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Thursday 31.10.2002
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 Tottenham's
reserve game against Leicester City on Monday November 11th has been
switched to White Hart Lane. Kick off will be at 7 p.m.
Goran
Bunjevcevic has said that he is "not particularly good" at
left back, but is playing there as the manager thinks he is the person
to do a job there. Talking to the official website, the
Yugoslavian international said he would be happier in the middle of
midfield, but is willing to fill in where needed for the benefit of
the team. Hmm. Hoddle playing people out of position
?? Shurely not !!
Wednesday 30.10.2002
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Glenn
Hoddle wants Tottenham to beat top teams away from home to prove that
they are getting to the next stage of the team's development.
The Spurs boss said he was happy with the way the side played at
Anfield, but wants them to become more competitive and start picking
up points from the matches against the teams above us.
The
official site has interviewed Milenko Acimovic and he says that he is
learning a lot from being on the bench at Premiership matches.
the Slovenian international feels that he still has a lot to take in,
but realises he has to make some changes to his natural game, as there
is little time to dwell on the ball in English football.
TeamTalk
report that Tottenham's Belgian youngster Jonathan Blondel could be
the subject of a loan application from Bradford City. The summer
signing could be tempted to get some first team football and Spurs
could be keen to let him get some experience, much as they did with
Matthew Etherington last season, who also went on loan to Valley
Parade.
Tottenham
were represented at Crewe Alexandra's game against Luton Town on
Tuesday night and it is thought that they were among many scouts
watching a number of players on each side. The top star on show
was Dean Ashton, the young England striker, but he only had 19 minutes
of action at the end of the game, when he came on as a substitute.
Tuesday 29.10.2002
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After
yesterday's reserve game against Chelsea, only Alton Thelwell was an
injury victim with a soreness in his groin. Darren Anderton
completed his first 90 minutes for 10 weeks and Ledley King came
through without a problem.
Monday 28.10.2002
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Spurs
players and manager Glenn Hoddle were convinced that they had a good
call for a penalty at Anfield, when Robbie Keane's flick on was
handled by Jamie Carragher. However, they accepted that
sometimes they are given and sometimes not.
Steffen
Freund said he thinks that he will be rested soon as he is still
over-coming the knee operation he had back in the spring. This
is part of ensuring that players are at their best rather than being
burned out by playing to many games.
Spurs
are still keeping tabs on Bo Qu, the Chinese winger who failed to
receive a work permit at the end of the close season. Tottenham
look like they might try and sign him in January when he has fulfilled
the requirements of the Home Office to allow him to play in England.
Steve
Thompson, the Dundee United and Scotland forward is interesting Spurs,
as well as Everton and Glasgow Rangers. The 26 year old has
scored five times in twelve games so far in the Scottish Premier
League and could be available to talk to interested clubs on 1st
January, if he does not agree a new contract with United.
Spurs
reserves beat Chelsea reserves 2-0 at Broadhall Way this
evening. The Tottenham goals came form Jonathan Blondel and Gary
Doherty. For a match report click here.
Sunday 27.10.2002
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Glenn
Hoddle was disappointed Spurs returned from Anfield with nothing, but
said that Michael Owen can often be the difference between sides and
that proved the case yesterday. Hoddle felt that the way Dudek
was kept busy and the header we had cleared off the line was worth
something in the long run.
Gerrard
Houllier said that he was pleased that Jamie Redknapp was back fit and
playing. He evened quipped that Redknapp seems to be getting
stuck into tackles these days !!
A
Liverpool website is claiming that a source close to the club reckons
Emile Heskey will be released by the Premier League leaders at the end
of the season as they feel he does not score enough goals. The
frightening thing in this story was that they said Tottenham have made
it clear that they would be interested should he become
available. Just what we need ... another forward who doesn't
score many goals !!
Tottenham
Ladies beat London Women 7-3 this morning, with the reserves getting a
1-1 draw with Charlton Athletic 3rds in the afternoon.
Yesterday, the Under-11s lost out 0-2 to Enfield Ladies U11s.
