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ANTONIO CONTE

1 6TheHeadCoachwantstocontinueour
positive momentum this afternoon

RICHARLISON

2 9Oursummersigningtraceshislongrouteto
the highest level of English football

OPPOSITION

Bruno Lage’s Wolves squad are the focus
as they head to N17 this afternoon
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HEAD COACH

ACNOTONNTEIO

G ood afternoon and welcome sessions and were rewarded for that.
to Tottenham Hotspur Our focus now turns to this after-
Stadium for today’s Premier
League fixture against noon and I should like to welcome
Wolverhampton Wanderers. Bruno Lage, his players, staff and
We started the season everyone associated with Wolves.
a fortnight ago here with a victory
over Southampton, before travelling Bruno is an excellent coach who did
to Chelsea last weekend, where we a good job during his first season in
drew 2-2. charge and we know very well what a
dangerous team Wolves are, following
Against Southampton we showed their victory here in February.
intensity to win the ball and use it well.
It was an exciting game and while we We will have to be at our best this
scored four goals, on another day we afternoon and I know you will create
could have had even more. another fantastic atmosphere, as you
have done both home and away already
Chelsea was a very different match. this season.
Stamford Bridge is never an easy place
to go and so it proved again. However, Finally, today is one of the dedi-
we dug deep in difficult circumstances cated matches to celebrate 30 years
and came away with a good point. of the Premier League. This is the best
league in the world, it has provided
In both games I was pleased with some incredible players, managers and
our attitude and reaction to going matches over that time and I’m proud
behind. The players showed good to be working in it – and to do so for one
character, trusted in the situations of the biggest clubs.
we have worked on during our training
Enjoy the game.

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“IN BOTH
GAMES
I WAS
PLEASED
WITH OUR
ATTITUDE
AND
REACTION
TO GOING
BEHIND”

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NEWS DESK
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AROUND THE CLUB

NEWS DESK DAWS AND DEFOE
AT SUMMER OF
DESTINY’S DREAM SPURS

Destiny Udogie always dreamt of a at this big club with a big history. I can’t Jermain Defoe and Michael
life in football, now he’s counting the wait to show my quality,” Destiny said. Dawson were the latest special
days to a new chapter in his career “It’s an honour for me to play under a guests to attend our Summer of
here at Spurs. big coach like Antonio Conte. He knows Spurs holiday programme in N17
football very well, and I’m going to grow this week.
We signed the defender this week a lot with him.
from Udinese on a contract until 2027. The Club legends took part in
The Italian Under-21 international, still “The Premier League is the biggest a range of multi-sports activity
only 19, will now return to the Serie A league in the world, the most difficult, on Tuesday alongside local young
side for the remainder of the 2022/23 and I like challenges, so I’m excited to people enjoying their school holi-
campaign. start and, for me, playing for Tottenham days in the shadow of Tottenham
as well, it’s a big dream come true.” Hotspur Stadium.
Having progressed through the
ranks at Hellas Verona, Destiny made For now, Destiny will look to build Jermain, who this week re-joined
his professional debut in November on a fine 2021/22 campaign when he the Club as Academy coach and
2020. The following year, he joined returns to Udinese. “I want to grow as Ambassador, said: “It’s great for the
Udinese on loan – a deal which turned much as I can, to understand the game kids and also their parents – I would
permanent in July, 2022 – and in his a little more and to play my best season have loved to have something like
debut season with the Italian side he in Serie A,” he said. this when I was growing up.
made 37 appearances in all competi-
tions, scoring five goals. We’ll then see him again next Daws, who is now entering his
summer. “I can’t wait for the time to second year as a Club Ambassador,
“It’s a big honour for me to be here come. I’m excited.” added: “Summer of Spurs is a
fantastic programme – full credit
to the Club for putting this on. The
fact that it’s all happening right
outside the stadium three days a
week carries a huge appeal for any
local kids and parents.”

Summer of Spurs sees football
and multi-sports activity for young
people of all ages and abilities take
place on N17 Arena – a community
hub located on the Tottenham
Hotspur Stadium campus – and
Duke’s Aldridge Academy from
11am-9pm, every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday
throughout August.

The programme  aims to keep
young people in the Tottenham area
engaged in positive activity during
the school holidays, promoting
health and wellbeing and reducing
levels of crime and anti-social
behaviour in the process.

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A DECADE OF KANEONE OF OUR OWN
MAKING HIS DEBUT

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Newcastle United.
07.04.14 – After a series of loan
TWO V BLUES spells, Harry’s first Premier League
goal comes on his first start for us
in the competition, in a 5-1 win over

Sunderland

01.01.15 – Nets twice in a 5-3 win v
Champions-elect Chelsea, a game
he says gave him the belief and
confidence that he could score against

any opposition.

HAT-TRICK HERO

GOLDEN BOY 21.03.15 – His first Premier League
hat-trick, in a 4-3 win over Leicester
02.05.16 – A first Premier League
Golden Boot, Harry’s strike at Chelsea City at the Lane. He currently has
eight PL trebles.
making it 25 goals in 2015/16.

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ONE OF OUR OWN

Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of Harry Kane’s Premier League
debut. Over the last 10 years, the Spurs Academy graduate has scored an
incredible 184 goals in 284 PL appearances with many highlights along
the way. Here are just a few…

FINAL FLOURISH GOALS GALORE

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in the division.
16.03.22 – Harry’s 11
goal in our 2-0 win at
Brighton takes him to
a record 95 away goals
in the Premier League.

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FIVES
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FIVES

F I V E ...

…SCREAMERS AGAINST WOLVES

1 Manchester City, one that would go on to be voted as
Wembley Stadium’s ‘Goal of the Century’ in a poll at the
03/05/72 – Martin Chivers turn of the millennium. It was a strike that was all about
Villa’s quick feet and close control as he weaved through
Martin Chivers scored 174 goals during his eight-year stay the City defence to score. But just a month earlier, Villa
at Spurs – and one of his very best was against Wolves in scored another sensational goal, this time against Wolves
one of the most important matches in the Club’s history. in the FA Cup semi-final to help us on our way to that
Back in May 1972, we’d gone all the way to the final of the Wembley showpiece. After a 2-2 draw at Hillsborough, we
inaugural UEFA Cup and, wouldn’t you just know it, faced met Wolves again in a replay, this time just down the road
familiar opposition in the shape of fellow Division One at Highbury. Garth Crooks had already netted twice to put
outfit Wolves. In what was a two-legged affair, the first us in control at half-time when Steve Archibald won the
game took place at Molineux and it was our England ball on halfway and Crooks fed Villa out on the right flank.
forward who headed home the opener on 57 minutes, only Our number five moved into a central area some 25 yards
for the home side to level through skipper Jim McCalliog. out but this time, there were no silky skills, just a flash
But, with three minutes left, Alan Mullery dispossessed of his left boot which sent the ball arrowing into the top
John McAlle and Chivers picked up the ball out on the left, corner to put us 3-0 up and secure our place at Wembley.
moved infield towards goal and then left fly from fully 30
yards with a right-foot blast that flew past Phil Parkes. It 3
meant we headed back to north London with a 2-1 lead and
completed the job at White Hart Lane with a 1-1 draw that
saw us lift the trophy.

