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ANTONIO CONTE

1 3OurHeadCoachurgesustobounceback
from disappointment at Old Trafford

FIVES

1 6Aquintetofstarswhoplayedforboth

Spurs and Newcastle over the years

RODGRIGO BENTANCUR

We hear from the midfield man who’s
excelled in the engine room this term

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RYAN SESSEGNON Managing Director, Football: Fabio Paratici
Non-Executive Director: Jonathan Turner
More World Cup memories as we count Performance Director: Grètar Steinsson
down to this winter’s tournament Head Coach: Antonio Conte
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ACNOTONNTEIO

G ood afternoon and welcome to quickly shift and so our thoughts soon
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium turned to today.
for today’s Premier League
fixture against Newcastle With that in mind, I should like to
United. welcome Eddie Howe, his players,
We go into this game on the staff and everyone associated with
back of a defeat at Manchester United Newcastle. Eddie has been in charge
on Wednesday night. at St. James’ Park for almost a year
and this current Newcastle team is
Thank you to so many of you who unrecognisable from the one he took
made the long, midweek journey to over.
Old Trafford and I’m sorry we could not
deliver you the right result. They play with pace and power in
forward areas and are defensively
Being honest, we didn’t deserve solid, so we know what to expect.
anything from the match. Manchester
United played well and created many Our home form has been our
chances to score, while we made strength this season, underpinned
life difficult for ourselves by making by your outstanding support and you
mistakes. will play such an important role again
today.
It was not a good night for us,
however every game – win, lose or Whenever we have had difficult
draw – has to be a learning experience moments, you have been right there
and we will work hard to improve from behind us, roaring us on. Having that
this. togetherness makes the positive
moments feel even better.
Being in such a busy period of
fixtures means that our focus had to Enjoy the game.

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AROUND THE CLUB
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AROUND THE CLUB

NEWS DESK TRIO PLACED IN
MAJOR AWARDS
400 UP FOR HARRY
Heung-Min Son was placed
Harry Kane became the 13th player to Now 29, Harry came through our 11th and Harry Kane 21st as the
reach 400 appearances for the Club Academy to reach where he is today, results of the 2022 Ballon d’Or
when he spearheaded our victory making his debut back in 2011 in the were announced at the Theatre
against Everton last Saturday. Europa League play-off against Hearts. du Chatelet, Paris, last Monday
evening.
Naturally, he marked the occasion The ‘400 club’ is, of course, headed
with a goal in our 2-0 win, which by legendary former captain Steve Real Madrid’s France inter-
was Harry’s 258th goal in his 400 Perryman with 854 appearances in all national striker Karim Benzema
appearances in all competitions – now competitions. Gary Mabbutt (611) and took the prestigious award from
he’s just eight goals adrift of one of Pat Jennings (590) come next, with Cyril Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane in
the Club’s all-time milestones, Jimmy Knowles (506) the only other player to second and Kevin de Bruyne of
Greaves’ goalscoring record of 266 reach 500 and Glenn Hoddle (490) just Manchester City in third.
goals, which has stood since 1970. behind.
Meanwhile, Hugo Lloris was
placed 10th in le Trophée Yachine,
named after all-time great, Lev
Yashin of the USSR, introduced
in 2019 and recognising the best
goalkeeper in the world, this time
won by Real Madrid’s Belgium
international Thibaut Courtois.

For the first time, the Ballon
d’Or was judged over a season –
in this case, August 2021 to July,
2022 – rather than a calendar
year. Premier League Golden
Boot winner last season, this
was Sonny’s second nomination
(previously 2019) and Harry’s
fourth (2017, 2018 and 2021) and
both players made it into the
final 30.

PAIR NOMINATED FOR
FSA AWARDS

Harry Kane and Ashleigh Neville which England’s Lionesses Beth
have been shortlisted in the 2022 Mead, Ella Toone and Kiera Walsh,
Football Supporters’ Association as well as West Ham United’s Kate
(FSA) Awards. Longhurst and Chelsea’s Sam Kerr
have also been nominated.
Harry has been nominated for
the Men’s Player of the Year award To cast your vote, please visit
after a fine year in lilywhite and thefsa.org.uk
will be up against Arsenal’s Bukayo
Saka, Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes, Voting is open until Monday
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland 31 October, with the awards
and Kevin de Bruyne as well as being handed out at the FSA
Brentford’s Ivan Toney. awards ceremony, which will be
held at Nobu in London on Monday
Meanwhile, Ash is up for the 14 November, presented by Victoria
Women’s Player of the Year, for Derbyshire.

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MATCH REWIND

MANCHESTER UNITED 2
0
FRED (47), FERNANDES (69)

MATCH SPURS
REWIND

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MATCH REWIND

19.10.22 | PREMIER LEAGUE | OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER | REFEREE: SIMON HOOPER

MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): SPURS (3-5-2):
De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Shaw, Lloris (c), Romero, Dier (Sanchez
Fred, Casemiro (Eriksen 87), Antony 82), Davies, Doherty (Sessegnon
(McTominay 76), Fernandes (c), Sancho 82), Bentancur (Skipp 89), Bissouma
(Elanga 87), Rashford. (Lucas 82), Hojbjerg, Perisic (Spence
Substitutes (not used): Heaton, 89), Son, Kane.
Lindelof, Ronaldo, Malacia, Pellistri, Substitutes (not used): Forster,
Garnacho. Tanganga, Lenglet, Bryan.

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FIVES
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F I V E ...

…STARS TO HAVE FEATURED FOR SPURS AND NEWCASTLE

1 2

CHRIS WADDLE PAUL GASCOIGNE
191 appearances for Newcastle, 1980-85; 173 for Spurs 104 appearances for Newcastle, 1984-88; 112 for Spurs,
1985-89 1988-92

A fairytale footballing story, Waddle was playing for Tow A player who needs no introduction, one of England’s
Law Town and working in a factory when he was snapped all-time great talents, a genius on the football pitch,
up by Newcastle aged 19 in July, 1980. Five years later, he Gazza came through the ranks at St James’ Park and
had eight England caps under his belt and was on his way joined us as a 21-year-old for a British transfer record fee
to Spurs. Such a skilful winger, Chris scored twice on his in July, 1988. Initially hooking up with fellow Geordie Chris
debut against Watford and soon struck up an understand- Waddle, Gazza shone in England’s run to the semi-finals
ing with Glenn Hoddle – a friendship that later stretched of the 1990 World Cup, making him a world-wide star,
to the pop charts as a duo with ‘Diamond Lights’ – that and then delivered a string of top-class performances
propelled the team towards glory on all fronts under to lead the team to the 1991 FA Cup Final, including one
David Pleat’s 4-5-1 system in 1986/87, Waddle and of the Club’s most iconic goals, a 35-yard free-kick on our
Hoddle the architects of so many of Clive Allen’s record way to beating Arsenal in the first semi-final to be held at
49 goals that season. Eventually capped 62 times, Waddle Wembley. Already on his way to Lazio, disaster struck in
moved to Marseille in 1989 – at that time, the third most the final, when a lunging tackle left him with a serious knee
expensive player in history behind Diego Maradona and injury. He eventually joined Lazio in 1992, then starred for
Ruud Gullit – where he won three French titles. Glasgow Rangers 1995-98, winning two SPL titles, and
scored another iconic goal at Wembley, this time against
THFC Scotland in Euro 96, as England reached the semi-finals.

