| Wednesday
31.10.12 |
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Tottenham lost 1-2 at Norwich City in the Fifth Round of the
League Cup tonight. For a match report click
here.
Steven Caulker is one of two England players charged
by Serbian Police with violence at a sporting event.
From the TV pictures I saw at the time, the only thing
Caulker could be charged with is being pushed in the back by
a Serbian coach, who was also brave enough to squirt water
into the face of Leeds United defender Tom Lees (the other
England player charged), while standing behind a Serbian
player.
Tottenham's NextGen team drew 1-1 away at Anderlecht today,
with the Spurs goal coming from a Nabil Bentaleb
penalty.
Tottenham's away game at QPR has been moved to Monday 14th
January with a 20:00 kick off for live TV coverage, unless
either side is involved in an FA Cup Third Round tie replay,
when it will revert to Saturday 12th January at 15:00.
Manchester United's visit to White Hart Lane is also to be
televised live with a 16:00 kick off on Sunday 20th January.
OTHER NEWS ... Henning Berg has been named as the new
Blackburn Rovers manager ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... Chelsea are using their 5-4 extra
time win over Manchester United as a shroud to cover their
puerile attempts to pretend to be a football club.
|
| Tuesday
30.10.12 |
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For a preview of the game against Norwich City tomorrow in
the League Cup, click
here.
OTHER NEWS ... Sean Dyche has been appointed the new
manager of Burnley ...
|
| Monday
29.10.12 |
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Andre Villas-Boas has told his players that he will
pay for the shirts that they threw into the crowd after
their victory at St. Mary's yesterday.
OTHER NEWS ... Alan Knill has been sacked as manager of
Scunthorpe United and former manager Brian Laws has been
installed as the new boss ...
|
| Sunday
28.10.12 |
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Tottenham beat Southampton 2-1 at St. Mary's this afternoon.
Click
here for a match report.
The Sun claim that Real Madrid are ready to offer Spurs
Fabio Coentrao in part of a £50 million bid for
Gareth Bale in the summer.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's no-spin story ... That fine referee
Mark Clattenburg finally got a couple of decisions right in
a game, sending off Branislav Ivanovic and Fernando Torres,
as well as allowing an offside goal for Manchester United as
they beat Chelsea 3-2 today.
|
| Saturday
27.10.12 |
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The Daily Mirror reports that Real Madrid are planning a £50
million bid for Gareth Bale in the summer, as Jose
Mourinho sees him as vital to the club's progress and the
Spanish team might start shedding players such as Kaka and
Mezut Ozil to clear the way for the massive bid for the
Welshman.
Spurs and Chelsea have been warned off a January move for
Marseille striker Loic Remy.
Manchester United, Spurs and Arsenal are said to be watching
the situation at Glasgow Celtic, where Nigerian midfielder
Victor Wanyama has allegedly turned down the offer of
a new contract, but manager Neil Lennon has said he rates
the player at £25 million, the Daily Mirror reckons.
Spurs Under-21s beat Manchester United U21 4-2 at Hotspur
Way this morning with goals from Milos Veljkovic,
Cristian Ceballos, Nabil Bentaleb and Jon Obika.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Friday
26.10.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS :- Tottenham are still
unable to consider
Scott Parker (Achilles),
Younes Kaboul (knee) and Benoit Assou-Ekotto
(knee), but have Emmanuel Adebayor (back), Mousa
Dembele (hip) and Gareth Bale (paternity leave)
back and available.
Michael Dawson should be on the bench again after a
migraine kept him out on Thursday and Brad Freidel
could return in goal.
SOUTHAMPTON TEAM NEWS : -
Uruguayan forward Gaston
Ramirez is out of Sunday's match with a hamstring injury and
Frazier Richardson (leg) and Jack Cork (knee) are also
likely to be missing. Forward Tadanari Lee has got
over his elbow injury and Luke Shaw might make his first
League start. Left back Danny Fox carrying a knock
that might keep him out..
For a match preview of the Southampton game, click
here.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Thursday
25.10.12 |
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Tottenham drew 1-1 away to Maribor in the Europa League
tonight. For a match report, click
here.
The Daily Mail report that Spurs might miss out on Joao
Moutinho as the Porto midfielder might chose to move to
Paris St Germain where he can earn a great deal more.
Conversely, Willian is willing to take a wage cut to
leave Shakthar Donetsk to join Spurs or Chelsea in the
January transfer window, according to the Daily Telegraph.
OTHER NEWS ... Dougie Freedman has been appointed as
the new manager of Bolton Wanderers ... Paul Cook has taken
over the manager's role at Chesterfield ...
|
| Wednesday
24.10.12 |
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The Spurs NextGen side drew 2-2 at Hotspur Way with
Wolfsburg this afternoon, when two Alex Pritchard
goals were cancelled out in the second half, the equaliser
coming four minutes into injury time at the end of the game.