Want to watch Big Chiv’s goal right now? Turn to pages 06/12/03 – Stephane Dalmat
62-63! French midfielder Stephane Dalmat had all the
credentials to be a real star when he arrived at White
2 Hart Lane ahead of the 2003/04 season on loan from
Internazionale. A dynamic wide player with great skill,
15/04/81 – Ricky Villa wonderful ball control and a real powerhouse, he made
In May 1981, Argentine midfielder Ricky Villa scored his debut against Chelsea in September 2003, but we only
a wonder goal in our FA Cup Final replay win over really saw glimpses of his ability due to a few injuries. He
showed just what he could be capable of against Wolves in
December 2003 when he scored a gem of a goal. Replac-
ing Gus Poyet with 14 minutes remaining and the score at
3-1, both sides had scored again before the game moved
into the 90th minute and Dalmat collected a pass from
Stephen Carr down the right. Showing all his strength and
skill, he powered past Lee Naylor and Mark Kennedy and,
as the ball bounced up nicely for him, Dalmat hit a shot
that rocketed into the back of the net, leaving Michael
Oakes no chance in the Wolves goal.

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FIVES
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4 FIVES

29/12/18 – Harry Kane the Champions League. And we looked set to continue
that form when we took the lead against Wolves in the
Harry Kane sits just one shy of his 250th Spurs goal 22nd minute. Heung-Min Son pushed the ball forward to
going into today’s game and there won’t be many better Kane, who advanced down the right flank, chopped inside
than the one he scored against Wolves at Wembley in our Willy Boly and then hit a searing left-foot rocket which
last game of 2018. We were flying at the time, having lost flew into the top corner. Unfortunately, it all unravelled
just once in our previous 13 matches which included wins after that as the visitors hit back to win 3-1 which took
over Everton (6-2) and Bournemouth (5-0) and a draw at the shine off Kane’s goal at the time, but looking back
Barcelona to secure our place in the knockout stages of four years later, one fully appreciates just how good a
strike it was.

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15/12/19 – Lucas Moura
Just under a year after Kane’s goal described above, Lucas
Moura took centre stage with a stunning strike against
Wolves. All thoughts at the end of the game were about
Jan Vertonghen’s 91st-minute headed winner which
clinched all three points for us, but earlier in the clash
came a goal of undeniable quality from our Brazilian
forward. Just eight minutes were on the clock when
Lucas picked up possession midway inside the Wolves
half, showed strength to shrug off the attention of Diogo
Jota, skipped past Jonny’s challenge on the edge of the
area, worked a yard of space to move away from Romain
Saiss and then hit a fierce angled drive past goalkeeper
Rui Patricio. It was a goal which summed up all of Lucas’
brilliant technique and tenacity and set us on the way to
another win over Wolves.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

RICHARL
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LISTTOOHNEGPLOATRHY

FROM HAVING TO BORROW BOOTS TO TAKE PART IN A
TRIAL AS A YOUNGSTER IN BRAZIL, TO CLOSING IN ON
FULFILLING A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DREAM, IT’S BEEN SOME

JOURNEY FOR OUR NEW SIGNING RICHARLISON…

BY PAUL MILES

I t’s been a long and winding road from Nova 2017. After ‘Richi’ joined us this summer, Gomes gave
Venecia, Brazil, to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for us an insight into the daily drive of his friend, our new
Richarlison. No wonder he relishes every moment number nine. “He’s everything about passion, passion for
as a footballer… what he does, he embraces the game so much. You can
The all-action forward joined us from Everton in see the type of person he is, and he’s like that all the time.
July. Capped 36 times by Brazil, he was a revelation That’s him, nothing he’s trying to force, it’s him. He wants
first at Watford, then in the blue half of Merseyside, to deliver his best all the time. I believe you are getting a
where he scored 53 goals in 152 appearances very, very big player.”
between 2018-22, including a crucial 10 goals in the
Premier League as the Goodison side battled to beat the That passion comes from a player who has given
drop last term. everything to be where he is today and, as he prepares for
what could be his first appearance in N17 as a Spurs player
Our former goalkeeper and fellow Brazilian Heurelho against Wolves today, here is the story of those early days
Gomes took Richarlison under his wing at Watford in back in Brazil, in his own words…

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“When I was younger, I played football in the street, THE BIG INTERVIEW
I played with my friends. I also missed school to play leave all grazed and bruised for all the effort I put into
football…my childhood was all about football. So, being trying to score goals. I passed the test, and that’s when I
at a big club now, competing in major competitions and got my first professional contract at América, and I kept
being among these great players is a child’s dream. And growing. I went up to professional level and managed to
now this dream has come true, I’m going to do everything score many goals for América Mineiro, until I signed for
I can to make sure it all ends with a happy ending here. Fluminense.

“I remember testing for Avai and Figueirense and “So, I think my career was a bit of a struggle, but it was
unfortunately, or fortunately, I didn’t pass. But those tests also victorious, because despite the difficulties, that is
served as a lot of strength and motivation to be able to what motivated me to move on and seek higher flights. I
move forward. That’s what I did. After the test I went back managed to turn things around and help my family. I think
to my city (Nova Venécia), of course we were all a bit sad from that moment when I signed my first professional
for not having passed, I was rejected on my birthday, and contract, everything in my life changed.”
you get a little sad. We are there in search of our dreams,
and the whole family asked if I had passed, and I gave the “IWYOHUENNGIEWRA, S
message that I hadn’t made it. I think that everyone there WMFATYFOHSOICOEPOAHTLSLTIBALTLBADYRAALEHEBLLDOELOIT”ONU.DT
was sad, not only me but all my family, my friends.

“I went back to Nova Venécia, to train at the school
there. I trained with Professor Regis, from the battalion.
I went back to climbing hills, running nine kilometres in
the square, until the opportunity arose to go to América
Mineiro for another test.

“I didn’t have a boot to do this test. I had to borrow my
childhood friend’s boots, one blue and one pink. I went to
Belo Horizonte on a ticket that my father managed, with
great difficulty. I went to do the test. And when I arrived in
Minas Gerais, at América Mineiro, I remember that after
two or three training sessions, the coach liked me.

“I gave my life in training there. The fields had no grass,
so when we went to train practically every day, I would

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

“I LOVE TO
SPEND TIME
WITH THE FANS.
WE’RE ONLY
WHERE WE
ARE BECAUSE
OF THEM”

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Richarlison quickly integrated himself into the LOEOXUSO“VCARTUI’EAISMRBTTDWEEFHOIDAAUAESUNTMLPCOTSLP.O!II”SIYF’NRD,UEEEL,
squad over the summer, particularly on our tour of
Korea. Suspended for the opener here a fortnight ago League, which I only watched on TV. Until last year I was
against Southampton, he made his debut and played a there on the sofa in my house, watching it, and I said it was
big part in that dramatic draw at Chelsea last weekend. my time to play there. All the players dream of playing in
Richarlison was right there when Harry Kane headed home this great competition, so I think when the time comes, I’ll
the 96th-minute equaliser at the Bridge – if Harry missed be quite emotional because it’s a big competition and all
the ball, he would have met it – and knowing what we know the players want to play there.”
already, it was no surprise to see him in the middle of it as
Harry celebrated with our fans in SW6. That brings us nicely to this afternoon’s match against
Wolves, and the chance to step out in front of 60,000
“That was a special moment,” he reflected this week. Spurs fans with our famous cockerel on his chest for
“It was the 96th minute and it just felt right. I got lost in the first time. “I’m happy, excited to see our fans in our
the moment… it was my debut, I was excited and I loved beautiful stadium,” he said. “I’d love to score, as well! I feel
celebrating with the fans. I love to spend time with the I’ve grown as a player, everyone here is at a great level, and
fans. We’re only where we are because of them.” I just want to show everyone my potential.”