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League, 1992/93. He scored another 40 in the next two
DAVID GINOLA seasons, and Newcastle took the plunge in 1995. He
75 appearances for Newcastle, 1995-97; 124 for Spurs, responded with 50 goals in 84 appearances over the
1997-2000 next two seasons, as Kevin Keegan’s side twice finished
A star in France and title winner with PSG (1993/94), runners-up – Ferdinand and Alan Shearer plundering 41
Ginola’s flamboyant style was a match made in heaven for league goals between them in 1996/97. One of the best
Kevin Keegan’s entertainers when he arrived at St James’ headers of the ball the Premier League has seen, Les
Park in 1995, and he provided the ammunition for the joined us in the same summer as David Ginola, 1997, but
likes of Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer as Keegan’s Toon unfortunately, we would never see the absolute best of
finished runners-up in 1995/96 and 1996/97. Snapped up the striker, as injuries took their toll. A Spurs fan, he’s
by Spurs in the summer of 1997, Ginola’s style was always often talked about how frustrating that was for him, but
going to see him as an instant hit at the Lane, and so it he still weighed in with 39 goals in his 149 appearances
proved, with so many golden moments and match-winning and won the League Cup in 1999. Les played on until the
displays in his three-year stay. League Cup winner in 1999, age of 39, and later returned as a coach, another six-year
when we also reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, it’s stint, 2008-2014. He’s now Director of Football at QPR.
worth noting that Ginola’s performances took him to a
PFA and Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year 5
double in 1998/99, the same season Manchester United
won the treble. JERMAINE JENAS
152 appearances for Newcastle, 2001-05; 202 for Spurs,
4 2005-13
A young star at Forest, PFA Young Player of the Year
LES FERDINAND (2003/04) and Champions League regular at Newcastle,
84 appearances for Newcastle, 1995-97; 149 for Spurs it seems incredible that ‘JJ’ was still only 22 when we
1997-2003 snapped him up from the Toon in the summer of 2005.
Plucked out of non-league football by QPR aged 20 in The definition of a box-to-box midfielder, JJ would glide
1987, ‘Sir Les’ made a quiet start to life at Loftus Road around the pitch, covering every blade of grass, and
before hitting 20 goals in the first season of the Premier played a key role as first we won the League Cup in 2008,
THFC and then qualified for the Champions League in 2010. JJ
loved the north London derby, and produced arguably his
best performance when it mattered most in the League
Cup semi-final, second leg against the Gunners in 2008.
Already on target in the first leg, a 1-1 draw, JJ scored
the opener and provided assists for two of the goals in
our famous 5-1 win. He then delivered the free-kick for
Jonathan Woodgate’s winner in the final against Chelsea.
JJ later played for QPR, Villa and Forest, but injury forced
his retirement aged 33 in 2016. He’s now a popular pundit
and TV host.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

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ROGDOR-GIGO!O-UURR
UURR
IT’S BEEN ALL GO FOR RODRIGO BENTANCUR SINCE
HIS JANUARY ARRIVAL FROM JUVENTUS – AHEAD OF
TODAY’S GAME AGAINST NEWCASTLE, THE MIDFIELDER

REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY WITH US SO FAR

BY BILLY SHAW

H e’s just shy of nine months into his Spurs problems which quickly cleared up, with the other being
tenure, yet it already seems like Rodrigo his introduction to this country’s top flight against
Bentancur has been here for years. Southampton in early February, just days after joining us.
Signed on January transfer deadline
day along with Juventus team-mate Dejan It’s probably fair to say, then, that it’s been a dream
Kulusevski, the classy midfielder slotted start for the 25-year-old.
seamlessly into our starting line-up and
hasn’t looked back, virtually ever-present “I feel really good, very happy,” smiled Rodrigo as he
in the engine room as we secured qualification for the reflected on how the early stages of his Spurs career have
Champions League at the end of last season before unfolded. “This club is incredible. Ever since I arrived, my
enjoying our best-ever start after 10 games of a Premier team-mates have really welcomed me and given me lots
League campaign this time around. of support – they’ve made me feel very much at home. The
coaching staff, too. I think being able to speak the same
Indeed, he’s only failed to start three league matches language as them has been really important. The fans
since his arrival – two of those were due to slight injury have been unbelievable too, and overall I think I’ve made
a great start here.

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“When I arrived last season, the main aim was to THE BIG INTERVIEW
qualify for the Champions League, which we achieved. And on the pitch, it feels very natural to work with him.
This year the idea is to go for everything, so hopefully we The same goes for Skipp and Bissouma, who has been
can build on this good start to the season that we’ve had.” great since he arrived. He’s settled into the group really
well. There’s White too, and Sarr – we’ve got a really good
Since joining us, Rodrigo has struck up a formidable group of high-quality midfielders. Hopefully we can keep
central midfield partnership with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, moving in the right direction together.”
a double act that has been an integral part of our team
under Antonio Conte. Normally if you think of Denmark This afternoon, we take on a Newcastle United side
and Uruguay in a sporting context, you might be inclined that has enjoyed a solid start to the season. For our part,
to recall the two countries’ iconic meeting in the 1986 we’ve maintained a 100 per cent record here at Tottenham
World Cup, where Michael Laudrup scored one of the Hotspur Stadium in all competitions since the beginning
tournament’s best-ever goals with a dazzling solo effort of the campaign – something Rodrigo hopes will continue
that arguably upstaged Preben Elkjær’s hat-trick. against Eddie Howe’s men.

But, as we’ve discovered to our benefit, pairing up ARR“WIVHEDENLAI ST
a Uruguayan international with a Danish one produces TTLWMHOESEAAEEQGICAAUNUHSCAAEAOHLI,MNMIIWEFP,YVWTHIEOHFIADCOENS”HRS
equally effective results. Prior to the midweek trip to Old
Trafford, of the 34 first team matches we’d played since
Rodrigo signed for us, the pair had started all but five
together – and two of those they didn’t team up for were
in the FA Cup in the days following Rodrigo’s arrival.

As a result, the pair have established an excellent
rapport – something Rodrigo said extends beyond the
football pitch: “We get on really well,” he explained. “As I
said before, the players have all welcomed me really well
and Pierre has been fantastic with me too.

“He’s a great guy and we share some of the same
interests off the pitch – he drinks maté (South American
caffeine drink), like me. So before the bus leaves, we often
meet at the training ground to share a maté together.

