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Thursday 30.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
 Jacques
Santini has said that the Spurs squad still lacks depth despite the
signing of 15 players this summer. He said Spurs were not like
Manchester United nor Chelsea nor Arsenal who can bring in top
internationals if they have an injury, but thought the team were still
young and his idea is to build a side from the players available to
him.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Sean Davis and Thimothee Atouba are line dup to return
to the squad for the trip to Goodison Park, but the hamstring injury
picked up on Saturday will cause Fredi Kanoute to miss out. For
a match preview, click here.
Michael
Carrick has said he hopes to be fit to play for Spurs in the game at
Portsmouth on Monday 18th October.
Santini
has told the press that the furore around the comment he made about
the referee in Saturday's match against Manchester United is over and
done with as far as he is concerned.
Former
Spurs midfielder Milenko Acimovic scored one of Lille's goals in their
2-0 UEFA Cup win over Shelbourne.
Former
Spurs striker Bobby Zamora is in the middle of a row claiming he
stamped on a Derby County defender in last night's Championship game.
OTHER
NEWS ... Jose Mourinho was spat at by a Porto fan at last night's
Champions League match, but he has written to UEFA asking for leniency
for his former club ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... West
Bromwich Albion's Darren Purse has been hit with a three match ban for
violent conduct in the match against Newcastle United. That is
more than he managed on Andy O'Brien !!
Wednesday 29.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
The
latest news from the Spurs website on injuries is encouraging.
Fredi Kanoute has a minor hamstring tear and should be ready for
Saturday or the week after; Sean Davis has been training after
overcoming a bout of patella tendonitis and could be ready for
Saturday; both Thimothee Atouba and Michael Carrick hope to be
training next week; Jamie Slabber might be able to start training
again next week after his dislocated shoulder blade.
OTHER
NEWS ... Claude Anelka (Nicolas' brother) has been sacked as
coach of Raith Rovers ... Bobby Gould quit as Peterborough United head
coach at half-time in last night's LDV Vans Trophy defeat to Bristol
City
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... West Bromwich Albion's Darren Purse has
been charged with violent conduct after elbowing team-mate Ricardo
Scimeca on the nose accidentally. He really meant to get
Newcastle United's Andy O'Brien. MEHSTG's
no- spin story ... Nigerian officials are to ban young
players who wear beads in their hair or have them in braids or
dreadlocks because it looks "gay" !!
Tuesday 28.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Mauricio
Taricco has been banned for the matches against Everton, Bolton
Wanderers and Portsmouth for events he was involved in during the
Chelsea match at White Hart Lane last season. His attempted
stamp on Scott Parker was not proven, but his punch aimed at Damien
Duff was deemed to be violent conduct and the FA handed down the three
match ban for the Spurs full-back.
Referee
Peter Walton has reported a Spurs steward to the FA for comments made
to him about his handling of the game when he was undertaking his
warm-down after the match.
Calum
Davenport has said his immediate focus in on West Ham United doing
well, as he is on loan there, but he thinks that he will settle in
well at White Hart Lane with the young players at the club and that it
was the right time to leave Coventry City, as he was keen to progress
his career.
OTHER
NEWS ... In the Champions League, Wayne Rooney hit a debut
hat-trick in the 6-2 win by Man U over Fenerbahce ... Liverpool lost
0-1 away to Olympiakos ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Sylvain
Wiltord has revealed the tempestuous relationship he had with Arsenal
manager Arsene Wenger, who regularly used to tease him and taunt him
over not using him in his favourite position. Oooh, matron !!
Monday 27.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Alex
Ferguson has said that Spurs have been reborn this season under
Jacques Santini. He said many teams will leave White Hart Lane
having dropped points and that Manchester United had to defend well to
get their win.
It
appears that Jacques Santini might be issued with a warning about his
comments on the referee in Saturday's game. Official Walton said
he was hurrying up United to get them out for the second half and was
not in their dressing room having a laugh with the players and staff.
Fredi
Kanoute's hamstring injury, picked up on Saturday, was looked at the
training ground today.
Mark
Hughes has been recalled to Spurs from his loan spell at Northampton
Town.