Like all fans, Richi no doubt has a date marked in his 21
diary – 25 August. That’s when the draw for the group
stages of the UEFA Champions League will take place,
and he can barely contain his excitement.

“It’s a dream, isn’t it? I was even commenting with my
friends that the TV gave us goosebumps, just listening to
the theme song. So now I can be inside the stadium, listen-
ing to that music at the start of the match and playing in
the Champions League. I always said it was my dream to
play in the Champions League, and now this dream will
come true. And let’s see what will happen, I hope to start
this Champions League on the right foot.”

How would he feel hearing that famous anthem for the
first time? “I don’t know, maybe I can cry, because it will be
a special moment. To be there playing in the Champions
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MAKING THEIR DEBUTS
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MDAEKBINGUTTHSEIR MAKING THEIR DEBUTS

A new series for the new season as we
examine the debuts of Spurs players
whose first senior appearance in our
famous shirt came against today’s
opponents.

JIMMY SEED

05.04.1920 Jimmy Seed made his Spurs debut in An intelligent tactician with
a win at Wolves in April 1920 and, just accurate passing ability and an eye for
DIVISION TWO a year later, he was helping us win the goal, Jimmy became one of our most
FA Cup against the very same team. influential players during the 1920s. He
WOLVES was our top scorer during our success-
SPURS Formerly with Sunderland, the ful FA Cup campaign of 1921, scoring
inside forward lost some of his prime a hat-trick against Bradford City and
years to the First World War but joined also netting in wins over Bristol Rovers
us from Welsh outfit Mid-Rhondda in and Southend United and would go on
February 1920. Peter McWilliam’s side to score 77 goals in 254 appearances.
were marching towards the Second
Division title when Seed donned the He left us for Sheffield Wednesday
Spurs shirt for his first team bow, in August 1927, winning the league
replacing Jimmy Banks when we trav- title twice with the Owls, before going
elled to Molineux for our third game into management. While in charge of
in four days in early April. We won 3-1 Charlton Athletic, he steered them
with goals from Arthur Grimsdell (2) from the Third Division (South) to the
and Jimmy Cantrell and five days later, First Division in successive seasons
Seed opened his goalscoring account and to FA Cup glory in 1947 and has a
for us in a 3-1 win at Stoke City. stand at The Valley named after him.

DID YOU KNOW? 23

All 11 players were making their
Football League debuts for
Spurs when we met Wolves
on 1 September 1908. That
was our very first match in the
competition having won a vote
by the league’s management
committee. Vivian Woodward
scored our first Football League
goal in the 3-0 Division Two win
at White Hart Lane.

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KEITH WELLER

27.03.1965 There can’t be too many players the left in the second half, showcasing
whose professional debut came in an his versatility and earning some rave
DIVISION ONE 11-goal thriller, but Keith Weller could reviews from the watching media.
certainly make that claim.
SPURS One newspaper report of the
WOLVES Joining us an amateur at the age of game said: ‘Spurs have discovered a
16, he turned pro in January 1964 and youngster with a great deal of natural
DID YOU KNOW? developed into a promising, versatile talent in Keith Weller. He is a lovely
winger. An understudy to Jimmy mover and a fine ball player. The way
Only two players have ever made Robertson and Cliff Jones, he was he took up positions and his intelligent
their Spurs debuts in Division handed his debut by Bill Nicholson for distribution indicates that he has an old
One matches against Wolves. the visit of Wolves towards the end head on his 18-year-old shoulders.’
Keith Weller was the first as of the 1964/65 campaign, wearing
detailed above, and six years Robertson’s number seven jersey. Another wrote: ‘…Weller, 18, in his
later the late, great Ralph Coates first game for Spurs, showed on the
featured in our colours for the And what a game it turned out to be! right wing resource, speed and a violent
first time on the opening day of Similar to our 9-1 thrashing of Wigan left-foot shot that could have earned
the 1971/72 season. We drew 2-2 Athletic in the Premier League, the another couple of goals.’
at Molineux on 14 August. score was only 1-1 at half-time after
Les Allen had cancelled out Paddy Unfortunately though, Keith was
Buckley’s ninth-minute opener. But the never quite able to pin down a first
floodgates opened in the second period team berth and remained a useful
with an incredible nine more goals and squad player. He scored his one and
perhaps the biggest surprise of the day only Spurs goal in a 2-2 draw with
was that top marksman Jimmy Greaves Newcastle United in January 1966 and
didn’t get on the scoresheet. moved to Millwall in June 1967 after
making 21 appearances for us.
Alan Gilzean and Eddie Clayton put
us 3-1, Wolves responded through Hugh After a spell with Chelsea, his career
McIlmoyle and after Jones had made it really took off when he joined Leicester
4-2, they did so again with a goal from City in September 1971, producing the
John Kirkham. Gilzean scored another, kind of form that elevated him into
Terry Wharton reduced the deficit the England side. He won four caps for
before we finally pulled clear, Welsh the Three Lions and one of his most
wizard Jones adding another two goals memorable moments at Filbert Street
to complete his hat-trick and cap a came when he wore white tights during
crazy game of football. an FA Cup game against Norwich City in
January 1979! Weller remained with the
Despite all the goals, Weller’s Foxes until 1978, when he moved to the
performance stood out. He started USA and featured for a number of clubs
on the right wing and was switched to before retiring.

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SCOTT PARKER

10.09.2011 Having already played in south, his debut in our third league game of
west and east London, Scott Parker the campaign at Wolves. And it couldn’t
PREMIER LEAGUE completed the four points of the have worked out better for us as the
compass when he joined us in August two new boys combined for our opening
WOLVES 2011 – making his Spurs debut a few goal at Molineux, Parker sliding a pass
SPURS weeks later at Molineux. into Adebayor, who calmly rounded
goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and
DID YOU KNOW? The combative and experienced slotted home. Jermain Defoe secured
midfielder had started his career at the points with our second 10 minutes
Emmanuel Adebayor became Charlton Athletic prior to spells in the from time.
only the second player to score capital with Chelsea and West Ham
on his Spurs debut against United before moving to north London Speaking after the game, Parker
Wolves, when he netted in this at the age of 31. said: “It was great to make my debut
2-0 win at Molineux. The first and I felt very comfortable out there
was Joe Scott, who was on target With Harry Redknapp in charge, we with my new team-mates. It was an
here in N17 on 8 September 1928, had made a terrible start to the 2011/12 important win for us because it means
when we defeated Wolves 3-2 in Premier League season with heavy we can now put those opening two
a Division Two clash. defeats to Manchester United and defeats behind us and concentrate on
Manchester City, the 1-5 thumping at putting more points on the board and
home to City particularly painful. And so climbing up the table.”
the manager brought in reinforcements
on the final day of the transfer window Scott went on to feature 34 times
with the arrival of England interna- for us in 2011/12 in all competitions
tional Parker, while striker Emmanuel which helped him secure his place
Adebayor had arrived a few days earlier. in England’s Euro 2012 squad and he
featured in all four of their games
Although he was moving into the during the competition. In fact, he won
latter stages of his career, it was a move 12 of his 18 caps as a Spurs player.
that invigorated Parker as much as the
team. Following a two-week interna- In August 2013, he left us for another
tional break after his arrival in N17, London club, moving to Fulham and
Scott – along with Adebayor – made spending four years at Craven Cottage.
Shortly after retiring, he spent the
2017/18 season here at Spurs as our
Under-18s coach before returning to
Fulham as first team coach. He moved
up to become manager at the Cottage
between 2019-21 and then took on the
same role at Bournemouth where he
currently remains, having guided them
back into the Premier League last
season.

