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Saturday
31.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
No news today.
OTHER
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Friday
30.03.2007 (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 : - Bad calves keep Mido and
Teemu Tainio out of the visit of Reading to White Hart Lane.
Also ruled out of the match are
Ledley King (foot), Benoit
Assou-Ekotto (knee), Danny Murphy (Achilles), Anthony
Gardner (broken leg) and Hossam Ghaly (flu).
READING TEAM NEWS : - Graeme Murty will miss
the match after getting a calf injury while on international duty
with Scotland.
Tottenham Reserves away game at Aston Villa will now be played on the
original date of Tuesday 11th April instead of the date it had been
moved to of Wednesday 11th April.
OTHER
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Thursday
29.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The Sun claim that
Spurs might find Curtis Davies too
expensive at £10 million, so want to snap up £2m rated 19 year old
Leyton Orient defender Brian Saah in the summer to cover for
the injury hit club captain Ledley King, although the O's
manager has said there is no offer on the table as yet.
As a result, the paper claim that
Anthony Gardner
could move to Portsmouth, Birmingham or West Ham.
Spurs are also rumoured to be looking at Borussia Dortmund's 26 year
old German international central defender Christian Metzelder,
according to the Daily Mirror, although the player favours a move to
Real Madrid.
OTHER
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... headline on Sky Sports News Football page
on their website ... "Pardew Upbeat After Reid Injury" !!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday
28.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham
announces a
£14.3million profit, before player trading, for the second half of
2006. This is increased from the second half of the previous
year, when £5.8million was made, no doubt boosted by the Puma kit
deal and shirt sponsorship from Mansion
Paul Robinson and Aaron Lennon
started England's 3-0 win over Andorra in Barcelona tonight.
Jermain Defoe entered the field of play as a substitute in
the 61st minute.
Emil Hallfredsson played for Iceland in the 0-1 defeat away in
Spain in a Euro 2008 qualifier before being substituted in the 74th
minute.
Dimitar Berbatov played for Bulgaria in their home 0-0 draw
with Albania in the Euro 2008 qualifying game.
OTHER
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Tuesday
27.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Mido is attracting attention in the papers by claiming that
Manchester City still want to buy him after their initial interest
in January was knocked back by Spurs. The Egyptian forward
also reckons Celta Vigo and PSV Eindhoven are after him.
The two fans who entered onto the pitch at White Hart Lane after the
Chelsea Sixth Round FA Cup replay last week have received three year
bans from football matches from Haringey Magistrates Court after
being found guilty. They were both fined £300.
OTHER
NEWS ... Kevin Blackwell has been appointed as the new manager of
Luton Town ...
this year's FA Cup Final WILL take place at Wembley after the ground
received it's safety certificate from the local council ...
CRIMEWATCH ... Chelsea
and Arsenal have both been fined £100,000 for failing to control
their players and their officials in the fight at the end of the
League Cup final last month...
...
Monday
26.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
As it is international week, there is little Spurs news today other
than the usual bland stories.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... The
BBC Football website reports that
"Kroenke Sports Enterprise (KSE) have "no interest or intention" of
buying into Arsenal according to a spokesman for the American
company." Well, me neither !!
Sunday
25.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs and Arsenal are linked with a £15 million move for Everton and
England striker Andy Johnson in the summer according to the
Sunday Mirror. Surely not ?? The Sunday Express claim
that Tottenham quickly rebuffed any suggestion of a swap deal
involving Dimitar Berbatov and Peter Crouch when
Liverpool put it to them. If Werder Bremen fail to agree a new
contract with striker Miroslav Klose, then Spurs, Manchester
United and Arsenal might be in for the £5 million rated German
international forward. The People reckon that Fulham will try
and steal Wayne Routledge away from Spurs in the summer by
offering £2 million and that Spurs are watching Leeds United's young
talented 17 year old forward Tom Elliott, who has already
featured in the struggling Championship side's team.
Paul Stalteri scored for Canada in their 3-0 win over Bermuda
in a friendly today.
