[OMT] Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool

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Liverpool host Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday 30th March 2014 (KO 16:00) in the 32nd round of matches in the 2013-14 Premier League season.

Liverpool come into the match in second place on 68 points, while Spurs are in 6th place on 56 points. This will be the 165th time the two clubs have met.

The first meeting came on Boxing Day in 1894 when Liverpool, who had been established just two years earlier after a dispute with Everton, played a friendly at Tottenham Marshes in a game won 3-0 by Spurs. A further visit from Liverpool was even less successful in Easter 1895 with Spurs winning 6-0.

The first Football League meeting between the two clubs took place at White Hart Lane in November 1909 with Spurs winning 1-0 thanks to a Bert Middlemiss goal. He became the first Spurs player to score against both Merseyside clubs.

The reverse fixture that season was won by Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield, which had previously been the home of Everton before their move to Goodison Park.

All 139 League meetings played to date between Spurs & Liverpool have taken place in the Top Flight of English football.

Tottenham's 2-1 First Division win at Anfield in March 1912 would be their last at the ground for 73 years with the jinx finally being broken by a Garth Crooks goal in 1-0 win in March 1985.

The first FA Cup meeting came in the 5th Round in March 1968 and resulted in a 1-1 draw at the Lane. Liverpool won the replay 2-1.

To date, the clubs have met 7 times in the competition with Tottenham's only win coming at Anfield in the 6th Round in March 1995 when goals from Teddy Sheringham and Jurgen Klinsmann earned a 2-1 victory.

The teams first met in the Football League Cup in 1972 and have played 7 times in the competition with Spurs winning four games with two draws.

Liverpool's only win came in the 1982 Final at Wembley which was won 3-1 after extra time. Steve Archibald put Spurs ahead but Ronnie Whelan's brace and a goal from Ian Rush ensured that the Reds lifted the silverware.

The teams contested the Charity Shield in August that year with League Champions Liverpool beating FA Cup Winners Spurs 1-0.

Liverpool are one of three English clubs Spurs have played in European Competitions to date - the other being Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Spurs beat Liverpool in the 1973 UEFA Cup Semi-Final 2-1 with a brace of goals from Martin Peters but a 1-0 win to Liverpool in the second leg at Anfield meant that the Reds progressed to the Final on the away goals rule.

Two matches were played in Swaziland in June 1984 reulting in a 5-2 win for Liverpool and a 1-1 draw.

In December 1985 and January 1986 the clubs met in the Screen Sport Super Cup - a competition played due to English club's being barred from European competition - with Liverpool winning both matches 2-0.

Both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur were founder-members of the Premier League in season 1992-93 and are two of the seven clubs who have been ever-present in the competition for the past 22 seasons (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton and Manchester United are the other five).

The home fixture at White Hart Lane in November 2010 resulted in a 2-1 win for Spurs. Liverpool went ahead just before halftime with a goal from Martin Skrtel but Spurs came back in the second half with an own goal from Skrtel after 65 minutes and an injury-time winner from Aaron Lennon.

The reverse fixture at Anfield in May 2011 proved to be the UEFA Europa League decider with Spurs winning 2-0 with goals from Rafael van der Vaart and a Luka Modric penalty.

The game at White Hart Lane in September 2011 was won 4-0 by Spurs with goals from Luka Modric, Jermain Defoe and a brace from new loan signing Emmanuel Adebayor. Liverpool had both Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel sent-off. The match at Anfield in February 2012 finished in a goalless draw, as did a tour match played in Baltimore, USA in July 2012.

Tottenham beat Liverpool in November 2012 at White Hart Lane 2-1. Aaron Lennon put Spurs ahead after 7 minutes and Gareth Bale added a second 9 minutes later from a free kick. In the second half, Bale deflected into his own net after 72 minutes.

Luis Suarez put Liverpool ahead at Anfield in March 2013 after 21 minutes but Jan Vertonghen equalised just before half-time. The Belgian defender put Spurs ahead eight minutes into the second half before Stuart Downing levelled things in the 66th minute. An 82nd minute Steven Gerrard penalty ensured that all three points went to Liverpool.

