please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur play Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 15th April 2012 KO 18:00 in the 2011-12 FA Cup Semi-Final. The match will be decided on the day with extra time and penalties if needed. The winners will face either Everton or Liverpool in the Final on Saturday 5th May 2012. please log in to view this image Tottenham's 2011-12 FA Cup record: 3rd Round Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Cheltenham Town 4th Round Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur 5th Round Stevenage 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur 5th Round Replay Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Stevenage 6th Round Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Bolton Wanderers (match abandoned after 41 minutes due to serious injury to player) 6th Round Rematch Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Bolton Wanderers. Chelsea's 2011-12 FA Cup record: 3rd Round Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth 4th Round Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Chelsea 5th Round Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham City 5th Round Replay Birmingham City 0-2 Chelsea 6th Round Chelsea 5-2 Leicester City. This will be the 188th time the two teams have met, including ten times in the FA Cup with honours even at four wins each with two draws. Chelsea are one of the few major English football teams who never played Spurs during the Victorian Era, as they were only founded in 1905 and were admitted into the Second Division of the Football League without ever having played a match before. This was due to the rivalry that existed at the time between the Football League and the Southern League with the former desperate to make in-roads into the lucrative markets which London and the South-East provided. The first meeting between Spurs and Chelsea was a friendly played at Stamford Bridge in February 1908 and ended in a 2-2 draw. The same venue saw the first Football League Division One encounter in December 1909 and Chelsea won that match 2-1. The return fixture at White Hart Lane was won by Spurs 2-1 and in between those two matches the clubs met in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in a match which Spurs won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. Spurs and Chelsea would meet for another three seasons in the First Division before the outbreak of World War One with honours even at two wins for Spurs, two wins for Chelsea and two drawn matches. 14 games were played during the First World War and these featured many players who 'guested' for both clubs. Five of Tottenham's "home" games were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium. Spurs and Chelsea had finished in the bottom two places in the last season of the First Division when war broke out and when football resumed in 1919, the Division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams. Arsenal engineered a 'promotion' to the First Division at Spurs' expense but Tottenham easilly won the Division Two Championship and the next season had two emphatic wins over Chelsea 5-0 at home and 4-0 at the Bridge. The teams would meet for another five seasons in the First Division and two seasons in the Second Division during the inter-war period - season 1929-30 was the last time Spurs & Chelsea played League games outside the Top Flight of English Football. Spurs only lost two of those 14 League matches. During World War Two, 16 games were played between Spurs and Chelsea Spurs returned to the First Division in season 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Chelsea winning 2-0 away and 2-1 at home on their way to the first Football League Championship. Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea contested the first all-London FA Cup Final in 1967 at Wembley with Spurs winning 2-1 thanks to goals scored by Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul. The first meeting in the Football League Cup came in the 1971-72 Semi-Finals with Chelsea winning the first leg at Stamford Bridge 3-2 and Spurs only managing a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane. Both clubs were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 and both have been ever-present for the 20 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United. Chelsea have very much had the upper hand during the Premier League Era with 22 wins to Tottenham's 3 with the remaining 14 matches drawn. A second domestic Cup Final was contested in 2008 when Spurs beat Chelsea in the Football League (Carling) Cup Final 2-1 after extra time at Wembley. A Dimitar Berbatov penalty and a Jonathan Woodgate header ensured the silverware would once again reside in North London. Chelsea's dominance over Tottenham Hotspur has abated in the past few seasons, with Spurs winning three, drawing four and losing two of the past nine meetings in all competitions between the two clubs. Last season's fixture in December at White Hart Lane resulted in a 1-1 draw with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring for Spurs after 15 minutes and Didier Drogba getting Chelsea's equaliser after 70 minutes. Drogba's injury time penalty was saved by Heurelho Gomes. The reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in April was won by Chelsea 2-1 with Spurs taking a 19th minute lead through Sandro and Frank Lampard equalising on half time. Salomon Kalou scored the winner after 89 minutes. During the summer, Spurs signed former Chelsea midfielder (2004-05) Scott