Egypt's 3-0 win over Mauritius featured a goal from Hossam Ghaly
as the holders won this African Cup of Nations qualifier.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Newcastle
manager Glenn Roeder has insisted that no-one could have done a
better job than him at St James' Park this season. Well, more
realistically, nobody could have done a worse job than Roeder.
Saturday
24.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Paul Robinson and Aaron Lennon started England's 0-0
draw in Israel tonight in their 2008 European Championship
qualifying match. Lennon was taken off after 83 minutes, while
Jermain Defoe came off the bench in the 79th minute.
In the first competitive match at Wembley, England Under-21s drew 3-3
with Italy Under-21s. Wayne Routledge started the match
and scored the second goal by an England player to put the team 2-1
ahead. Tom Huddlestone came on as a substitute in the
79th minute, while Ben Alnwick was left on the bench.
Robbie Keane captained the Republic of
Ireland in their first competitive match at Croke Park, when they
won 1-0 against Wales in the Euro 2008 qualifier. He was
booked so misses the Republic's midweek tie against Slovakia and was
substituted in the 89th minute.
Young-Pyo Lee was in the South Korea side that lost 0-2 to
Uruguay in a friendly.
Kieran McKenna played for the
Northern Ireland Under-21 side that lost out 0-2 to Romania.
The Under-18 Academy side lost 0-1 away to West Ham United this
morning.
OTHER
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MEHSTG's spin story ...
Friday
23.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs are reported to be leading the chase for Sporting Lisbon winger
Nani, but the Portuguese club has said it will take £13.5
million to prise him away from his club. It is reported in the
Sun that Damien Comolli watched him play for Sporting in
their 1-0 victory over Porto on Sunday and that the player is keen
to move abroad.
OTHER
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Thursday
22.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Sevilla's request for the first leg of the UEFA Cup quarter final to
be moved from the town's Maundy Thursday Festival date has been
refused by UEFA.
Former Spurs striker Paul McVeigh has joined Burnley on loan from
Norwich City.
Former Spurs midfielder Rohan Ricketts has joined QPR on loan from
Wolverhampton Wanderers.
CRIME WATCH ... Paul Jewell has been fined £2,000 and given s
suspended two-match ban for his comments about referee Phil Dowd's
performance against Arsenal ... Harry Redknapp has been given a £750
fine for his comments about the lack of action after Joey Barton's
challenge on Pedro Mendes left him with Achilles damage ... Lille
were fined £42,000 for the lack of security at their Champions
League game against Manchester United and for protesting against
United's goal by threatening to walk off the pitch. United
received a £6,300 fine for the behaviour of their fans on the
night ...
OTHER
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Wednesday
21.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Dimitar Berbatov's agent has said that despite his client
attracting attention from some big clubs, he intends to stay at
White Hart Lane and honour his contract with Tottenham.
The FA claim that they will not take any action against any individual
Chelsea player for getting involved in any aggressive intent after
the pitch invader had been wrestled to the floor. This is
despite reviewing the video evidence from Sky TV and the BBC and the
newspapers this morning claiming that Didier Drogba might be the
main focus of the FA's attention for his part in the melee.
Sevilla have contacted UEFA to request a change of date for the UEFA
Cup quarter final tie with Tottenham because of the clash with the
Easter Maundy Thursday festival which attracts a million people.
Tottenham's game away at Wigan Athletic has been moved from Saturday
14th April to Sunday 15th April with a 1.30 p.m. kick off to be
covered by Sky TV.
The match at White Hart Lane against Arsenal on Saturday 20th April
will now kick off at 12.45 p.m. so the game can be shown on Sky's
pay-per-view channel.
With the game against Charlton Athletic being shifted to Monday 5th
May with an 8.00 p.m. kick off from Saturday 3rd May to be covered
by Sky, our home game against Blackburn Rovers scheduled for Easter
Monday 9th April is now on Sky on Thursday 10th May kicking off at
8.00 p.m.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Newcastle
boss Glenn Roeder is planning a summer clear-out to raise money for
new players with Emre, Titus Bramble and Celestine Babayaro among
those who will be shipped out. The club hope to raise at least
37p for the trio.