Ryan Fredericks has ended his loan spell with Brentford and
has returned to White Hart Lane.
OTHER NEWS ... manager Paul Jewell has left Ipswich
Town by mutual consent ...
|
| Tuesday
23.10.12 |
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The Daily Mirror claim Southampton will make a January
transfer window swoop for Michael Dawson to shore up
their very leaky defence.
In The Metro, they claim Spurs will renew their interest in
Shakthar Donetsk's Brazilian midfielder Willian in
January, with the player claiming Andre Villas-Boas
has kept in touch with him since the summer.
OTHER NEWS ... Dougie Freedman has left Crystal Palace
to become the new manager of Bolton Wanderers ...
|
| Monday
22.10.12 |
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No Spurs news around today.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
CRIME WATCH ... the man who attacked Chris Kirkland has
been jailed for 16 weeks and given a six year banning order
from all ground in the country ...
|
| Sunday
21.10.12 |
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The Sunday Mirror has a report that Spurs will make a
January transfer window swoop for Crystal Palace's England
Under-21 striker Wilfred Zaha, who is believed to be worth £20 million by
his club. It is claimed Tottenham would be willing to
pay £10 million down with the rest spread over a five year
deal.
In the Sun, Emmanuel Adebayor thinks his Spurs career
might be over before it starts. As well as wanting to
go to the African Cup of Nations with Togo in January (as
reported in the Mirror), the player feels he is being frozen
out by Andre Villas-Boas and wants showdown talks
with a view to leaving as he wants to play. Rumours
have been circulating for a few weeks about his
non-appearance, with various theories put forward as to why
he has not been starting.
OTHER NEWS ... Gloucestershire Police have arrested a
Cheltenham man with a view to charging him with an assault
on Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland, after a
Leeds United fan ran onto the pitch in Friday's game at
Hillsborough and punched him in the face ...
|
| Saturday
20.10.12 |
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Tottenham lost 2-4 to Chelsea at White Hart Lane this
afternoon. Click
here
for a match report.
Gareth Bale missed the match as he was called to
attend as his partner went into labour with their first
child.
The Daily Mail report that Emmanuel Adebayor has had
a crisis meeting with Andre Villas-Boas about his
Spurs future.
Nottingham Forest may be ready to send Jermaine Jenas
back to Tottenham, as manager Sean O'Driscoll was not keen
on the move but was over-ruled by the club's owners
Shaquille Coulthirst and Daniel Akindayini
scored the goals as the Spurs Under-18s came back from a
goal down at Sunderland to win in the FA Premier Academy
League today.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Friday
19.10.12 |
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Sky Sports are claiming Manchester United are keen on
Ryan Shawcross and will be rivals with Arsenal and Spurs
for the Stoke City defender's signature in January.
Young midfielder Jack Munns has joined Aldershot on a
one month loan deal.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Thursday
18.10.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs are without
Scott Parker (Achilles)
and Younes Kaboul (knee) for Saturday's match with
Chelsea, but Kyle Naughton and Jake Livermore
may be available for the game after overcoming their recent
injuries. Tottenham expect to have Benoit
Assou-Ekotto back in training net week, but he will not
feature on Saturday.
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS : - John Terry is suspended for the
game for racist comments mad to Anton Ferdinand last year,
while Daniel Sturridge will be back in the squad.
Frank Lampard and Ryan Bertand are both doubtful for the
Spurs game.
For a preview of Saturday's game, click
here.
The Guardian claim Scott Parker could be out until
Christmas following surgery on his Achilles tendon injury.
Lazio have been fined £32,500 for racist chants by their
fans aimed at Spurs players in the Europa League draw at
White Hart Lane on 20th September.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Wednesday
17.10.12 |
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Jermain Defoe played 67 minutes of England's 1-1 draw
in Poland in the country's World Cup qualifying match this
afternoon, while Kyle Walker and Aaron Lennon
were unused substitutes.
Danny Rose has been criticised by the Serbian FA for
his "inappropriate, unsportsmanlike and vulgar" behaviour after the game with the England
Under21s last night, but also went on to say there were no
grounds to claims that there was racial chanting at the
match.
Former Spurs keeper from 1978 to 1982, Milija Aleksic
suddenly died in Johannesburg. MEHSTG is saddened to
hear this news and sends it's condolences to his family and
friends at this sad time.
Tottenham have turned down an official written approach by
Blackburn Rovers for Tim Sherwood, who is the Ewood
Park club's number one choice to fill their vacant manager's
job.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Tuesday
16.10.12 |
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Jermain Defoe was due to play in England's World Cup
qualifier in Warsaw against Poland, but the match was
postponed as the pitch was waterlogged and they couldn't
closer the roof. The game is scheduled to take place
tomorrow.
