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06 21 46

ANTONIO CONTE OPPOSITION PASCAL CHIMBONDA
The boss expects maximum effort We profile Thomas Tuchel's Catching up with our former
tonight as we bid to turn around a Chelsea as they make the short defender who has an unbreakable
deficit from the first leg journey across the capital bond with the beautiful game

14 30 54

LUCAS MOURA SEMI-FINALS FIFTY50
The briliant Brazilian on his futsal Running the rule over our previous More Premier League nostalgia
background and how he's back in his League Cup semi-finals, including a here, including a five-star
favourite position on the pitch couple of memorable classics goalscoring performance

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Head Coach

ANTONIO

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Head Coach

“WE NEED YOU AT
YOUR LOUDEST THIS
EVENING, PLAYING
YOUR PART, ROARING
US ON AND MAKING A

DIFFERENCE”

G ood evening and welcome to we need that again tonight.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Since my arrival at the Club, your support has
tonight’s Carabao Cup semi-final
second leg against Chelsea. been incredible. You have sung and supported us
I should like to welcome Thomas from the first minute until the last, and please
Tuchel, his staff, players and everyone associated don’t underestimate how important that is and
with The Blues. what an impact that can make.

It is just seven days since the first leg of Together we can achieve great things.
this tie, and on that night at Stamford Bridge Enjoy the game.
we started poorly, made mistakes and were
punished by conceding twice in the first half. 07

When you start a game like that, it becomes
very difficult. However, I was pleased with our
response in the second half.

We showed fight, our performance improved
and it means we are still in the tie going in to
tonight’s game.

This will be a difficult game but we will give
it everything we have to try to overturn the
scoreline and reach the final at Wembley.

To do so, we need you behind us. We need you
at your loudest this evening, playing your part,
roaring us on and making a difference.

This is a fixture between two rivals which
always creates a special atmosphere, and

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Match Rewind

MATCH CHELSEA 2
REWIND
HAVERTZ (5), DAVIES (OG 34)

SPURS 0

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Match Rewind

05.01.22 CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): SPURS (3-4-3):
CARABAO CUP SEMI-FINAL, Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta (c) Lloris (c), Tanganga, Sanchez, Davies,
FIRST LEG (Vale 90), Rudiger, Sarr, Alonso, Royal, Hojbjerg, Skipp (Winks 73),
STAMFORD BRIDGE Jorginho, Saul (Loftus-Cheek 73), Doherty (Ndombele 46), Lucas
REFEREE: CRAIG PAWSON Ziyech (Pulisic 79), Mount (Kovacic (Bryan 80), Kane, Son (Lo Celso
73), Havertz (Werner 46), Lukaku. 80). Substitutes (not used): Gollini,
Substitutes (not used): Bettinelli, Austin, Rodon, Reguilon, Dele.
Barkley, Hudson-Odoi, Hall.

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A Night To Remember

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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

Catching up with Spurs great Teddy Sheringham, who counts our
demolition of Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final of 2002 as one of
his standout career moments.

By Jon Rayner

Teddy Sheringham certainly through to the final. On that occasion “I couldn’t play in the first game
enjoyed some memorable moments of course, we delivered, with skipper and I was up in the stand with the
throughout a glittering 25-year Sheringham leading the team to a Tottenham supporters,” said the now
playing career – and a particular stunning 5-1 thrashing of Claudio 55-year-old.
game against Chelsea here in N17 is Ranieri’s side after we’d lost the first
right up there among his favourites. leg 2-1. “I remember Les scoring as we
lost 2-1 and when I came down to the
Rewind the clock back to this Chelsea held the upperhand over dressing room after the game, I was
month 20 years ago – yes, 20 years us in those days, their win on home buzzing that we’d scored a goal which
already – when we faced the Blues soil on 9 January in 2002 stretching gave us a lifeline in the tie. When I got
in exactly the same circumstances their unbeaten run against us to there, everyone was downbeat that
as now…in a two-legged League Cup 27 matches. Teddy was suspended we’d lost and that we had an uphill
semi-final with the chance to play in for that game but was at the battle to get through, but I remember
the showpiece final. Bridge watching it all unfold as Les going in there and saying to the lads
Ferdinand cancelled out Jimmy Floyd and the manager that it was a great
Then, just like now, we lost the Hasselbaink’s opener before the result, to come here and lose 2-1 gave
first match at Stamford Bridge and Blues forward scored late on to give us a real chance. I said that it was a
needed a glory night under the lights his side the slight advantage in the tie. result which puts Chelsea in a funny
in north London if we were to make it

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A Night To Remember

TEDDY SHERINGHAM SHIELDS THE
BALL DURING OUR 5-1 WIN IN 2002

position because when they come to was to score and win the game.” minutes, we finished the job in style
us for the second leg, they won’t know In front of a packed house in N17, with goals from Simon Davies and
whether to stick or twist.” Sergei Rebrov, with the Blues scoring
we needed a fast start – and we a late consolation through Mikael
Two weeks later on 23 January, certainly got one. Iversen opened Forssell
we met again for the return at White the scoring after just two minutes,
Hart Lane. Sheringham was back from Tim Sherwood cracked home from a “We got off to a flying start,
suspension to play, but Ferdinand corner to put us ahead on aggregate Steffen giving us an early lead,”
missed the game through injury before Teddy himself got in on the recalls Sheringham, “and then Tim
so manager Glenn Hoddle brought act with a stunning half-volley five Sherwood scored from a corner.
Steffen Iversen into the starting minutes into the second half. Once It was the set-piece routine which
line-up. Hasselbaink was sent off on 55 Shaggy (Darren Anderton) and I used

“When it came about, we were JOY AT FULL-TIME AS WE HEADED
right up for it,” continued Teddy, who FOR THE FINAL IN CARDIFF
scored a total of 124 goals in 277
appearances during his two spells
at the Lane. “There was always a lot
of friction in those games, as there
still is now. We hated losing to them,
loved beating them so when we beat
them so convincingly that night, it was
certainly one of the highlights of my
career.

