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In June 2011, Tottenham Hotspur were linked to 21-year-old Brazilian striker, Leandro Damiao, for the first time. The manager at the time, Harry Redknapp, was keen on bringing him to Spurs that summer and his club, Internacional, were resigned to him leaving. However, Internacional president Giovanni Luigi managed to persude the youngster to sign a new […]
Hulk to sign for Chelsea 12/8/12 – Hulk: “I have left a door open for being transferred to another league. I have preference for playing in the Premier League or the Spanish Liga, because they are the two leagues that are the most seen all over the world.” 3/9/12 – Hulk signs for Zenit Saint […]
Tottenham v Sunderland 16:00 Â – Spurs came from a goal behind to win 2-1 against Stoke in their penultimate Premier League outing thanks to goals from Clint Dempsey and Emmanuel Adebayor. They come into this final game one point behind North London neighbours Arsenal in the race for fourth place. Â – Despite his […]
Stoke v Tottenham, Sunday 13:30 – Stoke drew 1-1 with Sunderland last time out, Jonathan Walters grabbing an early goal for Tony Pulis’ side. – Midfielder Michael Kightly currently sits as Stoke’s most accurate attacker this season, outshining his striker colleagues with a squad-best 68.2% shot accuracy rate from 22 attempts. – […]
For all of this season, when people have talked about the fortunes of Tottenham Hotspur, most of the discussion about whether Tottenham are that wonderfully illogical beast, a ‘one man team’. How a group of eleven players can be bracketed as being solely dependent on one player is a thought capable of twisting your mind […]
When Gareth Bale scores a goal he celebrates the way you would imagine Justin Bieber or a 9-year-old girl to celebrate if they were ever given the opportunity to score for a Premier League club. It appears as though Bale has actually got a trade mark on this celebration though for commercial items. Good god.
Tottenham v Southampton, Saturday 15:00  – After being held to a draw by Wigan in their last game, Spurs are three points behind North London rivals Arsenal in the race for fourth place and Champions League football next season.  – Bale scored in that game to cap a remarkable weekend where he also […]
Wigan v Tottenham, 15:00 Â – Wigan fell to a 2-0 defeat away to West Ham last weekend as they remained in the bottom three going into their final five matches of the season. Â – Maynor Figueroa continues to enhance his already glowing reputation as the season draws to a close. Not only has […]
PFA Player of the Year As a Spurs fan, obviously I am biased when it comes to who I think deserves Player of the Year. I’m as biased as a parent on sports day, or a member of the FIFA committee deciding which country to give a World Cup to who’s just been handed a […]
Fenerbahçe, Benfica, Basel and Chelsea will all play in the Europa League semi-finals tomorrow, which may come as some surprise when you look at how poor some of their passing has been in the competition this season. Benfica rank 46th out of the 56 teams to play in 2012-2013, with a passing success of just […]
Jermain Defoe will demand positive write-ups in the press tomorrow following his brilliant goal in Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-1 win over Manchester City, but it wasn’t long ago that he was attracting the headlines Luis Suarez is today, after biting Ivanovic. During Spurs’ game against West Ham in 2006 Defoe was seen biting Javier Mascherano in […]
Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez took to Twitter to react to Tottenham Hotspur taking the lead against Manchester City at White Hart Lane. Samir Nasri scored early on against the run of play and City then went on to dominate much of the game, with Spurs having some dangerous moments but not looking like a […]
Tottenham v Manchester City, Sunday 13:30 – Tottenham’s last Premier League fixture saw things end in a 2-2 stalemate with Everton at White Hart Lane, with goals from Emmanuel Adebayor and Gylfi Sigurdsson not enough to earn Andre Villas Boas’ side more than a point. – Emmanuel Adebayor comes up against his former club […]
Swansea v Tottenham 15:00 – Swansea fell to a 0-2 defeat at home to Arsenal last time out, despite their creating several chances but failing to capitalize. – Ashley Williams continues to be a pillar of strength for Michael Laudrup’s side this season. Swansea’s defensive juggernaut once again tops the EA SPORTS Player […]
If there are two things that Tottenham Hotspur have become renowned for in recent years, it’s late season collapses and their habit of doing nothing in transfer windows then, like Cheryl on the Royle Family always going on diets then becoming unable to stop herself gorging on calorific foods, going crazy and doing all their […]
Tottenham v Fulham, Sunday 15:00 – Spurs run of incredible form was brought to an end by the Premier League’s other form team Liverpool last weekend. Two goals from Jan Vertonghen, both supplied by Gareth Bale crosses, wasn’t enough to earn a point for Spurs in that game. – Verthonghen now has three goals […]
Colin Randall writes: Salut! Sunderland has always felt perfectly entitled to stick its nose into other people’s business. We’re Sunderland supporters but also have views on football generally, whether it’s Pete Sixsmith at one of his non-league excursions or Ken Gambles demanding compulsory wearing of pink mittens by shirtpullers and goggles by divers of all teams. […]
Liverpool v Tottenham, Sunday 16:00 – The ever-impressive Luis Suarez bagged a hattrick as Liverpool demolished Wigan 0-4 away from home. Stewart Downing continued his return to form by heading in from close range inside the second minute to start what turned out to be a fantastic all-round performance by Brendan Rogers’ side. – […]