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T THE WINTERY SCENE THAT GREETED US ON ARRIVAL AT TURF MOOR ON SUNDAY
WHEN, DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF THE HOME TEAM, OUR GAME AGAINST
BURNLEY WAS POSTPONED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS

ENTS

06 29 42

ANTONIO CONTE OPPOSITION DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
The boss reflects on recent Thomas Frank's Brentford side Goals galore for our Under-23s
events and looks ahead tonight’s make the short trip to N17 for what side thanks to another thrilling
London derby with Brentford promises to be a tricky encounter comeback against Leicester

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PIERRE-EMILE HOJBJERG SPURS WOMEN CHRISTIAN ZIEGE
The Danish midfielder reveals how Rehane Skinner's side hit double The former German wing-back
his upbringing has made him the figures in the cup, but there's derby is the latest subject of our
player and the man he is today disappointment to deal with too Where Are They Now? series

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Head Coach

ANTONIO

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Head Coach

“TO THOSE OF YOU
WHO MADE THE TRIP

TO TURF MOOR,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR

COMMITMENT”

G ood evening and welcome to Thomas has done an incredible job with
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Brentford over the past three years. They
tonight’s Premier League fixture fully deserved their promotion to the Premier
against Brentford. League and have shown that they can be a very
We go into this game on the back dangerous team with threats all over the pitch.
of a frustrating week in which we lost away at NS
Mura in the Europa Conference League, before Finally, this game is our dedicated Rainbow
seeing our league game at Burnley postponed Laces fixture – in which we show our support for
due to heavy snowfall. the LGBTQ+ community.

In Slovenia, our performance was poor in Discrimination of any kind has no place in
many aspects and the level was not what I expect society and I know how hard the Club works to
from my Tottenham team. We had to play with 10 ensure that Tottenham Hotspur is a place where
men for 60 minutes, however we should have everyone can feel welcome and safe.
performed better.
Our LGBTQ+ supporters’ group, Proud
I want to thank and apologise to the fans who Lilywhites, is an important part of the Club and
made a difficult journey to Maribor to support us. their voice in the community is something we
stand proudly alongside.
On Sunday we travelled to the north-west to Enjoy the game.
face Burnley and were not able to play due to Antonio
the snow. Despite it being very disappointing for
everyone, it was the right decision. 07

The snow was heavy and they were struggling
to clear the pitch. In these conditions, it’s not
football and you have to take into consideration
the risk of injury for the players and also the
safety of the supporters attending the game.

To those of you who made the trip to Turf
Moor, thank you for your commitment. We are
all disappointed that we weren’t able to play the
fixture for you.

This evening we take on Brentford and I
should like to welcome Thomas Frank, his staff,
players and supporters to Tottenham Hotspur
Stadium.

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Spurs Digest

NEWS DESK

REGGY’S OFF FOOTBALL CAME
THE MARK! HOME FOR

He might not have scored a appearance for us, in all competitions SLOVENIA SPURS
hat-trick, but that didn’t stop – was tangible. He added: “It’s my first
Sergio Reguilon wanting the match goal in the Premier League. I want As we prepared for only our
ball after his winner against Leeds the ball! Okay, it’s not a hat-trick, but second trip to Slovenia in
United recently! for me, it’s brilliant. In some matches European competition last
I’ve been close to score or assist but, week, the newly-formed
Our Spanish defender was in the today, I had the luck, and I can enjoy it.” Slovenia Spurs Official
right place at the right time to sweep Supporters’ Club had the team
home his first-ever Spurs goal in our After a disappointing first half arriving on their doorstep. Talk
last game here on 21 November, as we against Leeds, Sergio admitted we about timing!
came from behind to beat Marcelo showed a change of mentality to turn
Bielsa’s team. the game in our favour after the break. It’s just over nine years since
we first stepped out in Slovenia
Dan James had put the visitors “We needed a second half like this for a 1-1 draw against NK
ahead in the first half, but we were for our mentality and for our work,” Maribor in the Europa League in
a different side after the break and, Sergio told Spurs TV. “Last week, we October, 2012.
after Harry Kane had struck the did some amazing work. In the second
post within seconds of the restart half, for sure, we saw the team that Last week, we returned to
and Heung-Min Son hit the crossbar, every fan wants to see.” Maribor’s Stadion Ljudski vrt,
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg netted the this time to take on NS Mura,
equaliser on 58 minutes. What did Antonio Conte say at reigning Slovenian champions,
half-time? “He told us we had to in Matchday Five of the UEFA
With momentum firmly in our improve our mentality, our effort,” Europa Conference League
favour, Sergio completed the said Sergio. “In the first five minutes group stage.
turnaround 10 minutes later, racing in (of the second half), Leeds had a lot
to convert after Eric Dier’s free-kick of corners but after that, the team Slovenia Spurs chairman
cannoned back off the post. was the team we’ve been working on Timluka Trnovec was too young
during the week. It was fantastic. I to make it to that game nine
The sheer joy on Reggy’s face as he love the team fighting in that way.” years ago but, a fan since the
celebrated his first goal – in his 50th age of six and now 19, Tim
planted the seeds of Slovenia
Spurs three years ago. “First
of all, I wanted to join a club,
but there was no supporters’
club in Slovenia, so my friends
at school and I decided to form
one, and we went from there,” he
explained.

“We made a small community
and now we watch all the games
together, enjoy ourselves and
watch Spurs. There are about
50 of us now, and 20 of us get
together for every match. We’ve
done that for about a year now.
We’re in Ljubljana, the capital.
It’s amazing. Everyone here
watches the Premier League.
There are a lot of rival fans, but
it’s really fun!”

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FINN BALOR BRAVES KUMHO TYRE AND
THE SKYWALK! SPURS EXTEND
PARTNERSHIP
A King, a ‘Prince’ and a journey to world-class home, culminating with
the iconic golden cockerel on top a nerve-wracking venture out onto The long-term extension to the
of our stadium... WWE superstar a glass walkway 46.8 metres above
and Spurs fan Finn Bálor returned the pitch. agreement between Tottenham
to N17 last month to brave The Dare
Skywalk. Just hours later, he was back in Hotspur and Kumho Tyre as
his usual environment, competing in
Known in the wrestling world as a WWE United States title match at the Club’s Official Tyre Partner
the Prince, the popular Monday Night Wembley’s SSE Arena against fellow
RAW star and long-time supporter top stars Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens was officially announced with a
of the club follows our every move and defending champion Damian
from his base in America, but enjoyed Priest. signing ceremony recently.
a chance to stop by in person at Executive Vice President of
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium once
again during WWE’s recent eight- Sales – Europe at Kumho Tyre,
night tour of the UK. Namhwa Cho, and senior vice
president of global marketing
After catching up with our at Kumho Tire Co., Inc, Tony
legendary former captain and Club Gang-seung Lee, met with Club
Ambassador Ledley King, who he first Ambassadors, Ledley King and
met at one of our summer tour games Michael Dawson, Operations
in the States in 2017, Finn took on the and Finance Director, Matthew
challenge of scaling the height of our Collecott and other Club officials
to formally celebrate the exten-
sion to the agreement.