“We hadn’t had the best run of
results against them at the time, they
had a hold over us for a long time but
I wasn’t sure they really knew how to
approach that second leg, whether
they should come and play for a
0-0 or come and attack us. Of
course, we only had one aim and that

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A Night To Remember

to do, we’d worked on it in training but back on with real fondness because it they could start on the backfoot,
I said to Tim to make sure he was in was a semi-final against Chelsea and looking to defend what they have
behind me because if they knew what the atmosphere was amazing that and if we hit them with an early goal
we were doing and tried to block me night. They beat us enough times so again, get our tails up and get the
off, I’ll leave the ball and it will come it was great to get one over on them crowd behind us, suddenly the whole
through to you. That’s exactly what finally.” mood of the game and inside the
happened and he hit a great strike stadium changes. Everyone will forget
and we were on our way.” And on to this evening, as we about the first match and it will be
renew rivalries with Chelsea once game on.
Having gone ahead in the tie more with a place at Wembley up for
for the first time, was there ever a grabs. The scenario is similar to 20 “The vibe in a football match can
feeling at that stage to try to hold years ago but this time we need to change very quickly, from one leg to
what we had and defend the one-goal overturn a two-goal deficit following another, from one half to another. It
advantage? last week's 2-0 loss at the Bridge. only takes a few of your big players
But Teddy believes that’s certainly to turn up and start putting pressure
“No, not really. We all had the same achievable with a positive, confidence on the opposition and suddenly, it’s a
feeling that we’d had a great start and performance in front of a passionate different contest altogether.
we were playing well. When you score crowd.
the second goal so quickly, it just gives “We just need to get out there and
you that impetus to go on and finish “Chelsea were fairly comfortable give it everything, get ourselves back
them off and that’s exactly what we last week and probably could have in the game and go from there. But
did. It just felt right that night, we won by more, but that whole thought also, there’s no need to panic. If it’s
played some great stuff. process for them – that it was an late in the game and we’re still in it,
easy ride last week and they should then we’ve still got a chance because
“I scored the third with a lovely have done better – might just work as I said, football changes quickly.
volley and we just pushed on from in our favour because we can just
there, scored twice more and say ‘right, let’s go for it.’ It might just “Good luck to the guys. Hopefully
achieved a great result. It was just a catch them on the hop because we’ll put in a big performance and
fantastic performance and one I look create another memorable night.”

TEDDY TAKES THE PLAUDITS AFTER
SCORING OUR THIRD GOAL

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Lucas Moura

27MLuoucarsa

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Lucas MouraHaving signed for us in January 2018, it
was a slow start to life in north London for the
VIDLAIVLIUNC’ ALASEnjoyingafinestarttolifeunderABrazilian before he really set down his marker in
the August with three goals in our opening three
Antonio Conte and revelling in thegames of the season to see him take the Premier
number 10 role, LUCAS MOURALeague’s Player of the Month award.
discusses his futsal beginningsYet, despite his early brilliance that term, it
and the importance of personalitywasn’t until the final months of the campaign
on the pitch.that the forward hit the headlines again with two
hat-tricks – one perhaps a tad more famous than
By Liam Carsonthe other…

nder Antonio Conte, Lucas Moura has
come into his own.

U A player full of heart and desire,

whose work-rate and commitment to the cause is
clear for all to see even when things on the pitch
might not be going his way at times, Lucas has
shone in our colours since the arrival of Antonio

7 inNovemberandprovedtobeacrucialplayerin
our system.
Of course, that unforgettable night in Amster-
dam will live with him and every Spurs fan forever
but, while he regards that night as his greatest
moment in football, almost three years on, he
yearns for much more.
Incredibly, in our 144 games since his Dutch
treble, he has been on the pitch for 124 of them –
not even Hugo Lloris, who has not missed a single
Premier League game for us since before the

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MAN OF MATCH

THE

Who Will Be

The Next One?

Lucas Moura

“HE HAS that is the best return of any player under Conte.
CHANGED THE And, for that upturn in form, Lucas was keen

TEAM AND to give a lot of credit to Antonio, who has lifted
THE WAY THAT his confidence by allowing him to express his
WE PLAY. HE personality on the pitch.

HAS GIVEN “I think it is very clear. He has changed the
ME A LOT OF team and the way that we play. He has given me
CONFIDENCE, a lot of confidence and, in football, confidence is
very important,” our number 27 said of his Head
WHICH IS Coach’s influence. “He asks us to have a lot of
IMPORTANT” personality. I have always had personality in my
career, so it doesn’t faze me to go to the ball, to
first UK lockdown, can get close to that record. dribble, to accelerate the game.
However, despite all his appearances, his goal
involvements – goals and assists – have come at “I think it can make the difference and it
a rate of less than one every three games. has brought me to where I am now. It is a good
relationship – what he asks and what I like to do.
In his first 12 games under our Italian Head I think that’s why we are doing well.”
Coach though, that output has risen dramatically
with the Brazilian now averaging a goal contribu- That personality Lucas loves to show on the
tion every 97 minutes (four goals, four assists) – pitch – his fearlessness and drive to take oppo-
THFC nents on – comes from his days of playing on the
streets of São Paulo and having to battle it out
against his much older siblings and peers. It was
then, while playing futsal – one of his passions in
life – where he developed his trickery, speed and
quick thinking.

“I started playing football on the street. We
used a lot of things for goalposts – flip flops,
rocks...that was a great time,” he smiled. “I always
played on the street with my brothers and
friends, but they were always older than me and
taller than me. That helped me though because
I wasn’t afraid to face them or try to dribble at
them.

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“That started from very early on, maybe from
when I was five-years-old and then, when I was
seven, I started to play futsal and I played that
until I was about 13. That is my passion. I love it.
When you play futsal, you need to think quickly
and get out of a small space and away from
two or three opponents and you need to be 100
per cent focussed in every second. So that has
helped a lot in my game.”