For match reports, click here.
Saturday 26.10.2002
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Spurs
lost 1-2 against Liverpool at Anfield this afternoon. Dean
Richards score the Spurs goal. For a match report, click here.
Reaction to follow tomorrow.
Arsenal's
decision not to appeal against Patrick Vieira's suspension now means
he will be available to play against Spurs on November 16th. If
they had appealed, he would have had his ban delayed to take in the
North London derby match.
Tottenham's
Under-19s drew 1-1 with Ipswich Town this morning at Spurs
Lodge. The Tottenham goal was scored by Jamie Slabber from a
penalty kick. For a match report, click here.
The
Under-17s were away to Ipswich Town and came back to North London with
a 2-1 win. Michael Malcolm scored twice for Tottenham.
Friday 25.10.2002
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TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Les Ferdinand could be fit for Saturday's game at
Anfield against Liverpool and is included in the squad as is Anthony
Gardner.
Squad - Keller, Carr, Perry, Richards, Bunjevcevic, Poyet, Freund,
Redknapp, Sheringham, Keane, Iversen, Davies, Ferdinand, Acimovic,
Blondel, Rebrov, Etherington, Doherty, Hirschfeld.
LIVERPOOL
TEAM NEWS : - Steven Gerrard and Bruno Cheyrou both hope to
overcome hip injuries to be fit for the Spurs match, while Emile
Heskey will shake off a groin strain to play.
Squad - Dudek, Carragher, Hyypia, Traore, Riise, Murphy, Hamann,
Gerrard, Cheyrou, Smicer, Diao, Baros, Babbel, Owen, Heskey, Diouf,
Arphexad, Vignal.
Ledley
King could make the next step of his recovery from injury in a new
venue. His fitness is improving after his training ground
friendly against Fulham earlier in the week and next up, he hopes to
play for Tottenham reserves against Chelsea at Stevenage Borough,
where he has not played before.
TeamTalk
hint that Daniel Levy might sell on some of the Spurs players who are
not regularly involved in first team action in January to raise some
money for new purchases. He was also quoted as saying it is
holding the younger players coming on into the first XI.
Patrick
Vieira's latest ban from the FA will rule him out of the meeting with
Spurs on November 16th at Highbury.
Planet
Football's website reports that Mouscron Excelsior are keen to take
Jonathan Blondel back to Belgium to get him back playing and increase
his confidence. The report says that while Spurs would not want
to let him go, they might consider a loan spell for the good of the
youngster's progress.
Thursday 24.10.2002
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David
Pleat told the club's company AGM yesterday that they intended to make
sure that there was a good group of quality players at the club
challenging for honours to prevent others leaving for free at the end
of their contract. The Director of Football said that the staff
at the club had worked hard to have assets in place to sell should
money be required, with the whole squad happy at the moment and the
only player who wanted to leave being Sergei Rebrov. The Board
had learned lessons in the past from such events and they were trying
to ensure that it did not happen again, although Pleat did state that
opponents would not come out in the open to approach players, but
would do so "around the back".
Steffen
Freund says he has been practicing his shooting in training in an
attempt to break his duck with Tottenham. The German midfielder
told TeamTalk that he knows the fans are keen for him to net his first
goal and he has been putting in extra time on the practice ground to
give himself a better chance of successfully hitting the target.
Glenn
Hoddle revealed that only Mauricio Taricco, Christian Ziege, Neil Sullivan
and Ben Thatcher are left on the injury list now that Thelwell, King,
Gardner and Anderton have all been back in action in reserve team
friendlies.
Wednesday 23.10.2002
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The
Tottenham Hotspur plc Annual General Meeting was held today. From the
official site, items discussed were ...
- the developments with the local Council over ground
improvements, which were said to be going well, including a museum at
the ground
- the development of the youth academy at Abridge, which the
club were hopeful of getting planning permission for
- there is a policy of improving services to fans, such as the
online ticketing procedure and the Ticketing Charter
- David Pleat said the team have a good core and are heading in
the right direction.