The new agreement between
the Club and the Korean tyre
brand continues a successful
partnership which began in
2016. Through the renewed
partnership, Kumho Tyre will
continue to present the Club’s
popular matchday player mascot
programme, which was replaced
with an award-winning digital
offering for young fans during
the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition, Kumho Tyre will
continue to have a prominent
presence on the in-stadium LED
advertising system to help grow
awareness of the brand through
the Club’s global reach.

Tottenham Hotspur will
also support Kumho Tyre’s
Corporate Social Responsibility
programmes by creating player
related content that focuses
on tyre safety, as well as other
co-created digital campaigns to
drive fan engagement.

Kumho Tyre, founded in
South Korea in 1960, is one of
the world’s leading tyre manu-
facturers with annual sales of
over 50 million tyres across 180
countries.

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Spurs Digest

MATCH SPURS 2
REWIND
HOJBJERG (58), REGUILON (69)

LEEDS 1

JAMES (44)

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21.11.21 SPURS (3-4-3): LEEDS (4-1-4-1):
PREMIER LEAGUE Lloris (c), Tanganga (Sanchez 68), Meslier, Dallas, Llorente, Cooper
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM Dier, Davies, Royal, Hojbjerg, Winks, (c), Struijk, Phillips, James, Forshaw
REFEREE: ANDRE MARRINER Reguilon (Sessegnon 79), Lucas, Son (Roberts 72), Klich (Firpo 59),
(Dele 88), Kane. Harrison, Gelhardt (McKinstry 87).
Substitutes (not used): Gollini, Substitutes (not used): Klaesson,
Doherty, Rodon, Bryan, Bergwijn, Drameh, Cresswell, McCarron,
Ndombele. Jenkins, Greenwood.

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Quiz

QUIZ QUARTERS

GUESS QUICKFIRE
THE BADGE? FIVE

Can you name these two French clubs from their 1. Name the two Norwegians who scored in our
badges…? 2-0 League Cup win over Brentford at the Lane in
1. 2. September 2000?
2. How many times have we played Brentford in
CAREER the league before this season?
PATH 3. Who scored their only goal of the season in our
Carabao Cup semi-final win over the Bees here in
This player scored his first Spurs goal against January?
Brentford, but can you identify him from the club’s 4. Name the Dutch goalkeeper who made the
he played for in his career between 1990-2008? second of his two Spurs appearances against
Brentford in a 1998 League Cup tie?
PORTSMOUTH 5. Which former Spurs defender, who also spent
→ SPURS → time on our coaching staff, ended his playing career
with a season at Brentford in 1992/93?
BIRMINGHAM
→ W O LV E S → WHO’S WHO?
BOURNEMOUTH
Action from last season’s Carabao Cup semi-final
here, but who are the two players pictured?

ANSWERS: GUESS THE BADGE – 1. St Etienne, 2. Lille; QUICKFIRE FIVE – 1. Oyvind Leonhardsen

and Steffen Iversen, 2. Six, 3. Moussa Sissoko, 4. Hans Segers, 5. Chris Hughton.
WHO’S WHO – Serge Aurier and Rico Henry . CAREER PATH – Darren Anderton

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5 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
A
THFC HEART
AND MIND

At the start of a busy month for
us with 10 games in the next 31
days, PIERRE-EMILE HOJBJERG
discusses the requirement of
desire, the impact of Brentford
boss Thomas Frank on his
development and his love for the
festive period.

By Liam Carson

L ast time out here at Tottenham Hotspur
Stadium, a sheer desire to win saw us
home against Leeds United – a resolve
typified by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

Having fallen behind to Marcelo Bielsa’s side
in a difficult first half, a renewed approach in the
second period – one of grit and determination –
saw us turn the game on its head come full time
to earn Antonio Conte his first Premier League
win as our Head Coach.

Pierre was the man to get us level, guiding
the ball home just short of the hour mark for his
third goal of the season already. Notably, though,
there were no celebrations from the Denmark
international after his strike, just a gesture to
his team-mates, instructing them to get the ball
back to the centre circle as quickly as possible so
they could go and finish the job in hand.

Just over 10 minutes later, we did just that,
with Sergio Reguilon finding the target – this
time, the Dane did celebrate, and the relief was
palpable.

After the game, our midfield general spoke
about the importance of desire. For Pierre, it
is a foundation in his mentality, something his
psyche is built on. He is an ambitious man, not
just on the pitch but off it, and that is what drives
him in his life. He also takes great care in his work,
going the extra mile on and off the pitch, putting
everything he has into all that he takes on.

Despite having only been with us in north

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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

“I THINK WHO words, his personal life experiences. He has been
WE ARE INSIDE moulded by life, taking on all that it has tested
him with in order to not just reach the level of the
OUR HEARTS game he is currently operating at, but also as a
AND MINDS person.
COMES DOWN
TO HOW WE “I think who we are inside our hearts and
minds comes down to how we grow up and what
GROW UP character we formed when we were young and
AND WHAT had to find our way in life,” he explained.
CHARACTER WE
FORMED WHEN “It’s a little bit the same with me. My path to
WE WERE the way I am today – the ups and downs. It shapes
you to the way you are today. From the season
YOUNG” that I was ‘Talent of the Year’ in my country, and
I moved to Bayern Munich, to the year after that
London for just under 18 months, he is a big I lost my father to cancer. Three years after that
voice in the dressing room, a leader, and is well I had my first child. These moments shape you in
respected for his work rate and selflessness. His life and they eventually make the personality and
determination to succeed is clear to see. create the heart that you carry with you.

Such characteristics come from, in his own “But I’ve always been proud of who I am, and
THFC I always have done everything with great desire.
I’m 100 per cent authentic in that. Whatever I do,
I go all in. It’s the same with what I do in life, and I
think it is important to stay true to who you are
and still be open to learn and to improve.

“Desire can take you all the way, not just a
long way, all the way. For me, it’s always been the
first point. This is the way to work hard and to
put yourself on the line. This is what I love to see
from my team-mates, it’s what everyone loves,
the fans love it.

“I’ve always said it. I’m a very ambitious
person. Not only as a football player but as a
person. I demand a lot from myself, which makes
me push myself every day and give my best,

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which is the main target. Always try to give your
best and, with that, I have hope and I am confi-
dent that big things can be achieved.”

Someone who has clearly made an impact on
Pierre in his journey so far in his life is the man
who will oppose Antonio Conte in the dugout this
evening – Brentford boss Thomas Frank.

The Danish coach began his career as a
manager coaching the Danish youth teams, and
as Pierre rose through the ranks in Denmark’s
national sides, so did Frank, coaching our number
five at three different age groups.

“I’VE ALWAYS
BEEN PROUD
OF WHO I AM,
AND I ALWAYS
HAVE DONE
EVERYTHING
WITH GREAT

DESIRE”

The pair have crossed paths plenty of times
since, such as last January, when we hosted the
Bees for the Carabao Cup semi-final – the pair
catching up once more after the game.