“I STARTED
PLAYING

FOOTBALL ON
THE STREET.
WE USED A LOT
OF THINGS FOR
GOALPOSTS
– FLIP FLOPS,

ROCKS...
THAT WAS A
GREAT TIME”

Having grown up watching some of the best
forward talents the footballing world has seen
pull on the famous yellow shirt of his national
team, it is quite easy to see where Lucas’ playing
style takes inspiration from. He, himself, reeled
off Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Robinho as players
he loved to watch in his youth – all of which
famously played futsal before focussing on
professional football.

However, unlike out-and-out forwards such
as Ronaldo, our former Paris Saint-Germain
man has always preferred to sit behind the
frontline. During his formative years in the São
Paulo youth team, it was in the number 10 posi-
tion where he excelled, showing his creativity,
commanding the tempo, changing the game.
But, by the time he made it to the first team, his
coach focussed on his attributes as a winger,
and pushed him out wide.

Ever committed and dependable, it was a
role he adapted to and one that he has regularly
played throughout his professional career. Yet,
he has always favoured freedom in his play, the
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ability to drop down the pitch and change the
rhythm of the piece. And, since Antonio has
arrived, Lucas’ growth in confidence and form
has had a lot to do with him being moved back
to the number 10 spot.
“When I was in the academy team at São
Paulo, I always played as a number 10 – playing in
the middle, creating opportunities for the strik-
ers, dropping to take the ball and accelerating
the play. When I arrived in the first team though,
as I am very quick, the manager started to put
me out wide to exploit the space, to run and go,”
he explained. “I learned to play that position and
I played it while I was with São Paulo and PSG
but, in my game, everyone can see that I love to
drop and take the ball.
“It is different to Sonny for example – some-
one who is a real winger, occupies that space
really well and has an unbelievable finish. I,
though, am a player that likes to give the ball
to him.

“IN THE
ACADEMY AT
SAO PAULO,

I ALWAYS
PLAYED AS A
NUMBER 10...
EVERYONE
CAN SEE I LOVE
TO DROP AND

TAKE THE
BALL”

“When I arrived here, under Mauricio
Pochettino and Jose Mourinho, I played as a
winger before, in the last few games under
Mourinho, he put me as a number 10. I told him
I liked to play in the middle, that I felt really
comfortable there, he said, ‘okay’, and I started
to play very well. And then with Antonio Conte,
I think he’s sees that, in that position, I can be
more useful for the team.”

“He gives me the freedom to play in that
position. I then have the freedom to go to the
left, to the right, be in the middle, drop to take
the ball and accelerate the ball.”

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Opposition - Chelsea

CHELSEA THOMAS
TUCHEL
12 7 2 SEASON PTS POS W D L GF GA
2011-12 64 18 10 10 65 46 6TH D.O.B: 29.08.73
WON DRAWN LOST 2012-13 75 22 9 7 75 39 3RD CLUB ROLE: HEAD COACH
2013-14 82 25 7 6 71 27 3RD NATIONALITY: GERMAN
59% 45 2.1 2014-15 87 26 9 3 73 32 1ST Chelsea’s boss since last January,
2015-16 50 12 14 12 59 53 10TH Tuchel crowned his first few
AVERAGE GOALS GOALS 2016-17 93 30 3 5 86 26 1ST months in charge by winning
POSS. SCORED PER GAME 2017-18 70 21 7 10 62 38 5TH the Champions League trophy
2018-19 72 21 9 8 63 39 3RD last term, and will be targeting
TEAM STATS 2019-20 66 20 6 12 69 54 4TH Carabao Cup glory at the very
2020-21 67 19 10 9 58 36 4TH least this time around. Formerly
with Ausburg and Mainz, he made
PL CHAMPIONSHIP his name coaching Borussia
Dortmund ahead of a stint at Paris
Saint-Germain where he continued
their domestic dominance.

D DW

LAST 3 RESULTS

EDUOARD 16 KEPA 1 REECE 24
MENDY ARRIZABALAGA JAMES
D.O.B: 01.03.92 D.O.B: 08.12.99
D.O.B: 03.10.94
POSITION: GOALKEEPER POSITION: GOALKEEPER POSITION: DEFENDER
NATIONALITY: SPANISH
NATIONALITY: SENEGALESE NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

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Opposition - Chelsea

MARCOS 3 ANDREAS 4 THIAGO 6
ALONSO CHRISTENSEN SILVA
D.O.B: 22.09.84
D.O.B: 28.12.90 D.O.B: 10.04.96
POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: DEFENDER
NATIONALITY: SPANISH NATIONALITY: DANISH
NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN

CESAR 28
AZPILICUETA
D.O.B: 28.08.89

POSITION: DEFENDER

NATIONALITY: SPANISH

RANUTDOINGEIOR 2

D.O.B: 03.03.93 The Berlin-born German TREVOH
POSITION: DEFENDER international centre-back was a CHALOBAH
NATIONALITY: GERMAN 2017 signing from AS Roma after
starting his club career at Stutt-
gart. He's since made more than 14
150 appearances for the Blues,
20 2 25 and contributes at both ends of D.O.B: 05.07.99
the field under Thomas Tuchel.
POSITION: DEFENDER

APPS GOALS TACKLES NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

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Opposition - Chelsea

JORGINHO 5

D.O.B: 20.12.91
POSITION: MIDFIELDER
NATIONALITY: ITALIAN

MMAOSUNONT 19

N’GOLO 7 D.O.B: 10.01.99 A product of Chelsea's Academy,
KANTE POSITION: MIDFIELDER Mount has made over a century
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH of first-team appearances after
D.O.B: 29.03.91 making his debut at the start
POSITION: MIDFIELDER 18 5 7 of the 2019/20 campaign. This
NATIONALITY: FRENCH was preceded by two successful
APPS ASSISTS GOALS season-long loans, at Vitesse
and Derby County respectively.

