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CONTENTSIN THIS ISSUE 06
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ANTONIO CONTE

1 3TheHeadCoachbringsourfocusbackto

domestic issues following European success

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1 6AquintetofclassicPremierLeaguevictories
over Liverpool down the years

CLEMENT LENGLET

Exclusive interview with one of our
goalscoring heroes in Marseille
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HEAD COACH

ACNOTONNTEIO

G ood afternoon and welcome to the past seven years and is proof that
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with time and patience you can build
for today’s Premier League something important. He has made
fixture against Liverpool. Liverpool into one of the best teams
We go into this game on the in the country, challenging for the
back of successive victories, Premier League title every year.
at Bournemouth last weekend and at
Olympique Marseille in the Champions Earlier this week, I celebrated one
League on Tuesday. year at this amazing Club and I am
immensely proud of what we have
It is clear that we need to improve achieved in that time.
the way we start matches, however in
both games we came from behind to When I arrived, the team was eighth
win late on, and I was pleased with the in the Premier League and competing
attitude and character of the players in the Europa Conference League.
to achieve that. Now, we are third in the Premier
League and have just qualified for
When you concede the first goal the knockout stage of the Champions
it can be easy to lose confidence, League.
however we have been working hard
with the players to improve their We should be proud of the progress
confidence and decision making, to we have made in these 12 months,
take responsibility on the pitch. however this is just the start and we
want to continue to build something
I believe we are seeing that work special here.
come through and they have shown
that they never give up and keep going Thank you for your support, too.
until the final whistle. You have welcomed myself and my
staff into your hearts and the backing
I should like to welcome Jurgen you give the team is incredible. We are
Klopp, his players, staff and everyone stronger together.
associated with Liverpool.
Enjoy the game.
Jurgen has done a fantastic job over

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AROUND THE CLUB
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AROUND THE CLUB

NEWS DESK

PIERRE THRIVING IN CHAMPIONS
BUSY SPELL LEAGUE DRAW

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has talked us That continues an incredible spell Following our victory over
through his mindset as we reach the of consistency where the Viking has Marseille in midweek, which
end of a gruelling schedule ahead of featured in 120 of our 130 matches since saw us finish top of Group D
the World Cup. joining us in 2020, including starting 86 in the Champions League, we
of our 89 Premier League games, quite will take our place alongside
The Denmark midfielder’s a feat in that midfield battleground he 15 other teams in tomorrow’s
magnificent, late, late strike to beat loves to compete in. Round of 16 draw.
Marseille, secure top spot in Group D
and progress into the knockout stage “It’s exciting, it’s hard, it’s wrong to The draw takes place at the
of the UEFA Champions League on say it’s not, but it’s exciting,” said Pierre. House of European Football
Tuesday night represented the 10th of “Games come left and right, and you in Nyon, Switzerland, with the
13 matches in 43 days from 1 October have to cope with that mentally, phys- ceremony starting at 11am UK
to the break for the World Cup after we ically, emotionally and it’s something time. The following teams have
face Leeds United next weekend. that if you take the right way, you can qualified:
grow a lot. The same stands for every-
All high-level, energy-sapping one. Most important is to play every GROUP WINNERS (SEEDED)
matches, Pierre has started nine of game as if it’s the only one, to take Bayern Munich
those 10 matches and 18 of our 19 three points, then onto the next one. I Benfica
games so far this season, missing feel okay, feel good, excited every time Chelsea
only the home loss against Newcastle we play, so far, so good.” Man City
United on 23 October. Napoli
Porto
FIXTURE CHANGES Real Madrid
Tottenham Hotspur
Three of our fixtures have been and away trip to Crystal Palace, as
selected for live TV coverage follows: GROUP RUNNERS-UP
following the recent Premier Brentford (A) – remains Monday 26 (UNSEEDED)
League broadcast selection December, kick-off now 12.30pm – Club Brugge
process, covering the period Amazon Prime Video Dortmund
around the end of December and Aston Villa (H) – now Sunday 1 Frankfurt
into the New Year. January, kick-off 2pm – Sky Sports Inter
Crystal Palace (A) – now Wednes- Leipzig
Our Boxing Day trip to Brentford day 4 January, kick-off 8pm – Sky Liverpool
– the first Premier League fixture Sports Milan
after the World Cup – will now kick- Paris Saint-Germain
off at the earlier time of 12.30pm
UK, while we have new dates for Seeded teams will be drawn
the home match against Aston Villa against unseeded teams but
no side can face another team
from the same national asso-
ciation and clubs cannot face
opponents they met during the
group stage, either.

Ties take place over two legs,
with seeded teams at home in
the second legs. The first legs
are scheduled for 14/15/21/22
February, with the second legs
on 7/8/14/15 March.

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MATCH REWIND

MARSEILLE MBEMBA (45+2) 1
2
RMEAWTICNHD SPURS CLEMENT (54), HOJBJERG (90+5)

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MATCH REWIND

01.11.22 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | STADE VELODROME | REFEREE: SZYMON MARCINIAK

MARSEILLE (3-4-2-1): SPURS (3-4-3):
Lopez, Mbemba, Bailly (Gigot 9, Lloris (c), Dier, Lenglet, Davies, Perisic,
Kolasinac 73)), Balderi, Clauss (Kabore Bentancur (Skipp 84), Hojbjerg,
74), Rongier (c) (Suarez 83), Veretout Sessegnon (Royal 46), Lucas (Bryan
(Under 74), Tavares, Guendouzi, Harit, 90+3), Son (Bissouma 29) Kane.
Sanchez. Substitutes (not used): Substitutes (not used): Forster, Austin,
Ngapandouentnbu, Blanco, Gerson, Doherty, Spence, Sanchez, Tanganga,
Sarr, White.
Payet.

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F I V E ...