Spurs
Reserves won at Kettering Town's ground against Leicester City
Reserves 4-1 tonight. Rohan Ricketts, Lee Barnard 2 and Rodrigo
Defendi scored for Tottenham.
OTHER
NEWS ... Manchester United paid £8.5 million to agents to do
their transfers in the last year ... Billy Davies has been named
as the new Preston North End manager ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Roy
Keane was the victim of a firebomb attack on his house. It is
not the first time that fireworks have been associated with the Irish
midfielder.
Sunday 26.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
The
News of the World carry a story that Jacques Santini has been having
Crystal Palace winger Wayne Routledge watched regularly and he will be
the main target for Spurs in the January transfer window.
West
Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers are both keen on taking
centre-half Dean Richards on loan once he overcomes his ear infection.
Mauricio
Taricco is also another Spurs player who the Irons are interested in
signing once he gets over his ankle injury.
For
the latest Spurs Ladies results, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... Seeing as how Mikael Forsell is injured and out for the
rest of the season, Birmingham City will be sending him back to
Chelsea in December, so that they can pay his wages ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Robbie
Savage has decided to accept the "absolutely outrageous"
decision to uphold his sending off for getting involved in a fight in
the Wales-Northern Ireland World Cup qualifying match. That's
big of him !!
Saturday 25.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
lost for the first time this season, at home to Manchester United 0-1.
For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
The
reserve game against Leicester City reserves set for Wednesday will
now take place at Kettering Town FC on Monday.
OTHER
NEWS ... Steve Bruce was attacked outside his house this morning
by two men, although he was shaken, no serious injury occurred ...
Friday 24.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Noureddine
Naybet has been quoted in the Sun as saying that Manchester United's
cycle of success is over, but he has denied saying such a thing and
being disrespectful to any team. His stance is backed up by
Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson who said that he did not believe
that Naybet would be silly enough to say something like that and was
probably tricked into it by a journalist, being misquoted.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Thimothee Atouba has not made the squad for the
Manchester United match but Erik Edman and Noureddine Naybet return to
the squad.
MANCHESTER
UNITED TEAM NEWS : - Alex Ferguson will not risk new signing
Wayne Rooney in tomorrow's match and he might pick Roy Carroll ahead
of keeper Tim Howard.
Swindon
Town manager Andy King is on the look out for another Spurs player on
loan after Mark Yeates' release after four games for reasons on both
sides of the agreement. It sounds like they did not hit it off
and the young Irishman will be returning to White Hart Lane and King
wants another player for the rest of the season in accordance with his
understanding of the deal that took Leigh Mills to Spurs.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... A
Hollywood producer is set to make a £100 million bid for
Liverpool. Mike Jeffries said that he was desperate to sign up
the club where the Beatles played !!
Thursday 23.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
are likely to be without Thimothee Atouba for Saturday's visit by
Manchester United as he has a knee injury, which has affected the
nerves to his foot.
CORRECTION
- the Third Round of the League Cup against will take place on
Wednesday 27th October with an 8.00 p.m. kick off.
The
Daily Record claims that Spurs were one of the clubs who sent scouts
to watch Falkirk striker Darryl Duffy in his club's 8-1 CIS Insurance
Cup defeat by Celtic on Tuesday night. Aston Villa, Bolton
Wanderers and Sunderland are all also interested in the 20-year-old
forward.
Rick
Parry, former FA Chief Executive, said that he did not understand why
Brian Clough was not prosecuted for taking bungs. After it was
revealed in the Alan Sugar-Terry Venables court case that "Clough
liked a bung", the FA looked into the matter and found him
guilty, but no legal proceedings were taken nor were actions taken
against Nottingham Forest or Clough by the FA, which was odd
considering they took points off Tottenham and fined and banned us
from the FA Cup.
OTHER
NEWS ... Paul Sturrock has been announced as Sheffield
Wednesday's new manager ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Midfielder
David Prutton insisted today that SCBC players were right behind
caretaker manager Steve Wigley. Frankly, after getting Paul
Sturrock kicked out, I would want them where I can see them !!
Wednesday 22.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
beat Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park 6-0 tonight in the League Cup
Second Round. For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
Spurs
have been drawn away at Bolton Wanderers in the Third Round to be
played on Tuesday 9th or Wednesday 10th November.
