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Sunday 30.11.2003
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 Spurs
apparently want to sign Danny Mills from Leeds United to replace
Stephen Carr, who they are resigned to losing in the summer. The
story comes from the News of The World and claims the England defender
would cost £1 million and his wages of £30,000 a week should not be
a problem to cope with. Middlesbrough are also keen to make his
loan deal at the Riverside stadium permanent.
Brentford
keeper Paul Smith is wanted on trial at Tottenham from tomorrow, with
a view to signing up the England Under-21 custodian for £400,000 on a
permanent transfer.
Former
Spurs striker Teddy Sheringham is the target or a Russian tycoon, who
runs Krylia Sovetov - a Russian team. He said that even at 37,
Teddy is a fine physical specimen and he could have a good effect on a
team. They are supposedly looking at another six players who are
coming to the end of their days in the Premiership.
For
the latest match reports on the Tottenham Hotspur Ladies FC teams,
including a 12-0 thrashing of Brentford, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... the draw for Euro 2004 has paired England with France,
Croatia and Switzerland ... FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has hinted that
Man. Utd. might be deducted the 15 points they have own with Rio
Ferdinand in their side following his avoidance of a drugs test ... a
Middle-Eastern sheik is not the man who wants to buy into Leeds
United, but is said to be brokering the deal for another rich
Middle-Eastern party ...
Saturday 29.11.2003
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Spurs
lost 0-1 to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park this afternoon. For a
match report, click here. For
reaction, click here.
On
loan Spurs reserve midfielder Johnnie Jackson scored for Coventry City
in their match against Crystal Palace today, equalizing in the last
minute.
The
Republic of Ireland won their first World Youth Championship match
against home nation Saudi Arabia and Spurs defender Stephen Kelly
played the whole of the match.
OTHER
NEWS ... a fan was taken to hospital with a broken cheekbone
after a firework from a display on the Molineux pitch flew into the
crowd ...
Friday 28.11.2003
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The
official Spurs website reports that Chris Perry has been allowed to
join Charlton Athletic for the nominal fee of £100,000. The
Spurs defender went to the Valley on loan with Paul Konchesky moving
on loan to White Hart Lane. He is able to sign a permanent deal
because his loan period started inside the summer transfer window.
Rohan
Ricketts has agreed a one year extension to his contract and has
thanked Robbie Keane and Jamie Redknapp for getting his first team
chance. The young midfielder, who Spurs fans have taken to their
hearts, said that the senior players told Glenn Hoddle that he should
take a chance on the ex-Arsenal reserve at Birmingham in the first
game of the season.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Spurs will travel without Fredi Kanoute, who might
be a sub on Wednesday in the Carling Cup after he has trained over the
weekend. Redknapp and Ziege are still out and Gus Poyet has gone
abroad to have his wrist looked at, after wearing a light plaster for
a number of weeks now. Jonathan Blondel out with a knee
injury. Dean Marney has joined the squad of - Keller,
Carr, Richards, Taricco, Gardner, King, Ricketts, Anderton, Keane,
Postiga, Zamora, Dalmat, Konchesky, Bunjevcevic, Doherty, Mabizela,
Marney, Burch.
Jonathan
Blondel's knee injury has prevented him goign on loan to an interested
First Division club, David Pleat revealed on the club website.
BLACKBURN
TEAM NEWS : - Lorenzo Amoruso and David Thompson definitely out,
along with Lucas Neill and Andy Cole who are suspended, but Flitcroft and
Tugay should play. Young striker Paul Gallagher could be a
starter. Tugay has announced his retirement from Turkey's
international team, so that he can concentrate on his club
career. The home squad consists of - Freidel, Enckelman,
Johansson, Taylor, Babbel, Todd, Gresko, Short, Tugay, Baggio,
Gallagher, Flitcroft, Reid, Jansen, Emerton, Yorke, Ferguson.
Blackburn
Rovers boss Graeme Souness said that nobody from Tottenham has
contacted him about the manager's job at White Hart Lane and that all
the talk about him taking over at the club was speculation.
Alan
Curbishley seems to have ruled himself out of the Tottenham manager's
job by saying that Charlton Athletic can be a bigger club than Spurs.
In a Rupert "The Bear" Lowe moment, he said that by
expanding the Valley to 40,000+, he aims to overtake West ham and
Spurs as the third London club, after Charlton announced a £35
million turnover and only a £464,400 loss. Balance sheets do
not a big club make. Ask Leeds !!
Tottenham
have released 19 year old defender Ronnie Henry and midfielder
Jonathan Black (18) from their contracts.
Former
Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne has decided that he will not be able
to play in the Premier League any longer after discussing his
situation with Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Dave Jones. It is
up to Gascoigne as to where he now sees his future.
OTHER
NEWS ... Internazionale defender Marco Materazzi has branded
Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann a cheat ...
Thursday 27.11.2003
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Spurs,
along with Aston Villa, Everton and Leeds United are said to be the
clubs who want the Premier League to be lenient with clubs how go into
administration. Six of the 20 clubs voted for a nine point
deduction should clubs have to resort to the administrators, while
some others favoured the penalty, but there were objections on
slipping into administration for reasons beyond their control (i.e.
another club fails to pay a transfer fee). Ironically, if Leeds
go into receivership in the Premier League, the London Evening
Standard says they will not have to suffer the ten point deduction
currently in force in the Nationwide leagues.
