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Monday 30.9.2002
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 SPURS
TEAM NEWS : - Steffen Freund has been added to the Tottenham squad for
tomorrow's Worthington Cup tie against Cardiff City. It will be
his first inclusion in a Spurs squad since the start of the year when
he was injured in the semi-final first leg of the same
competition. Christian Ziege will be out for the game and also
misses Germany's internationals against the Faroe Islands and Bosnia next week. Rohan
Ricketts, Jonathan Blondel and Ronnie Henry are also in the
squad. Milenko Acimovic should be available after getting a kick
on the ankle on Saturday.
Glenn
Hoddle has said that the Spurs fans were right to boo the team at
half-time, as the performance deserved it.
Please
remember that the Tubes will stop running at 20.00 p.m on Tuesday
night, so getting home after the match might be difficult.
TeamTalk
have a story stating that Chris Perry might be back in training this
week and be available for Sunday's match at Ewood Park.
The
same site tell us that Spurs scouts are watching Albion Rovers'
goalkeeper Scott Shearer. The 21 year old is on trial with
Everton at the moment for five days, but David Pleat is said to have
made enquiries with his Scottish club.
Simon
Davies has been included in the Wales squad for their Euro 2004
qualifying match against Italy on October 16th in Cardiff.
DC
United's young keeper Nick Rimando has been linked with a move to
Tottenham to cover for injuries in that department, but this has been
dismissed as he is not an international and would find getting a
passport very difficult.
Sunday 29.9.2002
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Glenn
Hoddle says that because Kasey Keller is touch and go for the Cardiff
City Worthington Cup tie, he might have to seek exceptional permission
from the Premier League to bring in another goalkeeper. Lars
Hirschfeld is the only fit goalie in the first team squad at the club
at the moment and Hoddle could try and bring another glove-man in on a
short term deal to cover for Keller's injury.
Hoddle
also told the Spurs website that Christian Ziege has strained his calf
muscle (or will that turn out to be a strained back ?) and that
Milenko Acimovic and Jamie Redknapp both took knocks which make them
unlikely to pay against Cardiff City. The side could have some
of the younger players at the club drafted in with about 15 players
likely to be unavailable for the match.
Spurs
Ladies crashed out of the Women's FA Cup 3-5 after extra time at
Dagenham and Redbridge this afternoon. The score was 3-3 at full
time. For a match report, click here.
The reserves lost to Charlton 3rds 6-1, the Under 13s beat Denham
United 4-1 and the Under-11s lost to Watford Ladies U-11s 1-4.
For the latest news. click here.
Saturday 28.9.2002
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Tottenham
crashed to a 0-3 defeat to Middlesbrough at home today. For a
match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
Glenn
Hoddle said after the game that this was the poorest performance by a
Tottenham side since he took over as manager. He also revealed that
Jamie Redknapp (Hamstring) and Kasey Keller (calf) are both unlikely
to be ready for Tuesday's Worthington Cup tie despite playing through
the pain today.
Tottenham's
Under-19s beat Millwall at Spurs Lodge this morning 4-3.
Friday 27.9.2002
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Tottenham
are to play American side DC United on October 17th in a charity
match, which will feature the return of Jurgen Klinsmann in the
lilywhite shirt. Glenn Hoddle is also expected to pull on his
boots again for Spurs in the match, with Gary Mabbutt and David Ginola
also rumoured to be ready to play for Tottenham again. All money
raised will go to ex-Spurs players who have fallen on hard times, via
the Tottenham Tribute Trust, the Ananova website tells us.
Tickets will be £15 or £20 for adults and £5 for children and OAPs.
The match will kick off at 7.45 p.m.
Glenn
Hoddle said that Tottenham had the option to sign Italian striker
Massimo Maccarone in the summer, but at the time, the funds were not
available to bring him to White Hart Lane. Instead Middlesbrough
paid £2.15 million more to sign him from Empoli.
Fernando
Morientes has revealed on the Ananova news website that he was
flattered and has been looking out for the club's results. He
said he was pleased that they are having a good start to the season,
but this did not mean he would be joining Spurs in January.
SPURS
TEAM NEWS : - Christian Ziege is added to the squad for tomorrow's
match.