The
Daily Express say that Spurs will go back to Nottingham Forest for
Andy Reid in the January transfer window and are certain they will be
successful this time.
OTHER
NEWS ... Blackburn are knocked out on penalties by Bournemouth ...
Robbie Savage's ban will stand after his sending off for Wales against
Northern Ireland and he will miss the match with England ...
MEHSTG's spin story ...
SCBC are to tempt Arsene Wenger to be their new manager ... no not
really !! Only joking !!
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Brian Talbot baited old rivals Tottenham by
insisting: “We’d have no chance
against Arsenal — but we CAN beat you. And ex-Gunner Talbot,
51, believes Jacques Santini’s Premiership boys are
ripe for a giant-killing. The sides are separated by 56 places
on the League ladder, but Talbot said: “I would be worried if
we were playing Arsenal but I’m much happier taking on Spurs.
We’ll have a better chance against them. In fact, we won’t go into
this game expecting to lose. I believe we can go out and win it.
I know Tottenham will come here full of confidence and they will
probably be thinking that it’s going to be an easy game for
them. But if it’s cold, wet and blowing a gale like it usually
is at Boundary Park, then I’m confident we can take advantage of
that. I think they will be worried by one or two or our players
as well — and we have to make sure we capitalise on that." !!!
Tuesday 21.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Noureddine Naybet, Erik Edman and Thimothee Atouba will
not travel to Oldham as they picked up knocks on Sunday, while
midfielders Sean Davis, Michael Carrick and defender Mauricio Taricco
all miss out through injury. This means there could be a chance
for some of the squad players to have a run-out.
The Spurs site says the squad will be : - Robinson, Keller,
Pamarot, King, Gardner, Brown, Davies, Redknapp, Bunjevcevic,
Mabizela, Mendes, Jackson, Ricketts, Keane, Kanoute, Defoe
Jose
Mourinho's whingeing about Spurs' performance Sunday has been blasted
by the man he followed at Porto. Octavio Machado, told
the Daily Star: "When his team do not win he always blames the
referees and the opponents, saying their behaviour was anti-fair play
and too defensive. How many times has he used this tactic to
justify a result in Portugal ? It's rare he considers he's the
man responsible for any poor result. Besides that, he knows very
well how to use the press. By using the press, he puts a lot of
pressure on the referees and the opponents. He always has
problems with players and and football agents and shows no respect to
other coaches."
OTHER
NEWS ... Dynamo Kiev have been awarded a 3-0 win for the
Champions League tie that was abandoned after referee Anders Frisk was
cut on the head by a coin thrown by an AS Roma fan. Roma will
have to play their next two games behind closed doors ...
Colchester United knock out WBA in the League Cup ...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Manchester United's Roy Keane has finally
been charged with assault ... for an incident on a Lancashire golf
course ????????????????????
Monday 20.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Chris
Waddle has defended Spurs against Jose Mourinho's assault about their
tactics for yesterday's match. He said that he has been
impressed with the way they have worked as a unit with Robinson,
Naybet and Edman coming in to strengthen the side. He could not
understand the Chelsea manager's thinking that Spurs should come to
Stamford Bridge to attack his side and that he will have to get used
to it.
.
Spurs
Reserves won 2-0 against Norwich City Reserves at Broadhall Way tonight.
For a match report, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... Former Nottingham Forest and Derby County manager Brian
Clough died today of stomach cancer ... With Jose Camacho's
resignation accepted at Real Madrid, Sven Goran Eriksson has been
linked to the job ...
MEHSTG's spin story ...
Sunday 19.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge today against Chelsea. Click here
for a match report..
Alex
Ferguson has more or less implied that Rio Ferdinand will return for
Manchester United's match against Liverpool tomorrow and thus he is in
line to play against Spurs on Saturday.
The
Sunday Express run a hilarious story about how Arsenal might make a
bid for Tottenham's Jermain Defoe.
