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So the Premier League season is finally here, it’s Tottenham Hotspur’s opening game versus Everton………. That’s how the preview for this one should have started, but the unfortunate and unseemly rioting of early August put paid to Spurs opening fixture. Now this is the game in hand it’s vital that Spurs get maximum points if they want to be [...]
Match Report: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Sunderland
It wasn’t pretty. On a cold December Sunday afternoon, Tottenham Hotspur saw off a resilient Sunderland to record a 1-0 victory and get back to winning ways in the Premier League. Winning ugly is the sign of champions. Not getting carried away here, I’m not suggesting Spurs are going to win the title, there’s a [...]
Match Preview: Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland
Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland, White Hart Lane, Sunday 18th December, 3pm Kick off So on Thursday night Spurs European adventure for this season came to an end, despite a 4-0 win at Shamrock. The perceived wisdom is that this is a blessing in disguise and can leave Harry Redknapp and his team to concentrate on [...]
Match Preview: Shamrock Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur
THFC1882 present a guest preview by Rob: Shamrock Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur, Thursday 15th December 6pm KO ITV4 So here we are, at the last match in the laborious group stage of the Europa League. A competition that is supposed to be the second best European competition to win but in my opinion is just [...]
Match Preview: Tottenham Hotspur v PAOK
THFC1882 welcomes back guest writer Mike Hooley with a preview of Wednesday’s Europa League game: So, Tottenham Hotspur play a European tie on a Wednesday once again, in what all Spurs fans hope will be a prelude of things to come next season. However, the fantastic current league run – nine wins and a draw [...]
Match Report: Rubin Kazan 1 – 0 Spurs
Spurs: Cudicini; Fredericks; Gallas (Parrett); Bassong; Townsend; Falque; Livermore; Carroll; Pienaar; Pavlyuchenko (Kane); Defoe Tonights game at Central Stadium was always going to be tough for Spurs, no matter which team had been picked. Rubin Kazan have some experienced heads from Russian League and European football and they showed it with a commanding performance against [...]
Match Preview: Rubin Kazan v Spurs
Europa League. Central Stadium. 5pm kick off. ITV4. Spurs travel to Tatarstan to take on Rubin Kazan for this away Europa League game. Last month, a young/2nd string Spurs side claimed a narrow 1-0 victory over Kazan at The Lane. That win has put Europa progress firmly in the Lilywhites sights. A win on Thursday [...]
Younes Kaboul – the future of Spurs defence
Ka-boom!! For all Spurs fans Younes Kaboul’s 85th minute winner at the Emirates last season was a moment to savour. It wasn’t the first time the French international had scored a crucial goal in a big game. Spurs 125th anniversary game had turned into a bit of a nightmare, being 4-1 down to Aston Villa [...]
Match Preview: Stoke v Spurs
Carling Cup. Tuesday 20th September 2011. Brittania Stadium. 7.45pm Kick off. It was surprising to hear that Harry Redknapp is interested in the Carling Cup. Having made his disdain for the Europa League clear due to its allegedly crazy scheduling, it may have been expected he’d think the same of a trophy where Spurs are [...]
Arsenal to miss out on Falcao and Samba?
I think it’s a fair assessment to imply that we Arsenal fans have become used to a certain calibre of players being associated with the club during transfer windows. I know, as an Arsenal fan that when a star name is involved, say someone like Be…
Gallas – Wenger made a big mistake by letting me go
The French defender William Gallas was allowed to leave the Emirates last summer when Arsene Wenger tried to half his wages once he had surpassed the ‘magic’ age of 30, but Gallas has made a mockery of his decision by making some fantastic …
Not A Good Season – Gallas
Normally I wouldn’t bother regurgitating what’s been said on another website, but considering the split opinions on whether this has been a good or disappointing season (some can be seen in the comments of this mornings article) I thought it would be interesting. For the last few months I’ve been bleeting on to anyone who [...]
Wigan More Important Than Madrid?
Roberto Martinez’s Wigan, then. A team not so much nailed to the foot of the table as secured there with a length of ragged old Velcro; still favourites for the drop but by no means cut adrift. It’s tighter than Mickey Rourke’s face down there at the moment, with just a single three points enough [...]
Nasri – I may leave Arsenal but I’ll never join Spurs!
Samir Nasri has revealed once again that the rumours suggesting he has agreed a new contract with Arsenal are wide of the mark, and he refuses to rule out the possibility of him leaving the Emirates. He also says that he may even join another English c…
Champions League is Ours if we Want It
On the 20th March 2010 we beat Stoke away 2-1 and as I’ve said on this blog before that was the moment last season when I genuinely believed we had a chance of what until then had seemed such as impossible task, finishing in the top 4. This season has followed a familiar path to [...]
The importance of being Samir – Part 1
Few have had cause to criticise him this season, Samir has set the Premier league alight with his performances for Arsenal.
He’s 23 years old and is growing game by game, but what is driving his improvement this season? Is it the indignance of being dr…
Arsenal – Tottenham. Crunch à la londonienne
C’est parti, c’est jour de derby à Londres. Arsenal-Tottenham, ou l’un des plus vieux derby d’Angleterre, le fameux « North London Derby ». Sempiternelle rivalité pour des stades, des fans et …
High Noon
In my very young years Spurs were the best in the country if not the world, with a team that had it all – speed, craft, strength (what a player Dave Mackay was), super full backs, centre halves (as they were then) a fine keeper and the late , great Bobby Smith upfront. I can [...]
Arsenal should have signed Van Der Vaart say Robin the boy wonder.
Rafael Van Der Vaart, someone who I said would have been a great addition to our team has now been endorsed by none other than Robin Van Persie, our fragile but talented forward. ‘I’d rather he was at Arsenal. I indicated a couple of times that Rafael would be useful for Arsenal but that advice [...]
Sagna – Be nice to Gallas this weekend!
The Arsenal and France defender Bacary Sagna has called on the Arsenal fans to be nice to William Gallas this weekend when he returns to the Emirates with Tottenham Hotspurs.
Gallas had a tempstuous time at Arsenal and not a few fans were glad to see t…
It just takes time to negotiate the revolving door.
At Arsenal we have a product, a verve, a style of our own.
I think people don’t give Arsenal enough credit for that. Arsene has created a side that neutrals love to watch and countless hours of enjoyment for the fans of the club.
What disappoints me is…
Gallas was hated at Arsenal
Have you noticed the difference in the team morale this season? I certainly have, they all celebrate together, no big sulksters mooching around playing for themselves. No bawling at your left-back and killing his confidence. Gallas was a liabilty, he might have been a handy defender, but was he not at the heart of the [...]
Silvestre – There is a reason we left…..
Arsenal lost quite a few defenders this summer. Mikael Silvestre, William Gallas and Sol Campbell all decided to pursue the twilight of their careers away from the Emirates, and Silvestre implied it was because of a problem with Arsene Wenger.
He said:…
The difference between Sol Campbell and William Gallas
Harry Redknapp has today claimed that Tottenham have got one over Arsenal by signing William Gallas. “He knows he is going to get some flak from the Arsenal fans but his signing is one-up for us. Tottenham fans should be thinking, ‘Hang on,…
We need a big win and I think we’ll smash them.
Today is our first home game and today we entertain everybody’s favourite second team Blackpool. I think the media are as excited about listening to straight talking Ian Holloway as they used to be about the orange faced spiv Phil Brown. Ian Holloway is the new tough talking working class English hero manager and the [...]
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