SAÚL 17 MATEO 8 RUBEN 12
ÑÍGUEZ KOVACIC LOFTUS-CHEEK
D.O.B: 21.11.94 D.O.B: 06.05.94 D.O.B: 23.01.96

POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER

NATIONALITY: SPANISH NATIONALITY: CROATIAN NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

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ZIYECH PULISIC HAVERTZ
D.O.B: 19.03.93 D.O.B: 18.09.98
D.O.B: 11.06.99
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WTIERMNOER 11

ROMELU 9 D.O.B: 06.03.96 The speedy attacker was a £47m
LUKAKU POSITION: FORWARD signing from RB Leipzig in the
NATIONALITY: GERMAN summer of 2020, joining on a five-
D.O.B: 13.05.93 year contract. Born in Stuttgart, he
POSITION: FORWARD 911 started out at his hometown club
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for Germany.

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Paper Chase

PAPER CHASE

Club historian John Fennelly looks back at what supporters were
reading on their way in, at half-time and in the newspapers afterwards
when CHELSEA visited in February 1964.

Chelsea’s John Dunn saves from
Cliff Jones in February 1964

IN THE NEWS PROGRAMME One showed Spurs top after 27
games with Chelsea seventh.
The year 1964 saw Labour win The programme for the match
the General Election with Harold was a 12-page production that The Blues were welcomed:
Wilson’s government having an cost threepence. It was mainly “Both Chelsea and ourselves
overall majority of just four seats. black-and-white with light have more than usual incentive
Capital punishment was abolished, blue spot colour on the front, to go all out for victory in this
and Britain and France agreed to centre and the last three afternoon’s game. We shall
build a Channel tunnel. pages. be seeking to avenge our
third-round cup replay defeat
Mods and Rockers clashed at a The middle two pages by them last month, and the
number of south coast resorts, the featured the expected line-ups Pensioners will be hoping to
top TV programme was Steptoe and in 2-3-5 formation although turn the tables for their 3-0
Son, the Beatles departed for their that was more for design defeat when we were at Stam-
first US tour and Radio Caroline reasons rather that the tactical ford Bridge in September.”
began transmission from a ship in approach of rival managers Bill
the North Sea. Labour won the first Nicholson and Tommy Docherty. There was one match report
election for the new Greater London Our future player and manager which detailed our previous
Council, the first clinic offering family Terry Venables was featured as week’s 3-1 home win over Aston
planning advice to unmarried women the Chelsea captain. Villa in which 17-year-old Derek
opened and BBC 2 went on air – Play Possee made his debut in place
School was its first programme. Ten Pages one, three and part of the injured Cliff Jones and
men were convicted for their part in of five featured editorial with scored the opening goal. Jimmy
the Great Train Robbery and the Daily full page pictures on two and Greaves and Terry Dyson were
Herald ceased publication, replaced nine and the rest all statistics, our other scorers.
by The Sun. Winston Churchill left the fixtures and tables. Division
House of Commons for the last time. 27

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Paper Chase

Jimmy Greaves makes his Chelsea
debut at 17 at the Lane in 1957

CLASSIFIED DOUBLE TOP Jason Cundy

We played Chelsea four times that Londoner Jason Cundy will HONOURS
season with both sides losing their always be remembered by
home league encounters and the older Spurs fans for the Liverpool won the Division One
Blues knocking us out of the FA Cup incredible goal he scored for title ahead of Manchester United
following a third-round replay. us at Ipswich in August 1992. with Spurs in fourth place. Chelsea,
His wind-assisted 40-yard promoted the year before, finished
Spurs won 3-0 at Stamford Bridge effort flew into the net for his a point behind us in fifth.
in the September where Ken Shellito only goal in 28 senior appear-
conceded an early own goal. Bobby ances in our colours. Bolton and Ipswich were rele-
Smith headed in a Greaves corner for gated and replaced by Leeds and
our second in the 10th minute. Full- However, there was a Sunderland. Jimmy Greaves was the
back Peter Baker added a third. lot more to him than that. A league’s top goalscorer with 35 and
strong and competitive central Bobby Moore was named Footballer
At the Lane, former Spur Tommy defender with good pace, Jason of the Year.
Harmer set up Bobby Tambling’s started out as a trainee with
opener, Greaves equalised and Chelsea, turning professional in West Ham beat Preston to lift the
Tambling won it 2-1 for Chelsea in the August 1988 before joining us in FA Cup with Leicester City winning
58th minute. March 1992, originally on loan. the League Cup by overcoming Stoke.

In the FA Cup, Dyson gave us Cundy went straight into
the lead in the second minute. Bert manager Peter Shreeves’ side
Murray met Frank Blunstone’s cross and was also highly regarded
to head in the equaliser. The Blues by successor Terry Venables
won the replay 2-0 with Tambling and but the England Under-21 inter-
Murray on target. national suffered misfortune
with injury which disrupted his
Peter Baker progress and prevented him
from showing just how good he
was on a regular basis.

By coincidence, his next
club was Ipswich Town,
staying there for three years
following his move in 1996. He
later coached in the Chelsea
Academy.

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Semi-Final Showdowns

SEMI-FINAL
SHOWDOWNS

We take a look back at our nine previous successful attempts to reach
the League Cup Final, which include convincing second leg triumphs over
Chelsea and Arsenal here in N17.

CELEBRATIONS AFTER MARTIN CHIVERS BREAKS THE
DEADLOCK AT THE LANE AGAINST BRISTOL CITY

1970/71 leave the tie nicely poised ahead of 1972/73
First leg – 16.12.70 – the N17 return. First leg – 20.12.72 –
Bristol City 1 Spurs 1 Wolves 1 Spurs 2
Second leg – 23.12.70 – Two days before Christmas Day, Second leg – 30.12.72 –
Spurs 2 Bristol City 0 we completed the job at White Hart Spurs 2 Wolves 2
(Spurs win 3-1 on aggregate) Lane to give our fans the perfect (Spurs win 4-3 on aggregate)
Having lost to Arsenal in our present. City made us work hard As holders, we were knocked out of
first-ever League Cup semi-final for it though, sending the match the League Cup in 1971/72 after losing
appearance in 1968/69, we reached into extra time after a goalless 90 to Chelsea at the semi-final stage but
the Final for the first time courtesy minutes. Seven minutes into the the following season, we were back in
of this last-four victory over Division added period, Cyril Knowles’ free the final after overcoming Wolves in
Two side Bristol City. kick was headed in by Martin Chivers the last four.
to give us the lead for the first time in
The majority of the 30,201 crowd the tie and substitute Jimmy Pearce We made a dream start when
at Ashton Gate were in raptures confirmed the win with a long-range Martin Peters’ strike gave us the lead
when Alan Skirton scored in the 56th effort. at Molineux after just three minutes
minute to put the Robins ahead, but and 12 minutes later, we double our
they were less enthused when Alan We went on to beat Aston Villa advantage thanks to a long-range
Gilzean equalised shortly after to 2-0 in the Final with Chivers scoring effort from John Pratt that gave
twice at Wembley.