Christian
Ziege is considering a career in medicine after it comes the day for
him to give up football. Having spent the majority of this year
in the gym or in hospital, the German international feels he is an
expert on recovering from injury. A bit of that expertise could
see him back playing in the New Year, as he has been told that the
ligaments in his knee have healed, but he needs to rebuild the muscle
in his legs.
Reserve
midfielder Johnnie Jackson has said he moved to Coventry City on loan
as he wasn't getting a look-in at Spurs and it is his intention to get
some first team action under his belt with a view to impressing
clubs who might be interested in his services when his contrac6t is up
in the summer.
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OTHER
NEWS ... Sven Goran Eriksson has been offered a contract
extension until 2008 ... Ken bates has blasted the FA as a laughing
stock over their delay in dealing with Joe Cole's disrepute charge
from the end of last season, when he was a West Ham United
player ... Trevor Brooking has been appointed as the FA's Director of
Football Development ...
Wednesday 26.11.2003
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Tottenham's
home game against Leicester City has been moved from Saturday 21st
February 2004 to Sunday 22nd February 2004 to be covered by Sky Sports.
The game will now kick off at 4.05 p.m.
Mark
Hughes has ruled out a move to club management after extending his
contract to manage Wales to the 2006 World Cup.
Spurs
reserves won 2-1 on their visit to West Ham tonight at Upton Park.
Fredi Kanoute did not play, as he is not quite yet ready to return to
match action, but goals from Milenko Acimovic and Bobby Zamora in a
strong Spurs side took the spoils.
Goalkeeper
Rob Burch has signed a two year extension to his current Spurs
contract.
Under-19s
midfielder Nicky Wettner has been released by the club.
OTHER
NEWS ... WBA's Lee Hughes has been released on bail by Police
after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving in an incident
Sunday and failing to stop after an accident ... Leeds United
have announced they might have to go into administration to deal with
the reported £78 million debts they are carrying ... The FA are to
announce a date for Rio Ferdinand's hearing about his missed drugs
test ... Leicester City announced today that they lost £4.5 million
in the three months after they came out of administration ...
Tuesday 25.11.2003
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David
Pleat has said that Stephen Carr nearly missed out on playing in the
Aston Villa match, as the Tottenham captain had been suffering with a
stomach virus.
Coventry
City seem to be implying that the loan deal for reserve midfielder
Johnnie Jackson could become permanent in the summer when a lot of the
Sky Blues players will be out of contract and they will be looking to
bring new players in.
Spurs
are supposed to be watching Udinese's Danish defender Per Kroldrup.
Juventus, Hamburg and Stuttgart are also said to be watching the
defender and if they do not get him, they might turn back to Martin
Laursen of AC Milan. Sky Sports website also hinted that the
Tottenham representatives were impressed by striker Dino Fava, who
they have been linked with for a long time.
Former
Spurs midfielder Oyvind Leonhardsen has said he is trying to return to
England, with his agent attempting to set up a deal with another club
in this country. The Norwegian international said he had been
offered deals in his home country, but preferred to return to England
where the training facilities are better.
Mark
Yeates has been named in the Republic of Ireland Under-19 squad to
face France on December 3rd.
Spurs
Youth lost out in the Third round of the FA Youth Cup 1-2 at West
Bromwich Albion. David Hicks scored Tottenham's goal straight
from a corner.
OTHER
NEWS ... Leeds striker Alan Smith has been charged by the FA with
improper conduct after his bottle throwing incident in the Carling Cup
match against Man U ... WBA's Lee Hughes has been charged by Police
with causing death by dangerous driving in an incident Sunday and failing to stop after an accident ... Dundee have
released 20 playing staff after going into administration ...
Monday 24.11.2003
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Helder
Postiga needs more time to acclimatise to the English game, caretaker
manager David Pleat claimed today. He said that he still is
overcoming his language problems and although he is putting a lot of
effort into his game, he was not getting the run of the ball to help
him get the goals he needed to improve his confidence. Team-mate
Robbie Keane also said that the Portuguese star shows in training that
he is a great talent and that he only needs one goal to set him on his
way.
Rohan
Ricketts' contract talks are a long way advanced and it looks as
though he will sign a contract with Spurs in the next couple of weeks.
His current deal expires in summer 2004, so he would have been able to
talk to other clubs from January 2004.
Fredi
Kanoute's progress on his ankle injury has been so good that he might
play a part in Wednesday's reserve outing at West Ham United.
The club were careful to say "may" and that if things went
well, he "may" play at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.
Personally, I think that they will not rush him back too quickly.
Yesterday's
referee Jeff Winter has praised the way the Tottenham pitch played
after the heavy and persistent rain that had fallen on it. The
North-Easterner said that he felt that the pitch was the best he had
seen in the Premier league so far this season.
Internazionale
manager Albert Zaccheroni has said he is not interested in signing
Santos' young midfield star Diego at this time. The player was a
crucial figure in the Brazilian clubs win over Fluminese in the
country's championship match at the weekend and he had been linked
with a move to Spurs during last summer.
OTHER
NEWS ... Bryan Robson is announced as the new manager of Bradford
City ... Dundee are about to go into receivership with up to £20
million debts ... WBA's Lee Hughes has been arrested by Police on
suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in an incident
yesterday ...