…CLASSIC PREMIER LEAGUE WINS OVER LIVERPOOL

1 2

22.10.17 18.09.11
SPURS 4 LIVERPOOL 1 SPURS 4 LIVERPOOL 0

Wembley Stadium hadn’t quite felt like home when Having been hammered 1-5 at White Hart Lane by
we entertained Liverpool there in October 2017. Our Manchester City in our opening home league game of
temporary accommodation while this stunning arena 2011/12, it was with some trepidation that we welcomed
was being built here in N17, we’d struggled to find our feet Liverpool for our second Premier League game in N17.
at the national stadium, losing to Chelsea, drawing with New signings Scott Parker and Emmanuel Adebayor made
Burnley and Swansea and only just edging past Barnsley their home debuts for us and we made a dream start with
(League Cup) and Bournemouth with 1-0 wins. But this the imperious Luka Modric scoring a stunning 25-yard
was the day it all changed as we blew Jurgen Klopp’s side curler on seven minutes. Our task was certainly helped
away. Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son struck early, Mo by two red cards to Kenny Dalglish’s side, Charlie Adam
Salah pulled one back but Dele Alli scored on the stroke and Martin Skrtel receiving their marching orders either
of half-time to leave us in control. Kane’s second on 56 side of half-time. Jermain Defoe doubled our lead on 66
minutes completed the scoring and we only lost one other minutes, while Adebayor marked his home debut with a
league game at Wembley that term, to champions-elect brace, his second coming with the last kick of the game.
Manchester City in April.
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was joined in the starting line-up by fellow youth product
01.11.08 Alton Thelwell, who was making his professional debut
SPURS 2 LIVERPOOL 1 and the pair both rose to the challenge on what was
Rock bottom of the Premier League at the time, confi- another great victory over the Merseysiders. Up against
dence was in short supply here at Spurs when Liverpool a formidable strike-force of Michael Owen and Robbie
arrived at White Hart Lane in November 2008. Harry Fowler, the youngsters acquitted themselves well, even
Redknapp’s recent appointment had helped to lift the though Fowler did open the scoring after just 18 minutes.
mood though and our dramatic 4-4 draw at Arsenal four By half-time though, we were ahead, as Les Ferdinand
days earlier was certainly a step in the right direction. and Tim Sherwood each scored and we held on during the
But we feared the worst when Dirk Kuyt blasted home second period for a fantastic victory.
to give the visitors a third minute lead, assisted by a
familiar face in Robbie Keane. Darren Bent sliced against 5
his own post, Steven Gerrard hit the woodwork twice and
Heurelho Gomes made a string of fine saves as Liverpool 31.10.92
dominated. But, when Jamie Carragher headed into his SPURS 2 LIVERPOOL 0
own net on 70 minutes to level the scores, momentum Our first-ever Premier League encounter with Liverpool
swung our way and we completed an unlikely comeback came 14 games into the inaugural season of the new
when Bent crossed for Roman Pavlyuchenko to score a competition back on Halloween in 1992, with a magnifi-
90th-minute winner. cent goal from Nayim the highlight of the afternoon. Both
sides were going through a transitional stage and that was
4 reflected in the league positions at the time, as we sat five
places off the bottom and Liverpool just five places above
19.11.00 us. While the visitors may have had the better of the first
SPURS 2 LIVERPOOL 1 half, we scored the goals in the second period to take the
Ledley King made his Spurs debut as a substitute in a 3-2 points. The opener was magnificent, as Gary Mabbutt
defeat at Anfield in May 1999, but had only featured a headed Neil Ruddock’s free-kick square to Nayim, whose
further three times for us when he was selected to face dipping 25-yard volley flew over David James. And we
the Reds again in November 2000. The Academy graduate wrapped things up when Nayim’s corner found Ruddock
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THE BIG INTERVIEW

LENGLETLLLLEEEENNNNGGGGLLLLEEEETTTT

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CLEMENT’S
TIME
AFTER BEING EASED INTO LIFE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, WE ARE
BEGINNING TO SEE THE BEST OF CLEMENT LENGLET. AFTER HIS
CRUCIAL GOAL AGAINST MARSEILLE IN MIDWEEK, THE FRENCH
INTERNATIONAL REFLECTS ON HIS TIME IN LILYWHITE SO FAR.

BY LIAM CARSON

I t’s been a fine week for Clement Lenglet. Having fallen behind to our French hosts at the Stade
Beginning last Saturday as we made the trip Velodrome with former Newcastle United defender
down to Bournemouth, the central defender was Chancel Mbemba heading in just before the break,
selected to start at the heart of our backline for the Clement stepped up nine minutes after the restart to
first time and was imperious in the clash as we came head us level – his first goal in our colours.
from 2-0 down to win 3-2.
Having been eased into life in English football, It was a crucial one for us too, enough to send us
the Frenchman showed the qualities at the Vitality through to the knockout stages, but we weren’t done
Stadium which have seen him gain such a reputation in there in the south of France as the swashbuckling Pierre-
European football; calm and composed on the ball with an Emile Hojbjerg strode forward in the game’s final seconds
eye for a pass but also a player who can play the game on before firing home emphatically, a goal which ultimately
the front foot, show his aggression and really take control saw us top Group D.
of situations.
“I am very happy because we knew it was a very
His fine performance at the base of our defence then important game for the group, for the team,” he reflected
saw him selected there for our crucial Champions League at full-time in Marseille. “The group fought a lot last year
group stage trip to Marseille on Tuesday and, once again, to qualify for the Champions League, so it was really
he impressed, not only in defence, but in attack. important to reach the next round.

“We didn’t play well in the first half. When we into the

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THE BIG INTERVIEW
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dressing room at half-time, it was an important moment THE BIG INTERVIEW
because we spoke about what we had to do with ambition. at home to Newcastle and away to Bournemouth.
We shared the sensations we had during the first half, and
it was important to speak like that and tell everyone that As with every player that experiences the intensity of
we only have one chance to stay in the Champions League. Premier League football, there is a period of adjustment,
It was an interesting moment, but also an important not just with the physical and mental aspect of the game,
moment for the game. but also the cultural side, which includes the change in
language. The 27-year-old centre-half though, was fully
“When we went back on the pitch, we played a better aware of that before he came. Prior to signing, he had
game with a lot of intensity, more aggressiveness. We reached out to his international team-mate and skipper,
tried to compete better. and Club captain here, Hugo Lloris, for more information
on what to expect. He was in very safe hands.
“Ivan has a really good foot and gave a beautiful
delivery. I moved inside, touched the guy to open the And now, after beginning to get more time on the pitch,
space and then I jumped with the right timing to score. Clement is settling in very well at Hotspur Way, is already
It was a very good moment for me because of course it very adept with the language and is looking to grow even
was an important goal for the team and for me because more both as a player and a person during his time in north
we were in France, in a big stadium. I had a lot of family in London.
the stadium, so it was important for me.”
“It’s been good,” he smiled as reflected on his start to
Being well acclimatised to the terrain of Champions life in N17. “It’s a new club and new country. Everything
League football having now racked up a half century of has been new for me because the language is completely
appearances in the competition, it is no surprise that part different from Spanish and French, but I am adapting.
of the France international’s adjustment to life in England
has seen him pick up a greater percentage of his minutes GPWOTLAAHFME“YEINWENEPTWDHTIBETEAIANTCNBHCSHWEKI,ATTWEOTLYOEEN”RT
in lilywhite on the continental stage.

So far, Clement has been on the pitch for 62 per cent of
our Champions League campaign whereas, in the Premier
League, he has only played 36 per cent of the available
minutes. However, he has now appeared in each of our
last four games in all competitions, started each of the
last three and that includes our last two league outings,

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

“IVAN GAVE
A BEAUTIFUL
DELIVERY. I MOVED
INSIDETHENI
JUMPEDWITHTHE
RIGHTTIMING
TO SCORE”

