please log in to view this image Stoke City host Tottenham Hotspur at the Britannia Stadium on Tuesday 20th September 2011 in a Football League (Carling) Cup third round tie, which will be settled on the night by extra time or a penalty shoot-out. Both clubs received a bye to the third round of the competition due to their involvement in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League. This will be the 81st time the two teams have met and their first match against each other in the Football League Cup. The first 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 became 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 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. Last season, 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 brace from Peter Crouch and a Luka Modric goal. Peter Crouch moved to Stoke City during the summer along with fellow team-mates Jonathan Woodgate and Wilson Palacios, where they joined another former Spurs player, Matthew Etherington. Overall, Spurs have won 41 games, Stoke have won 17 games and the remaining 22 matches of the 80 played have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full history of Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur matches 1896-2011 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 Stoke City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2008-2012 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Squad Numbers 1992-2012
I'm not sure what he was like for Stoke, but he was a fair player with Spurs. From 1976 to 1979, he made 39 first team appearances, scoring 17 goals. He helped Spurs regain their First Division status in 1977-78 before moving on to Leyton Orient. It was a huge shock when we heard he died at the very young age of 43 in 1998.
SPURS TEAM NEWS: Sandro and William Gallas could return to action in Tuesday night's Carling Cup third round tie at Stoke. Neither player has featured so far this season. Sandro suffered a knee injury on international duty with Brazil at the Copa America in the summer while William is on the way back from a calf problem that struck early in pre-season. "I'm hoping William Gallas may be okay to come back, we'll see how he is after training this morning," reported Harry Redknapp at Spurs Lodge on Monday. "Sandro is also on his way back and I may get an hour out of him tomorrow. It would be great if I could get those two back playing again. "Other than that it will be one or two of the younger players who have played recently and done well and one or two of the seniors players who didn't feature on Sunday." The manager said he was likely to make a changes from the team that was so impressive against Liverpool on Sunday, but insisted he was after a win at Stoke, nothing less. "We want to stay in the competition, we want to win and go all the way if we can," he said. "We could have Sandro and William Gallas back, Pav needs another game, van der Vaart is back, Gomes, Bassong, Corluka - that's not a bad team, is it? "One or two of the youngsters will get another chance as well." Michael Dawson, Danny Rose, Steven Pienaar, Tom Huddlestone, Aaron Lennon all remain sidelined.
I remember the game against Spurs after we won the 2nd division title in 1962-63. It was our first game of the new season in August '63 at the old Victoria Ground. Spurs still had a number of their double winning team in their side that day, including Bill Brown, Bobby Smith and John White I think. Stoke won 2-1 on that day and I was overjoyed. I have always liked Spurs, ever since they won the double in 1961. Let's hope tomorrows cup-tie is a good, entertaining game. Difficult to call really as it could depend upon team selections for both sides. I think both Pulis and Redknapp will field much-changed sides.
