Link for the game: http://www.sportz-for-free.org/channel2.html Wolves: Wolves are unbeaten going into this crucial premier league clash with spurs, Wolves are two points off the top of the table with Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea all ahead of them. Wolves will be without Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, David Edwards and Adlène Guedioura. Spurs have never beaten Wolves away in the premier league since the 2003/2004 season. Tottenham: Tottenham go into this game without a point under their belts and an awful goal difference due to their 5-1 home loss to Manchester City. Spurs are without Ledley King, Sandro, William Gallas and Stephen Pienaar
Don't want to be picky but that is awful. Never since 2003/04? Also how many season since then have Wolves been in the PL, it's not like we get to play you every season is it?
Agree with KH, as stats go Mike, that isn't much to worry about. I take it you're a Wolves fan. When you've been in the top flight like us for 61 of the past 62 seasons, there's a lot more interesting stats to be had about who's beat who in the top flight this century and last. Wonder who the bookies will have as favourites? I expect we'll be without a fair few that you haven't mentioned, including VDV. Will be a tough game, sometimes I'd be happy to take a point from such a game, but given our dire start, in the lge, we'll be needing the 3 points big-time. Doesn't mean we'll get them though We've actually done pretty well at Wolves over the years (as I remember) I've been there twice, we won both times. 3-0 in the lge, then the big one when we won 2-1 there in the UEFA final.
It's SteVen Pienaar. Now that's being picky There's going to be a lot of pressure on us getting a good result on Saturday. We could end up 10 points off 6th after 3 games, which I'd have thought was impossible!
Ensil's such a git So are there any Wolves fans on Not606? WHERE ARE YOUUU... oh wait that was Norwich
There don't seem to be many, and I'm afraid I'm too old and sensible to come up with any macho predictions. The league table is completely meaningless at this stage (although it's reassuring to see the Baggies with no points). The fact is Tottenham are still a top six side and Wolves target is to get to 40 points a bit earlier than last season. So I would see a draw as a good result. Mind you, with van der Vaert injured, I'm hoping that Gareth Bale picks up a knock on Tuesday (just bad enough to keep him out for one game) and Modric decides to sulk. That just might give us a chance.
please log in to view this image Wolverhampton Wanderers host Tottenham Hotspur at Molineux on Saturday 10th September 2011 for their 4th match of the 2011-12 Premier League season with Spurs having played one fewer game. This will be the 96th time the two teams have met. The first meeting came on 1st September 1908 at White Hart Lane in what was Tottenham Hotspur's first ever Football League match in the old Second Division. Spurs got their League career off to a flying start with a 3-0 win over FA Cup holders Wolves, who were one of the 12 original members of the Football League. Vivian Woodward, fresh from captaining the Great Britain football team to the Olympic Games gold medal, scored Spurs' first Football League goal and he added a second before Tom Morris finished the scoring. Wolves won the return fixture in December 1-0 but Spurs still won promotion to the First Division at the first time of asking. It would be another 12 years before the two teams met again and Spurs did the 'double' over Wolves in the 1919-20 season with a 4-2 home win and a 3-1 away win. Those four points helped Spurs regain their Top Flight status as Second Division Champions after it had been taken away in contraversial circumstances. The 1921 FA Cup Final at Stamford Bridge was contested between Wolves and Spurs and was won with a Jimmy Dimmock goal. The clubs met eight times in the Second Division between 1928 and 1932 with Spurs winning 3 games, Wolves winning 4 and one match drawn. The first meeting in the First Division came in August 1933 with Spurs beating Wolves 4-0. Wolves won the return fixture 1-0 and the following season Spurs won 3-1 at home and Wolves won at Molineux 6-2. The clubs met twice during World War Two with Wolves winning both matches. Spurs regained their Top Flight status