OTHER
NEWS ... Ian Rush and Gerard Houllier are being mentioned as
possible candidates for the Wales manager's job ... Real Madrid
manager Jose Antonio Camacho has offered to quit after yesterday's
defeat to Espanyol ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Fulham
manager Chirs Coleman has said he does not intend to fine his players
- Pap Diop and Andy Cole - who were sent off in yesterday's game at
WBA. "My directors and my chairman might want to fine them,
but I'm not going to fine them. I want my players to stand up for
themselves. I wanted them to show a lot of character and desire, and
they did." Did he mean stand toe-to-toe and slug it out
like real men ?? If so, Frank Warren might be an ideal
replacement if Coleman ever gets the sack.
Saturday 18.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho has said that Spurs made an indirect approach
with Porto to offer him the manager's job at White Hart Lane, but
because he did not want to leave his club halfway through a season he
turned it down.
Spurs
and Newcastle United are supposedly interested in Airdrie United left
back Willie McLaren, but the 20 year old has signed a new one year
deal with the Scottish First Division club.
Former
Spurs striker scored and was sent off playing for Wrexham against
Tranmere Rovers today.
Former
Spurs defender Luke Young scored for Charlton Athletic in their 1-1
draw at Birmingham City today.
OTHER
NEWS ... Sheffield Wednesday manager Chris Turner has been sacked
after their 0-1 defeat by Bournemouth today ...
MEHSTG's spin story ...
Friday 17.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Sean Davis, Michael Carrick, Mauricio Taricco and Dean
Richards are all out of contention. Simon Davies has said that
he is ready to play after a brief appearance last Sunday against
Norwich City and an hour in the reserves and Santini might start the
Welshman on the right of midfield as he is lacking options there.
CHELSEA
TEAM NEWS : - Arjen Robben and Carlo Cudicini are both ruled out
and Celestine Babyaro is back to full fitness, as the rest of the
squad are unchanged.
Spurs
are allegedly supposed to have approached Jerko Leko, the Dynamo Kiev
Croatian striker, in the summer, but he decided to stay at the Ukraine
club, so say the Sky Sports website.
Former
Spurs defender Colin Calderwood has signed an extension to his
contract as Northampton Town manager to run until 2008.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... The
Sun claim that Manchester City are trying to agree a financial
agreement with Kevin Keegan to terminate his contract. A
disappointed Keegan said "I would love it, absolutely love it if
City gave me loads of money to leave them !!"
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Fulham boss Chris Coleman has been asked by
the FA to explain his comments after labelling Mark Halsey's
performance as "crap" in the Cottagers' game against Arsenal
last weekend !!
Thursday 16.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
The
Sun reckons that former Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle could go back to SCBC
as manager to replace current coach Steve Wigley, who does not hold
the correct UEFA badges necessary to be a manager. Chairman
Rupert "the Bear faced cheek" Lowe has said this is rubbish
... but would you believe him ??
OTHER
NEWS ... Millwall drew their first European match 1-1 with
Ferencvaros and Boro beat Banik Ostrava 3-0 in their first European
tie ... Robby Bobson and John Toshack have both been linked with the
Wales manager's job ...
Wednesday 15.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Tottenham's
away fixture at Old Trafford to play Manchester United has been moved
from Monday 3rd January to Tuesday January 4th 2005 with an 8.00 p.m.
kick off. Great !!
Once
rumoured as a candidate for the Spurs manager's job, Mark Hughes has
been appointed as manager of Blackburn Rovers.
OTHER
NEWS ... This year's FA Cup semi-finals will both be staged at
the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The first will be on Saturday
16th April with a 5.15 p.m. kick off and the other on Sunday 17th
April kicking off at 4.00 p.m. ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Robbie
Savage is to take legal action against his sending off against
Northern Ireland in last week's World Cup qualifier. His legal
argument is "It's just not fair !"
Wednesday 15.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Tottenham's
away fixture at Old Trafford to play Manchester United has been moved
from Monday 3rd January to Tuesday January 4th 2005 with an 8.00 p.m.
kick off. Great !!
Once
rumoured as a candidate for the Spurs manager's job, Mark Hughes has
been appointed as manager of Blackburn Rovers.
OTHER
NEWS ... This year's FA Cup semi-finals will both be staged at
the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The first will be on Saturday
16th April with a 5.15 p.m. kick off and the other on Sunday 17th
April kicking off at 4.00 p.m. ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Robbie
Savage is to take legal action against his sending off against
Northern Ireland in last week's World Cup qualifier. His legal
argument is "It's just not fair !"
