please log in to view this image Everton visit Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Wednesday 11th January 2012 in a Premier League match which was postponed from the opening day of the season and will now be the 20th game played by both teams. Everton find themselves in 11th place on 24 points, while Spurs come into the match in third place in the League on 42 points, which is a club record for the first half of a Premier League season. This will be the 168th time the two clubs have met. The first meeting came in April 1897 in an end of season friendly match at Tottenham Marshes which Spurs won 2-1. Everton were founder-members of the Football League and had just finished 7th in the First Division while Spurs were in the Southern League and had finished 4th. A further friendly was played at Goodison Park on New Year's Day 1902 which Everton won 3-1. The clubs' first competitive match came in the old First Round (today's Third Round) of the FA Cup in February 1904 at Goodison Park which Spurs won 2-1 with a Vivian Woodward goal and an own goal from Everton's Balmer. Both clubs embarked on a central European tour in the summer of 1905 an met twice with Everton winning both matches 2-0 in Vienna and 1-0 in Prague. A second FA Cup meeting came in January 1908 with Spurs losing 1-0 at Everton. At the end of that season, both Spurs and Everton set sail for a tour of South America and played two exhibition matches in Palermo, Argentina with the first game drawn 0-0 and Everton winning the second 4-0. On the voyage home, Spurs 'borrowed' the ship captain's parrot who lived happilly for a decade at the Tottenham offices in the High Road until it dropped dead the day news came through that Arsenal had stolen Spurs' First Division place in 1919. The first Football League meetings came in the First Division in the 1909-10 season with Everton winning 4-2 at Goodison and Spurs winning 3-0 at the Lane. The clubs then met regularly in the First Division up to season 1927-28 with eight wins for Spurs, ten wins for Everton and eight matches drawn. The only League meetings between the two clubs outside the Top Flight of English Football came in season 1930-31 in the Second Division with Everton winning 4-2 at Goodison Park and Spurs winning 1-0 at White Hart Lane. The clubs met for two more seasons in Division One before the outbreak of World War Two with a win apiece and two games drawn. Spurs won a 3rd Round FA Cup tie 3-0 at home in 1934 and a 5th round tie at home in 1937 4-3 after a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. The first meeting after WW2 came in the 5th Round at Goodison Park in February 1950 with Everton winning 1-0. Spurs regained their First Division status in 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Everton on their way to the first Football League Championship won by Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-1 away win and a 3-0 home win. Everton lost their First Division place that same season along with Sheffield Wednesday, while Chelsea escaped the drop on goal average. Everton were back in the First Division for the 1954-55 season and the clubs have met in the Top Flight for every subsequent season to date, except for 1977-78 when Spurs dropped down to the Second Division for one season. Bill Nicholson's first game as Tottenham's manager came at White Hart Lane in October 1958 and Spurs were 6-1 up at half-time and went on to beat Everton 10-4. A League game at White Hart Lane in December 1969 was abandoned due to floodlight failure after 29 minutes. The two clubs met in February and March of 1986 in a competition called the Screen Sport Super Cup, which was introduced to give teams who would have qualified for the European competitions some compensation, as English clubs were banned from Europe. The first match at White Hart Lane ended goalless while Everton won the return leg 3-1. The only Football League Cup meeting between the clubs came in the Fourth Round in October 2009 with Spurs winning 2-0 at the Lane with goals from Tom Huddlestone and Robbie Keane. Both Tottenham Hotspur and Everton were founder-members of the Premier League and are two of the seven clubs who have been ever-present for the entire 20 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Spurs have taken more points off Everton in the Premier League than from any other opponent. The 68 points won by Spurs against Everton in the 38 matches played to date gives an average of 1.79 points won per game. The meetings last season in the Premier League only yielded one point for Spurs, which came in a 1-1 draw at the Lane in October 2010. The reverse fixture in January 2011 was won 1-2 by Everton. Rafael van der Vaart scored both Spurs' goals last season. Overall, Spurs have won 60 of the 167 matches played so far with Everton winning 57 and 50 matches drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Everton Matches 1897-2012 please log in to view this image They Played for Everton & Spurs... Jamie Attwell John Barlow Nick Barmby John Brearley Frank Brettell (Everton player, Spurs manager) Charlie Brown Bob Cain John Cameron (also Spurs manager) Simon Davies Anthony Gardner Paul Gascoigne David Ginola Richard Gough Charlie O'Hagan Ted Hughes Pat Jennings Steve Kelly John Kirwan Gary Lineker Bobby Mimms Charlie Morgan Steven Pienaar Robert Pilch Vinny Samways Pat Van den Hauwe John Watson Alex Young please log in to view this image Everton Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Tottenham Hotspur 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
I don't know about that. Everton took four points off Tottenham last season and matches between the two clubs have always been fairly tight affairs. I'm certainly not going to take anything for granted on Wednesday night.
