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Friday 29.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling claims that
Tottenham have shown interest in him, but that he wants to stay in
the Bundesliga. Some papers run the story about Juande Ramos
going for Dani
Jarque and Carlos Kameni of Espanyol for a joint fee of
£10 million.
Reserve midfielder Jake Livermore has joined MK Dons on a
month's loan.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Arsene
Wenger is furious that teams are being instructed to "play Arsenal
off the park." Coming after their 1-5 defeat in the League Cup
semi-final second leg, the Arsenal coach says that he would prefer
teams to roll over for his side, as they are cracking up and might
struggle to maintain their league position without this.
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Wenger did offer fans some excitement
though, by saying "Also,
I should invite you sometimes to come into the dressing room and
look at the legs of [Alex] Hleb after a game. You would be amazed."
Thursday 28.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Gus Poyet has revealed that two players from Espanyol are on
the club's summer shopping list. Central defender Dani
Jarque and goalkeeper Carlos Kameni of Cameroon are both
interesting Spurs.
Pascal Chimbonda is reportedly being fined two week's wages for
his slow exit when substituted against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday
and his route straight down the tunnel rather than sitting on the
team bench.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the club may be looking to move away
from White Hart Lane to increase capacity and increase income from
attendances.
Former Spurs defender and assistant manager Chris Hughton has
been appointed as assistant coach at Newcastle United, seemingly
without the knowledge of manager Kevin Keegan, according to the
Daily Mail.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Jonathan Woodgate picked
up a sprained ankle in the first half of the League Cup Final and
will likely miss the game at St. Andrews, while Ledley King
is not likely to play his second game running.
Benoit Assou-Ekotto (knee) and Gareth Bale (foot) are
both out for the rest of the season, but better news comes in the
form of Michael Dawson and Gilberto stepping up their
training and both may feature in the match against the Blues..
BIRMINGHAM CITY TEAM NEWS : - Olivier Kapo misses the match with
a thigh injury, while Liam Ridgewell will
face a late fitness test. Martin Taylor is suspended after his
sending off for the tackle that broke Eduardo leg.
For a match preview, click
here.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Wednesday 27.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
West Ham United are reportedly keen to sign Darren Bent from
Spurs in the summer, but for only £10 million, while various sources
say that Dimitar Berbatov will commit to Tottenham after
being offered a huge pay rise.
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The
following press release has been received from ESPN and might be of
interest to those of you with Sky ...
ESPN Classic is delighted to announce that ‘The Season’ will be
kicking off with a celebration of the great achievements of
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in the 1981/82 season in an ESPN
produced documentary at 10.30pm, on the 3rd March 2008.
With insights from Spurs legend Steve Perryman and a whole host of
memorable footage from the Lilywhites great season in English
football, this is a programme Spurs fans will not want to miss.
Having won the FA Cup the season before, Keith Burkinshaw’s side
were hoping to build on this success, challenging for honours in all
domestic competition as well as the European Cup Winners Cup. A
Charity Shield draw with the Division One champions Aston Villa
kicked off the season in an encouraging fashion, and Spurs early
league form was impressive with Crooks, Villa, Hoddle, Ardiles
Archibald, Falco and co recreating the slick, exciting football that
had wowed fans the season before.
Knocking Arsenal out of the FA Cup in the 3rd round with
a Garth Crooks strike was inevitably loudly celebrated by the White
Hart Lane faithful, and another Crooks goal against Leeds was enough
to take them through to the 5th round where they met
Villa. A Falco goal this time was enough to see off the League
Champions, and a thrilling tie against Chelsea in which goals from
Hazard, Archibald and Hoddle meant they won the fixture 3-2 to put
Spurs in the Semi Final.
Meanwhile, Spurs had played well to reached the final of the League
Cup, where they lost to form side Liverpool 3-1. European Cup
Winners Cup victories against Ajax, Dundalk and Eintracht Frankfurt
set up an epic two leg semi-final with Barcelona, in which they drew
the home leg one-all, before losing to a solitary goal at the Nou
Camp – a highly credible European campaign in which they were
unlucky not to go all the way. Spurs excellent league form steered
them into fourth, and despite being held by QPR in the FA Cup Final,
a Glenn Hoddle penalty one them the replay and ensured the trophy
would stay at White Hart Lane for one more year. A great end to a
great season, all brought to life on ESPN Classic.
