please log in to view this image Everton host Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park on Sunday 9th December January 2012 (KO 15:00) in the 16th round of Premier League matches for the 2012-13 season. Everton come into the match in 6th place in the League on 23 points, while Spurs are in 4th place on 26 points This will be the 170th time the two clubs have met. The first meeting came in April 1897 in an end of season friendly match at Tottenham Marshes which Spurs won 2-1. Everton were founder-members of the Football League and had just finished 7th in the First Division while Spurs were in the Southern League and had finished 4th. A further friendly was played at Goodison Park on New Year's Day 1902 which Everton won 3-1. The clubs' first competitive match came in the old First Round (today's Third Round) of the FA Cup in February 1904 at Goodison Park which Spurs won 2-1 with a Vivian Woodward goal and an own goal from Everton's Balmer. Both clubs embarked on a central European tour in the summer of 1905 an met twice with Everton winning both matches 2-0 in Vienna and 1-0 in Prague. A second FA Cup meeting came in January 1908 with Spurs losing 1-0 at Everton. At the end of that season, both Spurs and Everton set sail for a tour of South America and played two exhibition matches in Palermo, Argentina with the first game drawn 0-0 and Everton winning the second 4-0. On the voyage home, Spurs 'borrowed' the ship captain's parrot who lived happilly for a decade at the Tottenham offices in the High Road until it dropped dead the day news came through that Arsenal had stolen Spurs' First Division place in 1919. The first Football League meetings came in the First Division in the 1909-10 season with Everton winning 4-2 at Goodison and Spurs winning 3-0 at the Lane. The clubs then met regularly in the First Division up to season 1927-28 with eight wins for Spurs, ten wins for Everton and eight matches drawn. The only League meetings between the two clubs outside the Top Flight of English Football came in season 1930-31 in the Second Division with Everton winning 4-2 at Goodison Park and Spurs winning 1-0 at White Hart Lane. The clubs met for two more seasons in Division One before the outbreak of World War Two with a win apiece and two games drawn. Spurs won a 3rd Round FA Cup tie 3-0 at home in 1934 and a 5th round tie at home in 1937 4-3 after a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. The first meeting after WW2 came in the 5th Round at Goodison Park in February 1950 with Everton winning 1-0. Spurs regained their First Division status in 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Everton on their way to the first Football League Championship won by Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-1 away win and a 3-0 home win. Everton lost their First Division place that same season along with Sheffield Wednesday, while Chelsea escaped the drop on goal average. Everton were back in the First Division for the 1954-55 season and the clubs have met in the Top Flight for every subsequent season to date, except for 1977-78 when Spurs dropped down to the Second Division for one season. Bill Nicholson's first game as Tottenham's manager came at White Hart Lane in October 1958 and Spurs were 6-1 up at half-time and went on to beat Everton 10-4. A League game at White Hart Lane in December 1969 was abandoned due to floodlight failure after 29 minutes. The two clubs met in February and March of 1986 in a competition called the Screen Sport Super Cup, which was introduced to give teams who would have qualified for the European competitions some compensation, as English clubs were banned from Europe. The first match at White Hart Lane ended goalless while Everton won the return leg 3-1. The only Football League Cup meeting between the clubs came in the Fourth Round in October 2009 with Spurs winning 2-0 at the Lane with goals from Tom Huddlestone and Robbie Keane. Both Tottenham Hotspur and Everton were founder-members of the Premier League and are two of the seven clubs who have been ever-present for the entire 21 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. Spurs have taken more points off Everton in the Premier League than from any other opponent. The 71 points won by Spurs against Everton in the 40 matches played to date gives an average of 1.775 points won per game. The 2010-11 meetings in the Premier League only yielded one point for Spurs, which came in a 1-1 draw at the Lane in October 2010. The reverse fixture in January 2011 was won 1-2 by Everton. The Toffees' goals were scored by Leighton Baines at Spurs and Louis Saha & Seamus Coleman at Goodison Park. Rafael van der Vaart scored both Spurs' goals last season. Spurs' home game last season was re-arranged from the opening day to January 2012 due to rioting in the Tottenham area. Spurs won the match 2-0 with goals from Aaron Lennon and a belter from Benoit Assou-Ekotto. During the January transfer window, Spurs signed Everton's French striker Louis Saha while Steven Pienaar moved in the opposite direction on loan until the end of the season. The match at Goodison Park in March 2012 was won 