Mousa Dembele and Jan Vertonghen played the 90
minutes for Belgium, as they beat Scotland 2-0 in Brussells
in their World Cup qualifying group.
Wales lost 0-2 to Croatia away in their World Cup qualifier
and Gareth Bale played the whole match.
Hugo Lloris saved a penalty in France's 1-1 away draw
with Spain in the World Cup qualifying match.
Iceland lost their home qualifying match against Switzerland
and Gylfi Sigurdsson was involved for the whole 90
minutes.
Sandro came on as a last minute substitute in
Brazil's 4-0 friendly win over Japan in Wroclaw, Poland.
Two goals by Clint Dempsey helped the USA to a 3-1
win over Guatemala in Kansas to take them to the top of
their World Cup qualifying group.
Andros Townsend was an unused substitute for England
Under-21s as they beat Serbia 1-0 away to go through to the
finals in Israel next year 2-0 on aggregate. Steven
Caulker and Adam Smith played the whole 90
minutes, picking up yellow cards, while Danny Rose
got a red card after the final whistle for a second bookable
offence, only to be racially abused when he walked off, with
players and coaches involved in a massive fight instigated
by the Serbian players and staff.
The Daily Mirror reckons Daniel Sturridge will look
to move on from Stamford Bridge in January, with Liverpool
and Tottenham keen on the young forward.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Monday
15.10.12 |
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Spurs Under-21s beat Southampton Under-21s 4-2 away today
with the goals coming from a Cristian Ceballos
hat-trick and Jon Obika.
Spurs, Juventus and AS Roma are being linked with
Feyenoord's 21 year old midfielder Jordy Clasie.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Sunday
14.10.12 |
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Spurs are set to nip in ahead of Arsenal and Manchester City
to sign Crystal Palace's 19 year old striker Wilfred Zaha,
by offering £8 million for the England Under-21
international, the Sunday People writes.
Emmauel Adebayor scored to help Togo gain a 2-1 win
over Gabon to go through to the finals on a 3-2 aggregate
score-line.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Saturday
13.10.12 |
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Spurs Under-18s lost 1-3 to Manchester United on a visit to
the Carrington training ground in the Premier U18 League today. Tottenham's
goal came from Joshua Onomah.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Friday
12.10.12 |
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Kyle Walker played all 90 minutes of England's 5-0
win over San Marino at Wembley in a World Cup qualifying
match tonight. Aaron Lennon came on as a 10th
minute substitute, while Jermain Defoe stayed on the
bench as an unused substitute
Gareth Bale was the Wales hero with two goals - one a
penalty - that turned around the match against Scotland at
Wales in a World Cup qualifier. Wales were trailing,
but Bale's two strikes ensured a first three points for his
country in this campaign as they went on to win 2-1.
Both Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele played
all of Belgium's 3-0 away win against Serbia in their World
Cup qualifying game tonight.
A winning goal from Gylfi Sigurdsson gave Iceland a
2-1 away World Cup qualifying win over Albania tonight.
Clint Dempsey played 90 minutes as the USA beat
Antigua & Barbuda in Antigua tonight. Former Spurs
youngster Zaine Francis-Angol played for Antigua &
Barbuda.
France suffered a 0-1 friendly loss to Japan in Paris
tonight, with Hugo Lloris playing in goal for the
French.
Bongani Khumalo played the whole of South Africa's
0-1 friendly defeat to Poland in Warsaw tonight.
Steven Caulker, Danny Rose and Adam Smith both
started the England U21 game in the first leg of the
play-off against Serbia, which they won 1-0 at Carrow Road
tonight. Smith was brought down for the penalty that
wont he match for England. Andros Townsend made
his Under-21 debut as a 65th minute substitute and almost
set up a goal with a free-kick that Caulker met with his
head, but the keeper made a very good stop.
Tottenham's NextGen matches against Anderlecht have now had
dates arranged for them. Spurs travel to play in the
Constant Vanden Stock stadium in Brussels on Wednesday
October 31st with the game kicking off at 19:30 local time
(18:30 UK time), while the home tie will take place at
Hotspur Way on Thursday 13th December, with a 13:00 kick
off.
Spurs are linked with a move for 27 year old Turkish
striker, Burak Yilmaz according to TalkSport, who
claim Liverpool and West Ham United are also interested in
the Galatasaray forward, who might fetch £13 million.
Internazionale are Tottenham's main rivals for Borussia
Moenchengladbach' s 21 year old midfielder Patrick
Hermann, who is rated at £7.5 million, according to the
Sun.