The Premier League game at White Hart Lane in December 2013 proved to be the last for Spurs manager André Villas-Boas, as Liverpool had an emphatic 5-0 win. Luis Suarez opened the scoring after 18 minutes with Jordan Henderson adding a second five minutes before half-time. Paulinho was shown a red card in the 62nd minute and Liverpool added three more goals through Flanagan, Surarez and Sterling,

Liverpool have won 19 of the 43 Premier League matches played so far with Tottenham on 13 wins and 11 games drawn.

Overall, Liverpool have the upper hand over Spurs with 75 wins to 49 with 41 of the 165 matches played so far drawn.

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Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool Matches 1894-2014

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They Played for Spurs & Liverpool....​

Nick Barmby
Keith Burkinshaw (Liverpool player, Spurs manager)
Harry Bradshaw
Joe Brough
Ray Clemence
Peter Crouch
Brad Friedel
Charlie Hewitt
Alex Inglethorpe (Development manager at both clubs)
Robbie Keane
Oyvind Leonhardsen
Doug Livermore (Liverpool player, Spurs official)
Danny Murphy
Paul Konchesky
Jamie Redknapp
Ronnie "The Rocket" Rosenthal
Neil "Razor" Ruddock
John Scales
Tom Soulsby
Graeme Souness (also Liverpool manager)
John Stephenson
Paul Stewart
Paul Walsh
Christian Ziege

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Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14

Liverpool Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14

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"Paul Stewart"

Bingo !!!

 

And let's not forget Damien Comolli spunked vast amounts of both clubs' money up the wall...

 

Am fully expecting us to get hammered but if we manage to get a result then aside from it being a great result for us, it be nice to hear fans offer praise to Sherwood instead of inventing rumours about a player revolt.

Just unfortunately I'm expecting Sherwoods lack of experience to be the focal point as he will likey get the tactics wrong as very few managers could set up their team to stop this current Liverpool team at home in their current form. Not looking forward to this game but Liverpool have to come unstuck at some point, all teams do.

 

Gonna be our last humiliation of the season...honestly cant see us out scoring them...4 or 5 for them 1 or 2 for us...

Hope gyffi plays along with paulinio, eriksen and lennon in midfield....ade and soldado up front

Rose, fryers, kaboul and vertongen in defence

 

Who's playing right back?

 

Kaboul I'd hope.

 

Unlikely. We could win every match until the end of the season and there are many on here that would still want Sherwood to go.

 

"We could win every match until the end of the season and there are many on here that would still want Sherwood to go."

Tis the manner of the wins, not the winning, that matters. That is why AVB has gone.
Seven more results that repeat yesterday do not sweep clean the issues.

And for balance, the game yesterday was the reverse of most of Arrys games in 2011-12.
Winning, yes. But it similarly didn't hide the underlying issues.

 

I think this will be payback to Spurs - 2 - 1 to Spurs!

 

Sherwood's dog would be an improvement!...

 

On Kaboul!?

 

As it happens, Tim Sherwood has the best Premier League record of any Spurs manager in history with 29 points won from the 45 on offer in the PL (64.44% won).

Tottenham Hotspur Manager's Records & Statistics 1898-2014

 

THFC6061 :

""We could win every match until the end of the season and there are many on here that would still want Sherwood to go."

vimhawk wrote that, not me.

 

What're the odds we bring on Friedel as a half time sub for Naughton? Couldn't be much worse than some of the performances we've seen from him in the last 18 months...

 

Not a dig at Tottenham but Anfield is probably the worst possible fixture right now, hard to see beyond a Liverpool win

 

anyone but Naughton?????



my lack of a right back along with the rest of my rubbish tactical knowledge is the reason I earn £900 a month as a teaching assistant instead of £50k a week as a manager

 

"Not a dig at Tottenham but Anfield is probably the worst possible fixture right now"

No different to any other.

 

I see that everyone else is as filled with confidence as I am. Well, if we don't play a high line, and if the players believe we have a chance, we have a chance. I remember this was the key defeat of the season last year, when we threw away a 1-0 lead. Well, no matter what happens, it won't be the key defeat this year, so that's progress of a kind. I think as a statement I'd play the same team that finished the game against Southampton, though I'd think seriously about subbing Sandro for Gylfi or maybe even Vertonghen. It wasn't a brilliant game for us, but it was a good one and a great effort that deserves a reward.

I usually say we should play Dembele in big games, but he didn't help last time, and Gylfi has the valuable ability to score a goal from long range, which is something we might just need.

 

Their defence is the same as ours.
That they can outscore a fair number of PL teams has been the difference.