Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea (1st January 2015)

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Tottenham Hotspur host Chelsea at White Hart Lane on New Year's Day, Thursday 1st January 2015 (KO 17:30) in the 20th round of 2014-15 Premier League matches.

Spurs come into the game in 7th place on 31 points with Chelsea League leaders on 46 points. This will be the 194th time the two teams have met each other.

Chelsea are one of the few major English football teams who never played Spurs during the Victorian Era, as they were only founded in 1905 and were admitted into the Second Division of the Football League without ever having played a match before.

This was due to the rivalry that existed at the time between the Football League and the Southern League with the former desperate to make in-roads into the lucrative markets which London and the South-East provided.

The first meeting between Spurs and Chelsea was a friendly played at Stamford Bridge in February 1908 and ended in a 1-1 draw.

The same venue saw the first Football League Division One encounter in December 1909 and Chelsea won that match 2-1.

The return fixture at White Hart Lane was won by Spurs 2-1 and in between those two matches the clubs met in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in a match which Spurs won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Spurs and Chelsea would meet for another three seasons in the First Division before the outbreak of World War One with honours even at two wins for Spurs, two wins for Chelsea and two drawn matches.

14 games were played during the First World War and these featured many players who 'guested' for both clubs. Five of Tottenham's "home" games were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium.

Spurs and Chelsea had finished in the bottom two places in the last season of the First Division when war broke out and when football resumed in 1919, the Division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams.

Arsenal engineered a 'promotion' to the First Division at Spurs' expense but Tottenham easilly won the Division Two Championship and the next season had two emphatic wins over Chelsea 5-0 at home and 4-0 at the Bridge.

The teams would meet for another five seasons in the First Division and two seasons in the Second Division during the inter-war period - season 1929-30 was the last time Spurs & Chelsea played League games outside the Top Flight of English Football.

Spurs only lost two of those 14 League matches.

During World War Two, 16 games were played between Spurs and Chelsea

Spurs returned to the First Division in season 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Chelsea winning 2-0 away and 2-1 at home on their way to the first Football League Championship.

Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea contested the first all-London FA Cup Final in 1967 at Wembley with Spurs winning 2-1 thanks to goals scored by Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul.

The first meeting in the Football League Cup came in the 1971-72 Semi-Finals with Chelsea winning the first leg at Stamford Bridge 3-2 and Spurs only managing a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane.

Both clubs were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 and both have been ever-present for the 23 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United. Chelsea have very much had the upper hand during the Premier League Era with 25 wins to Tottenham's 3 with the remaining 15 matches drawn.

A second domestic Cup Final was contested in 2008 when Spurs beat Chelsea in the Football League (Carling) Cup Final 2-1 after extra time at Wembley. A Dimitar Berbatov penalty and a Jonathan Woodgate header ensured the silverware would once again reside in North London.

The 2010-11 fixture in December at White Hart Lane resulted in a 1-1 draw with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring for Spurs after 15 minutes and Didier Drogba getting Chelsea's equaliser after 70 minutes. Drogba's injury time penalty was saved by Heurelho Gomes.

The reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in April was won by Chelsea 2-1 with Spurs taking a 19th minute lead through Sandro and Frank Lampard equalising on half time. Salomon Kalou scored the winner after 89 minutes.

The 2011-12 match at White Hart Lane in December resulted in a 1-1 draw with Emmanuel Adebayor putting Spurs ahead after 8 minutes and Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge getting the equaliser in the 23rd minute. The game at Stamford Bridge in March ended in a goalless draw.

Chelsea won the 2012 FA Cup Semi-Final at Wembley 5-1 with the turning-point coming from a 49th minute Juan Mata goal which never crossed the line. Didier Drogba had put the Blues ahead just before the interval and Spurs managed to pull a goal back in the 56th minute through Gareth Bale. Three further goals from Ramares, Lampard and Malouda were added for Chelsea.

Andre Villas-Boas was sacked as Chelsea's manager in March 2012 and became the manager of Tottenham Hotspur on 3rd July 2012. The match at White Hart Lane in October 2012 was won by Chelsea 4-2. A Gary Cahill volly after 17 minutes was the only goal of the first half and Spurs went ahead with goals from William Gallas and Jermain Defoe. A brace from Juan Mata and a Daniel Sturridge goal gave Chelsea the three points.

The teams drew 2-2 at Stamford Bridge in May 2013 with Oscar opening the scoring after 10 minutes and Emmanuel Adebayor getting the equaliser after 26 minutes. Ramires put Chelsea ahead again after 39 minutes but Gylfi Sigurdsson scored 10 minutes from the end.

Sigurdsson scored again in the 19th minute at White Hart Lane in September 2013 to put Spurs 1-0 ahead of Chelsea but John Terry equalised for the Blues after 65 minutes to ensure the points were shared. Chelsea ran-out 4-0 winners in the game at Stamford Bridge in March 2014 with goals from Samuel Eto'o, Eden Hazard and a brace from Demba Ba.

