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1 6Thelatestbulletinaswekickoff

another year of football in N17

DEJAN KULUSEVSKI

2 9ExclusiveinterviewwiththeSwedish

winger following his return to fitness

OPPOSITION

We turn our attention to Unai Emery
and his Aston Villa squad
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ACNOTONNTEIO

G ood afternoon and welcome to though and be strong right from the
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium start.
for today’s Premier League
fixture against Aston Villa. With the busy festive schedule, we
This week we welcomed needed to refocus quickly and I should
back Cristian Romero, who like to welcome Unai Emery, his players,
is now a World Cup winner following staff and everyone associated with
Argentina’s victory over France in Aston Villa. In a short space of time,
Qatar. It is a huge achievement and I Unai has already had an impact on his
know you will give him the reception team’s performances and results, and
he deserves – we are so proud of every we know we are in for a tough game this
one of our players who played at the afternoon.
World Cup.
As we head into the New Year, it
We go into this game on the back is important to reflect on the past 12
of a draw at Brentford on Boxing Day, months and the progress made in that
which would have been an exciting time.
watch for the neutral but not quite so
enjoyable for either myself or Thomas We achieved our first objective of
Frank. qualifying for the Champions League
and are currently sat fourth in the
Having gone 2-0 down, we were Premier League and in the last 16 of
left with a big challenge in front of us, the Champions League. We are in a
however once again the players showed good position to continue to build and
their character and attitude to never progress.
give up.
Thank you for your incredible
Goals from Harry and Pierre drew support for myself and the team during
us level and we created many chances 2022 – having you behind us every
to win the game, including hitting the week, home and away, makes such a
crossbar late on. difference.

We have to start games better Here’s to a happy, healthy and
successful 2023.

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NEWS DESK BOXING CLEVER

CHANGING OF THE GUARD Harry Kane has set another
goalscoring record – he’s
For the first time in 1,024 days, there 12th of those – coming in a 4-0 win over now the Premier League’s
was a changing of the guard between Burnley in February, 2021 – took the all-time record goalscorer on
the sticks for us in the Premier Frenchman up to a century of shutouts Boxing Day after his brilliant
League when we took on Brentford in the Premier League, granting him goal in our comeback draw at
on Boxing Day. membership of the exclusive ‘100 Club’. Brentford.
He also became our record appearance
Over the last two-and-half maker in the competition in August, The striker powered a
years, Hugo Lloris has been a constant 2021, by playing his 300th  league header past David Raya after
for us in England’s top flight having game before he made his 400th club we’d trailed 2-0 at the Gtech
started each of our last 101 league appearance – one of just 12 players to Community Stadium. That made
games in a row. do so in our history – in February of this it 2-1 and the comeback was on
year as we defeated Manchester City against a Brentford side that
Since his return to action following 3-2 at the Etihad. hadn’t lost any of their matches
a groin strain against Burnley on after going ahead in the Premier
March 7, 2020 – coincidentally our As impressive as his tally of 101 League, winning 13 of 16. Pierre-
final game before the 2019/20 season consecutive Premier League starts is Emile Hojbjerg’s calm finish
was suspended due to the outbreak of though, it does fall short of the compe- brought us level and we had the
COVID-19 – he played each of our final tition record – held by his former Spurs chances to win – Harry later
10 league games that campaign, was team-mate Brad Friedel  with the struck the crossbar while both
then ever-present for us in each of the American playing his 310th consecutive Davinson Sanchez and Heung-
next two terms before playing each of match at Old Trafford in September, Min Son tested Raya.
our 15 games in the competition so far 2012, as we ran out 3-2 winners. A week
this year. later, that run ended as, ironically, Lloris Harry’s goal took him one
took his place between the sticks for ahead of Robbie Fowler on 10
However, at the Gtech Stadium on us to make his first Premier League goals on Boxing Day, and he’s
Monday, that run came to an end as, appearance for us and the rest, as they now struck in all seven of his
following his run to the World Cup Final say, is history. Premier League appearances on
this month, our Club Captain started 26 December, the longest such
on the bench against the Bees with Monday’s game, meanwhile, was run in the competition’s history.
summer signing Fraser Forster step- Fraser’s first appearance in the Premier
ping up to take his place. League since May when coincidentally, That wasn’t all – the goal
as he played his final game for against the Bees means Harry
In the course of that incredible run Southampton, he also lined up against has scored a goal against every
in goal, Hugo has enjoyed many memo- Brentford in west London. Premier League team he’s ever
rable moments. Firstly, having kept 36 faced, a run now up to 32 teams.
clean sheets across those matches, the
Meanwhile, the team’s
THFC unbeaten run goes back to 2003,
our last defeat on 26 December,
a 2-0 loss at Portsmouth. Since
then, we’ve reeled off 12 wins and
four draws in 16 matches, scoring
40 goals and conceding only 10 in
that run.

We’ve played 26 times on
Boxing Day in the Premier
League era, winning 15, drawing
eight and losing just three.

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MATCH REWIND

BRENTFORD JANELT (15), TONEY (54) 2
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RMEAWTICNHD SPURS KANE (65), HOJBJERG (71)

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26.12.22 | PREMIER LEAGUE | GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM | REFEREE: DAVID COOTE

BRENTFORD (3-5-2): SPURS (3-4-3):
Raya, Zanka, Pinnock, Mee, Roerslav, Forster, Tanganga (Sanchez 67),
Dier, Lenglet (Davies 90+5), Doherty,
Norgaard (c) (Dasilva 82), Janelt, Bissouma, Hojbjerg, Perisic,
Jensen (Ghoddos 67), Henry, Toney, Kulusevski, Kane (c), Son.
Substitutes (not used): Lloris, Royal,
Mbeumo (Wissa 82). Sessegnon, Sarr, Skipp, White, Bryan.
Substitutes (not used): Cox, Goode,

Canos, Jansson, Lewis-Potter,
Damsgaard.

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FIVES
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SPURS 4-4 VILLA SPURS 2-1 VILLA

This was a night of celebration at the Lane - our 125th It didn’t take long for Rafa van der Vaart to endear himself
anniversary, a parade of legends, the team wearing a to the Spurs faithful - a double in only his second home
one-off kit, a replica of the light blue and white halves we game made it three in two at the Lane and turned around
wore for our first competitive game against St Albans in this game against Villa. Marc Albrighton put the visitors
1885 - but Villa looked like spoiling the party by going 4-1 ahead after 16 minutes but the Dutchman was there
up just before the hour. to convert a Peter Crouch knock down on the stroke of
half-time. The pair linked up again for the winning goal in
We actually started well and Dimitar Berbatov nodded a similar move on 75 minutes - Aaron Lennon whipped it
home from a Tom Huddlestone corner on 20 minutes, but in, Crouch got his head on it, and it dropped to Rafa, who
Villa turned it around to lead 3-1 at half-time and then completely lost defender Richard Dunne with a shimmy
4-1 when Craig Gardner netted on 59 minutes. Pascal before rifling home. The fans went mad - and Rafa later
Chimbonda struck for us and the comeback was truly told us that was his favourite Spurs goal. He won the
on when Robbie Keane converted from the penalty spot Premier League Player of the Month for October and hit
on 82 minutes. In the second minute of added time, a another brace against Villa in the away game on Boxing
scramble in the box came out to Steed Malbranque, his Day that season.
shot hit Jermain Defoe and fell to Younes Kaboul, who hit
a first-time rocket into the top corner, sparking joyous 13
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down on N17. Aston Villa, newly promoted, were first to
visit and determined to ruin the opening day vibe, taking
an early lead through John McGinn on nine minutes. It
stayed that way until 73 minutes when debutant Tanguy
Ndombele found a gap to level from the edge of the box.
Harry Kane then won it, first firing home four minutes
from time after Erik Lamela’s shot fell at his feet before
driving into the corner from 20 yards after Moussa
Sissoko’s break in the 90th minute.