Tuesday 14.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
are suffering an extension of the injury plague that has hit the club
over the last few years. Michael Carrick has got an ankle injury
in training, Sean Davis will be out for another fortnight and Pedro
Mendes got kicked on the foot in Sunday's draw with Norwich City and
might be fit for the Chelsea match.
Former
Spurs boss Terry Venables is said to be waiting to see if Kevin Keegan
keeps his job as Manchester City manager, having reportedly been given
11 days to save himself from the chop. Allegedly, Venables is
lined up to step in at Eastlands should KK leave City.
OTHER
NEWS ... Mark Hughes is apparently keen to take the Blackburn
Rovers job should it be offered to him ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Roy
Keane is being investigated by Police for an alleged assault on a 16
year old boy. Well, it makes a change from Alfe Inge-Haaland.
MEHSTG's spin story
2 ... Graeme Souness says he can tame the Newcastle United
"brat pack" with the help of Alan Shearer. If he
teaches them all he knows then "tame" might not be the right
word to employ.
Monday 13.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Jermain
Defoe has said that he has matured as a player since joining Tottenham
Hotspur. The striker signed from West Ham United said: "I
think I've grown as a player and it helps when you're playing with
good players as well." He added that it was a big season
for him, being his first full season with his new club and that he
loved being involved in the England set-up.
West
Ham United are seeking to increase their percentage of Spurs players
at Upton Park with the London Evening Standard saying they are
interested in Tottenham defender Mauricio Taricco.
Spurs
Reserves drew 1-1 at home with Crystal Palace Reserves tonight at
Stevenage Borough FC. Lee Barnard was the Spurs scorer, as Reto
Ziegler made his debut and Spase Divelski came on as a substitute.
OTHER
NEWS ... Mark Hughes has said that he will not be leaving Wales
after being linked with the Blackburn Rovers job ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... West
Bromwich Albion manager Gary Megson has admitted there was a bus
bust-up on Saturday after their loss at Liverpool. He said this
is the first time this had happened, but gave the players the day off
because once one bus bust-up arrives another comes along straight
after !!
Sunday 12.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
drew 0-0 with Norwich City at White Hart Lane today. Click here
for a match report. For reaction, click here.
The
People newspaper claims that Spurs will be willing to let central
defender Anthony Gardner leave the club.
It
might be because the same paper says that Spurs will seek a loan deal
with Chelsea for defender Glen Johnson.
The
News of the World carries a boring story from Stephane Dalmat saying
that he made a big mistake in coming to Tottenham and that the players
made it hell for him at the club. He warned the current crop of
players that they will be called names in the dressing room, on and
off the field and that the "English" and
"non-English" divide that exists in the dressing room will
make them miserable. Quite how that is going to happen when the
Sporting manager is Danish, the Head Coach French and the Assistant
Coach Dutch, I am not sure !! It looks as though Dalmat is
looking to blame everyone but himself.
The
Sunday Mirror rumour that Spurs will launch a £2 million for Crystal
Palace's winger Wayne Routledge in January.
The
Mirror again runs a story that Portsmouth's left back Matthew Taylor
could leave in January with Spurs the destination.
OTHER
NEWS ... Real Madrid are supposed to be lining up a £22 million
bid for Steven Gerrard in January ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... England
boss Sven Goran Eriksson has said today that he never feared the
sack. He always believed that Nancy had to much in her wardrobe
to resort to Hessian.
Saturday 11.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Former
Spurs striker Les Ferdinand scored for his sixth Premier League side
in Bolton Wanderers, as they drew 2-2 with Manchester United.
Spurs
Under-18s lost away at Millwall 0-2 today.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
Friday 10.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Jacques
Santini has said he is very happy that the players on international
duty had a good time with their various teams, but the important game
is the one with Norwich on Sunday, when he wants them to do well for
Spurs.
Mike
McGinnity, the Coventry City chairman has hit out at Tottenham for
allowing Calum Davenport to go out on loan to West Ham United.