The Season is presented by Gary Imlach, who said “This
was Steve Perryman's choice. The FA Cup win from the season before,
with Ricky Villa's winning goal in the replay is more famous, but
Steve reckons repeating the trick the following year, while chasing
trophies on three other fronts, was the greater achievement. And he
should know. Fascinating stuff on the personalities and
relationships within the team.”
ESPN Classic will be celebrating Spurs’ Glorious
1981/82 season on Sky Channel 442 at 10.30pm on 3rd
March, 2008
OTHER
NEWS ... After Ian Brightwell was removed from his post, Keith
Alexander had been appointed as manager of Macclesfield until the
end of the season ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... From the BBC London website ...
Inside Out 29th February 2008 - BBC One 7.30pm
Broken Promises
Arsenal is the richest football
club, not just in the capital but in the country. Two years ago the
Gunners moved to the new Emirates stadium, promising to regenerate
the area and give back to the community. Now with the club doubling
its income to £200 million, in just twelve months, the neighbourhood
is seeing red.
The community feel Arsenal have failed to deliver their promises of
major transport improvements, a sports centre in the new development
and an integrated housing policy. To top it off, the club has
forced through planning permission for 32 phone masts opposite a
primary school. Geraint Hughes reports.
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... On the TeamTalk
website an article on Nice and Ivory Coast striker Bakary
Kone was asked what Premier League teams he
likes and replied, "Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool,
Tottenham, Newcastle and Aston Villa are all good teams, even
Portsmouth, and West Ham are not bad."
MEHSTG's spin story ...
The earthquake that was centred on Market Rasen in Lincolnshire was
felt as far away as Chelsea's training ground, where Didier Drogba
was knocked off his feet.
Tuesday 26.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Guardian reckon that Paul Robinson's Tottenham future
remains shrouded in doubt. Reports today claim that Juande
Ramos will be given £40 million to spend in the summer to take
advantage of the impetus of the League Cup win, with some of it
going on Juventus' Portuguese midfielder Tiago and some more
on Sevilla winger Diego Capel. Meanwhile, The Sun claim
that making way will be Pascal Chimbonda, who is in Ramos'
bad books for his sulky slink off the pitch on Sunday (among other
things if you believe what you read).
In other sources, it reveals that Chimbonda was annoyed at
being substituted in such an important game, but having had it
explained to him by the Head Coach as to why he came off, he has
apologised to his team-mates and everything is now alright.
The club will not be taking the League Cup
on an open top bus parade through the streets of Haringey, but
Juande Ramos and Ledley King will attend a civic function
with it some time in the future, with the trophy being shown to the
fans prior to the home UEFA Cup tie against PSV Eindhoven on
Thursday of next week (6th March). Additionally, the Cup will
be on display in the Spurs Megastore this weekend.
Meanwhile, Juande Ramos has spoken of his hard graft to be
where he is today, working his way up from small clubs in Spain to
Tottenham, where he has had granted everything he has asked for and
there are plans to build a training complex at Bull's Cross which
the Head Coach believes will be better than Real Madrid's !!
Jacob Livingston asked if we could feature this ... happy to help out.
In celebration of our glorious cup final win over Chelsea, we've
come up with a plan to let the rest of the nation know how proud we
are of the team !
We, the fans, should try and get a Spurs related song into the top
40 !
The charts start tallying up from Monday morning, so we might have a
little catching up to do, but with 1.1 million proud Spurs fans
around the globe we may even be able to get the 10,000 sales
required to push for a top 10 slot !
We've had a look on iTunes and it appears to be pretty much devoid
of any explicitly Spurs related songs apart from Tip Top Tottenham,
which without being too disrespectful, is tosh.
Therefore we've decided to opt for Barry Manilow's legendary anthem
'Can't Smile Without You'. It's a song that has often been sung at
the Lane and and away trips it does epitomize the love we all feel
for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
The idea is for everyone to go and download (legally, from iTunes)
'Can't Smile Without You' by Sunday lunchtime. It only costs 79p and
there are you may even be able to find free download vouchers online
somewhere, so there's no excuse. JUST MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD IT FROM
iTUNES OR IT WON'T GET REGISTERED!