That match marked a piece of history for the
south London side with it being the furthest they
had ever progressed in the competition. Later on
that season, they then went on to secure a place
in the Premier League for the first time with
victory over Swansea City in the 2021 Champion-
ship Play-Off Final.

It has been a stark rise for Brentford in just
three full seasons under Frank, but despite it
being the Dane’s first job in England, Pierre is not
surprised by the success his former coach has
enjoyed thus far. The midfielder is only expecting
even more to come from his former mentor.

“He was very important in my early days, in
growing up from a youth to be a senior player,”
the 26-year-old admitted. “I think I was about 14
when I had him for the first time as a coach in the
Under-16 national team and then the Under-17s
and Under-19s. For many years, we followed each
other and spoke together. When he took the jobs
at Brøndby and later Brentford, we stayed in
contact and followed each other’s paths a lot.

“I learned so much from him, especially from
his personality and the way he sees football,
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and, also, the way he believed in me. For sure,
he played a big part in my football when I was
growing up.
“I think he is a very good coach. He’s a very
good analyst – he analyses the game very well.
He is also a good person with a good heart and
with this mixture in whatever you do in life and
the world, I think you can achieve a lot. Thomas
has that. I know he is still in the early days in
terms of proving himself on the international
stage and everything but, back in Denmark, he
has a fantastic reputation.”

“I’M A VERY
AMBITIOUS
PERSON. NOT
ONLY AS A
FOOTBALL
PLAYER BUT AS
A PERSON”

Tonight’s game against Brentford kick-starts
our festive period of fixtures – a run of 10 games
over the next 31 days.

With such a hectic schedule in front of us, it
can be a period that is dreaded by players with
fitness coming to the fore as the games come
thick and fast. But, with so many important
games to be played across the next month, it
can also prove a pivotal moment in the season
and have a significant impact on the direction of
your campaign.

Despite the physical challenge and potential
bearing of the next month, Pierre is someone who
loves this time of the year as he feels this period
is always a time for players to give something
back to our fans, who have supported them all
year.

“It comes down to giving something to the
people,” he revealed. “It is also what this festive
period is about. To be able to give some joy
and excitement through football, not only to
ourselves but to the people following us, that is
something exciting to be part of as a player.

“This is why I love English football, the English
set up, all the games, people excited about it at
Christmas time, we can eat salad while people
eat pudding and have a pint. No problem with
that! I think it’s very special these circumstances
in England, I enjoy it a lot, it’s exciting and
hopefully we’ll get a lot of wins.”

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Rainbow Laces

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM LIGHTS UP IN
SUPPORT OF THE RAINBOW LACES CAMPAIGN

PROUDLY SUPPORTING
RAINBOW LACES

The Club is proud to show its support Lilywhites launched in February, online, and at The Tottenham
for Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces 2014. Since then, Proud Lilywhites Experience.
campaign at today’s Premier League has continued to work closely with
game and at our upcoming Women’s the Club to help combat issues Last year, the Club was honoured
Super League game. relating to homophobia within the with the Professional Game Award at
game and create a safe and inclusive the first ever Football v Homophobia
Rainbow Laces aims to promote environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, Awards. The Club was recognised for
equality and inclusivity within sport and trans fans. showing dedication to improving the
for LGBTQ+ people and tackle landscape of football for LGBTQ+
discrimination on every level to The group regularly runs training people and who have worked in
help ‘make sport everyone’s game’. sessions and educational workshops numerous ways to create better
This year’s campaign is encouraging for Club staff and matchday stewards, inclusion and participation at all levels
people to ‘Lace Up and Speak Up’, with the Proud Lilywhites signature of football.
emphasising the importance of flag on display at all home matches.
holding open conversations in support Through the Tottenham Hotspur
of LGBTQ+ communities. Proud Lilywhites membership Foundation, the Club also runs
has grown to over 700 and in 2018, a number of projects within the
Our team captains will wear the group was awarded the Fans community aimed at promoting
rainbow-coloured armbands in our for Diversity Award by the Football inclusion for all, including educational
upcoming games and our stadium Supporters’ Federation. workshops for local school children.
will be illuminated in rainbow colours
at today’s home Premier League As a statement of support for To find out more about
match against Brentford, with the LGBTQ+ community, in 2020 the Proud Lilywhites, visit www.
rainbow branding visible across our Club launched a Proud Lilywhite’s proudlilywhites.uk
social channels, LED signage and big merchandise range, dedicated to
screens. Our N17 Live Broadcast will celebrating our LGBTQ+ fans and
also feature content dedicated to allies.
Rainbow Laces.
The rainbow colours and pride
The Club was one of the first to flag feature on a range of different
establish a LGBTQ+ Supporters’ products including accessories,
Association, with the Proud homeware, stationery, and clothing
which are all available to purchase

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2021/2022 STAT PACK

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR BRENTFORD

MATCH FACTS & TOTAL CARDS

Tottenham are unbeaten in 22 20 This is the first ever top-flight
their last 11 meetings with 1 1 meeting between Tottenham
Brentford in all competitions and Brentford, with the Bees
(W8 D3), since a 2-0 loss in winning just one of their
March 1948. six second tier meetings
between 1947 and 1949
(D2 L3).

�� �� �� �� ��11 1612.9 17.6 17 17 17.4 14.6 43

GOALS EXPECTED GOALS GOALS EXPECTED GOALS CLEAN

��124 145 ��51.4 46.6 ��CONCEDED ��AGAINST ��SHEETS
8.9 11 62 06
SHOTS AVERAGE SHOT CONVERSION POINTS GAINED AFTER POINTS DROPPED
POSSESSION % RATE % TRAILING AFTER LEADING

GOAL TIMES

0-15 SCORED CONCEDED 0-15 SCORED CONCEDED
16-30 1 2 16-30 2 5
31-45 3 1 31-45 4 1
46-60 2 3 46-60 2 5
61-75 2 2 61-75 2 1
76-90 2 3 76-90 3 3
1 6 3 2

Data excludes matches played after Dec. 24.