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ST“PTIQOILNEEAUAAALEMNIEKMNCAGTG-WKMRURLLNIAAIYYTSTGITTHNHEHEOSMG”EY week, we return home this afternoon for another huge
Premier League clash as Liverpool make the trip to
“I am trying to learn the language quickly to speak with Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
my team-mates in English when I can and Spanish when
they speak Spanish. I am open to growing in this aspect Consistently one of the strongest sides in the top
and I want to grow quickly here. flight over the last few seasons, the Reds will arrive in
north London having endured an uncustomary frustrating
“The group here is really good. All of the guys are in a start to the campaign. Going into this weekend’s round of
good shape to help the new players. They try to help us to matches, the Merseyside club sat 10th in the table having
be better in every aspect and to help each other. won just four of their opening 12 games and having lost
their last two.
“Hugo, of course, is an important person for me. Before
I signed here, I spoke with him to get an understanding Despite their difficult beginnings to the season
of the Club, the idea and the players. I asked him a lot of though, Clement is well aware of the threat that Jurgen
questions. He has been here for a long time, he knows Klopp’s side pose. He may not have played in the Premier
very well how the Club is growing so he is definitely an League prior to this campaign, but our number 34 has
important person for the group and me. faced the Reds three times previously and all in the
Champions League – once for Sevilla as the Spanish
“I spoke with the coach too so, when you speak with side came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 with Liverpool in
the captain, the coach and with Fabio (Paratici), you November, 2017 and then, as Clement terms it, the tie of
understand what they want and where I would go if I ‘the different scenario’, as his parent club Barcelona fell
accepted the challenge. After all the conversations, to Liverpool following the Reds’ famous comeback in the
I understood it was a very good option for me to come competition’s semi-finals in May, 2019.
here, to compete in this league and to grow here as both
a man and a player. “They haven’t started like they have done in recent
seasons, but they are a team with a lot of talent,” he
“And the Premier League has been totally different to discussed. “They have big players in every position, and
La Liga. The intensity is higher. Of course, every game is they are of course a big opponent for us in the Premier
tough, so we have to always be ready and fit to compete League. The way they can play, with their coach, they are
and to try to win because we are now in a process where always a difficult opponent.
we want to stay high in the table. It is an important season
for us and the Club.” “It is always an open game against them. They are
really good on the counter-attack with the ball and,
After back-to-back wins on the road over the past without the ball, they press really high. They are a very big
team with their levels of intensity. We need to be ready
THFC to fight a lot today because Liverpool never thinks it’s
finished and always tries to put both your brain and body
under high pressure.”

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MAKING THEIR DEBUTS
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MDAEKBINGUTTHSEIR 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.

JIMMYROBERTSON

30.03.1964 Jimmy Robertson was one of a number Robertson – signed from St Mirren
of debutants in the second half of a few weeks’ earlier – did catch the eye
FIRST DIVISION the 1963/64 season, featuring in our despite the result, as one newspaper
colours for the first time on a visit report wrote: ‘Robertson…must have
LIVERPOOL to Anfield towards the end of that spent his two weeks in residence watch-
SPURS campaign. ing old Spurs films because he showed
all the flair and confidence that carried
DID YOU KNOW? Bill Nicholson had been able to field the side to its triumphs.’
a fairly settled side in the first part of
When Steve Walford came off the season and had seen his team put Glasgow born, Robertson had the
the bench to make his Spurs together a run of results that had them ability to play on either flank but spent
debut against Liverpool on 13 leading the way in the First Division by much of his Spurs career on the right
December 1975, he became the time the end of February 1964 came wing, supplying the ammunition for
the 500th player to wear our around. Jimmy Greaves and Alan Gilzean. His
colours in a senior match, going finest moment came in the 1967 FA
right back to our first FA Cup tie But, as injuries and the gruelling Cup Final when he scored the opening
against West Herts in October fixture list started to take their toll, goal to set us on the way to victory over
1894. Our most recent debutant, we were forced into changing our Chelsea.
Djed Spence, is number 866. personnel and the likes of Derek Possee,
Laurie Brown and Alan Mullery were all He moved to Arsenal in October 1968
handed their debuts. Despite being in and later had spells with Ipswich Town,
a strong position to mount a serious Stoke City, Walsall and Crewe Alexandra.
title tilt, we started to lose our way and
suffered costly back-to-back defeats
to Everton, Manchester United and
Liverpool – all teams vying with us for the
championship.

On Good Friday, we were beaten 3-1
by Liverpool at White Hart Lane and
then drew with Fulham the following
day before heading to Anfield on
Easter Monday for the return fixture
against the Reds. It was in this game
that Robertson made his Spurs debut,
replacing Terry Dyson, but he was unable
to make an impact as we lost 3-1 again.
Ian St John scored two goals in quick
succession, Mullery pulled one back
almost immediately but Alf Arrowsmith
wrapped it up for the home side in the
second half.

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MAKING THEIR DEBUTS

PAUL ROBINSON

14.08.2004 One of the most popular players to a volley before Jermain Defoe scored to
have featured for the club in the level it up. Robbo ensured we held on for
PREMIER LEAGUE modern era, Paul Robinson’s first a point when he produced a superb save
introduction to the Spurs goalkeeping in the dying seconds, tipping over Jamie
SPURS jersey was on the opening day of the Carragher’s header.
LIVERPOOL 2004/05 Premier League season.
Over the next few years, he became
With new Head Coach Jacques a huge favourite with the Spurs faithful.
Santini at the helm, Robinson was one of An excellent shot-stopper, commanding
six players in the starting line up to make and confident in the area and with a
their Spurs debuts, before Thimothee goalkick that could have the opposing
Atouba made it seven when he came off defence turned around in a flash, he
the bench in the second half. was also a great character around the
training ground with his jovial nature.
‘Robbo’ had made his name with It was a mighty swing of his boot that
Leeds United, coming through the led to him scoring another goal, this
ranks to win the FA Youth Cup before time against Watford at the Lane in
breaking into the first team at Elland March 2007, as his free-kick from deep
Road. He went on to feature 119 times inside his own half sailed through the air,
for the club including Champions bounced over Ben Foster in the Hornets
League appearances and even scored a goal and landed in the back of the net.
header from a corner in a League Cup tie
against Swindon Town. It wouldn’t be the Robbo starred for England too,
last time he found the back of the net! until a freak incident against Croatia in
October 2006, in a Euro 2008 qualifier,
Following Leeds’ relegation from when Gary Neville’s backpass bobbled
the Premier League at the end of the over his foot and trickled into the net.
2003/04 season, we swooped to sign Unfairly blamed for the goal, Robbo’s
Robbo and he joined us in May 2004 confidence took a hit and over time, his
before he headed off with England form dipped as a result. He did feature
for the European Championships that for us in our Carling Cup Final win over
summer. Chelsea but that was one of his last
appearances in our colours.
On his return, Robinson was swiftly
given the number one jersey and his In July 2008, after 175 games and
first opportunity to shine in front of the one goal for us, he left to join Blackburn
Spurs fans was for the visit of Liverpool, Rovers and featured over 200 times at
under their new manager Rafa Benitez. Ewood Park until he wound down his
The keeper was beaten in the 38th playing career with a spell at Burnley.
minute when Djibril Cisse guided home

DID YOU KNOW? THFC

Our six full debutants against
Liverpool in August 2004 is the
most in one of our senior games
in the post-war era. As well as
Paul Robinson, we gave debuts
to Sean Davis, Erik Edman,
Phil Ifil, Pedro Mendes and
Noureddine Naybet.

