please log in to view this image Stoke City host Tottenham Hotspur at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday 9th May 2015 (KO 15:00) in the 36th round of 2014-15 Premier League matches. Stoke come into the match in 10th place in the Premier League on 47 points with Spurs in 6th place on 58 points.This will be the 89th 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. Ryan Shawcross handled an Emmanuel Adebyor volley and Roberto Soldado scored the resulting penalty at White Hart Lane in December 2013 to put Spurs 1-0 up at half-time. Further goals in the second half from Mousa Dembélé and Aaron Lennon saw a comfortable 3-0 win for Tottenham. The reverse fixture at Stoke in April 2014 was decided by a 33rd minute Danny Rose goal for Tottenham. Harry Kane made his first League start for Spurs at the Lane against Stoke on 9th November 2014 but it was Bojan who opened the scoring after just 6 minutes. Jon Walters scored just past the half-hour mark to put the Potters 2-0 up at half-time. Nacer Chadli pulled a goal back for Spurs on 77 minutes but seven minutes later Kyle Naughton was sent-off. Overall, Spurs have won 44 games, Stoke have won 24 games and the remaining 20 matches of the 88 played have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full Record of Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City Matches 1896-2015 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 Hancock 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 2014-2015 Stoke City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2008-09 to 2014-2015 please log in to view this image Credit to @THFC6061 The Full Match Article Can Be Found On MyFootballFacts.com
Sorry for such a late one this week, been a bit busy. A potential chance to catch up Liverpool this weekend but Stoke never roll over at home and they've beaten us once already. So long as we at least match Southampton's result I'll be happy.
I'd like to see something of a different approach to this one, as a number of our players are looking jaded. Rest Kane and Eriksen, drop Mason and go with a little more width. Lloris; Dier, Fazio, Vertonghen, Rose; Paulinho, Bentaleb; Dembele, Lamela, Townsend; Soldado. Vorm, Chiriches, Yedlin, Stambouli, Eriksen, Chadli, Kane.
The match at their place in 2011 is still the the most incompetent refereeing display I have ever seen. My prediction is charlie adam will injure kane and put him out of the under21 england tournament.
All the more reason to leave him on the bench today, for me. An article online today highlighted the reason why Eriksen might be looking a bit tired right now: It also pointed out that he was third in ball recoveries per game, behind Matic and Stoke's N'Zonzi. I wonder if he'll end up playing a deeper role, much in the same way that Modric developed with us? I know it's been suggested. Pre-season?
Lloris (C); Dier, Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen; Bentaleb, Mason; Lamela, Eriksen, Chadli; Kane Vorm, Rose, Yedlin, Dembele, Stambouli, Townsend, Soldado. 4 centrebacks?! Pochettino's either a genius or an idiot, I'll decide after the game Actually another Argentine manager did this, Maradonna I think it was. Oh God this is going to be bad, isn't it?
What an utter mess this is. The defence is all over the place and we're creating nothing. Far too much emphasis being placed on Stoke's set-piece prowess. We deserve to be behind. Chiriches should be replaced by Rose.
That was better....but it's further proof that our defence is poor...and imo that our midfield trio of mason, bentaleb and eriksen are burnt out
Our defence is simply embarrassing. Kind of lucky we aint going to be in CL as we'd be slaughtered in each match tbh
This is a shambles...just another typically poor spurs performance . Lacking just about everything. Poor players poor coaching and poor ownership. I have no idea what levy and co want with spurs but years of mid table mediocrity loom