At
the AGM it was announced that Bill Nicholson was unable to attend due
to illness. We wish Mr. Nicholson well.
While
Christian Ziege is nearing full fitness after his calf injury, he has
said that he will not play again until his is "really, really
100% fit". Well, we really, really hope that he will stay
100% fit long enough to have a run in the side once he does return and
really, really hope he does not believe his doctor in Germany, who
told him this was caused by something being wrong with his back !!
The
London Evening Standard claim that Ledley King is aiming to be fit to
play in the Premiership again when Spurs face Chelsea on November 3rd.
News
is coming out of Belgium that Jonathan Blondel is unhappy about not
featuring in the Tottenham side regularly and might ask to go back to
his home country on loan. In addition to not getting into the
first team, it appears that Blondel is homesick, complaining that
no-one does anything together after training and being isolated by the
lack of French speakers in the area where he lives.
John
Paul Kelly, a young 15 year old Irish star, will be highly sought
after by a number of top clubs and Tottenham will fight with the likes
of Arsenal, Liverpool, Leeds United, Ipswich Town and Charlton
Athletic to secure his services. Currently with Lourdes Celtic
and an Republic of Ireland Under-16 international, Kelly is rated as
the top talent in the country, as his performances have shown.
He cannot move until he is 16, but his club have already received a
number of offers for him.
Tuesday 22.10.2002
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Spurs
lost a reserve friendly at Fulham's training ground this afternoon
1-3. Tottenham's goal came from Gary Doherty, but the match
featured the return from injury of Darren Anderton, Alton Thelwell,
Anthony Gardner and Ledley King.
Steffen
Freund has told the Spurs website that he is grateful to Glenn Hoddle
and John Gorman for letting him do his own training to help him get
back from his cruciate ligament injury. Having spotted him doing
his own exercising in a North London park, MEHSTG can confirm that he
is for obviously keen to get back to his former self as quickly as
possible (and no we won't tell you where it was !!).
TeamTalk
reports that Spurs were watching not only Michael Tonge at the
Brighton v Sheffield United game at the weekend, but also Bobby
Zamora. It is believed that there might be a move when the
transfer window opens in January for the former Bristol Rovers
striker.
The
same site claims that Celtic might rival Portsmouth for the signing of
Tim Sherwood come January. Although the First Division side have
been interested for some time, the Scottish champions might sneak up
on the blind side to snatch Sherwood, who would welcome a chance to
play in the top flight in Scotland.
There
is also a story on the site that says that Spurs are keeping tabs on
Derby County's Malcolm Christie too.
The
manager of Shanghai Shenhua has denied that Tottenham are after two of
his players, according to Planet Football. Asian Young Player of
the Year, 21 year old Du Wei and Wu Chengying 27, a left back, were
reportedly interesting Spurs, who had a move for Bo Qu thwarted by red
tape earlier in the season. He said that transfers to European
teams were very difficult and he did not want his players travelling
to England without a hope of completing a move.
Monday 21.10.2002
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Spurs
are believed to be one of a number of teams who are being lined up to
take part in training camps in Trinidad and Tobago and other West
Indies islands. Some teams might take part in tournaments as
well, according to Planet Football.
Steffen
Freund has said that he would love to finish his career at Spurs as he
loves playing in front of the Spurs fans and he loves the atmosphere
in English football. His contract expires at the end of the
season and he said he would not put pressure on the club to retain him,
but he is happy to be playing and wanted that to continue for as long
as he could. I for one, hope that the club keep him, as he is a
player that we do not have a direct replacement for at the moment.
Sunday 20.10.2002
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Spurs
beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1 this afternoon at White Hart Lane. Two
goals from Robbie Keane and another from Simon Davies secured the
three points that took Tottenham third in the table. For a match
report, click here. For reaction click here.
Colin
Calderwood has been linked with the manager's job at Swindon
Town. The former Robins central defender and Spurs reserve team
manager, has been said to be ready to have talks with the board at the
County Ground, as current manager Andy King could be moved upstairs
into a Director of Football role.