Chelsea won the Premier League match in December 2014 at Stamford Bridge 3-0 with goals from Eden Hazard, Didier Drogba and Loic Remy.

Overall, Spurs have won 68, Chelsea have won 76 and 49 of the 193 matches between the two clubs have been drawn.

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Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea Matches 1908-2015

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They Played for Spurs & Chelsea....​

Clive Allen
Les Allen
Jimmy Armstrong
Frank Arnesen (Director of Football both clubs)
Eddie Bailey
Ted Birnie
Danny Blanchflower (Spurs player, Chelsea manager)
Derek Brazil
Johnny Brooks
Bill Cartwright
Sid Castle
David Copeland
Carlo Cudicini
Jason Cundy
Kerry Dixon
Gordon Durie
Mark Falco
William Gallas
Lee Gardner
George Graham (Chelsea player, Spurs manager)
Jimmy Greaves
Frode Grodas
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Tommy Harmer (Spurs player, Chelsea coach)
Alan Harris (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager)
Micky Hazard
Glenn Hoddle (Spurs & Chelsea player & manager)
Stewart Houston (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager)
Percy Humphries
Steve Kelly
John Kirwan
Colin Lee
Scott Parker
Gustavo Poyet
Graham Roberts
Max Seeburg
Buchanan Sharp
Bobby Smith
Neil Sullivan
Andy Thompson (Spurs player, Chelsea coach)
Sid Tickridge
Jimmy Townley
Terry Venables (also Spurs manager)
Andre Villas-Boas (manager at both clubs)
Keith Weller
Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Chelsea asst. manager)
Harry Wilding
Clive Wilson
Vivian Woodward

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Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2014-15

Chelsea Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2014-15

Premier League London Derbies Season 2014-15

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I usually view the match threads on the old 606 app and until now I have seen the tables, pictures etc that accompany the thread.
What a superb effort THFC, well played.

 

I presume there should be a "not" in there somewhere?

 

Moron whining there's a campaign against his club.

Only in the mind of an absolute pillock does referees actually doing their job against his collection of divers constitute a "campaign" against the club.

 

But now Refs will be worried that people will think there is a campaign against them and they will get away with more of their concerted diving. He knows what he's doing.

 

Apart from needing the 3 pts, a win would be nice to start Joses' 2015 year of conspiracy
whining with a bang.

 

Exactly, it's nothing about the last match it's all about getting an advantage in the next match, which is sadly with us. Expect to see lots of unpunished diving. Funny how the media only features decisions that go against the "top" clubs. The rest of the clubs have bad decisions go against them all the time (notably when playing certain other clubs / managers).

 

Am expecting a bad day refereeing, performance and result wise for us...pleased with how the season is going but can see nothing good from this match

 

There is an article on the beeb sport page with a fairly balanced list of for/against matches involving chelsea. They're not all falling for the BS

 

The papers already have plenty of gobshites who they report their drivel as if it were gospel truth - not least Cameron, Osbourne and Farage - why add to the list?

 

My pleasure - glad you find these posts of interest.

 

Yes, thanks again, THFC!

There's not a conspiracy against Chelsea, but I'd like to start one. Any takers?

It's interesting we have the exact same form over the last four games. Our record against Chelsea has been truly horrible, but we drew against them at WHL last year. I'm hoping we may have learned something to cure our top team woes in the Man U game, or by watching Southampton against Chelsea. We'll see. I can only hope we're learning to fight as hard as possible for (almost) every ball. Giving a team with Chelsea's skills time and space is suicide.

Southampton's goal also demonstrated about the only chink in Chelsea's armor: Terry's lack of pace.

 

Mind games, siege mentality.........it's been done before

Can't see you winning this one though, I'm afraid

 

We haven't avoided a multi-goal loss to any of last year's top three since we drew against Chelsea at WHL early last year. I'm hoping the draw against one of this year's top three will be the start of a better trend. I'm not betting on it, though.

 

Our referee on Thursday is Phil Dowd.

 

He'll spot Fabregas diving in the penalty area from his position in the centre circle.

Then he'll book everyone.

Good luck.

 

How does he ever pass the fitness test? He always looks on the verge of a coronary by the end of a game. No wonder the fat twat misses half of what goes on.

 

How can anyone take a look at Fat Phil and expect him to keep up with some of the ridiculous speed merchants in the Premier League?
He'll do that smug dismissive thing when getting decisions wrong, as usual, then have a laugh with the manager that he hasn't pissed off.

 

Have to agree with everyone these match threads are top class well done 6061!
Think if we wind up Fibreglass he might lose his cool - get Mason or Stambouli to close mark him to limit his effectiveness.
Not liking his harassment of refs even if he's not involved typical chav mentality.
I would be happy with a draw even happier if we nick a win.

 

Who was the ref for our match with liverpool at whl this season? He really pissed me off with the way he dismissed adebayors penalty appeal after giving them the softest of penalties...came across as an arrogant twat