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[OMT] Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham

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  1. THFC6061

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    Tottenham Hotspur host Fulham at White Hart Lane on Saturday 19th April 2014 (KO 12:45) in the 35th match of the 2013-14 Premier League season.

    Spurs come into the match in 6th place on 60 points, while Fulham are in 18th place on 30 points. This will be the 140th meeting between the two clubs.

    Fulham were founded in 1879 as Fulham St Andrew's Church Sunday School FC and played under the name Fulham Excelsior until 1888. The first meeting with Tottenham, who were founded three years later than Fulham in 1882, came in the Southern League in September 1903 at Craven Cottage and resulted in a 0-0 draw. The reverse fixture at White Hart Lane in January 1904 was won by Spurs 1-0.

    Spurs and Fulham also competed in the London League and both fixtures that season were won by Spurs 2-1 at home and 5-1 away.

    The clubs competed against each other for three more seasons in the Southern League with Fulham winning four games, Spurs winning one and the remaining match drawn. Spurs were Southern League Champions in 1899-1900 and Fulham Champions twice in 1905-06 and 1906-07.

    There were also two seasons in the Western League in 1904-05 and 1905-06 with Spurs winning twice, Fulham once and one game drawn.

    The clubs met on tour in May 1907 in Ostend, Belgium in a match which Spurs won 2-1.

    The first Football League meeting between the clubs came in the Second Division in December 1908 at Craven Cottage with Spurs winning 3-2. Tottenham also won the home fixture in April 1909 1-0 with the great Vivian Woodward scoring the winning goal. A few months earlier, Woodward had captained the Great Britain football team to their second of three Olympic Games Gold Medals.

    Sandwiched in between those first League encounters was the first FA Cup match in the old second round (today's fourth round) at White Hart Lane, which was won by Spurs 2-0. To date, the clubs have met 8 times in the FA Cup with Spurs winning 5 games, Fulham once and 2 draws.

    As Spurs had won promotion to the First Division after their maiden season, there were no more League meetings with Fulham until after the First World War.

    During the War, the clubs met frequently in the various competitions which were created to provide entertainment for the masses and many of Tottenham Hotspur's "home" matches were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium as White Hart Lane had been requisitioned by the Army.

    When football resumed in 1919, Spurs had lost their First Division status to Arsenal under controversial circumstances and met Fulham in the Second Division in December at Craven Cottage in a game Spurs won 4-1. The reverse fixture was also won by Spurs 4-0 on their way to the Second Division Championship.

    There were no more competitive matches with Fulham until Spurs were relegated to the Second Division in 1932-33 and both fixtures ended in draws. There were four more seasons of Second Division football before the outbreak of World War Two and honours were even with two wins apiece and four draws in those eight matches.

    Spurs and Fulham met 13 times during the War with Tottenham winning nine games, Fulham one and three drawn matches. The clubs met in the Second Division for the first three seasons after the War with one win each and four games drawn.

    Spurs won the First Division Championship in 1950-51 and in the process did the "double" over Fulham 1-0 away and 2-1 at home.

    The clubs met for another 10 seasons in the First Division up to 1967-68 with Spurs winning 12 games, Fulham one and 7 games drawn.

    The next League meetings came in the Second Division in 1977-78 with Spurs taking four point off Fulham as they regained their Top Flight status. The first of three Football League Cup meetings came in December 1981 with Spurs winning 1-0 at the Lane with a Micky Hazard goal.

    Fulham were promoted to the Premier League for season 2001-02 and they've kept their place in the League ever since. Spurs have won eleven of the 24 games played so far with Fulham winning seven and six matches have been drawn.

    The match at Craven Cottage in October 2010 was won by Spurs 2-1 with goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Tom Huddlestone with Diomansy Kamara getting Fulham's goal, while the reverse fixture at White Hart Lane on New Year's Day was won by Spurs with a Gareth Bale goal.

    Fulham had a very impressive 4-0 win over Spurs in the fourth round of the 2010-11 FA Cup at Craven Cottage. Danny Murphy put the West Londoners two goals up before Michael Dawson was sent-off for Spurs. Brede Hangeland and Moussa Dembele added further first half goals.

    In June 2011, Fulham appointed former Spurs manager (2004-07) Martin Jol on a two year contract to replace Mark Hughes as the Cottager's new manager. Both Spurs and Fulham participated in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League.

    The fixture at Craven Cottage in November 2011 resulted in a 3-1 win for Tottenham. Fulham's Chris Baird deflected Gareth Bale's shot into the net after 10 minutes and Aaron Lennon scored on 45 minutes to give Spurs a 2-0 halftime lead. Younes Kaboul scored an own goal after 57 minutes but Jermain Defoe's 90th minute goal ensured that Spurs went away with all three points.

    Spurs completed the 2011-12 double over Fulham with a 2-0 home win on the last day of the season which secured 4th place. Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs ahead in the 2nd minute and a 63rd minute goal from Jermain Defoe secured the three points.

    During the summer of 2012, former Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov joined Fulham from Manchester United while midfielder Mousa Dembele and striker Clint Dempsey both joined Tottenham from Fulham. The match at Craven Cottage in December 2012 resulted in a 3-0 win for Tottenham with Sandro putting Spurs ahead after 55 minutes and a brace from Jermain Defoe securing the 3 points.

    Dimitar Berbatov scored the winner for Fulham in the 52nd minute of the game at White Hart Lane in March 2013. Scott Parker joined Fulham from Spurs in the Summer of 2013 and ex-Tottenham players Darren Bent & Adel Taraabt joined Fulham on loan from Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers respectively.

