please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Everton at White Hart Lane on Sunday 9th February 2014 (KO 13:30) in the 25th round of Premier League matches of the 2013-14 season. Spurs come into the match in 6th place in the League on 44 points, while Everton are in 5th place on 45 points. This will be the 173rd 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 FA Cup 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 22 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 73 points won by Spurs against Everton in the 43 matches played to date gives an average of 1.7 points won per game. The 2010-11 meetings 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. The Toffees' goals were scored by Leighton Baines at Spurs and Louis Saha & Seamus Coleman at Goodison Park. Rafael van der Vaart scored both Spurs' goals that season. Spurs' home game last season was re-arranged from the opening day to January 2012 due to rioting in the Tottenham area. Spurs won the match 2-0 with goals from Aaron Lennon and a belter from Benoit Assou-Ekotto. During the January transfer window, Spurs signed Everton's French striker Louis Saha while Steven Pienaar moved in the opposite direction on loan until the end of the season. The match at Goodison Park in March 2012 was won 1-0 by Everton when Nikica Jelavic scored his first goal for the club in the 22nd minute. During the Summer of 2012, Everton re-signed Steven Pienaar from Spurs on a permanent basis. Everton won the fixture at Goodison Park in December 2012 with two very late goals in injury time from Steven Pienaar and Nikica Jelavic after Clint Dempsey had put Tottenham ahead after 76 minutes. The return game at White Hart Lane in April 2013 finished in a 2-2 draw. Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs ahead in the first minute but Phil Jagielka leveled things after 15 minutes. Everton took the lead with a Kevin Mirallas goal after 53 minutes and Gylfi Sigurdsson scored for Spurs with three minutes remaining. Everton & Spurs drew the Premier League match in November 2013 at Goodison Park 0-0. Overall, Spurs have won 61 of the 172 matches played so far with Everton winning 59 and 52 matches drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Everton Matches 1897-2014 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Everton.... Jamie Attwell Espen Baardsen 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 Louis Saha Vinny Samways Pat Van den Hauwe John Watson Alex 'Sandy' Young please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 Everton Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Is this another 'must win' game, every game seems to be called 'must win'. We're outsiders for top four while Everton are the surprise contenders. Main concern is if we start with Bentaleb and Paulinho as if you remember the game earlier this season once Sandro went off injured, Everton took control and that was when Avb had us playing more defensive. Now we play attacking and no defensive minded midfielder, means I'm expecting Everton to control the game unless Sandro starts. As Everton play with full backs bombing forward that gives us room to expose. Adebayor has to step up as while he hasn't been poor, he's lost that initial edge that came from having his season revived and we need him to be at his best as it's the experienced players that help the team at the business end.
Adebayor main threat is when he is in the box and not drifting all over the place. He must take this position and let others find him.
The problem is Adebayor can't help himself and drifts, but agree we need him in the box taking up great positions.
Yes but he needs to take up positions and wait for an opportunity, as he's lethal in the box when in form. He's no suarez who can go looking for the ball or Aguero. Adebayor has to play to his strengths but you're right about play behind him and that's an issue for Sherwood to fix.
I agree that he must be in the box, this will offer a target and midfield must be more creative to provide service.
I'd say Adebayor's strength and athleticism are the best parts of his game, he's good in the air but his finishing is still quite erratic. We need a constant presence in midfield to keep us ticking over and we don't get that at the moment so Ade's a very useful outlet when he comes deep.
Last season when Adebayor dropped deep it worked as Bale would take advantage of the space or when Vdv was here he had a partner to link up with. I don't mind him dropping deep if it allows others to take advantage and score but Eriksen has good vision and believe if Adebayor works the box and uses his ability then Eriksen and him link up well. But sure he can still drop deep if needed but overall I like to see him up top.
Creativity? I think that word has been lost at the lane since we replaced Modric and Vdv with Dembele and Dempsey ! Mini Redknapp is trying to bring it back but he's hampered by the athleticism and power in midfield when we need some vision. Eriksen is the best bet but inconsistent.
Nice to hear Sherwood showing faith in Soldado and confirming he works hard in training. There is ability there and Soldado has a chance to end the season by showing he isn't useless as the Soldado we're seeing isn't a true reflection of what he's capable of.
After making an utter bollocks of a game we needed to win, if Sherwood mucks this one up he'll certainly be replaced this summer ...which was never what was going to happen all along anyway. Honest.
Sherwood seems to understand perfectly well that if he gets fourth he'll be undroppable and otherwise he's out the door. Could Sherwood convince the team to start 20 minutes early, so we get our obligatory slow start out of the way before it costs us? The rest of the team could dress in royal blue and play against them if it would help... I believe Lukaku isn't ready, though I'm not sure. Really, these are two pretty even teams. The most difficult question is what to do with Soldado. Drop him and his confidence takes another shot. Keep him and you may not be playing your best team. I say keep him this game because I'd just as well play Eiriksen on the left as have Chadli or Gylfi play there. Ade Soldado Eiriksen Paulinho Dembele/Sandro Lennon Rose Vertonghen Chiriiches/Dawson Walker
I've done my bit, with Sheamus Coleman in my fantasy team for this week. Expect him to concede a penalty, score two own goals and then get sent off.
I have had him from the start, great player but Everton haven't kept a clean sheet away since they beat Man Utd on December 4th, yet Coleman is liable to get forward and score a screamer!
Can't see us winning this, we're **** at home and I think Everton will come at us, especially having acquired that giant Traore for the rest of the season. Would be lovely to get Kaboul back for this to deal with Traore, he's the only one with the leap that could probably get as high as Traore in the air. Sandro should be fit by then too shouldn't he? Goes straight into the starting XI for me if he is. Team I'd like: Lloris, Walker, Kaboul, Vertonghen, Rose Sandro, Paulinho Lennon, Eriksen, Chadli Adebayor If Moussa's available I'd play him instead of Chadli, putting Eriksen on the left with Paulinho playing further up.