Sunday 23.11.2003
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Spurs
beat Aston Villa 2-1 at White Hart Lane this afternoon. Rohan
Ricketts and Robbie Keane scored the goals that gave Tottenham three
points. Click here for a match
report, with reaction available here.
David
Pleat hinted after today's game that the club may be looking to
appoint a coach to take over team affairs while the Director of
Football would take control of all other matters. This would
leave Chris Hughton in pole position should the board decide to go in
that direction. Pleat said a statement would be made before
Christmas, but perhaps after the club's AGM on December 11th.
Which
is on contrast to a very strange rumour about David O'Leary being
linked with the Tottenham manager's job that has sprung up, but nobody
seems to be giving it any credibility.
David
Moyes is supposed to have been added to the Tottenham Hotspur board's
wish-list to take the manager's job according to the Sunday Mirror.
The
Sydney Sun-Herald has issued an apology for the comments attributed to
David Pleat about Glenn Hoddle's management of Tottenham Hotspur.
For
the latest on the Spurs Ladies matches this weekend, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... WBA's Lee Hughes is being hunted by Police after fleeing
the scene of a fatal car accident this morning ...
Saturday 22.11.2003
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Gary
Lineker, Pat Jennings and Danny Blanchflower have all been inducted
into the National Museum of Football's Hall of Fame. They join
Jimmy Greaves, Dave Mackay and Paul Gascoigne as former Spurs players
who are already there.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - The squad for tomorrow's match is ... Keller, Burch,
Konchesky, Bunjevcevic, Carr, Doherty, Gardner, King, Richards,
Taricco, Mabizela, Anderton, Blondel, Poyet, Dalmat, Ricketts, Keane,
Postiga, Zamora.
ASTON
VILLA TEAM NEWS : - The Villa squad is as follows ... Sorensen,
Delaney, Mellberg, Johnsen, Samuel, Hendrie, Barry, Hitzlsperger,
Whittingham, Allback, Angel, Postma, Vassell, Dublin, S Moore,
Ridgewell, Cooke.
Mauricio
Taricco has said that he doesn't cheat on his wife, but he does what
is necessary to win at football, which includes diving. The
Argentinian has criticised managers who have a go at him, while
allowing their own players to get away with the same
things. Perhaps he could concentrate on defending as that is
necessary to win a football match !!
In
the same piece for Soccernet, Taricco added that he would prefer a
manager to be appointed sooner rather than later, so that the players
can get settled and the new man could start to steady the side.
Spurs
Under-17 side beat Crystal Palace on their trip to South London with
Danny Stevens, Simon Hawkins 2 and Claude Seanla scoring the goals in
a 4-1 win.
OTHER
NEWS ... Next month's World Cup qualifying draw will most likely
see England as one of the six European seeds for the competition ...
The FA are considering a proposal from a "think-tank" to
increase the number of yellow cards from five to seven before a
suspension is served. A proportionate increase from ten to
fourteen would be installed before a two game ban kicks in. What
UEFA would think about that when the other European countries have
three cards as their lower level for a one match ban, I don't know ...
Friday 21.11.2003
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TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Anthony Gardner is fit to return to the side after the
back problem that kept him out of the England squad last
weekend.
ASTON
VILLA TEAM NEWS : - Darius Vassell will have a late fitness test on
his injured knee picked up in Dubai last weekend. Gavin McCann
is out suspended
Gus
Poyet has been featured in the London Evening Standard as he takes
more coaching sessions with the Spurs first team to develop his skills
for a career after his playing days are over.
Newcastle
United manager Bobby Robson has targeted Stephen Carr and Patrick
Kluivert as his big January buys. The Spurs captain has long
been linked with the North-East club, but his future might be more
settled at White Hart Lane now.
David
Pleat has said that if Mark Yeates can make his mark in the
performances he puts in at Brighton and Hove Albion while on loan,
then he might be promoted up the ladder at Tottenham.
Frederic
Kanoute has said that he hopes to step up his recovery from injury by
increasing the pace that he is running at, after starting to get back
into training in the last week.
Helder
Positga is one of the Portugal Under-21 side caught up in a drugs
testing row after their Euro 2004 qualifier with France this
week. Players were stopped by Portuguese officials from giving
urine samples, as they said the French doctors were acting outside
their jurisdiction. UEFA are to look into the matter, but some
sources are claiming that the country might have sanctions taken
against them by the governing body.
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OTHER
NEWS ... Gordon Taylor of the PFA is trying to mediate between
David Moyes and Duncan Ferguson at Everton, where they had a bust-up earlier
this week ... Kevin Keegan might have to remove younger players from
his Man. City squad to reduce the wage bill ... Charlton Athletic
manager Alan Curbishley believes football could clean up it's act by
taking a leaf out of Rugby Union's book ...
Thursday 20.11.2003
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There
is doubt about Mark Hughes' continued managership of Wales after last
night's Euro 2004 playoff defeat and Tottenham are one of the club's
who might be looking at him to take over the helm at their club.
Perugia
have allegedly enquired about the availability of Stephane Dalmat with
Internazionale, even though the French midfielder is on loan at
Tottenham.
Apparently,
Spurs are supposed to be interested in QPR defender Marc Bircham.