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MAKING THEIR DEBUTS

PETER CROUCH

16.08.2009 A teenage trainee with Spurs, Peter of Fernando Torres, Crouch returned to
Crouch came through our youth ranks Portsmouth in July 2008 where Harry
PREMIER LEAGUE and turned professional in 1998, Redknapp was in charge and, when the
but didn’t make his Spurs debut for manager left Pompey to take over here
SPURS another 11 years. in N17, Crouchy soon followed, returning
LIVERPOOL to his spiritual home in July 2009.
The tall striker had loan spells with
Dulwich Hamlet and Swedish side IFK It was a welcome homecoming for
Hassleholm while at Spurs in his younger the player, who at last got the chance to
days but couldn’t break into a side which appear at White Hart Lane in a lilywhite
included the likes of established centre shirt. As luck would have it, our first
forwards Chris Armstrong, Steffen game of the 2009/10 season came
Iversen and Les Ferdinand. Instead, he against Crouchy’s former employers and
left us in search of regular first team so he took his place on the bench for the
football, initially joining Queens Park visit of Liverpool.
Rangers in July 2000.
Nine minutes after Sebastien
Over the course of the next few Bassong had headed us into a 59th-min-
years, Crouchy’s stock started to rise. ute 2-1 lead – on his full debut, ironically
A classic target man who was obviously – Crouch stepped off the bench to finally
great in the air due to his height, he also make his Spurs bow, replacing Robbie
had superb technical ability and was Keane as we held out for the win.
more than comfortable with the ball
at his feet, where he could show his Although he only netted 24 goals in
footballing skills. He knew where the his 93 Spurs appearances, some of them
goal was too and could score all types were among the most crucial goals in
of goals. the club’s recent history. It was his
header at Manchester City in May 2010
Given the opportunity to show that secured our first-ever Champions
his talents, he moved from QPR to League qualification and he scored big
Portsmouth, then onto Aston Villa, goals in that competition against Young
and Southampton before getting a Boys, Internazionale and Milan.
high-profile move to Liverpool. Although
he struggled in front of goal at first, He was on the move in August 2011,
once he got going they flowed regularly joining Stoke City where he spent the
at Anfield, even if Crouchy wasn’t always next eight seasons and was regularly
in the starting XI. among the goals, before bringing his
playing days to an end with a brief spell
Following the arrival on Merseyside at Burnley.

DID YOU KNOW? 25

A total of 37 players have made
their Spurs debuts against
Liverpool. First to do so was
forward David Brown on 26
March 1910 – his only league
appearance for us – and our last
debutant against the Reds was
Shayon Harrison, who came off
the bench in a League Cup tie at
Anfield on 25 October 2016.

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THE WHY WORD

“ Y WORD

TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT

“ I hate hearing the ‘YWord’ sung on the way
to from, and in our magnificent stadium.
I can understand why other Spurs supporters
started using it, trying to reclaim what was a

derogatory term. However, I don't think it

should be used in songs. There are so many

other songs that Spurs supporters can sing,

given that songs containing the ‘Y Word’ may

be offensive.

Spurs fan | Non-Jewish | 35 - 44

Read more at to enhamhotspur.com/thewhyword

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LIVERPOOL DRAWN

4 LOST

4

4

(2022/23 PL STATS)

T he Merseysiders head to 10-YEAR RECORD JKULROGPEPN
North London looking for their
first away win of the 2022/23 SEASON PTS POS W D L GF GA D.O.B: 16.06.67
Premier League season, with 2012-13 61 7 16 13 9 71 43 CLUB POSITION: MANAGER
injuries to key players causing 2013-14 84 2 26 6 6 101 50 NATIONALITY: GERMAN
headaches for a squad which narrowly 2014-15 62 6 18 8 12 52 48
missed out on the league title last 2015-16 60 8 16 12 10 63 50 Klopp is now the longest-serving boss in
season. After a huge win at Anfield 2016-17 76 4 22 10 6 78 42 the Premier League, having taken over
against Manchester City last month, 2017-18 75 4 21 12 5 84 38 in October 2015. He’s ended the club’s
Jurgen Klopp’s side followed up with 2018-19 97 2 30 7 1 89 22 wait for a Premier League title (2020),
two domestic defeats – away to 2019-20 99 1 32 3 3 85 33 as well as winning the Champions
Nottingham Forest and at home to 2020-21 69 3 20 9 9 68 42 League (2019) among other trophies.
Leeds United. They’ll be desperate to 2021-22 92 2 28 8 2 94 26
get back on track in the league this
afternoon as we approach the break PREM CHAMP LEAGUE 1
for the World Cup.

FORM GUIDE

W LWLW

LIVERPOOL 1 NOTTM FOREST 1 AJAX 0 LIVERPOOL 1 LIVERPOOL 2
WEST HAM 0 LIVERPOOL 0 LIVERPOOL 3 LEEDS 2 NAPOLI 0

PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
19.10.22 22.10.22 26.10.22 29.10.22 01.11.22

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OPPOSITION — LIVERPOOL 2 DF 5

GK 1 DF

ALISSON JOE IBRAHIMA
GOMEZ KONATE
D.O.B: 02.10.92
NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN D.O.B: 23.05.97 D.O.B: 25.05.99
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: FRENCH
DF 21
DF 26 DF 32

KONSTANTINOS ANDREW JOEL
TSIMIKAS ROBERTSON MATIP

D.O.B: 12.05.96 D.O.B: 11.03.94 D.O.B: 08.08.91
NATIONALITY: GREEK NATIONALITY: SCOTTISH NATIONALITY: CAMEROONIAN

DF 66 MF 3 MF 6

TRENT FABINHO THIAGO
ALEXANDER-ARNOLD
D.O.B: 23.10.93 D.O.B: 11.04.91
D.O.B: 07.10.98 NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN NATIONALITY: SPANISH
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH
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(2022/23 PL STATS)
GOALS
12
ASSISTS
4

23
4 12 1 78
1 APPS SAMLOAH 3 APPS
ONS
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INT

D.O.B: 08.07.91 D.O.B: 15.06.92 D.O.B: 24.06.99
POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: FORWARD POSITION: FORWARD
NATIONALITY: DUTCH NATIONALITY: EGYPTIAN NATIONALITY: URUGUAYAN

The Breda-born centre-back joined So often Liverpool’s goalscoring The 23-year-old striker was a summer
Liverpool from Southampton in inspiration since signing from Roma in signing from Benfica, having enjoyed a
2018 following stints at Celtic and 2017, the Egyptian attacker is currently prolific stint at the Portuguese giants
Groningen. A much-decorated on 167 goals for the club from 272 that saw him score 48 goals in 85
defender, last season saw his return appearances. Capped 83 times for appearances in all competitions. He’s
from a serious knee injury. Egypt, he has 45 goals for them. been capped 13 times by his country.

BY NUMBERS

2017 2 62.8
Our last victory against Liverpool – with Number of draws between Spurs and Percentage of possession for Liverpool
a 4-1 scoreline that October. Liverpool last season. in the league this season.

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L I V E R P O O L’S L A ST G A M E

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MF 7 MF 14 MF 19

JAMES JORDAN HARVEY
MILNER HENDERSON ELLIOTT

D.O.B: 04.01.86 D.O.B: 17.06.90 D.O.B: 04.04.03
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

6 39 23BY NUMBERS
Goals scored by Roberto Firmino in the Saves in the league made by Liverpool Number of interceptions by Joe Gomez
league this season – Liverpool’s highest. keeper Alisson Becker this term. in this season’s Premier League.

