spurs v wigan athletic notes


Dave Beasant	Spurs reserve keeper, signed as cover during a period of injury in 2001-02 also was at Wigan a year after leaving the Lane, playing one game for the Latics in the Leyland DAF Trophy in 2002.

Mark Bowen	Welsh defender, who played 20 games for Spurs before moving to Norwich City and ended his career with a spell playing seven games at the JJB stadium in 1999.

Michael Brown	Combative midfielder, who joined Spurs from Sheffield United in January 2004 and did a good job adding some bite to the Spurs side of the time, but left to join Fulham in 2006, before moving on to Wigan in July 2007.

Nathan Byrne	.

Pascal Chimbonda	Signed from French club Bastia, full back Chimbonda stayed at Wigan Athletic for one season, scoring twice in 37 appearances and left under a cloud after handing his transfer request in soon after leaving the Highbury pitch on the last day of the 2005-06 season. Joined Spurs in that summer after protracted negotiations and has settled into the Tottenham side.

Erik Edman	Signed from Heerenveen in Holland in the summer of 2007, Edman was a quick, hard tackling full back, with an adventurous nature. Scored a stunning 40 yard goal at Anfield, but left after just a year, when he joined Rennes in France. Brought back to England by Wigan in 2008, Erik suffered a serious knee injury in his first few games and took a year to come back to playing.

Colin Lee	Signed in 1977 as a striker, Lee was at Spurs until 1980 and joined the Lancashire club as a coach for a couple of months in December 2001-January 2002.

Wilson Palacios	Signed from Olympia in Honduras for £550,000, the midfielder was snapped up by Spurs after less than a year in the country and cost a whopping £12,000,000.

Gareth Whalley	Trialist at Spurs, he played a couple of pre-season games, but was not signed permanently, but did get a contract with the Lactics after that.

Reto Ziegler	Swiss international who spent a spell on loan at Wigan from Spurs from January 2006 to the end of the season.


26.11.2005	Martin Jol was in charge of a Spurs side for the 50th time. Paul Robinson makes his 50th Premiership appearance for Spurs.

19.02.2006	Jermain Defoe makes his 150th career Premiership appearance. Robbie Keane makes his 200th Premiership appearance. Michael Carrick makes his 50th Premiership start for Spurs. Arjan De Zeeuw makes his 150th League appearance for Wigan.

15.04.2007	Tottenham's 150th draw in the Premier League. Kevin Kilbane scores his first goal for Wigan Athletic.

11.11.2007	Darren Bent makes his 200th career league appearance (Ipswich, Charlton and Tottenham).

19.04.2008	Antonio Valencia makes his 50th Premier League appearance for Wigan Athletic. Ryan Taylor makes his 50th appearance for the Latics. Tom Huddlestone makes his 100th Premier League appearance for Tottenham. Dimitar Berbatov's goal was the 100th for Tottenham in all competitions this season.

11.01.2009	Jermain Defoe plays the 350th game of his career. Wigan Athletic win their first match in their history against Tottenham. Paul Scharner makes his 100th appearance for the Latics. Maynor Figueroa scores his first goal for Wigan Athletic.

22.11.2009	Jermain Defoe scored five goals to equal the highest number of goals scored by a player in a Premier League match and to become the first player to score five goals in one half of a Premier League game.


26.11.2005	The first ever meeting between the two clubs.

02.01.2009	The first ever meeting between the two clubs in the FA Cup.


Edgar Davids	25.11.2005