The new season's fixtures have already been released. They are: 10/08 Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa 17/08 Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur 24/08 Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United 31/08 Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur 14/09 Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace 21/09 Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur 28/09 Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton 05/10 Brighton v Tottenham Hotspur 19/10 Tottenham Hotspur v Watford 26/10 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur 02/11 Everton v Tottenham Hotspur 09/11 Tottenham Hotspur v Sheffield United 23/11 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur 30/11 Tottenham Hotspur v A.F.C. Bournemouth 03/12 Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur 07/12 Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley 14/12 Wolverhampton v Tottenham Hotspur 21/12 Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea 26/12 Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton 28/12 Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur 01/01 Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur 11/01 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool 18/01 Watford v Tottenham Hotspur 22/01 Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City 01/02 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City 08/02 Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur 22/02 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur 29/02 Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton 07/03 Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur 14/03 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United 21/03 Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United 04/04 Sheffield United v Tottenham Hotspur 11/04 Tottenham Hotspur v Everton 18/04 A.F.C. Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur 25/04 Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal 02/05 Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur 09/05 Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City 17/05 Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur So we open the season by hosting newly promoted Villa in our world class stadium... Also didn't escape my notice that every fixture against the so-called big guns (City, Arse, Pool, United) up to just before Christmas as are all away fixtures. Not a single home game except Chelsea on 21st December. The fixture computer being kind to Spurs as usual.
In other words, Sonny will be fresh and raring to go against Newcastle So what're the odds Craig Pawson's the ref for that one as well?
Last season's results 10/08 Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa (Fulham) ........... won 3-1 17/08Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur .......... lost 0-1 24/08 Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United ............ won 1-0 31/08 Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur ......... lost 2-4 14/09 Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace .......... won 2-0 21/09 Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur ......... won 2-0 28/09 Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton .......... won 3-1 05/10 Brighton v Tottenham Hotspur ................ won 2-1 19/10 Tottenham Hotspur v Watford ......... won 2-1 26/10 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur ....... lost 0-1 02/11 Everton v Tottenham Hotspur ....... won 6-2 09/11 Tottenham Hotspur v Sheff United (Huddersfield) ..... won 4-0 23/11 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur ........... won 1-0 30/11 Tottenham Hotspur v A.F.C. Bournemouth...... won 5-0 03/12 Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur ....... won 3-0 07/12 Tottenham Hotspur v Burnley....... won 1-0 14/12 Wolverhampton v Tottenham Hotspur ....... won 3-2 21/12 Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea ....... won 3-1 26/12 Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton ....... won 1-0 28/12 Norwich City (cardiff) v Tottenham Hotspur ..... won 3-0 on last year's results (swapping promoted clubs with relegated club results) Played 20 Won 17 Drew 0 Lost 3 points 52 goals for 46 goals against 15 goal difference +32 01/01 Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur...... lost 1-2 11/01 Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool...... lost 1-2 18/01 Watford v Tottenham Hotspur....... lost 1-2 22/01 Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City (cardiff) ..... won 1-0 01/02 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City..... lost 0-1 08/02 Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur (fulham) ..... won 2-1 22/02 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur...... lost 0-2 29/02 Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton ..... lost 1-3 07/03 Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur.... lost 1-2 14/03 Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United..... lost 0-1 21/03 Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United...... lost 0-1 04/04 Sheff United v Tottenham Hotspur (Huddersfield) ..... won 2-0 11/04 Tottenham Hotspur v Everton ..... drew 2-2 18/04 A.F.C. Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur ...... lost 0-1 25/04 Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal ...... drew 1-1 02/05 Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur..... won 2-1 09/05 Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City ..... won 3-1 17/05 Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur ...... won 1-0 Played 18 Won 6 Drew 2 Lost 10 points 20 goals for 19 goals against 23 goal difference -4 Shows how weird our form was from Christmas onwards was last season ... After Xmas we lost to Wolves, United, Chelsea, Burnley, Southampton, Liverpool, Man City, West Ham and Bournemouth and drew with Arsenal and Everton ... 2 points from 11 games Definitely show we absolutely need A) greater depth of squad to cope and B) a lot less bad luck with injuries
Important question: when does it become obvious that Mike "****" Dean is only assigned as the ref for our away games? I'm guessing around the time of the Burnley/Wolves games...