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“WE’VE GOT A REALLY
GOODGROUPOF
HIGH-QUALITY
MIDFIELDERS.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN
KEEP MOVING IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION
TOGETHER”

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SHOUAF“CEFURILPRFRETSROAPEEUHONM.ORLCIYSNRRETHIOSAHKTEAOUAULERATMCLITLWEHRTELOAEY”SANY clash with the Magpies, we’re back here on Wednesday
night for another crucial Champions League meeting with
“Absolutely, we’ve been very good at home this season Sporting Lisbon before we head to the south coast to take
and I think the whole team feels really good out there,” he on Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon, then head to
said. “Playing in front of our fans is incredible. My first Marseille in more European action the following Tuesday.
game here was against Brighton in the FA Cup, I think, Rodrigo admits the schedule is tough, but he feels we’re
which we won, but then we lost against Southampton well-equipped to deal with the challenges in front of us.
and Wolves. That’s football, things don’t always go your
way, but since the start of this season, our home form has “It’s true that it can be really tiring, particularly when
been great. I’m just really happy to play in our stadium and you have to play two or three away matches in a row – you
hopefully we’ll keep this good run going. get one day at home and then you’re off again,” he said. “At
the moment, matches have practically replaced training
“I think the fans are crucial to our results here. You can for us because we can’t do much between times apart
also really feel their support away from home, but we know from recovery work.
we’re strong here in our own stadium and even more so
thanks to them. They give us something extra and make “Of course, after an international break, it can be
us even stronger.” difficult to get back into the swing of things with your
club after all the travel. I think perhaps that showed, but
We’ll certainly need that strength as our grueling sched- we were quickly able turn those results around and what
ule of two games a week until the break for the World Cup matters now is continuing to win games. We know that it’s
in mid-November continues apace. Following today’s very important to get the three points again today, even
more so since we’re at home.”
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While our squad’s full focus is naturally on the fixtures
we have coming up – we also start out in the Carabao Cup
with a trip to Nottingham Forest in a couple of weeks’ time
– a quick look ahead to the World Cup schedule throws up
an intriguing tie on 24 November as Rodrigo’s Uruguay go
head-to-head with Heung-Min Son’s South Korea. How
does the midfielder feel about potentially playing against
Sonny?

“Well, first let’s wait for the squad announcement and
see if my name’s on the list – that’s the most important
thing!” he smiled. “But yes, playing against Son… South
Korea are a really good team. I’ve already played against
Sonny in a couple of friendlies but right now, I need to
make the most of being his team-mate!”

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DMAEKBINGUTTHSEIR MAKING THEIR DEBUTS

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

LES ALLEN

19.12.1959 Les Allen’s arrival in December 1959 fine win on Allen’s first appearance.
proved to be another key signing Les’s first goals for us came in his
DIVISION ONE as Bill Nicholson started to piece
together a side that would go on and very next game as he scored twice in
SPURS conquer English football. a 4-2 win at Leeds, while one of the
greatest ever individual performances
NEWCASTLE The forward joined us from Chelsea, by a Spurs player came a few weeks
where he was struggling to get regular later as he hit five goals in our 13-2 FA
DID YOU KNOW? game time up front due to the prolific Cup win over Crewe.
goalscoring of a certain Jimmy Greaves,
There have been 26 players who but was quickly drafted into our starting Ever-present in our Double-winning
made their Spurs debuts against XI and, over the next few years, was a team, when he netted 27 times in all
Newcastle United. We have to go regular name on our teamsheet. competitions, he left us for QPR in July
right back to November 1909 for 1965 where he later became player-man-
the first, when Scot Bill Harris It was against Newcastle United ager, before managing Swindon Town
featured against the Magpies in that Allen made his debut in our colours, between 1972-74.
Division One and others include in our final game before Christmas Day
Johnny Gavin, Bill Brown, Keith that year. In a game played on a dreadful
Osgood, Jason Dozzell and pitch, variously described in reports at
Steven Pienaar. the time as ‘appalling conditions’ and a
‘semi-swamp’, the two teams managed
to serve up an excellent game of foot-
ball, even if it all seemed to go our way
in the 4-0 victory.

Allen took the number 10 shirt and
more than played his part in the win. It
was a foul on him that created our first
goal on 20 minutes, as Tommy Harmer
delivered the perfect free-kick for
Maurice Norman to head home, while
Allen almost doubled our lead with a low
shot moments later.

Two minutes after the interval we
doubled our lead, Harmer sending Bobby
Smith through, Newcastle defender
Bell’s intervention sent the ball crashing
against the crossbar but Cliff Jones
hurled himself at the rebound to head
past Harvey. We then hit the Magpies
with a quick-fire double from John White
and Danny Blanchflower to ensure a

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PAUL GASCOIGNE

03.09.1988 Midfield maestro Paul Gascoigne was Andy Thorn and Darren Jackson getting
quickly back on familiar territory when Newcastle off to a flyer. But we showed
DIVISION ONE he made his Spurs debut – coming at St great resolve to mount a comeback
James’ Park just a matter of weeks after though and perhaps should have won the
NEWCASTLE he’d left Newcastle for north London. game.

His first appearance should have Just seconds after the restart Chris
come at White Hart Lane against Coven- Waddle, another prodigal Geordie, pulled
try City the previous week only for that one back following some fine work from
game to be postponed on the morning Paul Walsh before the pair combined
of the game, leaving Gazza to face his again for the equaliser, Waddle crossing
former employees for his first Spurs for Terry Fenwick to head home.
appearance.
A naturally-gifted midfielder with
Gateshead born, Gascoigne came incredible close control, strong as an
through the ranks at Newcastle to make ox and with the ability to open up even
his league debut a month before turning the tightest of defences either with a
professional although he was yet to dribbling run or an incisive pass, Gazza
fulfil his potential when Terry Venables quickly endeared himself to the Spurs
swooped to sign him at the age of 21. But faithful. Over the next three years, he lit
his career was already on a trajectory to up the Lane with his performances and
the very top and his arrival in N17 helped almost single-handedly steered us to the
him along the way. FA Cup Final in 1991, only for his moment
on the big stage to end in disaster when
No sooner had he arrived than he was he suffered a serious knee injury.
elevated to the England senior squad for
the first time and, shortly after his Spurs After a long road to recovery,
bow on Tyneside, he won his first England Gascoigne completed his move to Lazio
cap, coming on as a substitute against in June 1992 and went on to have spells
Denmark. with Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton,
Burnley and DC United. He also won 57
Back at St James’ Park though, things England caps and scored 10 times for his
didn’t start too well for us and Gazza country, most famously starring at the
as we found ourselves 2-0 down inside 1990 World Cup in Italy.
the opening 20 minutes, goals from

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Gazza was the last player to
make his debut for us against
Newcastle in the Football
League. After his bow in 1988,
the next Spur to debut against
the Magpies was Scottish
international Colin Calderwood,
in a Premier League fixture in
August 1993.

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KYLE WALKER-PETERS

13.08.2017 Defender Kyle Walker-Peters didn’t was a dream come true,” he said. “In my
just come through our Academy and speech I just said thanks to the manager
PREMIER LEAGUE make his debut against Newcastle for having faith in me and thanks to all
United – he picked up the man of the the players and staff for helping me get
NEWCASTLE match award on the day as well! to that stage of my career.

The local lad, born in Edmonton, “The initial feeling (about making
joined our Academy as a full-time his debut) was excitement and a bit of
scholar in July 2013 and turned profes- nerves but I just tried to keep cool and
sional 18 months later. While he had the boys helped me get through the
to bide his time playing for youth and game. Newcastle targeted me from the
Development Squad teams, he got his start and that’s fair enough, I was making
first taste of senior action on our tour my debut. I think I dealt with that quite
of Malaysia and Australia in May 2015 well. I won my first header and from
before finally getting his breakthrough there, you get a bit of confidence and
on the opening day of the 2017/18 the main thing was to get off to a good
campaign. start in the Premier League.”

