please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur visit West Ham United at the Boleyn Ground (Upton Park) on Monday 25th February 2013 (KO 20:00) in the 27th round of Premier League matches of the 2012-13 season. This will be the 241st meeting between the two clubs. West Ham come into the game in 11th place in the table on 30 points with Spurs in 4th place on 48 points. The first meeting came in the Thames and Medway League in September 1898 when West Ham were known as Thames Ironworks. That game at Northumberland Park resulted in a 3-0 home win for Spurs. Thames Ironworks won the return fixture 2-1 at the Memorial Grounds in East Ham. The teams met again in the Southern League the next season with Spurs running out 7-0 winners at Northumberland Park and the return fixture ending in a 0-0 draw at the Memorial Grounds. The 1900-01 season saw Thames Ironworks become West Ham United and the Hammers and Spurs played each other in both the Southern League and the Western League. By now, Spurs had moved into their new ground at White Hart Lane but it would be another four years before West Ham moved to their current home at Upton Park (or more correctly, the Boleyn Ground). Spurs won three of the four matches played that season against West Ham with the remaining game being drawn. Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United continued to meet in both Leagues up to season 1907-08, when Spurs switched to the Football League. The teams didn't play any more competitive matches against each other until after the First World War. During the War, several games were played in the various competitions organised to maintain the morale of the public. Spurs beat West Ham 3-0 in the first FA Cup match played between the teams in February 1920. To date, the clubs have played against each other together 11 times in the competition with Spurs winning 6 games to West Ham's 3 and 2 drawn games. The first Football League meetings came in the Second Division in season 1919-20 with West Ham winning 2-1 at Upton Park and Spurs winning 2-0 at White Hart Lane. Spurs regained their top flight status that season, which had been taken away in very contraversial circumstances. Spurs and West Ham played their first match in the Top Flight of English Football in February 1924 with the Hammers drawing 0-0 at the Lane but winning the return leg at Upton Park 1-0. The clubs met for another four seasons in Division One from 1924-25 to 1927-28. From 1932-33 until the outbreak of World War Two, the clubs met in the Second Division. During the Second World War, Spurs and West Ham played 20 games which often featured 'guest players' as many of the club's regular footballers were called away on National Service. Regular football resumed in season 1946-47 and the teams played four seasons in Division Two before Spurs won the title in 1949-50 and were promoted to Division One, where they won the first of their two League Championships the next season. West Ham United were themselves promoted to the First Division for the 1959-60 season and they enjoyed a lengthy spell in the Top Flight which lasted until 1978. West Ham United beat Spurs in the first Football League Cup meeting in 1966 and to date the clubs have met 7 times in the competition with Spurs winning three games, West Ham two games and two games drawn. Spurs were founder-members of the Premier League in season 1992-93 and have been ever present in the competition. West Ham won promotion to the Premier League for the 1993-94 season and lost to Spurs 3-1 at Upton Park that season. The Hammers beat Spurs 4-1 in the return match at the Lane. West Ham won the 2010-11 match in September at Upton Park 1-0 with a Frederic Piquionne goal while the game at White Hart Lane in March 2011 finished in a goalless draw. The Hammers were relegated at the end of that season finishing bottom on 33 points. The match at White Hart Lane in November 2012 resulted in a 3-1 win for Spurs with Jermain Defoe scoring just before half-time and adding a second after 64 minutes after Gareth Bale had put Spurs 2-0 ahead after 58 minutes. The Hamers goal came from on-loan Andy Carroll. To date, there have been 33 matches played in the Premier League with Spurs winning 16, West Ham winning 10 and 7 matches drawn. The clubs have met in two foreign venues, firstly on tour in the United States in May 1969 where Spurs beat West Ham 2-1 in Baltimore, USA and more recently in the Barclays Asia Trophy in July 2009 in Beijing, China with Spurs winning 1-0. Overall, Tottenham Hotspur have won 99 games, West Ham United have won 81 games and the remaining 60 games have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United Matches 1898-2013 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & West Ham.... Clive Allen Paul Allen Charlie Ambler Eddie Bailey (Spurs player & asst manager, West Ham scout) Peter Barnes (Secretary with both clubs) Len Bolan Mark Bowen Ronnie Boyce (West Ham player, Spurs scout) Harry Bradshaw John Burton Chris Carrick Michael Carrick John Chiedozie Roger Cross (West Ham player, Spurs asst manager) Harry Crump Calum Davenport Jermain Defoe Terry Dixon David Dunmore Ilie Dumitrescu Jack Eggett Matthew Etherington Les Ferdinand George Foreman Jimmy Greaves Fred Griffiths Albert Hall Trevor Hartley (West Ham player, Spurs asst manager) Pat Holland (West Ham player, Spurs reserves manager) Percy Hooper Chris Hughton Johnny Jordan Bill Joyce Bill Kaine Frederic Kanoute Robbie Keane Steven Kelly Paul Konchesky Peter Kyle John Lyall (West Ham player & manager, Spurs scout) Ken McKay Percy Mapley Hossam Mido Fred Milnes John Moncur Roger Morgan (Spurs player, West Ham development officer) Jimmy Neighbour Bill Nicholson (Spurs player & manager, West Ham scout) Scott Parker Tony Parks Martin Peters Sergei Rebrov Harry Redknapp (West Ham player & manager of both clubs) Jimmy Reid Mark Robson Neil Ruddock Teddy Sheringham John Smith Perry Suckling (West Ham player, Spurs goalkeeping coach) Mauricio Taricco Mitchell Thomas Walter Thomas Jack Tresadern (West Ham player, Spurs manager) Steve Walford Jimmy Walker Simon Webster Charlie Whitchurch Bobby Zamora please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2012-13 West Ham United Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2012-13 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
I'd forgotten Taricco joined West Ham. Utterly hated him as a Spurs player and was very happy when we got shot of him, although I'll never understand why we kept him for so long.