MF 17 MF 28 FW 9

CURTIS FABIO ROBERTO
JONES CARVALHO FIRMINO

D.O.B: 30.01.01 D.O.B: 30.08.02 D.O.B: 02.10.91
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN

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THE WHY WORD

2022/2023 STAT PACK

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR LIVERPOOL

MATCH FACTS & TOTAL CARDS

Tottenham are winless in 25 12 Liverpool have only failed to
their last nine Premier League 1 1 score in one of their last 20
games against Liverpool Premier League meetings
(D3 L6), since a 4-1 win in with Tottenham (0-0 in Oct.
October 2017. 2015), while they’ve lost just
one of their last 19 against
Spurs (D6 L12).

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GOALS EXPECTED GOALS GOALS EXPECTED GOALS CLEAN

��193 212 ��50.1 62.6 ��CONCEDED ��AGAINST ��SHEETS
AVERAGE 13.5 10.8 10 6 22
SHOTS POSSESSION % SHOT CONVERSION POINTS GAINED AFTER POINTS DROPPED
RATE % TRAILING AFTER LEADING

GOAL TIMES

SCORED CONCEDED SCORED CONCEDED

0-15 2 2 0-15 3 3

16-30 3 3 16-30 2 2

31-45 4 3 31-45 4 4

46-60 4 4 46-60 3 2

61-75 7 2 61-75 5 1

76-90 6 2 76-90 6 3

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PASSIONATE ABOUT TOTTENHAM
38 THFC

PASSIONATE ABOUT TOTTENHAM

JERMAIN DEFOE SHOWS OFF
HIS DRUMMING SKILLS!

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Jermain Defoe and Drew Spence joined A few days earlier, Spurs Women’s the Club’s history, Walter was the first
youngsters in the local community midfielder Drew surprised children at black outfield player to appear in the
recently as part of our celebrations Duke’s Aldridge Academy with a similar Football League, making 10 appearances
during Black History Month. session involving football skills and drills for us between 1909-11. He was also
and a dance and drumming workshop. the first British-born black combat
Throughout October, the Club has officer in the British Army. Tragically
been marking Black History Month - the After the physical session, the group killed in action aged 29, Walter was
annual celebration of the UK’s black also had the opportunity to ask the posthumously awarded the British War
history and heritage - as part of our Jamaica international some questions of and Victory Medal.
commitment to promoting equality and their own around Black History Month,
diversity for all. including who inspired her growing up, Spurs REACH – our supporters’
how to deal with discrimination and why group for fans from diverse and
Academy Coach and Club the campaign is important to her. under-represented ethnic backgrounds
Ambassador Jermain joined over 30 and their allies – held its first in-person
children at Duke’s Aldridge Academy – a Drew said: “It was great to meet event to celebrate Black History Month.
secondary school located next door to so many young people today from the
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – for an community and join in their coaching Hosted at Tottenham Hotspur
African drumming rhythm workshop session. It’s brilliant to see the Club Stadium, over 100 people joined Troy
and carnival dance taster class, just one delivering these types of sessions and Townsend, Head of Development at Kick
of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation’s celebrating Black History Month.” It Out, for a Q&A panel session alongside
free half-term programmes which Club Ambassador Ledley King, Academy
celebrated Black History Month. Throughout October, Tottenham Head of Coaching Chris Powell, Club
Hotspur Foundation delivered work- presenter Rebekah Walker and lifelong
After showing off his skills on the shops in local primary schools focussed Spurs fan, one of the UK’s biggest rap
dance floor, Jermain then showed his on the life and legacy of Walter Tull. artists, AJ Tracey.
skills on the football pitch, joining in
with a coaching session, followed by One of the most important figures in
a Q&A with the children talking about
the importance of recognising black DREW SPENCE TEACHES LOCAL
history and culture, and who inspired YOUNGSTERS SOME FOOTBALL SKILLS
him growing up.

Speaking at the event, Jermain said:
“It’s so important that we celebrate
Black History Month, and it was great
to come down today and join in with the
different activities. I tried my best with
the drumming and dance, but I think I’ll
stick with football! Tottenham is an area
full of different, vibrant cultures and it
was brilliant to meet and see so many
people today celebrating this.”

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SPURS WOMEN

SPURS WOMEN

ASHLEIGH NEVILLE SLIDES AWAY IN
DELIGHT AFTER SCORING OUR THIRD

BRIGHTON BLOWN AWAY bottom right from distance, but our swivelled, and smashed it past Walsh.
IN DEVASTATING number one was equal to it. And, straight from the kick-off, the
DISPLAY
We doubled our lead on 19 minutes Seagulls gave the ball away and Naz
We produced our biggest ever win when Nikola Karczewska chased down lobbed the keeper for an emphatic
in the Women’s Super League last a pass back to Walsh, narrowing the seventh.
weekend with an emphatic 8-0 angle and giving herself an open goal
triumph away to Brighton & Hove to tap the ball into before we made it Gracie Pearse made her Spurs
Albion. 3-0 10 minutes later. Eveliina  debut when she came on for Bartrip
Summanen flicked on James’ corner in the 71st minute, while Elisabeth
Four goals in each half – with towards the back post, where Neville Terland almost gave Brighton a
Ashleigh Neville, Drew Spence and was on hand to cushion it back across
Jessica Naz all scoring braces – goal into the top right corner on her JESS NAZ TUCKS HOME
ensured we cruised to victory on the left foot with power and precision and OUR EIGHTH GOAL
south coast and surpassed our knee slide away with delight.
previous best win, which also came
against Brighton when we beat them In stoppage time at the end of the
4-0 at home last season. first half, Neville put Spence through
on goal, and she cleverly twisted and
The game couldn’t have got off to turned away from Victoria Williams
a better start for us, as Molly Bartrip before picking out the bottom right
spotted the opportunity to go forward corner for 4-0.
for a short corner. Receiving the ball
from Angharad James, she looked We showed no signs of slowing
up and looped a shot over the top of down in the second half and three
Megan Walsh in the Brighton goal. goals in four minutes just showed
how dominant we were. On 56
It was a fairly even contest in the minutes, we extended our lead as
early stages and Veatriki Sarri had Neville headed in a right-wing cross
Albion’s first chance when she shot from Celine Bizet, before Spence
straight at Tinja-Riikka Korpela and got her second and our sixth just two
the hosts came closer to an equal- minutes later when she received the
iser when Julia Zigiotti Olme tested ball in the penalty area from Neville,
Korpela with a shot towards the