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02/11/14
VILLA 1-2 SPURS

One for the history books - this was the day that cemented
Harry Kane’s place in the team. The striker - then 21 - had
already scored eight goals in cup competitions that
season, including a hat-trick against Asteras Tripolis, but
had yet to really feature in the Premier League. Trailing
to Andreas Weimann’s goal, Kane came off the bench on
the hour for Emmanuel Adebayor, Christian Benteke was
soon sent off and we dominated from there, eventually
equalising through Nacer Chadli on 84 minutes. As we
ticked into injury time, Kane lined-up a free-kick, central,
25 yards out and his strike flicked off Nathan Baker in the
wall, leaving Brad Guzan helpless as the ball flew into the
corner, sparking scenes as the players raced over to the
away section! As we all know now, Harry didn’t look back,
scored 30 goals that season - and the rest is history!

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SPURS 3-1 VILLA VILLA 2-3 SPURS

The first full Premier League season at the new Totten- Heung-Min Son started up front in Harry Kane’s injury
ham Hotspur Stadium got underway with the sun beating absence - and what an afternoon for the South Korean.
First, Toby Alderweireld deflected into his own net to
THFC hand Villa the lead, only to equalise soon after with
a superb strike on the turn from a corner. Sonny felt
some discomfort after an awkward fall but carried on
and scored a rebound from the penalty spot to hand us
the lead just before half-time. Bjorn Engels made it 2-2
on 53 minutes and it looked like staying that way until
another late grandstand finish. Davinson Sanchez played
it forward, Engels missed it and Son raced into the area
from the left before sliding the ball home, cool as you like,
for a dramatic winner.

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THE BIG INTERVIEW

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KKKKIIII DEK THETHE BIG INTERVIEW
HALLS!
IT WAS A RATHER SUBLIME 2022 FOR DEJAN KULUSEVSKI
IN LILYWHITE. NOW, AS WE MOVE INTO A BRAND
NEW YEAR, ‘DEKI’ IS DETERMINED TO CONTINUE
TO GROW AND FIND NEW HEIGHTS IN 2023.

BY LIAM CARSON

I t goes without saying that 2022 was quite the busy month for us with a number of significant fixtures
year for Dejan Kulusevski. played out, all of which Deki was forced to miss.
A year which began with Dejan making a
life-changing move in swapping northern Italy for That included the north London derby and four of our
north London, the 22-year-old’s standing has grown Champions League group stage games – fixtures it is
exponentially since. clear Dejan was devastated to miss out on.
Having endured a frustrating final few months
with parent-club Juventus prior to joining us on loan “It was a very important month – there were a lot of
last January, ‘Deki’ used 2022 as a fresh start for him, with big games and we were in the middle of the Champions
a renewed vigour and appetite to excel – and his impact League group stage – so I couldn’t be calm,” he said as he
was immediate and clear. reflected on his enforced period on the sidelines. “The
thing with me is, when I got injured and was told I would
After his first nine starts in the Premier League, he be out for two or three weeks, I was like ‘I’ll be back in one
already had returned as many goal involvements (three week’.
goals, six assists) before going on to finish the season
with 13 (five goals, eight assists) in just 14 top flight starts. “In my mind, I was like, ‘no, I’m going to be back faster
than anyone thinks’. So I have to learn to take the time
That form continued into this season with four more that (recovery) needs, I can’t rush these things, I’m not
goal contributions in his next six starts but then, just as a machine. Even if I wanted to play before, it was not
he was in full flight in lilywhite, disaster struck for the possible, so it was a very frustrating time. That’s the thing
Swede as, on international duty in September, he suffered I have to learn and get much better at. I have to respect
a muscular issue which would keep him out of action for the doctors and everyone.
over a month.
“I’m happy though that the team did very well in that
And, in quite the congested season with the 2022 period and we’re through in the Champions League so it
FIFA World Cup seeing the campaign paused between will give me the chance to play in it, I hope, in February. I’m
mid-November and late-December, October was a rather very happy with what I saw.

“I then came back with a lot of energy and I’m happy

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that I got to play a part in the last couple of games before THE BIG INTERVIEW
the break so I could be calm and fit going into the winter. “Then my first touch was very good and then I prayed to
Now that injury is over, I have to learn some things from God that Rodrigo would score.”
it. I don’t want to repeat it, that’s for sure, because being His words demonstrate how much vision his footballing
injured is the most boring thing as a football player.” brain holds, and certainly explains why his goal contribu-
tions are only increasing in a Spurs shirt.
Dejan is not wrong – he undoubtedly came back to However, perhaps what is just as striking from our
action with a lot of energy and that showed immediately number 21 is his focus and dedication, his will to work and
as, just seconds after coming off the bench against Liver- his unrelenting desire to always improve as, in the same
pool in early November, he had assisted a Harry Kane goal. interview, he highlighted his excitement at getting time on
the training pitch over the winter break to work and really
He then did the same for Rodrigo Bentancur’s get ahead of the game. But what is it that he felt he really
dramatic winner late on in our victory over Leeds United needed to work on in his already impressive game?
a week later to bring him up to a quite remarkable 19 goal “The thing with football is you can always improve every
involvements in just 21 Premier League starts (six goals, aspect,” he outlined. “The things I aim to improve on are
13 assists). things like my right foot and I have to get better with my
head, heading wise. Those are the first two things I think
As impressive as those numbers are though, perhaps about.
what impressed supporters more was his analysis of “But then, you always want to get fitter, eat better and
Rodrigo’s goal after the game though as, in a fascinating to have better discipline, to have two or three good weeks
exclusive interview on SPURSPLAY’s N17 Live – The where you only eat good things, and you go to sleep at the
Review Show, the attacking outlet explained that he right time because then everything else will be much easier.
had envisaged the whole move playing out the way it did In the last few weeks, we have worked a lot on the running
before it had even started. aspect, going in the gym and so the body could be in a really
good place, and we could work more on things with the ball
Speaking on the show, Dejan had said: “First of all, I like shooting, passing, my right foot and heading.”
screamed at Patron (Davinson Sanchez), I screamed a lot
‘Harry, Harry, Harry’ because I knew that if Harry (Kane) got “BEING INJURED
the ball, I would be alone, and that’s exactly what happened. IS THE MOST
So, I saw the whole section (of play) before it happened. BORINGTHING
AS A FOOTBALL
PLAYER”

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FHE“AAWIRLVNAOWUESTTNWPHEONEEEONCKILNRTASTGK”SH,EWTEDE will come, I’m sure. I just had to be positive (in the period),
had a vacation and then I had time to train, to watch. You
While the World Cup break had the positive of giving have to take the good with the bad.”
Deki time to work on his own game though, it was also
a frustrating period for the 22-year-old since he could This afternoon, we take on Aston Villa here in N17 for
only watch as many of team-mates travelled to Qatar to our first outing of the new year and today could see the
represent their countries. return to action for one of Dejan’s closest friends.

