please log in to view this image Sunderland, who were the first club outside the original 12 members to join the Football League, visit Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane in the 16th round of Premier League matches on Sunday 18th December (15th game for Spurs). Sunderland's new manager Martin O'Neill had a winning start to his new job by beating Blackburn 2-1 at home to lift the Black Cats up to 16th in the table, while Spurs come into the game in fourth place on 31 points, despite the set back of a 1-2 defeat to Stoke last time out. This will be the 111th time the two teams have met. The first meeting came at Northumberland Park in March 1898 when Spurs were playing in the Southern League in a friendly which Sunderland won 2-0. A second meeting followed with the year when Spurs beat Sunderland 2-1 in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in February 1899. Tottenham's first visit to Sunderland came during a mini tour of the North-East to celebrate the turn of the century with Spurs winning the friendly match 3-1 on 2nd January 1900. The first Football League meetings between the two clubs saw Sunderland win at home 3-1 in September 1909 and Spurs having a comprehensive win in the return fixture at White Hart Lane 5-1. Tottenham Hotspur's all-time record attendance of 75,038 at White Hart Lane came in an FA Cup 6th round match against Sunderland in March 1938. Sundeland won the game 1-0. This was the only FA Cup match Sunderland have won out of the 7 played so far with Spurs winning five and one game drawn. The only two League matches played outside the Top Flight came during 1977-78 when Spurs won at Roker Park 2-1 but lost the return Division Two match at the Lane 3-2. The clubs first met in the Football League Cup in November 1984 with Spurs drawing 0-0 away but Sunderland winning the replay at the Lane 2-1. The three matches in the competition have resulted in a win each and one game drawn. Since Sunderland joined the Premier League in season 1996-97, no further domestic cup ties have been played between the two clubs. Spurs have a good record during the Premier League Era with 12 wins to Sunderland's 5 and the remaining 3 games drawn. Spurs have taken an average of 1.95 points off Sunderland in the 20 matches played so far. In the 2009-10 season, goals from Robbie Keane and Tom Huddlestone saw Spurs win 2-0 at home with Sunderland winning 3-1 at the Stadium of Light. The reverse fixture last season at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-1 draw with Rafael van der Vaart putting Spurs ahead in the second half only for Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan to equalise three minutes later. The match at Sunderland resulted in a 2-1 win for Spurs with Asamoah Gyan putting the Black Cats ahead after 11 minutes before Michael Dawson's equaliser just before half-time. Niko Kranjcar scored the winner for Spurs in the 57th minute. Overall, Spurs have the upper hand over Sunderland with 44 wins to 38 and 28 of the 110 matches played so far drawn. please log in to view this image Full history of Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur Matches 1898-2011 please log in to view this image They Played for Sunderland & Spurs... Ben Alnwick Darren Bent Ted Birnie (Spurs player, Sunderland trainer & coach) Ivor Broadis Fraizer Campbell Graham Carr (scout with both clubs) Jim Chalmers Pascal Chimbonda Ernie Coquet John Curtis Calum Davenport Jimmy Delvin Márton Fülöp Phil Gray Jim Hartley Alan Hutton Joe Knowles Steed Malbranque Fred Mearns Bobby Mimms Bill Murray George Payne Andy Reid Jimmy Seed Paul Stewart Teemu Tainio Chris Waddle Jack Whitbourne please log in to view this image Sunderland Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1996-2012 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Squad Numbers 1992-2012 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Flattering picture of Andy Reid there eh!!!!!! Canny post good stats - would be very happy with a point at your place - can't see it mainly because Redknapp has done a dalglish (well sort of - Dalglish complained for the sake of it about the refs - Redknapp had good cause) - Can't see us getting any help from the ref this weekend as they will want to ensure redknapp doesn't single them out (This is not a dig at Harry btw - I agree with everything he said about Foy) just think that any ref watching the game on Sunday will think "Ooh I can't be making bad decisions like that this weekend"
Cheers 6061 for an excellent OMT as ever Looks like we have plenty of Sunderland fans on this one, so hope the banter stays fun It's nice to meet a club who actually have fans who post on here, so many of the other clubs seem to be moribund with respect to pre-match chat.
Hi Syd, fair comments As usual in the Prem, this game means sooooo much to both sides, but here's hoping at least pre-match, we can all get on After the match, there are almost always bitter feelings from one side or the other, but that's normal.
we would love a win, be happy with a draw but with our season so far are looking for improvement under MON. The mighty Wigan, Wolves and Blackburn have all scored against us so what chance do you lot have.
To be honest it could go both ways, if a few decisions go against Spurs, handball on the line here, disallowed goal there (both joke decisions by the way).Then maybe their heads could drop in a here we go again situation. Not expecting too much from this one and will be more than happy with a point.
Fair comments all And to repeat I'm really impressed by the amount of Sunderland posting. I don't want to get in the 'big club' debate here, but you certainly have the passion and following of a big club, there are a lot of clubs above you whose fans barely exist on here, it seems.
This will be a strange game for us, well maybe just me. Rather than be looking for a result I will be looking at how MON deals with it, away game, top 4 side. It will be facinating to me just to see how he works and reacts during the game.