Manager Mauricio Pochettino With competition for places fierce at
selected Walker-Peters for our tough that time and Walker-Peters competing
trip to Tyneside on 13 August 2017 and with Serge Aurier and Kieran Trippier,
would have been delighted to see the he only made two more Premier League
youngster flourish despite the intense appearances that term. But he did
surroundings of St James’ Park. If there feature in six cup games, scoring his
were any nerves, he didn’t display them first Spurs goal in our FA Cup defeat
as he produced an assured performance of Rochdale and making his Champions
in a game in which Dele Alli and Ben League debut against APOEL.
Davies scored second-half goals follow-
ing a red card awarded to Jonjo Shelvey. After finding more game time hard
to come by, Kyle spent the second half
After picking up his man of the match of the 2019/20 at Southampton before
award after the game, Kyle even gave a joining them permanently in August
speech on his return to the changing 2020. He’s become a regular for the
rooms, as he explained. Saints since and has also gone on to
make his senior England debut.
“I was delighted to get the award, it

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DID YOU KNOW? 25

Three of our players have come
off the bench to make their
debuts against Newcastle, can
you name them? You might
have remembered Luke Amos
in August 2018 and Ryan Nelsen
in February 2012, but give
yourselves a round of applause
if you also said Keith Osgood in
a Division One game in May 1974!

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TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT

“ Would a non-racist, normal person
approach a Jewish person and call them
a Y** and, if they did, would the Jewish
person be offended?

I think the answer is yes, he or she
would be offended.

Spurs fan | Non-Jewish | 65 - 74

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go marching on
and on and on

and on and...

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scoring form of late, recording
big victories over Brentford SEASON PTS POS W D L GF GA D.O.B: 29.11.77
(5-1) and Fulham (4-1) earlier 2012-13 41 16 11 8 19 45 68 CLUB POSITION: HEAD COACH
this month. Meanwhile a visit 2013-14 49 10 15 4 19 43 59 NATIONALITY: ENGLISH
to Old Trafford to face Manchester 2014-15 39 15 10 9 19 40 63
United last weekend allowed them to 2015-16 37 18 9 10 19 44 65 Howe arrived at St James’ Park after
demonstrate strengths at the other 2016-17 94 1 29 7 10 85 40 the Saudi takeover in 2021, replacing
end of the pitch, keeping their fourth 2017-18 44 10 12 8 18 39 47 Steve Bruce. He’d previously managed
clean sheet from 10 games this season 2018-19 45 13 12 9 17 42 48 at Bournemouth, leading the Cherries
(behind only Manchester City in this 2019-20 44 13 11 11 16 38 58 in two stints between 2008 and 2020,
regard). 2020-21 45 12 12 9 17 46 62 with a brief spell at Burnley in between.
2021-22 49 11 13 10 15 44 62

PREM CHAMP LEAGUE 1

FORM GUIDE

DD W W D

NEWCASTLE 0 NEWCASTLE 1 FULHAM 1 NEWCASTLE 5 MAN UTD 0
CRYSTAL PALACE 0 BOURNEMOUTH 1 NEWCASTLE 4 BRENTFORD 1 NEWCASTLE 0

PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE
03.09.22 17.09.22 01.10.22 08.10.22 16.10.22

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OPPOSITION — NEWCASTLE UNITED 5 DF 6

GK 22 DF

NICK FABIAN JAMAAL
POPE SCHAR LASCELLES

D.O.B: 19.04.92 D.O.B: 20.12.91 D.O.B: 11.11.93
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: SWISS NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

DF 33 DF 4 DF 13

DAN SVEN MATT
BURN BOTMAN TARGETT

D.O.B: 09.05.92 D.O.B: 12.01.00 D.O.B: 18.09.95
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: DUTCH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

MF 21 MF 23 MF 28

RYAN JACOB JOE
FRASER MURPHY WILLOCK

D.O.B: 24.02.94 D.O.B: 24.02.95 D.O.B: 20.08.99
NATIONALITY: SCOTTISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

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1 (2022/23 PL STATS)
GOALS GOALS
01 7
ASSISTS ASSISTS
2

1 21
2 4 4 10
TKRIIEPRPAIENR 4 APPS
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GOALS

PASS %

GUBIMRUARNAOES AMLIMGIUREOLN

D.O.B: 19.09.90 D.O.B: 16.11.97 D.O.B: 10.02.94
POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN NATIONALITY: PARAGUAYAN

The former Spur (2015-19) joined Signed from Lyon in January for a A Newcastle player since 2019, the
Newcastle early this year following a reported £4omillion, Guimaraes hit Paraguayan is enjoying a fine campaign
stint in La Liga with Atletico Madrid. the ground running in a Newcastle in 2022/23, scoring four goals in nine
The set-piece specialist has 37 caps shirt with a goal on his full debut. He games so far. He started his career at
for England, and scored a free-kick in has eight caps for his country to date, Cerro Porteno, and joined Newcastle
the 2018 World Cup semi-final. scoring once. from Atlanta United of the MLS.

BY NUMBERS

2019 152 51.2
Newcastle’s last win against us – 1-0 at Shots by Newcastle this season – the Percentage of possession for
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. fourth highest in the league. Newcastle in the league this season.

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NEWCASTLE’S LAST GAME

16.10.22 | PREMIER LEAGUE | OLD TRAFFORD

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MF 36 MF 7 FW 9

SEAN JOELINTON CALLUM
LONGSTAFF WILSON
D.O.B: 14.08.96
D.O.B: 30.10.97 NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN D.O.B: 27.02.92
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

34 22 498BY NUMBERS
Saves by Nick Pope in the Premier Tackles by Bruno Guimaraes – the Passes by Kieran Trippier in the Premier
League this season. highest number in the Magpies squad. League this season.

FW 10 FW 20 FW 14

ALLAN CHRIS ALEXANDER
SAINT-MAXIMIN WOOD ISAK

D.O.B: 12.03.97 D.O.B: 07.12.91 D.O.B: 21.09.99
NATIONALITY: FRENCH NATIONALITY: NEW ZEALAND NATIONALITY: SWEDISH

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HOTSPUR HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur and the rest of the THFC
Premier League will not tolerate racism,
anywhere, and we are taking action to
combat all forms of discrimination.
But we can all do more.

Challenge it, report it, change it, and
together we can make a positive impact.
Visit premierleague.com/noroomforracism
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HOTSPUR HISTORY

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

FROM letters which Bill sent out, one of which they wrote to him. One letter from a
THE was to Harold Shepherdson, who he supporter offers up their thoughts on
VAULT met and worked with during his time the players scoring two more goals
assisting Walter Winterbottom as part after they had left to catch a train; it is
While we have many unusual objects of the England set up in the early part a positive and good-humoured letter
in our collection, we also have lots of of his coaching career, prior to getting and wishes him and the team the best of
paper items more typical of an archival the management role here at Spurs. luck at their next match. It looks as if the
collection. Letters and correspondence Shepherdson himself worked as the supporter and their friend missed goals
are common features of an archive, and England team trainer from 1957 to 1974, from Dave Mackay and Bobby Smith
we have these from across our history, worked under three different England against Preston North End.
with some of the earliest letters dating managers – Winterbottom, Alf Ramsey
to the 1920s. and Joe Mercer – and attended four Also kept in this folder of letters
World Cup tournaments, including 1966. and correspondence, we found an intro-
The letters and other materials duction card belonging to one of Bill’s
featured today come from Bill Bill also received a congratulations scouts, J. Richardson. This card was valid
Nicholson’s time as manager, starting in letter from Bush Hill Park golf club for the 1969/70 season and pairs nicely
1958. Using these materials, we can look members, with a funny little P.S with the telegram from this folder asking
at how people interacted with a football reminding Bill that the sender of the Richardson to scout John White in 1959.
manager in the past. We will also look letter plays as an inside forward if he It reveals another member of staff’s
briefly at some objects related to Bill’s was ever looking for one. As you would lengthy period of service to the club
scout, J Richardson. expect, Bill received letters throughout through the objects in our collection.
his career, some of which we have in the
In 1958, when he took the job as collection too. He was sent letters by
manager at Tottenham Hotspur, Bill players offering to play for him, people
received lots of letters from people he offering to scout for him and people
had met and worked with from all over offering up their opinions on the team
the country and even some letters from performances. The ones we have date
abroad. There are also copies of some from 1958 and 1959, so the very start of
Bill’s tenure at our club.