Back in April, Dejan had spoken to us about the pain Rodrigo Bentancur, who missed Boxing Day’s trip to
of missing out on a place at the tournament as Sweden Brentford through suspension while also recovering from
fell to Poland in March’s World Cup qualification play-offs. an injury sustained on duty for Uruguay at the World Cup,
could return to the fold today.
He admitted it was ‘one of the hardest defeats’ to take
of his career to date so, while he has enjoyed the cama- Rodrigo has been something of a shining light for
raderie that has grown from watching the competition’s us this season with a run of exceptional performances
matches with his team-mates at Hotspur Way, his desire for us prior to the World Cup break, including a perhaps
to play on the world’s biggest stage naturally left a tinge uncharacteristic goalscoring run. Whether he returns to
of sadness for the Swede. the field today or not though, his former Juventus team-
mate Deki is hoping we can continue to see ‘Lolo’ thrive in
“We were watching and speaking everyday about the our colours and perhaps give us even more on the field as
World Cup. It was good having something to always watch the season goes on.
and speak about, they were good games and good teams,
but I won’t say it’s not been hard not playing,” he admitted. “With the injuries before the break, the coach had to
change the formation a little bit, so we started to play
“Of course, you are watching and want to be there three in the middle and Rodrigo had to get higher up the
but it’s just something you have to accept and then work pitch,” Dejan explained of Rodrigo’s goalscoring form. “He
harder so you can be there the next time and put your has so much quality and also, he’s in a great mood. The
country on the biggest stage. thing is, as well, when you score one, you usually score in
the one after and it just grows from there.
“You want to be there, you want to show everybody
who you are, you want to make your people happy, but it “He was in a fantastic moment, and he just kept
scoring, a lot of late goals also so I’m very happy for him
THFC because he is a fantastic person and a crazy player as well.
He’s one of my favourites. I hope he can help us even more
in the second half of this campaign.”

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YEAR IN PICTURES
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THE YEAR THAT WAS…2022
Another eventful and dramatic 12 months has come to an end
and, as is customary at this time of year, we take a pictorial
look back at some of the highlights of the last year…

JANUARY MARCH
Stevie Wonder! Five Stars

It might have come early in the year, but it’s difficult to Our first five-goal haul of 2022 as Everton were demol-
pick a more incredibly dramatic moment than this during ished 5-0 here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. After
2022. Trailing 2-1 in the 95th minute to Leicester City Michael Keane had put through his own net, we took
at the KP Stadium, Steven Bergwijn struck to level the control with goals from Heung-Min Son, Harry Kane (2)
scores, but he wasn’t finished there. Two minutes later, and Sergio Reguilon.
Harry Kane put him clear and Bergwijn netted an unlikely
winner in off the post to spark scenes of delirium in the
away end!

FEBRUARY APRIL
Heads we win Sonny’s treble

A month later – another away game, another away victory Heung-Min Son holds onto the matchball after his
and another last-gasp winner! This time Harry Kane was hat-trick in our 4-0 win at Villa Park. The South Korean’s
our saviour, heading home in the 95th minute against treble and a strike from Dejan Kulusevski helped us
Manchester City at the Etihad to secure the points two strengthen our position in the Premier League’s top four.
minutes after Riyad Mahrez had crashed home a penalty
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MAY
Derby delight

An atmosphere that had Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
rocking to its core as we thrashed Arsenal 3-0 in a pivotal
north London derby, the win keeping us bang in the hunt
for a top four finish which we duly achieved following our
final day win against Norwich City.

JULY
Son shines in Korea

Our successful pre-season tour to South Korea got
underway with a 6-3 defeat of Team K League at the
Seoul World Cup Stadium, with local hero Heung-Min Son
among our goalscorers.

JUNE AUGUST
Welcome to Spurs! Off to a flyer

Midfielder Yves Bissouma poses for the camera on his The perfect start to the 2022/23 season as we beat
first day at Spurs following his move from Brighton. He Southampton 4-1 here in N17. We fell behind early on but
was one of seven new faces to arrive during the close
season, along with Fraser Forster, Ivan Perisic, Djed THFC
Spence, Clement Lenglet, Richarlison and Destiny Udogie.

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rallied with goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Eric Dier and an
own goal from Mohammed Salisu before Dejan Kulusevski
opened his account for the campaign.

SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER
Richy at the double A seven-goal thriller!

Champions League football returned to N17 this month In a month that saw us progress to the knockout stages
and it saw the first Spurs goals for Brazilian striker of the Champions League, we ended the first part of the
Richarlison, who netted two fine headers in a five-minute Premier League season with a seven-goal thriller against
spell to see off the challenge of Marseille in our Group D Leeds United in N17, Rodrigo Bentancur’s quick-fire late
opener. double securing the win – which Antonio Conte certainly
enjoyed!

OCTOBER DECEMBER
South coast comeback Cuti’s kiss

A crazy nine-game month which ended in dramatic fashion Domestic football took a backseat for the FIFA World
at Bournemouth, as Rodrigo Bentancur’s stoppage time Cup, with 12 of our players representing their nations in
strike completed a superb comeback after we’d trailed Qatar. And there was joy for Cristian Romero, who played
2-0 to the Cherries, with Ryan Sessegnon and Ben Davies a major role in helping Argentina be crowned World
also on target. champions after a win over France in the Final.

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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

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(2022/23 PL STATS)

A ston Villa signed off for the 10-YEAR RECORD EUMNEARIY
mid-season break in some style,
with two successive victories in SEASON PTS W D L GF GA POS D.O.B: 03.11.71
the league following on from 2012-13 41 10 11 17 47 69 15TH CLUB POSITION: HEAD COACH
the appointment of Unai Emery 2013-14 38 10 8 20 39 61 15TH NATIONALITY: SPANISH
as head coach – impressive wins over 2014-15 38 10 8 20 31 57 17TH
Manchester United and Brighton. 2015-16 17 3 8 27 27 76 20TH Emery took over just before the World
It eased pressure that had built 2016-17 62 16 16 16 47 48 13TH Cup break, following a spell at Villarreal
following a run of defeats that led 2017-18 83 24 24 11 72 42 4TH that saw him win the Europa League
to the departure of Steven Gerrard 2018-19 76 20 20 10 82 61 5TH and reach the Champions League semi-
towards the end of October 2022. 2019-20 35 9 9 21 41 67 17TH finals. Also has the likes of Arsenal, PSG
First-team coach Aaron Danks had 2020-21 55 16 16 15 55 46 11TH and Sevilla on his resume.
also overseen two games of varying 2021-22 45 13 6 19 52 54 14TH
levels of success – a 4-0 victory over
Brentford, followed by a defeat by the PREM CHAMP LEAGUE 1
same scoreline against Newcastle.

