NEWS ... The FA are to start testing for the body building
chemical EPO, after Arsene Wenger said some of his players took the
drug before they joined Arsenal ... last night some Man U supporters
tried to set fire to an American flag on the pitch at a reserve match
to show their disapproval for Michael Glazer's bid for their club
Thursday 07.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Paul
Robinson has told the Sun that moving to Tottenham has been the main
factor in becoming an international goalkeeper. With as many
clean sheets already for Spurs as he had all last season with Leeds
United, he has the confidence to move up a level and with David James
not training with the England squad today, he looks likely to retain
his place in the England side.
Middlesbrough's
participation in the UEFA Cup means our home match against Boro will
now take place on Sunday 28th November at 3.00pm, moving from the
original date of Saturday 27th November.
The
London Evening Standard says that Thierry Henry was quoted as saying
"why not Spurs ?" when asked who would be his club's rivals
for the title this season.
Crystal
Palace are the latest club to be linked with a move for surplus Spurs
defender Mauricio Taricco, so say the Standard.
OTHER
NEWS ... Arsenal's £100 million ground sponsorship deal with
Emirates has been revealed as including a £32 million shirt
sponsorship deal for six years, so the reward is not as large as first
thought ... Newcastle United have announced their financial results,
which show a 28% drop in profits on last season ...
Wednesday 06.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
beat Leyton Orient in a behind closed doors friendly today by 3 goals
to 2. The game was designed to give Michael Carrick some match
fitness and he came through the game without any reaction after
playing 65 minutes, scoring one of the goals. Eddie Silva Sousa
and Rohan Ricketts were the other scorers.
Colin
Calderwood has signed a new contract to extend his deal at Northampton
Town until 2008.
London
Mayor Ken Livingstone has told the Press that the Olympic Stadium at
Stratford will not be used for football after the event should London
win the 2012 Olympic Games. The stadium will be scaled down to accommodate
30,000 for athletics events, with a lease option for West Ham United
and Spurs to play there once the Games have finished not being
pursued.
OTHER
NEWS ... Thierry Henry has been racially abused by Spain manager
Luis Aragones who allegedly wanted to motivate Jose Reyes ...
Tuesday 05.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
have announced their trading figures for the year ending 30 June 2004
and they tell of an operating loss of £1.189m, which is on a turnover
of £66.3m - some £200,000 less than in the previous year.
A profit of £9.7m was made before player deals, but the transfers of
five players, including Bobby Zamora, Jermain Defoe and Frederic
Kanoute, led to the loss. Daniel Levy said in the report that
the spending was "clearly unsustainable" but the new set-up
and the incoming players will change things at the club.
"Since the last year-end the club has seen a significant change
in the make-up of the first-team squad, with 17 players leaving and 21
new players joining. This is an unprecedented degree of change for any
club. The result of the above changes is that the club has spent
a total of £37.5m on transfer fees for new players since 1 July 2003.
Other items of interest were the loss of £0.9 million on media and
broadcasting income and a £1.4 million drop in merchandising revenue.
Sponsors income was down £0.8 million, but money from cup matches
through the turnstiles was up £1.9 million.
Erik
Edman has withdrawn from the Sweden squad ahead of their World Cup
qualifiers because of the concussion he suffered after clashing heads
with Tim Cahill in Saturday's match at Goodison.
Everton
manager David Moyes has said he does not wish Jamie Redknapp to
receive any more punishment over his tackle on Tim Cahill in
Saturday's match. The Scot said that any extra punishment will
not help his club, as if it was a red card offence, the sending off on
Saturday would have been the time to do it, leaving Everton to take on
ten man Spurs for the last half hour.
Redknapp
said he will fight any charge and possible ban arising from it, as he
is "not that kind of player".
Cahill
has had a scan which showed no long term damage and he could be fit in
two weeks ... neatly the period of time he would have been away with
Australia playing minnow countries in World Cup qualifying. So
Everton have actually got something out of this ... in an odd
way.
Everton
and Spurs will be the two clubs who will battle it out for the signing
of Chelsea's Scott Parker in January, after Charlton Athletic dropped
out of the running to take him back to the Valley, according to the
Daily Star.