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ANTONIO CONTE

Y WORD

TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT

“Whenever a chant started around the stadium,
I did become quite upset. Not out of offence for

“ the word being used, but the fact that it was
communicated to Spurs fans that this term is
offensive to Jewish people and yet they still
choose to sing it. I don't believe the whole
stadium is filled with antisemites, but by
actively choosing to sing this word even a er
being told it is offensive, could be seen as
antisemitic and disregarding the feelings
and opinions of Jewish people.
Spurs fan | Jewish | 25 - 34
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WHYFWANO’RSDVIUEPWDATE

We should like to continue to remind fans of our position offensive than to those from other communities around
that we believe it is time to move on from associating the world. 
the Y-word with our Club – this is based on feedback we
received from consultation with fans that showed 94 per “When the club officially announced that it wanted to
cent out of 23,000 respondents acknowledge that it can move past the word and that through a survey of fans it
be considered a racist term against a Jewish person. found the vast majority thought it was an offensive term
for Jewish people, I decided that I would stop singing the
Our dedicated email address, word and chant.
[email protected], remains active
so that any fans who have taken offence to the term’s use “This is not because the word is offensive to me, but to
at any of our matches can engage directly with the Club in acknowledge that it may be offensive to even one person.
a confidential manner. And if all we need to do to ensure every single fan feels
comfortable at a game is stop singing a chant, I happily
Following our opening home match of the season support that (obviously there are many other issues to
against Southampton, fans in attendance shared their address besides this such as racism and anti-LGBTQ+
views with us and we are today publishing one of the emails issues).
we received with the supporter’s permission.
 “So, I attended the [Southampton game] and chose not
The supporter is a 28-year-old Jewish male who wishes to partake in any of the chanting. But, whenever a chant
to remain anonymous. started around the stadium, I did become quite upset. Not
out of offence for the word being used, but due to the fact
“I was at the match [against Southampton] to see that it was communicated to Spurs fans that this term
a brilliant result to start off our season, and heard the is offensive to Jewish people and yet they still choose to
constant chanting of the Y-word throughout the game, sing it.
and wanted to share some of my thoughts with you.
“Although I don’t believe the whole stadium is filled
“Growing up in the South African Jewish community, with antisemites, by actively choosing to sing this word
the Y-word was not one I heard very often. I mostly only even after being told it is offensive could be seen as an
knew of it through its association with Spurs (my dad is a antisemitic act as they are choosing to disregard the
Spurs fan) and every now and then, when my friends and I feelings and opinions of Jewish people.
would use it as short-hand for another Jewish person. For
example, I would mention I met someone the other day and  “As I sat in my seat, the man next to me chanted it
my friend would respond “Oh, are they a Y-word?”.  It was with abandon. A child behind me often chanted it alone. It
never seen as a derogatory term or insulting, and there rang around the stadium often. It all made me feel slightly
were much worse words we could be called (such as the unwelcome as a Jewish fan, and that my full identity will
K-word).  never really be respected.

“Therefore, I never really had any issues with the word “I love Spurs and always will and will continue to attend
or chant, and often sang it myself when attending games games whenever I can. I just hope the stadium experience
during last season. However, through conversations can become completely welcoming for all.”
with some of my British family members, I started to
understand the nuance and complications surrounding the We once again thank our fans for their continued
word, and that for British Jews it could be seen as more consideration on this matter and welcome any further
views being sent to [email protected]
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(2022/23 PL STATS)

W olves arrive in N17 for 10-YEAR RECORD BLRAUGNEO
today’s encounter without
a Premier League victory SEASON PTS POS W D L GF GA D.O.B: 12.05.76
since April 2, a surprising 2012-13 51 23 14 9 23 55 69 CLUB POSITION: HEAD COACH
statistic considering 2013-14 103 1 31 10 5 89 31 NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE
the encouraging campaign the club 2014-15 78 7 22 12 12 70 56
enjoyed last season. They will certainly 2015-16 58 14 14 16 16 53 58 Winner of the Portuguese league title
be buoyed by their recent record at 2016-17 58 15 16 10 20 54 58 with Benfica in 2018/19, as well as the
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – they’ve 2017-18 99 1 30 9 7 82 39 Super Cup in 2019, Lage arrived at
recorded two victories in their past 2018-19 57 7 16 9 13 47 46 Molineux in the summer of 2021, and
three visits, winning 3-2 in March 2020 2019-20 59 7 15 14 9 51 40 took the club to a 10th-place league
and 2-0 in February this year. A tough 2020-21 45 13 12 9 17 36 52 finish in his first season in charge.
test awaits... 2021-22 51 10 15 6 17 38 43

PREM CHAMP LEAGUE 1

FORM GUIDE

L D L L D

WOLVES 1 WOLVES 1 LIVERPOOL 3 LEEDS 2 WOLVES 0
MAN CITY 5 NORWICH 1 WOLVES 1 WOLVES 1 FULHAM 0

PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE
11.05.22 15.05.22 22.05.22 06.08.22 13.08.22

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GK 1 DF 3

JOSE RAYAN JONNY
SA AIT-NOURI
D.O.B: 03.03.94
D.O.B: 17.01.93 D.O.B: 06.06.01 NATIONALITY: SPANISH
NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY: FRENCH
DF 22
DF 4 DF 15

NATHAN WILLY NELSON
COLLINS BOLY SEMEDO

D.O.B: 30.04.01 D.O.B: 03.02.91 D.O.B: 16.11.93
NATIONALITY: IRISH NATIONALITY: IVORIAN NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE

DF 24 MF 28 MF 32

TOTI JOAO LEANDER
MOUTINHO DENDONCKER
D.O.B: 16.01.99
NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE D.O.B: 08.09.86 D.O.B: 15.04.95
NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY: BELGIAN
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(2022/23PL STATS)
SHOTS GOALS
22
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31

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D.O.B: 23.05.97 D.O.B: 13.03.97 D.O.B: 21.10.95
POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE

The 25-year-old has enjoyed an unusual A Portuguese international with 30 Scored Wolves’ first goal of the
route to the Premier League, with spells caps, playmaker Neves joined Wolves 2022/23 campaign earlier this month,
at Welling United and Maidenhead from Porto in 2017, helping them win opening his account in the defeat to
coming alongside a three-year stint promotion from the Championship in Leeds. The Portugal international has
representing England at futsal. Joined his first campaign. Has since made 214 been at Molineux since 2020 following
Wolves in 2018 and hasn’t looked back. appearances for the the club. spells at Sporting and Olympiakos.