Spurs
Ladies Reserves beat Enfield 3rds today 7-0 and yesterday the
Under-11s lost 0-1 to Belmont United. For match reports, click here.
Saturday 19.10.2002
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Glenn
Hoddle believes that the link-up play of Teddy Sheringham and the
sharpness of Robbie Keane around the box will make them a deadly
pairing. He said that the signs of a partnership developing were
present at Ewood Park in the 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers and he
hopes that it can flourish in the coming months.
Tim
Sherwood has said he would be interested in a move to Celtic. It
is said on Planet Football that the Scottish club want him as cover in
midfield, but the midfielder said he is concentrating on getting back
into the Tottenham side at the moment.
Chris
Hughton was supposedly at Brighton this afternoon, checking on
Sheffield United midfielder Michael Tonge. Tottenham are
believed to be competing with Liverpool for the 19 year old signature,
but with the good record of playing youngsters in the last couple of
years, it is hoped that this might sway his decision should he wish to
leave Bramall Lane.
Spurs
Under-17s lost to their West Ham United counterparts 0-2 today at Spurs Lodge.
For a match report, click here.
Spurs
Under-19s drew 2-2 with Norwich City today, with the goals coming from
Mark Hughes and an own goal.
Friday 18.10.2002
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TRAVEL
WARNING : - For those attending the match on Sunday, please note that
there will be no trains to either Seven Sisters or White Hart Lane
stations, because of work on the track. Extra trains will run to
Northumberland Park and Tottenham Hale, while some buses will be laid
on for the White Hart Lane line, but it is not expected that these
will cope with the amount of people wanting to use them.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Stephen Carr and Gus Poyet are both in the Spurs squad
for Sunday's match, but Ben Thatcher, Mauricio Taricco and Les
Ferdinand are likely to face late fitness tests for the game.
BOLTON
WANDERERS TEAM NEWS : - The squad is missing Stig Tofting (suspended
following his jail sentence in Denmark) and Bruno N'Gotty (calf muscle
pull). Paul Warhurst and Ricardo Gardner are in the squad after
overcoming injuries.
Glenn
Hoddle has revealed that he was gutted that a hamstring injury
stopped him form turning out in the Spurs side in last night's
friendly against DC United.
Adding
to the comments about the match was Paul Gascoigne, who told the Spurs
site that he played for 50 minutes despite having thigh and groin
injuries. Gazza said that he regards his time at Tottenham as
the best time of his life, as everything came together for him and
that the fans have always been special to him, while he regarded every
game for the club as special.
David
Ginola told spurs.co.uk that he felt a sense of achievement from his
time at Tottenham and that he always gave 100% for the Spurs fans in
the games he played while at the club. He enjoyed last night and
appreciated the reception he received, but added that if he had a few
weeks with a fitness coach, he could still be playing at the top
level. Ginola admitted that he struggled a bit last night with
his fitness, but said his passion is still there for the game.
Chairman
Daniel Levy has told the Spurs website that he was very pleased with
the atmosphere at the Tribute game and he was happy to see so many
families there enjoying the game (perhaps a sign of how the pricing
policy should be structured for future matches where the ground might
be half empty). Levy said that the DC United players and
officials were over-awed by the stadium and the crowd's reception and
he feels that the watching TV audience in the USA will have been
impressed too.
Spurs
are being linked with Swaziland star Dennis Masina, although he is
currently having trials with Feyenoord. The striker plays for
Super Sport United in South Africa and the 20 year old is the first
player to travel to Holland as part of the link-up between Feyenoord
and his club.
Barry
Fry has spoken about his former Peterborough United protégé, Simon
Davies, following Wales' win over Italy. Fry, who is a regular
visitor to the Lane to watch the progress of Etherington and Davies,
said Simon could become one of the Welsh greats winning over 100 caps,
as he would be the one who takes over form Ryan Giggs as the integral
member of the side. He went on to say that Simon offers a lot to
the side and there is still more to come.