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DELIGHT FOR SPURS, DESPAIR FOR WOLVES
AFTER MARTIN CHIVERS SCORES OUR WINNER

Phil Parkes no chance in the Wolves sending-off – our winger Tony Galvin Anderton going closest with a free-
goal. A foul on Alan Sunderland by and future manager Martin Jol, play- kick that hit the woodwork – we
Cyril Knowles gave Wolves a penalty ing for West Brom that night, both headed to south-west London with
just before the half-time interval seeing red. work to do. Again, it was just the
which was duly dispatched by Kenny one goal that decided the tie and it
Hibbert. It was an equally tight affair in came six minutes before the break
north London a week later, with just when Steffen Iversen spotted Neil
Wolves levelled the aggregate one goal separating the sides after Sullivan off his line and lobbed him
scoreline after 38 minutes of the 120 minutes of football. It went our from just outside the penalty area.
second leg at White Hart Lane, with way, midfielder Micky Hazard break- Few chances arrived in the second
Terry Naylor scoring an own goal. A ing the deadlock in the 56th minute half until Robbie Earle’s thunderous
Ray Evans cross was headed in by when Glenn Hoddle’s long ball was shot for Wimbledon skimmed off the
Peters with just 23 minutes of the headed into Hazard’s pass by Mark crossbar just before the final whistle.
tie remaining and Wembley seemed Falco and he ran on to score. Galvin
within sight for us. and Hoddle had good efforts saved by Danish international midfielder
Grew in the second half, while Steve Allan Nielsen scored the winner as
However, John Richards scored in Perryman cleared an effort from the we overcame Leicester City in the
the final minute to send the match visitors off our goal-line and with it subsequent League Cup Final of
to extra time with the tie level at 3-3 went Albion’s best chance of a goal. March 21, 1999.
on aggregate. Parkes made a string
of excellent saves in the extra period This time we failed to go on and STEFFEN IVERSEN IS THE
before Martin Chivers hit the decisive win the trophy as Liverpool beat us 3-1 HERO AGAINST WIMBLEDON
strike just before the interval in the after extra time in the Wembley final.
added 30 minutes.
1998/99
Our second trip to Wembley for First leg – 27.01.99 –
a League Cup Final again yielded Spurs 0 Wimbledon 0
victory, with Ralph Coates’ goal seeing Second leg – 16.02.99 –
off Norwich City on March 3, 1973. Wimbledon 0 Spurs 1
(Spurs win 1-0 on aggregate)
1981/82 Wimbledon became familiar
First leg – 03.02.82 – opponents in the opening months
West Brom 0 Spurs 0 of 1999 as we faced each other five
Second leg – 10.02.82 – times in a four-week spell, with two
Spurs 1 West Brom 0 FA Cup matches, a two-legged League
(Spurs win 1-0 on aggregate) Cup semi-final and one Premier
Chances were in short supply as we League clash!
visited the Hawthorns for the first
leg of this tie and the most notable After a goalless draw in N17 in the
incident of the game was a double first leg of our semi-final – Darren

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2001/02 to our trophy haul in the final as Berbatov’s penalty and a Jonathan
First leg – 09.01.02 – Blackburn Rovers came on out top in Woodgate header in extra time
Chelsea 2 Spurs 1 a 2-1 win on our first trip to Cardiff’s handed us a 2-1 win and the trophy for
Second leg – 23.01.02 – Millennium Stadium. the fourth time in our history.
Spurs 5 Chelsea 1
(Spurs win 6-3 on aggregate) 2007/08 ROBBIE KEANE ON
Chelsea were our semi-final First leg – 09.01.08 - TARGET IN 2008
opponents exactly 20 years ago and Arsenal 1 Spurs 1
few could have possibly imagined Second leg – 23.01.08 – 2008/09
how this tie was going to pan out Spurs 5 Arsenal 1 First leg – 06.01.09 –
when Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink put (Spurs win 6-2 on aggregate) Spurs 4 Burnley 1
the Blues in front after just 10 minutes If we thought beating Chelsea was Second leg – 21.01.09 –
of the first leg at Stamford Bridge. We good in 2002, then this demolition Burnley 3 Spurs 2
levelled through Les Ferdinand on 65 of Arsenal six years later was even (Spurs win 6-4 on aggregate)
minutes but the home side won the better! After a comfortable 4-1 win over
game when Hasselbaink hammered Burnley in the first leg of our 2009
in a winner in the 77th minute. Once again we travelled away semi-finals, it seemed like we had
for the first leg, down the road to one foot in the League Cup Final. But
The 12-year run we had without a the Emirates and drew 1-1 thanks the Clarets had other ideas and gave
win against Chelsea was to come to to a Jermaine Jenas goal which was us an almighty scare in the second leg
an end in impressive fashion though cancelled out by Theo Walcott. before we finally came through.
as we thrashed the visitors 5-1 in
the second leg at White Hart Lane. Back at the Lane for the return,
Steffen Iversen put us in front on Jenas got the ball rolling with our first
the night after just two minutes, Tim on the night after just three minutes
Sherwood’s fine shot from a Darren before Nicklas Bendtner headed
Anderton corner increased our lead into his own net and, just after the
while Teddy Sheringham’s volley made half-time break, Robbie Keane beat
it 3-0 after half time. Lukasz Fabianski for 3-0. A magical
night just got better and better as
Hasselbaink was sent off prior Aaron Lennon added to our tally on
to Simon Davies making it four the hour mark. Future Spur Emmanuel
without reply, before substitute Adebayor netted for the visitors but
Sergei Rebrov netted four minutes Steed Malbranque rubberstamped
from time. Mikael Forsell’s goal for our victory on 90 minutes.
Chelsea in the dying seconds served
as nothing more than a consolation. Having seen off one London rival,
we beat another in the shape of Chel-
Unfortunately, we couldn’t add sea at Wembley in the Final. Dimitar