He has been on duty with Canada this last week and reckons he came
back to find 20 messages on his mobile asking him not to join
Spurs. He didn't say if they were from Tottenham supporters or
not !!
Reserve
midfielder Johnnie Jackson has signed on at Coventry City for a
month's loan spell to get first team experience.
Philip
Ifil has been chosen in the England Under-20 squad for the world
championships in Saudi Arabia from 27th November to 19th December,
being the youngest player selected by his country. At just 17,
the Spurs defender has been playing reserve team football at club
level and has shown a considerable maturity in his game.
OTHER
NEWS ... England have been placed in the second ranked groups for
Euro 2004 ... Teams could be kicked out of Euro 2004 if their fans misbehave
at the tournament ... Duncan Ferguson has been told to stay away from
Everton's training ground after a bust-up with manager David Moyes
there on Monday ...
Wednesday 19.11.2003
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Milenko Acimovic
played for Slovenia in their 0-1 defeat to Croatia that knocked them
out of the Euro 2004 play off.
Bobby Zamora had
his tonsils out sometime during the last two weeks and it was a relief
for him, as he has been suffering with tonsilitis for a year.
Reserve
midfielder Johnnie Jackson looks set to go to Coventry City on a
month's loan after impressing in a reserve game for the Sky Blues.
Former Spurs
defender Ben Thatcher said he is embarrassed by talk of him getting a
call-up to the England squad. He should be because he's the only
one who's hearing it !!
OTHER
NEWS ... Leeds United's Jody Morris has been arrested and charged
with rape, while Jermaine Pennant was released after questioning, but
Leeds say they will not suspend the ex-Chelsea midfielder until he has
been found guilty ... Alan Smith will not be charged with throwing a
bottle into the crowd at Elland Road, but the Leeds forward might face
an FA ban for the incident ... Scotland lost 0-6 to Holland in their
Euro 2004 play-off second leg and 1-6 on agg. ... Wales lost 0-1
tonight and by the same score on aggregate to Russia in their play-off
... Norway crash out 0-3 (1-5 on agg.) to Spain ... Turkey draw 2-2 on
the night with Latvia, but lost out 2-3 on agg. ...
Tuesday 18.11.2003
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The
Venezuelan billionaire Gustavo Cisneros is back on the scene and is
rumoured to be interested in buying into Spurs or Aston Villa again.
The
back injury that ruled Anthony Gardner out of the England friendly on
Saturday will not keep him out of the Aston Villa game on Sunday.
He was advised not to risk it as a precaution and should be OK after
training this week.
Rivaldo
might be available for less than he would have cost last season owing
to his loss of the Pepsi advertising contract, because of his lack of
appearances in the AC Milan team.
Robbie
Keane, Stephen Carr and Gary Doherty all started for the Republic of
Ireland tonight in the friendly against Canada at Lansdowne Road,
Dublin. Robbie Keane scored twice in the second half against
Lars Hirschfeld in the 3-0 win for the Irish. Carr and Doherty
were both substituted at half-time
Helder
Postiga played for Portugal Under-21s against France Under-21s tonight
and his side won 2-1, leaving the score 3-3 on aggregate with both
results the same in the two legs. Portugal went through after
winning the penalty shoot-out 4-1.
Former
Spurs and Reading midfielder Kevin Watson is interesting another of
his previous clubs, Rotherham United.
OTHER
NEWS ... Ryan Giggs is free to play against Russia tomorrow
although he has been charged with ungentlemanly conduct ... Alex
Ferguson is set to sue one of his club's major shareholders John
Magnier, over the share in Rock of Gibraltar - a racehorse, a share in
whose breeding rights are worth £50-150 million ... The Financial
Services Authority has dropped an investigation into the trading in
Chelsea shares just prior to Roman Abramovich taking over ...
Monday 17.11.2003
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Tottenham
are threatening legal action against the Australian paper that printed
alleged criticism of Glenn Hoddle attributed to David Pleat yesterday.
Spurs
Reserves lost 0-1 to Charlton Athletic Reserves tonight at Broadhall
Way. A match report will follow tomorrow.
Former
Spurs assistant manager John Gorman has quit as Tony Adams' assistant
at Wycombe Wanderers and thus sparked speculation that he might be
joining up with Glenn Hoddle in a new management post soon.
Millwall
are supposedly looking at former Spurs reserve striker John Sutton,
now playing for Raith Rovers.
Former
Spurs centre half Stuart Nethercott has been told by Millwall manager
Denis Wise that he can leave the New Den when he has found a new club.
Former
Spurs trainee Narada Bernard has signed for Torquay United from Woking.
OTHER
NEWS ... Ryan Giggs is being investigated by UEFA after an
alleged elbowing incident in the play off match against Russia last
Saturday ... West ham fans have enough support to force a vote of no
confidence in chairman Terence Brown at their AGM next week ... Franck
Queudrue has been cleared of violent conduct in the match against SCBC
recently after the video review committee looked at the dismissal
again ...
Sunday 16.11.2003
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Christian
Ziege is so fed up with his footballing injuries that if he gets one
more serious setback, he is threatening to give up the game ... for
crazy golf !! Having seen people suffer with wayward clubs
hitting them, that might not be such a safe alternative !!