MIDDLESBROUGH
TEAM NEWS : - Szilard Nemeth misses the trip to White Hart Lane, but
Boateng looks like he might be fit to start the match.
Glenn
Hoddle has named Arsenal as the benchmark that other teams must reach
to challenge for the Premier league, rather than Manchester United.
Thursday 26.9.2002
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Mauricio
Taricco has told the Spurs website that he is improving after pulling
a groin muscle against West Ham United. However, he is ready to
go into light training, but will not play again until the injury has
healed completely.
The
official site also reports that Gus Poyet took part in a practice
match at Spurs Lodge. The Uruguayan said he is focusing on
getting fit, but is not sure if he will be required to play in the
reserves before making a first team comeback.
SPURS
TEAM NEWS : - Christian Ziege has returned from treatment in
Germany and hopes to be ready to return to the team for Saturday's
game. He told the official site that the problem was not in his
calf, but his back, which his doctor has advised him on.
MIDDLESBROUGH
TEAM NEWS : - Gareth Southgate is expected to be fit for the
match. Boksic might replace Szliard Nemeth and midfielder George
Boateng hopes to have recovered from a hamstring pull, after getting
over a bout of flu.
Wednesday 25.9.2002
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Chris
Perry has said he hopes to be back in the first team within three
weeks. The specialist dealing with his gashed leg has told him
he should be able to be back playing by then.
Steven
Ferguson has said that he did not enjoy being at Tottenham and turned
down Stoke City to go on loan to Motherwell, where he rates Terry
Butcher as the best manager he has worked under !! The young
Scot said he was not training that hard and whenever he got close to
being on the first team subs bench something would come along to spoil
it. He said on the Planet Football site that he was glad he went
to Motherwell.
Tuesday 24.9.2002
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David
Pleat has announced that "as of today, there are no international
matches planned for White Hart Lane". It is believed that
this statement may have been prompted by the Israeli FA's request to
Daniel Levy requesting that they stage their Euro 2004 qualifiers at
our ground.
The
official website reports that Stephen Clemence should be back in
training in a couple of weeks time after further treatment on his
Achilles injury.
Simon
Davies had been talking about the Manchester United game on the Spurs
site and said he went out there with his "defensive head"
on. Looks like Hod's teachings are getting through to the
players.
Portsmouth
manager Harry Redknapp has said that his interest in taking Les
Ferdinand to Fratton Park is over, as the club couldn't afford his
wages.
Monday 23.9.2002
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Glenn
Hoddle has said on the official website that all the players who
missed the match against Manchester United on Saturday are not likely
to be fit for the next fixture against Middlesbrough. Hod did
add that at least there were no more injuries to add to the list of 13
first teamers currently out.
Spurs reserves drew 1-1 with Nottingham Forest reserves at The City
Ground tonight. A Jonathan Blondel goal was equalised before
half-time.
The
Israel FA are to approach UEFA about playing their club European games
and their national side's Euro 2004 qualifying matches at White hart
Lane. At the moment, they are not allowed to play in their
homeland, because of the sensitive political situation there and are
playing games in Cyprus, with Hungary, Ukraine and Romania also
considered as possible venues. With Cyprus in their Euro
qualifying group they would not want to hand home advantage to that
country by having to stage their home games there.
Sunday 22.9.2002
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Torino
striker Cristiano Lucarelli is being linked with Tottenham,
Middlesbrough and Everton. The £5 million rated forward was
expected to quit Serie A at the end of the season, but it might happen
when the transfer window reopens in January.
Tottenham
Ladies grabbed a 3-3 draw away at Redbridge Raiders today. Click
here for all
the latest from the Ladies teams.
Liverpool
manager Gerard Houllier has told the Sunday Mirror that he believes
that should Christian Gross choose to come back to England now, he
would have success. He said it might have been the wrong club
and the wrong time to arrive as a boss when he was installed at
Tottenham, but Houllier thinks that the foreign culture is more
accepted now and Gross will have more experience to do well.
Former
Spurs manager George Graham is being linked with jobs at Sunderland
and West Ham United should their present managers get sacked.
Saturday 21.9.2002
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Tottenham
lost to Manchester United 0-1 today at Old Trafford. For a match
report, click here and for reaction
click here.
On
loan Spurs midfielder, Johnnie Jackson, scored a 25 yard free kick in
his home debut for Swindon Town.
