please log in to view this image Chelsea host Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge on Saturday 24th March 2012 in the 30th round of the 2011-12 Premier League season. Chelsea start the game in 5th place in the table with 49 points, while Spurs are in 4th place on 54 points. This will be the 187th time the two teams have met and a third meeting of the current season is possible if Spurs beat Bolton in the FA Cup to set-up a Semi-Final meeting with Chelsea at Wembley. Chelsea are one of the few major English football teams who never played Spurs during the Victorian Era, as they were only founded in 1905 and were admitted into the Second Division of the Football League without ever having played a match before. This was due to the rivalry that existed at the time between the Football League and the Southern League with the former desperate to make in-roads into the lucrative markets which London and the South-East provided. The first meeting between Spurs and Chelsea was a friendly played at Stamford Bridge in February 1908 and ended in a 2-2 draw. The same venue saw the first Football League Division One encounter in December 1909 and Chelsea won that match 2-1. The return fixture at White Hart Lane was won by Spurs 2-1 and in between those two matches the clubs met in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in a match which Spurs won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. Spurs and Chelsea would meet for another three seasons in the First Division before the outbreak of World War One with honours even at two wins for Spurs, two wins for Chelsea and two drawn matches. 14 games were played during the First World War and these featured many players who 'guested' for both clubs. Five of Tottenham's "home" games were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium. Spurs and Chelsea had finished in the bottom two places in the last season of the First Division when war broke out and when football resumed in 1919, the Division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams. Arsenal engineered a 'promotion' to the First Division at Spurs' expense but Tottenham easilly won the Division Two Championship and the next season had two emphatic wins over Chelsea 5-0 at home and 4-0 at the Bridge. The teams would meet for another five seasons in the First Division and two seasons in the Second Division during the inter-war period - season 1929-30 was the last time Spurs & Chelsea played League games outside the Top Flight of English Football. Spurs only lost two of those 14 League matches. During World War Two, 16 games were played between Spurs and Chelsea Spurs returned to the First Division in season 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Chelsea winning 2-0 away and 2-1 at home on their way to the first Football League Championship. Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea contested the first all-London FA Cup Final in 1967 at Wembley with Spurs winning 2-1 thanks to goals scored by Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul. The first meeting in the Football League Cup came in the 1971-72 Semi-Finals with Chelsea winning the first leg at Stamford Bridge 3-2 and Spurs only managing a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane. Both clubs were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 and both have been ever-present for the 20 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United. Chelsea have very much had the upper hand during the Premier League Era with 22 wins to Tottenham's 3 with the remaining 14 matches drawn. A second domestic Cup Final was contested in 2008 when Spurs beat Chelsea in the Football League (Carling) Cup Final 2-1 after extra time at Wembley. A Dimitar Berbatov penalty and a Jonathan Woodgate header ensured the silverware would once again reside in North London. Chelsea's dominance over Tottenham Hotspur has abated in the past few seasons, with Spurs winning three, drawing four and losing two of the past nine meetings in all competitions between the two clubs. Last season's fixture in December at White Hart Lane resulted in a 1-1 draw with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring for Spurs after 15 minutes and Didier Drogba getting Chelsea's equaliser after 70 minutes. Drogba's injury time penalty was saved by Heurelho Gomes. The reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in April was won by Chelsea 2-1 with Spurs taking a 19th minute lead through Sandro and Frank Lampard equalising on half time. Salomon Kalou scored the winner after 89 minutes. During the summer, Spurs signed former Chelsea midfielder (2004-05) Scott Parker from West Ham United. The reverse fixture at White Hart Lane in December resulted in a 1-1 draw with Emmanuel Adebayor putting Spurs ahead after 8 minutes and Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge getting the equaliser in the 23rd minute. Overall, Spurs have won 68, Chelsea have won 72 and 46 of the 186 matches between the two clubs have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea Matches 1908-2012 Premier League London Derbies Season 2011-12 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Chelsea.... Clive Allen Les Allen Jimmy Armstrong Frank Arnesen (Director of Football both clubs) Eddie Baily Ted Birnie Danny Blanchflower (Spurs player, Chelsea manager) Derek Brazil Johnny Brooks Bill Cartwright Sid Castle David Copeland Carlo Cudicini Jason Cundy Kerry Dixon Gordon Durie Mark Falco William Gallas Lee Gardner George Graham (Chelsea player, Spurs manager) Jimmy Greaves Frode Grodas Eidur Gudjohnsen Tommy Harmer (Spurs player, Chelsea coach) Alan Harris (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager) Micky Hazard Glenn Hoddle (Spurs & Chelsea player & manager) Stewart Houston (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager) Percy Humphries Steve Kelly John Kirwan Colin Lee Scott Parker Gustavo Poyet Graham Roberts Max Seeburg Buchanan Sharp Bobby Smith Neil Sullivan Andy Thompson (Spurs player, Chelsea coach) Sid Tickridge Jimmy Townley Terry Venables (also Spurs manager) Keith Weller Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Chelsea asst. manager) Harry Wilding Clive Wilson Vivian Woodward please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Welcome back, 6061. Our record at Stamford Bridge is diabolical and this is a massive game now, so we really do need to come out firing. Injuries could be key for us, though.
I thought of starting a new thread but decided to ask the question here: If we can only win one out of two games against Chelsea this season ( praying we meet them in the semi's), Which one would it be? Your answer cannot be dependent on other games to the end of the season ie not saying ''as long as we get CL or win the cup''
semi for me..im a fan i dont work in the Spurs Admin office..i want to see us at wembley winning trophies first.
Just think if we win tomorrow, then top 4 is really close. As a fan, I more want to see the likes of Barca/Bayern/Real at WHL and this weekend is critical. Especially in terms of keeping Luka/Bale/VDV.
i understand that but ive become sick of how football has become...i recall growing up wanting to watch my team progress in the cups..especially the FA Cup...which comes to a climax just when the weather picks up and a great tonic for the summer ahead. Now fans spend their time arguing about who is the richer club and how the club earned a few bob extra from this or that....whilst at the same time getting screwed with merchandise prices etc....and actually gain much satisfaction from knowing that their team has a billionaire owner rather than wanting a cup..even the Carling Cup.....which every single year is belittled by every premier league team fans...bar the ones that win it. i like to watch good football and try to win the odd cup myself. if we finish outside the top 4 then id rather we finish tenth...sick of qualifying for a cup we will belittle and be desperate to get knocked out of(Europa)....plus qualifying for the CL means what? yes we might get some 'european giants' visiting WHL...but we will all of a sudden stop performing in the league as we cant cope. so i suggest we live for this season and not the forseeable future and give it our all to win the cup and give the fans something to cheer about.
Spurs without Adebeyor & Lennon and without a win in four against a Chelsea team showing general improvement all round bolstered by the knowledge that the last time Spurs won at headquarters Nelson Mandela was just being released from imprisonment. 2-1 to Chelsea
We must get a result tomorrow. A win or even a draw will steady the ship, I believe. For the sake of confidence alone, we simply cannot afford to lose this one.
hope they play Torres today and not Drogba,who alway's gives us big problems,where as Torres can't score in a brothel
Shame we couldn't do a cross board thread. I'm going for a 2-2 draw today, both teams have too much to play for to be losing this.