Tuesday
20.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham will face an FA inquiry into the incident at the end of last
night's game against Chelsea when two supporters ran onto the pitch.
The FA claim that they are of the opinion that the fans encroachment
onto the field of play is "totally unacceptable." Spurs have
issued a statement saying they have banned the Tottenham fan for
life from White Hart Lane, while they have passed the details of the
other fan to Chelsea as he is a fan of the West London club.
UEFA have said that Tottenham's next opponents in the UEFA Cup,
Sevilla, have not yet made a request to the governing body to move
the date of the first leg. The Spanish city hosts the Easter
Maundy Thursday festival and feel that policing might be at full
stretch if the game is on the same day.
Former Spurs youth full back Mark Wright has returned to Grays
Athletic from his loan spell at Crawley Town, but has gone out on
loan once more ... this time to Rushden and Diamonds.
OTHER
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MEHSTG's spin story ... SCBC
are to take down a specially commissioned bronze statue of Gregzorz
Rasiak as the fans think it looks nothing like Peter Crouch.
Monday
19.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs lost 1-2 to Chelsea in their FA Cup Sixth Round replay at White
Hart Lane tonight. Match report to follow.
A Tottenham fan ran onto the pitch after the game tonight to try to
throw a punch at Frank Lampard. He missed the midfielder and
was wrestled to the ground by a member of the Chelsea bench, who was
then replaced by stewards. While still on the ground, it
appeared that some Chelsea players ran to the incident to become
involved in kicking the man while he was on the ground.
Charlie Daniels has returned to Tottenham from his loan at
Chesterfield after suffering knee ligament damage after a
tackle in the Spireites game against Swansea City.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Martin Jol
"hates" Jose Mourinho calling himself the "Special One" and he
thinks Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd has done "maybe a better job than
the champions of England."
Sunday
18.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Martin Jol has put a £40 million price tag on striker
Dimitar Berbatov and said that he is confident of keeping him
despite interest from Liverpool and Manchester United, who are said
to be considering a £25 million off in the summer in the News of the
World. The same paper reckons Tottenham will lead the charge
for West Bromwich Albion central defender Curtis Davies in
the summer as cover for Ledley King. A £7 million deal
is said to be set with Anthony Gardner going the other way
too. The Sunday People reckon that Spurs scouts have been
watching Southend United striker Freddie Eastwood.
Spurs season ticket prices have been announced on the club website and
surprise, surprise, they have not been reduced or even kept frozen
at this year's prices as other club's have done. The most
expensive season ticket is in the West Upper central at £1,550.
Club membership also changes.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : -
There are no new injury problems after
yesterday's game and the three players rested - Aaron
Lennon, Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane - should return
to the starting line-up for tomorrow night's FA Cup replay.
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS : - Michael Essien hopes to be over a knee injury to
play in the Sixth Round replay.
For a match preview, click
here.
OTHER
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Saturday
17.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs beat Watford 3-1 at White Hart Lane this afternoon. Click
here for a
match report.
Watford assistant manager and former Tottenham manager Keith
Burkinshaw claims that the Hornets goalkeeper Ben Foster is
better than Ray Clemence and Pat Jennings were when he
was at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham's Under-18 side beat Arsenal 3-1,
with Alec Olsen, Jake Livermore and Daniel Hutchins the
goal-scorers.
OTHER
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Friday
16.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs have been drawn to meet Sevilla in the quarter final of the UEFA
Cup with the first leg away on 5th April and the second on 12th
April at White Hart Lane. If Tottenham win through this stage,
they will face the winner of the Bayer Leverkusen v Osasuna quarter
final.
Paul Robinson, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe are
selected for the England World Cup squad for next Saturday's Euro
2008 qualifier against Israel.