This is something that any fan can do, as it's not too expensive and
even the least tech-savvy of us should be able to download a song
from iTunes ! You might say the plan was foolproof, or even
Avram Grant proof !
www.itunes.com
Just type 'Can't smile without you' into iTunes' search function and
it should be the top search result.
COYS and Can't Smile Without You!
(www.spursforum.co.uk)
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... It turns out that the fella who got in on
the Spurs photo as they posed by the Carling sign was none other
than Joe Cole's cousin, who is a Spurs fan !!
Monday 25.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
News on the internet today implies that Paul Robinson and
Dimitar Berbatov are both keen to stay on at Tottenham following
the League Cup win yesterday.
Dates for the UEFA Cup quarter final ties
with PSV Eindhoven have been announced. The home leg will take
place first on Thursday 6th March kicking off at 8:05 p.m. and Spurs
travel to Holland for the second leg on Wednesday 12th March with a
kick off of 7:45 p.m. (UK time).
Rosenborg's Norwegian international midfielder Per Ciljan Skjelbred
is being linked with interest from Spurs, Arsenal and Manchester
City.
The Reserves hosted West Ham United reserves at Brisbane Road tonight
and lost 1-3 after a Danny Rose free-kick had put them ahead.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Sunday 24.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
SPURS WIN THE LEAGUE CUP AT WEMBLEY BEATING CHELSEA 2-1 IN EXTRA
TIME !! For reaction, click
here.
For a match report click
here.
It was not the only piece of silverware
picked up by a Tottenham team today, as the Spurs Ladies Under-13s
beat Beacons 7-1 in the London Youth FA Cup Final at Mile End this
morning. Click
here for
the latest Spurs Ladies results and match reports.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Saturday 23.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Robbo was in good voice in Prague as this You Tube clip shows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-sDnhxmUiE.
This is a must for tomorrow ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcWKS16mEg.
And while I am on about You Tube check out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXuXu-jDN1E. If Paul
Gascoigne could only deal with life the way he dealt with a
football.
Anyone wanting to meet up for the game on
Sunday in Newcastle, should contact Michael to arrange to join his
group of fellow Spurs fans. Click
here to e-mail him.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Arsene
Wenger claimed that Gael Clichy "should never play football again"
after giving away a stupidly needless last minute penalty to let ten
men Birmingham City get a point from a game Arsenal should have been
allowed to win. It appears that Wenger has had miracle eye
surgery as he saw everything today ... even things that weren't
there !!
Friday
22.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Ledley King, Kevin-Prince
Boateng and Michael Dawson all trained with a few days
remaining in their battle to get match fit before the League Cup
Final. Gareth Bale (foot), Benoit Assou-Ekotto
(knee) and Gilberto (calf) are all definitely out of the
game.
The Spurs home game against West Ham United has been moved because of
our progress in the UEFA Cup. The match will now take place on
Sunday 9th March, with a 3:00 p.m. kick off instead of Saturday 8th
March.
Former Spurs defender and assistant manager, Chris Hughton, is
set to be appointed at Newcastle United as a coach in Kevin Keegan's
set-up, taking over from the departed
Nigel Pearson.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Thursday
21.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham drew 1-1 with Slavia Prague at White Hart Lane tonight in
the second leg of the Round of 32 in the UEFA Cup. They
progress to the quarter finals winning 3-2 on aggregate.
For a match report, click
here and reaction to follow.
Spurs will play PSV Eindhoven in the next round of the UEFA Cup, as
they beat Helsingborgs on aggregate.
Former
Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne has been detained under the
Mental Health Act after his behaviour caused concern in a North-East
hotel
.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Wednesday
20.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Ajax keeper Marten Stekelenburg has said he will not commit
to a new contract at the Amsterdam club and will only talk about a
new deal after the end
of the season, which will increase speculation about him moving to
Spurs, who were keen on trying to attract him in the January
transfer window.
TEAM NEWS : - Ledley King is back in training, but may
not be risked in tomorrow's UEFA Cup tie against Slavia Prague.
