please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Fulham at White Hart Lane on Sunday 13th May 2012 (KO 15:00) in the 38th match of the 2011-12 Premier League season. (Article written by THFC6061 and incorrectly credited, due to merging error.) Spurs come into the last game of the season in 4th place on 66 points knowing that a win against Fulham will ensure a third place finish if Arsenal fail to win at West Bromwich Albion, while Fulham are in 9th place on 52 points and could possibly finish 7th if results go their way. This will be the 136th time the two clubs have met and the 22nd time in the Premier League. The first meeting 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 contraversial 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 nine of the 21 games played so far with Fulham winning six and six matches have been drawn. The match at Craven Cottage last season 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 reverse fixture at Craven Cottage earlier this season 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. Overall, Spurs have won 69 of the 135 matches played, Fulham have won 30 and the remaining 36 games have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham Matches 1903-2012 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Fulham.... Steve Archibald Ernie Bowering Laurie Brown Michael 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 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 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 Tony Parks Ernie Payne Tom Pratt Jimmy Reid Wayne Routledge Hans Segers (Spurs player, Fulham coach) Neil Smith Paul Stalteri Bob Stevens Alf Stokes Bob Tannahill Charlie Walters Bobby Zamora please log in to view this image Premier League London Derbies 2011-12 Results, Fixtures & Mini-League Table please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
cheers again 6061 News on Dempsey being out is a huge boost going into this one. Arsenal are also without some big names as we all know, such as walcott, arteta, sagna and wilshere. Apparently Szczesny is a major doubt, too. some reports suggest that Odemwingie might be fit for the game, which is also good news for West Brom if he is able to play. Despite all this, we are spurs and we don't make anything easy for ourselves. This is a huge opportunity to take advantage of weakened Fulham & Arsenal sides and claim 3rd. Hopefully the home advantage will make a massive difference, especially with Newcastle and Arsenal being away. In addition, it's a send off for Woy at the Hawthornes and Everton have only conceded 2 goal in 5 games and scored 11. COYS!! No lasagne!
Great article by the way THFC6061 Do you still have the London Derbies table by any chance? I expect Fulham are still top of that.
I will always associate Fulham with the Johnny Haynes era, the first player to earn £100 per week. A great player and superb long passer of the ball, splitting defences at a stroke. The era of Jimmy Hill (the only bearded footballer at the time) and their chairman Tommy Trinder who never failed to mention Fulham when performing. They and Real Madrid (in the same breath wow) were the first two teams I became aware of as a boy. Then came the great Spurs double winning team and Fulham were consigned to the also rans. Just a glory hunter at the time.
Thrilled to hear Dempsey is out. That definitely improves our odds - gotta deal with the Pog, Frei and Dembele though!
Great thread as ever 6061 - thanks. The absence of Dempsey is a major plus for us - and frankly, if this group of players cannot get their game together for this level of match then we probably don't deserve to get 3rd or 4th anyway!! Didn't know that the Goons were going to be that depleted - so all the possible omens are positive. As long as the team all eat separately for the next 24 hrs we should be ok!!!!
I liked the idea circulating late yesterday with Jake slotted in there. However, I think Harry will opt for Gallas the and keep the balance of the side the same.
Yes, I did put a link in the OP but here it is again... Premier League London Derbies Season 2011-12 ...if we manage to beat Fulham, Spurs will finish top of the 2011-12 London Premier League Derbies Table.
Now there's a stat. Here's another one - if we beat Fulham tomorrow, we'll have done the double (won home and away) against 5 (or 6 - forget which) teams this season. Originally I thought that was low, but I looked at last season and turns out it's exactly the same.
hmmmm..... this article shows me as starting it - not sure how that happened apologies to he that did write it - great article
As its the last one, I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you THFC6061 for the time and effort for these brilliant match history threads. I think I speak for all of us in hoping to see them next season. And so to my last pic observation...The team look on as VdV does his Norman Wisdom impersonation.
As long as Khumalo doesn't play. If we're desperate, the Bundesliga finished last weekend, so is it possible to draft in Corluka?
Doesn't look like we can, and finally we have an answer to why he went a bit weird with personal problems a while ago.... http://www.croatiantimes.com/?id=17401