FORM GUIDE

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ASTON VILLA 4 NEWCASTLE 4 ASTON VILLA 3 MAN UTD 4 BRIGHTON 1
BRENTFORD 0 ASTON VILLA 0 MAN UTD 1 ASTON VILLA 2 ASTON VILLA 2

PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE PREMIER LEAGUE CARABAO CUP PREMIER LEAGUE
23.10.22 29.10.22 06.11.22 10.11.22 13.11.22

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CASH KONSA CHAMBERS

D.O.B: 07.08.97 D.O.B: 23.10.97 D.O.B: 20.01.95
NATIONALITY: POLISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

DF 18 DF 27 DF 5

ASHLEY LUCAS TYRONE
YOUNG DIGNE MINGS

D.O.B: 09.07.85 D.O.B: 20.07.93 D.O.B: 13.03.93
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: FRENCH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

MF 6 MF 7 MF 10

DOUGLAS JOHN EMILIANO
LUIZ MCGINN BUENDIA

D.O.B: 09.05.98 D.O.B: 18.10.94 D.O.B: 25.12.96
NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN NATIONALITY: SCOTTISH NATIONALITY: ARGENTINIAN

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APPS * (2022/23 PL STATS)

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ASSISTS SHOTS

D.O.B: 02.09.92 D.O.B: 30.12.95 D.O.B: 23.07.92
POSITION: GOALKEEPER POSITION: FORWARD POSITION: FORWARD
NATIONALITY: ARGENTINIAN NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

Signed from Arsenal in 2020, Martinez The livewire striker signed from Scorer of two goals in Villa’s last fixture
has been a commanding figure between Brentford in 2020, after scoring 49 before the international break, taking
the sticks for the Villans ever since. goals in 143 games for the Bees. He’s him to four goals in four games prior to
Played a crucial role in Argentina’s since hit 30 goals in 92 appearances the World Cup. Joined the club in 2021
World Cup victory, with saves in the for the Villans, and been capped by following spells at the likes of Liverpool
shootouts against Holland and France. England. and Southampton.

BY NUMBERS

2-1 47.4 80
Scoreline in Aston Villa’s last win over Villa’s possession percentage in the Villa’s pass completion percentage in
Spurs, in May 2021. league this season. the league this season.

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MF 41 MF 44 FW 23

JACOB BOUBACAR PHILIPPE
RAMSEY KAMARA COUTINHO

D.O.B: 28.05.01 D.O.B: 23.11.99 D.O.B: 12.06.92
NATIONALITY: ENGLISH NATIONALITY: FRENCH NATIONALITY: BRAZILIAN

30 19 3BY NUMBERS
Tackles by Boubacar Kamara in the Blocks by Ezri Konsa in the league this Goals scored directly from corners
league this season. season. by Douglas Luiz this season (all
competitions).

MF 32 FW 31 FW 35

LEANDER LEON CAMERON
DENDONCKER BAILEY ARCHER

D.O.B: 15.04.95 D.O.B: 09.08.97 D.O.B: 09.12.01
NATIONALITY: BELGIAN NATIONALITY: JAMAICAN NATIONALITY: ENGLISH

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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 ONE OF OUR OLDEST MATCHDAY PROGRAMMES
THE
VAULT

We have a long history with Aston Villa. Searching through our minutes books, We also faced Aston Villa on the day
Objects included in today’s feature there is also reference to Aston Villa in a we celebrated our 125th Anniversary –
come from a range of points in our meeting dated the 18 September 1944, 1 October 2007. We have several objects
history – pre-1900, World War Two and, towards the end of the Second World from this match in our collection, among
more recently, in 2007. Similarly to War. The note made in the meeting is them the one-off shirt designed for and
other dives into the archive, we hope regarding an Aston Villa player stationed worn only on this occasion. Inspired by
to give you insights, not just into our nearby, who was struggling with a carti- the design of our 1885 shirts, light blue
own past, but how we are linked to lage issue. We only have his surname, but and white halves, it also had a special 125
football history and general history a little bit of online research shows this years cockerel badge. The first half of
more widely. player ‘Martin’ was likely to have been this match was not our best display, and
John Rowland (Jackie) Martin. we went into the break 3-1 down, despite
One of our oldest programmes in the having scored first. Going 4-1 down with
collection is from a match we played Born in 1914, he played for Villa as a 21 minutes left and coming back to draw
against Villa in 1896. A single sheet part-time professional from December the match 4-4 was described by The
programme, we can see the line-up for 1934 to May 1949. During his career, as Independent as ‘in the best Tottenham
each team, with corrections to each – the Football League was suspended traditions’, a nod to our history of playing
one Spurs player and two Aston Villa three matches into the 1939-40 season ‘attacking and cavalier’ football.
names crossed out and replaced. We due to the outbreak of war, he also
also get the name of the referee, Mr E G guested for a number of clubs - Birming-
McDonald. Surrounding the line-up are ham, Nottingham Forest, Wrexham,
four adverts, three of which are local Wellington Town, Aldershot, Portsmouth
and one for the Sunday Times. In the and ourselves. The ‘guest player’ system
top lefthand corner is an advert for the meant that footballers could continue
‘Northumberland Arms’ pub, now The Bill playing as part of the Wartime League,
Nicholson, which was home to the Club’s with whichever club was nearest to
HQ and the home of the Tottenham Town where they were based.
Band. The programme even tells us who
the proprietor of the pub was at the
time, ‘W. IDE’. This programme was, at
some point in its history, repaired; on the
back we can see it has been pieced back
together using a different paper.

MINUTES FROM 1944 DIMITAR BERBATOV
CELEBRATES DURING OUR
THFC 125 ANNIVERSARY MATCH

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TAKING
ISSUE

A quick glance
through a couple of
previous matchday
programmes against

Aston Villa

1978 coach, Vladimir Rodionov, spent a week Aston Villa on 1 May in 2005 and also
Our first matchday programme of studying our training methods at our featured on our gatefold poster inside.
1978/79 was for a Football League Cheshunt training ground, at the request
Division One game against Aston of the FA. In his A to Z article, we learned that
Villa, with action from our pre-season if he was an actor, Daws would choose
friendly against Bohemians of Dublin Ardiles and Villa were profiled on Halle Berry as his leading lady, Ian
on the front cover. page seven following their Spurs debut Botham is his sporting hero and his
at Forest, although the article refer- favourite jacket potato filling is beans
The 16-page publication was enced the magnitude of their signings by and cheese!
priced at 20 pence and featured more saying ‘there was so much publicity via
pre-season action on page two, from the media, there is now little we can add.’ The 68-page issue cost £3 and
our game in Belgium against Royal opened up with player interviews with
Antwerp. Opposite, the ‘welcome’ page Ron Saunders and his Villa side Anthony Gardner, who reflected on a
discussed our season opener – a 1-1 draw were introduced on pages 8-9, with difficult injury-hit season, while Dean
at reigning league champions Notting- their squad including the likes of Jimmy Marney spoke about his delight at
ham Forest, in which new signings Ossie Rimmer, Gordon Cowans, Dennis signing a new deal at the club.
Ardiles, Ricky Villa and John Lacy all Mortimer and Andy Gray, while our
featured. The game was described as forthcoming home derby with Chelsea Our 1-1 draw at home to West Brom
“a confidence booster to our players in was previewed on page 11. A pre-season featured in a match report on page 10-11,
the sense that they can match the best round-up on page 15 revealed that Robbie Keane our goalscorer, while
in the First Division.” we beat Bohemians (4-0) and Royal Head Coach Martin Jol spoke about
Antwerp (3-1). the need to finish strong in our final
‘Club Scene’ on page five included three games with a place in Europe next
some interesting snippets, such 2005 season still up for grabs.
as how Tony Galvin – who has a BA Michael Dawson adorned the front
degree in Russian Studies – acted as cover of our programme against ‘On This Day’ profiled Ossie Ardiles’
interpreter when Lokomotiv Moscow testimonial in 1986, with Clive Allen
recalling that memorable night at the
Lane when Diego Maradona pulled on
our famous Lilywhite shirt and wore a
pair of Clive’s boots in the game!

