please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester United at White Hart Lane on Sunday 4th March 2012 in the 27th round of matches in the 2011-12 season. Spurs come into the match in 3rd place on 53 points with United one place above Spurs in 2nd place on 61 points. It will be the 181st meeting between the two clubs who were the "glamour teams" of the 1960s. Tottenham Hotspur's first meeting with Manchester United came in the old 1st round (today's 3rd round) of the FA Cup in January 1899 when United were known as Newton Heath. The match was drawn 1-1 at Northumberland Park, but Spurs won the replay 5-3 at Bank Street in Clayton, Manchester. A decade later the two clubs met for the first time in a Football League match with United drawing 2-2 at White Hart Lane in the First Division. The reverse fixture at Old Trafford was easilly won by United 5-0. Tottenham's first League win over United came in November 1911 2-1 at Old Trafford. Both clubs met for four seasons in the Second Division during the 1930s. Since the start of football after WW2, all League meetings have taken place in the Top Flight of the English League system. In 1952, both clubs toured North America and played two exhibition matches with Spurs winning 5-0 in Toronto, Canada and 7-1 in New York, USA. The clubs were drawn together in the 1963-64 European Cup Winners' Cup with Spurs winning 2-0 at the Lane and United winning 4-1 at Old Trafford. Old Trafford was the venue for the 1967 FA Charity Shield with League Champions United and FA Cup Winners Spurs drawing 3-3 in a game most remembered for goalkeeper Pat Jennings' long-range goal. The Charity Shield was shared. August 1979 saw the clubs meet for the first time in the Football League Cup and Glenn Hoddle's magnificent volly was the winning goal in a 2-1 Spurs victory at White Hart Lane. United went on to win the second leg at Old Trafford 3-1. In June 1983, the clubs played two matches in Swaziland, Southern Africa, resulting in a win each. The clubs have only ever met in one Domestic Cup Final - the 2009 Football League (Carling) Cup Final at Wembley, which ended in a 0-0 draw after extra time. United won the subsequent penalty shoot-out. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 and are two of the seven clubs who have been ever-present up to the 2011-12 season - Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton and Liverpool being the other five. The fixtures during season 2010-11 saw United win 2-0 at Old Trafford in October while the reverse match at White Hart Lane ended in a 0-0 draw. 2010-11 was the first season when both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur competed together in the UEFA Champions League. Both clubs won their respective Group Stages and progressed to the Knock-Out Phase. Spurs eventually went out to Real Madrid in the Quarter Finals while Manchester United made it to the Final, only to lose to Barcelona. The reverse fixture at Old Trafford earlier this season in August resulted in a 3-0 win for United with goals from Danny Welbeck, who headed in Tom Cleverley's cross just after 60 minutes and he then produced a wonderful instinctive flick to set up a second for Anderson. Wayne Rooney scored with a pinpoint late header from Ryan Giggs's centre. Spurs signed former United striker Louis Saha during the January transfer window and he has scored three Premier League goals in his three matches in Tottenham's colours. Overall, United have a very good record over Spurs with 85 wins to 49 with 46 of the 180 matches played so far drawn. please log in to view this image Tottenham's win percentage in all matches against United is 27.22%, while United's win percentage against Spurs is 47.22%. Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United Complete Match History 1899 to 2012 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & United.... Jamie Attwell David Beckham (United player, Spurs trainee) Dimitar Berbatov Bill Berry Alan Brazil Jimmy Brown Fraizer Campbell Michael Carrick Garth Crooks Harry Erentz Quinton Fortune Terry Gibson Tommy Gipps Greoge Graham (United player, Spurs manager) Jack Hall Stewart Houston (Uunited player, Spurs asst. manager) David Gwilan Jones Joe Jordan (United player, Spurs coach) Cyril Knowles Chris McGrath James McNaught Fred Milnes Louis Saha Teddy Sheringham please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Manchester United Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Take the ball out of that picture of Livermore and Evans and that could be a still from some bad 70s kung fu film! Time for Redknapp to set right what he's got badly wrong in the last couple of games, for me. Sandro's form will be extremely important, assuming that he replaces Parker in the starting XI and we need to dominate possession and make them defend. Unfortunately our set-pieces are dire, so we probably won't be able to pressure De Gea at his weakest attribute, but it should still be attempted. Unsettling their keeper could be invaluable. Great article as usual, 6061.
Top article as always, THFC6061. Quinton Fortune started out at Spurs? Well I never knew. Was this the start of our South Africa connection or just a one off? If we beat United this weekend's embarrassment will be all forgotten. Lifting the hoodoo we have against United would be the biggest single result of our season so far but it's not going to easy, nothing good ever is.
Fortune was a Spurs academy player, but he failed to get a work permit for a senior contract, YV. He got one for Man Utd, though.
I still find it surprising that these two teams have only ever met once in a domestic cup comp, and that was only two years ago. THFC6061
In reality, I can't see anything but Utd coming to WHL and having a go, despite what Fergie might say. Should be an exciting,open game.
The clubs have only ever met in one Domestic Cup Final - the 2009 Football League (Carling) Cup Final at Wembley, which ended in a 0-0 draw after extra time. United won the subsequent penalty shoot-out. Please address all queries to THFC6061.
I'm sure you'll get atleast a point against them, when's the last time they played well twice in a row? Been a longtime since we beat United on the other hand
They've won 3 on the trott now in the league...something we are yet to do this season. Hopefully we can start a run soon...even if it is just 3 games.