Friday 20.9.2002
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Spurs
are being tenuously linked with Lee Bowyer. A swap deal
involving Darren Anderton has been rumoured this morning.
SPURS
TEAM NEWS : - Christian Ziege is not included in the trip to Old
Trafford as he has a calf injury. Anthony Gardner's thigh injury
rules him out and Mauricio Taricco has not recovered sufficiently from
his groin strain to take part. Rohan Ricketts and Ronnie Henry
have been added to the squad to travel North.
MAN
U TEAM NEWS : - Gary Neville could replace John O'Shea as he has
returned to fitness now. Nicky Butt is definitely out with a
bruised hip and Ruud van Nistelrooy will have a late fitness test on
his injured calf.
Teddy
Sheringham has told the London Evening Standard that he would like to
sign a year's extension to his contract to stay at Spurs a bit
longer. The club can take up the 12 month option and have until
March to let Sheringham know. The player says he is happy to
keep playing and will put off a move to coaching until he feels his
playing days are over.
Planet
Football are linking Tottenham with an overseeing interest in AC
Milan's Brazilian defender Roque Junior. His position is under
threat from new signing Alessandro Nesta and it is believed that his
availability has been circulated around Europe. Tottenham have
asked to be kept informed of the situation, although the defender is
out with a shoulder injury for three months. The website says he
might be a summer target for Hoddle with a fee of around £6 million
likely to be set by the Italian club.
Arsenal
manager Arsene Wenger has said he thinks it is a good thing that
Tottenham are returning to good form, as it will be good for North
London football. The Frenchman added that much of the difference
in the step-up this season is attributable to Jamie Redknapp, who has
a "terrible habit ... of passing to his own team" ??
Both
Tim Sherwood and Les Ferdinand were today linked with loan moves to
Portsmouth according to the London Evening Standard.
John
Piercy has signed for Brighton and Hove Albion and revealed that he
turned down the offer of a one year deal to stay at Tottenham.
The Spurs midfielder has been on trial at the South Coast club for
four weeks and goes straight in to the squad for the Seagulls match
against Rotherham United.
Thursday 19.9.2002
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Newspaper
reports today said that Tim Sherwood was set to join Portsmouth on
loan, with the deal being made permanent when the January transfer
window opens. However, while David Pleat told the media that he
was aware of Harry Redknapp's interest, nothing had been agreed with
respect of off-loading Sherwood. TeamTalk claim that Sherwood
has been talking to Pompey for weeks and with Spurs having agreed to
pay off his contract, he will sign a two year £10,000 a week deal
with the South Coast club. A figure of £250,000 has been quoted
as a fee for him.
The
player has been out of action with a medial ligament injury, for which
he is trying to avoid having an operation and is having injections to
see if that helps.
The
official site informs us that Anthony Gardner is suffering from a
recurrence of his thigh injury and Christian Ziege a calf
injury. Both are in a race against time to be fit for Saturday's
match at Old Trafford.
Steffen
Freund has been hit by another set-back in his return from knee
surgery ... this time a hamstring tear in the reserve game against
Southampton the week before last.
Wednesday 18.9.2002
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Les
Ferdinand's foot injury is likely to rule him out of a place in the Spurs
team for Saturday's match at Old Trafford. He also told
reporters that he was happy that Robbie Keane had joined the club as
it meant that he would be given the proper time for his injuries to
recover rather than be playing with knocks as he had done before.
Spurs
reserves lost 1-2 with Derby County reserves tonight at home at
Stevenage Borough's ground. John Sutton pressured Horacio
Carbonari to concede an own goal to equalise an early
Strupar goal, but Tottenham were denied the draw by a late goal from
Twigg. For a match report, click here.
Tottenham
are being linked with Portsmouth midfielder Gary O'Neil. The
England Under-21 player would be rated at around £4 million and Spurs
are said to be planning a swoop when the transfer window opens in
January. Of course, they do hold an advantage on other clubs
interested in the youngster, as Pompey boss Harry Redknapp is keen on
Tim Sherwood and so a swap deal could be on the cards.
Ben
Bowditch and Marcel McKie both played in England Under-19s 3-1 win
over Hungary in Budapest tonight.