The Sky Blues supremo said that it was disgusting that Spurs had
allowed centre half Davenport to go to one of their rivals and he is
demanding a change in the rules, because Tottenham would not allow the
Midlands club to keep Calum until the end of the season.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Simon Davies might be playing some part in Sunday's
match against Norwich City. Recovering from a shin operation,
the midfielder is ready to return, which is just as well, as Sean
Davis injured a knee in training and misses the game, while knee
knocks for Carrick and Brown make them doubtful too.
NORWICH
CITY TEAM NEWS : - Gary Doherty is set to return to White Hart Lane
with his new club on Sunday, with newcomer from Coventry City Youssef
Safri likely to start for the first time. David Bentley is
available after being ruled out of the Canaries' last match against
the club he came from as part of Arsenal's loan deal.
The
Daily Mirror claim that Spurs will make a move during the January
transfer window for Bolton Wanderers striker Kevin Davies. To
add to the naming nightmare at the club, Davies might be the subject
of a £500,000 bid.
Wayne
Rooney's foot injury might take three more weeks than anticipated to
clear up and therefore he will miss the visit to White Hart Lane on
September 25th.
OTHER
NEWS ... Leicester City have announced a £5.3 million profit for
the last trading year ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Alan
Shearer said that Graeme Souness was the man to bring silverware to
St. James' Park. It looks as though the Souness' good cutlery
will be gracing the canteen at Newcastle United !!
Thursday 09.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
have loaned new central defender Calum Davenport to West Ham United on
a flexible arrangement that will be for about three months and
Tottenham will have the player back to train with them from time to
time. Coventry City are not happy about the arrangement, but the
manager Peter Reid said that if that is how Spurs wanted to carry out
their business, they would have to get on with it. Spurs feel
that Davenport will get first team football and that he will not have
to uproot from his new surroundings to get it, as West Ham are close
to Spurs in terms of training and playing facilities.
West
Ham United manager Alan Pardew said that his club were looking to buy
Davenport, but could not compete as soon as Spurs were interested and
they are very pleased to have signed him up on this deal.
Glenn
Hoddle has likened Jermain Defoe to former Brazilian striker Romario.
The former Spurs boss also praised Ledley King for his mature
performance at the back for England last night.
OTHER
NEWS ... Sam Allardyce admitted that Newcastle United asked abut
his availability to join them as their new manager, but he plumped to stay
at Bolton Wanderers ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Robbie
Savage has said he will consider retiring from international football
if he gets a three match ban for his dismissal in last night's World
Cup qualifier. If we had only known that was all it would take
...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... Fabrice Fernandes of SCBC faces jail after
driving offences in central London including being twice the legal
drink-drive limit and driving through nine red lights in one
day. The report on TeamTalk said "At one point he narrowly
missed a bus." He's so bad that he couldn't even hit a bus
!!
Wednesday 08.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Jermain
Defoe made his first start for England and score done of the goals in
a 2-1 win over Poland in Chorwoz tonight in their World Cup qualifier.
Paul Robinson also got his first competitive start and Ledley King
completed the 90 minutes also.
Robbie
Keane played for the Republic of Ireland in their 1-1 World Cup qualifying
draw in Switzerland tonight.
Erik
Edman played in Sweden's 0-1 defeat by Croatia in their World Cup qualifying
group.
Simon
Davies had told the official website that he wants to pay back the
faith of the club and the fans in him by getting back into the team
and helping them progress.
Anton
Ferdinand broke a leg playing for England Under-21s last night and
will be out of the West Ham side for three months. Does this
mean that the Irons' bid for fellow England Under-21er Calum Davenport
might step up a notch or two ??
Former
Spurs striker Helder Postiga scored twice for Portugal in the last six
minutes against Estonia after coming on as a half-time substitute in
their World Cup qualifier.
Former
Spurs midfielder Milenko Acimovic has said that he wants another crack
at the Premier League with the knowledge that you have to be 100% for
each game and that you cannot afford to fail, as it is difficult to
get back in the team once you do.
OTHER
NEWS ... Robbie Savage was sent off in a flood of tears for Wales
in their match against Northern Ireland who also Michael Hughes sent
off in the same incident and lost David Healy for two immediate yellow
cards for celebrating his goal before 25 minutes had been played, with
the World Cup qualifying tie ending 2-2 ...