Reto Ziegler picked out his Villa
‘four to watch’ which included Nolberto
Solano, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Juan Pablo
Angel and Darius Vassell, while Club
Captain Ledley King spoke of his disap-
pointment at the draw with West Brom
in his column, although he did suggest
the draw was probably a fair result.

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SPURS WOMEN

SPURS WOMEN

NIKOLA KARCZEWSKA CELEBRATES
HER GOAL AGAINST SOUTHAMPTON

NIKOLA STRIKES TO to carve out opportunities and saw out Spurs: Korpela, Pearse (Ale 70), Turner,
SECURE TOP SPOT! the final stages without giving up any Bartrip, Harrop, James (c) (Spence 70),
chances at the other end. Ayane (Cho 46), Summanen, Bizet,
We advanced to the knockout stages Ubogagu (Stead 78), Karczewska
of the FA Women’s Continental “We dominated the game from (Gunning-Williams 70). Substitutes
League Cup by topping our group start to finish and obviously took a (not used): Zadorsky, Houghton.
with nine points out of nine follow- good chance when we got the opportu-
ing our recent 1-0 win against nity,” said Head Coach Rehanne WOMEN SPREAD
Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium. Skinner. “I thought, prior to that, we FESTIVE CHEER
had lots of opportunities from set
Nikola Karczewska gave us the lead plays and they defended really well Four Spurs Women players visited
in the first half by making the most of in and around the box and just made local hospitals on the Tuesday before
an excellent cross from Rosella Ayane, life difficult for us in those moments. Christmas to deliver gifts to
and we did more than enough to hold As the game’s gone on, we’ve been children’s wards.
on in cold, wet conditions on the south comfortable and we’re happy to get
coast. the win and to obviously go into the
quarter-finals of the Conti Cup.”
Coming off the back of a difficult
run of three defeats in the Women’s Our reward for progressing is a
Super League since our last outing in home draw against Chelsea in the last
the Cup, victory over Southampton eight of the competition, with the tie
was important to end the calen- scheduled to take place during the
dar year on a high and it added to week commencing Monday, 23
our previous wins over Reading and January, at Brisbane Road, kick-off
Coventry United. time to be confirmed. Keep an eye on
club channels for ticket details.
We were the dominant team in the Southampton: Rendell, Morris, Mott,
first half and created a number of Kendall, Parnell (c), Pusey (Freeland
chances before our pressure finally 68), Lumsden (Wynne 87), Pharoah,
paid off, Ayane putting in a wonderful Rutherford, Collett, Peake. Substi-
cross from the left that Karczewska tutes (not used): Harris, Rafferty,
was able to take down and tuck past Williams, Ward, Griffiths, Corrie.
the onrushing Kayla Rendell for 1-0.
Chioma Ubogagu struck the bar with
15 minutes remaining as we continued

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FIXTURES

DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES

SEPTEMBER

SUN 18 A LEICESTER CITY 2-1

SAT 24 A ARSENAL 0-4

OCTOBER

SUN 2 A READING** 2-1

SUN 16 H LIVERPOOL 1-0

SAT 22 H MANCHESTER CITY 0-3

SUN 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 8-0

NOVEMBER

SUN 20 A CHELSEA 0-3

SUN 27 H COVENTRY UNITED** 5-1

DECEMBER

SUN 4 A READING 0-1

SUN 11 H WEST HAM UNITED 0-2

WED 14 H EVERTON 0-3

SUN 18 A SOUTHAMPTON** 1-0 SHOWING OUR SUPPORT AT HOSPITALS

JANUARY

SAT 14 A ASTON VILLA 12.30PM

SUN 22 H LEICESTER CITY 2PM Chioma Ubogagu and Kerys Harrop between the two sides. A week later,
visited Whipps Cross Hospital, the on home soil at Brisbane Road, it was
FEBRUARY closest hospital to Brisbane Road West Ham United who claimed the
Stadium, while Molly Bartrip and points with a 2-0 victory. Dagny
SUN 5 H CHELSEA 12.30PM Eveliina Summanen headed to Brynjarsdottir missed a penalty for
Whittington Hospital. the visitors but then netted in the
SUN 12 H MANCHESTER UNITED 12PM second half with Hawa Cissoko adding
Players also delivered special gifts a second late on.
MARCH from Official Club partner Molton
Brown to all hospital staff. And there was another home
SUN 5 A MANCHESTER CITY 2PM defeat on 14 December when we
Speaking from Whittington, Molly played Everton in a game rearranged
SUN 12 A LIVERPOOL 2PM told us: “I think you don’t realise that following a waterlogged pitch at
you can make a child’s day just by one Brisbane Road on the original date
SUN 26 H ARSENAL 2PM small gesture, so it was really nice of 6 November. Goals from Kagja
and kind of overwhelming. I felt a bit Snoeijs, Jessica Park and Gio gave
APRIL emotional giving them gifts. It makes the visitors the win, while our misery
you look at life in a different way and was compounded by the 90th-minute
SUN 2 A EVERTON 1PM I’m just hopeful that they can have a dismissal of Ashleigh Neville.
lovely Christmas. It’s about spreading
SUN 23 H ASTON VILLA 2PM love at this time of year.” NEW DATE FOR
UNITED CLASH
SUN 30 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 2PM Christine Fogarty, Associated
Director of Nursing for Children at Our Barclays Women’s Super League
MAY Whipps Cross Hospital, said: “It was home fixture against Manchester
great to have Kerys and Chioma on United Women at Tottenham Hotspur
SUN 7 A MANCHESTER UNITED 12PM the ward bringing so much festive Stadium has been selected for live
joy and cheer to our young patients, television coverage and will now take
SUN 21 H READING 2PM particularly at this time of the year. place on Sunday 12 February, kick-off
This meant a lot to them and put a big at 12 noon, having been previously
SUN 28 A WEST HAM UNITED 2PM smile on their faces, and it also gave scheduled for Saturday 11 February.
our staff a real boost.”
HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT BRISBANE ROAD The match will be shown live on Sky
UNLESS STATED DIFFICULT DECEMBER Sports to supporters in the UK.
* PLAYED AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM FOR WOMEN
** CONTINENTAL TYRES LEAGUE CUP FIXTURES Originally scheduled to be the
Prior to our cup victory over South- opening game of the 2022/23 season,
WSL ampton on 18 December, it had the fixture was postponed following
been a difficult month for Rehanne the passing of Her Majesty Queen
P W D L F A D PTS Skinner’s side as we suffered three Elizabeth II.
straight defeats in WSL action.
CHELSEA 10 9 0 1 31 8 +23 27 Tickets purchased for the
The month opened up with a original match will remain valid for the
ARSENAL 9 8 0 1 25 5 +20 24 narrow 1-0 defeat against Reading at rescheduled date. All ticket holders
the Select Car Leasing Stadium on 4 will be contacted and provided further
MANCHESTER UNITED 9 7 1 1 24 6 +18 22 December, where Amy Turner’s first information in due course.
half own goal was the only difference
MANCHESTER CITY 9 6 1 2 21 10 +11 19