Michael Dawson is also out with a hamstring injury, but might
be available for Sunday, as may be Kevin-Prince Boateng, who
has the same problem. Out for both games is Gilberto,
who will not be back in training for a week after suffering a calf
injury. Some rumours in the Daily Mail indicate that Paul
Robinson might get the nod to take the gloves in the game
against the Czech league leaders.
For a match preview, click
here.
Former Spurs defender Justin Edinburgh
has left the post of manager at Grays Athletic by mutual consent.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Bolton
Wanderers are furious after Atletico Madrid posted the Trotters'
itinerary for their trip to Spain on the La Liga club's website.
They were annoyed that their trip to the local monastery was
over-looked and replaced by a visit to a lap-dancing club, which was
only scheduled for after the match, if they won the tie.
Tuesday
19.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs are supposed to be lining up the Italian second choice
goalkeeper Marco Amelia of Livorno in the Daily Star, while
the Daily Telegraph tell us that Sevilla winger Diego Capel
is pleased to hear that Spurs and Arsenal have announced their
interest in signing him. Apparently Arsenal are our big rivals
... to sign Tommy Rowe - a 19 year old striker with Stockport
County.
The big news is that big NBA star Big Steve Nash is in "casual
contact" with the big wigs at White Hart Lane about having some
involvement with the club in the future, when he gives up the
basketball game. He said he is not like the Glaziers or Randy
Lerner, as he has been a Tottenham supporter all his life and would
not be involved financially, but in some other capacity, so he has
been talking to Daniel Levy and Damien Comolli on a
friendly basis not a business one.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Monday
18.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Anthony Gardner reckons that if he could, he would like to
stay at Goodison Park, where he is on loan at Everton.
Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has denied that his goalkeeper
David "Calamity" James is out of contract at the end of the
season and that he does not want him to move to White Hart Lane.
The Reserves match away at Birmingham City (to be played at Solihull
Borough FC) has been moved from Monday 17th March to Tuesday 18th
March with a 7:00 p.m. kick off.
Anyone in the vicinity of Christchurch NZ
who wants to get together with like minded Spurs fans for the League
Cup Final on Sunday, should contact us to meet Bob Marshall and some
of his mates to watch the game together.
OTHER
NEWS ... Chris Coleman has agreed to take over as manager of
Coventry City in principle ...
Nigel Pearson has been appointed as the
new SCBC manager ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Liverpool's
owners are expecting Rafa Benitez to deliver the Champions League
trophy at the end of the season. So it seems the Spaniard's
life after Anfield involves working for DHL !!
Sunday
17.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Mail on Sunday claim that Spurs want to sign David "Calamity"
James to
replace Paul Robinson in goal in the summer, while the News
of the World seem certain that Spurs will secure the signing of
central defender Dani Jarque from Espanyol in the nest
transfer window.
As things are pretty quiet at the moment,
why not take a few minutes to take part in a new quick fire football
quiz, where Spurs DVDs and a full
size replica FA Cup trophy are among the prizes.
ILC Media re the club's official DVD partner and you can play for
Spurs to try and get them to the top of the quiz league. Have
a go at their ten football questions at
http://www.ilcmediadirect.com/quiz/ and see if you can push
Tottenham up the table !!
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ...
Saturday
16.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
According to the Daily Mirror, Manchester United are trying to steal
Standard Liege and Congo defender Paul Jose Mpoklu, who is
15, from Spurs, who have had him on trial and are keen to sign him
when he becomes 16.
The Spurs Under-18 team won in their Premier
League Academy match away at Reading with the result being 2-0 to
Spurs, thanks to goals from Andros Townsend and Alex Olsen.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Friday
15.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Daily Star claim that
Tottenham have joined Manchester City,
Everton and Portsmouth in the chase for £4million-rated Rennes
midfielder Stephane Mbia and also that Sevilla's Brazilian
wing-back Daniel Alves is desperate to leave the Spanish club
meaning that Spurs and Chelsea as well as club's in La Liga are all
interested in his services . Livorno goalkeeper Marco
Amelia has said he will consider his future at the club at the
end of this season, as Spurs have expressed an interest in the
second choice keeper for the Italian national side.