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SPURS WOMEN

FIXTURES

DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES consolation in the 78th minute, but GRACIE’S DREAM!
saw her effort deflected just past the
SEPTEMBER post. Gracie Pearse has been a Spurs fan
from a young age, so to make her
SUN 18 A LEICESTER CITY 2-1 We weren’t finished though and in debut for the club in the 8-0 WSL
the 83rd minute, the ball fell kindly win against Brighton was a child-
SAT 24 A ARSENAL 0-4 for Naz to place it into the top corner hood dream come true.
for 8-0, to cap an outstanding team
OCTOBER performance. “It felt great, to be honest,” she said
after the game. “I’ve been waiting a
SUN 2 A READING** 2-1 Brighton: Walsh, Green (Fox 20), little while to come on the pitch, but
Williams, Kullberg, Pattinson, Zigiotti being patient and it finally coming was
SUN 16 H LIVERPOOL 1-0 (Park 86), Bance (Carter 46), Lee, a great feeling.”
Terland, Sarri (Jarvis 86), Robinson
SAT 22 H MANCHESTER CITY 0-3 (Ferguson 69). Substitutes (not used): Spurs were already 7-0 up when
Startup, Connolly, Stott. Pearse replaced Molly Bartrip in the
SUN 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 8-0 71st minute, and Gracie was keen to
Spurs: Korpela, Turner, Bartrip maintain the high level of quality when
NOVEMBER (Pearse 71), Zadorsky, Ale, she came on.
Summanen (Cho 46), James, Bizet
SUN 6 H EVERTON 2PM (Ayane 71), Spence, Neville (Ubogagu “Honestly, even when I was on the
63), Karczewska (Naz 46). Substi- bench, prior to coming on, it was good
SUN 20 A CHELSEA 2PM tutes (not used): Spencer, Harrop. football to watch. The amount of
shots we were taking, because that
SUJ 27 H COVENTRY UNITED** 2PM GOALFEST DELIGHTS was a target we had prior to the game
REHANNE – taking more shots. Eight goals, they
DECEMBER were great goals as well, so it was
Our faultless performance during good football.
SUN 4 A READING 2PM last Sunday’s 8-0 win against
Brighton ensured Head Coach “It meant so much to be fair,
SUN 11 H WEST HAM UNITED 2PM Rehanne Skinner was full of praise especially my mum and dad being
for her side after the game. here was quite nice. It was a great
SUN 18 A SOUTHAMPTON** 2PM game to come into.”
“I’m delighted and obviously
JANUARY really proud of the players with the GRACIE PEARSE
way they applied themselves.” She
SAT 14 A ASTON VILLA 2PM revealed. “Right from the first minute,
we showed our intent and were
SUN 22 H LEICESTER CITY 2PM really positive in terms of pressing
and getting high and creating prob-
FEBRUARY lems for them, but I think, overall,
the biggest difference is you’ve got
SUN 5 H CHELSEA 2PM to take on opportunities and that’s
something that we’ve been working
MARCH on and talking about and I think today
showed what we’re capable of as a
SUN 5 A MANCHESTER CITY 2PM team in front of goal. 

SUN 12 A LIVERPOOL 2PM “It’s taken a little bit of time for the
players to believe that and we needed
SUN 26 H ARSENAL 2PM this today. It’s always been there but
we just needed to make sure we got a
APRIL result like this and it will definitely be
a platform from which to jump from
SUN 2 A EVERTON 1PM really.

SUN 23 H ASTON VILLA 2PM “We had seven shots in the first
half and scored four, so obviously
SUN 30 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2PM that’s a huge improvement on some of
the areas that we’ve been working on
MAY in the past and that was the challenge
today really.
SUN 7 A MANCHESTER UNITED 12PM
“Clean sheet, eight goals – every-
SUN 21 H READING 2PM body’s done their job and everybody’s
contributed to that brilliantly.”
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 5 5 0 0 14 0 +14 15

ARSENAL 5 5 0 0 14 1 +13 15

CHELSEA 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15

MANCHESTER CITY 5 3 0 2 12 7 +5 9

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 5 3 0 2 11 8 +3 9

EVERTON 6 3 0 3 6 7 -1 9

WEST HAM UNITED 6 3 0 3 8 11 -3 9

ASTON VILLA 5 2 0 3 8 9 -1 6

READING 5 1 0 4 5 11 -6 3

LIVERPOOL 5 1 0 4 3 9 -6 3

BRIGHTON 5 1 0 4 2 19 -17 3

LEICESTER CITY 6 0 0 6 2 12 -10 0

UP TO AND INCLUDING 29.10.22

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UNDER-21S

UNDER-21S

GOALSCORER YAGO SANTIAGO TUSSLES
WITH UNITED’S TOBY COLLYER

UNITED PINCH A POINT Wayne Burnett’s side, who have now Spurs: Keeley, Craig, Cesay,
drawn three of their last four league Fagan-Walcott, Lyons-Foster, Sarr
A 92nd-minute equaliser from Marc matches and continue to scrap for (Lankshear 66), Mundle (Muir 71),
Jurado snatched away what would points in the lower reaches of the White (Robson 85), Santiago, Devine,
have been a priceless victory for table, with United surely grateful for John (c). Substitutes (not used):
our Under-21s, as we were agonis- the share of the spoils to aid their own Hayton, Mathurin.
ingly forced to share the spoils with quest to edge away from danger.
Manchester United in the Premier Manchester United: Vitek, Mengi (c),
League 2 at Stevenage last weekend PAPE MATAR SARR IN ACTION Hardley, Savage, Bennett, Collyer
(Saturday 29 October). AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED (Huddlestone 66), Jurado, Iqbal
(Forson 27), Mainoo, Shoretire,
After Noam Emeran missed an Emeran. Substitutes (not used):
early penalty for the visitors and Alfie Harrison, Gore, Fredricson.
Devine was denied one-on-one by
United goalkeeper Radek Vitek, we A FAMILIAR FACE!
grabbed the lead four minutes before
half-time when Devine found Yago There was a recogniseable figure
Santiago, who fired home his second among Manchester United’s substi-
goal in as many games. tutes when we faced their Under-21s
at Stevenage last week – a certain
Although the Red Devils had their Tom Huddlestone!
fair share of possession, we limited
them to very few openings in the main Our former midfielder, now 35,
and it looked as if Santiago’s goal signed for United in the summer as a
would be enough as we battled hard to player-coach for their Development
see out a long-overdue victory...only Squad, training and playing alongside
for Jurado to curl into the top corner the Red Devils’ youngsters to help
after the ball fell kindly for him in a them with their game.
crowded 18-yard box in stoppage time,
ensuring the game ended 1-1. Eligible to feature in matches as
one of the permitted overage players,
It was heartbreaking stuff for

