Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City Match History 1896-2013

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Tottenham Hotspur host Stoke City at White Hart Lane on Sunday 29th December 2013 (KO 16:00) in the 19th round of 2013-14 Premier League matches.

Spurs come into the match in 8th place in the Premier League on 31 points with Stoke in 10th place on 21 points. This will be the 86th time the two teams have met.

The first ever 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 had become 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 only 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.

In 2010-11, 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 double from Peter Crouch and a Luka Modric goal.

The teams met for the first time in the Football League (Carling) Cup 3rd round in September 2011 at Stoke and the match finished in a goalless draw after extra time. Stoke went on to win the penalty shoot-out 7-6. Spurs youngster Massimo Luongo penalty was saved by Thomas Sorensen.

The 2011-12 Premier League game at the Britannia Stadium in December was won 2-1 by Stoke with a Matthew Etherington brace putting the Potters 2-0 up at half-time. Tottenham's Emmanuel Adebayor pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after 62 minutes but defender Younes Kaboul was sent-off after collecting two yellow cards. The match at White Hart Lane in March 2012 resulted in a 1-1 draw. After a goalless first half, Cameron Jerome put the visitors ahead after 75 minutes but a Rafael van der Vaart header in the dying moments of the game ensured that honours were even.

The match at White Hart Lane in December 2012 finished in a goalless draw. The match had few clear-cut chances for either team.

A Steven Nzonzi header after just 3 minutes put Stoke ahead in the match at Britannia Stadium in May 2013 but Clint Dempsey equalised after 20 minutes. The winning goal came from Emmanuel Adebayor seven minutes from time.

Overall, Spurs have won 42 games, Stoke have won 23 games and the remaining 20 matches of the 85 played have been drawn.

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Full Record of Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City Matches 1896-2013

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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 Han****
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

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Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14

Stoke City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2008-09 to 2013-14

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Will be very happy with a point due to the fact that we are without Begovic, Huth and Wilson. It will depend how we respond after the calamity in Newcastle.

 

Calamity Smithers? We was robbed. We did not deserve a 5-1 beating. 3-1 I would have accepted. Atkinson when next in Stoke will get an unwelcome reception. However we must move on and consign that to the memory.

Without Begovic, Huth and Wilson I do fear we are likely to suffer but I would be quite delighted with a point.

Best wishes

 

I didn't mean that in a negative way, just it was the best I could come up with to cover the events in general. I actually thought we were pretty good up until the wheels came off!

 

I understand we played them off the park for the first 30 minutes before Atkinson spoilt the game!

Very disappointing and I really got quite vexed waiting SNF choice on Sky on Boxing Night!

 

I do think the players have to be smarter than smart when put in that situation though!

 

Spurs being at home should win this game, however the way Sparkey has changed you, I won't be surprised if you get something from the game, especially if you play like you did the first 30 minutes or so against NU

 

PLAYER NOTES

- Michael Dawson is set to become our only ever-present in the Premier League this season as Kyle Walker misses out through suspension. Like Kyle, Michael has started all 18 PL matches so far.

- Mousa Dembele has featured in 27 of our 29 matches in all competitions this season.

- A number of players have yet to face the Potters - Vlad Chiriches, Etienne Capoue, Nacer Chadli, Christian Eriksen, Lewis Holtby, Erik Lamela and Paulinho.

- However, Roberto Soldado has faced Stoke - he came off the bench in both legs as Valencia beat the Potters 1-0 home and away in the Europa League in February, 2012.

LEAGUE v STOKE

- We are unbeaten in our last three PL meetings against Stoke (1 win, 2 draws).

- We have only lost one of our last seven PL meetings against the Potters (won 4, drawn 2).

- There has only been one 0-0 PL draw in our 10 PL meetings - at the Lane in December, 2012. This is our only goalless draw in the last 24 league meetings against Stoke dating back to October, 1977.

- We have scored in six of the last seven PL meetings and in eight of the 10 PL clashes overall.

HOME LEAGUE v STOKE

- We are unbeaten in our last three home PL meetings against Stoke (1 win, 2 draws).

- We’ve drawn our last two home PL meetings.

HEAD TO HEAD

Our biggest league win against Stoke is a five-goal margin, last achieved in a 6-1 victory at Stoke's former Victoria Ground home in the old Division One on September 15, 1951.

Our biggest league win at the Lane is by a five-goal margin achieved by the 'Push And Run' title-winners, a 6-1 win in Division One on October 21, 1950.

The highest aggregate scoreline is seven goals - last occuring in a 4-3 win at the Lane in Division One, October 7, 1972.

HAT-TRICKS v STOKE

Only two players have scored hat-tricks against Stoke in our history, both at the Lane.

- Frank Osbourne at the Lane, a 3-1 win in the old Division Two, October, 1929.

- Steve Archibald at the Lane, a 4-1 win in the old Division One, May, 1983.

 

Given the absolute **** rer's performance vs Newcastle the player's (who are available for todays game must be shattered. Withouut Bego, maybe Huth possibly Shawcross. Certain are Wilson and Whelan, I think we're fooked. I honestly would love to come away from this game with on a minus 1 added to our gd.
Anything better, will be like Xmas mark 2.

 

Hughes has a decent record against Spurs.

 

Would be great to have a point
I thought that it'd be a 0-0 draw tbh.

However it might a 1-1 draw if the score stays the same.

 

oops... sometimes it's best to say nowt Stoke-97

 

if only we could tell the future

 

I can, and we will stay up, I've no doubts at all. We just need a few back from injury and keep WHELAN away from the 1st team.

 

That's the spirit Potts, I admire your confidence so let's hope we do stay up. Surely the second half of this season cannot be as poor as the second half of last season.

 

That's true Proud Potter, Like Potts I think we will stay up, we couldn't buy a goal at the start of the season and we still got to 21 points, with Huth and Bego back in the team things will look more positive.