please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur host Swansea City at White Hart Lane on Sunday 25th August 2013 (KO 16:00) in the 2nd round of matches in the 2013-14 Premier League season. Tottenham won their opening game of the season 1-0 at Crystal Palace while Swansea lost 1-4 at home to Manchester United. This will be the 42nd time the two teams have met. Swansea City were founded in 1912 as Swansea Town (they changed their name to Swansea City in 1969) and joined the Second Division of the Southern League for the 1913-14 season. After World War One, The Jacks became members of the SL First Division and joined the Football League in season 1920-21 when the Southern League was incorporated to form the Third Division of the Football League. The following season the division was re-named the Third Division South. The first meeting between Spurs and Swansea came in the Second Division in November 1928 at Vetch Field with the home side winning 4-0. The reverse fixture in March 1929 at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-1 draw. The clubs met for a further eight seasons in Division Two between seasons 1930-31 and 1938-39 with 10 wins for Spurs, 2 wins for Swansea and 4 matches drawn. During the Second World War, the clubs played two games in the Football League South with a win each. The clubs played for two more seasons in Division Two after WW2 with three wins for Spurs and one for Swansea. Spurs and Swansea have played five games in the Football League Cup, the first of which came in the second round in September 1970 with Tottenham winning 3-0 at the Lane with goals from Steve Perryman, Martin Peters and Roger Morgan. Eight years later, Swansea drew with Spurs 2-2 at Vetch Field in the second round first leg and won 3-1 at White Hart Lane. The most recent League Cup meetings came in the second round in 1991 with Swansea winning 1-0 at home in the first leg and Spurs winning 5-1 at White Hart Lane with goals from Paul Stewart, Vinnie Samways, Gary Lineker, Paul Allen and an own goal. Swansea City won promotion to the Top Flight of English Football for the first time in season 1981-82 and were league leaders at one stage before finishing in 6th position. The match at Vetch Field in September 1981 resulted in a 2-1 win for The Swans with Glenn Hoddle scoring for Spurs, while the return match at the Lane in May 1982 was won 2-1 by Spurs with Gary Brooke scoring both goals. A similar set of results came in Swansea's second season in Division One with a 2-0 home win in Swansea and a 1-0 home win in Tottenham. The two clubs came in a friendly played in Swansea in November 1992, which resulted in a 3-3 draw. Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea City have never met in the FA Cup. Swansea became the first Welsh club to play in the Premier League by winning the play-off against Reading at Wembley 4-2 thanks mainly to a Scott Sinclair hat-trick. The fixture at the Liberty Stadium in December 2011 finished in a 1-1 draw with Spurs going ahead just before half-time through Rafael van der Vaart but Swansea salvaged a point with a late equaliser from Scott Sinclair. Rafael van der Vaart put Spurs 1-0 up at halftime in the match at White Hart Lane in April 2012 with a 19th minute goal. Sigurdsson equalised for Swansea in the 59th minute but a brace from Emmanuel Adebayor secured the three points for Spurs. During the 2012 summer Tottenham Hotspur signed Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson from 1899 Hoffenheim but who had been on loan at Swansea City for the 2011-12 season. The game at White Hart Lane in December 2012 was won by a Jan Vertonghen goal scored in the 75th minute. Swansea won the first major trophy in their history in February 2013 when they beat Bradford City in the Football League Cup Final 5-0. The game at Liberty Stadium at the end of March 2013 was won 2-1 by Spurs. Jan Vertonghen put Spurs ahead after 7 minutes and Gareth Bale added a second on 21 minutes. Swansea pulled a goal back through Miguel Michu on 71 minutes. Overall, Spurs have won 23, Swansea have won 10 and 8 of the 41 matches played so far between the two clubs have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City Matches 1928-2014 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Swansea.... Terry Boyle Derek Brazil Ivor Brown Ron Burgess (also Swansea coach & manager) Steven Caulker Willie Davies Gerry Francis (Swansea player, Spurs manager) Roger Gibbins Mark Gower Charlie Handley Percy Hooper Jack Illingworth Cliff Jones Ernie Jones Mark Kendall Derek King Doug Livermore (Swansea coach, Spurs asst. manager) Terry Medwin (Spurs player, Swansea asst. manager) Joe Meek Paul Price Wayne Routledge Gylfi Sigurdsson Micky Stead Arthur Willis (Spurs player, Swansea coach) Alan Woods please log in to view this image Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14 Swansea City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2011-12 to 2013-14 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Yes great thread, I was just putting the match thread up and then spotted this. I'm glad I've been complimentary to the Spurs fans now
Any chance of merging this thread and Dilli's? Think they both deserve to be commented on before, during and after the match Sunday!
But this isn't a match thread, it's about the history between the clubs. No mention of the song though
What a matchday thread this is, top draw in my view, well done THFC!.............. Don't see us getting anything at WHL, though possibly a draw, and then we will have to be at our best, but we are too sloppy at the back at the minute, so going with a 2-1 to Spurs for this one, even though Bale won't feature!......
3-0 Spurs they are just too good for us imo and I'm more concerned about beating other teams in 'our league' - those who will be from about 7th down. Spurs will be top 4 this season so I'll be glad to get this one out of the way. As always, hope I'm wrong.
Afraid I have to agree with the forecasts here. Spurs have bought a glut of class players and we will have to be at our best to even sneak a draw. To be honest, what worries me the most are our defenders. They look very shaky right now and Canas is going to earn his corn on Sunday getting stuck in to try and protect them. I wish we had another like him so they could go hunting in pairs. Once Spurs get past him in midfield, which they will, I don't have too much faith in the ability of Ash & Co to keep them out. Worrying start to our league season.
Canas must start on Friday and I agree I am expecting a few shaky moments in defence on Sunday although I do believe that we can cause them a few problems too. With my optimistic hat on 2-1 to Spurs (would love it to be 1-1 though)
There will be no Bale ... this sort of levels the field a little bit as our backs will not be under an out and out speed threat. At the least it will give Rangel more latitude on his wing. I am wondering whether we will see Ash on Sun - happy to see Amat in his place. A lot is going to depend on how Pablo plays and whether Poz will start and in what position. Clearly, both of these players have the ability to create and slice open defenses. If they are going well we can be in with a shout. Truth is I am not afraid of any team in this league. We have come a long way in the last two seasons, from the first game against City where Tate was our full back. At this point we are / can be competitive against anybody and with the rub of the green could get a result. Palace played Spurs strong last week. Surely, we can have every confidence to be more effective.
Ouch! I hope not. It will be a tough match and Spurs will be hot favourites. We'll need the rub of the green to get anything out of this.
It's just my gut feeling,guys,and I hope I'm wrong. I forecast,and placed a bet, that Man. Utd. would beat us 4-0,and I got that one wrong. Too early in the season to categorically state that we are "better than Palace". We don't know yet. On paper,yes,but we don't play on paper.
"Worrying start to our league season". I agree,Ivor. I recently posted that we could be looking for our first point when Palace visit us,game five,or six,I believe. Moyes complained about Utd's early fixtures,but ours aren't exactly a barrel of laughs.
Villa have already played Arsenal and Chelsea away! Every team that Man U play finished below them last season, lol
Whatever the result we can look forward to a game of football played in the right way with two good teams.
Couldn't agree more. Spurs is a good day out, I've said as much on my match thread, I've told this lot on here but it's like talking to a brick wall The Spurs fans create a great atmosphere, much better then the Islington library down the road from you