Tuesday 17.9.2002
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Tottenham
will play Cardiff City in the Second Round of the Worthington Cup on
Tuesday 1st October with the kick off at 7.45 p.m.
Chris
Perry underwent surgery to clear up the cut that he suffered to his
knee in Sunday's game. This was just a precaution and should not
lengthen the time he is out of the side.
Monday 16.9.2002
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The
Spurs website reveals that Chris Perry is likely to be out of action
for about three weeks, after getting a badly gashed knee in the match
at the Lane yesterday.
West
Ham manager Glenn Roeder has cleared Jamie Redknapp of any blame for
Tomas Repka's injury in yesterday's match. He said Jamie would
not go in to injure a fellow professional on purpose.
The
official site also has a warning for fans travelling by train to the
game at Manchester United on Saturday. That is that they should
find another way of getting to the game, as there will be a strike by
Arriva train staff on that line and trains will be severely
restricted.
Teddy
Sheringham said he still harbours hopes of playing for England,
despite being left out of the last squad. He told Sky Sports
that if you are good enough you are old enough and that applied at
both ends pf the age range.
Sunday 15.9.2002
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Tottenham
beat West Ham United 3-2 this afternoon at White Hart Lane.
Spurs scored through Simon Davies, Teddy Sheringham (pen) and Anthony
Gardner in a second half that contained all the goals and a sending
off for West Ham. For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
Saturday 14.9.2002
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Tottenham
have been drawn at home to Cardiff City in the Second Round of the
Worthington Cup, which will be played on October 1st/2nd.
Chris
Perry might not be risked against West Ham despite the X-ray showing
that there was no fracture to his jaw after the clash in the Fulham
match.
Tottenham
are supposedly interested in South Korean Seol Ki-hyeon striker based
at Anderlecht according to Planet Football. The 23 year old has
scored six goals in four games in the Belgian league and may be a
target when the transfer window re-opens in January.
Spurs
Under-17s drew 2-2 with Reading this morning. Goals from Owen
Price and Gareth Jenkins put Tottenham in front, but the home aide got
a draw with a two late goals.
Spurs
Under-19s beat Chelsea at Myddleton House 2-0. Goals from
Slabber and Marney secured a well earned win.
Friday 13.9.2002
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ENIC
might get a £20 million influx of income into the company by
releasing a share issue to raise money for the plc. This could
be reinvested back into the team and the new Academy being planned for
Abridge. In addition to the sale of their shares in other
football clubs in their portfolio, it is believed that they are also
selling off their Warner Brothers stores to concentrate on Tottenham.
The share issue will also make it more difficult for any person or
body corporate to make a takeover bid for Tottenham Hotspur plc.
SPURS
TEAM NEWS : - Darren Anderton will not be fit for the visit of West
Ham United, but Jamie Redknapp might make the match, being rated as
50-50 after picking up a knock on his calf in training. Chris
Perry and Mauricio Taricco might face late fitness tests to see if
they will feature in the game, with Perry more optimistic s there was
no fracture from his jaw injury on Wednesday. Christian Ziege
should be restored to the starting line-up and Robbie Keane is tipped
to make his debut in place of Les Ferdinand.
WEST
HAM UNITED TEAM NEWS : - Joe Cole looks likely to recover from a face
injury to play and veteran Steve Lomas could come into the midfield
alongside Cole. Gary Breen looks set to keep his place in the
side.
Gus
Poyet is hoping to be back playing within a month after having surgery
on his knee injury. He is already kicking a ball again and
realises that he has to take his recovery slowly, so as not to set
back his progress, he told the club website.
Lazio's
Simone Inzaghi has been linked with a New Year move to Tottenham or
Arsenal, but his agent claims the player will be staying in Rome.
Les
Ferdinand believes that Glenn Hoddle will return to manage England at
some stage in the future. He thinks his club manager has the
desire to prove people that he was wrong to be sacked form the
national manager's post because of non-footballing matters.
Johnnie Jackson completed his loan move to Swindon Town and looks like
he might find a place in their side for tomorrow's match against
QPR. The reserve midfielder will be at the County Ground for
three months. Swindon wanted Jackson to complete his ban before
he signed.
Ben
Bowditch and Marcel McKie have been named in the England Under-19
squad to meet Hungary next Wednesday in Budapest.
