please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Swansea City at White Hart Lane on Sunday 25th August 2013 (KO 16:00) in the 2nd round of matches in the 2013-14 Premier League season. Tottenham won their opening game of the season 1-0 at Crystal Palace while Swansea lost 1-4 at home to Manchester United. This will be the 42nd 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 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. The fixture at the Liberty Stadium in December 2011 finished in a 1-1 draw with Spurs going ahead just before half-time through Rafael van der Vaart but Swansea salvaged a point with a late equaliser from Scott Sinclair. Rafael van der Vaart put Spurs 1-0 up at halftime in the match at White Hart Lane in April 2012 with a 19th minute goal. Sigurdsson equalised for Swansea in the 59th minute but a brace from Emmanuel Adebayor secured the three points for Spurs. During the 2012 summer Tottenham Hotspur signed Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson from 1899 Hoffenheim but who had been on loan at Swansea City for the 2011-12 season. The game at White Hart Lane in December 2012 was won by a Jan Vertonghen goal scored in the 75th minute. Swansea won the first major trophy in their history in February 2013 when they beat Bradford City in the Football League Cup Final 5-0. The game at Liberty Stadium at the end of March 2013 was won 2-1 by Spurs. Jan Vertonghen put Spurs ahead after 7 minutes and Gareth Bale added a second on 21 minutes. Swansea pulled a goal back through Miguel Michu on 71 minutes. Overall, Spurs have won 23, Swansea have won 10 and 8 of the 41 matches played so far between the two clubs have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City Matches 1928-2014 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Swansea.... 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 Gylfi Sigurdsson Micky Stead Arthur Willis (Spurs player, Swansea coach) Alan Woods please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 Swansea City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2011-12 to 2013-14 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Really nervous about this game. Swansea are quality but I think it will be 1-1 till the 75th+ minute then we'll knick 2 thanks to having a larger squad to cope with the EL, and winning 3-1.
yeah am expecting a tough game as Swansea won't want to start with two defeats so there players will be fired up to get a result, plus they pass the ball superbly at times. Shelvey iI expect will have a great game and him v Capoue (if he starts) will be a bruising match up. right now I feel like a draw is likely.
Thanks guys - much appreciated! I think Spurs have enough momentum coming off a good 5-0 away European match to get the three points off Swansea. Swansea themselves did well on Thursday night but I think that Spurs will have just too many options available for them to handle. 2-0 to Spurs then. Soldado to continue his goalscoring streak.
Home game against a team who's not quite at our level? May as well call the game off and give us the three points now.
I know it shows a distinct lack of ambition but i would take a draw against Swansea, they are(???) better away than at home i think. Have the upmost respect for Swansea and add to that they are bloody good outfit. I predicted 3-1 in the prediction thread, i'm wondering whether i might have been drunk or on a optimistic day. Capoue might have to deal with Michu rather than Shelvey, he drops off and needs covering. Either way, hoping to get a good stream as should be a cracking match
Spurs should be looking to win ALL their home games! Any draws or losses are frowned upon, no matter who the opponents are. Without disrespecting Swansea, we should be looking to beat them at WHL.
thats unrealistic. I doubt any team has ever won every home game and we'll drop points at home against worse teams than swansea this season
The point I'm making, is that Spurs should approach the home games with a view to winning them, and the supporters should follow suit. Of course we won't win them all, but at the very least, we should be looking to beat Swansea at home. I for one would be disappointed with a draw. These are the sort of games we must win if we are to qualify for CL.
i expect them to try to win the game, but i would be fairly happy with a draw. Its not a bad result against a decent team like swansea
We have a good record against Swansea because they play football and on that basis the better side should win.
It's a shame that their Europa League opposition didn't give them more of a game, though I'm sure Swansea are thinking the same thing about Tblisi. Should be a good game, played in the right manner.
Its funny how both sets of supporters can be pessimistic. On our board the view is how we can keep the score down It should be a good game, I a little worried about our defence as we have been a little loose to date which you will no doubt tale advantage of. But I also expect Michu and Bony to cause you a few problems too. It was close last year and we didn't turn up for that game. My prediction is 2-1 with a late winner for Spurs - I will be there and looking forward to it.
Guessing you haven't seen a thread from THFC6061 before, Robspur? Great aren't they? Easily the best match threads on not606. Cheers again 6061. Really excited about this game, it'll be tight, but should be a cracker! Spurs win for me. Just.
I hope you're right, and I can't wait to see it (seeing as I came all the way from Pittsburgh...) Enjoy yourself And thanks for the great match thread, THFC!