Best news of the day is that Middlesbrough have signed winger
Stewart Downing on a new contract for five years !!
Spurs have been linked with the player for about two and a half
years, but it was rumoured that Juande Ramos was not keen on
him. Understandable really.
OTHER
NEWS ... Kevin Blackwell has been named as the Sheffield United
manager until the end of the season ...
...
MEHSTG's spin story ... The
group of big clubs in Europe called the G-14 have split due to
footballing differences. The group had a big hit in the 1990s
with "Money (That's All I Want)" and will now encompass 100 clubs
across the continent to form an even more powerful power-base band.
Thursday
14.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham beat Slavia Prague 2-1 in Prague in the
first leg of the UEFA Cup Round of 32 tonight. Click
here for a
match report. Reaction to come.
Spurs are the 11th richest club in the world according to the 2008
Deloitte Football Rich List. With turnover up to 103.5
million, they are just £3 million behind AS Roma and could break in
to the top ten next year.
Lots of papers cover the story that Spurs
coach Marcos Alvarez reckons the team are only halfway to
their target of losing 16 stones since he came in from Sevilla and
was shocked that they pigged out on cakes, sauce drenched meals and
sweets. He told a Spanish radio station that the players were
sceptical until they saw the results of their weight loss.
OTHER
NEWS ... Bryan Robson has been relieved of his duties as manager
of Sheffield United ...
...
Wednesday
13.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Alain Nkong, the midfielder player for Cameroon and
Mexican side Atlante, claims to have been contacted by Spurs after a
good African Cup of Nations.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Tottenham flew out to the Czech
capital with Ledley King, who might play after missing
several games resting his knee and with Tomas Pekhart in the
squad, but they are without
Michael Dawson (hamstring), Gareth
Bale (foot), Alan Hutton (ineligible), Kevin Boateng
(hamstring), Gilberto (calf), and Benoit Assou-Ekotto
(knee). Didier Zokora
returns to the club after playing for Ivory Coast in the African
Cup of Nations.
Tomas Pekhart has revealed in the
Press that Paul Robinson incurred the wrath of Head Coach
Juande Ramos, when he refused to warm up in the match against
Arsenal in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final, after being
dropped for the first time.
Spurs Reserves will play Chelsea at home in the Premier Reserve League
on Monday 14th April with a 7:00 p.m. kick off after being postponed
earlier this month.
The Spurs Youth team were knocked out of the FA Youth Cup tonight,
losing 0-1 at Port Vale.
OTHER
NEWS ... Giovanni Trappatoni has been appointed as the new
manager of the Republic of Ireland ...
...
MEHSTG's spin story ...
Tuesday
12.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Once more, there is little news about Tottenham apart from
Jermaine Jenas saying that Gus Poyet is a funny guy and
Espanyol's £9 million rated central defender Dani Jarque
saying he has not had talks with Juande Ramos about a move to
Spurs.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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CRIMEWATCH ... Joey
Barton escaped FA censure for his alleged attempted punch at Shaun
Maloney ... bad-boy Bowyer gets let off a
red card for a foul in the game against Birmingham City on Saturday.
Mark Clattenburg was "in charge" of the game ...
Monday
11.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
No real news today, other than the Spurs players believe we can win
all the cups we are in this season.
OTHER
NEWS ... Iain Dowie has been sacked as manager of Coventry City ...
...
CRIMEWATCH ... Joey
Barton, fresh out of rehab, will be the subject of the FA's review
of the footage from Saturday's game against Aston Villa when he took
a swing at Shaun Maloney ...
...
MEHSTG's spin story ...
Sunday
10.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham are reportedly watching Slovenian international goalkeeper
Samir Handanovic, who plays for Italian club Udinese, the News
of the World reports, while it also claims that Juande Ramos
wants his nutritionist Antonio Escribano - nicknamed Dr. Baby
Food - to work just for Spurs next season. The same paper also
says that Chelsea and Tottenham are both keen on signing Valencia's
midfielder David Villa in the summer, as the player has
announced that he sees his future on the Premier League and this is
a story that the Sunday Mirror also runs, seeing Villa as a
replacement for Dimitar Berbatov, should he leave at the end
of the season. The Daily Star Sunday say Spurs will move for
Real Zaragoza striker Diego Milito when the next transfer
window opens, with 25 year old
Italian number two keeper Marco Amelia moving to Spurs too
from Livorno, but Barcelona will snap up Tottenham central defensive
target Ezequiel Garay from Real Santander.