The Independent says that Liverpool are trying to tempt Dimitar
Berbatov away from White Hart Lane by offering Peter Crouch
to Spurs. Although they go on to add
that the Bulgarian is unlikely to leave Tottenham, Crouch could be
on the move and might be an option for Spurs, who are also believed
to be favourites to sign Charlton Athletic's Darren Bent and
have an interest in signing West Bromwich Albion's Diomansy
Kamara or Wigan Athletic's Henri Camara. No doubt
Tottenham will be hoping for goals on film.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Teemu Tainio is out for
two weeks with a calf strain, but Aaron Lennon has recovered
from a kick on his knee and Jermaine Jenas should return to
the fold after his groin strain, with Paul Robinson hoping to
be fit enough to feature between the sticks.
WATFORD TEAM NEWS : - Watford have Lee
Williamson, Gareth Williams and Will Hoskins back following their
absence from the FA Cup tie at Plymouth Argyle as they were
ineligible. Marlon King is still a long-term injury
victim and defender Jordan Stewart joins him on the sick list with a
calf injury.
For a match preview, click
here.
OTHER
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MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Chelsea have introduced a telephone line
for fans to report Pensioners supporters who throw celery onto the
pitch at the club's games.
Thursday
15.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Dimitar Berbatov has revealed the story
behind the armband he has been sporting of late on the THFC website.
The armband is to publicise "the ‘You Are Not Alone’ campaign, a
project canvassing for the release of five Bulgarian nurses who are
currently facing the death penalty in Libya, accused of deliberately
infecting children with HIV through a lack of care."
Berba also revealed that he was unhappy with the press for suggesting
that he is in contract talks with the club in an attempt to increase
his salary and the length of his contract. The Bulgarian said
that he concentrated on his football and was content with his deal
and with entertaining the fans at the club.
CRIMEWATCH ... Arsene
Wenger has
been charged with improper conduct and/or bringing the game into
disrepute by the Football Association after the Arsenal coach's
comments after calling the linesman a "liar" last month's Carling
Cup final ...
...
OTHER
NEWS ... Luton Town have dismissed manager Mike Newell ...
...
Wednesday
14.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs beat SC Braga 3-2 in the UEFA Cup Round of 16 second leg tonight
at White Hart Lane. For a match report click
here.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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CRIMEWATCH ... Valencia's
unused substitute David Navarro, who broke Internazionale's Nicolas
Burdisso's nose in a Champions League game last has been banned from
all football for seven months ...
...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... The Football League are considering
finishing drawn games with a penalty shoot-out to leave the winner
with two points and the loser with one. Seriously.
Tuesday
13.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham's FA Cup Sixth Round replay against Chelsea at White Hart
Lane is to be shown live on BBC1, so will now kick off at 8.05 p.m.
Martin Jol has vigorously denied that he was forced to play
Dimitar Berbatov by the Tottenham board for Sunday's FA Cup
Sixth Round tie at Chelsea.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs were
hit by Anthony Gardner's news that he has a hairline fracture
of his fibula and will be sidelined for six to eight weeks.
This comes on top of Paul Robinson's thigh injury, Benoit
Assou-Ekotto's cartilage operation, Jermaine Jenas' groin
injury, Ledley King's broken foot, Danny Murphy's
Achilles problem and Ricardo Rocha being ineligible.
Robbie Keane is back though.
For a match preview, click
here.
It is claimed that Racing Santander have put a lofty price of £8.2
million on the head of 6'7" striker Nikola Zigic if any club,
including Spurs, want to take him from the Spanish club.
OTHER
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Monday
12.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs or Chelsea have been drawn to play Blackburn Rovers in the FA
Cup semi-final at a venue to be decided on Saturday 14th or Sunday
15th March. Manchester United or Middlesbrough will face
Watford in the other semi-final.
Jose Mourinho has caused a storm by allegedly abusing match official
Mike Riley at half-time in yesterday's FA Cup Sixth Round tie at
Stamford Bridge.
OTHER
NEWS ... Roy McFarland has stepped down as manager of
Chesterfield ...
...