Where fans may offer their opinions
of a match somewhere on the internet
these days, back when Bill was in charge

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TAKING
ISSUE

A quick glance
through a couple of
previous matchday
programmes against
Newcastle United

1974 Another couple of images filled page scoring twice with Martin Chivers also
We weren’t having the best season four, this time from the win at Bramall on target.
when Newcastle United visited White Lane, while page five listed Newcastle’s
Hart Lane on 7 December 1974, a results so far in 1974/75, the biggest 2010
game for which we produced a 16-page of which was a 5-0 win over Chelsea. It Our final game of 2010 saw us enter-
programme costing seven pence. also detailed last season’s home game tain Newcastle United on 28 December,
against the Toon, which the visitors won with Roman Pavlyuchenko on the
This was the season that we said 2-0 with goals from Stewart Barrow- front cover of our 100-page matchday
farewell to Bill Nicholson after almost clough and Tommy Gibb. programme, which was priced at £3.50.
16 years in charge as our manager,
with Terry Neil replacing him but we Pages 6-7 profiled Newcastle – who Sadly, this issue carried a two-page
were seven places and eight points off included Frank Clark, Alan Kennedy, obituary to the late, great Ralph Coates,
the bottom of Division One when the Irving Nattrass and Malcolm Macdonald who had passed away 11 days earlier, with
Geordies arrived in north London. They in their team – and further on in the manager Harry Redknapp describing
sat in eighth place, although only five publication, we learned of the passing of Ralph as ‘one of life’s genuinely nice guys’
points ahead of us. our former full-back and Welsh interna- in his column.
tional Bill Whatley, who died aged 62.
Two images from our 0-0 draw at In ‘Spurs News’ on page nine, our Loan
Birmingham featured on page two of the Elsewhere, more action images came Watch featured the likes of Kyle Walker,
match programme, while the editorial from our 2-1 win at Leicester and from Jake Livermore, Kyle Naughton, Steven
welcome opposite spoke about our Alan Gilzean’s testimonial against Red Caulker and Danny Rose, who were all
‘immense satisfaction’ of our 1-0 win at Star Belgrade, a photo showing Gilly playing elsewhere out on loan, while we
Sheffield United the previous weekend, scoring a very welcome goal in our 2-0 continued to celebrate the 50th anni-
John Duncan – who sadly passed away victory. versary of our 1960/61 Double success
recently - on target. We were also told with two more supporters sharing their
that Newcastle had only won once away We picked up two big points in this memories of that glorious campaign.
in the league that season, against QPR. clash with Newcastle, Cyril Knowles
Alan Pardew’s Newcastle squad
were profiled, with the manager himself
having only just taking charge following
the departure of former Spur Chris
Hughton, and their squad included the
likes of Joey Barton, Kevin Nolan, Shola
Ameobi and Andy Carroll.

Ex-Newcastle defender Sebastien
Bassong was our main interview; the
Squad Numbers article had reached No
11 and featured Paul Allen, David Ginola
and Tony Galvin, while Teddy Sheringham
recalled our 4-2 win over the Magpies in
1994 in Memory Match.

Goals from Aaron Lennon and
Gareth Bale helped us to a 2-0 win over
Newcastle on this occasion, despite
Younes Kaboul’s second half dismissal.

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SPURS WOMEN

SPURS WOMEN

JOY FOR SPURS WOMEN AFTER TAKING
THE LEAD AGAINST LIVERPOOL

WINNING START AT NEW onto the post, before Nikola Liverpool (3-4-3): Laws, Koivisto
HOME Karczewska shot wide and Ashleigh (Roberts 68), Flaherty, Fahey,
Neville had another good chance Matthews, Hinds, Kearns
We marked our first home game to make it two when she played a (Campbell 68), Furness (Holland 60),
at Brisbane Road last Sunday with one-two with Karczewska before Daniels, Lawley, Stengel. Substitutes
a dominant display and a 1-0 win shooting against the crossbar. (not used): Cumings, Kirby, Robe,
against Liverpool in the Women’s Humphrey, Wardlaw, Silcock.
Super League. After the break, Eveliina
Summanen unleashed a power- TEAM CHARACTER
Celin Bizet’s early cross led to a ful strike but Liverpool goalkeeper PLEASES REHANNE
Niamh Fahey own goal, and we stood Rachel Laws gathered comforta-
firm in the second half to earn three bly as we continued to dominate, Our Head Coach was delighted with
big points and our first clean sheet of although the visitors had one of their her side’s performance in Sunday’s
the season. first sights at goal in the 59th minute, win at home to Liverpool.
Yana Daniels cushioning a volley that
Rehanne Skinner made two Korpela was able to deal with. “We played incredibly well,”
changes to the side that beat Reading Rehanne Skinner said. “I thought we
2-1 in the Continental League Cup prior Liverpool then went on to have were fantastic in the first half, really
to the international break, Tinja-Riika their best spell of the game, moved the ball well and created loads
Korpela and Drew Spence coming in substitute Ceri Holland firing over of problems for Liverpool. We had 10
for Becky Spencer and So-hyun Cho. from a narrow angle but, when Korpela opportunities and took one of those. 
denied Katie Stengel with a good save
With a crowd of over 2,000 cheer- late in the game, that was our last “We need to probably be a little bit
ing us on at our new home at Leyton moment of danger and we held out for more ruthless in those moments, but
Orient FC, it was important we made the win. I thought we made life really difficult
a good start and did just that with the Spurs (4-2-3-1): Korpela, Turner, for them. The second half was a little
breakthrough goal on 11 minutes. Bizet Bartrip, Zadorsky (C), Ale, Summanen, bit different and they wanted to make
delivered a cross from the right wing James (Cho 60), Spence, Bizet (Naz the game scrappy and quite direct, but
which was hooked in at the near post 79), Karczewska (Brazil 79), Neville. we’ve got to deal with different types
via the attempted clearance of Reds Substitutes (not used): Spencer, of opposition and those moments. We
captain Fahey. Pearse. held on in the game and made sure
that there wasn’t a goalscoring oppor-
We almost doubled our lead in tunity for them, so I’m really pleased
style 10 minutes later, Spence crash-
ing a powerful strike from long range