BY NUMBERS

3 59.8 82.1
Number of Wolves wins in their previous Percentage of possession for Wolves Percentage of Wolves passes
four away league fixtures against Spurs this season completed this season

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CHEM MORGAN PEDRO
CAMPBELL GIBBS-WHITE NETO

D.O.B: 30.12.02 D.O.B: 27.01.00 D.O.B: 09.03.00
NATIONALITY: WELSH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE

11 3.5 2BY NUMBERS
Clean sheets kept by Wolves keeper Aerial duels per game won by Max Average shots per game recorded by
Jose Sa last season Kilman – the highest in the squad Daniel Podence this season

FW 11 FW 9 FW 17

HWANG RAUL GONCALO
HEE-CHAN JIMENEZ GUEDES

D.O.B: 26.01.96 D.O.B: 05.05.91 D.O.B: 29.11.96
NATIONALITY: SOUTH KOREAN NATIONALITY: FORWARD NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE

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HOTSPUR HISTORY

HOTSPUR HISTORY

Each issue, we’ll be delving into our club archives to look at just some
of the objects and items which helped shape our history off the pitch
and pick out a couple of past programmes against today’s opponents…

FROM the new lease, they also announced a the announcement of yet another hold up
THE public fundraising appeal because the to the opening of the clubhouse bar, this
VAULT building was in desperate need of repairs time due to alterations required by the
and redecoration. In August 1963, they Fire Authority, namely a fire escape. The
In our last issue, we looked at a very informed members that they hoped to bar opening date was pushed back to the
traditional source, well-known and have the building ready and opened by end of the year.
widely used by historians around the Christmas and were very excited by how
world – the minutes book. Today we close the building was to the stadium. The Finally, by December 1964 the fire
will look at a lesser used, but still very Christmas opening was not to be, with escape stairs had arrived and were fitted,
valuable source of information, the no big announcement in the December meaning the new licensed bar could
Supporters’ Club magazine. edition, however it was later announced be used. However, in the January issue
in the final edition of The Lilywhite, of TEAM, it was announced that on 29
In 1965, the Supporters’ Club even- February 1964, that the furniture had December, a pipe had burst in the attic of
tually opened its headquarter doors been delivered and that an opening date Warmington House, sending hundreds of
at Warmington House, although things would be shared soon. The Lilywhite then gallons of water through the newly deco-
didn’t exactly go to plan. The building, merged with TEAM. rated building mere weeks before they
situated within the Tottenham Experi- had planned to officially open. Luckily
ence, is now home to OOF Gallery and By April 1964, the Supporters’ Club the bar, which had caused so much delay,
the Visitor Attractions offices. Chairman, Will Ruderman, shared that and games room went undamaged. The
the clubhouse was nearly finished, hoping tearoom, offices and stock room were
The Supporters’ Club HQ was origi- for a grand opening at the beginning not so lucky.
nally based at The White Hart Hotel, but of the following season. News of the
in July 1963 they announced the signing building is absent until July 1964, where Despite this terrible incident, the
of a 14-year lease on Warmington House; the Chairman informed readers that Supporters’ Club planned to continue
then owned by the London Co-operative they were still waiting for a bar license to open as usual while clearing up the
Society. At the same time as announcing but reassured them that they were well damage. The Grand Opening of Warm-
on the way to completion. ington House eventually took place on
24 April 1965, the day of the final match
By the time the September 1964 issue of the season – almost a whole year later
was published, the clubhouse tearoom than hoped.
was open with fans from all over the
country popping in on match days. The Without such magazines these details
bar license was also granted, and work may have ended up being lost. If you have
was almost complete on the bar itself, any supporter magazines or fanzines,
which would be open to members as our archivist would love to see your
soon as it was ready. October 1964 saw collections, so please do get in touch at
[email protected]

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HOTSPUR HISTORY

TAKING
ISSUE

A quick glance
through a couple of
previous matchday
programmes against

Wolves

1975 Willie Carr, John Richards, Dave 2010
We produced a 16-page matchday Wagstaffe and Steve Daley were among New signing Rafa van der Vaart was the
programme when Wolves arrived in the Wolves players profiled on page cover star of our matchday programme
N17 on Good Friday of 1975, but there six, an advert for the ‘New Spurs Shop’ for the visit of Wolves in September
wasn’t a great deal of positivity to appeared on page 13, while ‘Flashback’ 2010 – and the main interview inside
write about at that time! recalled a 5-2 win over Blackburn Rovers the 100-page publication.
10 years earlier. We needed something
We were on a dreadful run of form, similar in this match with Wolves and, “It’s a fantastic club. I’ve looked
having lost eight of our last nine Division thankfully, got just that with a 3-0 victory through the squad and it’s one of the
One matches and sat third from bottom thanks to goals from John Duncan and best in Europe,” exclaimed the Dutch
of the table, level on points with Luton Steve Perryman (2). Terry Neill’s side did forward, who was signed by Harry
Town with seven games remaining. “This avoid relegation but only after defeating Redknapp and joined a squad which was
afternoon we make a further attempt to Leeds United in our last game. undertaking its first-ever Champions
arrest the slide that has left the Club in League campaign that season. Rafa
its worst League plight for forty years,” scored his first Spurs goal in this game
read the introduction on page three, against Wolves, as we came from behind
opposite a full-page image from our to win 3-1 with Roman Pavlyuchenko and
2-0 defeat at Liverpool in our previous Alan Hutton also on target.
match.
Elsewhere, our One Goal Wonders
Defender Terry Naylor was featured feature examined the solitary Spurs
in the ‘Player Page’, where we found out goal of another Dutch favourite, Edgar
he used to work at Smithfield Market Davids, who scored in a 2-0 win at Wigan
before signing professional forms and in November 2005, while Ricky Villa
he said: “Life as a League footballer is recalled a hat-trick in a 6-1 win against
fabulous, especially after humping meat Wolves on the day our new West Stand
about!” opened at White Hart Lane in February
1982, in our Memory Match article.

Mick McCarthy’s Wolves squad was
profiled with Karl Henry, David Jones and
Steven Fletcher listed as ‘the ones to
watch’ – Fletcher scored Wolves’ goal in
this 3-1 defeat – and our 2-2 Champions
League draw at Werder Bremen was
among the match report spreads.

Also, in the season that we
celebrated 50 years since our Double
success of 1961, we invited fans to
submit their recollections of that
glorious campaign in Memories of the
Double, and in this issue, supporter
Bryan Newey listed one of his best
highlights of 1960/61 as our 4-0 win at
Molineux.