Thursday 12.9.2002
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ENIC
are to sell their share holdings in other European football clubs to
concentrate on Tottenham Hotspur. This means they will
relinquish their shares in Italy's Vicenza, FC Basel of Switzerland,
Czech club Slavia Prague, Greek side AEK Athens and Glasgow
Rangers. After the TV deal was struck for European competitions
yesterday, the ruling that any club under the ownership of a party
with a financial interest in another club in the competition would
require one to drop out. ENIC had tried to get this UEFA ruling
over-turned previously, but were unsuccessful, so have decided to put
all the eggs in the Tottenham basket and hope that the cockerel will
lay them a Golden Egg. While the TeamTalk report claims that
this might make more transfer funds available for Glenn Hoddle, this
will remain to be seen.
Glenn
Hoddle has said that the second half performance last night could have
seen Spurs concede five goals, not just the three that won the game
for the home side. The manager added that there were harsh
lessons that had to be learned and learned quickly from the match.
The
facial injury that Chris Perry picked up in a rash challenge from
Pierre Wome will be X-rayed today to determine the extent of the
damage.
Meanwhile,
Jamie Redknapp should be ready to return to action against his
father's former team, West Ham United on Sunday at White Hart
Lane. Mauricio Taricco is only rated as 50-50 for the match.
Wednesday 11.9.2002
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Spurs
lost to Fulham 2-3 at Loftus Road tonight. Dean Richards and
Teddy Sheringham put Tottenham 2-0 up at half time and then we lost
out to a last minute, injury time goal. For a match report,
click here and
for reaction click here.
Glenn
Hoddle has told Tottenham fans that Robbie Keane might take a few
games to settle in and he should not be judged on his early
performances. Hoddle even suggested he might have to wait to
play his first game, as he might start off as a substitute.
Jamie
Redknapp missed tonight's game with a calf strain and Mauricio Taricco
was out with a groin problem. Sergei Rebrov also was the victim
of a groin injury after playing for Ukraine in the week.
Steffen
Freund has had a slight setback in his recovery from his knee
operation in the summer. The German midfielder has received a
knock on his good knee and may need four or five reserve games before
he is ready to return to the first team.
Sunderland
and Tottenham are chasing the signing of Argentinian youngster
Maximillian Lopez. Although he has been talking to Reggina of
Italy's Serie A, the deal looks like it might have fallen through and
the English clubs are waiting to pick up the player should he not get
his move to the country where he holds a passport.
Long
time Spurs target, Bobby Zamora has signed an extension to his
Brighton and Hove Albion contract that should deter any more stories
about him leaving for White Hart Lane or Goodison Park.
Tottenham
are also being linked with Crystal Palace's 17 year old forward Wayne
Routledge, who played for the Eagles in the Worthington Cup last
night. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are also keen on
the winger, after watching him since last season.
A
worrying development is a story on the web linking Spurs with a move
for Chris Sutton when the transfer window opens again in
January. It is believed that Hoddle thinks that Sutton will work
well with Robbie Keane and is keeping in touch with the striker's
position at Celtic through his brother - Spurs reserve John.
Former
Spurs defender Mark Bowen has resigned as assistant manager of Wales
to concentrate on his role at Birmingham City, as instructed to by
Steve Bruce.
Tuesday 10.9.2002
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Glenn
Hoddle has been named as Barclaycard Manager of the Month for August
for taking Tottenham to the top of the Premier League.
Tottenham
are reported as being ready to accept any offer for Sergei Rebrov to
end his Spurs nightmare. The club have told his agent that any
team serious in taking him on permanently or on loan will be welcome
to approach Tottenham. Fulham are believed to still be
interested in the Ukraine international ,but they would not be able to
sign him until January as there are no loans between Premiership
teams.
Portsmouth
manager Harry Redknapp is still working on a deal to take Tim Sherwood
to Fratton Park. He said that he needs to ad players to his
squad and hoped Sherwood would be one of them, as he has been out of
favour since his pre-season outburst against Glenn Hoddle and ENIC.
SPURS TEAM NEWS : - Anthony Gardner hopes to be fit for the Fulham
game tomorrow and Steffen Freund is hoping for a place in the squad
after a reserve match last week. All the internationals returned
from their matches OK, but Doherty and Keane are a bit tired after
their long trek back from Moscow. Robbie Keane looks set to make
his debut, but Hoddle has to decide who makes way for the new signing.