For
some reason, David Pleat has been quoted in an Australian newspaper to
have said that the "dustmen, agents, mothers and cleaners"
who have applied for the Spurs managers job would not have done a
worse job than Glenn Hoddle.
Rivaldo's
agent has revealed that the offer made by Liverpool is closer than
Tottenham's in terms of what they are looking for.
Spurs
and Leeds United are watching Cambridge United's 21 year old winger
Luke Guttridge.
Read
match reports of the latest matches played by the Tottenham Hotspur
Ladies teams by clicking here.
OTHER
NEWS ... England lose 2-3 to Denmark in a friendly international
... armed robbers broke into the hotel where the Republic of Ireland
squad were staying prior to their friendly against Canada in a few
days time ...
Saturday 15.11.2003
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Anthony
Gardner missed training with the England squad with a sore back, which
it is reported will not stop him playing, although Sven Goran Eriksson
thought it would keep him out of the players being able to be named
for the friendly against Denmark on Sunday .
Milenko
Acimovic played 75 minutes of Slovenia's 1-1 Euro 2004 play-off draw
in Croatia today.
Helder
Postiga played for Portugal's Under-21s in their European Championship
play-off against France, which they lost 1-2.
Lars
Hirschfeld played in Canada's 1-5 friendly defeat in the Czech
Republic today.
The
Under-17s lost 2-4 at home to SCBC this morning. Danny Stevens
and Charlie Lee scored the Spurs goals.
The
Under-19s lost 0-1 at West Ham United this morning.
OTHER
NEWS ... Scotland beat Holland 1-0 in the first leg of their Euro
2004 play-off ... Wales drew 0-0 in Russia in theirs ... Latvia beat
Turkey in Riga 1-0 ... Spain beat Norway 2-1 ...
Friday 14.11.2003
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David
Pleat will tear up Tottenham player's contracts if they misbehave off
the field, like so many young stars who are hitting the headlines for
the wrong reasons. The Spurs caretaker manager has told his
squad that the club will terminate contracts if players are involved
in scandals away from the game, as they have to be dedicated to their
career and responsible for their actions.
Two
years after it came in, the FA have just recognised that clubs are due
payment for their development of young players and in a landmark case,
Crumlin United of the Republic of Ireland will receive £90,000 for
their part in Robbie Keane's success. The Irish club took the
matter up with the FA and they acknowledged that the money was owed at
5% of the transfer fees paid for the Republic of Ireland striker,
although this money will have to be stumped up by the FA and not Spurs.
Tottenham
are set to vie with SCBC for the Brentford goalkeeper Paul Smith when
the transfer window opens despite the Saints supposedly having agreed
a fee for the England Under-21 net-minder already. Pleat is
believed to have watched the goalie in the West London derby with QPR
at Loftus Road on Wednesday night.
Daniel
Levy is reported to have had lunch with England coach Sven Goran
Eriksson this week, but it was not with a view to offering him the
Tottenham job, but to discuss the coaching structure at the club, with
the Swede giving him advice on how it is organized elsewhere.
Anthony
Gardner has praised Glenn Hoddle for giving him his first chance in
the Tottenham first team and in having great faith in his abilities.
Gardner also thanked his old boss at Port Vale - John Rudge - for
being the manager who awarded him his debut in senior football.
...
and finally ... we are indebted to Elfrid for the news that in the Bournemouth Daily Echo yesterday evening,
a headline ran 'Are the Saints too small for Beattie?' ...
That means he is some huge player if he is too big for SCBC !!
OTHER
NEWS ... The England squad are up in arms yet again, as Alan
Smith was sent home from the squad's hotel last night, just hours
after joining them, following his arrest for throwing a bottle into
the crowd at Elland Road ... Manchester City have told Kevin Keegan
that there will be no more money to spend on players ... England will
play Sweden in Gothenburg n March 31st, unless they are drawn in the
same Euro 2004 group ... Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson spent a
night in a police cell after being involved in a fight with his
ex-wife ... Ex-Man U defender Paul McGrath was arrested by
police after an incident outside his ex-wife's house and he is said to
be homeless ... The Stadium of Light, St. James' park and St. Mary's
have all been added to UEFA's list of grounds that can stage major
finals !! ...
Thursday 13.11.2003
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Last
September, Tottenham bought out the conditions attached to the deal
signed when Anthony Gardner came from Port Vale for just £110,000.
Now that he has been promoted to the England squad, he could have
earned his former club £300,000 if he makes the team and another
£100,000 in appearances now he is becoming a regular in the Spurs
side.
Jamie
Redknapp hopes to be back training with the squad again within two
weeks. He saw the American specialist who attended to his other
knee previously, while he was in the UK, being satisfied that he only
had to let things settle down before he could step up his comeback to
full fitness.
Dean
Marney is on trial at Queens Park Rangers with a view to going on loan
at the Second Division club.
Rivaldo
has revealed that he has been talking to Liverpool about a January
move from AC Milan. He had expressed an interest in coming to
Tottenham as well as being
Former
Spurs winger Chris Waddle has been linked with the vacant Bradford
City manager's job.
Former
Spurs defender Joe Kinnear has been linked with the vacant Crystal
Palace manager's job.
The
Spurs reserve game against Chelsea at Stevenage Borough has been brought forward two days from Wednesday
11th February to Monday 9th February 2004 with a 7.00
kick off.