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SPURS WOMEN

SPURS WOMEN

NIKOLA KARCZEWSKA CELEBRATES
HER GOAL AGAINST CLUB AMERICA

DEFEAT IN USA DESPITE the Club. In fact, it was three new that allowed us to get into the game a
FIGHTBACK faces who combined for the goal. The little bit better and then we managed
impressive Angharad James was the the play up until half-time.
A late fightback wasn’t enough key instigator, winning the ball well
to prevent defeat in our opening in midfield before playing in fellow “The response second half was
Women’s Cup match as Club newcomer Celin Bizet into the box fantastic so that is a real positive to
America ran out 2-1 winners in and selflessly, she rolled the ball to take from it. I think that’s what we
Louisville, Kentucky last weekend. her right for the oncoming Karcze- have come to expect as Tottenham
wska, who fired home with a first-time Hotspur – we don’t give up and we
Our women’s team are undertaking strike. make sure we are fighting right until
their first-ever intercontinental tour the very end because nothing else is
and, with Club Ambassador Ledley We then battled valiantly to restore acceptable. I’m really pleased that we
King and Spurs Women legend Jenna parity in the game but, ultimately, showed that at the end.”
Schillaci among the party, they have were not quite able to complete the
been enjoying the trip with a series of comeback. Our next Women’s Cup match
community events, including meeting was scheduled to be on Wednesday
our Official Supporters’ Club, There were positives however, against Tokyo Verdy, after these pages
Louisville Spurs. in the fact that seven new summer went to print.
signings all saw their first action in Spurs: Korpela (Spencer 58), Bartrip,
But there was disappointment on our colours since arriving. As well as Neville, Turner, Zadorsky (c),
the pitch as we slipped to defeat to Karczewska, James and Bizet, there Summanen, Spence (Bizet 58),
the Mexican side, who are well into were starts for Amy Turner, Drew Petzelberger (Ale 46), Naz (James 46),
their league campaign and whose Spence and Ramona Petzelberger, Ayane, Karczewska (Brazil 74).
sharpness showed in the opening while Ellie Brazil came off the bench. Substitutes (not used): Heeps, Pearse.
minutes. Club America flew into a Club America: I Gonzalez, Enisco,
2-0 lead at the Lynn Family Stadium - “I thought we took too long to get Perez, Farias, Luna, N Hernandez,
Kiana Palacios opening the scoring on into the game and, obviously, with Kaci, Cuevas (Godinez 74), Palacios (M
10 minutes before Scarlett Camberos the stage we are at in pre-season, we Hernandez 46) (E Gonzalez 90+6), A
doubled their lead five minutes later. made quite a few sloppy mistakes,” Gonzalez (c) (Martinez 74), Camberos
our Head Coach Rehanne Skinner (Pelayo-Bernal 90+3). Substitutes
Having struggled in the first half reflected. “Those mistakes led to goals (not used): Masciarelli, Orejel, Valera,
though, we began to find our feet in and, off the back of that, that made Rodriguez, Soto.
the second period and deservedly life a little bit difficult for us but, when
halved the deficit on 64 minutes as we got to the water break and we
summer arrival Nikola Karczewska changed a few things around, I think
struck on her first appearance for

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FIXTURES & RESULTS

DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES
SEPTEMBER
SAT 10 H MANCHESTER UNITED* 12.30
SUN 18 A LEICESTER CITY 2PM
SUN 25 A ARSENAL 2PM
OCTOBER
SUN 16 H LIVERPOOL 2PM
SUN 23 H MANCHESTER CITY 2PM
SUN 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2PM
NOVEMBER
SUN 6 H EVERTON 2PM
SUN 20 A CHELSEA 2PM
DECEMBER
SUN 4 A READING 2PM
SUN 11 H WEST HAM UNITED 2PM
JANUARY
SAT 14 A ASTON VILLA 2PM
SUN 22 H LEICESTER CITY 2PM
FEBRUARY
SUN 5 H CHELSEA 2PM
MARCH
SUN 5 A MANCHESTER CITY 2PM
SUN 12 A LIVERPOOL 2PM
SUN 26 H ARSENAL 2PM
APRIL
SUN 2 A EVERTON 2PM
SUN 23 H ASTON VILLA 2PM
SUN 30 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2PM
MAY
SUN 7 A MANCHESTER UNITED 2PM
SUN 21 H READING 2PM
SUN 28 A WEST HAM UNITED 2PM

HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT BRISBANE ROAD CELIN BIZET
UNLESS STATED
* PLAYED AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM

WSL WELCOME CELIN! She has gone on to collect eight caps
for her country and earned her most
P W D L F A D PTS Just a few days before we left for recent senior call-up for the UEFA
Kentucky, we announced the Women’s Euros this summer.
ARSENAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 transfer of Norwegian international
Celin Bizet Ildhusøy from Paris CONTI CUP DRAW
ASTON VILLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 Saint-Germain, who has signed a
contract until 2025. We have been drawn against
BRIGHTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 Southampton, Reading and
Celin, 20, arrives after a year in Coventry United in Group E of the
CHELSEA 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 France with PSG as they finished FA Women’s Continental Tyres
runners-up in Division 1 Féminine, League Cup.
EVERTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 having begun her youth career at her
hometown club, Skedsmo before We made Club history in the
LEICESTER CITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 making her professional debut in the competition last season when we
Norwegian third tier when she was 14. reached the semi-finals of a senior
LIVERPOOL 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 competition for the first time, losing
In 2017, the versatile attacker out to eventual winners Manchester
MANCHESTER CITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 made the switch to the top-flight to City in the last four.
join Valerenga and spent four seasons
MANCHESTER UNITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 there, helping them to the league and This time around we’ll face
Norwegian Women’s Cup double in Southampton, promoted into the FA
READING 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 2020. Women’s Championship this season,
fellow Women’s Super League side
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 On the international stage, she Reading and Coventry United, also
has appeared at every youth level for of the Championship, who we played
WEST HAM UNITED 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 0 Norway and marked her senior debut in the group stage last season. The
at the age of 19 with a goal during a winners of the five groups will qualify
FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifying for the quarter-finals.
match against Armenia in Yerevan.

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UNDER-21S

ROMAINE MUNDLE LOOKS FOR A WAY
THROUGH THE EVERTON DEFENCE

LADS COME UNSTUCK Everton: Leban, John, Hunt, streamed live. The game takes place
AGAINST TOFFEES Campbell, Anderson, Butterfield at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium, with
(c), Price, Warrington (Kouyate 88), tickets available at the ground on the
Individual errors cost us as we Cannon, Whitaker (Quirk 77), night for those supporters who wish to
conceded twice inside the first 31 McAllister (Okoronkwo 85). Substi- attend in person.
minutes and then couldn’t recover in tutes (not used): Barrett, Mallon.
last Friday night’s Premier League 2 KION ETETE
meeting with Everton. CITY KICK-OFF CHANGE
– WATCH LIVE ON KION MOVES ON
Defender Marqes Muir’s own SPURSPLAY TOMORROW!
goal and Tom Cannon’s penalty – We recently reached agreement with
awarded when Muir was deemed to Kick-off for our third game of the Cardiff City for the transfer of Kion
have brought down Sean McAllister Premier League 2 season away to Etete.
in the box – led to a 2-0 loss, with our Manchester City tomorrow has been
cause not helped by key players Jamie changed to 12pm. The striker, 20, began last season
Bowden and Alfie Devine being forced
to depart the action either side of Originally scheduled to get under-
half-time. way at 2pm, the match at City’s
Academy Stadium will now begin at
Space and shooting chances midday and will be streamed live on
did start to open up for the likes of SPURSPLAY.
substitute Roshaun Mathurin and Nile
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Fagan-Walcott (Sayers 46), Cesay, video reactions are also available from
Bowden (c) (Santiago 23), Mundle, our first two games of the season
Craig, Donley, Devine (Mathurin 78), against Leicester City and Everton.
John. Substitutes (not used): Maguire,
Paskotsi. In addition, next Friday evening’s
home match against Liverpool (26
August, kick-off 7pm) will also be