Michael Dawson is awaiting the result of a look at his thigh
injury picked up yesterday, which could keep him out for three weeks
of it is a torn muscle.
Reader Sean Myles asks what pub Spurs fans will be using at Wembley
for the League Cup Final on February 24th ? Any suggestions
will be passed onto Sean. Just let
us know at
mehstg@blueyonder.co.uk
OTHER
NEWS ... Egypt won the African Cup of Nations, beating Cameroon
1-0 ...
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Saturday
09.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham beat Derby County 3-0 at Pride Park this afternoon.
Click here
for a match report. For reaction click
here.
Tom Huddlestone has told the press that Juande Ramos
urged him to give up tomato ketchup to keep his weight down !!
Bolton Wanderers manager Gary Megson has revealed that Jermain
Defoe turned down the opportunity to join the club as a
replacement for Nicolas Anelka.
The Under-18 side continued their good run with a seventh game
unbeaten seeing off leaders Aston Villa 2-1 thanks to a Ryan
Mason goal and a David Hutton penalty.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Friday
08.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs have announced that they have entered the InterToto Cup should
they fail to reach a placing to qualify for the UEFA Cup nor win a
trophy this season which would qualify them for Europe.
The news was tucked away on the official site under the team news.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Jonathan Woodgate is suspended
for one match as he has collected five yellow cards this season,
while Ledley King is rested. Didier Zokora stays in Ghana to
play the third and fourth play-off place game in the African Nations
Cup.
DERBY COUNTY
TEAM NEWS
: - Andy Todd and Darren Moore add to
Derby's defensive woes with hamstring injuries which might keep them
out of action for tomorrow's game at Pride Park. Hossam Ghaly
is not eligible to play under the terms of his loan to County from
Spurs.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Thursday
07.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Daniel Levy's suggestion that Premier League clubs should be
allowed to have seven substitutes on the bench in league games was
confirmed at today's meeting of club chairman and will be in place
from the start of next season.
Didier Zokora played for Ivory Coast in their 1-4 African
Nations Cup semi-final defeat tonight.
For a preview of Saturday's game at Derby County, click
here.
OTHER
NEWS ... AFC Bournemouth have gone into administration and will
be docked 10 points ...
...
MEHSTG's spin story ... The
Premier League are looking to add a random fixture to the season to
allow clubs to play in games abroad on an unspecified date in
January from 2010. When announced the games could take place
anywhere around the world, MEHSTG asked, "Why not somewhere else ?"
Wednesday
06.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Spurs home Premier League match against Chelsea, postponed
because of the club's involvement in the League Cup Final,
will now kick off at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday 19th March.
Papers are linking Spurs and Arsenal with a move for Newcastle United
winger Charles N'Zogbia, who looks as if he is keen on a move
to London at the end of the season.
Jermaine Jenas scored for England in
their 2-1 win over Switzerland at Wembley tonight, before being
substituted on 60 minutes. Jonathan Woodgate was an
unused substitute.
Young-Pyo Lee played in South Korea's 4-0 win over Turkmenistan
in their World Cup qualifying group game.
Dimitar Berbatov played in Bulgaria's 1-0 friendly win over
Northern Ireland in Belfast, but was taken off in the 82nd minute.
Chris Gunter played in Wales' 3-0 friendly win over Norway in
Wrexham tonight.
Robbie Keane played in the Republic of Ireland's 0-1 friendly
defeat by Brazil in Dublin tonight.
For Richard Kelly's full back analysis, click
here.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... MEHSTG
has been misinformed that the booing of Cashley Cole at Wembley
tonight came from a large section of the Swiss fans, who are also
the bulk of the membership of the Swiss Girls Aloud Fan Club.
Tuesday
05.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The London Lite has interpreted Juande Ramos' comments that
he is finding it frustrating that Ledley King is unable to
play every game as the Spurs head Coach is willing to sell him off
at the end of the season. Funnily enough, the Daily Mail says
that King is being rested to allow him to lead the side in the
Carling Cup Final.