JOY AS SPURS HIT FIVE
AGAINST CHELSEA IN 2002

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At the Lane, Martin Paterson gave seven years ago and frustrated us for RYAN MASON ON THE BALL
the Clarets a first half lead, but goals much of the first leg at White Hart AT BRAMALL LANE IN 2015
from Michael Dawson, Jamie O’Hara, Lane until Andros Townsend settled
Roman Pavlyuchenko and a Michael the match from the penalty spot on off the bench for the hosts on 74
Duff own goal put us in control ahead 74 minutes. minutes, scored within three minutes
of the return at Turf Moor. to make it 1-1 and then incredibly
There was plenty of drama in levelled the aggregate scores after
Robbie Blake gave the Clarets the snow at Bramall Lane a week 79 minutes!
some hope with a 34th minute goal later though, as we were pushed all
in the second leg and when Gavin the way by the Blades. A stunning But with extra time looming, Erik-
McCann made it two to the home side Christian Eriksen free-kick – arguably sen popped up in the 88th minute with
midway through the second half, there his best during his time with us – put another composed finish to restore
were definite fears Burnley could us in front on the night and we were our advantage and book our place at
pull off an unlikely comeback. They in control until the game changed late Wembley, where Chelsea lifted the
achieved that when Jay Rodriguez’s on. Teenage striker Che Adams came trophy thanks to a 2-0 win.
88th minute volley forced extra time. 2020/21
MOUSSA SISSOKO STRIKES TO 05.01.21 – Spurs 2 Brentford 0
With away goals counting double SEE OFF BRENTFORD IN 2021 In a break from tradition due to the
after the added period, we were COVID-19 pandemic, the Carabao
just two minutes away from being Cup semi-finals were just a one-game
knocked out of the tournament when affair last season, with Brentford our
Pavlyuchenko scored to put us back opponents in a behind-closed-doors
in front on aggregate. Jermain Defoe game here at Tottenham Hotspur
added another two minutes later to Stadium.
guarantee this incredible tie finished
in our favour. The then-Championship club had
beaten four Premier League sides in
In the Final against Manchester a run to their first major semi-final
United on March 1, 2009, the Red but they were behind after only
Devils triumphed 4-1 in a penalty 12 minutes when Moussa Sissoko
shootout after the match had finished headed home Sergio Reguilon's cross.
goalless after extra time.
Thomas Frank's side thought
2014/15 they had equalised when Ivan Toney
First leg – 21.01.15 – headed in but the goal was ruled out
Spurs 1 Sheffield United 0 for offside before we added a second
Second leg – 28.01.15 – on 70 minutes through Heung-Min
Sheffield United 2 Spurs 2 Son.
(Spurs win 3-2 on aggregate)
League One side Sheffield United We faced Manchester City in the
stood between us and a place in the Final at Wembley last April in front of
League Cup Final for the eighth time a reduced attendance of just 7,773 and
lost to the only goal of the game.

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Looking back at Spurs hat-tricks scored against tonight’s opposition.

Alfie Stokes beat Chelsea goal- Alfie Stokes on the attack
keeper Bill Robertson three times against Chelsea in August 1957
when we defeated the Blues 4-2 at
Stamford Bridge in October 1956. Stokes also scored in the return excellent shot late on, that’s how it
at the Lane in February, but this time stayed. And Stokes did it again as the
It was certainly Alfie’s best season Chelsea prevailed 4-3. It was our first two sides met in the fourth round of
at White Hart Lane when he played home defeat of a campaign that saw the FA Cup when Medwin, Harmer and
alongside ex-Chelsea front man us finish second in the table. Smith also scored at the Lane in our
Bobby Smith and scored 18 goals in 4-0 victory.
21 Division One outings. And he had to We took the lead thanks to a
work hard to see off the challenge of Harmer penalty for handball by The versatile Alfie was born in
England international Johnny Brooks Peter Sillett and Stokes then fired in Hackney and played locally before
who subsequently moved to the a second as we led 2-0 at the break. joining our amateur ranks in Septem-
Bridge in a deal that brought Les Allen But Allen reduced the deficit on ber 1951. He turned professional
to Tottenham. the hour, skipper Derek Saunders in February 1953 and scored on his
equalised with a long range shot and debut at Bolton two months later. He
The Blues started well in that Johnny McNicol headed the visitors was capped by England at Under-23
encounter and saw two shots come into the lead from a corner before and ‘B’ levels and represented the
back off Ted Ditchburn’s bar before Allen grabbed his second with a fine Football League against their Scot-
we took a 10th minute lead. Smith shot. tish counterparts.
put George Robb away and the left-
winger ran through to score from an With five minutes to go Terry He left us for Fulham in 1959 and
acute angle. Medwin made it 4-3 and, although later played for Cambridge City and
Stokes hit the Chelsea bar with an Watford.
Tommy Harmer, who would also
play for Chelsea later in his career,
created our second for Stokes on the
half-hour. Robb and Harmer then set
up Alfie for two more to see us 4-0 up
at the break.

Amateur Jim Lewis pulled one
back in the 55th minute when he
intercepted Peter Baker’s attempted
back pass and Ken Armstrong added
a second from a last-minute penalty
after Harry Clarke brought down
Lewis.

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My First Game

t hMuar1r4scdhay 1963 S(oaugMteihdkge6a9t)e

MY FIRST GAME
Spurs 6 Slovan Bratislava 0

In every matchday programme this season, we’re inviting our fans to
reminisce about their first-ever Spurs game to refresh the memories
of those momentous occasions! If you’d like to appear in this feature,
drop us an email to programme@tottenhamhotspur.com with a few
details of the first time you saw the mighty Spurs play!

