please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Stoke City at White Hart Lane on Sunday 29th December 2013 (KO 16:00) in the 19th round of 2013-14 Premier League matches. Spurs come into the match in 8th place in the Premier League on 31 points with Stoke in 10th place on 21 points. This will be the 86th time the two teams have met. The first ever meeting came at the Victoria Ground when Stoke City were playing as Stoke FC in the old first round of the FA Cup in February 1896 in a match Stoke won 5-0. Stoke had become one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888 and the clubs were drawn together in the third round of the FA Cup in February 1899 at the Victoria Ground with Stoke winning 4-1. The first match at White Hart Lane between the clubs was a friendly played in March 1900 with Spurs, then Champions of the Southern League, beating Stoke 6-0. Spurs joined the Football League for the 1908-09 season, replacing Stoke who had resigned at the end of the previous season for financial reasons. The clubs didn't meet in a League match until April 1920 in the Second Division with Tottenham winning 2-0 at the Lane and 3-1 at the Victoria Ground. The first meeting in Division One came in March 1923 at Stoke which resulted in a 0-0 draw. Spurs won the reverse fixture at the Lane a week later 3-1. The clubs met for five seasons in the Second Division between 1928 to 1933 and for two seasons in Division One from 1934 to 1935. After the Second World War, the clubs met in the modern FA Cup third round in January 1947 at White Hart Lane which resulted in a 2-2 draw with Stoke winning the replay 1-0 thanks to a Stanley Matthews goal. Three years later, Spurs beat Stoke 1-0 away in the third round. Spurs were Football League Champions in 1950-51 and beat Stoke 6-1 at home but could only draw 0-0 away during that season. Every League game played between Spurs and Stoke since WW2 has taken place in the Top Flight, except for season 1977-78 when Spurs spent a single season in Division Two, beating Stoke 3-1 in both matches. The clubs met in the FA Cup in January 1976 with a 1-1 draw at the Lane followed by a 2-1 win for Stoke in the replay. Tottenham Hotspur were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 but Stoke City's first season in the competition only came in 2008-09 with Stoke winning 2-1 at the Britannia Stadium and Spurs winning 3-1 at the Lane. During 2009-10, Stoke won 1-0 at White Hart Lane with Spurs winning 2-1 at the Britannia. In 2010-11, Spurs did the "double" over Stoke, winning the away fixture 2-1 with a brace of goals from Gareth Bale and the home fixture 3-2 in April with a double from Peter Crouch and a Luka Modric goal. The teams met for the first time in the Football League (Carling) Cup 3rd round in September 2011 at Stoke and the match finished in a goalless draw after extra time. Stoke went on to win the penalty shoot-out 7-6. Spurs youngster Massimo Luongo penalty was saved by Thomas Sorensen. The 2011-12 Premier League game at the Britannia Stadium in December was won 2-1 by Stoke with a Matthew Etherington brace putting the Potters 2-0 up at half-time. Tottenham's Emmanuel Adebayor pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after 62 minutes but defender Younes Kaboul was sent-off after collecting two yellow cards. The match at White Hart Lane in March 2012 resulted in a 1-1 draw. After a goalless first half, Cameron Jerome put the visitors ahead after 75 minutes but a Rafael van der Vaart header in the dying moments of the game ensured that honours were even. The match at White Hart Lane in December 2012 finished in a goalless draw. The match had few clear-cut chances for either team. A Steven Nzonzi header after just 3 minutes put Stoke ahead in the match at Britannia Stadium in May 2013 but Clint Dempsey equalised after 20 minutes. The winning goal came from Emmanuel Adebayor seven minutes from time. Overall, Spurs have won 42 games, Stoke have won 23 games and the remaining 20 matches of the 85 played have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full Record of Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City Matches 1896-2013 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Stoke... Paul Allen Garry Brooke Joe Brough George Clawley Garth Crooks Peter Crouch Matthew Etherington Ray Evans Márton Fülöp Eiður Guðjohnsen Ken Han**** Archie Heggarty Stephen Kelly Fred Latham Billy Leech Gerry Mahon Ian Moores James Morton Wilson Palacios Tony Parks Jimmy Robertson Hans Segers Paul Stewart Charlie Wilson Jonathan Woodgate please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 Stoke City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2008-09 to 2013-14 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Who's the Ref? Probably someone who wants to make it up to Stoke for their display against Newcastle. Foy ? Or that useless one we had vs 'pool or yesterday. Eventually we are going to hit the target and get a few goals. Paulinho back from suspension should start IMO with Erikssen, Lamella and Sigurdsson in Midfield. Soldado and Ade up front again. Fredericks in for Walker.
Crouch with a hat trick anyone? Wilson to give a midfield lesson in clean tackling and accurate passing? You just know its gonna happen
Swear filter on overdrive, THFC6061? Nice to see Paul Stewart making his inevitable appearance, too. I'd like to see this side start: Lloris; Naughton, Dawson, Chiriches, Rose; Lamela, Paulinho, Capoue, Eriksen; Adebayor, Soldado. I doubt it will happen, though.
Just in case anyone missed it, Stoke's outstanding goalkeeper, who once earned us £1m for no apparent reason, broke one of his fingers and is expected to be out for six weeks. Begovic will be a big miss for them, so it's important that we actually have a few shots on target, for once.
The last time mark Hughes took his QPR side to the lane, they out passed us, made us look average, for 45 minutes, although Avb did play Bale at left back. Also when at Blackburn Hughes beat us at the lane. Then this game we was lucky to win http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4750318.stm Basically Mark Hughes enjoys coming to the lane as a manager with a small club and I won't be surprised if they put on a performance. Glenn whelan and Marc Wilson are also missing, although not sure how important they are to Stoke.
Fantasy football? I can't see Walker being dropped, but depending on rose's fitness then he could sit out as because of the festive period. Not much help yet you're better off putting in Dawson if you can afford it.
Ooh does he? Sorry, saw he came on for Naughton in that game against Liverpool, so just assumed. Who is Fredericks!? Hmm so you think it would be risky to put Naughton in my FPL team?
Not as risky as Sherwood putting him in his team! Fredericks, young player who came through the youth setup. Makes Usain Bolt look like a snail, not sure about his defending though.
Naughton plays either full back - but he does so badly, and usually costing us a goal with an errant back pass. More often than not, as in the Liverpool game, it's at left back. Adam Smith or Ryan Fredericks would be better options at right back, for the simple reason fans won;t break out in a cold sweat the moment they discover he's playing.
Wow, is he that bad!? We had him on loan a couple of seasons back, he was immense for us. I decided not to risk it in the end, cheers for the help though Good luck tomorrow, and I'm not just saying that because I have Adebayor already in my team