WEST HAM UNITED 10 5 0 5 15 18 -3 15

EVERTON 9 4 0 5 10 10 +0 12

ASTON VILLA 9 4 0 5 13 19 -6 12

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 9 3 0 6 11 17 -6 9

LIVERPOOL 9 2 2 5 11 16 -5 8

READING 10 2 1 7 12 23 -11 7

BRIGHTON 8 2 1 5 11 29 -18 7

LEICESTER CITY 9 0 0 9 2 25 -23 0

UP TO AND INCLUDING 14.12.22

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UNDER-21S

UNDER-21S

BROOKLYN LYONS-FOSTER FEATURED
AGAINST PETERBOROUGH’S UNDER-21S

HAMMER BLOW 87), Scarles (Woods 87). Substitute during the break for the World Cup,
(not used): Kinnear. a number of our youngsters had an
A bolt from the blue from Oliver opportunity to feature in the first
Scarles saw West Ham United Spurs: Keeley, Cesay, Craig (c), team friendly matches held in the
snatch a 1-0 win at Rush Green in our Fagan-Walcott, Lyons-Foster, Sarr run-up to Christmas.
Under-21s’ most recent fixture on 11 (John 46), Donley, Devine, Santiago,
November. White, Mundle (Ajayi 78). Substitutes Defender Charlie Sayers started
(not used): Hayton, Sayers, Muir. in the back line during the 4-0 win
In what was a must-win London over Motherwell at Hotspur Way on
derby for both sides, given how we MATCH MINUTES DURING 9 December, before a large group
both occupied the Premier League 2 THE PAUSE of his Academy team-mates were
relegation places at kick-off, our brave introduced as substitutes in the 75th
battlers gave absolutely everything Although there were no competitive minute, Alfie Dorrington, Malachi
over the 90 minutes, but were undone fixtures for our Development Squad Fagan-Walcott, Romaine Mundle,
in first-half stoppage time when
16-year-old Scarles fizzed a free-kick
into the top corner from 25 yards out.

We’d kept the Hammers pinned
in for long periods throughout the
contest, while Jamie Donley’s penalty
early in the second half was saved by
Krisztian Hegyi as we pressed and
harried the hosts at every opportunity,
but as has been the case on numerous
occasions this season, the ball just
wouldn’t go in and we ended up being
leapfrogged by our opponents, who
moved off the bottom thanks to their
second win in five days.

West Ham United: Hegyi, Ashby (c) CHARLIE SAYERS IN ACTION IN OUR
(Forbes 18), Casey, Potts, Greenidge, FIRST TEAM FRIENDLY AGAINST MOTHERWELL
Laing, Earthy, Appiah-Forson,
Mubama (Kodua 79), Swyer (Clayton

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FIXTURES & RESULTS

DATE H/A OPPOSITION RES Maksim Paskotsi, Nile John, Alfie will now take place on Saturday 14
AUGUST Devine, Will Lankshear, Jamie Donley January, kick-off 12 noon, having
MON 8 A LEICESTER CITY 2-2 and Yago Santiago all getting a taste previously been scheduled for the
FRI 12 H EVERTON 0-2 of the action. Friday evening.
SUN 21 A MANCHESTER CITY 0-0
FRI 26 H LIVERPOOL 3-3 Dejan Kulusevski, Matt Doherty (2) CONGRATULATIONS,
TUE 30 A WYCOMBE WANDERERS (PJT) 0-0 and Bryan Gil were responsible for the KAZ!
SEPTEMBER goals on the day.
SAT 3 A CRYSTAL PALACE 0-3 A large number of our former
SAT 17 H BLACKBURN ROVERS* 1-3 Then, in a training game against Academy players have enjoyed
TUE 20 A PETERBOROUGH UNITED (PJT) 0-3 Peterborough United Under-21s on success across the footballing
FRI 30 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 0-4 14 December, also at Hotspur Way, world during the last year, including
OCTOBER there were second-half substitute Kazaiah Sterling, who starred for
SAT 8 H ARSENAL* 1-1 appearances for Marqes Muir, South Georgia Tormenta FC as they
SAT 15 A WOLVES 1-4 Brooklyn Lyons-Foster, Matthew Craig, won the 2022 USL League One Final
TUE 18 A STEVENAGE (PJT) 0-1 Max Robson and Roshaun Mathurin, in a few weeks ago.
SAT 22 H FULHAM* 1-1 addition to Fagan-Walcott, Paskotsi,
SAT 29 H MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 Devine and Santiago. The striker, now 24, grabbed a goal
NOVEMBER and an assist as his side beat Chatta-
MON 7 A CHELSEA 0-3 The match ended 3-1 with Doherty, nooga Red Wolves SC 2-1 to become
FRI 11 A WEST HAM UNITED 0-1 Bryan and Academy graduate Harvey champions in the third-tier competi-
JANUARY White on target, with David Ajiboye tion in America.
SUN 8 A LIVERPOOL 12PM netting a consolation for the visitors.
SAT 14 H WEST HAM UNITED 12PM Kazaiah, who made two compet-
MON 23 H WOLVES 7PM FIXTURE CHANGES itive appearances for our first team
FRI 27 A ARSENAL 7PM during his time with us, ended the
FEBRUARY Our first two Premier League 2 season with 18 goals and five assists
MON 13 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 7PM fixtures of the New Year have been to his name and earned recognition as
FRI 17 A EVERTON 7PM amended. Player of the Match in the final.
MON 27 H CRYSTAL PALACE 7PM
MARCH The opening game of 2023 for Elsewhere, there were appearances
FRI 3 A FULHAM 7PM Wayne Burnett’s side – also the first at the World Cup in Qatar for Academy
FRI 17 H LEICESTER CITY 7PM game back after the World Cup break graduates Cameron Carter-Vickers,
APRIL – away to Liverpool remains next now of Celtic, and Milos Veljkovic, now
MON 3 H MANCHESTER CITY 7PM Sunday (8 January) at the Reds’ Acad- of Werder Bremen, with the USA and
SAT 15 A BLACKBURN ROVERS 1PM emy facility, but will now kick off at the Serbia respectively.
MON 24 H CHELSEA 7PM earlier time of 12 noon.
FRI 28 A MANCHESTER UNITED 7PM Congratulations to all of our
Furthermore, the following week- Academy alumni who continue to
HOME FIXTURES PLAYED AT LAMEX STADIUM end’s home match against West Ham make progress in their careers.
UNLESS STATED United at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium
* PLAYED AT HOTSPUR WAY