MEHSTG's
no-spin story ... headline from this evening's London Evening
Standard "Wales want kick-start before the big one"
referring to their match with England, maybe taken a bit too literally
by Savage ?
Tuesday 07.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Calum
Davenport played in the victorious England Under-21 side who ended up
3-1 winners over Poland Under-21 in Rybnik this evening.
Meanwhile
his agent has said that six or seven teams are interested in taking
him on loan and he will talk about it with his client on his return
from Under-21 duty.
Stephen
Kelly played for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 side against
Switzerland Under-21s tonight in their 2-4 defeat.
Simon
Davies might be back no the Spurs bench for Sunday's match with
Norwich City after recovering well with his shin problems.
Spurs
reserves lost 0-3 at SCBC reserves tonight.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
Monday 06.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
New
19 year old Australian signing Spase Divelski is hoping to make an
impact at Spurs this season through the reserves and to get into the
first team ahead of schedule.
OTHER
NEWS ... ...
MEHSTG's
spin story ... Graeme Souness has turned his back on
Blackburn Rovers to manage Newcastle United, which he described as
"a big challenge." The Scot said "I don't need to
be told by anyone that Newcastle are one of best supported clubs
around. Everything is geared to be successful, and I hope I can bring
success." Hmm. That must be a low gear, as it has taken 35
years to get where they are now and they still haven't won anything
since 1969.
Sunday 05.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Kasey
Keller has blasted Jacques Santini for not allowing him to carry on as
Spurs keeper after playing each game in the last two seasons. He
has said that he had not been given a chance to play and it was always
the management's opinion that Paul Robinson would be the number one
keeper at the club. Keller said in the News of the World that he
might be ready to return to the US in the next transfer window to play
out a season or two in the MSL, as he can see his time in Europe
coming to an end.
Everton
are said to be ready to bid for Fredi Kanoute in the January transfer
window, as well as SCBC's James Beattie and Shola Ameobi of Newcastle
United, as they seek to fritter away the money they got for Wayne
Rooney says the News of the World.
The
Sunday People reveal that Tottenham tried a last minute deadline day
bid of £2 million for Crystal Palace's young winger Wayne Routledge,
but it was rejected.
The
Spurs Masters team were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the
Grand Final tonight. Featuring Peter Hucker, John Polston,
Justin Edinburgh, Mark Stimson, Clive Wilson, Mitchell Thomas, Neil
Ruddock, Paul Moran, Colin Calderwood and Mark Robson, they lost out
0-2 to Chelsea.
Thimothee
Atouba played for Cameroon in their 2-3 defeat by Egypt in the World
Cup group game.
Mbulelo
Mabizela lost out playing for South Africa to a late Democratic
Republic of Congo goal in their 0-1 World Cup qualifying defeat and
picked up a yellow card too.
Mali
did not include Fredi Kanoute in their side to play Senegal and the
two sides battled out a 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw.
For
the latest news on the Spurs Ladies teams, including their 1-0 win in
the WFA Cup, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... Sven has backed calamity keeper David James and will
play him in Wednesday's World Cup qualifier in Poland ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Newcastle
United are bringing the lawyers over the filling of the manager's
post. Well, they can't be any worse than Robby Bobson, can they
??
Saturday 04.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Robbie
Keane equalled the Republic of Ireland goal-scoring record this
afternoon when he scored his 21st goal for his country from the
penalty spot, in their 3-0 win over Cyprus. The Spurs striker
dedicated the goal to his late father, who died last year of cancer.
Ledley
King played the whole of England's 2-2 draw against Austria in Vienna,
while Jermain Defoe came on as a substitute for the last fifteen
minutes and hit the post with a late shot.
Erik
Edman played in Sweden's 7-0 away win over Malta in a World Cup
qualifying match today.
Noureddine
Naybet starred in Morocco's 1-1 draw with Tunisia in their World Cup
qualifying match today.
Spurs
Under-18s drew 2-2 with Norwich City at Spurs Lodge this morning.
Claude Seanla and Andy Bircham scored the goals for Tottenham.