in 1950-51 after finishing the previous season as Division Two Champions and became Division One Champions for the first time. The two games against Wolves that season resulted in home wins for both teams, Wolves winning 2-1 at Molineux and Spurs winning 2-1 at White Hart Lane. Spurs and Wolves continued to meet in Division One up to the 1983-84 season and altogether 62 matches were played at that level with Spurs winning 30 games, Wolves winning 19 games and 13 games drawn. A second meeting in the FA Cup came in January 1969 with Spurs winning the Fourth Round fixture 2-1 at the Lane. The teams were paired together in the 1981 FA Cup Semi-Final with the first game at Hillsborough drawn 2-2 with Steve Archibald and Glenn Hoddle scoring for Spurs. The replay at Highbury was a comfortable 3-0 win for Spurs with goals from Garth Crooks (2) and Ricky Villa. Spurs went on to beat Manchester City in the Final. The last meeting in the FA Cup came in the Fourth Round in 1996 with Wolves drawing 1-1 at White Hart Lane but losing the replay at Molineux 2-0 with Spurs goals coming from Ronnie Rosenthal and Teddy Sheringham. The first all-English major European Cup Final came in 1972 between Spurs and Wolves in the UEFA Cup. Martin Chivers scored a brace at Molineux in a 2-1 win for Spurs and the return leg was drawn 1-1 at the Lane with Alan Mullery scoring. Wolves won the first encounter in the Football League Cup in 1969 1-0 and the teams also contested the 1972 Semi Final with Spurs winning away 2-1 with goals from John Pratt and Martin Peters while the return leg was drawn 2-2 with Martin Chivers and Martin Peters scoring. The teams met in the Premier League for the first time in December 2003 with Spurs winning 5-2 with goals from Robbie Keane (3), Fredi Kanoute and Stefan Dalmat. Spurs also won the away game 2-0 with goals from Keane and Jermain Defoe. Wolves won both Premier League matches in season 2009-10 1-0. Last season, Spurs won 3-1 at the Lane in September with goals from Rafael Van der Vaart (penalty), Roman Pavlyuchenko and Alan Hutton. Wolves goal was scored by Steven Fletcher. The away game at Molineux in March ended in a 3-3 draw with Jermain Defoe scoring twice and Pavlyuchenko getting the third and Wolves' Kevin Doyle grabbing a brace and Steven Fletcher securing the draw three minutes from time. During the summer, midfielder Jamie O'Hara made the switch from Spurs to Wolves. Overall, Wolves have won 30 games, Spurs have won 45 games and the remaining 20 matches played have been drawn. please log in to view this image Full History of Wolverhampton Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur Matches 1908-2011 http://www.myfootballfacts.com/SpursvWolverhamptonWanderers.html please log in to view this image They Played for Wolves & Spurs.... Darren Anderton David Black Sammy Brooks Keith Burkinshaw (Wolves player, Spurs manager) Jamie Clapham Harry Krump Mark Kendall Harry Hargreaves Glenn Hoddle (Spurs player & manager, Wolves manager) Tom Huddlestone Steffan Iversen Robbie Keane Colin Lee (Spurs player, Wolves manager) Tommy Lunn Harry Marshall Elijah Morse (trainer at both clubs) Allan Nielsen Jamie O'Hara Dean Richards Rohan Ricketts Vinny Samways Steve Sedgley Hans Segers Andy Sinton Gordon Smith Cyril Spiers Paul Stewart Erik Thorstvedt Andy Turner please log in to view this image
please log in to view this image I like the way Rafa can multitask...for example, judging by the face, seeing to a nasty itch in his armpit while taking a penalty.
Remember the 81 semi final replay played at the old Library 3-0. Watched it on tv 5am in the morning- woke up the whole house- good times!
Was there for both the uefa final games and the 3-0. All absolutely great occasions, probably being in a North Bank at Highbury that was crammed full of Tottenham for the 3-0, gave it the extra edge Plus my footballing idol, Hoddle, was on top form that night.
I thought this thread needing bumping I'm reading on various sites that Lennon isn't fit, so Niko on the right? I wonder if Hudd is fit enough to play, and play well. He is a concern for me. So good we have Parker, and to think I've read/heard some Spurs fans wondering if we needed him. We need him big-time, could be a key signing.
Definitely wouldn't want to see Niko on the right, not sure who else there is though. How long's Pienaar out for?