1-0 by Everton when Nikica Jelavic scored his first goal for the club in the 22nd minute. During the Summer of 2012, Everton re-signed Steven Pienaar from Spurs on a permanent basis. Overall, Spurs have won 61 of the 169 matches played so far with Everton winning 58 and 50 matches drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Everton Tottenham Hotspur Matches 1897-2012 please log in to view this image They Played for Spurs & Everton.... Jamie Attwell John Barlow Nick Barmby John Brearley Frank Brettell (Everton player, Spurs manager) Charlie Brown Bob Cain John Cameron (also Spurs manager) Simon Davies Anthony Gardner Paul Gascoigne David Ginola Richard Gough Charlie O'Hagan Ted Hughes Pat Jennings Steve Kelly John Kirwan Gary Lineker Bobby Mimms Charlie Morgan Steven Pienaar Robert Pilch Louis Saha Vinny Samways Pat Van den Hauwe John Watson Alex 'Sandy' Young please log in to view this image Everton Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2012-13 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2012-13 please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Cheers again 6061 I can't believe that fact about Everton being the team we've taken the most points from, that's really surprising. Not looking forward to this one. Everton are now due a win. - what is it now, 7 draws in their last 9? However it's a great time to be playing them on the back of 3 straight wins. - should make for an entertaining game. I'd take a draw right now. V tough fixture, especially now it's looking like bales's on the injury list too!
Time to start a few rumours about signing Fellaini in January? Tough game and one that we were a little unlucky to lose last season. It'll be interesting to see what sort of side Villas-Boas puts out against Panathinaikos on Thursday. Sigurdsson had a very bright spell when he came on yesterday, so I'd like to see him feature.
Talking of rumours, how long are Swansea going to hang on to michu for? He'd be ideal for us. Anyway, that's for another thread. Can he make a switch in Jan, or is that against transfer rules? I'd also like to see Sig feature. He looked promising yesterday and I think another game on thurs at home will give him a bit more confidence going into the game against Everton.
This is going to be a mighty tough game. Everton, despite not coverting draws to wins recently, are playing well and with Fellaini up front, they're dangerous. With Bale out (although he never really does well against Everton - Phil Neville usually does alright marking him) I'd take a draw right now.
Good as always THFC6061. We always seem to do well against Everton. My first ever game at WHL was watching us against them, we won 3-2 after being 2-1 down with about 10mins to go. Without Bale its gonna be tough so I'd also happily take a draw right now.
if avb shifts dempsey to the left then does he go with siggy behind defoe or Ade up top? .... also with dawson out that means the return of gallas! two changes which could cause us problems. Is siggy ever going to turn up?
Was that when Ian Turner scored the winner in injury time ,17 years old full of promise and then promptly disappeared!!
who was that other young lad that scored a screamer everton at the lane. then vanished............i think.we beat everton 5-2, robbie keane was upfront. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4114675.stm dean marney!
He is currently playing for Burnley. He's had a decent time playing in the Championship and played in the PL when with Hull.
Sorted out the quotes cos it was annoying me Tough game for us, I think most sides in the league would take a draw at Goodison the way they're playing this season.
good to hear he had a decent career. just he scored that goal for us and did he ever play for us again?
If you remember, he scored 2 screamers in that game against Everton. Not sure if he did play for us again, maybe once or twice at the most.
Felliani is the danger man. Dembele and Sandro are more than equipped to deal with him in footballing stakes, especially Dembele and hard man stakes with Sandro. Leighton Baines will have to be a bit more alert to the fact that attacking could lead to him leaving vast space for Lennon to run into. Either that or his foraging forward leading to a midfielder or centre back covering for him(Baines). therefore creating space for Dempsey and Defoe to expose through the middle. Or with Bale missing are we starting the Sig on the left? Or maybe Lennon on the left, Dempsey on the right with 2 up top thus giving their star man extra defensive duties to cover his centrebacks? I'm going for this line up : Lioris Naughton Caulker Gallas Vert Dempsey Sandro Dembele Lennon Ade Defoe
It's very strange to think that Spurs picked-up 2 more Premier League points in a week than Everton have won since 3rd November. That's exactly the kind of form Spurs need to be taking to Goodison Park on Sunday.
Marney was replaced by O'Hara, O'Hara was replaced by Livermore...not much longevity in that role, is there?
I'm worried that a clash between Sandro and Fellaini might destroy the earth. We should sign the afrotastic Belgian now, just to make sure it doesn't happen.