The
official site announced today that Under-19 striker Michael Malcolm
has signed professional forms with the club. Arriving as a big
money signing from Wycombe Wanderers, 17 year old Malcolm has mad ea
big impression on the staff and looks to the fans to be a forward with
a great future. Having seen him in the youth sides, he looks to
have the knowledge of when to make runs and the knack of getting on
the end of moves to score. Hopefully, his progress will continue
and he will get a chance to show what he can do in the first team in
the near future.
Thursday 17.10.2002
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Spurs
lost to DC United 0-1 tonight in the Tottenham Tribute Trust match at
White Hart Lane. Among the old stars turning out for Tottenham
were Jurgen Klinsmann, Clive Allen, Paul Allen, Colin Calderwood,
Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and David Ginola. A match report
will appear tomorrow.
It
has been reported in the London Evening Standard that Darren Anderton
is on a pay as you play contract meaning that he gets £15,000 per
appearance on top of his basic salary of £24,000 a week. The
report says that he earned £1.89 million last season as he was fit
most of the time and played 43 games.
Former
Spurs midfielder Neil McNab has been appointed as head coach at Exeter
City.
Meanwhile, another ex-Spurs man Chris Waddle has turned down the
opportunity to become coach at Swindon Town.
Wednesday 16.10.2002
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Robbie
Keane played for the Republic of Ireland in their 1-2 defeat at
Lansdowne Road by Switzerland. Gary Doherty was a let substitute
for Ireland in the Euro 2004 qualifying match.
Simon
Davies opened the scoring for Wales in the 2-1 win over Italy at the
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in the qualifying match fro Euro 2004.
Steffen
Iversen played for Norway in their 2-0 home win over Bosnia in the
Euro 2004 qualifier.
Sergei
Rebrov came off the bench in the 53rd minute to play for Ukraine
against Northern Ireland in the 0-0 draw in the Euro 2004 qualifier.
Jurgen
Klinsmann believes that Teddy Sheringham should still be playing for
England and could go through to the 2006 World Cup finals. He
said that the Spurs captain is like a 21 year old on the training
ground and still has the eye to make critical passes for his
colleagues.
Robbie
Keane said that his partnership with Teddy Sheringham is starting to
come together. He said that they had been linking up well in the
last couple of matches and he thought it was going very well, he said
in an interview today.
Stig
Tofting has been suspended by Bolton Wanderers pending his appeal
against a four month prison sentence in Denmark. This rules him
out of Sunday's match against Spurs.
Former
Spurs reserve David Lee has gone on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion
to Bristol Rovers.
Tuesday 15.10.2002
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Ledley
King has resumed training and although he thinks he might have a small
muscle tear in his hip, he thinks he might be able to play on with it.
Spurs
reserves drew 1-1 with West Ham United tonight at Dagenham &
Redbridge's ground. Dean Marney equalised an early Irons goal to
gain a point.
Lars
Hirschfeld played for Canada tonight and was on the wrong end of a 3-1
scoreline.
Monday 14.10.2002
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Dynamo
Kiev are sure that they will be favourites to resign Sergei Rebrov
when he leaves Tottenham. Despite reported interest from Spartak
Moscow, the Kiev chairman said he thinks Dynamo is the only side
Rebrov will play for in the Soviet Union. However, one sticking
point is the amount of money Spurs are asking for the Ukraine striker,
which Kiev think is too much for a player not in the Tottenham first
team.
Stephen
Clemence is expected to make his return to Spurs action tomorrow night
with a reserve team appearance against West Ham United at Dagenham
& Redbridge's Victoria Road ground (kick off 7.00 p.m.).
Others thought likely to get some match practice in are Stephen Carr, Gus
Poyet and Les Ferdinand.
David
Pleat has given the young players that Tottenham have loaned out a
warning that they will have a battle to prove themselves with the lure
of new contracts at Tottenham on offer. Andy King, the Swindon
Town manager has said that Johnnie Jackson has brought something to
his new club, but he had some doubts about certain aspects of his
game.
Sunday 13.10.2002
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Kevin
Phillips is rumoured to be ready to leave Sunderland and the tabloids
are therefore linking him with a move to Tottenham in January.
