please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Norwich City at White Hart Lane on Easter Monday 9th April (KO 15:00) in the 33rd round of the 2011-12 Premier League season. Tottenham come into the game in third place in the table on 59 points after their 0-0 draw at Sunderland, while Norwich are in 12th place on 40 points after their 2-2 home draw against Everton. This will be the 77th time the two teams have met. Norwich City were founded in 1902 by three former Norwich Church of England Young Men's Society players. The club lost their amateur status in 1905 and joined the Southern League shortly afterwards. The first meeting between Spurs and Norwich came in April 1906 in the Southern League and the East Anglian club won 4-1 at White Hart Lane. The reverse fixture at Newmarket Road was won by Spurs 3-0. Vivian Woodward scored three goals for Spurs against Norwich that season. The clubs met for two further seasons in the Southern League, resulting in two wins for Norwich, a win for Spurs and a drawn match. Spurs joined the Football League for season 1908-09 and the next meeting with Norwich came in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in January 1915 at "The Nest" in Rosary Road, resulting in a 3-2 win for the Canaries. Four friendlies were played between 1916 and 1925 with Spurs winning two games, Norwich one and one drawn game. The first Football League meeting between the two clubs came in the Second Division in December 1935 with Spurs winning 2-1 at the Lane, while Norwich won the reverse fixture 1-0 in April 1936 at their new home in Carrow Road. The clubs met for a further three seasons in Division Two resulting in four wins for Spurs and two for Norwich. During World War Two, Spurs & Norwich played two matches in the Football League South. An FA Cup fifth round match in February 1959 ended in a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane and Norwich pulled-off a 'giant killing' act by beating Spurs 1-0 in the replay at Carrow Road. The first meeting in the Top Flight of English Football came in October 1972 when a Martin Chivers goal at Carrow Road wasn't enough to prevent a 2-1 win for Norwich. The clubs contested the 1973 Football League Cup Final at Wembley and a Ralph Coates goal was enough to bring the silverware to White Hart Lane. Martin Chivers scored a brace in Tottenham's 3-1 win against Norwich in the reverse First Division fixture at the Lane a week later. The clubs met regularly in Division One from season 1973-74 to 1991-92 with honours being generally even. Both Spurs and Norwich were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93, but the Canaries lost their top flight status after the 1994-95 season and returned for one season in 2004-05. Spurs won 5 of the 8 Premier League matches played with Norwich winning once and two drawn games. The clubs met in a pre-season friendly at Carrow Road in July 2008 with Darren Bent scoring four goals in a 5-1 Spurs win. During the summer, Norwich City signed Spurs defender Kyle Naughton on a season's loan. The reverse fixture at Carrow Road earlier this season in December resulted in a rather comfortable 2-0 away win for Spurs, thanks to a brace of goals scored by Gareth Bale in the 55th and 67th minutes. Overall, Spurs have won 34, Norwich have won 22 and 20 of the 76 matches between the two clubs have been drawn. please log in to view this image Tottenham have a winning percentage in games against Norwich of 44.74%, while Norwich have a winning percentage in games against Spurs of 28.95%. Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City Matches 1906-2012 http://www.myfootballfacts.com/SpursvNorwichCity.html please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Norwich.... Chris Adams Ben Alnwick Arthur Archer Troy Archibald-Henville Jimmy Banks David Bentley Jimmy Bauchop Len Bolan Kevin Bond (Norwich player, Spurs asst. manager) Mark Bowen Garry Brady Garry Brooke Laurie Brown Walter Bugg Jim Chalmers Martin Chivers Ian Crook Peter Crouch Ian Culverhouse (also Norwich asst. manager) Roy Darbo Calum Davenport Gary Doherty Bill Edrich Neale Fenn Tom Fitchie Clayton Fortune Ruel Fox Johnny Galvin Roger Gibbins Bert Gosnell (Spurs player, Norwich manager) Charlie Handley Roy Hollins Percy Humphries Jimmy Kennedy Doug Livermore (Norwich player, Spurs manager) Paul McVeigh Terry Medwin (Spurs player, Norwich reserve coach) Fred Milnes Billy Minter Kyle Naughton Jimmy Neighbour Maurice Norman Charlie O'Hagan (Spurs player, Norwich manager) Scott Parker Martin Peters Robert Pilch (also Norwich director) John Polston John Sainty (Spurs player, Norwich coach) Fred Sharp Tim Sherwood Jimmy Smith Cyril Spiers (Spurs player, Norwich manager) John Sutton Andy Thompson Steve Walford Simon Webster Charlie Williams Willie Young please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Norwich City 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
Talk of the devil Great post as usual THFC6061. Have a look at my post on the Celtic thread and Spurcat's question. Can you answer that one 6061?
The archetypal 'must win' game and I think we will. If Bale is out, then we have Lennon to replace him. Not as good obviously, but a very acceptable replacement to have.
Bale has 10goals and 10 assists? On Sky yesterday they said Adebayor was the only PL player in double figures for both.
Is there any update on Bale yet? The knock he took towards the end yesterday looked potentially damaging and not much recovery time.....
Not sure but he's only got 9 league goals because his goal against Fulham was later given as an own goal by the dubious goals panel.
I wonder how Redknapp will deal with rotating the squad? I'll be surprised if Sandro starts and I'd expect Lennon to play a part. More top stuff, 6061. David Bentley looks like some sort of ludicrous 1920s superhero, though!
I don't think so, YV. He didn't even make the bench against Sunderland though, so I don't know for sure.
Norwich fan here. Can't see anything but a home win, unfortunately. You can obviously change your team round without losing too much quality, while we can't, and we used a lot of energy yesterday to get back into the game twice. Last time I was at WHL, you stuffed us 5-1 on Good Friday in 1993, but I think we can avoid a similar score tomorrow.
Cheers, Carra. We may have enough depth to switch things around, but Redknapp rarely wants to. It'll be interesting to see what he does.
I would suspect Harry would have been desperate for us to win yesterday so he could maybe at least have the option of making 2 or 3 changes for tomorrow. That we now really do need to win tomorrow, will probably mean he'll only be prepared to make 1 or 2 changes. I agree, it must be doubtful we'll see Sandro start and I think Lennon will feature more. It's clear Harry is nursing him along and I am hopeful he will start, but wouldn't bank on it. I'll be interested to see what he does at CB. Will he go with Ledley, or will he stick with Gallas ?? I can't see Gallas being able to make 2 games in 48 hours, but again, I can't be sure.
Great thread, by the way. Wait until you see our resident matchday thread creator. You'll either or think WTF?
This now is a crucial game. It was always a must-win but now it's absolutely imperative we take all 3 points.