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UNDER-21S

FIXTURES & RESULTS KALLUM CESAY TRIES HIS
LUCK AGAINST FULHAM
DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES Tom, who was with us between 2005
AUGUST and 2013, came on mid-way through the penalty was saved by Fulham goal-
MON 8 A LEICESTER CITY 2-2 second half of what turned out to be keeper Alex Borto, denying our
FRI 12 H EVERTON 0-2 a 1-1 draw. Under-21s a precious victory at
SUN 21 A MANCHESTER CITY 0-0 Hotspur Way on 22 October.
FRI 26 H LIVERPOOL 3-3 On the subject of midfielders,
TUE 30 A WYCOMBE WANDERERS (PJT) 0-0 last Saturday’s game saw a first Despite conceding to Connor
SEPTEMBER competitive appearance in our colours McAvoy inside three minutes, we were
SAT 3 A CRYSTAL PALACE 0-3 for Pape Matar Sarr. the better side throughout and created
SAT 17 H BLACKBURN ROVERS* 1-3 a host of chances to score, Borto
TUE 20 A PETERBOROUGH UNITED (PJT) 0-3 The 20-year-old Senegal interna- notably denying Kallum Cesay and
FRI 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 0-4 tional signed for us in 2021 from Metz Mundle during the first period.
OCTOBER and spent last season back with the
SAT 8 H ARSENAL* 1-1 French club on loan. When Yago Santiago planted home
SAT 15 A WOLVES 1-4 a 63rd-minute equaliser from inside
TUE 18 A STEVENAGE (PJT) 0-1 TWO DERBIES BEFORE a congested Fulham box, we looked
SAT 22 H FULHAM* 1-1 WE PAUSE good value to go on and secure a win,
SAT 29 H MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 Alfie Devine and Brooklyn Lyons-
NOVEMBER We have back-to-back away London Foster going close from a subsequent
MON 7 A CHELSEA 7PM derbies in the Premier League 2 this corner as we determinedly tried to find
FRI 11 A WEST HAM UNITED 7PM week before a break in the fixture a second goal.
JANUARY calendar for the World Cup.
SUN 8 A LIVERPOOL 2PM But when that one last golden
FRI 13 H WEST HAM UNITED 7PM First on the agenda is a trip to opportunity we craved finally arose
MON 23 H WOLVES 7PM Chelsea tomorrow night (Monday 7 in the last few minutes, Mundle – who
FRI 27 A ARSENAL 7PM November), kick-off 7pm at King- also failed to score from the spot in the
FEBRUARY smeadow. Then on Friday night (11 previous weekend’s defeat at Wolves
MON 13 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 7PM November), it’s another huge game – was denied by Borto to ensure the
FRI 17 A EVERTON 7PM in the battle for points in the lower game ended 1-1, leading to a feeling of
MON 27 H CRYSTAL PALACE 7PM reaches of the table as we take on immense frustration at full-time.
MARCH basement side West Ham United at Spurs: Keeley, Robson, Muir,
FRI 3 A FULHAM 7PM Rush Green, again with a 7pm start. Fagan-Walcott, Lyons-Foster, Craig,
FRI 17 H LEICESTER CITY 7PM Cesay (Lankshear 76), John (c),
APRIL Like the first team, our Under-21s Santiago (Mathurin 88), Devine,
MON 3 H MANCHESTER CITY 7PM do not have any competitive fixtures Mundle. Substitutes (not used):
SAT 15 A BLACKBURN ROVERS 1PM scheduled during the upcoming winter Maguire, Dorrington.
MON 24 H CHELSEA 7PM World Cup in Qatar, although our Fulham: Borto, D’Auria-Henry, Parkes,
FRI 28 A MANCHESTER UNITED 7PM Under-18s will continue to be in action Bowatt, McAvoy, Williams (McFar-
as normal throughout that mid- lane 58), Godo, Dibley-Dias, Sander-
HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT LAMEX STADIUM November to December period. son, Sekularac (Tanton 81), O’Neill (c).
UNLESS STATED Substitutes (not used): Allen, Okkas.
* PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY LATE SPOT-KICK MISS
PROVES COSTLY
PL2 TABLE
Romaine Mundle’s 87th-minute
P W D L F A D PTS

ARSENAL 10 5 5 0 21 11 +10 20

FULHAM 10 5 4 1 24 8 +16 19

CRYSTAL PALACE 10 5 4 1 26 17 +9 19

LIVERPOOL 10 5 4 1 19 11 +8 19

EVERTON 10 6 1 3 20 15 +5 19

MAN CITY 10 5 3 2 23 17 +6 18

CHELSEA 11 4 5 2 26 20 +6 17

WOLVES 11 4 2 5 17 23 -6 14

BRIGHTON 10 3 4 3 21 17 +4 13

BLACKBURN 11 3 1 7 15 23 -8 10

MAN UNITED 11 1 7 3 20 30 -10 10

LEICESTER CITY 10 2 2 6 14 25 -11 8

TOTTENHAM 11 0 6 5 9 23 -14 6

WEST HAM 11 0 2 9 11 26 -15 2

UP TO AND INCLUDING 31.10.22

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UNDER-18S

UNDER-18S

VICTORY IN FRANCE OUR LADS LINE UP AHEAD OF OUR FINAL
UEFA YOUTH LEAGUE GAME IN MARSEILLE
We bowed out of this season’s
UEFA Youth League with a good Sporting CP come from a goal down 70), Devine, Lankshear (Williams
performance and victory at Marseille to beat us 2-1 and end our hopes 65), Donley, Mundle (Olusesi 77).
on Tuesday afternoon. of progressing in the UEFA Youth Substitutes (not used): Gunter,
League at Hotspur Way on 26 Mathurin.
With both teams already eliminated October.
from the competition, we were playing Sporting CP: Callai, Monteiro, Batista,
for pride at OM Campus and after Already facing an uphill struggle Muniz, Travassos, Veiga (c), Cabral
Romaine Mundle’s spectacular curling to qualify for the knockout stages, (Besugo 77), Cruz (Mendonca 89),
opener on 86 seconds was cancelled only a win would have kept us in Ribeiro (Nel 90+4), Justo, Moreira
out by Aylan Benyahia Tani, goals from with a fighting chance but after Will (Balde Sanca 77). Substitutes (not
Alfie Devine and substitute Damola Lankshear capitalised on a defensive used): Francisco Silva, Pedro Silva,
Ajayi gave us a deserved advantage, mistake to put us ahead inside 46 Marques.
Gael Lafont’s 90th-minute goal seconds, the Portuguese visitors
for Marseille making for a 3-2 final turned things around through goals HEAVY DEFEAT TO
scoreline as we finished on a positive from Cruz on 19 and 65 minutes to COTTAGERS
note and avoided the wooden spoon in maintain top spot in Group D.
Group D. Spurs: Maguire, Abbott, Linton Our youngsters succumbed to a 6-0
(McKnight 46), Chaplin, Dorrington defeat away at Fulham in the Under-
Marseille: Van Neck, Doumeng, (Ajayi 70), John (c), Santiago (Moore 18 Premier League on 22 October.
Boulmot (Hamzaoui Slimani 59),
Nyakoussi, Said Mmadi (c), Traore, TYRELL ASHCROFT BATTLES The hosts broke the deadlock on 32
Mughe, Daou (Bertelli 71), Dessus FOR POSSESSION AGAINST minutes with Terrell Works winning and
(Hassad 64), Benyahia Tani (Lukoki SPORTING then dispatching a penalty and in the
46), Gebreyesus (Lafont 59). space of four minutes, they were three
Substitutes (not used): Sacco, Avazeri. to the good with Oliver Gofford and
Aaron Loupalo-Bi finding the target.
Spurs: Gunter, Mundle (Owen 78), On the stroke of half-time it was 4-0
Linton, Sayers (Morgan 59), Chaplin, as Loupalo-Bi added his second, with
John (c) (Olusesi 71), Santiago, Devine, substitute Callum Osmand scoring
Williams (Ajayi 59), Moore, Mathurin twice more right at the end of the
(McKnight 71). Substitutes (not used): game.
Hayton, Akhamrich.
Spurs: Gunter (c), Bryan-Waugh, King,
INTERNATIONAL DUTY Chaplin, Linton, Olusesi (Willhoft-King
FOR IROW 56), McKnight, Moore, Ajayi (Bloxham
56), Owen (Akhamrich 83), Williams.
Oliver Irow has played a part in Substitutes (not used): Krasniqi,
England Under-17s securing top Bloedorn.
spot in their European Under-17
Championship qualifying round
group over the last couple of weeks.