FULHAM TEAM NEWS : - The Cottagers have a full strength squad to
choose form for the match.
On Saturday 7th
September the Under-17s lost 0-3 at Blackburn Rovers and the Under-19s
drew with Southampton away 1-1, with Mario Noto scoring the goal.
Monday 9.9.2002
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Tottenham's
fixture with Arsenal at White Hart Lane has been moved to Sunday 15th
December to be featured on pay-as-you-view on Sky TV. Kick off
will be at 2.00 p.m. This has also happened to the Newcastle
United away fixture on 29th December, which will also kick off at 2.00
p.m. The Leeds United home match will be pay-per-view, but will
kick off at the allotted 2.00 p.m. time.
Sunday 8.9.2002
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Jonathan
Blondel has told the club's official website that he hopes to have got
used to the difference in English football by next season, when he can
make a bigger impact. The Belgian international said that he has
always been interested by the English game, but has to adapt to it's
physical ways.
The
News of the World relate a tale of rats infesting the Spurs ground and
the club have had to have a rat catcher in to deal with them.
Why are Arsenal fans trying to get into White Hart Lane, eh ??
Spurs
Ladies won their WFA Cup 1st qualifying round match against Redhill
Ladies this afternoon 4-3 on a penalty shoot out after the game
finished 2-2 after extra time. For a match report, click here.
Saturday 7.9.2002
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On
busy international day ... Simon Davies scored for ales in their
victory over Finland in the European Championship qualifier in
Helsinki.
Robbie
Keane's first international as a Spurs player ended in a 2-4 defeat in
Russia in a Euro 2004 match, but his Spurs colleague Gary Doherty, on
as a substitute, scored with a header.
Milenko
Acimovic played 86 minutes of Slovenia's 3-0 win over Malta in the
Euro qualifier.
Steffen
Iversen played in Norway's 2-2 draw with Denmark in another qualifier.
Friday 6.9.2002
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Spurs
will show the Manchester United match at White Hart Lane on the
Videotron screen, as their allocation of tickets is fully sold out.
Matthew
Etherington came on as a late substitute in England Under-21s 1-1 draw
with Yugoslavia at the Reebok Stadium tonight.
Thursday 5.9.2002
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Daniel
Levy said the club has still got it's eyes on some new players and
hopes to bring them in when the transfer window opens in
January. This came on the heels of the news that the club had
made a £900,000 trading profit, a big move from last year's £3.5
million loss.
The figures showed a spend on transfers of £16.7 million with £6.3
brought back in from player sales. Wages rose to take operating
costs up from £43 million to £47 million, although total turnover
figures rose from £48 million to £65 million, boosted by the
sponsorship deals the club obtained in the summer. Another North
London club suffered a £22.3 million loss in the same period.
Buried
away in the report of the company was a line about expanding the brand
internationally, which might include tours by the first team to
exploit the Tottenham Hotspur name. Look out for mid-winter
break trips to the Far East !!
Joe
Cole has told the London Evening Standard that the player who had the
biggest effect on him at the World Cup within the England squad was
Teddy Sheringham. The West Ham midfielder said that he spoke to
Teddy about a few things that opened his eyes to looking at the game
in a different way and Cole said Sheringham would make a great
coach if he went into that side of the game after he finished playing.
TeamTalk
report that Spurs are unlikely to pursue their interest in York City's
20 year old keeper Russell Howarth. Having brought in Lars
Hirschfeld, it is not thought that Tottenham will spend out more on
another goalkeeper with Rob Burch and Shwan Jalal already in the
Reserves/Under-19 set up.
Spurs
will have a yellow third kit out on 24th September 2002.
SCBC's
defender Michael Svensson lost his appeal against the sending off in
the game at White Hart Lane last Saturday and he will have to serve
his suspension.
Former
Spurs winger Ruel Fox is training with Southend United, but there is
no deal in the offing, he is just there to keep fit should a club be
interested.
Former
Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne may be offered a chance to play for
Carshalton, by former Spurs defender Graham Roberts, who manages the
club.
Former
Spurs winger David Ginola might be about to sign a deal with French
club Nice. Nice !!