OTHER
NEWS ... Rio Ferdinand has refuted charges of missing a drugs
test and has asked for a personal hearing ... Alan Smith of Leeds
United has been arrested or throwing a bottle into the home section of
fans at Elland Road during the Carling Cup tie against Manchester
United ... just after being called up to the England squad to replace
the injured Darius Vassell ...
Wednesday 12.11.2003
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David
Pleat has told the London Evening Standard of how he dislikes the tag
of "caretaker" as it makes him sound like a "scruffy
bugger" !!.
Mark Yeates, the 18 year old Irish reserve striker, has joined Brighton and
Hove Albion on a month's loan, starting on Friday.
Reserve
team captain Johnnie Jackson is having trials at Coventry City with a
view to him going on loan at the First Division club.
OTHER
NEWS ... Notts. Forest manager Paul Hart is not interested in
taking the vacant Leeds United manager's post as he is fully committed
to Forest ...
Tuesday 11.11.2003
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Anthony
Gardner has been called up into the England squad for the friendly
against Denmark on Sunday after Gareth Southgate pulled out with
injury. Sven Goran Eriksson said he had watched the Spurs
defender on several occasions and was aware that he had a very good
game on Saturday. The England coach said he would take the
opportunity to have a look at the player at close quarters and he said
it was an opportunity for the player to show what he could do.
As
Charlton Athletic's match against Chelsea has been moved from Saturday
to Sunday, their home game against Tottenham will now be put back
twenty four hours from Tuesday 10th February 2004 to Wednesday 11th
February 2004 with the kick off at 8.00 p.m.
Both
Chris Perry and Paul Konchesky will stay on loan at Charlton Athletic
and Spurs respectively until 13th December. Both clubs have
agreed to a month's extension and both players are believed to want to
make the move permanent in the January transfer window.
David
Pleat has told the London Evening Standard that he is "taking on
the role of acting manager because I don't like the caretaker tag - it
makes me look like a scruffy bugger."
Glenn
Hoddle's agent has said that moves by Nottingham Forest for the former
Spurs boss are not true. Forest were said to have made the
initial contact as insurance should they lose their manager Paul Hart
to Leeds United.
Simon
Davies has been sent home from the Welsh training camp ahead of their
Euro 2004 play-off matches against Russia, as he has been ruled out of
both games on 15th and 19th November with his hip/groin injury.
The
FA Youth cup tie against West Bromwich Albion has been set for Tuesday
25th November at the Hawthorns with a 7.00 p.m. kick off.
OTHER
NEWS ... Eddie Gray becomes caretaker manager at Leeds ... Steven
Gerrard signs a new contract at Liverpool ... Dennis Wise is appointed
player/manager at Millwall, with ray Wilkins as his coach ... West Ham
revealed an £11 million increase in their debt after relegation from
the Premiership and despite selling a large number of their best
players ... Alex Ferguson will have his comments about Arsenal doing a
deal with the FA looked into and in the next 48 hours is also expected
to sign a new deal at Old Trafford ...
Monday 10.11.2003
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Glenn
Hoddle has taken the step of putting his row with David Pleat behind
him to tell the London Evening Standard that he believes the caretaker
manager should be handed the job full-time. He said that David
Pleat had got results since taking over and he considered him to be
the fans' choice for the job, so why not let him have it and see how
he could take the team forward.
Harry
Redknapp is considering another move for Darren Anderton in the
January transfer window.
Dean
Richards believes that Helder Postiga will get goals for Spurs, but
needs a bit of luck. The Spurs defender said that the Portugal
striker was getting into the right positions and the keeper did well
on the two one-on-ones on Saturday, but he thought his work-rate was
good and he is prolific in training, so it should all fall into place
for Postiga once the first one hits the net.
Chris
Waddle has told the Sun newspaper that Spurs need stability in the
manager's position to catch up with Arsenal and it might take ten
years. Waddle considers it will be at least five years before
Tottenham can hope for regular Champions League football if they give
the next manager more than eighteen months in post.
No Spurs players
were included in Sven Goran Eriksson's England squad for the friendly
against Denmark at the weekend.
Former Spurs
midfielder Kevin Watson, who is out of favour at Reading, has been put
on the transfer list.
OTHER
NEWS ... Leeds United parted company with manager Peter Reid
today ... Albion Rovers' manager Peter Hetherston may be in trouble
with the Scottish FA after saying that the first female Scottish
referee should be at home doing the cooking ...
Sunday 9.11.2003
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Gerard
Houllier has said that he intends to stay at Liverpool despite rumours
in the Sunday People linking him with the Spurs job. Please
Noooooo !!
The
News of the World claims that Newcastle United are offering Peruvian
midfielder Norberto Solano in part exchange for skipper Stephen Carr.
The Magpies hope to sign the defender in January and have offered Carl
Cort as another option.
OTHER
NEWS ... Alex Ferguson looks set to extend his contract as Man U
manager ... Ashley Cole reveals that he was spat at by a Turkey player
in the England match in Istanbul ...
Saturday 8.11.2003
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Spurs
lost 1-2 at Highbury to Arsenal this afternoon. Darren Anderton
scored Tottenham's goal. For a match report, click here.
For reaction, click here.
Tottenham's
Under-19s won 2-0 at home to Wimbledon today with Michael Malcolm
getting both goals.