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My First Game

SJAaTnU1uR1aDrAyY 1947 ( aLCgeoeshdlei8ne8 )

MY FIRST GAME
Spurs 2 Stoke City 2

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 “I can also recall how the half-time But if that was a fortuitous goal for
“My first game at Tottenham scores were done by hand on a white the Potters, their second shortly after
was in the 1946/47 season when board and, of course, sitting along the was a real beauty, as right-half Frank
Spurs drew 2-2 with Stoke City in fence as a youngster. These days, my Mountford hit a superb shot that gave
the FA Cup. I was 13 and so small, son and three grandchildren are all Ditchburn no chance between the
I remember being handed over season ticket holders.” sticks. In fact, it was described in our
people’s heads so I could get to the subsequent match programme thus:
front and sit along the fence. THE MATCH “As brilliant a goal as had been seen
The visit of Division One side Stoke for years on the Tottenham ground.”
“It was such a long time ago now City for this FA Cup third round
but there are some things I remember tie attracted great interest in N17, We were facing an uphill task as
about football at that time, such as with over 65,000 fans turning up at the players trudged off at half-time,
how women didn’t go to games like White Hart Lane to see if we could particularly as Stoke’s centre-half
they do now and that there were cause an upset. Neil Franklin, an England interna-
some games where you couldn’t see tional, had held our centre forward
the other end of the ground because With the great Stanley Matthews George Foreman in check for most of
of fog. in their ranks, Stoke were among the the first period.
leading pack in the top flight while
we were in Division Two at the time, Despite the scoreline, our crowd
sitting in sixth place in the table. were boisterous and passionate in
their support and it appeared to lift
What a game it turned out to be, as the team to a higher level. Midway
we produced a storming comeback to through the second half, we started
earn a replay against our illustrious to get on top although chances were
opponents, with half-back George few and far between. But then the ball
Ludford playing a key role in the fell to Les Bennett and he hit a bullet
contest at both ends of the pitch. of a shot which flew home to halve the
deficit.
The visitors made the brighter
start to the game and they were With our tails up and the crowd
rewarded with the opening goal when fully engaged in our fight back, we
Ludford sent the ball in the wrong pushed forwards at every opportunity
direction, goalkeeper Ted Ditchburn and eventually forced the equaliser
was out of position and the ball ended with just a couple of minutes remain-
up in the back of our net. ing, Ludford redeeming himself for

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My First Game

LES BENNETT, WHO SCORED
OUR FIRST AGAINST STOKE

his earlier error by converting from a our programme for our next match well-known Tottenham roar. Memory
corner to make it 2-2. suggested. sometimes is misleading. But I do
not remember such a full-throated
It was a goal that nearly brought “Over a long period of years I and such prolonged cheering as
the house down, as the editor of have heard on various occasions the when George Ludford, a few minutes
from the end, equalised the scores
following a corner.

“It is not an exaggeration to state
that it beggars description. It was
colossal. It was nerve-wracking. It was
splendid. And then some!”

It was a magnificent fightback
from the lads, who more than played
their part in what was an outstanding
game of football.

Continued the editor: “We raise
our hats to every one who took part
in that wonderful recovery, and we
tell them that if we never look upon
its like again we shall not forget how
they accomplished that which, from
a football point of view, was the
apparently impossible”

Unfortunately, we couldn’t repeat
our heroics four days later in the
replay, Matthews scoring the only
goal of the game after half an hour
to end our interest in that season’s
FA Cup.

THE TEAM:
Spurs: Ditchburn, Willis, Buckingham,
Ludford, Nicholson, Burgess, Walters,
Bennett, Foreman, Dix, Stevens.

GEORGE LUDFORD...SCORED AT THE STATS:
BOTH ENDS AGAINST STOKE IN 1947 FA Cup Third Round
Saturday 11 January, 1947
Spurs 2 (Bennett, Ludford)
Stoke (Mountford, Ludford og)
Referee: Mr G Iliffe
Attendance: 65,681

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Opposition - Brentford

THOMAS
FRANK

D.O.B: 03.01.73
CLUB POSITION: HEAD COACH
NATIONALITY: DANISH

The 48-year-old coach was
given the top Brentford job in
2018 having initially joined as
assistant manager, and led the
club to promotion from the
Championship in the 2020/21
season. He started his coaching
career with the Danish national
youth teams, before taking over
at Brondby in 2013.

BRENTFORD

3 4 5 SEASON PTS POS W D L GF GA
2011-12 67 9 18 23 25 63 52
WON DRAWN LOST 2012-13 79 3 21 16 9 62 47
2013-14 94 2 28 10 8 72 43
46% 16 1.3 2014-15 78 5 23 9 14 78 59
2015-16 65 9 19 8 19 72 67
AVERAGE GOALS GOALS 2016-17 64 10 18 10 18 75 65
POSS. SCORED PER GAME 2017-18 69 9 18 15 13 62 52
2018-19 64 11 17 13 16 73 59
2019-20 81 3 24 9 13 80 38
2020-21 87 3 24 15 7 79 42

TEAM STATS 10-YEAR RECORD
ALL STATS FROM 2021/22 PL
PREM CHAMP LEAGUE 1

W FORM GUIDE W

STOKE 1 LLD
BRENTFORD 2
BURNLEY 3 BRENTFORD 1 NEWCASTLE 3 BRENTFORD 1
CARABAO CUP BRENTFORD 1 NORWICH 2 BRENTFORD 3 EVERTON 0
27.10.21
PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE
30.10.21 06.11.21 20.11.21 28.11.21

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Opposition - Brentford

ALVARO 40 MATTHEW 41 RICO 3
FERNANDEZ COX HENRY
D.O.B: 13.03.98 D.O.B: 02.05.03
D.O.B: 08.07.97
POSITION: GOALKEEPER POSITION: GOALKEEPER POSITION: DEFENDER
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH
NATIONALITY: SPANISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

KRISTOFFER 20
AJER
D.O.B: 17.04.98

POSITION: DEFENDER

NATIONALITY: NORWEGIAN

EPTIHNNAONCK 5

D.O.B: 29.05.93 Born in Lambeth, Pinnock served PONTUS
POSITION: DEFENDER his non-league apprenticeship with JANSSON
NATIONALITY: JAMAICAN Dulwich Hamlet and Forest Green
Rovers before moving to Barnsley
in 2017. He helped the club win 18
promotion to the Championship
12 1 15 in 2017 before joining the Bees, D.O.B: 13.12.91
winning promotion again last term.
POSITION: DEFENDER

APPS GOALS TACKLES NATIONALITY: SWEDISH

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Opposition - Brentford

MADS BECH 29
SORENSEN

D.O.B: 17.01.99
POSITION: DEFENDER
NATIONALITY: DANISH

NCOHRRIGSAATIRDAN 6

MADS 30 D.O.B: 10.03.94 The Danish international is a key
ROERSLEV POSITION: MIDFIELDER figure at the heart of the midfield
NATIONALITY: DANISH for his club, starting every league
D.O.B: 24.06.99 game this season to date and
POSITION: DEFENDER 12 1 34 scoring in their opening night
NATIONALITY: DANISH victory over Arsenal. He joined
APPS GOALS TACKLES the club in 2019 having previously
played for Fiorentina.

ZANKA 22 MATHIAS 8 SHANDON 26
JENSEN BAPTISTE
D.O.B: 23.04.90 D.O.B: 08.04.98
POSITION: DEFENDER D.O.B: 01.01.96
NATIONALITY: DANISH POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER
NATIONALITY: DANISH
NATIONALITY: GRENADAN

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Opposition - Brentford

VITALY 27
JANELT
D.O.B: 10.05.98

POSITION: MIDFIELDER

NATIONALITY: GERMAN

BMBRYEAUMNO 19

D.O.B: 07.08.99 A talented 22-year-old winger, MADS 28
POSITION: MIDFIELDER Mbeumo moved to the Brentford BIDSTRUP
NATIONALITY: FRENCH Community Stadium from French D.O.B: 25.02.01
side Troyes in August 2019, and
11 19 2 played an important part in the POSITION: MIDFIELDER
club’s subsequent promotion push.
APPS CROSSES GOALS He is a former French Under-21 NATIONALITY: DANISH
international with seven caps.