THE FAN Lane and I filled l my autograph book 1962/63 season having appeared in
“I think I was always destined to be a with the signatures of the Double team the European Cup the previous year.
Spurs fan – on the day of my birth my plus Jimmy Greaves.
dad was at White Hart Lane watching Bill Nicholson’s side duly
Spurs play West Brom on 23 August In March 1963, my long-held wish despatched of Glasgow Rangers in
1952 – unfortunately we lost 3-4! to see the Spurs play was granted as I the second round of the Cup Winners’
was taken to see the truly memorable Cup to set up a showdown with then
My father was a policeman based European Cup Winners’ Cup match Czechoslovakian side Slovan Brati-
in Chelmsford just after the war ended against Slovan Bratislava, which saw slava in March 1963. The first leg didn’t
and had started following Spurs after us turn a two goal deficit around with exactly go to plan as we were beaten
becoming friendly with Arthur Rowe, a 6-0 victory. 2-0 with goals from Ludvic Cvetler and
then the Chelmsford FC manager Anton Moravcik and our manager felt
who was soon to lead our ‘Push We travelled to the ground by we were lucky to concede just the two
and Run’ team to the Division One train from Harlow to White Hart Lane with goalkeeper Bill Brown keeping us
championship. station. At the ground I can remember in the tie with some superb saves.
being overwhelmed by the number of
One real highlight of the time for people, the atmosphere and noise – It was a different story back in
me was during the 1962/63 season, and the excitement of seeing Spurs London though as we produced
my dad managed to arrange for me to play in our all white European kit. My another one of those famous Glory,
meet the Spurs players at White Hart hero at the time was Cliff Jones and I Glory Nights under the White Hart
saw him score alongside Dave Mackay, Lane floodlights. Over 61,500 fans
John White, Bobby Smith and Jimmy packed in to our old stadium that night
Greaves. – a young Mike Southgate among them
– and our opponents couldn’t cope with
On the night, I stood pitchside at the atmosphere and our performance
the front of the East Stand where I as we blew them away in some style.
spent many years until I moved up onto
the Shelf – at the time I didn’t realise Right from the first whistle, we
how lucky and privileged I was to watch were on the attack and Czech goal-
this team play.” keeper Villiam Schroif saved from
THE MATCH Jimmy Greaves before being left in
After retaining the FA Cup in 1962, a heap under a ‘welcome to London’
we embarked on only our second- challenge from Bobby Smith – all
ever European campaign during the inside the first minute!

We had to be patient though as the

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My First Game
JIMMY GREAVES STRKES AGAINST SLOVAN

visitors defended stoutly but eventu- We extended our lead 20 minutes THE TEAMS
ally the pressure told and it was the into the second half when Schroif Spurs: Brown, Hopkins, Henry, Marchi,
ubiquitous Dave Mackay who broke came out to punch the ball away from Norman, Mackay, Saul, White, Smith,
the deadlock on 31 minutes, controlling the head of Jones but it landed at the Greaves, Jones.
John White’s pass on his chest before feet of Greaves, who chipped the ball Slovan: Schroif, Urban, Jankovic,
firing into the far corner. over the goalkeeper and in for 4-0 on Hrdlicka, Popluhar, Kral, Vlecky,
the night. Moravcik, Molnar, Obert, Cvetler.
It was a goal that deflated Slovan THE STATS
and by half-time, we were 3-0 up. We Two more goals within a minute 14 March, 1963
levelled the aggregate score when of each other rounded off a great European Cup Winners’ Cup Third
Cliff Jones set Jimmy Greaves free and night’s work. With 75 minutes on the Round, Second Leg
he beat Schroif with a clinical finish clock, Jones headed home from a Spurs 6 (Greaves 2, Mackay, Smith,
and just 60 seconds later, in the 40th Tony Marchi centre and moments Jones, White)
minute, Smith beat Schroif to Frank later, centre-half Jan Popluhar was Slovan Bratislava 0
Saul’s cross and headed home. dispossessed by John White who Attendance: 61,504
strode through to score our sixth and Referee: L Horn (Holland)
After the break, Brown saved book our place in the semi-finals.
superbly from Moravcik as the Czech’s
looked for a way back into the game, Of course, we went all the way that
while right-back Mel Hopkins joined year, defeating OFK Belgrade in the
our attack and hit the crossbar with last four before demolishing Atletico
an effort. Madrid 5-1 in the final in Rotterdam.

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BEST WISHES TO THE FOLLOWING SPURS FANS:

◀ Happy birthday to HARRY GREEN, who celebrated his
23rd birthday on Sunday.

▲ Happy birthday to RICHARD TOWNLEY-HILL, who ▲ Happy birthday to GEORGE MORGAN, who is
is pictured with his uncles Eddie Barber and Paul Chris celebrating his 12th birthday today.
Barber, all 1882 season ticket holders in the West Upper.

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AWESOME FOURSOME!

◀ Proudly showing off their Spurs
shirts are the Britten quadruplets,
who celebrated their third birthdays
last October. The kids are numbered
in the order they were born – (left
to right) FRANCESCA, FREDRICA,
GRACE and GEORGE. Mum Tracey
is the oldest mum in the UK to have
quadruplets, while dad Stephen is a
massive Spurs fan!

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▶ MILLICENT ROBERY was born on
3 December last year. Her favourite
player is Heung-Min Son which is
shared with proud parents and
season ticket holder Jack and Demi
and sister, Bella.

