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Blackburn Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur Match History 1897 to 2011

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    Blackburn Rovers, who were one of the original 12 members of the Football League, host Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday 23rd October at Ewood Park in the 9th round of the 2011-12 Barclays Premier League (8th game for Spurs).

    This will be the 109th time the two teams have met.

    Tottenham's association with Blackburn goes back to even before the two clubs played each other. The young lads who were the early members of Hotspur FC (later to be called Tottenham Hotspur) took the afternoon off from their friendly football fixtures to watch the 1884 FA Cup Final at the old Crystal Palace between Blackburn Rovers and Queens Park from Glasgow, Scotland.

    The lads were so impressed with Rover's 2-1 win (the first of three consecutive FA Cup Final wins) that they decided to adopt Rovers' strip of blue and white halved shirts in homage. When Spurs celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2007, the shirt was worn for the home Premier League match with Aston Villa.

    April 1897 saw Rovers visit Spurs at Northumberland Park for a friendly match which the Lancashire club won 2-1.

    The first competitive meeting came in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in February 1907 with the first match drawn 1-1 and a replay also drawn 1-1. A second replay took place at Villa Park where Spurs won 2-1.

    Blackburn won the first League match against Spurs at Ewood Park (which is the oldest consecutive home of a Premier League team) in January 1910 2-0 but Spurs won the return game in March 4-0.

    By the mid-1930s, both clubs were playing in the Second Division and ten games were played at this level. The only other non-Top Flight League matches came in 1977-78 when Spurs played their only season outside the top level since 1949-50.

    Spurs did the "double" over Blackburn during their Double season of 1960-61, winning 4-1 away and 5-2 at home.

    November 1988 saw the first Football League Cup match between the clubs with Rovers holding Spurs to a 0-0 draw at White Hart Lane only to lose the replay 2-1 after extra time at Ewood Park.

    Blackburn Rovers beat Tottenham Hotspur in the 2002 Football League Cup Final played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

    Both Blackburn and Spurs were founder members of the Premier League but only Tottenham have been ever-present since 1992-93.

    Spurs won the reverse fixture at White Hart Lane last season in November 4-2 with a brace from Gareth Bale and goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter Crouch. Rovers two goals were scored by Ryan Nelsen and Gael Givet.

    The game at Ewood Park in February resulted in a 1-0 win for Spurs, thanks to a Peter Crouch goal.

    Spurs signed former Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Brad Friedel (2000-08) during the summer.

    Spurs have a 16 to 11 win advantage over Rovers in the 34 Premier League games played with 7 matches drawn.

    Overall, Spurs have 48 wins to Rovers 38 with 22 matches of the 108 played so far drawn.

    Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn Rovers Matches 1898-2011

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    They Played for Rovers & Spurs....

    Bill Almond
    Steve Archibald
    Ossie Ardiles
    David Bentley
    Noel Brotherston
    Pascal Chimbonda
    George Grompton
    Ronnie Dix
    Mike England
    Brad Friedel
    Ted Harper
    Archie Hughes
    John 'Tiny' Joyce
    Bobby Mimms
    Paul Robinson
    Tim Sherwood

     
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