Sunday
11.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham drew 3-3 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Sixth Round
of the FA Cup this afternoon. Click
here for a
match report.
SCBC will sell young defender Gareth Bale to the highest bidder
in the summer, having turned down an offer of £10.5 million from
Spurs in January.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... I
don't know why, but this headline on TeamTalk's website just made me
laugh ... "Arsenal are going to
head-to-head with Cardiff to sign Trinidad & Tobago striker Lester
Peltier."
Saturday
10.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Martin Jol is reported as saying that Tottenham cannot win the
league title in an article in the Guardian today, hinting that he
might have to move back to Holland in two or three years to do
so with one of the big clubs to achieve his ambition of completing
medals in non-league, cup and league competitions.
The Sun reports that Tottenham are favourites to sign Darren Bent
from Charlton Athletic if they are relegated to the Championship
this season. It is believed that the England striker would
prefer to move to White Hart Lane for around £10 million. buy
Spurs under-18s drew 1-1 with Ipswich Town at Spurs Lodge this
morning, with Jonathan
Obika equalising an early Town goal.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Paul Robinson and
Robbie Keane will miss tomorrow's FA Cup quarter final at
Stamford Bridge. Both got injured in Thursday's UEFA Cup tie
in Portugal and they are suffering from thigh and ankle problems
respectively.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Friday
09.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
On Football 365, Spurs are linked with a move for Reading midfielder
Steve Sidwell, who is also interesting Aston Villa,
Middlesbrough and Everton.
Reserve team defender Charlie Daniels has joined Chesterfield
on loan for a month.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TEAM NEWS : - Spurs will be without Benoit
Assou-Ekotto (cartilage) and Ledley King (foot) are
definitely out, while Jermaine Jenas might make the squad
after his groin strain and Mido after his knee cyst.
CHELSEA TEAM NEWS : - A decision has to be made on whether to
recall head injury victim John Terry, but the rest of the squad
emerged unharmed from their Champions League tie with Porto on
Wednesday. A foot injury keeps Joe Cole out.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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MEHSTG's spin story ... Arsenal
announced today that Thierry Henry's season has ended with stomach
and groin injuries, coming just two days after the club's season
ended.
Thursday
08.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs beat SC Braga 3-2 in Portugal tonight in the UEFA Cup Round of
16. Match report available
here.
The Sun claims that Spurs will buy Luis Boa Morte for £2
million from West Ham United in the summer to save him from his
Upton Park hell. Personally, as an ex-Gooner, he can stay
there while we spend the money on someone younger and better.
If he can't cut it at West Ham, then why are we interested in him ??
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Wednesday
07.03.2007 (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 : - Spurs welcome back midfielders
Didier Zokora and Steed Malbranque
to the squad for the trip to Portugal to meet SC Braga after
overcoming calf and groin problems. Jermaine Jenas'
groin strain keeps him out, with cartilage operation victim
Benoit Assou-Ekotto also missing out for the next seven weeks,
while a groin strain rules out Danny Murphy. Ledley
King's broken foot is still preventing him playing and Mido
has a knee cyst which sidelines him.
.
For a preview of the Braga first leg, click
here.
Have some fun ... go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6414959.stm go
halfway down the page and then vote !!
OTHER
NEWS ... Arsenal are knocked out of their third cup competition
in ten days leaving them with nothing to play for this season ...
...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... The Times runs a story that reveals that
Celtic Marseilles women's team fought on the
pitch with their opponents VGA Saint-Maur and continued the running
feud when they jumped the other team later when they reached the
local train station.
Tuesday
06.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
West Ham United and the Police are looking into claims that a video
showing anti-Semitic and racist chanting at Sunday's game against
Tottenham was put up on video hosting website You Tube before Police
ordered it be removed.
Under-18s defender
Cian Hughton and striker David Hutton helped the
Republic of Ireland Under-18s win the Lisbon tournament in Portugal
this week. Both youngsters played all three games as Ireland
beat Georgia and drew with Belgium (with one of the goals from
Hutton) before overcoming Portugal 1-0 in the final to win the
Lisbon tournament.