LAST MEETING

06.01.21
CARABAO CUP SEMI FINAL
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM

20

Sissoko 12, Son 70

Lloris, Aurier, Sanchez, Dier, Reguilon (Davies), Raya, Dalsgaard, Pinnock, Bech Sorensen, Henry,
Hojbjerg (Tanganga), Sissoko, Lucas (Winks), Dasilva, Janelt (Marcondes), Jensen, Mbeumo
Ndombele, Son, Kane (Vinicius) (Forss), Toney, Canos (Fosu-Henry)

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Opposition - Brentford

FRANK 15 YOANE 11 SERGI 7
ONYEKA WISSA CANOS
D.O.B: 01.01.98 D.O.B: 03.09.96
D.O.B: 02.02.97
POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: FORWARD POSITION: SPANISH
NATIONALITY: FORWARD
NATIONALITY: NIGERIAN NATIONALITY: DR CONGO

MARCUS 9
FORSS

D.O.B: 18.06.99
POSITION: FORWARD
NATIONALITY: FINNISH

ITVONANEY 17

SAMAN D.O.B: 16.30.96 The record-breaking striker hit
GHODDOS POSITION: FORWARD 31 league goals last season, the
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH most ever scored by a player in
a Championship campaign as he
14 fired the Bees into the play-offs.
He started out at Northampton
D.O.B: 06.09.93 14 3 2 before moving to Newcastle
alongside a series of loan spells.
POSITION: FORWARD

NATIONALITY: IRANIAN APPS GOALS ASSISTS

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Paper Chase

PAPER CHASE

Club historian John Fennelly looks back at what supporters were
reading on their way, at half-time and heading home afterwards when
BRENTFORD visited in December 1949.

IN THE NEWS fixtures and league tables. also play that day, that “the best
Our visitors did not get a way home” was by trolleybus
The year 1949 saw Britain among and that a local coach company
eight countries to agree to form mention until halfway down would not be operating travel
NATO. Chocolate, sweet and clothing page three with the words: “This to away games but supporters
rationing ends and the gas industry afternoon we give a cordial could hire their own 25-seater
is nationalised. Sterling is devalued welcome to Brentford, our “at reasonable charges.”
by 30 per cent with banks and the friends and rivals from West
Stock Market closed for a day by London. The draw for the third round
Royal proclamation to avoid panic the FA Cup would see us travel
selling. “All has not been plain sailing to First Division Stoke City and
for Brentford this season. They Brentford entertain Chelsea.
The Lake District is among 12 have had many disappoint- We would win by the only goal
national parks proposed by Parliament ments, as a result of which but the Bees went out 1-0.
and Britain’s first laundrette opens for they are in a lower position in
a six-month trial in Bayswater. The new the table than is comfortable. CLASSIFIED
Republic of Ireland is recognised and It is, in these circumstances,
the BBC buys the Rank film studies at encouraging to them that they Brentford were 16th in the
Shepherd’s Bush to make television have recently obtained points Division Two table but were starting
programmes. when on their travels.” to show good form and were climb-
ing up a division that we topped.
Hamlet becomes the first British Fans were informed that And they proved their growing
film to win the Oscar for the year’s best the Enfield Central Band would
movie and director Laurence Olivier
is named best actor. Jitterbugging
is the latest dance craze and Legal
Aid is introduced. The British frigate
Amethyst escapes from the Yangtse
river after being caught up in the
Chinese civil war.

PROGRAMME Spurs players Ted Ditchburn, Bill Nicholson,
Eddie Baily and Alf Ramsey collect their
The programme for the
game was our standard England suits ahead of the 1950 World Cup
four-page production of blue
ink on white paper. It cost
twopence and was printed at
the old Clock House Press in
Hoddesdon.

It featured two solid pages
of relevant information on the
cover and page two. Page three
showed the teams in standard
2-3-5 formation with that
afternoon’s other games below.
The back was devoted to

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Paper Chase

Alf Ramsey arrives at the Lane Eddie Baily

optimism in the 1-1 draw despite in October 1968 that saw our Greaves scored twice in our 2-1
having their skipper Tom Manley Scottish international and FA win.
forced off through injury in the 70th Cup-winning winger Jimmy
minute and so reduced to 10 players. Robertson make the reverse Jenkins, who could also
switch. operate on the wing, did not
Eddie Baily gave us a first half settle at White Hart Lane but
lead but former Spur Billy Sperrin David had been a member battled on for the best part
equalised. As our subse- of the Gunners side that lost of four years before moving
quent programme reported: a League Cup Final to Leeds to Brentford in July 1972. He
“There is no doubt that Dr. Kevin United in 1968 and made an subsequently played for Here-
O’Flanagan, the Ireland Soccer immediate Spurs debut at ford, Newport and Shrewsbury
and Rugger international, was an home to Liverpool when Jimmy before a spell in South Africa.
inspiration to Brentford.”
David Jenkins HONOURS
We had won 4-1 on the opening day
of the season at Griffin Park where Alf We were promoted at the top of the
Ramsey made his Spurs debut against Second Division in what was Arthur
a Bees side managed by our former Rowe’s first season as manager.
player Jackie Gibbons. We would lift the title for the first
time at the end of the following
Our scorers were Les Medley campaign. Sheffield Wednesday
(2), Len Duquemin and Les Bennett. also went up, ahead of city rivals
Manley replied from the penalty United on goals, with Brentford
spot. ninth.

DOUBLE TOP Portsmouth retained the Division
One championship with Wolves
Forward David Jenkins was second. Manchester City and Birming-
born in Bristol where he was ham were relegated.
spotted playing in local foot-
ball by Arsenal who signed Arsenal lifted the FA Cup, beating
him as an apprentice in 1962. Liverpool in the final. They were
He did well at Highbury before captained by Joe Mercer who was
joining us in an exchange deal named ‘Footballer of the Year.’

