Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers FA Cup 6th Round

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Tottenham Hotspur host Bolton Wanderers (one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888-89) in the 6th round of the FA Cup at White Hart Lane on Saturday 17th March 2012.

Spurs come into the game in third place in the table on 53 points, while Bolton have struggled this season and are in 17th place in the table on 23 points.

Tottenham beat Cheltenham 3-0 at the Lane in the FA Cup third round and Watford 1-0 away in the fourth round. The fifth round game at Stevenage was drawn 0-0 with Spurs winning the replay 3-1.

Bolton drew 2-2 at Macclesfield in the FA Cup third round and won the replay 2-0. They then beat Swansea City 2-1 at home in the fourth round and Millwall 2-0 away in the fifth round.

This will be the 104th time the two teams have met and the 12th time in the FA Cup.

The first meeting came at Northumberland Park in April 1898 when Spurs were playing in the Southern League in a friendly which was drawn 2-2. A further friendly was played at the same venue in November 1899 which Spurs won 4-0.

The clubs first met in Football League action during Tottenham's first season in the competition with Spurs winning both matches 2-1 at home and 1-0 away during 1908-09.

Both clubs were promoted to the First Division the next season and Spurs drew 1-1 at White Hart Lane and won 2-0 at Burnden Park.

The first FA Cup meeting came in the 2nd round (today's 4th round) in season 1924-25 with Bolton earning a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane but losing their home replay 1-0.

Bolton had the best of the first Football League Cup meeting between the clubs, winning 6-1 at home in the 4th round in November 1996.

Spurs got a 2-2 home draw in the first Premier League meeting in December 1995 and followed this with a 3-2 away win in March 1996.

During the 2009-10 season, Spurs took four points out of six off Bolton with a 2-2 away draw at the Reebok and a 1-0 win at the Lane.

The teams were also drawn together in the 5th round of the FA Cup with Spurs drawing 1-1 away and finishing the job 4-0 at the Lane, which included two Bolton own goals.

Bolton won last season's fixture at the Reebok Stadium in November 4-2 with a Kevin Davies brace and goals from Gretar Steinsson and Martin Petrov while Tottenham's goals came from Alan Hutton and Roman Pavlyuchenko.

The return game at White Hart Lane in February 2001 resulted in a 2-1 win for Spurs. Rafael van der Vaart scored a 6th minute penalty but Bolton equalised through Daniel Sturridge, on loan from Chelsea, in the 55th minute. Niko Kranjcar's injury time thunderbolt ensured that all three points went to Tottenham.

The League fixture at the Lane this season was played in December 2011 and resulted in a 3-0 win for Spurs with goals from Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe. Bolton's Gary Cahill was sent-off. The reverse fixture at Bolton has yet to be played.

During the Premier League Era, Spurs have 10 wins to Bolton's 9 with the other 6 matches drawn.

Overall, Spurs have the edge over Bolton with 46 wins to 37 with 20 matches out of the 103 played so far drawn.

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Full history of Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers matches 1898-2012

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They played for Spurs & Bolton...​

Chris Armstrong
Fred Barrett
Gudni Bergsson
Sean Davis
Frank Drabble
Chris Fairclough
Les Ferdinand
Quinton Fortune
George Goldsmith
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Bill Hinton
George Hunt
Ernie Jones
Gordon Jones
Bill Joyce
Don McAllister
Neil McNab
Ian Moores
Grzegorz Rasiak
Bert Sproston (Spurs player, Bolton coach & scout)
Bob Tannahill
Wilf Waller
Ian Walker

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Would love a Spurs-Chelsea semi at wembley.

Bolton fans, how many tickets have you sold and will you play a strong side?

 

Still obsessed with ticket sales?

Given the way their semi-final went last season, I doubt they want to win

 

I hope Muamba recovers. Thoughts are with alll you in Bolton!

 

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Hope muamba is alright thoughts are with him and his family

 

Thoughts are with Muamba, his family and friends and all at Bolton.

 

Prayers with Fabrice for a total recovery.
Sad day for all.

 

Life's more important than Football and I and all Leicester fans will be hoping that Fabrice is ok. Prays and thoughts are with his family

 

Just read this in another thread here, hope its true -

 

All our thoughts are with Fabrice and his family and friends at Bolton, we are praying for him.

 

FABRICE MUAMBA clap clap clap FABRICE MUAMBA clap clap clap

 

I am keeping an eye on this, i guess we will hear the good or god forbid bad news here frost -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17356697

 

Hope he will be OK

 

Hope Fabrice pulls through ok. My thoughts are with him and his family and friends.

 

On behalf of Plymouth Argyle fans our thoughts are with Muamba, his family, friends and all at Bolton.

 

Echo the thoughts and wish the lad a speedy recovery

 

Praying for fabrice please pull through all our prays Tractor Boys.

 

The football community prays for Fabrice and send our thoughts to his family and Bolton Wanderers.