please log in to view this image Hull City host Tottenham Hotspur at the KC Stadium on Saturday 1st February (KO 15:00) in the 24th round of the 2013-14 Premier League. Hull City come into the match in 13th place in the Table on 23 points while Spurs are in 5th place on 43 points. Saturday's match at will be the 33rd time the two teams have met. Hull City AFC were founded in June 1904, playing their home games at The Boulevard (the home of Hull Rugby club) and were admitted into the Second Division of the Football League for the 1905-06 season and finished in 5th place. Tottenham Hotspur first played Hull City on 12th January 1907 in the FA Cup 1st Round (today's 3rd Round) when Spurs were in the Southern League and Hull were in the Second Division of the Football League. The match at White Hart Lane ended in a 0-0 draw, as did the replay at Anlaby Road but the match was abandoned after just 10 minutes of extra time. The result stood and a second replay was held at White Hart Lane with Herbert Chapman (later to become a successful manager at Arsenal) scoring the winning goal for Tottenham. Spurs were admitted into the Football League for season 1908-09 and met Hull City in the Second Division. The Tigers took three out of four points off Spurs but it was Tottenham who won promotion to the First Division. The two clubs next met in a friendly played in Brussels, Belgium in May 1912 with Hull City winning 2-0. Spurs lost their Top Flight status when football resumed after WW1 and The games played against Hull on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 1919 were both won by Tottenham 4-0 at home and 3-1 away. Those four points taken off Hull helped Spurs win promotion again. The next 10 League meetings all took place in the Second Division over the course of 50 years between 1928 and 1978. Hull City moved to Boothferry Park in 1946 and remained there until 2002. Leeds United played a home Division One game there against Spurs on 25th August 1971 as they were serving a ground closure penalty. Alan Gilzean scored Spurs goal in a 1-1 draw. The clubs met in the 1953-54 FA Cup with Spurs winning a replayed 5th Round tie 2-0 at the Lane after the first match ended in a 1-1 draw. Hull were also beaten by Spurs in the 1980-81 FA Cup 4th Round 2-0 at White Hart Lane with Steve Archibald and Garry Brooke getting the goals. Tottenham would go on to win the Centenary Final that season against Manchester City. The Tigers won promotion to the Top Flight of English Football for the first time in their history for the 2008-09 Premier League season and beat Spurs 1-0 at White Hart Lane in October 2008. The return match at the KC Stadium in February 2009 was won 2-1 by Spurs with goals from Aaron Lennon and Jonathan Woodgate. A second foreign match was played between Spurs and Hull in Beijing, China in the Final of the Barclays Premier League Asia Trophy in July 2009. Spurs won 3-0 with Robbie Keane scoring a brace and Aaron Lennon getting a goal. Jermain Defoe scored a hat-trick and Wilson Palacios & Robbie Keane scored in the 5-1 Premier League Spurs win at the KC Stadium in August 2009. The match at the Lane in January 2010 ended in a goalless draw. Hull were relegated at the end of the season. Midfielder Tom Huddlestone joined Hull City from Spurs during the Summer 2013 transfer window for £5.25 million and fellow midfielder Jake Livermore went on loan for the season. A Roberto Soldado penalty late into the game was enough for Spurs to take all three points at the Lane in the Premier League match played in October 2013. The clubs met in the 4th Round of the Football League (Capital One) Cup later in October 2013 with the game finishing in a 2-2 draw after extra time.Gylfi Sigurdsson opened the scoring for Spurs after 16 minutes. Brad Friedel scored an own goal after 53 minutes and Paul McShane put Hull ahead in extra time before Harry Kane leveled things up after 108 minutes. Spurs won the penalty shoot-out 8-7 Saturday's game at White Hart Lane will be the 33rd match played between the two clubs and Spurs have the edge with 13 wins to Hull's 9 with 10 matches having been drawn. please log in to view this image Full Record of Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City Matches 1907-2014 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Hull.... Stan Alexander Nick Barmby (also Hull manager) Jim Blyth John Bostock Charlie Brown Fraizer Campbell Stephen Clemence (Spurs player, Hull reserve team manager) Kevin Dearden Andy Duncan Anthony Gardner George Goldsmith Foster Hedley Tom Huddlestone Jake Livermore George Maddison Dean Marney Terry Neil (Hull player & manager at both clubs) Peter Taylor (Spurs player, Hull manager) Alton Thelwell please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 Hull 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
Back to 442, I hope. Never thought I'd say that Eriksen doesn't offer us enough and we can't just keep not playing Defoe and Soldado. Assuming we can successfuly appeal Rose's red card then I'd like to see: Lloris Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Rose Lennon, Paulinho, Capoue, Chadli Soldado, Ade Capoue will probably be gone though so I guess it'll be Bentaleb if Dembele's injured.