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FIXTURES

DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES to be at home and win 1-0 with a clean Before kick-off, Club legend Gary
sheet. Mabbutt presented the players with
SEPTEMBER flowers to acknowledge their impres-
“We don’t want to concede goals sive achievements and milestones.
SUN 18 A LEICESTER CITY 2-1 and we definitely showed that in the
second half. I’m pleased that we’ve Becky, an ever-present between
SAT 24 A ARSENAL 0-4 shown the character that we’re about the sticks since the league’s inception
in both parts of the game.” in 2011, achieved a landmark 100 WSL
OCTOBER appearances in our away match at the
Rehanne was also delighted with King Power Stadium last month.
SUN 2 A READING** 2-1 our fans at Brisbane Road, with more
than 2,000 in attendance to enjoy the Wales’ FIFA Women’s World Cup
SUN 16 H LIVERPOOL 1-0 first WSL game at the ground. qualifying campaign came to a heart-
breaking end last week with a narrow
SAT 22 H MANCHESTER CITY 11.30AM “I’m really grateful and I was loss to Switzerland, but it was a
delighted to hear them all the way night to remember for 28-year-old
SUN 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2PM throughout,” she said about the Angharad, who became the youngest
support. “I also love the fact that there Welsh player – men’s or women’s – to
NOVEMBER was a little sing off between them and reach 100 caps.  
the Liverpool fans and our fans were
SUN 6 H EVERTON 2PM 100 per cent louder. That acted like a Over the summer, Shelina, Becky,
12th player for us. It was so great for Drew and Rosella made important
SUN 20 A CHELSEA 2PM the atmosphere that was created in contributions as their countries
a new venue, people coming out and earned a place at next year’s World
SUJ 27 H COVENTRY UNITED** 2PM supporting us in our first game at Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
home, the players certainly appreciate Shelina’s Canada and Becky and
DECEMBER it, as do I.” Drew’s Jamaica reached the semi-final
stages of CONCACAF, returning home
SUN 4 A READING 2PM HONOURS FOR QUINTET with a silver medal and bronze medals
respectively. Rosella made history
SUN 11 H WEST HAM UNITED 2PM Becky Spencer, Angharad James, with her home country, Morocco, when
Drew Spence, Rosella Ayane and she scored the winning penalty to
SUN 18 A SOUTHAMPTON** 2PM Shelina Zadorsky were recognised in send them through to their first ever
front of our fans at last week’s game African Cup of Nations final.
JANUARY against Liverpool.

SAT 14 A ASTON VILLA 2PM

SUN 22 H LEICESTER CITY 2PM

FEBRUARY

SUN 5 H CHELSEA 2PM

MARCH

SUN 5 A MANCHESTER CITY 2PM

SUN 12 A LIVERPOOL 2PM

SUN 26 H ARSENAL 2PM

APRIL

SUN 2 A EVERTON 1PM

SUN 23 H ASTON VILLA 2PM

SUN 30 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2PM

MAY

SUN 7 A MANCHESTER UNITED 12PM

SUN 21 H READING 2PM

SUN 28 A WEST HAM UNITED 2PM

TO BE CONFIRMED

– H MANCHESTER UNITED –

HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT BRISBANE ROAD
UNLESS STATED
* PLAYED AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM
** CONTINENTAL TYRES LEAGUE CUP FIXTURES

WSL

P W D L F A D PTS

MANCHESTER UNITED 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9

ARSENAL 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9

CHELSEA 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 9

ASTON VILLA 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6

EVERTON 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 6

WEST HAM UNITED 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 6

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 3 2 0 1 3 5 -2 6

MANCHESTER CITY 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3

LIVERPOOL 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3

BRIGHTON 3 1 0 2 2 9 -7 3

READING 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 0

LEICESTER CITY 4 0 0 4 1 9 -8 0

UP TO AND INCLUDING 16.10.22

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UNDER-21S

UNDER-21S

YAGO SANTIAGO ON THE
ATTACK AGAINST STEVENAGE

EDGED OUT BY United last month. Nevertheless, the capacity as the home team to take on
STEVENAGE opportunity for our young players to Manchester United Under-21s.
test themselves against senior EFL
Our Under-21s’ third and final outing opposition in competitive action will With both teams languishing in the
in this season’s Papa John’s Trophy surely have aided their development bottom three of the Premier League 2
ended in a narrow defeat to League going forward. table, victory will be crucial.
Two Stevenage on Tuesday evening.
Stevenage: Chapman, Smith, Clark, Kick-off is at 12pm – if you’re not
With Wayne Burnett’s side already Vancooten (c), Bostwick, Taylor, heading down to Bournemouth to
eliminated from the competition and Campbell, Roberts (Gilbey 86), Read, watch the first team in action, why
the hosts assured of top spot and Norris (Reid 79), Rose (Amoo 79). not come and lend your support to our
a place in the next round, the only Substitutes (not used): Ashby- Under-21s?
thing left to decide on the night was Hammond, James-Wildin, Reeves,
whether Stevenage would go through Earley. Tickets are available at the turn-
with a 100 per cent record, which they stiles on the day, or in advance via
duly did thanks to Jordan Roberts’ goal Spurs: Keeley, Robson, Muir, borotickets.co.uk.
mid-way through the first half. Dorrington, Fagan-Walcott, Craig (c)
(Lankshear 60), Donley (Ajayi 80), GAMES FOR DANE
We put up a good fight but were Cesay, Santiago (Mathurin 89), John,
found wanting in attack, Nile John’s Mundle (Lyons-Foster 60). Substitutes Striker Dane Scarlett has continued
dismissal for a second bookable (not used): Maguire, White, Williams. to start regularly for loan club
offence seven minutes from time only Portsmouth in recent weeks.
serving to make our task even more BACK AT THE LAMEX ON
difficult. SATURDAY Since scoring four goals in three
games around the start of September,
The eventual 1-0 defeat and fourth- While Tuesday’s trip to Stevenage the forward has led the line in every
place finish in Southern Group D made was technically an away game, we’re match for the League One side.
it a disappointing conclusion to a back at the Lamex Stadium this
campaign that had begun so encour- coming Saturday (29 October) in our Prior to this weekend’s action,
agingly with a draw against Wycombe Dane had made 15 appearances in all
Wanderers, only to then fizzle out as competitions for Pompey.
we crashed to defeat at Peterborough
Fellow front man Troy Parrott is
currently sidelined after undergo-
ing surgery on a hamstring injury

