please log in to view this image Sunderland, who were the first club outside the original 12 members to join the Football League, host Tottenham Hotspur at the Stadium of Light in the 32nd round of Premier League matches on Saturday 7th April 2012, KO 12:45. Sunderland are currently in 9th place in the table on 41 points after a well deserved 3-3 draw at Manchester City, while Spurs are in 4th place with 58 points after their 3-1 home win against Swansea City. This will be the 112th time the two teams have met. The first meeting came at Northumberland Park in March 1898 when Spurs were playing in the Southern League in a friendly which Sunderland won 2-0. A second meeting followed with the year when Spurs beat Sunderland 2-1 in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in February 1899. Tottenham's first visit to Sunderland came during a mini tour of the North-East to celebrate the turn of the century with Spurs winning the friendly match 3-1 on 2nd January 1900. The first Football League meetings between the two clubs saw Sunderland win at home 3-1 in September 1909 and Spurs having a comprehensive win in the return fixture at White Hart Lane 5-1. Tottenham Hotspur's all-time record attendance of 75,038 at White Hart Lane came in an FA Cup 6th round match against Sunderland in March 1938. Sundeland won the game 1-0. This was the only FA Cup match Sunderland have won out of the 7 played so far with Spurs winning five and one game drawn. The only two League matches played outside the Top Flight came during 1977-78 when Spurs won at Roker Park 2-1 but lost the return Division Two match at the Lane 3-2. The clubs first met in the Football League Cup in November 1984 with Spurs drawing 0-0 away but Sunderland winning the replay at the Lane 2-1. The three matches in the competition have resulted in a win each and one game drawn. Since Sunderland joined the Premier League in season 1996-97, no further domestic cup ties have been played between the two clubs. Spurs have a good record during the Premier League Era with 13 wins to Sunderland's 5 and the remaining 3 games drawn. Spurs have taken an average of 2 points off Sunderland in the 21 matches played so far. The reverse fixture last season at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-1 draw with Rafael van der Vaart putting Spurs ahead in the second half only for Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan to equalise three minutes later. The match at Sunderland resulted in a 2-1 win for Spurs with Asamoah Gyan putting the Black Cats ahead after 11 minutes before Michael Dawson's equaliser just before half-time. Niko Kranjcar scored the winner for Spurs in the 57th minute. This season's match at White Hart Lane in December resulted in a 1-0 win for Spurs with substitute striker Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring the winner with just over an hour of the match played. The three points won put Spurs in third place in the table for the first time during 2011-12. Overall, Spurs have the upper hand over Sunderland with 45 wins to 38 and 28 of the 111 matches played so far drawn. please log in to view this image Full history of Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland matches 1898-2012 please log in to view this image They Played for Sunderland & Spurs... Ben Alnwick Darren Bent Ted Birnie (Spurs player, Sunderland trainer & coach) Ivor Broadis Fraizer Campbell Graham Carr (scout with both clubs) Jim Chalmers Pascal Chimbonda Ernie Coquet John Curtis Calum Davenport Jimmy Delvin Márton Fülöp Phil Gray Jim Hartley Alan Hutton Joe Knowles Steed Malbranque Fred Mearns Bobby Mimms Bill Murray George Payne Andy Reid Jimmy Seed Paul Stewart Teemu Tainio Chris Waddle Jack Whitbourne please log in to view this image Sunderland Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1996-2012 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Squad Numbers 1992-2012 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
This is our toughest game left all season. Win this and 4th place is almost in our grasp. I'll take a draw though. Friedel Walker Kaboul King BAE Sandro Parker VDV Modric Bale Ade I think 4231 should be deployed at the SoL, which means Lennon misses out. If it's not going well though, he MUST come on, with plenty of time to have an effect. If we are losing after an hour, take off Sandro for Lennon and go to a 442. Prediction: Sunderland 2-1 Spurs (Sessegnon x2 and Ade)
Yep tough game, I agree about two DMs but Livermore instead of Sandro for me. ATM, I'm confident of not losing and quite fancy us to sneak a win. Key aspect for me is to continue our set piece improvement, no goals conceded and one scored from and that could be the difference.
Sunderland are always up for this game, but we nearly always get some sort of result 1-1 for me. Well done as always 6061
Yeah would have been an uncomfortable game, especially as we lost! What gates did we get just before we went all seater?
Good old Andy Reid. The Irish Puskas. I think he'd have had a better career in an era less concerned with fitness and pace. Thanks again, 6061.
He didn't enjoy a good time at WHL, looked overweight from the start and struggled to make an impact. Ironically, he was beginning to show a bit of form on a consistent basis just as we sold him !!
How irritating to see Ben Alnwick's name on that list. Libel laws prevent me from saying what I think of that berk
Any O'Neill team is difficult to beat, and we have to remember that they stuck three past City last week. I feel we have an advantage in that they are the home team, the onus is on them to come forward, and if we defend properly, we should be able to catch them on the break.
Paul Stewart's name always gets mentioned in football trivia quizzes, as he's a player who has played in a North London derby, a Manchester derby, a Merseyside derby and a North-East derby.
But some actual good news is no new injuries according to a report I've just read re Harry's press conference. That means we have a lot of fit players ready to mix and match for the next two games.