Tottenham's
Under-17s lost 1-2 at West Ham United today.
OTHER
NEWS ... Portsmouth hit Leeds for six in their match delayed by
floodlight failure ... meanwhile Leeds are looking to move into a new
stadium - the best in the First Division they reckon !! ... Steven
Gerrard is expected to sign a new contract at Liverpool quashing
rumours he might move on ... Nicky Law was sacked as manager of
Bradford City today ...
Friday 7.11.2003
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It
is widely reported today that Brazilian AC Milan midfielder Rivaldo's
agent has had talks with Tottenham and Liverpool about a move to
England. A story in the London Evening Standard says that the
money for the planned move for Rivaldo last season would have come
form a major soft drinks company, but it is not known if that source
would now be available should the move go ahead. His wages are
said to be £6 million a year !!
Meanwhile
Helder Postiga has said he intends to make a success of his time at
Tottenham. The Portuguese forward has told the Evening Standard
that his girlfriend had joined him in England and that he is gradually
becoming accustomed to the culture here ... including the shops
shutting three hours before they do in his home country !!
Helder loves the song about him that the fans sing and he hopes to be
able to net his first goal soon, although he realises that he needs
playing time to change his game and is happy enough as long as the
team win.
TOTTENHAM
TEAM NEWS : - Stephane Dalmat returns to the Spurs squad after being
in France on family business last week, while Anthony Gardner has
overcome a slightly sore hamstring to join the party for the trip up
the Seven Sisters Road.
David
Pleat has revealed to the Sky Sports site that there are a number of
respected managers who have made contact with Tottenham via many
means. The caretaker boss told reporters that they were keen to
manage the club and that people would be surprised by some of the
names involved.
Apparently, Spurs, Charlton Athletic, Manchester United and AC Milan
were all represented at the Porto vs. Marseille Champions League match
this week, so the Sky Sports site tells us. It is not known who
Spurs were watching. Maybe it was the manager ??
Former Spurs manager Glenn Hoddle apparently turned down the chance to
take over as manager of Crystal Palace because he did not want to work
with chairman Simon Jordan according to the Daily Mirror today.
Having
recently joined Colchester United, former Spurs trainee Richard
Johnson has now move on to Stoke City where he has signed a three
month contract.
OTHER
NEWS ... Bobby Robson has been named as the Premier League
manager of the month, while Alan Shearer is the player of the month
... The FC say there is no problem about sorting out bonuses for the
national squad ahead of the Euro 2004 finals in the summer next year
... Southend United fans are thinking of calling for Stan Collymore to
manage the side as they seek a new boss !! ...
Thursday 6.11.2003
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The
Sun revealed that Christian Ziege will be out for approximately ten
weeks with damaged knee ligaments, after injuring himself in his
comeback match against West Ham United. However, David Pleat
said on the Spurs website that Ziege's injury wasn't as bad as first
thought, so he will be working hard to overcome the knee ligament
strain over the coming few weeks.
OTHER
NEWS ... John Ward is named as the new Cheltenham Town manager
... Man. City's Robbie Fowler was smoking and drinking in an Essex
nightclub before their game at SCBC last Saturday, while Christian
Negouai was forced to break his Ramadan fast to take water in
providing a urine sample for drugs testers recently ... Notts.
County have been given until December 9th to form a rescue package for
the club or risk being expelled from the League ... Newcastle win
their UEFA Cup tie in Basle 3-2, Man. City drew 1-1 with Polish side
Groclin and Liverpool drew 1-1 in Bucharest with Steaua ... Hearts win
1-0 in Bordeaux ...
Wednesday 5.11.2003
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The
Spurs site carries a report that Simon Davies has done his first ball
work for seven weeks as his recovery from his thigh injury
progresses. He is keen to be involved in Wales' play-off away
leg against Russia on November 15th, but says he is realistic to know
that he might not be up to playing.
Meanwhile,
Fredi Kanoute hopes to be playing again in two weeks after his ankle
has improved quicker than first thought, according to his agent.
Kazuyuki
Toda has told Sky Sports that he intends to stay in Europe after his
Spurs contract expires in January. In a report that indicates
that Tottenham will not be retaining the Japanese midfielder, he said
he has learned a lot, but does not see why he cannot get a place at
another European club in the New Year and although grateful for
Shimizu S-Pulse's interest, he does not want to go back to Japan just
yet. I hope he improves quickly, as I do not rate his chances of
getting a move to a decent European league if he plays as he did in
the reserves on Monday.
Tottenham
reserve and England Under-19 midfielder Ben Bowditch has been allowed
to go to West Ham United for two weeks on trial and will play in two
reserve fixtures for the Irons. He scored in the first one
against Wimbledon reserves on Tuesday night, the Tottenham Hotspur
website reports.
Former
Spurs assistant John Gorman has been named as Assistant manager to
Tony Adams at Wycombe Wanderers.
Tottenham's
home reserve match against Arsenal set for December 1st has been
switched to Monday 15th March (kick off 7.00 p.m.), because of the
clubs involvement in the Carling Cup that week.
For
reports on the latest Spurs Ladies matches, click here.