The striker featured in all three of
the Young Lions’ games in Georgia,
starting in a 3-1 victory over Lithuania on
25 October before coming off the bench
in the latter stages of a 6-2 triumph
over the host nation three days later. He
again appeared as a late substitute in
the third and final match, a 1-1 draw with
Israel on Monday (31 October). It means
England progress to the 32-team elite
round of qualifying in the spring, with
the aim of booking a spot in the finals in
Hungary next summer.

CRUZ INSPIRES
SPORTING COMEBACK

A brace from Marco Cruz saw

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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 0-6

WED 26 H SPORTING CP 1-2

NOVEMBER

TUE 1 A MARSEILLE 3-2

SAT 5 A CHARLTON ATH (U18PLC) 11AM

SAT 19 H CHELSEA 11AM

SAT 26 A CRYSTAL PALACE 11AM

TUE 29 H NORWICH CITY

DECEMBER

SAT 3 A WEST HAM UNITED 11AM

SAT 17 H SOUTHAMPTON 11.30AM

JANUARY

SAT 7 H ASTON VILLA 12PM

SAT 14 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 11.30AM GETTING TO KNOW…
MAESON KING
SAT 28 A CHELSEA 11AM

FEBRUARY

SAT 11 H CRYSTAL PALACE 11AM

SAT 18 A SOUTHAMPTON 11.30AM

SAT 25 H WEST HAM UNITED 11AM Ryan Sessegnon as wing-backs at the
moment, with Ben Davies and Clement
MARCH Here in the matchday programme, Lenglet who can play on the left side
we give you a chance to get to of a three, so it’s very useful to study
SAT 18 H ARSENAL 11AM know our latest intake of first-year them and learn about those positions.”
Under-18s players. Today, we meet
APRIL MAESON KING…

SAT 1 A NORWICH CITY 11.30AM

SAT 15 H FULHAM 11AM

SAT 22 A WEST BROMWICH ALBION 12PM NAME: Maeson King.
POSITION: Left-back.
SAT 29 H LEICESTER CITY 11.30AM BORN: 9 September, 2005, in Thurrock. IF YOU COULD MEET SOMEONE
LAST SCHOOL: FAMOUS, WHO WOULD IT BE AND
HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY Hassenbrook Academy in Essex. WHY?
“Probably Lewis Hamilton, because
U18S PL TABLE of what he’s achieved in top-level
competition. I’ve started watching a bit
WEST HAM P W D L F A D PTS of Formula One – I like Hamilton and
CRYSTAL 6 6 0 0 24 10 +14 18 Lando Norris.”
CHELSEA 7 4 1 2 18 14 +4 13
BRIGHTON 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 WHEN DID YOU FIRST JOIN SPURS? ANY PETS?
ARSENAL 7 3 1 3 10 17 -7 10 “When I was 10. I was a left winger “I have a dog called Rolo.”
TOTTENHAM 7 2 3 2 14 13 +1 9 or midfielder at that time but as the
FULHAM 6 3 0 3 10 14 -4 9 years went on, I gradually became a TOP THREE VIDEO GAMES?
ASTON VILLA 7 2 2 3 19 15 +4 8 left-back.” “FIFA 23, Call of Duty and F1 – the
NORWICH CITY 7 2 2 3 19 23 -4 8 latest one is very good.”
LEICESTER 5 2 1 2 7 7 +0 7 WHO DO YOU LIKE TO WATCH IN
SOUTHAMPTON 7 2 1 4 11 17 -6 7 TRAINING? IF YOU COULDN’T BE A FOOTBALLER,
WEST BROM 6 1 2 3 17 18 -1 5 “All of the left-backs or left-sided WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
7 1 2 4 11 16 -5 5 defenders so I can see what they INSTEAD?
do and see what I can improve on. “It’d still have to be something to do
UP TO AND INCLUDING 29.10.22 Obviously there’s Ivan Perisic and with sport – maybe a PE teacher.”

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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
JESS NAZ SHOWS HER AGILITY DURING
OUR WIN AT BRIGHTON LAST WEEKEND

THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM PRE-MATCH CHAT AS PIERRE-EMILE
AT STADE VELODROME HOJBJERG SPEAKS TO SPURSPLAY
IN MARSEILLE

CLEMENT LENGLET AND HUGO LLORIS A STADIUM WORTHY
AT MARSEILLE’S STADE VELODROME OF PHOTOGRAPHING!

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BEHIND THE SCENES

LUCAS MOURA MEETS FANS THE SOUTH STAND IN ALL ITS GLORY AHEAD OF OUR
ON ARRIVAL AT BOURNEMOUTH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TIE WITH SPORTING CP RECENTLY

LAST SATURDAY

HARRY KANE IN THE MIXED ZONE
AFTER OUR WIN IN MARSEILLE

SMILE PLEASE! YVES BISSOUMA TRIES
HIS HAND AT A NEW PROFESSION

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THE WHY WORD

2022/2023 STAT PACK

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE TOP FIVES

GOALS ASSISTS 9 KEVIN DE BRUYNE
5 BUKAYO SAKA
1 17 ERLING HAALAND 1 5 BERNARDO SILVA
2 10 HARRY KANE 2 5 GABRIEL JESUS
3 9 ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC 3 5 ALEX IWOBI
4 8 IVAN TONEY 4
5 7 LEANDRO TROSSARD 5
1056 56 1085737 1096182 10918973
TOTAL SHOTS10593482 108475 10 97286 10973986 CHANCES CREATED

1 56 ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC 1 40 KEVIN DE BRUYNE
2 49 HARRY KANE 2 34 ANDREAS PEREIRA
3 47 ERLING HAALAND 3 31 KIERAN TRIPPIER
4 43 MOHAMED SALAH 4 29 BRUNO FERNANDES
5 42 GABRIEL JESUS 5 29 MOHAMED SALAH

% OF GOALS INVOLVED IN SUCCESSFUL PASSES

1 54.5 ALEX IWOBI 1 908 RODRI
2 54 ERLING HAALAND 2 869 VIRGIL VAN DIJK
3 52.6 IVAN TONEY 3 824 RÚBEN DIAS
4 50 RÚBEN NEVES 4 742 JOÃO CANCELO
5 46.7 RODRIGO 5 741 ERIC DIER

DRIBBLES COMPLETED SAVES 54 DAVID RAYA
53 DEAN HENDERSON
1 27 MARCUS TAVERNIER 1 49 JORDAN PICKFORD
2 26 EBERECHI EZE 2 48 BERND LENO
3 25 WILFRIED ZAHA 3 39 ALISSON
4 25 GABRIEL MARTINELLI 4
5 23 GABRIEL JESUS 5

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE SPOTLIGHT

Fulham have won 19 points in their opening 13 Leeds have lost eight home Premier League
Premier League games this season (W5 D4 L4), matches in 2022, the most of any current top-
more points than they had at this stage in 2018- flight side. They haven’t lost more than eight
19 (8) and 2020-21 (9) combined. home league games in a single year since 2015
(10 in the Championship).

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MATCH REWIND

RMEAWTICNHD AFC BOURNEMOUTH 2
3
MOORE (22, 49)

SPURS

SESSEGNON (57), DAVIES (73), BENTANCUR (90+2)

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