Tottenham
Ladies broke their league duck with a 4-0 win over London
Colney. The ladies' reserves beat Enfield 6-1, with the
under-15s going behind right at the end in a 5-6 thriller against
QPR. It rained goals for the Under-13s in their 13-1 win over
St. Albans Rangers and the Under-11s clocked up a 11-0 friendly win
over Hatfield Youth U-10s before losing out to the same club's
Under-11s 3-4. Click here
for match reports.
Saturday 12.10.2002
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Steffen
Iversen scored a winner for Norway six minutes from time in their away
Euro 2004 qualifier against Romania.
Sergei
Rebrov was a 71st minute substitute for Ukraine in their match against
Greece which they won 2-0.
Goran
Bunjevcevic was not included in the sixteen Yugoslavs who were to face
Italy tonight in the Euro 2004 qualifier.
Released
keeper Gavin Kelly has gone on loan to Kettering Town in an attempt to
secure a contract.
The
Spurs Under-19s beat Bristol City 1-0 at Spurs Lodge this morning.
The
Under-17s lost 2-5 at Millwall, despite two goals from David Hicks.
Friday 11.10.2002
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David
Ginola is the latest ex-Spur to add his name to the list of those
taking part in Thursday's Tribute match against DC United. He is
joined in the line-up by Clive and Paul Allen, who also confirmed
their appearance at the game.
Spartak
Moscow's Technical Director has said that his club have started talks
with Tottenham about Sergei Rebrov, but he feels that the player's
condition is not good and the price is rather high. He did deny
that Dmirtry Sychev would be part of any possible deal as he is in
dispute with the club since September, being suspended for four months
and is under a FIFA investigation into the matter.
Ledley
King has said on TeamTalk's website that his injuries over the last
three to four years have helped him adjust to looking at the positives
when they occur. The young Spurs defender said he had got used
to injuries happening and had adopted a tough mental attitude because
of them.
The
London Evening Standard report that Anthony Gardner might play in the
reserves next week to get a game under his belt and then try and fit
some time on-pitch during the Tribute game against DC United before
the Bolton Wanderers match.
Stephen
Clemence has also targeted the West Ham United reserve match and the
game against DC United to get some match practice, but he still thinks
he will need a couple more second team games after that before being
ready to vie for a first team squad place.
Milenko
Acimovic has been left out of the Slovenia squad for the Euro 2004
qualifier against France tomorrow.
Spurs
youth team player Walter Thomas has gone on Loan to Finchley Wingate.
Former
Spurs winger Peter Taylor has been unveiled as manager of Hull City.
Thursday 10.10.2002
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Paul Gascoigne will don the Spurs shirt once more in the Tottenham
Tribute game next week. Gazza's appearance will see him line-up
with Klinsmann, Waddle, Mabbutt and Hoddle. Ironically,
Gascoigne trained with DC United in an effort to get a contract with
the American side earlier this year.
Simon
Davies has received the Wales Footballer of the Year trophy at a FA of
Wales presentation today.
Christian
Ziege has revealed the horrifying extent of his calf
injury. He said that only one third of the muscle was attached
to the bone and that he could have ripped it off completely during
training !!
Les
Ferdinand believes that the team must improve if they are to keep up
at the top of the Premier League. He said it would help if Hoddle
could choose from a full squad, but that is not possible at the
moment.
Planet
Football has a story saying that Tottenham are keeping tabs on Auxerre
striker Benjamin Mwaruwari. The Zimbabwean 24 year old is making
headlines while playing in the place of Djibril Cisse in the French
side's forward line. Roma and Juventus are also watching the
situation.
Ben
Bowditch played for England Under-19s tonight in a 2-2 draw with
Hungary.
Wednesday
9.10.2002 (For other Spurs history on this day click here)
Chris
Waddle has added his name to the Spurs squad to play against DC United
in the Tottenham Tribute game next Thursday.