Yes, he was with West Ham for exactly 27 minutes. He got injured in his first game with the Hammers and then asked Alan Pardew to tear-up his contract, as he didn't think it was fair for West Ham to be paying him when he was injured. Believe it or not, he's still playing football with Brighton & Hove Albion.
Bale looks understandably distressed at having his right leg shoved up his arse! please log in to view this image
Bugger, i hate the west ham games. They're like lose-lose fixtures. We expect to beat them, we should beat them, but they always raise their game against us. Not to mention that any sort of west ham win seems to make their fans think they are on a par or better than us. Luckily the rugby is on so maybe i'll miss it.
Yes, Dixon should have been included, although he never played a first team game for Spurs or West Ham. Shame, as he really had huge potential before his injuries.... please log in to view this image
Many a true word...... Di Canio has certainly cut his managerial teeth quite successfully at Swindon. Just think that the Spammers will be giving Fat Sam at least until the end of the season before contemplating changes. Mind you, that might all change if they lose their next 3 or 4 games and start staring down the barrel of possible relegation......
Is anybody on here going on Monday? Their ground is one of the worst in the league for away fans with poor facilities and a ****e hole to get away from after the game. Plus there's nowhere close by for a pre & post match beer!
"I hate those bastards in claret and blue". A sentence and lyric that really sums up my feelings for West Ham. Really hope we stuff them and play them off the park like we did at home. Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Ekotto Lennon, Parker, Dembele, Bale Holtby, Ade (would even be tempted to play Dempsey there actually after Adebarndoor's displays) Subs: Friedel, Naughton, Gallas, Caulker, Jake, Sig, Dempsey I reckon 2-0 Spurs. Bale and..... Bale.
cheers again 6061. Urgh. Dreading this game, it's just too difficult to call and i agree with Spurm's comments. On paper we should beat them, but i too feel like they will raise their game just like they did against Chelsea when they beat them 3-1. Agree with SOS's line up, but would also like to see Holtby go out wide at times, allowing Bale to play in the centre. Wouldn't mind seeing Sig get some game time too. - Perhaps even Sig behind Bale, with bale as the main striker. - Other partnerships seem to be pretty woeful at the moment, so it might be worth a go for 20 mins or so. As for Di Canio, although a west ham legend, the fans need to be aware that the bloke is just as much of a loose cannon as a manager. evidence would suggest that he's proven himself in the lower leagues, but he has these moments where his decisions are very odd and his arrogance gets in the way. At a higher level of football, he might not get away with it. He signed Leon Clarke, and within a few weeks he then had a fight with him in the tunnel and got rid of him. since leaving he's been prolific elsewhere. He also subbed off Wes Foderingham (goalkeeper) after about 20 mins in 1 game because of a mistake, and it caused all sorts of problems. He told the media that Foderingham was crap against stoke (the previous game) and that he is ready to bring in a new keeper as he was unprofessional. - all from 2 mistakes that just escalated ridiculously. He made other comments to the media about how Foderingham was nothing until he signed him, how he thinks arrogant and untouchable and that basically he owes his career to Di canio. - Sorry, but regardless of how much Foderingham is to blame in the situation, Di canio is a massive hypocrite as he's incredibly unprofessional at times. Should that job at the spammers become available, employing the guy is a massive risk. it's all about him and nothing else. Still, it'd be funny to see another circus in london!
A lot of his passion does get lost in translation, but you have to temper that when he does things like this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20928212 The keeper thing as I saw it was an outburst for having his decision questioned in the first place, quite publicly too. He was right in his example that Mourinho made 2 first half subs in a Madrid game they went on to win, and JM was lauded as a fantastic manager for it!
Still is, but I sympathized with the reaction that PDC got for the same thing, he was just making a decision for the benefit of the team after all.
Damn. At least its at home so i won't have to walk down a green street full of morons on my way home from work ARGH! Its away. ****.