OBITUARIES

WE WERE SORRY TO HEAR OF THE PASSING OF THE FOLLOWING SPURS SUPPORTERS:

IRIS STIMPSON, who passed away and his grandson has also inherited DASON DOTTIN, who passed
at the age of 90 on 2 December. his love of Spurs. He will be greatly away on 31 December, aged 50.
She attended her first match with missed by his family and friends. A proud son, father, husband and
her Dad in 1939 and, as a season CHARLIE MELAUGH, who died on Spurs supporter, from the age of
ticket holder in the Paxton Road New Year’s Day at the age of 71. A eight – during the days of Garth
stand, was still regularly attending long-standing Spurs fan, due to ill Crooks – until his last day with
matches until 2020. Famous for health he was unable to travel to us. He introduced his son, Ruben,
her football earrings, she will be games for some time but never missed to Spurs from the moment he
much missed by Keith, Janice, Kim a game on TV. He will be deeply missed was born and both loved their
and friends. by all his friends and family. tour of the new stadium in
DAVID FOORD, a lifelong fan and In loving memory of KEN DEACON, a 2019. A founding member of
North Stand season ticket holder lifelong Spurs fan who died suddenly Bridgetown Spurs in Barbados,
for nearly 40 years, who sadly recently, leaving his wife Bev and two his family and friends will miss
passed away on 22 December, aged children Laura and James, extended his unwavering strength, cheeky
91. He attended games with his family and many good friends. wit and endless love.
wife, Brenda and daughter, Nicola

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TO THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AT THIS SAD TIME.

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Where Are They Now?

PASCAL CHIMBONDA helped us to League Cup glory against
tonight’s opponents back in 2008. We recently caught up with the
former defender to discuss his time at the Club and find out what he is
up to now…

By Liam Carson

Pascal Chimbonda admits he tends he looked to continue playing by any guys and if I get to do it again, I will.”
to avoid going to watch football means necessary. And, by showing His footballing activities haven’t
matches, but not because of any that determination and desire to get
dislike for the game. Quite the back into the game, it earned him a stopped there as, since retiring from
opposite in fact. route back into professional football the professional game, he has set
with Carlisle United offering him a up his own academy with the goal of
A former defender who enjoyed contract before he returned to France supporting those between 18 and 23
a 15-year playing career, turning to join Arles-Avignon a year later. that have dropped out of football.
out in the highest leagues in both
France and England, as well as Released by the French club “I have opened my own football
reaching a World Cup Final with Les in 2015, again, it appeared that education academy in Manchester. I
Bleus, Pascal’s love for the game is the Guadeloupian-born defender have 30 students – footballing wise,
unmistakable. However, if he decided would be calling it a day, but he then we have built a team from them
to go and take in a game from the returned to England and, in 2017, laced while there is a plan B for them in
stands, he knows he would be rest- up his boots once more to line-up for the classroom as well,” he explained.
less, pining to get back on the pitch Northern League Division One side “We train Monday to Wednesday and
and play once more. Washington before then turning out then Friday, and we sometimes have
for Ashton Town and most recently, a match during the week. Classroom
“I don’t like to just sit in the our Legends team. education is then Monday, Tuesday
stadium and watch because it gives and Friday.
me anxiety. I just want to be on the “I went back to France to finish
pitch. That’s why I prefer to watch it playing. That was my last adventure, “We offer a Higher Nationals
on TV,” he said candidly. And it’s not but then I came back to England Certificate (HNC) in Sports and
a statement that is hard to believe and played for a few local sides, Exercise Science, which is everything
when learning of his post-playing just to keep fit,” he explained. “As a about nutrition, the body. You learn
days endeavours. footballer, when you see the ball, you a lot about personal training. If you
always want to kick it. I just played a want to work in the professional
Back in 2012, after being released few games to enjoy myself. football world, but the option of
from Doncaster Rovers at the age of playing isn’t there, we do everything
33 and remaining without a club for “Playing now with the Legends is to bring you there.
the next year, it looked like Pascal had quite good. When you’ve played foot-
called it a day on his playing career. ball for your entire life, sometimes it “Sometimes, players that might
The French international, however, is hard to quit. We have some good be dropped from an academy at age
had no such plans. players in that team and it’s great 16 or 18, they might put themselves
to play alongside people who I was down and say, ‘I won’t make it’. I
Instead, he linked up with North- watching when I was young. It’s good don’t think they have to be like that
ern Premier League Division One to share those moments with those because, in football, there is no
South side Market Drayton Town as age to make it at. I signed my first

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professional contract when I was want to help as many as I can.” French international admitted. “The
20-years-old. If you’re good and you While tonight we face an onerous day before, I said to the manager that
know what you want, I think you will I wanted to travel and stay with the
make it, you just have to believe in task to get through to the Carabao team but, in the morning, I felt fine,
yourself and believe in the people Cup final with a 2-0 deficit to overturn and I told the manager that I was fine
around you. against Chelsea, Pascal knows just to play – and so I did.
how important a part mere belief can
“That’s why I try to help and say, play in turning around games against ‘I didn’t push myself to play. I
‘yes, you’re 18 or 19 but, if you really the Blues – as he and his Spurs team- wanted to play so badly but I had
want to play football, you can do mates showed in the 2008 final of a bad injury in my knee. If I had
it. Nothing can stop you’. Nothing this competition. wanted to push and had been in the
stopped me and I was 20 and you can same pain, I wouldn’t have made it
see the career that I had. I just keep One of just over 100 appearances because the pain had been so strong
them focussed, working hard and for us, the defender lined up in our in the days before. But I think it was
believing in themselves. colours in front of almost 90,000 a miracle that on the morning of the
people at Wembley as we came from final I woke up fine. That was a miracle
“I want to set one up in Newcastle, behind against the west London side because I wasn’t meant to play that
Sunderland and come to London as to lift the League Cup for a fourth game.
well. I want to try to open everywhere. time. However, having picked up a
I think most places cover just 16 to knee injury in the days leading up to “We were then losing 1-0 in that
18-year-olds, nowhere really helps the the game, it was a match he came so final but, with belief, we came back
over 18s. I think If I do those players, close to missing, only for a miraculous in the game, and we managed to win
that is something good to help recovery to befall him on the morning it in the end. It was unbelievable. In
them and to not let them go to the of the final. football, you play for that moment in
streets. It keeps them busy. I just front of a big crowd. It was fantastic.”
“I was injured before the game,” the

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