OTHER
NEWS ... Celtic beat Anderlecht 3-1 and Arsenal get a late winner
against Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League ... Monaco beat Deportivo
La Coruna 8-3 in their Champions League match ... Alex Ferguson has
been asked to explain his comments about the penalties handed
out to Arsenal for the Old Trafford incidents ... Sinisa Mihajlovic is
facing a UEFA investigation into his spitting at Chelsea's Adrian Mutu
in yesterday's Champions League match ...
Tuesday 4.11.2003
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Fredi
Kanoute is progressing well from injury and has had a protective boot
taken off the ankle, the Spurs website revealed today. The
Frenchman hopes to be running soon and then he will have an idea of
when he will be able to get on the pitch again.
Apparently,
Spurs and Liverpool are sending scouts to check out Portuguese side
Belenenses centre back Pele. The 25 year old Portuguese player
is highly rated and has said he would like to play in
England.
Spurs
have been drawn away to West Bromwich Albion in the Third Round of the
FA Youth Cup.
OTHER
NEWS ... Sunderland announced £36 million debt, with £21
million lost last season ... Man U beat Rangers in Champions League
3-0, while Chelsea overcome ten man Lazio 4-0 ...
Monday 3.11.2003
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Tottenham's
Carling Cup tie at home to Manchester City will be on Wednesday 3rd
December with a 7.45 p.m. kick off. Kevin Keegan said that this
competition might have to take a back seat if injuries continue to hit
his squad, threatening to play a youth team in the next round at
Tottenham.
David
Pleat quashed rumours that Stephane Dalmat failed to turn up for
training on the day after the Carling Cup tie against West Ham United.
The caretaker manager said there had been a family problem and Dalmat
had been allowed to return to France to resolve the matter.
Jay-Jay
Okocha has revealed that he wanted to join Tottenham before he signed
for Bolton Wanderers. He said he did not have talks with Glenn
Hoddle, but his agent did, although Hoddle seemed to thin he did not
need a player like him at that time.
Pleat
has admitted that losing Fredi Kanoute through injury is a big blow as
he holds the ball up so well and now we have a problem scoring without
him.
The
reserve fixture to be played away to West ham United on Tuesday 25th
November will now take place on Wednesday 26th November with a 7.00
p.m. kick off.
Spurs
Reserves lost 1-2 to Derby County Reserves at Stevenage Borough
tonight. Johnnie Jackson score the Tottenham goal. Click here
for a match report.
OTHER
NEWS ... Crystal Palace sack Steve Kember as manager ... Southend
United dismiss Steve Wignall as their boss ...
Sunday 2.11.2003
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Paul
Gascoigne has revealed that one day he would like to be manager of
Newcastle United or of Tottenham !! The former Spurs midfielder
said he intends to take his coaching badges when he finishes playing
and has learned under some top managers, although he wished he could
have played under Alex Ferguson, but chose Spurs instead of United, as
we were doing as well as them at the time. Gazza said that both
Newcastle and Spurs had done so much for his career and he would like
to give something back.
Spurs
are among a number of clubs who are watching Peterborough United's
striker Leon McKenzie. The prolific forward is a former Crystal
Palace player and would be available if the right offer came along.
Glenn
Hoddle is being linked with a return to football with his former club
Monaco as coach at the French club. The Daily Mirror claims that
of he does go there he might return to Tottenham to take Helder
Postiga on loan, a move the story implies might be to Tottenham's
liking .
Meanwhile,
Hoddle's former number two - John Gorman appears to be the favourite
for the manager's job at Wycombe Wanderers, where he will have to
persuade Terry Gibson to stay on as assistant after being overlooked
for the boss' position.
Former
Spurs reserve keeper Frode Grodas has retired from the game after
leaving his latest club Honefos BK in Norway.
OTHER
NEWS ... The FA are awaiting the referee's report on a tunnel
brawl after the Boro v Wolves match ... a top lawyer has informed Rio
Ferdinand that he would only stand a very slim chance of a legal
challenge in the High Court to any punishment he might receive for
missing a drugs test ...
Saturday 1.11.2003
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Spurs
lost 0-1 at home to Bolton Wanderers today. For a match report,
click here and for reaction, click here.
David
Pleat believes that ground-sharing might be the way forward for clubs
in the future. With money being thin on the ground, this could be a
way of saving doubling up on costs.
Caretaker
boss David Pleat said today that he had given the captaincy to Stephen
Carr in Jamie Redknapp's absence in the hope that it might persuade
the Irish international defender to stay at Spurs by signing a new
contract.
Helder
Postiga has today said he has no intention of quitting Spurs and came
here to learn and although that might take time, he was willing to
continue in the Premiership to provide the goals that Tottenham bought
him for. He said he had not got this far in his career by giving
up and that he has settled well on and off the pitch, helping him feel
confident that he would do well in England.
The
Spurs Under-17 team won this morning at Spurs Lodge against Wimbledon
with Danny Stevens and an own goal inflicting a defeat on the Milton
Keynes side.
The
Spurs Under-19 team won this morning away at Norwich City 2-1.
OTHER
NEWS ... Wenger said today that his players being hanged twice
would not be enough for some people (hmm, I think he has seen the
light) in response to Alex Ferguson's claim that they got off lightly
over the Old Trafford brawl ... five players, including England
internationals have been accused of taking cocaine, with the FA Set to
look into the allegation, although little substance has been given to
the claim ...
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