FORMER ACADEMY GRADUATE CAMERON
CARTER-VICKERS IN WORLD CUP ACTION

PL2 TABLE

P W D L F A D PTS

ARSENAL 11 6 5 0 24 12 +12 23

LIVERPOOL 11 6 4 1 22 12 +10 22

MAN CITY 11 6 3 2 29 18 +11 21

CHELSEA 12 5 5 2 29 20 +9 20

CRYSTAL PALACE 11 5 5 1 26 17 +9 20

FULHAM 11 5 4 2 25 11 +14 19

EVERTON 11 6 1 4 21 18 +3 19

BRIGHTON 11 4 4 3 23 18 +5 16

WOLVES 12 4 2 6 18 26 -8 14

BLACKBURN 12 3 1 8 16 25 -9 10

MAN UNITED 12 1 7 4 21 36 -15 10

LEICESTER CITY 11 2 3 6 14 25 -11 9

WEST HAM 13 2 2 9 15 27 -12 8

TOTTENHAM 13 0 6 7 9 27 -18 6

UP TO AND INCLUDING 11.11.22

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UNDER-18S

UNDER-18S

RIO KYEREMATEN FIRES US AHEAD
IN THE FA YOUTH CUP

EXTRA-TIME LOSS IN Spurs: Gunter (c), Andiyapan ton, postponed from 17 December, will
FA YOUTH CUP (Willhoft-King 77), Linton, Morgan, now be played on Wednesday 12 April,
Dorrington, Abbott (Chaplin 91), Ajayi, 2023, kick-off 1pm at Hotspur Way.
Our Under-18s were made to pay for Hall (Lehane 91), Donley, Kyerematen,
a host of missed chances as Queens Akhamrich (Irow 77). Substitutes (not LANKSHEAR TREBLE
Park Rangers came from a goal down used): Krasniqi, Owen, Black. IN VAIN
to win 3-1 in extra time in the FA
Youth Cup on 20 December, our most Queens Park Rangers: Cant, Siquiera A hat-trick from Will Lankshear was
recent game at this level. (Bagan 93), Leahy (Luzinda 93), Brown cancelled out in the second half as
(Christmas 71), McDonald (c), McCann, West Ham United recovered from 3-1
We produced some excellent attack- Sackey (Tuck 71), Lawrence, Kolli, down to maintain their 100 per cent
ing football for much of the 90 minutes Talla, Petrie. Substitute (not used): start to the season in the Under-18
at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium, hitting Zapieraczynski. Premier League by inflicting a 4-3
the woodwork and going close on defeat on our youngsters at Little
multiple occasions, and deservedly led CITY AWAY IN Heath on 3 December.
going into the last couple of minutes LEAGUE CUP
through Rio Kyerematen’s goal shortly Having established a 2-1 half-time
after the hour mark. We have been drawn away to lead and missed a number of other
Manchester City in the quarter-finals chances during a dominant first period,
At the other end, goalkeeper Luca of the Under-18 Premier League Cup. we appeared to be well on the way to
Gunter put on an outstanding individual claiming three points in our bid to close
display against his former club with Stuart Lewis’ side qualified for the the gap to the runaway league leaders.
a string of fine saves as QPR tested knockout stages as winners of Group F
our resolve, but all of his hard work with seven points from a possible nine But the Hammers showed resilience
was undone when Teddy Lawrence and will now head to the City Academy to battle back from two goals down and
scrambled home an 88th-minute Stadium in the last eight on Saturday 4 scored three times in 12 second-half
equaliser to send the third round tie February, kick-off 11.30am. minutes to turn the game around.
to extra time, with Kieran Petrie and Lewis Orford, Oliver Scarles and Divin
Lawrence giving the visitors the win Meanwhile, our Under-18 Premier Mubama (2) were on target for the
during the additional period. League fixture at home to Southamp- hosts.

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FIXTURES & RESULTS WILL LANKSHEAR...HAT-TRICK
AGAINST THE HAMMERS
DATE H/A OPPOSITION
of Palace goalkeeper Jackson Izquierdo
AUGUST for clattering into Will Lankshear 15
yards outside his box with only half an
SAT 13 A LEICESTER CITY 1-0 hour gone.

SAT 20 H WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-2 Caleb Kporha had pulled one back
for the hosts shortly before the red
SAT 27 A ARSENAL 1-4 card incident, but we always had the
upper hand and duly put the game to
SEPTEMBER bed with a well-taken third goal from
Lankshear on the hour mark.
SAT 3 A LIVERPOOL (U18 PLC) 3-1 Spurs: Gunter (c), Abbott, Andiyapan
(Morgan 80), Chaplin, Dorrington,
WED 7 H MARSEILLE (UYL) 3-0 Kyerematen, Williams, Hall (Owen
90), Lankshear (Irow 75), Donley, Ajayi
TUE 13 A SPORTING CP (UYL) 0-2 (Akhamrich 75). Substitute (not used):
Krasniqi.
SAT 17 H BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 3-0
LADS SUFFER
OCTOBER THE BLUES

SAT 1 A ASTON VILLA 4-2 Our Under-18s were undone by two
individual moments of quality as
TUE 4 A EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (UYL) 0-1 Chelsea escaped Hotspur Way with a
2-1 victory on 19 November.
SAT 8 H WOLVES (U18 PLC) 3-3
With Michael Golding having curled
WED 12 H EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (UYL) 2-3 the visitors into the lead with a good
strike from just outside the box,
SAT 22 A FULHAM 0-6 we created numerous chances and
deservedly drew level on the stroke of
WED 26 H SPORTING CP (UYL) 1-2 half-time through Jamie Donley – only
for the Blues to regain the upper
NOVEMBER hand in the second period when Josh
Acheampong arrowed an unstoppable
TUE 1 A MARSEILLE (UYL) 3-2 Spurs: Gunter (c), Abbott, Linton, shot into the top corner from 25 yards
Andiyapan, Dorrington, Kyerematen, out.
SAT 5 A CHARLTON ATH (U18PLC) 5-1 Williams (Ajayi 46), Hall (Olusesi Spurs: Gunter (c), Abbott, McKnight,
53), Lankshear, Donley, Moore (Irow Chaplin, Dorrington, Kyerematen
SAT 19 H CHELSEA 1-2 83). Substitutes (not used): Krasniqi, (Akhamrich 88), Williams (Ajayi 65),
Akhamrich. Olusesi (Willhoft-King 65), Lankshear,
SAT 26 A CRYSTAL PALACE 3-1 Donley, Moore. Substitutes (not used):
CANARIES DEFEATED Krasniqi, Andiyapan.
TUE 29 H NORWICH CITY 3-0
A 40-yard lob from Jamie Donley
DECEMBER set the seal on a fine win against
Norwich City at Hotspur Way on 29
SAT 3 A WEST HAM UNITED 3-4 November, which sent Stuart Lewis’
side up to second in the league.
TUE 20 H QPR (FAYC) 1-3
Already two goals to the good
JANUARY following first-half strikes from
Jaden Williams and Oliver Irow, our
SAT 7 H ASTON VILLA 12PM youngsters completed a 3-0 victory
when Donley intercepted a short
SAT 14 A BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 11.30AM free-kick from Norwich substitute
Harrison Thompson and sent a swirling
SAT 28 A CHELSEA 11AM shot into the net from long distance
with just over an hour gone.
FEBRUARY
Unfortunately, the goal was marred
SAT 4 A MAN CITY (PLC) 11.30AM by an injury to Norwich stopper Caleb
Ansen. We continue to wish him well.
SAT 11 H CRYSTAL PALACE 11AM
Spurs: Gunter (c), Abbott, Andiyapan
SAT 18 A SOUTHAMPTON 11.30AM (King 83), Dorrington, Morgan,
Willhoft-King (Linton 60), Williams,
SAT 25 H WEST HAM UNITED 11AM Hall (Kyerematen 90+1), Lankshear,
Donley, Irow (Akhamrich 83).
MARCH Substitute (not used): Krasniqi.

SAT 18 H ARSENAL 11AM IMPRESSIVE WIN
AT PALACE
APRIL
We produced a commanding
SAT 1 A NORWICH CITY 11.30AM performance and some stylish goals
to defeat 10-man Crystal Palace 3-1
WED 12 H SOUTHAMPTON 1PM on 26 November.