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FIXTURES & RESULTS

DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES DANE SCARLETT (RIGHT) IN ACTION FOR
AUGUST PORTSMOUTH AGAINST CHARLTON LAST MONDAY
MON 8 A LEICESTER CITY 2-2
FRI 12 H EVERTON 0-2 sustained in the process of scoring Abbott filling in as full-backs, the
SUN 21 A MANCHESTER CITY 0-0 the winning goal for loan club Pres- latter one of four Under-18s players in
FRI 26 H LIVERPOOL 3-3 ton North End in their 3-2 victory at the starting line-up – was ultimately
TUE 30 A WYCOMBE WANDERERS (PJT) 0-0 Norwich City earlier this month. made to pay for those early frailties.
SEPTEMBER
SAT 3 A CRYSTAL PALACE 0-3 It was the Republic of Ireland The hosts’ goals came from Tyler
SAT 17 H BLACKBURN ROVERS* 1-3 international’s first goal in the Roberts, Alfie Pond (2) and Jack
TUE 20 A PETERBOROUGH UNITED (PJT) 0-3 Championship and second for Preston Hodnett.
FRI 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 0-4 overall, after he also scored against Wolverhampton Wanderers: Smith
OCTOBER Huddersfield Town in the Carabao Cup (Chiwome 90+7), Birtwistle, Lembikisa,
SAT 8 H ARSENAL* 1-1 in August. He has made 15 appear- Tipton (c), Kandola, Pond, Roberts,
FRI 14 A WOLVES 1-4 ances for Preston to date. Griffiths, Fraser, Hodnett (Farmer 72),
TUE 18 A STEVENAGE (PJT) 0-1 McLaughlin (Keto-Diyawa 81). Substi-
SAT 22 H FULHAM* 12PM HEAVY DEFEAT AT tutes (not used): Matheson, Ojinnaka.
SAT 29 H MANCHESTER UNITED 12PM WOLVES Spurs: Keeley, Muir, Abbott,
NOVEMBER Fagan-Walcott (Lyons-Foster 46),
MON 7 A CHELSEA 7PM An improved second-half display Dorrington, Craig (c), Robson (Mundle
FRI 11 A WEST HAM UNITED 7PM wasn’t enough to overturn a 4-1 half- 62), White, Santiago, Ajayi (John 62),
JANUARY time deficit as our Under-21s suffered Williams (Lankshear 46). Substitute
SUN 8 A LIVERPOOL 2PM a heavy defeat away to Wolverhamp- (not used): Maguire.
FRI 13 H WEST HAM UNITED 7PM ton Wanderers in the Premier League
MON 23 H WOLVES 7PM 2 last Saturday (15 October). MARQES MUIR TUSSLES WITH
FRI 27 A ARSENAL 7PM WOLVES’ LEE MCLAUGHLIN
FEBRUARY Three goals down after only 13
MON 13 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 7PM minutes and four behind with little
FRI 17 A EVERTON 7PM more than half an hour gone, our make-
MON 27 H CRYSTAL PALACE 7PM shift defence endured a chastening
MARCH time at New Bucks Head in Telford,
FRI 3 A FULHAM 7PM with Jaden Williams’ goal in first-half
FRI 17 H LEICESTER CITY 7PM stoppage time all we had to show for
APRIL our efforts amid a below-par opening
MON 3 H MANCHESTER CITY 7PM period.
SAT 15 A BLACKBURN ROVERS 1PM
MON 24 H CHELSEA 7PM We were much brighter after the
FRI 28 A MANCHESTER UNITED 7PM break and spent most of the time on
the front foot, but our best chance
HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT LAMEX STADIUM to score quickly evaporated when
UNLESS STATED substitute Romaine Mundle missed a
* PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY penalty with a quarter-of-an-hour left.

PL2 TABLE The final scoreline perhaps seemed
harsh given our performance in the
P W D L F A D PTS latter period of the game, but our
depleted side – featuring centre-half
CRYSTAL PALACE 8 5 2 1 22 13 +9 17 Marqes Muir and midfielder George

MAN CITY 8 5 2 1 17 8 +9 17

ARSENAL 8 4 4 0 18 9 +9 16

EVERTON 8 5 1 2 13 10 +3 16

FULHAM 8 4 3 1 20 7 +13 15

LIVERPOOL 8 3 4 1 14 10 +4 13

CHELSEA 9 3 4 2 21 18 +3 13

WOLVES 9 3 2 4 12 20 -8 11

BLACKBURN 9 3 1 5 15 17 -2 10

BRIGHTON 8 2 3 3 16 13 +3 9

LEICESTER CITY 8 2 2 4 13 20 -7 8

MAN UNITED 9 0 6 3 16 27 -11 6

TOTTENHAM 9 0 4 5 7 21 -14 4

WEST HAM 9 0 2 7 9 20 -11 2

UP TO AND INCLUDING 15.10.22

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UNDER-18S

UNDER-18S

ALFIE DEVINE FIRES US INTO A TWO-
GOAL LEAD AGAINST FRANKFURT

DISAPPOINTING DEFEAT Spurs: Hayton, McKnight, Abbott Hall has signed his first professional
TO FRANKFURT (Moore 86), Andiyapan, Dorrington, contract with the Club.
Craig (c), Williams (Lankshear 46),
Our youngsters surrendered a 2-0 Devine, Santiago, Donley, Mundle. The midfielder made his debut for
half-time lead to go down 3-2 at Substitutes (not used): Gunter, our Under-18s last season while still a
home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Chaplin, Linton, Olusesi, Ajayi. schoolboy, before going full-time as a
UEFA Youth League on 12 October, Eintracht Frankfurt: Bignetti, Hannak, scholar with us during the summer.
leaving our hopes of qualifying for Baum, Gebuhr (c), Boakye Osei, Wenig,
the knockout stages hanging by a Fenyo (Ghotra 46), Loune (Mladenovic He has made four appearances at
thread. 46), Bobson (Kolbe 71), Ferri Julia that level in all competitions so far this
(Alaoui 46), Schafer (Gaul Souza 86). season, while also making his debut
Alfie Devine’s brace had given us Substitutes (not used): Gauer, Harangi. in the UEFA Youth League against
a healthy lead in the first period as Sporting CP in September.
we played some tidy football, but the TYRESE HALL
German side left us stunned with three SIGNS HIS FIRST A SPORTING CHANCE
goals in the first eight minutes of the PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT
second half from Divaio Bobson, Anas Ticket applications are now open
Alaoui and Tim Hannak to turn the FIRST PRO CONTRACT for our UEFA Youth League fixture
game around. FOR HALL against Sporting CP Under-19s at
Hotspur Way this Wednesday (26
With nothing less than victory We announced this week that Tyrese October, kick-off 2pm UK).
realistically good enough for us at
this stage in Group D, we pushed and As always, a strictly limited number
pushed for a way back into the game, of tickets are available for Spurs fans
Romaine Mundle our biggest threat on a first come, first served basis.
with three near-misses, including Tickets are free of charge and can be
an incredible long-range effort that obtained by calling our Ticket Office
smacked off the post with the clock on 0344 844 0102, option 2 (lines
ticking down. are open weekdays, 9.30am to 5pm).
Successful applicants will be sent a
However, it wasn’t to be and our Print at Home ticket via email, which
misery was compounded in stoppage must be presented upon arrival at
time when captain Matthew Craig Hotspur Way.
was shown a straight red card for an
alleged stamp on Elias Baum. For those not in attendance,
Wednesday’s match will be televised
live in the UK on BT Sport.

