please log in to view this image Bolton Wanderers (one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888-89) travel to White Hart Lane to face Tottenham Hotspur in the 26th round of Premier League matches on Saturday 5th February 2011. This will be the 102nd time the two teams have met. The first meeting came at Northumberland Park in April 1898 when Spurs were playing in the Southern League in a friendly which was drawn 2-2. A further friendly was played at the same venue in November 1899 which Spurs won 4-0. The clubs first met in Football League action during Tottenham's first season in the competition with Spurs winning both matches 2-1 at home and 1-0 away during 1908-09. Both clubs were promoted to the First Division the next season and Spurs drew 1-1 at White Hart Lane and won 2-0 at Burnden Park. The first FA Cup meeting came in the 2nd round (today's 4th round) in season 1924-25 with Bolton earning a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane but losing their home replay 1-0. Bolton had the best of the first Football League Cup meeting between the clubs, winning 6-1 at home in the 4th round in November 1996. Spurs got a 1-1 away draw in the first Premier League meeting in September 1997 and followed this with a 3-2 away win in March 1996. Last season, Spurs took four points out of six off Bolton with a 2-2 away draw at the Reebok and a 1-0 win at the Lane. The teams were also drawn together in the 5th round of the FA Cup with Spurs drawing 1-1 away and finishing the job 4-0 at the Lane, which included two Bolton own goals. Bolton won the reverse fixture at the Reebok Stadium in November 4-2 with a Kevin Davies brace and goals from Gretar Steinsson and Martin Petrov while Tottenham's goals came from Alan Hutton and Roman Pavlyuchenko. That win gave Bolton the upper hand in Premier League matches over Spurs by 9 to 8 with the remaining 6 matches of the 23 played so far drawn. Overall, Spurs have the edge over Bolton with 44 wins to 37 with 20 matches out of the 101 played so far drawn. please log in to view this image Full history of Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers matches 1898-2011... http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Spurs...Wanderers.html please log in to view this image They played for Spurs & Bolton... Fred Barrett Gudni Bergsson Sean Davis Frank Drabble Chris Fairclough Les Ferdinand Quinton Fortune George Goldsmith Eidur Gudjohnsen Bill Hinton George Hunt Ernie Jones Gordon Jones Bill Joyce Don McAllister Neil McNab Ian Moores Grzegorz Rasiak Bert Sproston (Spurs player, Bolton coach & scout) Bob Tannahill Wilf Waller Ian Walker Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Squad Numbers 1993-2011... http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Totte...d_Numbers.html Bolton Wanderers Premier League Squad Numbers 1995-2011... http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Bolto...d_Numbers.html
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