Former
Spurs midfielder Milenko Acimovic scored a hat-trick against Moldova
in their World Cup qualifier !!
OTHER
NEWS ... Tickets for England's World Cup qualifying clash with
Wales at Old Trafford on October 9th have sold out in eight hours ...
Wales drew 1-1 in Azerbaijan in England's World Cup qualifying group
this afternoon, while Northern Ireland lost 0-3 at home to Poland
...
MEHSTG's spin story ... £66,000
worth of Everton shirts with "Rooney" on the back have been
sent to Africa by the club, following the departure of the striker to
Manchester United. There's nothing like trying to corrupt the
Third World.
Friday 03.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Tottenham's
new signing Calum Davenport played in England Under-21s 2-0 win in
Austria tonight.
Simon
Davies was sent back to Tottenham by Wales to have his shin injury
looked at. The midfielder will miss the World Cup qualifier
against Azerbijan tomorrow, but may return to join up with the squad
for the midweek match against Northern Ireland.
The
reserves fixtures against Norwich City have been swapped around.
They will now face the Canaries second string
at Stevenage Borough FC on Monday September 20, with a 19.00 p.m.
kick-off, while the return will be staged at Carrow Road on Wednesday
January 26th 2005, kicking off at 19.30 p.m.
Stephen
Kelly played the whole of the Republic of Ireland U21s win over Cyprus in
their European U21 Championship qualifying tie.
Marton
Fulop played in goal for Hungary U21s as they lost 0-1 against Croatia in
European U21 Championship qualifying.
OTHER
NEWS ... Sir Clive Woodward said he will not be going into
football immediately, but would be taking his coaching badge in the
next few months ... Alan Shearer has said he does not want the
Newcastle United manager's job at this time ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Newcastle
United chairman Freddie Shepherd has said that there have been a lot
of big names interested in the manager's job at St. James' Park, which
he reckons is the eighth biggest in football. Well, I can think
of more than eight clubs who have won something in the last 35 years.
Thursday 02.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
A
row has broken out over Tottenham's purchase of Coventry City's Calum
Davenport. After the buying of the young central defender, the
Coventry chairman is said to be aggrieved that Spurs might loan the
player out to West Ham United, saying that the Sky Blues wanted him
loaned back to them, but Spurs said no. Surely, it is
Tottenham's decision who they loan him out to with the best interests
of the player's development in mind rather than as a favour to the
selling club. Spurs let Davenport play against West Ham United
for his former club before bringing him to White Hart Lane, so it
appears that we have been more than generous, as he could have
suffered injury in that match, thus rendering him out of action for
us.
Owen
Hargreaves has dropped a big hint that he still might come to
Tottenham. In the summer, he plumped to stay at Bayern Munich,
but on the FA website, today said he was interested in what Frank
Arnesen had to say to him and that maybe in the future he might
consider an offer from the club.
Former
Spurs manager Terry Venables is being installed as favourite for the
Newcastle United manager's post.
OTHER
NEWS ... Jason McAteer has announced his retirement from
international football ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... Rafa
Benitez has said that during the summer he wanted Jonathan Woodgate to
join Liverpool. And Zinedine Zidane ... and Ronaldinho ... and
Figo ... and Pele.
Wednesday 01.09.2004 (For other Spurs history on this day click
here)
Spurs
have announced that they have signed Australian Under-19 international
Spase Dilevski. Having just been the youngest player in the
Aussie Olympic squad, the talented midfielder joins Spurs on a free
transfer from PSV Eindhoven and will initially play in the reserve
side.
OTHER
NEWS ... Referee Andy D'Urso has been given a 28 day suspension
for not sending Blackburn Rovers' Barry Ferguson off at the New Dell
for two yellow card offences ... Ian Rush has offered out his former
team-mate Mark Lawrenson, who made some derogatory remarks about his appointment
as Chester City manager ... Wembley's new arch was raised for the
first time and was witnessed by Sven Goran Eriksson, David Beckham and
Tony Blair ...
MEHSTG's spin story ... SCBC
are discussing the possibility of bringing England rugby coach Clive
Woodward in as head coach. Chairman Rupert Lowe sees this as an
ideal way of getting more points on the board ... by kicking the ball
over the bar.
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