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UNDER-18S

FIXTURES & RESULTS

DATE H/A OPPOSITION

AUGUST

SAT 13 A LEICESTER CITY 1-0

SAT 20 H WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-2

SAT 27 A ARSENAL 1-4

SEPTEMBER

SAT 3 A LIVERPOOL (U18 PLC) 3-1

WED 7 H MARSEILLE (UYL) 3-0

TUE 13 A SPORTING CP (UYL) 0-2

SAT 17 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 3-0

OCTOBER

SAT 1 A ASTON VILLA 4-2

TUE 4 A EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 0-1

SAT 8 H WOLVES (U18 PLC) 3-3

WED 12 H EINTRACHT FRANKFURT 2-3

SAT 22 A FULHAM 11AM

WED 26 H SPORTING CP 2PM

SAT 29 H NORWICH CITY 11.30AM

NOVEMBER

TUE 1 A MARSEILLE 2PM

SAT 5 A CHARLTON ATH (U18PLC) 11AM GETTING TO KNOW…
PELE ARGANESE-
SAT 19 H CHELSEA 11AM MCDERMOTT

SAT 26 A CRYSTAL PALACE 11AM

DECEMBER

SAT 3 A WEST HAM UNITED 11AM

SAT 17 H SOUTHAMPTON 11.30AM

JANUARY

SAT 7 H ASTON VILLA 12PM Romero because of the aggressive
way in which he plays. For me, he brings
SAT 14 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 11.30AM Here in the matchday programme, we an element of that old-fashioned
give you a chance to get to know our central defensive style with the way
SAT 28 A CHELSEA 11AM latest intake of first-year Under-18s he tackles.”
players. Today, we meet PELE
FEBRUARY ARGANESE-MCDERMOTT…

SAT 11 H CRYSTAL PALACE 11AM

SAT 18 A SOUTHAMPTON 11.30AM

SAT 25 H WEST HAM UNITED 11AM NAME: Pele Arganese-McDermott.
POSITION: Central defender.
MARCH BORN: IF YOU COULD MEET SOMEONE
2 September, 2005, in Marbella, Spain. FAMOUS, WHO WOULD IT BE AND
SAT 18 H ARSENAL 11AM LAST SCHOOL: WHY?
Cedars Upper School, Leighton “I enjoy watching a lot of boxing, so
APRIL Buzzard. I’d like to meet Tyson Fury. He’s got a
good story, he’s had some struggles
SAT 1 A NORWICH CITY 11.30AM but he fought back against them and
became the heavyweight champion of
SAT 15 H FULHAM 11AM the world and one of the top athletes
around.”
SAT 22 A WEST BROMWICH ALBION 12PM

SAT 29 H LEICESTER CITY 11.30AM

HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY

U18S PL TABLE

P W D L F A D PTS WHEN DID YOU FIRST JOIN SPURS? TOP THREE VIDEO GAMES?
“I joined the club in 2021. I was “FIFA 23, Fortnite and UFC.”
WEST HAM 5 5 0 0 19 10 +9 15 previously at Luton.”
FIRST FOOTBALL SHIRT YOU EVER
CRYSTAL PALACE 5 4 0 1 15 7 +8 12 ANY OTHER SPORTS PLAYERS IN OWNED?
YOUR FAMILY? “Probably a Luton Town one when I was
TOTTENHAM 5 3 0 2 10 8 +2 9 “My dad played for Luton as a very young.”
schoolboy but fell out of the game by
BRIGHTON 5 3 0 2 8 10 -2 9 the time he was 16 or 17. Everyone loves IF YOU COULDN’T BE A FOOTBALLER,
football in my family!” WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
ARSENAL 5 2 2 1 11 8 +3 8 INSTEAD?
WHO DO YOU LIKE TO WATCH IN “I’d probably look to get into boxing.
CHELSEA 5 2 1 2 9 6 +3 7 TRAINING? I really loved it when I was younger, I
“I like to watch all the defenders, but gave it a go for a year or so when I was
NORWICH 5 2 1 2 7 7 +0 7 in particular Eric Dier because of about 12 and I was quite good at it to
his assertiveness, and also Cristian be fair.”
FULHAM 5 1 1 3 11 13 -2 4

WEST BROM 5 1 1 3 7 11 -4 4

LEICESTER CITY 5 1 1 3 5 10 -5 4

ASTON VILLA 5 1 1 3 13 19 -6 4

SOUTHAMPTON 5 0 2 3 11 17 -6 2

UP TO AND INCLUDING 10.10.22

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BEHIND THE SCENES

More behind the scenes images from around the club,
as our photographers are there for the moments that
matter…
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS WITH SHIRTS HANGING UP IN OUR
CLEMENT LENGLET IN FRANKFURT RECENTLY DRESSING ROOM AHEAD OF OUR

RECENT GAME AT BRIGHTON

SPURS BRANDING DOWN THE TUNNEL AT CNH1R7ISLIPVOEWETLELAMANBDEFLOERDELEOYURKIENVGERJTOOINNGTAHMEE
BRISBANE ROAD, THE NEW HOME OF
OUR WOMEN’S TEAM

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BEHIND THE SCENES

CHO SO-HYUN AND SHELINA GETTING READY FOR THE SECOND HALF
ZADORKSY MEET FANS AGAINST EVERTON LAST WEEKEND
AFTER THE GAME
THEAELVLERS-MPIOLPEUSLAPRITSCAHNSDIRDOE IS

IVAN PERISIC MEETS THE MEDIA
BEFORE OUR AWAY GAME IN FRANKFURT

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RAINBOW LACES
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RAINBOW LACES

PROUDLY SUPPORTING RAINBOW LACES

The Club is proud to show its support campaign yesterday when they purchase online, and at The Tottenham
for Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces hosted Manchester City in the WSL at Experience.
campaign at today’s Premier League Brisbane Road.
game. In 2020, the Club was honoured
The Club was one of the first to with the Professional Game Award at
Rainbow Laces aims to promote establish a LGBTQ+ Supporters’ the first ever Football v Homophobia
equality and inclusivity within sport Association, with the Proud Lilywhites Awards. The Club was recognised for
for LGBTQ+ people and aims to tackle launched in February, 2014. showing dedication to improving the
discrimination on every level. This landscape of football for LGBTQ+
year’s theme is that ‘inclusion has no Since then, Proud Lilywhites has people and who have worked in numer-
off season’ and encourages everyone to continued to work closely with the ous ways to create better inclusion and
play their part in holding conversations Club to help combat issues relating participation at all levels of football.
about what we can all do to support to homophobia within the game and
LGBTQ+ communities and make sport create a safe and inclusive environment The Club and Proud Lilywhites
everybody’s game. for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans fans. were again shortlisted at the Football
v Homophobia Awards in 2022 for
Since the campaign launched in The group regularly runs training Professional Club and Supporters
2013, more than a million people have sessions and educational workshops Group respectively.
laced up, with a further 12 million for Club staff and matchday stewards,
participants engaging with the with the Proud Lilywhites signature flag Through the Tottenham Hotspur
campaign every year. on display at all home matches. Foundation, the Club also runs a
number of projects within the commu-
Our team captains will wear Proud Lilywhites’ membership has nity aimed at promoting inclusion for
rainbow-coloured armbands in our grown to over 700 and in 2018, the all, including educational workshops
upcoming games and our stadium will group was awarded the Fans for Diver- for local school children.
be illuminated in rainbow colours at sity Award by the Football Supporters’
today’s home Premier League match Federation. To find out more about Proud Lily-
against Newcastle, with rainbow whites, visit www.proudlilywhites.uk
branding visible across our social As a statement of support for the
channels, LED signage, big screens LGBTQ+ community, the Club launched
and in this matchday programme. Our a  Proud Lilywhites merchandise
SPURSPLAY live broadcast will also range, dedicated to celebrating our
feature content dedicated to Rainbow LGBTQ+ fans and allies. The rainbow
Laces. colours and pride flag feature on a
range of different products including
Our women’s team marked the accessories, homeware, stationery
and clothing which are all available to

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TRAINING DAYST R A I N I N G DAYS
A training gallery with a difference this week as we take
a look inside a first team gym session ahead of today’s
big Premier League game…

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