please log in to view this image Swansea City host Tottenham Hotspur at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday 31st December the 19th round of the 2011-12 Premier League season (18th game for Spurs). Swansea come into the game in 14th place on 19 points, while Spurs are in 3rd place on 38 points. This will be the 38th time the two teams have met. Swansea City were founded in 1912 as Swansea Town (they changed their name to Swansea City in 1969) and joined the Second Division of the Southern League for the 1913-14 season. After World War One, The Jacks became members of the SL First Division and joined the Football League in season 1920-21 when the Southern League was incorporated to form the Third Division of the Football League. The following season the division was re-named the Third Division South. The first meeting between Spurs and Swansea came in the Second Division in November 1928 at Vetch Field with the home side winning 4-0. The reverse fixture in March 1929 at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-1 draw. The clubs met for a further eight seasons in Division Two between seasons 1930-31 and 1938-39 with 10 wins for Spurs, 2 wins for Swansea and 4 matches drawn. During the Second World War, the clubs played two games in the Football League South with a win each. The clubs played for two more seasons in Division Two after WW2 with three wins for Spurs and one for Swansea. Spurs and Swansea have played five games in the Football League Cup, the first of which came in the second round in September 1970 with Tottenham winning 3-0 at the Lane with goals from Steve Perryman, Martin Peters and Roger Morgan. Eight years later, Swansea drew with Spurs 2-2 at Vetch Field in the second round first leg and won 3-1 at White Hart Lane. The most recent League Cup meetings came in the second round in 1991 with Swansea winning 1-0 at home in the first leg and Spurs winning 5-1 at White Hart Lane with goals from Paul Stewart, Vinnie Samways, Gary Lineker, Paul Allen and an own goal. Swansea City won promotion to the Top Flight of English Football for the first time in season 1981-82 and were league leaders at one stage before finishing in 6th position. The match at Vetch Field in September 1981 resulted in a 2-1 win for The Swans with Glenn Hoddle scoring for Spurs, while the return match at the Lane in May 1982 was won 2-1 by Spurs with Gary Brooke scoring both goals. A similar set of results came in Swansea's second season in Division One with a 2-0 home win in Swansea and a 1-0 home win in Tottenham. The most recent game played between the two clubs came in a friendly played in Swansea in November 1992, which resulted in a 3-3 draw. Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea City have never met in the FA Cup. Swansea became the first Welsh club to play in the Premier League by winning the play-off against Reading at Wembley 4-2 thanks mainly to a Scott Sinclair hat-trick. During the summer, Tottenham Hotspur's England U-21 central defender Steven Caulker joined Swansea City on a season's loan where he joined former Spurs players Wayne Routledge and Mark Gower. Overall, Swansea have won 10, Spurs have won 20 and 7 of the 37 matches between the two clubs have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Swansea City v Tottenham Hotspur Matches 1928-2011 They Played for Swansea & Spurs.... Terry Boyle Derek Brazil Ivor Brown Ron Burgess (also Swansea coach & manager) Steven Caulker Willie Davies Gerry Francis (Swansea player, Spurs manager) Roger Gibbins Mark Gower Charlie Handley Percy Hooper Jack Illingworth Cliff Jones Ernie Jones Mark Kendall Derek King Doug Livermore (Swansea coach, Spurs asst. manager) Terry Medwin (Spurs player, Swansea asst. manager) Joe Meek Paul Price Wayne Routledge Micky Stead Arthur Willis (Spurs player, Swansea coach) Alan Woods please log in to view this image Swansea City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2011-12 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Terrific article, well done. How we could do with some of those players from the past. Shame Caulker can`t play against you, he`s a cracking young player. How many of you will be coming down to watch the goal fest? and I don`t mean us scoring the goals.
Thanks! - Glad you found it of interest. I'm not sure excatly what Tottenham's allocation will be, but I do know that we have very good away support and we'll sell all the tickets we're given. Spurs have great hopes for Steven Caulker and from what I've seen of him this season for Swansea, he seems to be progressing very nicely indeed. We're looking for him to replace Ledley King eventually, but that might not be for another season or two.
I think, although he might look rough around the edges if chucked into a top half PL side, he's easily going to replace Ledders. The guy will be class. Also, fantastic thread!
great thread 6061, all i want is a good game with not too many goals against us, congratulations on getting to 3rd place behind the manchester clubs, you are the team of the season for me so far and you should brush us aside with not much problem.......good luck in europe....