Portsmouth now claim that the transfer of
Jermain Defoe was a permanent deal all along and that he was
never on loan..
Tom Huddlestone and Aaron Lennon starred in England
Under-21s 3-0 win over the Republic of Ireland at the SCBC stadium.
Jamie O'Hara was an unused substitute.
Andros Townsend, Dean Parrett and Adam Smith were
involved in England Under-17s Algarve Cup victory in games against
Denmark, France and Portugal.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Monday
04.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Gareth Bale will not play again this season, as he is still
suffering with a damaged ligament in his foot.
This is hardly surprising when he hobbled around the running track
at the match on Saturday, still on crutches.
OTHER
NEWS ... Alan Knill has been named as the new manager of Bury ...
...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Fabio
Capello is calling his England players by their surname, which has
caused a bit of a stir among the Press. This is probably
because the players were previously used to being called by someone
else's surname by Robby Bobson.
Sunday
03.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Sunday Mirror reveals that Jermain Defoe's move to
Portsmouth has been registered with the FA as a loan and this means
that the striker will not be able to play against Spurs when Pompey
visit the Lane later next month. Portsmouth believe that the
deal will be made permanent within days, as they have an obligation
to buy the player and with Benjani's deal expected to go through
soon, the money will be available to complete the signing. The
issue with Sky Andrew came after Defoe ditched the man who persuaded
S. Cumball to run down his contract and was alleged to have moved to
a new agent, but Andrew is reported to be due a slice of the signing
on fee and may pursue it through the courts. The Sunday People
report that there are claims that Defoe represented himself in the
deal and that his contract with Andrew was not honoured, leaving any
complaint against him with a possible sanction from the FA of being
banned from playing. They paper says there is no
maladministration by either club involved in the deal.
Apparently, Birmingham City made a late transfer deadline day bid to
take Teemu Tainio to St. Andrews for £4 million, but the
Finnish midfielder could not agree terms.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
...
Saturday
02.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham drew 1-1 with Manchester United at White Hart Lane this
afternoon. For a match report, click
here and
for reaction, click
here.
The Daily Mirror claims that Pascal Chimbonda missed out on
going to Aston Villa on loan because of a misunderstanding of the
loan rules. There are also rumours that agent Sky Andrew is
about to sue Jermain Defoe as he was not aware of the
player's move to Portsmouth and it is claimed that Defoe went down
to the South Coast with his Mum to sign on for Harry's team.
Jermaine Jenas and Jonathan
Woodgate have retained their places in the England squad for the
friendly against Switzerland even though it has been cut to 23
players. Ledley King misses out because of injury.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Friday
01.02.2008 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs were linked with a late transfer deadline day move for
Olympique Lyonnais striker Fred, which failed to happen.
Also Pascal Chimbonda was rumoured to have had talks with
Aston Villa and there was also talk of a swap deal with Portsmouth
with Younes Kaboul going to Fratton Park in exchange for
midfielder Sulley Muntari.
Tottenham are being linked with a summer move for Sevilla's young
winger Diego Capel and also Atalanta's 17 year old Senegalese
striker Gueye Serigne Amath, who plays for the Serie A's
youth side.
The fee Tottenham received for Jermain Defoe ranges from £7
million to £12 million, depending on which paper you read today.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
TEAM NEWS : - Gilberto and
Alan Hutton go straight into the Spurs squad. Ledley
King will have a late test and while Darren Bent trained
today, he is not ready to play just yet. Spurs will still be
without Gareth Bale and Benoit Asosu-Ekotto.
MANCHESTER UNITED
TEAM NEWS : - Owen Hargreaves is
hoping to get a start for United, while Carlos Tevez and Ryan Giggs
will hope to return after being left out on Wednesday night as
United beat Portsmouth. Gary Neville, Mikael Silvestre and
Louis Saha are their only absentees.
For a match preview, click
here.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Derby County's on loan to QPR defender
Bob Malcolm got a £750 fine and a 20 month driving ban after parking
up in the middle lane of the M1 and falling asleep ... and all
because he was drunk following him being upset at the performance of
the referee in the Plymouth Argyle v QPR match !!
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