Former
Spurs assistant manager John Gorman has been announced as Gillingham's
new coach and will start work there tomorrow.
Former
Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne has left Boston United where he was
player-coach.
Former
Spurs defender Graham Roberts is being considered for the post of
Raith Rovers manager.
OTHER
NEWS ... Stephen Gerrard will have an operation on the
fashionable fractured metatarsal injury he has picked up ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Arsenal's
new stadium at Ashburton Grove will bear the name of their sponsors
for the next fifteen years and will be known as "The Immigrants
Stadium" in recognition of their move from South London.
Monday 04.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Jamie
Redknapp will face a charge of violent conduct for his tackle on
Everton's Tim Cahill after Graham Poll submitted his report to the FA.
He has 14 days to respond to the charge.
Glenn
Hoddle's agent was at the New Dell on Saturday sparking speculation
that the former Spurs manager is set for a return to SCBC.
OTHER
NEWS ... Martin O'Neill has accepted damages from the BBC after
it was claimed that he favoured certain agents when buying players ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... BBC
football commentator Alan Green has been ticked off by the radio
watchdog for saying that Eric Djemba-Djemba said "Me no
cheat" to a referee. His use of pidgin English was
criticised and the Irishman was remorseful afterwards. "Me
am sorry" he said in apology.
Sunday 03.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Paul
Robinson, Ledley King and Jermain Defoe are all include din the
England squad to face Wales and Azerbaijan in World Cup qualifiers in
the next ten days.
Rohan
Ricketts has made an impassioned plea for first team football to
Jacques Santini. In most of the papers today, they run a story
from RR saying he can add something different to the team and if he
was a Spurs fan, he would want to see himself in the side. I am
sure we all see ourselves playing for Tottenham, but his frustration
in not getting a run in the side, like he did when Hoddle was manager,
means he is hoping to persuade the coach to play him.
Erik
Edman spent the night in hospital after suffering concussion in a
clash of heads in yesterday's game. He has had x-rays and was
unable to remember anything after the incident even though he
initially wanted to carry on playing.
Former
Spurs defender and reserve team manager Colin Calderwood is the man
that Steve Wigley wants to take over as coach at SCBC.
Apparently,
according to the Sunday Mirror, Spurs and Aston Villa will battle it
out for the £8 million signing of SCBC's James Beattie.
Former
Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne could quit Boston United to take over
as player-manager of Morton in Scotland.
OTHER
NEWS ... Ian Dowie says he fears the sack unless Crystal Palace
start picking up points soon ...
Saturday 02.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
beat Everton 1-0 at Goodison Park today to go fourth in the table,
courtesy of a first goal for Tottenham from Noe Pamarot. For a
match report, click here. For
reaction, click here.
Spurs
Under-18s beat Aston Villa today 2-1, with Andy Barcham scoring both
goals.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
Friday 01.10.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Frank
Arnesen was apparently at the Anderlecht Champions League game in
midweek to check on the form of striker Aruna Dindane.
Also
at the game was ex-Spurs striker Ronnie Rosenthal, who is now working
as a scout for Arsenal, according to Sky and was reporting on Vincent
Kompany, the Anderlecht defender.
Spurs
have agreed with Bolton Wanderers to offer free tickets for under-16s
to the Carling Cup tie on Wednesday 27th October. Up to two
children will be admitted free of charge with each adult, senior
citizen or student ticket purchased for the tie, with additional
children or unaccompanied children being charged £5.
Calum
Davenport is in the England Under-21 squad to face Wales and
Azerbaijan later this month.
Former
youth midfielder David Lee has signed for Oldham Athletic.
jamiechap@blueyonder.co.uk
OTHER
NEWS ... Four Millwall fans were stabbed in brawls before their
UEFA Cup game at Ferencvaros and the Hungarian club are to be charged
by UEFA with the behaviour of their fans who threw things at the
visiting Lions supporters and hurled racist abuse at Millwall's black
players ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Apparently
there was a fight on the Arsenal bus after their Champions League
match at Rosenborg and Arsene Wenger said "I did not see it, but
the players have explained to me what happened. It was a minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor,
minor, minor, minor, minor, minor incident."
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