please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur visit Craven Cottage on Sunday 6th November 2011 to meet Fulham in the 11th round of Premier League matches for the 2011-12 season (10th game for Spurs) This will be the 135th time the two clubs have met and the 21st time in the Premier League. The first meeting came in the Southern League in September 1903 at Craven Cottage and resulted in a 0-0 draw. The reverse fixture at White Hart Lane in January 1904 was won by Spurs 1-0. Spurs and Fulham also competed in the London League and both fixtures that season were won by Spurs 2-1 at home and 5-1 away. The clubs competed against each other for three more seasons in the Southern League with Fulham winning four games, Spurs winning one and the remaining match drawn. Spurs were Southern League Champions in 1899-1900 and Fulham Champions twice in 1905-06 and 1906-07. There were also two seasons in the Western League in 1904-05 and 1905-06 with Spurs winning twice, Fulham once and one game drawn. The clubs met on tour in May 1907 in Ostend, Belgium in a match which Spurs won 2-1. The first Football League meeting between the clubs came in the Second Division in December 1908 at Craven Cottage with Spurs winning 3-2. Tottenham also won the home fixture in April 1909 1-0 with the great Vivian Woodward scoring the winning goal. A few months earlier, Woodward had captained the Great Britain football team to their second of three Olympic Games Gold Medals. Sandwiched in between those first League encounters was the first FA Cup match in the old second round (today's fourth round) at White Hart Lane, which was won by Spurs 2-0. To date, the clubs have met 8 times in the FA Cup with Spurs winning 5 games, Fulham once and 2 draws. As Spurs had won promotion to the First Division after their maiden season, there were no more League meetings with Fulham until after the First World War. During the War, the clubs met frequently in the various competitions which were created to provide entertainment for the masses and many of Tottenham Hotspur's "home" matches were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium as White Hart Lane had been requisitioned by the Army. When football resumed in 1919, Spurs had lost their First Division status to Arsenal under contraversial circumstances and met Fulham in the Second Division in December at Craven Cottage in a game Spurs won 4-1. The reverse fixture was also won by Spurs 4-0 on their way to the Second Division Championship. There were no more competitive matches with Fulham until Spurs were relegated to the Second Division in 1932-33 and both fixtures ended in draws. There were four more seasons of Second Division football before the outbreak of World War Two and honours were even with two wins apiece and four draws in those eight matches. Spurs and Fulham met 13 times during the War with Tottenham winning nine games, Fulham one and three drawn matches. The clubs met in the Second Division for the first three seasons after the War with one win each and four games drawn. Spurs won the First Division Championship in 1950-51 and in the process did the "double" over Fulham 1-0 away and 2-1 at home. The clubs met for another 10 seasons in the First Division up to 1967-68 with Spurs winning 12 games, Fulham one and 7 games drawn. The next League meetings came in the Second Division in 1977-78 with Spurs taking four point off Fulham as they regained their Top Flight status. The first of three Football League Cup meetings came in December 1981 with Spurs winning 1-0 at the Lane with a Micky Hazard goal. Fulham were promoted to the Premier League for season 2001-02 and they've kept their place in the League ever since. Spurs have won eight of the 20 games played so far with Fulham winning six and six matches have been drawn. The match at Craven Cottage last season in October 2010 was won by Spurs 2-1 with goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Tom Huddlestone with Diomansy Kamara getting Fulham's goal, while the reverse fixture at White Hart Lane on New Year's Day was won by Spurs with a Gareth Bale goal. Fulham had a very impressive 4-0 win over Spurs in the fourth round of the 2010-11 FA Cup at Craven Cottage. Danny Murphy put the West Londoners two goals up before Michael Dawson was sent-off for Spurs. Brede Hangeland and Moussa Dembele added further first half goals. In June 2011, Fulham appointed former Spurs manager (2004-07) Martin Jol on a two year contract to replace Mark Hughes as the Cottager's new manager. Both Spurs and Fulham are participating in the 2011-12 UEFA Europa League and are currently involved in the Group Stages. Overall, Fulham have won 30 of the 134 matches played, Spurs have won 68 and the remaining 36 games have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur Matches 1903-2011 please log in to view this image They Played for Fulham & Spurs.... Steve Archibald Ernie Bowering Laurie Brown Michael Brown Vic Buckingham (Spurs player, Fulham manager) Ron Burgess (Spurs player, Fulham coach) Roger Cross (Fulham player, Spurs asst. manager) John Curtis Sean Davis Simon Davies Terry Dyson Bert Elkin Harry Evans (Fulham player, Spurs asst. manager) Ray Evans Willie Evans Tom Fitchie Theo Foley (Spurs res. manager, Fulham youth manager) Matt Forster (Spurs player, Fulham scout) Phil Gray Martin Jol (Manager with both clubs) Cliff Jones David Gwilan Jones Stephen Kelly Paul Konchesky John Lacy Harry Lowe Ken McKay Tom Meade Terry Medwin (Spurs player, Fulham coach) Paul Mahorn Steed Malbranque John Margerrison Alan Mullery Danny Murphy Taffy O'Callaghan Tim O'Shea Frank Osborne Tony Parks Ernie Payne Tom Pratt Jimmy Reid Wayne Routledge Hans Segers (Spurs player, Fulham coach) Neil Smith Paul Stalteri Bob Stevens Alf Stokes Bob Tannahill Charlie Walters Bobby Zamora please log in to view this image Fulham Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2001-02 to 2011-12 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Premier League London Derbies 2011-12 Results, Fixtures & Mini-League Table
Woah, major stat bombardment. Interesting stuff though, cheers THFC6061! Looking forward to what should be a decent game!
Thanks! If Spurs do manage to get anything from the game on Sunday, it would set a new club record in the Premier League Era for points we've amassed after 10 matches.
They way you're playing you should be confident. We're still finding our feet. I'll be happy with a draw.
Top info THFC6061. I'd like to think we could make some more inroads into the win deficit but can't see it happening to be honest. With Bidley, happy with a draw. Maybe Jol will get the boys super pumped up and ready to play against his old club!
Only problem i see is that you tell us we have met 7 times in the FA Cup, with spurs winning five and two draws- We won 4-0 last year! All the same, one hell of a post there. to be honest, I highly doubt we will bag another comfortable win like that- a draw would be fantastic but expecting a loss unless your standard of play sharply drops!
I'm more in hope than expectation on this one, but there are grounds for optimism if people are looking for them. Although both teams are playing in Europe on Thursday, we're at home whereas Spurs (away to Rubin Kazan) have got a very long journey ahead of them. Put simply, they are more likely to have a bigger European hangover than we are. Our players will be sleeping in their own beds and won't miss much preparation time together through travelling. Yeah, I'm clutching at straws, but they're nice straws. Heart says Fulham 3-2, head says I'd be very happy to take the draw.
Good point, but you should bear in mind that the Spurs team who play in the Europa League is usually made-up of our fringe squad players and Academy kids. In fact, only Kyle Walker started our last game in Europe and our Premier League game immediately afterwards.
Lordy! That is quite a stat attack! Well done. I'm going Fulham to win 2-1 simply because my best mate is a Spur and it will be delightful to remind him of the fact for the next few months.
I had thought of that, but as we discovered last time around, Europe can still have a hangover even if there are a lot of changes in players between Thursday and Sunday. I think it's the logistics - time spent in airports etc disrupts the usual routine and prevents coaches from working so much with the players through the week. That's why away European matches seem to have more impact on the following weekend than home ones. At least, that's what I'm hoping!