OTHER
NEWS ... Norwegian Police are looking into the transfer of Jon
Obi Mikel from Lyn Oslo to Chelsea because of forged documentation ...
Peter Jackson has been sacked as manager of Huddersfield Town ...
MEHSTG's spin story ...
Monday
05.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Spurs Reserves lost 0-1 to Watford Reserves tonight at Broadhall Way.
Match report available
here.
The
Daily Mirror report that Tottenham are keen
to sign £2 million (or £4 million depending on which paper you read)
rated 16 year old Bordeaux winger Henri Saviet, who is opting
for Spurs ahead of Arsenal, as he feels he will have more chance of
playing first team football.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Sunday
04.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham beat West Ham United 4-3 at the Boleyn Ground this afternoon.
For a match report, click
here.
Spurs are said to be lining up am £8 million bid for 6' 4" Croatian
striker Nikola Zigic of Racing Santander to replace Mido in
the summer according to the News of the World. However, they
might need another striker if the same paper is to be believed, as
they claim both Sunderland (if promoted) and Aston Villa are keen to
sign Robbie Keane, with the Midlands club willing to offer £8
million plus Juan Pablo Angel. A tall tale of another
forward target comes from the Sunday People, who reckon it will be
Liverpool's Peter Crouch Spurs go for along with a renewed
bid for West Bromwich Albion's central defender Curtis Davies.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Saturday
03.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
Tottenham's Under-18s' match at Milton Keynes Dons today was postponed.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
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Friday
02.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
The away leg of our UEFA Cup tie against
Braga on Thursday 8th March will be shown live on Channel 5 with
kick off being 9.35 p.m.
Sky Sports website claims that Tottenham have made an application to
enter the club into the InterToto Cup should they fail to secure a
place in a European competition this season .
TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS : - Spurs will be without knee injury victim
Benoit Assou-Ekotto, who will need an operation and might be
out for eight weeks, while
Ledley King is still out with his
broken foot and Robbie Keane is suspended after last week's
sending off. Steed Malbranque has a groin problem and
Danny Murphy a calf injury which rules both of them out.
Facing late fitness tests are Jermaine Jenas on his groin,
Pascal Chimbonda who has a chest infection and the calf pull
that Didier Zokora has suffered.
WEST HAM UNITED TEAM NEWS : - Three West Ham defenders - Lucas
Neill who had an ankle injury, Matthew Upson's calf strain and James
Collins' groin strain - are now back in training, but may not make
the starting line-up. Dean Ashton will not feature, as he is
not fully over his broken ankle, while Nigel Reo-Coker is out
suspended, although Lee Bowyer may return to the team.
OTHER
NEWS ... West Ham United have been charged with breaching the
rules over the signing of Carlos Tevez and Javier Maschereno, which
could lead to them being deducted points ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Arsene
Wenger said today that he believes in truth and that is why he had
to say that the linesman lied.
Thursday
01.03.2007 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here; For the current news on each player
in the squad, click here)
For a preview of the West Ham United match on Sunday, click
here.
Former Spurs youngster Ian Stonebridge has been forced to
retire at the age of 25 due to swelling of his joints. The
Wycombe striker also played for Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United
on loan.
Former loan midfielder Stephane Dalmat
expects to leave Bordeaux at the end of the season after he
joined the French club on a free transfer from Racing Santander last
summer.
OTHER
NEWS ... Rotherham United manager Alan Knill has been sacked ...
...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... According to the papers today, West Ham
had a dressing room "exchange of views" after losing 0-4 to Charlton
at the weekend and when manager Alan Curbishley's threat to sell
players in the summer, he was challenged by Anton Ferdinand
was wanted the boss to name names and was surprised when Curbishley
responded, "You !!"
MEHSTG's
no-spin story 2 ... Things don't get any better down West
Ham way as the Sun report that Irons fans have been writing to their
club to ask for the Player of the Season award to be scrapped, as
none of their players deserve it.
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