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FIXTURES & RESULTS

DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES

AUGUST

MON 8 A LEICESTER CITY 2-2

FRI 12 H EVERTON 0-2

SUN 21 A MANCHESTER CITY 12PM

FRI 26 H LIVERPOOL 7PM

TUE 30 A WYCOMBE WANDERERS (PJT) 7PM

SEPTEMBER

FRI 2 A CRYSTAL PALACE 7PM

SAT 10 A WEST HAM UNITED 12PM

SAT 17 H BLACKBURN ROVERS* 12PM

TUE 20 A PETERBOROUGH UNITED (PJT) 7.30PM

FRI 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 7PM

OCTOBER

SAT 8 H ARSENAL* 12PM

FRI 14 A WOLVES 7PM

TUE 18 A STEVENAGE (PJT) 7PM

SAT 22 H FULHAM* 12PM

SAT 29 H MANCHESTER UNITED 12PM

NOVEMBER

MON 7 A CHELSEA 7PM

JANUARY

SUN 8 A LIVERPOOL 2PM

FRI 13 H WEST HAM UNITED 7PM

MON 23 H WOLVES 7PM MALACHI FAGAN-WALCOTT CELEBRATES HIS
GOAL AGAINST LEICESTER WITH ROMAINE MUNDLE
FRI 27 A ARSENAL 7PM

FEBRUARY

MON 13 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 7PM

FRI 17 A EVERTON 7PM on loan at League Two side ground, we showed good character to
Northampton Town, scoring six goals level through Fagan-Walcott shortly
MON 27 H CRYSTAL PALACE 7PM in 23 appearances, before he joined afterwards, the defender peeling away
League One side Cheltenham Town in from the pack to convert a corner
MARCH January, where he scored three times from the lively Romaine Mundle, who
in 13 appearances. himself went close with a couple of
FRI 3 A FULHAM 7PM efforts as we grew into the first half.
Having signed for us from Notts
FRI 17 H LEICESTER CITY 7PM County in June, 2019, Kion had Leicester started the second
featured regularly for our Under-18s period purposefully and reclaimed the
APRIL and Development Squad prior to those lead through Tawanda Maswanhise’s
loan moves. deft close-range finish, but back we
MON 3 H MANCHESTER CITY 7PM came once again and midfielder John
We wish him all the best for the was on hand to fire home after Jamie
SAT 15 A BLACKBURN ROVERS 1PM future. Bowden’s rasping shot from distance
had been clawed out by goalkeeper
MON 24 H CHELSEA 7PM EARLY FIXTURE CHANGE Chituru Odunze. We looked more
likely to find a winner after that, but
FRI 28 A MANCHESTER UNITED 7PM One of our Under-21s’ fixtures in Bowden’s deflected shot was claimed
April of next year has been by Odunze and Alfie Devine’s near-
HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT LAMEX STADIUM rescheduled. post header from a corner flew into
UNLESS STATED the side netting in stoppage time,
* PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY Our trip to Blackburn Rovers will ensuring honours ended even at 2-2.
now take place on Saturday 15 April, Leicester City: Odunze, Hughes, Brunt
PL2 TABLE kick-off 1pm at the Lancashire FA (c) (Wormleighton 46), Braybrooke,
County Ground. Appiah, Flynn, Fitzhugh (K Pennant 77),
P W D L F A D PTS McAteer, Maswanhise (T Pennant 77),
The game was initially set to take Alves (Ewing 57), Marcal-Madivadua.
CRYSTAL PALACE 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 6 place the night before at the same Substitute (not used): Doherty.
venue. Spurs: Keeley, Ashcroft, Craig,
FULHAM 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Fagan-Walcott, Sayers (Donley 60),
SPOILS SHARED IN Bowden (c) (Muir 84), Mundle, Cesay,
MAN CITY 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 SEASON OPENER John, Devine, Santiago (Mathurin 64).
Substitute (not used): Maguire.
EVERTON 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Malachi Fagan-Walcott and Nile John
were on target as we twice came
ARSENAL 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6 from a goal down to claim a point
from our Premier League 2 season
CHELSEA 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3 opener at Leicester City on 8 August.

WOLVES 2 1 0 1 2 7 -5 3 Trailing to Charlie Sayers’ own goal
inside 10 minutes at the Foxes’ training
BRIGHTON 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 1

LEICESTER CITY 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 1

TOTTENHAM 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1

LIVERPOOL 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1

WEST HAM 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0

BLACKBURN 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0

MAN UNITED 2 0 0 2 2 8 -6 0

UP TO AND INCLUDING 15.08.21

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UNDER-18S D E R -18S

UN TYRESE HALL IN ACTION IN OUR
OPENING-DAY WIN AT LEICESTER

WILLIAMS SECURES Bloxham (Akhamrich 65). Substitute Coaching Methodology.
OPENING-DAY WIN (not used): Bryan-Waugh. A scholar in Manchester United’s

Our Under-18s got their 2022/23 ACADEMY COACHING famous ‘Class of ‘92’, Simon spent
season off to a fine start with a UPDATE 10 years working in coaching and
well-deserved 1-0 victory at Leicester development roles at Manchester
City last Saturday (13 August). Last week, we confirmed a number City’s Academy and was most recently
of new staffing appointments within part of the senior coaching team at
Jaden Williams finished off an our Academy as we set out on the Anderlecht.
excellent passage of play to give 2022/23 season.
us a 10th-minute lead and we never He also takes part in the delivery of
looked back, Leicester goalkeeper Simon Davies has joined the the UEFA Pro A and B License courses
Tyler Weeks forced to make a handful Academy in the new role of Head of for the Football Associations of
of good saves as we perhaps should
have added to the scoreline, while the
hosts finished with 10 men following
a straight red card shown to skipper
Chris Popov for his challenge on Alfie
Dorrington in the closing stages.

It was an impressive overall
performance from Stuart Lewis’ side
at the Foxes’ training ground and with
the Under-18 Premier League season
starting a week later than the senior
and Under-21 competitions, there were
encouraging early signs of what’s to
come.

Spurs: Gunter (c), Abbott, Dorrington, JADEN WILLIAMS...ON TARGET AGAINST THE FOXES
Andiyapan, Linton, Hall, Ajayi
(McKnight 65), Kyerematen (Moore
87), Williams, Olusesi (Heaps 84),

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FIXTURES & RESULTS OUR NEW UNDER-18S INTAKE
VISIT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM
DATE H/A OPPOSITION