I'd happily have Eriksen on the left if he offered some width but he doesn't seem to want to do that. The players I've picked are all capable of running and passing the ball, that's about all the creativity you need in a 442. I've got no complaints when he does something special but he does nothing in between. I was saying it last week and the week before too, he doesn't work hard enough for the team and he's not good enough to be allowed float around the pitch like VDV and Bale were. More to the point, perhaps, we're not good enough to have a player like that in our team at the moment. When VDV played we had Lennon and Bale roaring down the wings and Modric in getting us moving forward and picking up the slack from VDV. When Bale was given a free role he was double or triple marked most games, which helped those around him and he still managed to score and assist regularly. Eriksen's set pieces are a great asset to have but his contribution in open play is really bad.
Eiriksen and Ade have been our two scorers since Sherwood took over. I'd play them, continue to leave out Soldado, and try Holtby on the left. Plan B would be Soldado back and Eiriksen on the left. Either way, we'll have someone who won't offer much defensive help. But I'd rather have an extra player who can score.
I'll like to see Soldado return. He was in good form even if not scoring. Chelsea still play Torres as he's a great team player and same with Soldado. He's a great team player, good at linking up and he's cost a small fortune so we need to be 100 percent sure he's a dud before the season is out. Also he's ice cool from the penalty spot even with the pressure he's under. That says alot about his mental strength.
Might be an idea to play Eriksen in the middle alongside either Capoue or Sandro, depending upon who's fit or still at the club, and go back to a 4-4-2.
Agree with that, if Eriksen is in the middle then I wouldn't start Bentaleb. Ideally we need Sandro back but that looks unlikely. Or if we can get Sandro, Paulinho and Eriksen all starting, with Lennon and Adebayor with Soldado. That would give me more confidence.
Dear Tim, Please give your half-time team talk before the match. If we take 30 minutes to get going again I'm going to be really pissed off.
Coming to a theatre very soon.Hull v Tottenham.Starring those lovely boys from White Hart Lane against the evil Tigers. Who will turn up on this day?Will it be Spurs or Hull? Can that strange club called Tottenham Hotspur put it on or put it off? Don't miss it! Watch as the Spurs attempt to improve on the worst goal difference fans can remember for centuries! Make that years!!!!!?
Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur With four defeats in a row in the Premier League, Hull have fallen from grace a little since the start of the year. Their home form is still pretty decent, though, and I think they are stronger when former Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone is playing. I know Spurs were a bit unfortunate to get Danny Rose sent off against Manchester City on Wednesday, but to lose 5-1 was a bit of a reality check for them as Manchester City took them apart. This is a horrible game for Spurs. Their attitude needs to be right too, because plenty of teams have gone to the KC Stadium thinking 'who are Hull and what are they doing in the top flight?' It is only at the final whistle that they realise. Lawro's prediction: Hull City 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur Lawro's 2013-14 Predictions
It might be a case that he hates us more. Last season I think he only predicted us to pick up about 6 more points than QPR!
The FA have withdrawn Rose's suspension for tackling Dzeko so he can play tomorrow http://www.thefa.com//news/governance/2014/jan/danny-rose-appeal-310114