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Spurs Women

SPURS WOMEN

ROSELLA AYANE ON THE
FRONT FOOT AT WEST HAM

DERBY DISAPPOINTMENT to have been offside. West Ham's was disappointed with the manner
FOR WOMEN Tameka Yallop had a great chance in of the defeat. “The bottom line is it
A below-par performance the 65th minute with a fierce volley, wasn’t good enough,” she said. “We
consigned us to a 1-0 loss but it flew just wide of the post. were too slow at the start of the
to West Ham at the Chigwell game, passes were going astray and
Construction Stadium in the The hosts managed to break the we just didn’t really pull ourselves
Barclays FA Women’s Super deadlock four minutes later as we out of that to be honest. We gave
League. failed to get bodies in the way of them too much time and space on
Brynjarsdottir who tucked the ball a lot of occasions in the first half,
The early chances came our in to make it 1-0. Ubogagu which I thought we improved on
way with Kyah Simon and Ria subsequently had the ball in the net towards half time and a little bit
Percival both firing over but our once more but again the flag was better again in the second half.
momentum was slowed when Kit raised for offside.
Graham was stretchered off in the “But we’ve just got to be better at
30th minute after a collision with Williams came closest to looking after the ball and we didn’t
Kate Longhurst. levelling the scores, but her do that very well at all today. We’ll
powerful effort which looked obviously go away and reflect on
Rachel Williams almost found the destined for the back of the net was that and make sure we come out and
top corner from a Percival corner, saved spectacularly by Mackenzie do a lot better next time.”
but her header narrowly missed the Arnold, who then kept out two long- West Ham: Arnold, Fisk, Cissoko,
target and we had the ball in the net range shots from Ashleigh Neville to Flaherty, Svitkova, Longhurst,
shortly after the break, but substi- ensure a win for the Hammers.
tute Chioma Ubogagu was adjudged
Head Coach Rehanne Skinner

40 THFC

Spurs Women

FIXTURES Brynjarsdottir, Evans (Filis 90), before the break.
& RESULTS Hasegawa, Yallop, Walker (Stringer We turned the screw even more
70). Substitutes (not used): Leat,
DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES Wyne, Parker, Joel, Cairns, Garrard. after the interval, Ayane scoring our
fifth following an assist from Lane
SEPTEMBER Spurs: Korpela, Bartrip, Harrop, Cho just five minutes after coming on,
(Addison 46), Williams, Percival, before Ubogagu opened her Spurs
SAT 4 H* BIRMINGHAM CITY 1-0 Ale, Graham (Ubogagu 30 (Naz account for 6-0.
88)), Simon (Ayane 73), Clemaron
SUN 12 A MANCHESTER CITY 2-1 (c), Neville. Substitutes (not used): Ayane grabbed her second
Heeps, Morgan, Green. just after the hour mark with a
SUN 26 H READING 1-0 composed finish and completed her
ELEVENTH HEAVEN! hat-trick in the 73rd minute. Addison
WED 29 A ARSENAL (WFA CUP QF) 1-5 Hat-tricks for both Rosella Ayane followed suit with 10 minutes left –
and Angela Addison helped us a rocket from the edge of the area
OCTOBER to an incredible 11-0 victory over – and Cho moved us into double
Watford in the Continental Cup figures on the evening, curling the
SUN 3 A LEICESTER CITY 2-0 recently. ball into the far corner.

SUN 10 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 1-2 There were also goals for And the night was rounded off
Asmita Ale, Esther Morgan, Chioma perfectly as Lane capped her debut
WED 13 H CHARLTON ATH (CLC) 1-0 Ubogagu, Cho So-Hyun and a debut with a goal to round off an amazing
finish for Izzy Lane – all of them night and move us top of our Conti
NOVEMBER netting their first Spurs goals - on Cup group.
a dominant evening for us at the Spurs: Korpela, Morgan,
SUN 7 H MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 Orbital Fasteners Stadium.  Zadorsky (C) (Neville 46), Green,
Bartrip (Ubogagu 46), Harrop, Cho,
SUN 14 H ARSENAL 1-1 Even before we took the lead, Ale, Addison, Graham (Lane 46),
Addison had three ‘goals’ ruled out Ayane. Substitutes (not used): Heeps,
WED 17 A WATFORD (CLC) 11-0 for offside and hit the post but Williams, Percival, Simon, Clemaron.
we finally broke through when Ale Watford: Smith, Vyse (Kmita 48),
SUN 21 A WEST HAM UNITED 0-1 drilled home from the edge of the Harney (Biggadike 72), Bell (Henson
area. 47), Becket (C), Chandler
DECEMBER (Fatuga-Dada 60), Smith, Fyfe,
That was in the 38th minute Humes, Roberts, Waldron (Wilson
SUN 12 A ASTON VILLA but by half-time, we were 4-0 up. 60). Substitutes (not used):
Morgan netted our second, Addison Habermehl, Meiwald, Ward, Legg.
WED 15 A COVENTRY CITY (CLC) finally got her goal with a fine solo
effort and swiftly added her second
SUN 19 H EVERTON

JANUARY

SUN 9 A CHELSEA

SUN 16 H WEST HAM UNITED

SUN 23 A MANCHESTER UNITED

FEBRUARY

SUN 6 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

SUN 13 A BIRMINGHAM CITY

MARCH

SUN 6 A READING

SUN 13 H MANCHESTER CITY

SUN 27 A ARSENAL

APRIL

SUN 3 H ASTON VILLA

SUN 24 H CHELSEA

MAY

SUN 1 A EVERTON

SUN 8 H LEICESTER CITY

* AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM
CLC = CONTINENTAL LEAGUE CUP

WSL
TABLE

P W D L F A D PTS

ARSENAL 8 7 1 0 26 3 +23 22

CHELSEA 8 7 0 1 27 5 +22 21

BRIGHTON 8 5 0 3 12 7 +5 15

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 8 4 2 2 9 6 +3 14

WEST HAM UNITED 8 3 3 2 11 10 +1 12

MANCHESTER UNITED 8 3 3 2 12 13 -1 12

MANCHESTER CITY 8 3 1 4 16 16 +0 10

READING 8 3 1 4 10 12 -2 10

EVERTON 8 3 1 4 8 14 -6 10

ASTON VILLA 8 3 1 4 5 15 -10 10

BIRMINGHAM CITY 8 0 1 7 2 21 -19 1

LEICESTER CITY 8 0 0 8 3 19 -16 0 OUR SEVEN GOALSCORERS AGAINST
WATFORD POSE FOR THE CAMERA
UP TO AND INCLUDING 21.11.21
41
THFC

Development Squad

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

DELIGHT FOR TOBI OMOLE AFTER
SCORING OUR THIRD AGAINST LEICESTER

ANOTHER WIN AT LEICESTER four minutes before the break and, to deny Kasey McAteer from the
It was a strange but welcome case after the restart, we made sure of the penalty spot and keep our three-
of déjà vu for our Under-23s on points as Tobi Omole guided home goal advantage as we extended our
Monday last week (22 November) our third on 53 minutes with White unbeaten run in the league to four
as, for the second season in a row, adding his second and our fourth games.
we produced a thrilling comeback prior to the hour mark. Leicester City: Young, Daley-
to claim all three points away Campbell (c), Spencer-Adams
at Leicester City in the Premier In stoppage time, Thimothee
League 2. Lo-Tutala was then called upon THIMOTHEE LO-TUTALA SAVES
KASEY MCATEER’S LATE PENALTY
Back in April, we fell behind in the
third minute at the Foxes’ training
ground but ultimately rallied back to
win 3-1. Fast forward seven months
and we managed to repeat the feat –
and even went one better, securing a
deserved 4-1 victory.

Just like in the April encounter, we
trailed with just three minutes on the
clock as Tawanda Maswanhise lashed
in from close range.