Wednesday 4.9.2002
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Les
Ferdinand has said that he is ready to fight for his place in the side
with new arrival Robbie Keane. The Spurs striker said on his
Icons website that he is not going to warm the bench all season and
intends to make it hard for Hoddle to leave him out.
Anthony
Gardner said that there was a decision taken to miss out on the SCBC
match to prevent his thigh strain getting worse. The tall
central defender first felt it in the Villa match and then against
Charlton, so opted out of Saturday's 2-1 win to make sure he was fit
after the break for international matches.
On
the official website, Milenko Acimovic revealed that he will need more
games to adapt to the physical nature of the Premiership, especially
to keep going for the full 90 minutes. he told the reporter that
he was Ok up to 70 minutes, but the last 20 are testing him, so he
will get used to the speed and intensity over a few more matches.
Having
come through yesterday's reserve match, Steffen Freund has announced
himself available for the first team. His first 90 minutes since
his injury saw him performing naturally after his knee surgery and he
told the Spurs site that he hoped to be back in the first team squad
within a few weeks.
Jamie
Redknapp has also been talking about his injuries to the London
Evening Standard. He was happy to have his life back and said
that the surgeon - Richard Steadman - has said that he would have to
manage his training and playing, which he has done with Hoddle's help
since coming to Tottenham.
Tuesday 3.9.2002
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Leeds
United chairman Peter Ridsdale has said that there is no deal to take
Darren Anderton to Elland Road. He added that Anderton was a
player that Terry Venables admired and if fit, one that they might
look at, but reiterated that the England midfielder was not part of
the transfer of Robbie Keane.
Portsmouth
are still keen to do a deal for Tim Sherwood in January, if Tottenham
drop the £250,000 asking fee for the midfielder.
The
official club site has told us that Lars Hirschfeld has been signed
permanently on an 18 month contract and the Canadian international
does not require a work permit as he has German citizenship.
Serge
Rebrov is supposedly thinking of buying out his own contract in a bid
to escape from White Hart Lane. The Ukrainian is desperate to
move away and play first team football again.
Goran
Bunjevcevic is in the Yugoslavia squad to face Czech Republic this
weekend in the European Championship qualifiers.
Steffen
Iversen is in the Norway squad for the match against Denmark at the
weekend.
Tottenham
reserves beat Southampton reserves at Stevenage Borough FC tonight
2-0. Les Ferdinand and John Sutton (penalty) scored the
goals. A report will appear on the site tomorrow.
Johnnie
Jackson's loan move to Swindon Town has been delayed while he serves a
three match ban.
Monday 2.9.2002
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Tottenham
will remain at the top of the league for a week or so more, after Liverpool
and Newcastle United drew 2-2 at Anfield tonight.
Rumours
are circulating from things that David Pleat is reported to have said
about Darren Anderton. The tales involve him possibly moving to
Leeds United when the transfer window opens up again in January.
Pleat is supposed to have said that Venables has always been a big
admirer of Anderton and we will have to wait and see what happens in
the future. Some whispers have it that he failed a medical to be
part of the Keane deal and if fit, will move to Elland Road later,
thus reducing the amount Spurs will have to find in cash.
Spurs
target Hernan Crespo joined Internazionale from Lazio to replace
Ronaldo.
Matthew
Etherington has been named in the England Under-21 squad to face
Yugoslavia in a friendly international match at Bolton Wanderers'
Reebok Stadium on Friday 6th September. Russ Howarth, the
goalkeeper Tottenham have had on trial, is also in the squad.
Ledley
King, Stephen Carr, Steffen Freund and Alton Thelwell are all ready to
play for Tottenham reserves at Stevenage Borough's Broadhall Way
ground tomorrow night (kick off 7 p.m.).
Former
Spurs winger, Peter Taylor, has joined the coaching staff at
Peterborough United for a while to help manager Barry Fry out.
Sunday 1.9.2002
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Fernando
Morientes has stayed at Real Madrid despite the signing of
Ronaldo. He turned down Tottenham and Barcelona to remain on the
books at the Bernabeu.
Christian
Ziege missed yesterday's win over Southampton as he returned to Munich
to comfort his father after the death of his mother. He may be
away from the club for a while and has pulled out of the Germany squad
to face Lithuania in a Euro 2004 qualifier on Saturday. Our condolences
go out to Christian.
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