TEAM NEWS Michael Dawson is set to partner Younes Kaboul in the Spurs defence with Ledley King and William Gallas both out injured. Scott Parker is set for a late fitness test but fellow midfielder Sandro is out with a calf problem. Phil Jagielka, Tim Cahill, Leon Osman, Jack Rodwell and Tony Hibbert are all injury worries for Everton. Seamus Coleman is another doubt after suffering a recurrence of a thigh injury in the FA Cup tie with Tamworth. MATCH PREVIEW What should have been the season's curtain raiser for both clubs could now be recast as a campaign-defining game for Spurs. Victory in a fixture postponed due to August's riots would see Tottenham draw level with Manchester United - just three points shy of leaders Manchester City - and confirm them as equal partners in a three-way race for the title. The game will also offer an important indicator as to whether Spurs have deep enough playing resources to sustain a challenge. Injuries to key players mean Harry Redknapp will be denied the luxury of fielding his strongest XI. While no-one can doubt the quality of his first-choice side, it remains to be seen whether the supporting cast are good enough to keep Tottenham in the hunt. They will meet substantial resistance in the shape of an Everton side that badly needs a response to a limp performance against Bolton in their last league game. David Moyes' men will be determined to rediscover the discipline and organisation which has seen them repeatedly punch above the club's declining financial weight in the Premier League. Their manager also has an impressive record against Redknapp. All points to a tight affair at the Lane. MATCH FACTS Head-to-head Everton manager David Moyes has only lost three of 15 league matches against teams managed by Harry Redknapp. Spurs have beaten Everton just once in their last eight Premier League games - a 2-1 victory at White Hart Lane in February 2010. Tottenham Hotspur Spurs have won 13 of their first 19 league games - the only time they won more was in 1960-61 (17) when they won the league. Tottenham have scored in 18 consecutive Premier League games - their best record in the league era. Harry Redknapp's side are unbeaten in eight home league games since August's 5-1 defeat by Manchester City. They have kept seven clean sheets in the league this season - one less than they kept during the entire 2010-11 Premier League campaign. Spurs have conceded 999 Premier League goals. Everton David Moyes is one short of his 150th Premier League victory as Everton manager. He will become the fourth manager to reach this milestone in the division after Sir Alex Ferguson (486), Arsene Wenger (337) and Harry Redknapp (220). The Toffees have won more games away from home in the Premier League (four) than at Goodison (three) this season. Everton have failed to win any of their nine league games against top-half clubs this season (two draws and seven defeats) - the worst record in the division. Tim Howard is in line to make his 250th Premier League start.
HARRY ON TOFFEES Harry Redknapp expects tomorrow night's clash against Everton to follow a similar pattern to recent home matches in the Premier League. Sunderland and West Brom provided stubborn opposition at the Lane and both games were decided by a single goal. Roman Pavlyuchenko broke the deadlock against Sunderland on December 18 and Jermain Defoe did the trick last time out against West Brom, both 1-0 wins. Always one of the toughest nuts to crack, Everton travel down from Merseyside having conceded 22 goals in 19 matches in the Premier League. They were on a run of four unbeaten before Bolton produced a somewhat surprise 2-1 win at Goodison on January 4. "You'll never get an easy game against Everton," said Harry. "David Moyes does a great job there year in, year out. "It's a difficult game, they always put a shift in and they also have dangerous players. "I'm sure it will be a tight game, just like it was against Sunderland and West Brom. We took a long time to break them down and I wouldn't expect this to be any different. It's another tough game for us." This is our game in hand in the Premier League and it has stirred memories of why the match was initially postponed back in August following the riots in the area. Harry added: “I've always been impressed with the contribution the Club has and continues to make to the local area through the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. Their work has become even more important since the riots in August. We were all left shocked by the events that took place in Tottenham and the impact it had on the local community. The Club, through the Foundation, have been committed to supporting the area both financially and in lending a hand on a practical level and hopefully time has been a great healer. “Our rescheduled fixture with Everton takes place tomorrow and it is important to remember the vital work the Club continues to carry out. Hopefully we never have to witness scenes of this nature again in Tottenham or any other part of the country. “Football and sport as a whole provides inspiration for young people and this is the vehicle the Foundation uses to get across to young people and help them realise their potential. The players play an active part in this by going out on a weekly basis to support local projects and this is something we should look to continue and increase in 2012."
Can't see Spurs getting a point in the return. They are on the slide with increasing injuries. And Everton are playing well at the mo. I can see Newcastle catching them along with Arsenal and Chelsea