Former Spurs midfielder Edgar Davids has joined
Barnet as joint Head Coach, alongside another former Spur
Mark Robson, while the Dutch midfielder also hopes to
turn out as a player for the bottom League club.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Thursday
11.10.12 |
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Little news again, with the internationals coming up this
weekend.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Wednesday
10.10.12 |
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Wales are hopeful that Gareth Bale overcomes a heel
injury to play in their World Cup qualifying game against
Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday.
OTHER NEWS ... Neal Ardley has been named as the new
manger of AFC WImbledon ...
|
| Tuesday
09.10.12 |
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Gareth Bale was won the Football Association of Wales
Fan's Player of the Year trophy.
OTHER NEWS ... Owen Coyle has been sacked as manager of
Bolton Wanderers ...
|
| Monday
08.10.12 |
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No Spurs news today.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Sunday
07.10.12 |
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Tottenham beat Aston Villa 2-0 at White Hart Lane this
afternoon. For a match report click
here.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Saturday
06.10.12 |
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Little solid Spurs news or rumour considering there is a
match tomorrow.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Friday
05.10.12 |
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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS :- Spurs will bring back
William Gallas and Brad Freidel into the side to face Aston
Villa on Sunday. Still ruled out are
Scott Parker (Achilles),
Jake Livermore (groin), Kyle Naughton (ankle), Younes Kaboul (knee)
and Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee). However,
Emmanuel Adebayor (hamstring) hopes to make the game.
ASTON VILLA TEAM NEWS :- Paul Lambert will have
to decide whether to re-instate former Spurs forward
Darren Bent to the starting line-up after his goal
earned Villa a point against West Bromwich Albion last week.
Richard Dunne's groin injury and Stephen Ireland's broken
arm keep them side-lined.
For a preview of the Villa match, click
here.
Spurs have been chosen for three more TV live broadcasts
before the end of the year and the fixtures to change are
...
Swansea City (home) moved from Saturday 15th December to
Sunday 16th December with a 13:30 kick off.
Aston Villa (way) still on Wednesday 26th December but will
now kick off at 17:30.
Sunderland (away) still Saturday 29th December but will now
kick off at 12:45.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... Former Arsenal captain Tony Adams
told the BBC on their website today "My
experience of Arsene Wenger is that he's very offensive and
it's going to be very difficult for Steve (Bould)."
That confirms a lot of opinions on the Arsenal manager.
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| Thursday
04.10.12 |
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Tottenham drew 1-1 with Panathinaikos in Athens tonight.
For a match report click
here.
The League Cup Fourth Round tie away at Norwich City has
been set for Wednesday 31st October with a 19:45 kick off.
Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon and Kyle Walker
have all been picked for the England squad to play Poland
and San Marino in the World Cup qualifiers in the coming
week.
In the Sun, Alan Pardew has denied that Spurs made a summer
bid for Newcastle United midfielder Yohan Cabaye,
after the player said Tottenham wanted him to replace
Luka Modric.
TalkSport claim that Spurs and Liverpool are watching
Wilfred Zaha's situation at Crystal Palace, with manager
Dougie Freedman saying that he will let the young striker
know when he is ready to leave the South London club.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... England manager Roy Hodgson told a
tube train full of people that he was the best man for the
job today. A full apology is expected tomorrow.
|
| Wednesday
03.10.12 |
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Steven Caulker, Danny Rose, Andros Townsend and
Adam Smith have all been included in the England
Under-21 squad for the play-off double header against Serbia
on the 12th and 16th October.
Spurs will not be returning to Portugal to sign Joao
Moutinho in January as he is committed to the project at
Porto and wishes to stay.
Another person linked with Spurs who wants to stay with his
current job is Franco Baldini the Daily mail reports,
but the London Evening Standard reckons he may be out of a
job at AS Roma soon and thus could end up as Tottenham's
Director of Football, although they have also looked at
Txiki Beguiristain formerly of Barcelona and Sporting
Lisbon's Antero Henrique..
For a brief preview of the Europa League match at
Panathinaikos tomorrow, click
here.
OTHER NEWS ... AFC Bournemouth have sacked their
manager Paul Groves ...
|
| Tuesday
02.10.12 |
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The Under-21s game against Southampton, which was postponed
on 25th September because the Saints Staplewood training
ground pitch was waterlogged, will now take place on Monday
17th October kicking off at 14:30.
Goalkeeper Jordan Archer's loan spell at Wycombe
Wanderers has been extended by a further seven days.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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| Monday
01.10.12 |
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Spurs Under-21s drew 3-3 with Aston Villa at White Hart Lane
tonight with the scorers being Jon Obika 2 and
Kevin Stewart.
OTHER NEWS ... ...
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