Neil
Sullivan has been frustrated being out, with his broken thumb needing
to be pinned to straighten it out, but says he is out to change the
manager's mind about who should be the club's number one
goalkeeper. He said Hoddle told him that as Keller had done well
at the end of the season and was still sharp fro the World Cup, he
would start with him, but Sullivan says he will do his best in
training to prove otherwise to the boss. However, with his thumb
pinned up, he will not be ready to resume playing for about another
month.
Tottenham
are reportedly looking at Sheffield United's midfielder Michael Tonge,
who has been impressing in his recent performances. Despite his
club not wanting to sell, it is believed that the player, who is on
stand-by for England's Under-20s, could be a target for Spurs come
January.
Tuesday 8.10.2002
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Gus
Poyet has said on the club site that after playing 90 minutes for the
reserves last night, he is looking forward to another outing against
West Ham United reserves next week and a place in the Tribute match
against DC United. His aim is to be match fit for the Bolton
Wanderers game on Sunday 20th October.
Marcelo
Salas, the Chile and Juventus striker, has said he has not asked for a
transfer and has not spoken to any other clubs about a move in
January. However, the £13 million forward has been linked to
Manchester United, Barcelona and Tottenham.
Former
Spur Paul Gascoigne is said to have expressed interest in the
manager's job at Exeter City.
Monday 7.10.2002
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Spurs
reserves drew 0-0 with Watford reserves at Stevenage tonight.
Stephen Carr and Gus Poyet played the full 90 minutes, as did Chris
Perry. A match report will follow.
Tottenham's
Worthington Cup tie at Burnley will be played on Wednesday 6th
November and will be shown live on Sky TV with the kick off at 7.45
p.m.
Spurs
are reported on Planet Football to be considering a swap deal with
Spartak Moscow for Dimitry Sychev with Sergei Rebrov returning to
Russia. The Russian striker would be happy to leave his club,
but AC Milan are said to be interested in signing the 20 year old, who
had a good World Cup. However, Sparta might be more interested
in the swap deal, as it would be a straight forward for forward
exchange, leaving them without the problem of trying to find a
replacement.
Former
Spurs winger Scott Houghton has joined Cambridge City.
Sunday 6.10.2002
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Tottenham
beat Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park this afternoon. Robbie Keane
got his first goal for the club and Jamie Redknapp scored a late
winner. A match report is to come and for reaction, click here.
Glenn
Hoddle is reportedly watching Ajax's Swedish striker Zlatko
Ibrahimovic with a view to bringing him to Tottenham when the transfer
window opens in January. The 20 year old has a bad boy
reputation, but this adds fuel to the stories doing the rounds before
transfer deadline day in August that hew as seen at the training
ground.
Saturday 5.10.2002
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Spurs
have been drawn away to Burnley in the Third round of the Worthington
Cup. The match will be played in the week starting Monday 4th
November.
Spurs Under-17s beat Watford 4-2 at Spurs Lodge this morning.
Andy Barcham scored a hat-trick on his debut and Michael Malcolm
scored the other.
Friday 4.10.2002
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Spurs
are supposed to have instructed merchant bankers to raise £30 million
for the club, a story in the Daily Telegraph said today. This is
believed to be to increase the size of the stadium and to finance new
player purchases.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Jamie Redknapp may well return in place of Milenko
Acimovic, while Chris Perry is also fit for the match at
Blackburn. Jonathan Blondel has a back problem, which might rule
him out of the squad. Rohan Ricketts, Ronnie Henry and Stephen
Kelly are all included in the squad to head to the North-West.
Steffen Freund retains his place in the squad.
BLACKBURN
ROVERS TEAM NEWS : - Andy Cole and Egil Ostenstad are both unlikely to
be fit for the game. With Dwight Yorke out with a hamstring
injury, they might be a bit light up front, but Flitcroft and Short
are both ready to return from injury.
The
official site has an interview with Anthony Gardner, who says he is in
training again after a thigh muscle tear and he hopes to be back in
the first team picture by the time we face Bolton Wanderers.