Parker from West Ham United. The fixture at White Hart Lane in December resulted in a 1-1 draw with Emmanuel Adebayor putting Spurs ahead after 8 minutes and Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge getting the equaliser in the 23rd minute. The game at Stamford Bridge in March ended in a goalless draw. Overall, Spurs have won 68, Chelsea have won 72 and 47 of the 187 matches between the two clubs have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea Matches 1908-2012 http://www.myfootballfacts.com/SpursvChelsea.html please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Chelsea.... Clive Allen Les Allen Jimmy Armstrong Frank Arnesen (Director of Football both clubs) Eddie Baily Ted Birnie Danny Blanchflower (Spurs player, Chelsea manager) Derek Brazil Johnny Brooks Bill Cartwright Sid Castle David Copeland Carlo Cudicini Jason Cundy Kerry Dixon Gordon Durie Mark Falco William Gallas Lee Gardner George Graham (Chelsea player, Spurs manager) Jimmy Greaves Frode Grodas Eidur Gudjohnsen Tommy Harmer (Spurs player, Chelsea coach) Alan Harris (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager) Micky Hazard Glenn Hoddle (Spurs & Chelsea player & manager) Stewart Houston (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager) Percy Humphries Steve Kelly John Kirwan Colin Lee Scott Parker Gustavo Poyet Graham Roberts Max Seeburg Buchanan Sharp Bobby Smith Neil Sullivan Andy Thompson (Spurs player, Chelsea coach) Sid Tickridge Jimmy Townley Terry Venables (also Spurs manager) Keith Weller Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Chelsea asst. manager) Harry Wilding Clive Wilson Vivian Woodward please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Chelsea Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Premier League London Derbies Season 2011-12
Season defining game. Win this and the whole mentality of the squad will improve. We'll be back in the hunt for a CL place, in my opinion. Lose and I dread to think how the run in will go.
Losing to Pompey didn't kill us last time but a win on Sunday would be a welcome boost for the end of the season, not to mention rather pleasing to reach the FA Cup final
Our form prior to that Pompey semi-final was virtually the opposite of what ours is now though, YV. We'd won 5 on the trot and we had great momentum.
I had to check because I didn't think that was right. We'd just lost to Sunderland the game before and after losing to Portsmouth had everyone writing us off for 4th because of the horrible run in we had but we still finished strongly. I'm not saying it would still happen but it's far too early to say how the squad would react to losing, league form-wise.
I'm worried about the affect on the pitch that we saw last time, too. We played on a ****ty, heavy, cut up pitch following on from a game the previous day and I can't see how this year's going to be different. Redknapp's team selection needs to reflect that.
We r in shocking form even though Redknapp won't admit it. I expect us to crumble and finish 6th and get beat well by Chelsea at the weekend. Horrible end to the season and expect Modric and Adebayor not to be Spurs players next season as well as having a new manager.
Personally, i think it'll be a very close game. Chelsea will be just as wary of us, as we will of them. It will be interesting to see how Harry sets us up for this one. My feeling is that we should get back to doing what we do best. Get rid of the two holding players in midfield. Play with width & pace, and just go after the ****ers. If we try to be over cautious, we'll lose, IMO.
Redknapp will pick the system that we used at Stamford Bridge. It worked pretty well, so he won't change it.
so what do you suggest he picks? a few JCB's etc..i dont think Harry will do that..he has his favourites
Huge huge game. The news that Ivanovic is out is certainly welcome - he's been playing well and scoring goals - good combo for a defender. In fact he's been one of their main outlets lately. I'm not even sure what system Redknapp will lean toward anymore. No-one's in great nick at the moment so it'll be tough. I unfortunately expect Chelsea to win and our season to continue grinding to a halt. Still - I live in hope...
Good news indeed! Haven't been over to the Chavs board yet, but I did venture my opinion there over the weekend (about him getting a retrospective ban) and have to say that Ginger (skid) Marks took serious offence to my constructive comments..... Having said that, after yesterday's debacle I am still not hopeful of a positive result and really fear what a bad defeat might do to our already shredded confidence. A win on the other hand could turn the season around (again)!!
I'm not sure why anyone thinks he shouldn't get banned. He clearly punched someone off the ball. Stupid thing to do.
Rooney's was seen during the game and I'm not sure which Balotelli incident you mean, but he did get banned for one against us, Ammaar. Ivanovic's wasn't spotted, so it's not the same.
point is he got done..i dont know why some of us expect consistency from the FA...they are the biggest neandarthals(sp) around.
Atkinson gave a foul against Balotelli, didn't he, Ammaar? Clattenburg saw the incident live and was given an opportunity to act after he viewed it on replays later, too. He still didn't have a problem with Rooney trying to decapitate another player, for some reason. http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footba...wayne-rooney-elbow-reprieve-with-match-report Not sure why he's seen as a top ref, to be honest.