However, after Malachi
Fagan-Walcott brought us level on
36 minutes, the game looked to be
heading in only one direction. Harvey
White soon had us in front as he
emphatically dispatched a free-kick

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Development Squad

FIXTURES (Wakeling 46), Brunt, Nelson, “All credit goes to the players
& RESULTS McAteer, Braybrooke, Ewing, because, after the first 15 minutes,
Marcal-Madivadua, they’ve shown a real work ethic and
DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES Suengchitthawon (Flynn 62), a real consistency in their play. It’s
AUGUST Maswanhise (Fitzhugh 76). Substi- disappointing that we haven’t kept a
MON 16 H CHELSEA 2-2 tutes (not used): Odunze, Alves. clean sheet, but I’m really pleased to
MON 23 A LEEDS UNITED 4-2 win so convincingly at what is a hard
FRI 27 H# ARSENAL 1-2 Spurs: Lo-Tutala, Lavinier, Cesay, place to go.
TUE 31 A STEVENAGE (PJT) 4-3 Lyons-Foster, Fagan-Walcott,
SEPTEMBER Omole, Markanday, White (c) “I think, across the last four
SAT 11 H LIVERPOOL 2-1 (Matthew Craig 87), Clarke (Michael games, we have played really well.
FRI 19 A BLACKBURN ROVERS 3-3 Craig 77), John, Santiago (Mundle The pleasing thing is that we’re
TUE 21 A CAMBRIDGE UNITED (PJT) 0-1 70). Substitutes (not used): Solberg, starting to do that consistently. We
MON 27 H DERBY COUNTY 3-1 Paskotsi. played with a real air of authority.
OCTOBER There were some really good
FRI 1 A CRYSTAL PALACE 3-4 FOXES DISPLAY PLEASES WAYNE individual performances but also
MON 18 H WEST HAM UNITED 3-4 Under-23s Coach Wayne Burnett there was a good team effort.”
SAT 23 A MANCHESTER CITY 3-1 was pleased with the manner of
TUE 26 A OXFORD UNITED (PJT) 2-3 our performance at Leicester last LOAN LADS FACE EACH OTHER
SAT 30 H MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 week following a tricky opening Kion Etete scored his sixth
NOVEMBER quarter-of-an-hour. goal of the season for loan club
FRI 5 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 1-1 Northampton Town last week –
MON 22 A LEICESTER CITY 4-1 Trailing early, we roared back to against a familiar opponent.
FRI 26 H EVERTON 4-0 win 4-1, with Wayne reflecting after-
DECEMBER wards: “It took us 15 or 20 minutes The striker lined up for
SAT 4 H# MANCHESTER CITY to get some semblance of our Northampton against Oldham
FRI 17 A ARSENAL identity and the team that we are. Athletic, for whom Jamie Bowden
JANUARY After that period though, I thought started in central midfield, on 23
MON 10 A MANCHESTER UNITED we were in control. We scored four November in League Two. And he
MON 17 H* BLACKBURN ROVERS goals and probably could have wasted little time in finding the net,
MON 24 A EVERTON scored one or two more – our fourth scoring his side’s second goal in the
FEBRUARY being a very good team goal. The 38th minute of what was eventu-
MON 7 H# CRYSTAL PALACE timing of it was excellent and the ally a 2-1 win. Kion was substituted
FRI 18 A CHELSEA way we moved the ball from back to seven minutes from time, while
MON 28 H* LEEDS UNITED front was very good. Jamie completed the full game for
MARCH Oldham.
SUN 13 A LIVERPOOL
FRI 18 H LEICESTER CITY
APRIL
MON 4 A WEST HAM UNITED
MON 25 A DERBY COUNTY
MAY
MON 2 H* BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION

HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT THE LAMEX STADIUM
# PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY
* PLAYED AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM
PJT – PAPA JOHN’S TROPHY

PL2
TABLE

P W D L F A D PTS

WEST HAM 13 9 1 3 33 17 +16 28

ARSENAL 13 8 2 3 38 28 +10 26

TOTTENHAM 13 7 3 3 34 22 +12 24

MAN CITY 12 6 3 3 28 17 +11 21

CRYSTAL PALACE 13 7 0 6 30 25 +5 21

BRIGHTON 13 5 5 3 21 17 +4 20

MAN UTD 13 5 3 5 20 23 -3 18

LIVERPOOL 13 4 3 6 19 24 -5 15

CHELSEA 13 3 5 5 19 25 -6 14

EVERTON 13 4 2 7 17 29 -12 14

LEICESTER CITY 12 3 4 5 16 29 -13 13

LEEDS UNITED 12 3 3 6 26 29 -3 12

BLACKBURN 13 2 5 6 20 34 -14 11 KION ETETE JAMIE BOWDEN
43
DERBY COUNTY 12 3 1 8 21 23 -2 10

UP TO AND INCLUDING 28.11.21

THFC

Academy

ACADEMY

WILL ANDIYAPAN ON DEFENSIVE
DUTY AGAINST SOUTHAMPTON

COSTLY SECOND HALF LESSONS TO LEARN get the finish or the end product to it,”
AGAINST SAINTS Under-18s Coach Stuart Lewis he said.
Three second-half goals consigned hopes his players have learned from
our Under-18s to a 3-0 home defeat the mistakes that led to the goals “Unfortunately, the first two goals
to high-flying Southampton on 20 conceded in the 3-0 home defeat to at pivotal times have come from us
November. Southampton recently. having possession of the ball, so that’s
disappointing because where we’re in
After a tight first half at Hotspur “I thought in the first half it was control of the ball and then turn it over
Way, we fell behind 11 minutes into quite an evenly-matched game, we and concede from those moments…
the second period after giving the probably edged it during that period it’s something we need to work on.
ball away from a throw-in on half-way, and had some excellent moments in
Fedel Ross-Lang finishing off the the final third where we couldn’t quite “We had a big chance at 2-0 that
Saints’ counter-attack, before Jimmy we could have taken and maybe got it
Morgan doubled the visitors’ lead on back to 2-1, but unfortunately we didn’t
the 70-minute mark – again after a take that, they got a late third goal
passage of play we’d have wanted to and it’s ended with a disappointing
do better on. scoreline. It’s a disappointing result
but there’s lots to learn from and take
Jaden Williams was denied from the game. The boys have been
one-on-one by Southampton improving lately and it’s important
goalkeeper Eddie Beach in our now in the next couple of weeks that
best chance of the game shortly we look to bounce back, produce
afterwards, but Tyler Dibling finished some good individual performances
off the scoring with a deflected strike and get the results to go with those.”
in stoppage time to give the Under-18
Premier League’s second-placed side IPSWICH DATE CONFIRMED
all three points. It has been confirmed that we will
host Ipswich Town in the third round
Spurs: Gunter, Bryan-Waugh, LUCA GUNTER IN ACTION of this season’s FA Youth Cup on
Linton, Cassanova (c) (Heaps 86), AGAINST THE SAINTS Thursday 16 December.
Dorrington, Andiyapan, McKnight,
Kyerematen (J Davies 59), Williams, The tie will be held at Stevenage’s
Donley, Torraj (Haysman 53). Lamex Stadium, with kick-off at 7pm.
Substitutes (not used): Hayton,
Bloxham. Tickets will be available on the
night, priced at £5 for adults and £2
for under-18s.