Stephen
Clemence is hoping that he will be getting a game in the next couple
of weeks in the reserves to build up his match fitness after being out
injured for so long. He is over his Achilles tendon problem, but
had some fluid building up around the injury, although that is not a
concern now.
Yet
another first team squad member coming back from injury is Alton
Thelwell, who has not set himself a timescale to be back in reserve
team action after a five month lay off with a groin injury.
Matthew
Etherington has been included in the England Under-21 squad to face
Macedonia at Reading's Madjeski Stadium on October 15th.
Goran
Bunjevcevic has been called up to the Yugoslavia squad for their Euro
2004 qualifiers against Italy and Finland.
Milenko
Acimovic is in the Slovenia squad to play France in the Euro 2004
qualifier.
Robbie
Keane has been called up for the Republic of Ireland squad to face a
Euro 2004 qualifier against Switzerland .
Lars
Hirschfeld is a member of the Canada squad for their friendly against
Scotland.
Midfielder
Ben Bowditch and defender Marcel McKie have been included in the
England under-19 squad for the friendly against Yugoslavia.
Mark
Hughes will be in the Republic of Ireland under-21 squad for matches
against Spain and Ukraine.
Reserve
team players Shwan Jalal and John Sutton have gone out on loan.
Goalkeeper Jalal has joined non-league Woking, while striker Sutton is
staying on at Carlisle United as mentioned a few days ago. Both
will spend one month at the respective clubs.
Former
Spurs midfielder Jason Dozzell has been released by Canvey Island.
Thursday 3.10.2002
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Simon
Davies has told reporters that he feels that he can further improve
his performances, as he is not happy with his form so far this season.
There
could be some good news for Glenn Hoddle in the run up to the
Blackburn Rovers game on Sunday. Anthony Gardner is expected to
be fit, as well as fellow defender Chris Perry. Jamie Redknapp
should have recovered from his knock and Mauricio Taricco will have
overcome his cramp that forced him off in the Cardiff City match.
Former
Spurs winger Scott Houghton has been released by Stevenage Borough.
Wednesday 2.10.2002
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Mauricio
Taricco, who had to leave the field last night, was suffering form
nothing more serious than cramp and it was not a recurrence of his
groin injury.
Robbie
Keane has said he is not concerned about his lack of goals despite
missing a hat-trick of chances. He told the London Evening
Standard that he is still getting into scoring positions and felt that
once he gets off the mark, he will get more goals. Glenn Hoddle
felt that the Irishman will get more relaxed once his first goal for
Spurs goes in.
Sergei
Rebrov has denied the comments attributed to him complaining about his
situation at Tottenham. He said that he had spoken to a reporter
in Ukraine, but the result was a mis-translation of his words.
He re-iterated that he was happy to stay and justify his transfer fee
at the club and fight for a place.
The
latest transfer target for Tottenham appears to be Marcelo Salas, the
29 year old Chilean striker. Juventus have allowed him to talk
to other clubs for a move in January and Barcelona and Tottenham are
the clubs in the frame to take him off the Italian side's hands.
Carlisle
United have taken John Sutton on trial for a reserve friendly against
Newcastle United tonight. I presume that Sutton would be looking
at a loan period at Brunton Park to get some first team exposure,
rather than a permanent move, as David Pleat was only mentioning him
in the same sentence as " a new contract" in the programme
this week..
Planet
Football reveal that the match against DC United on October 17th might
be the first part of a return fixture, where Spurs might travel to
play at the RFK Stadium prior to the start of the 2003-04 season.
Tuesday 1.10.2002
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Tottenham
beat Cardiff City 1-0 in the Second round of the Worthington Cup
tonight. Teddy Sheringham scored the goal. For a match
report, click here. For reaction,
click here.
Sergei
Rebrov might finally be on his way out of White Hart Lane and he has
said that he regrets the appointment of Glenn Hoddle as manager,
because he does not play the Ukrainian nor will he talk to him about
his situation in a civilised fashion.
The
match programme tonight revealed that Martin Peters was stepping down
as a director of the club. He said he will still be attending
matches, but wanted to spend more time with his family.
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