SAT 15 H FULHAM 11AM Two strikes in as many minutes from
Jamie Donley and Jaden Williams had
SAT 22 A WEST BROMWICH ALBION 12PM us in control, even before the dismissal

SAT 29 H LEICESTER CITY 11.30AM

U18S PL TABLE

P W D L F A D PTS

WEST HAM 10 10 0 0 38 16 +22 30

FULHAM 10 5 2 3 33 16 +17 17

CRYSTAL PALACE 10 5 2 3 26 19 +7 17

CHELSEA 10 5 1 4 19 20 -1 16

TOTTENHAM 10 5 0 5 20 21 -1 15

NORWICH CITY 10 3 3 4 13 17 -4 12

WEST BROM 9 3 2 4 15 16 -1 11

BRIGHTON 10 3 2 5 11 24 -13 11

SOUTHAMPTON 9 2 3 4 20 22 -2 9

ARSENAL 9 2 3 4 16 19 -3 9

ASTON VILLA 10 2 3 5 22 32 -10 9

LEICESTER 9 2 1 6 11 22 -11 7

UP TO AND INCLUDING 10.12.22

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MATCH FACTS & TOTAL CARDS

Tottenham have won 12 of 26 37 Aston Villa have won just
their last 14 Premier League 1 1 two of their last 21 Premier
games against Aston Villa League games against
(L2), as many as they had in Tottenham (D3 L16), though
their first 40 against them in both victories in that time
the competition (D15 L13). have come away from home
(April 2015, May 2021).

�� �� �� �� ��31 1622.8 16.3 21 22 17.5 20.1 43

GOALS EXPECTED GOALS GOALS EXPECTED GOALS CLEAN

��221 164 ��50.2 47.3 ��CONCEDED ��AGAINST ��SHEETS
14 9.8 13 5 23
SHOTS AVERAGE SHOT CONVERSION POINTS GAINED AFTER POINTS DROPPED
POSSESSION % RATE % TRAILING AFTER LEADING

GOAL TIMES

0-15 SCORED CONCEDED 0-15 SCORED CONCEDED
16-30 2 4 16-30 6 5
31-45 4 3 31-45 2 1
46-60 4 5 46-60 2 3
61-75 5 4 61-75 3 4
76-90 8 2 76-90 2 5
8 3 1 4

Data excludes matches played after December 25th

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WORLD CUP
GLORY FOR CRISTIAN

Cristian Romero became just the second Spurs player ending, but ultimately it was Cristian’s Argentina
to win the World Cup when he featured in Argentina’s who were left to celebrate after winning the penalty
success in Qatar two weeks ago. shootout 4-2.

The 24-year-old centre-back was part of the Following Ivan Perisic’s bronze medal after Croatia
Argentina side that defeated France on penalties after defeated Morocco in the third/fourth place play-off the
a dramatic 3-3 draw in the 2022 World Cup Final in day before, it means one of our players each picked up a
Lusail – and in the process, denied French skipper Hugo bronze, silver and gold medal as the curtain came down
Lloris the opportunity to lift back-to-back trophies. Our on an eventful tournament in Qatar.
captain had to settle for a silver medal as runner-up.
In total, there were 12 players representing Spurs
Both ‘Cuti’ and Hugo both completed the full match at the tournament, we take a look at the breakdown of
and saw plenty of action throughout the game, Hugo each players’ World Cup campaign:
notably denying Lionel Messi in the last few seconds
of stoppage time at the end of the 90 minutes when CRISTIAN ROMERO
the score was 2-2. Argentina
Winners
Winners last time out in 2018, France had to come Matches played: 7
from behind twice to keep themselves in with a chance Minutes played: 548
of retaining the trophy, having struggled for much of
the first 80 minutes. Indeed, Argentina looked to be Centre-half Cristian Romero played in all seven of
cruising to victory thanks to a penalty from Messi Argentina’s matches en route to winning the trophy,
and Angel Di Maria’s effort in the first half, before a starting six of them including the final. He was in the
quickfire brace from Kylian Mbappe – the first one Albiceleste’s starting XI for their opening game 2-1
from the spot – with just under 10 minutes left turned defeat to Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest shocks in
the momentum in France’s favour. World Cup history, but was taken off on 59 minutes and
didn’t start the next game against Mexico. However,
Messi scrambled his team back in front three after playing the final 21 minutes in the 2-0 win over the
minutes into the second half of extra time after an initial Mexicans, he then started every subsequent game and
brilliant save from Hugo to deny Lautaro Martinez, played a key role at the back as Argentina marched all
before Mbappe completed his hat-trick with his second the way to glory.
penalty of the game to make it 3-3 in the 118th minute.

Both sides had late chances to win amid a frantic

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time around. The midfielder played more minutes in
the 2022 tournament than any other outfield player
in the Premier League, starting all seven of Croatia’s
matches as they defeated Morocco in the third/fourth
place play-off. Ivan scored once, in the 1-1 draw with
Japan in the Round of 16, which Croatia won on penal-
ties. They did the same against Brazil in the quarters
before succumbing to Argentina in the last four.

HUGO LLORIS HARRY KANE
France England
Runners-Up Quarter-Finals
Matches played: 6 Matches played: 5
Minutes played: 570 Minutes played: 403

Club captain Hugo Lloris came close to becoming Harry Kane became England’s joint top goalscorer
the first player in history to lift the World Cup trophy during the tournament, but suffered the heartbreak of
twice, only for France to lose the final to Argentina. missing a crucial penalty in the quarter-final against
But he did become a record-breaker when he featured France as the Three Lions’ exited the competition.
against England in the quarter-finals, becoming Kane’s successful penalty in that game, scoring against
France’s most-capped player by winning his 143rd Hugo Lloris, took him level with Wayne Rooney on 53
cap. Hugo was on the pitch for every minute of six out England goals, but he missed his second spot-kick
France’s seven matches, missing the third group game with seven minutes remaining as his side lost 2-1. The
against Tunisia when his country had already qualified. England captain, Harry started all five of his nation’s
games, also scoring against Senegal in the Round of 16.

IVAN PERISIC ERIC DIER
Croatia England
Third Place Quarter-Finals
Matches played: 7 Matches played: 2
Minutes played: 671 Minutes played: 33
A runner-up with Croatia at the 2018 World Cup, Ivan Having forced his way back into the England squad
Perisic helped his country to a third-place finish this
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this season, Eric Dier added two more World Cup
appearances to the six that he made at the 2018 tour-
nament. The defender was twice called off the bench
by England manager Gareth Southgate, featuring for
20 minutes in the 6-2 group stage win over Iran and
played the final 13 minutes of his nation’s 3-0 defeat
of Senegal in the Round of 16.

RICHARLISON HEUNG-MIN SON
Brazil South Korea
Quarter-Finals Round of 16
Matches played: 4 Matches played: 4
Minutes played: 326 Minutes played: 360

Brazilian forward Richarlison was our top scorer at Featuring in his third World Cup, Heung-Min Son made
the tournament with his three-goal haul. A regular it 10 appearances in the Finals as he added four more
starter for his country, Richy opened his account with games to his tally last month. And Sonny was in tears
both goals in Brazil’s opening game 2-0 win over Serbia as he helped South Korea reach the Last 16, setting
with his second a Goal of the Tournament contender as up Hwang Hee-Chan to score a dramatic late winner
he controlled, swivelled and fired home an acrobatic against Portugal to secure second spot in their group.
volley. He featured in four matches in total, missing However Sonny, who captained South Korea, was
the final group game against Cameroon, and scored his unable to prevent his side losing 4-1 to Brazil in the
third goal in the 4-1 defeat of South Korea in the Round Round of 16. He played every minute of his side’s four
of 16, before Brazil exited on penalties to Croatia. games.

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