    Tottenham came away with all three points from the Premier League match at Craven Cottage in early December 2013. Fulham's Ashkan Dejagah opened the scoring 11 minutes into the second half but Vlad Chiriches leveled things after 73 minutes. The winner for Spurs was scored by Lewis Holtby nine minutes later. Holtby went to Fulham on loan in January for the second half of the 2013-14 season.

    Overall, Spurs have won 72 of the 139 matches played, Fulham have won 31 and the remaining 36 games have been drawn.

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    Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham Matches 1903-2014

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    They Played for Spurs & Fulham....

    Steve Archibald
    Darren Bent
    Dimitar Berbatov

    Ernie Bowering
    Michael Brown
    Laurie Brown

    Vic Buckingham (Spurs player, Fulham manager)
    Ron Burgess (Spurs player, Fulham coach)
    Roger Cross (Fulham player, Spurs asst. manager)
    John Curtis
    Sean Davis
    Simon Davies
    Mousa Dembele
    Clint Dempsey
    Terry Dyson

    Bert Elkin
    Harry Evans (Fulham player, Spurs asst. manager)
    Ray Evans
    Willie Evans

    Tom Fitchie
    Theo Foley (Spurs res. manager, Fulham youth manager)
    Matt Forster (Spurs player, Fulham scout)
    Phil Gray
    Lewis Holtby
    Martin Jol (Manager with both clubs)
    Cliff Jones
    David Gwilan Jones
    Stephen Kelly
    Paul Konchesky
    John Lacy

    Harry Lowe
    Ken McKay
    Tom Meade
    Terry Medwin (Spurs player, Fulham coach)
    Paul Mahorn
    Steed Malbranque

    John Margerrison
    Alan Mullery
    Danny Murphy
    Taffy O'Callaghan

    Tim O'Shea
    Frank Osborne
    Scott Parker
    Tony Parks

    Ernie Payne
    Tom Pratt
    Jimmy Reid
    Wayne Routledge
    Louis Saha
    Hans Segers (Spurs player, Fulham coach)
    Neil Smith
    Paul Stalteri
    Bob Stevens
    Alf Stokes
    Bob Tannahill
    Adel Taarabt
    Charlie Walters
    Bobby Zamora


     
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  2. Spurm

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    Both Kane and Rose have more combined goals/assists than Townsend
     
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    I wonder if Sherwood's going to address our left-sided defensive issues for this game, assuming that he's still in charge?
    We were far more dangerous with Eriksen in the centre for a lot of the second half and I'm hoping that nobody could have failed to notice that.

    Zeki Fryers did enough at centre-half to suggest that he might be picked for this one, though hopefully not in that position.
    Might be an idea to start both him and Rose down the left, with our Danish youngster in behind Adebayor, though the striker had a very poor game yesterday.
     
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  4. SpursDisciple

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    Have I missed any updates on Sandro. I will be mortified if he is being frozen out. Hopefully just a slow recovery from his injuries.
     
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    Yes, still injured.
     
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    Thanks
     
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    Good finds on the pictures 6061 ! You must have a good cigarette card collection. What is the significance of bold print in the players for both clubs ?
     
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    Bold are pictured
     
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    Duh ! Ok thanks....should have worked that one out
     
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    Is it me, or is Sandro,injury prone?
     
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    Lol! Yeah just a little. Sandro Raniere Guimarães Cordeiro Anderton is his full name i believe
     
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    Steve archibald played for fulham?

    Never knew that
     
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    I'd always wondered that, but never asked! Thanks.
     
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  14. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    <laugh> <laugh> <laugh>.
     
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    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Hoping for a Sunderland-esque scoreline, Fulham look pretty **** and Holtby has been playing pretty good from what I've seen so the fact they'll be without him is nice for us.

    Lloris,
    Naughton, Kaboul, Chiriches*, Fryers
    Lennon, Paulinho**, Eriksen, Chadli
    Ade, Kane

    * - Been poor in his two games back, would play Daws or Jan if either are fit.
    ** - If Sandro or Dembele are good to start, I'd play one of them.

    If we can take the 2nd half performances vs West Brom and Sunderland and put them into one 90 minute shift, we'll eat Fulham alive. I'm hoping for a good result and score line, 4-0 if the players "show up".
     
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    Totally missed the Anderton - wondered what on earth you were laughing at. Now I see it....<laugh>
     
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    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    Haha, had me in hysterics. One of them things that just hit the laughing spot.
     
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    Fulham have improved under Magath, so they'll probably put up a good fight, but losing Holtby will hurt them.
    If they have any sense then they'll target our left side and hit our high line with balls over the top, too.
     
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  19. Spurm

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    Also, if they have sense they'll come out all guns blazing hoping to be 5 or 6 up before the 10 minute mark when our players decide to realise the game has actually started.
     
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    Ade didn't look like the same player last game. I wonder if he's got some kind of chronic thing like tendinitis in his right knee, because this is the second time he's played like a house on fire for three or four games, than become much less lively. It's the sort of thing a player looking for a new contract wouldn't admit to.

    I guess we're sticking with Paulinho to give him a good run. I can see the reasoning, but it hasn't worked so far. Bentaleb has been considerably better.

    Chiriches, Kaboul and Rose have all been awful lately, but I think it's just a blip with Chiriches and Kaboul, combined with getting no protection from our midfielders.
     
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