AUGUST

SAT 13 A LEICESTER CITY 1-0

SAT 20 H WEST BROMWICH ALBION 12PM

SAT 27 A ARSENAL 11AM

SEPTEMBER

SAT 17 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 11.3OAM

OCTOBER

SAT 1 A ASTON VILLA 12PM

SAT 22 A FULHAM 11AM

SAT 29 H NORWICH CITY 11.30AM

NOVEMBER

SAT 19 H CHELSEA 11AM

SAT 26 A CRYSTAL PALACE 11AM

DECEMBER

SAT 3 A WEST HAM UNITED 11AM

SAT 17 H SOUTHAMPTON 11.30AM

JANUARY

SAT 7 H ASTON VILLA 12PM

SAT 14 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 11.30AM Wales and Northern Ireland.
Meanwhile, former striker Jermain
SAT 28 A CHELSEA 11AM enjoyed a special visit to Tottenham
Defoe has taken up a new role on our Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday.
FEBRUARY Academy coaching team, working
alongside our existing staff across the Having joined us over the summer,
SAT 11 H CRYSTAL PALACE 11AM Under-17 to Under-21 age categories, the group of 14 youngsters were given
in addition to his duties as a Club a formal introduction to life at Spurs
SAT 18 A SOUTHAMPTON 11.30AM Ambassador. with a behind-the-scenes look at our
world-class home, helping them to
SAT 25 H WEST HAM UNITED 11AM Furthermore, three-time Premier understand the values and principles
League winner Yaya Touré has taken of the Club and to witness first-hand
MARCH up the role of Under-16s Coach. The the magnitude of our globally-reaching
former Barcelona and Manchester on- and off-field operations.
SAT 18 H ARSENAL 11AM City midfielder, who has tasted glory in
the UEFA Champions League, La Liga, The event included a trip to the
APRIL Copa del Rey, the FA Cup, League Cup changing rooms, media auditorium,
and Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory hospitality areas and NFL locker
SAT 1 A NORWICH CITY 11.30AM Coast during a glittering playing career, rooms, along with a walk around our
had an initial spell working with our Lilywhite House offices to meet staff
SAT 15 H FULHAM 11AM Academy staff during the second half in different departments.
of last season.
SAT 22 A WEST BROMWICH ALBION 12PM The boys were also presented with
NEW RECRUITS EXPLORE their own personalised Spurs shirts,
SAT 29 H LEICESTER CITY 11.30AM THE STADIUM which they used for a commemorative
pitchside photoshoot along with Club
HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY Our new first-year Under-18s players Ambassadors Michael Dawson and
Jermain Defoe to mark the beginning
of their full-time football careers.

U18S PL TABLE

BRIGHTON P W D L F A D PTS
WEST HAM 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
NORWICH 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3
CHELSEA 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
TOTTENHAM 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
ASTON VILLA 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
SOUTHAMPTON 1 0 1 0 3 3 +0 1
CRYSTAL 1 0 1 0 3 3 +0 1
WEST BROM 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
ARSENAL 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
LEICESTER 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
FULHAM 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

UP TO AND INCLUDING 13.08.21

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EVER-PRESENT PASCAL CHIMBONDA IN
ACTION AGAINST YORKSHIRE SPURS

HIGH-SCORING SUMMER
FOR LEGENDS

Sebastien Bassong and Michael Dawson were back in a Lilywhite shirt,

Pascal Chimbonda netted in every game and Michael Brown was the
overall top scorer as the Spurs Legends team notched up 31 goals to remain
unbeaten during the summer. Billy Shaw rounds up the action.

CHIMBONDA TO THE player Laurie Wilson was responsible top corner to make it 3-0 on 24 minutes.
RESCUE for the Legends’ other four goals, with Striker Paul McVeigh netted either
goalkeeper Jimmy Walker pulling off a side of that, while Hughes opened the
Pascal Chimbonda dramatically handful of important saves to help the scoring nine minutes in.
netted a penalty with the last kick team avoid defeat.
of the game to secure an 8-8 draw MICHAEL DAWSON ON THE BALL
against a Charity XI at Maidstone DAWSON AND BASSONG AGAINST NORTH WEST SPURS
United FC in Kent on 12 June. BACK TOGETHER

Already on target from open play Club Ambassador Michael Dawson
during the first half, he coolly slotted made a special appearance and was
home from 12 yards after a handball reunited with former centre-half
in the box, saving the team from a partner Sebastien Bassong in defence
rare loss. Remarkably, it was the during an 8-4 victory over the North
Legends’ third spot-kick of the match, West Spurs Supporters’ Club at
the first converted by David Howells Cheadle Town FC near Stockport on
after he was brought down in the area 26 June.
towards the end of the first period and
the second scored by former Spurs In a rematch from last year, the
youngster Mark Hughes in the wake Legends opened up a 4-0 lead by half-
of a challenge from the opposing time, the pick of the goals coming from
goalkeeper on Chimbonda that led to Michael Brown as he latched onto Brian
the custodian being sent off. Guest Statham’s cut-back and exhibited some
dazzling footwork before finding the

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Dawson switched sides at the break
to play for North West Spurs and he
certainly lifted their team, although
he could do nothing to stop midfielder
Brown from drilling home on 52
minutes, the same player subsequently
hitting the bar with Hughes on hand to
tuck home the rebound for 6-0 shortly
afterwards.

The Supporters’ Club, managed
by our former goalkeeping favourite
Paul Robinson, enjoyed a spell in
the ascendency after that with Neil
Bayliss-Rowe, Colin Myers, Ste Tracey
and Dawson clawing them back to 6-4,
but Hughes completed his hat-trick to
thwart any signs of a comeback before
Chimbonda rounded off the scoring five
minutes from time.

MICHAEL BROWN

SEBASTIEN BASSONG lending some of his expert knowledge HOWELLS IS SPOT
to the Yorkshire Spurs players, while ON AGAIN
BROWN ON FIRE ON he also caught up with Marine officials
SPECIAL DAY AT MARINE to visit the fan wall which has been Pascal Chimbonda continued his
installed at the ground, featuring the record of scoring in every game this
Michael Brown scored four goals in a names of the 32,000 supporters who year as the Legends twice came from
9-1 victory over the Yorkshire Spurs purchased ‘virtual’ tickets for our 2021 behind to beat Harwich Angels 6-5 in
Supporters’ Club at Marine AFC on cup tie. front of a large crowd at Harwich &
31 July. Parkeston FC on the Essex coast last
It took the Legends less than nine Sunday (14 August).
Ex-players and fans descended on minutes to take the lead as Brown’s
the Crosby-based non-league club to cut-back was converted by Chimbonda, Trailing 1-0 early on, Falco, Hughes
mark the official opening of their new with Hughes, McVeigh and Royston and Chimbonda all went close in the
3G pitch and allow local supporters to Ferguson all adding their names to the first half but after Ferguson and
see some of our former stars in action scoresheet before Mark Falco netted Chimbonda – who was ever-present
after our historic FA Cup tie in January in some style with the last kick of the in the team throughout the summer
2021, had to be played behind closed first half – a stunning lob that curled along with Stuart Nethercott and Kevin
doors due to the pandemic. towards goal and sailed in, despite the Watson – flipped the scoreline on its
best efforts of defender Wayne Davies head at the start of the second period,
Club Ambassador Gary Mabbutt on the line to keep it out. Harwich Angels recovered to lead 3-2
was on the touchline as a special guest, just before the hour mark. Howells
Chris Biggs pulled one back for turned the tide, though, converting a
Yorkshire Spurs 12 minutes into the penalty for 3-3 and after that, the game
second period, beating Legends goal- was won thanks to further goals from
keeper Neil Sullivan from close range, Ferguson and guest players Martin
and after Brown made it 6-1, Yorkshire Warnes and Liam Turner, who had
Spurs stopper Rich Partridge capped come on as substitutes. Harwich Angels
an impressive performance with an did score twice more in the closing
inspired double-save. Ultimately, minutes, but the Legends had done
though, he was powerless to prevent enough. Andy Page (2), Gary Stanford,
Brown from bagging three more goals Darren Blewitt and Gareth Heath were
to seal the win. Yorkshire Spurs also responsible for the home side’s goals.
benefitted from some warm-up apparel
kindly provided by the Club’s Official Photos with thanks to John Riding, Phil
Training Wear Partner, Getir. Collings and Susan Collings.

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MATCH REWIND

MATCH CHELSEA KOULIBALY (19), JAMES (77) 2
REWIND SPURS HOJBJERG (68), KANE (90+6) 2



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