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Academy

FIXTURES & RESULTS

DATE H/A OPPOSITION 2-4
AUGUST 2-7
Sat 14 A FULHAM 2-3
Sat 21 H CHELSEA
Sat 28 A BIRMINGHAM CITY 3-2
SEPTEMBER 1-3
Sat 11 H READING 3-0
Sat 18 A LEEDS UNITED (PLC)
Sat 25 H WEST HAM UNITED 3-4
OCTOBER 0-0
Sat 2 A WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3-1
Sat 16 H STOKE CITY (PLC)
Sat 30 A ASTON VILLA 2-1
NOVEMBER 0-3
Sat 6 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 0-4
Sat 20 H SOUTHAMPTON
Sat 27 A FULHAM (PLC) MEET OUR FIRST-YEAR
DECEMBER UNDER-18S PLAYERS
Sat 4 A CRYSTAL PALACE
Thu 16 H IPSWICH (FAYC) Once again, in the matchday WHICH PLAYERS DO YOU LIKE TO
Sat 18 H LEICESTER CITY programme this season, we’re WATCH IN FIRST TEAM TRAINING
JANUARY taking time out to speak to some AND WHY?
Sat 8 A ARSENAL of our newest intake of Under-18s “I’d say Lucas Moura and Heung-Min
Sat 15 A SOUTHAMPTON players to find out more about Son, mainly because they play in a
Sat 22 H ASTON VILLA them during their first season as similar position to me. They’re quite
FEBRUARY full-time footballers. This evening, direct and they both score goals,
Sat 5 H CRYSTAL PALACE we hear from RILEY OWEN… which is obviously a great habit to
Sat 12 H NORWICH CITY have.”
Sat 19 A LEICESTER CITY NAME: Riley Owen.
Sat 26 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR SPARE
MARCH BORN: 24 August, 2005, in London. TIME?
Sat 5 H FULHAM “I usually just watch football to be
Sat 12 A CHELSEA POSITION: Attacking midfield. honest! I’ve recently been watching a
Sat 19 H BIRMINGHAM CITY bit of NFL – I also like watching futsal
APRIL LAST SCHOOL: and basketball. Any sport that’s on
Sat 2 A READING Ravensbourne School, Bromley. TV, I’ll watch.”
Sat 9 A WEST HAM UNITED
Sat 23 H WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Sat 30 A NORWICH CITY
MAY
Sat 7 H ARSENAL

U18S PL TABLE

P W D L F A D PTS

CHELSEA 10 7 1 2 36 16 +20 22

SOUTHAMPTON 10 7 1 2 32 16 +16 22 WHEN DID YOU FIRST START WHICH SUBJECTS WERE YOU GOOD
TRAINING AT SPURS? AT IN SCHOOL?
LEICESTER CITY 10 7 1 2 22 11 +11 22 “With the Under-13s. I was previously “I quite enjoyed tech, especially the
at Arsenal.” woodwork elements. I enjoyed being
FULHAM 10 5 3 2 21 11 +10 18 creative, making sculptures and
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPORTS things like that.”
ARSENAL 10 5 3 2 23 16 +7 18 PLAYERS IN YOUR FAMILY?
“My uncle is Kieran Richardson, who IF YOU COULDN’T BE A
CRYSTAL PALACE 10 5 3 2 22 18 +4 18 played for Manchester United and FOOTBALLER, WHAT WOULD YOU
Sunderland. My godfather is Terrell LIKE TO BE INSTEAD?
WEST HAM 9 4 2 3 17 13 +4 14 Forbes – he was at Yeovil when Ryan “I’d have to look at going into
Mason was there. I actually used to coaching – I’d only want to work in
BRIGHTON 10 4 1 5 25 24 +1 13 have a Yeovil shirt when I was very football!”
young because of him!”
TOTTENHAM 9 4 0 5 20 25 -5 12

ASTON VILLA 10 3 1 6 28 33 -5 10

WEST BROMWICH 10 3 1 6 17 30 -13 10

READING 10 2 1 7 16 22 -6 7

BIRMINGHAM 9 2 0 7 11 26 -15 6

NORWICH CITY 9 1 0 8 5 34 -29 3

UP TO AND INCLUDING 20.11.21

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DEVELOP THE SPURS WAY

In 2022 we are offering aspiring in November 2021, our goalkeeper- Richard Hale, Saffron Walden &
young footballers even more specific training is for those players Epping St John. These sessions
opportunities to develop their who want to progress and develop are for players who have attended
skills and train like a professional specifically as a goalkeeper. In 2022, our regular programmes and
on our Evening Player Development we will expand this programme to been identified as talented by our
Programmes. also include Saffron Walden where coaching staff. Advanced sessions
we will have goalkeeper-specific are delivered at a higher intensity
Working closely with both our provisions for players aged 5-8, with a greater focus on skill mastery
Academy and Women’s Junior 9-12, and a girls-only programme for which will challenge players on and
Talent Pathway, our programmes players aged 8-14. off the pitch.
are designed to create a learning
environment to progress and   For more details on individual
support the individual development Girls Only programmes and to book your place
of all players involved. We take Our girls-only programmes please scan the QR code below.
inspiration from the Club’s technical have been a massive success at
DNA and Academy coaching methods Woodhouse, Richard Hale, and
to deliver sessions themed around Saffron Walden and in 2022 we have
specific elements of the game added a girls-only programme to
including goalscoring, defending, Parmiter’s School in Hertfordshire
possession, and 1v1 domination. on a Tuesday evening. This
programme is open for girls aged
In addition to the current 8-14 who wish to improve their game.
programmes already being delivered
at premium venues across London, Advanced Invitation Only
Essex, and Hertfordshire, the To bridge the gap between player
exciting new programmes available development centres and the
from January 10 include: pathway into the Academy, in 2022
we will be expanding our advanced
  invitation-only programmes to
Goalkeeper Specific
Launched at Richard Hale School

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Match Rewind

MATCH NS MURA 2

HORVAT (11), MAROSA (90+4)


REWIND SPURS 1
KANE (72)

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Match Rewind

25.11.21 NS MURA (3-4-3): SPURS (3-4-3):
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE Obradovic, Karnicnik, Gorenc, Gollini, Tanganga, Rodon (Dier 54),
LJUDSKI VRT Karamarko, Kous, Lorbek, Kozar (c) Sanchez, Doherty (Davies 54), Skipp,
REFEREE: ANTÓNIO NOBRE (Ouro 62), Sturm (Lotric 77), Horvat Ndombele (Hojbjerg 76), Sessegnon,
(K Cipot 87), Mulahusejnovic Dele (Son 54), Kane (c), Bryan
(Marosa 62), Pucko. (Lucas 54).
Substitutes (not used): Erjavec, Substitutes (not used): Lloris, Austin,
Zalokar, Bucek, Bobicanec, T Cipot,, Royal, Reguilon, Winks.
Mahimic, Klepac, Mandic.

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