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ange postecoglou Our Head Coach is gearing up for a classic cup encounter under the lights tonight timo werner Exclusive interview with the speedy attacker who’s excited at what can be achieved here opposition We turn our attention to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City squad as they head to N17 eric dier Saying our farewells to a true Spurs stalwart as he heads for pastures new the spurs shirt The story behind an iconic jersey worn in a famous cup clash with tonight’s visitors guglielmo vicario The Italian keeper on cooking, classic football shirts and his most skilful team-mate 6 18 28 40 56 59 I N T H I S I S S U E 4 CONTENTS THFC

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOOTBALL AND ATHLETIC CO. LTD, REG. OFFICE: LILYWHITE HOUSE, 782 HIGH ROAD, LONDON, N17 0BX Chairman: Daniel Levy Operations and Finance Director: Matthew Collecott Executive Director: Donna-Maria Cullen Chief Commercial Officer: Todd Kline Chief Football Officer: Scott Munn Director of Football Administration and Governance: Rebecca Caplehorn Technical Director: Johan Lange Non-Executive Director: Jonathan Turner Head Coach: Ange Postecoglou Senior Assistant Coach: Chris Davies Assistant Coaches: Mile Jedinak, Ryan Mason and Matt Wells First Team Goalkeeping Coach: Rob Burch Head of Sports Medicine and Sports Science: Geoff Scott Dental Surgeon: Peter Rabin Football Secretary: Jennifer Urquhart Spurs Hotline: 0344 499 5000 Textphone Service for Deaf or Hard of Hearing: 020 8365 5194 Email: [email protected] MATCHDAY PROGRAMME Head of Publications: Jon Rayner Contributors: Sian Allpress, Rob Daly, Andy Greeves, Will Holderness, Anthony Marshall, Paul Miles, Billy Shaw REACH SPORT: Operations Editor: Adam Oldfield Commercial Editor: Chris Brereton Senior Production Journalist: Simon Monk Designer: Tom Rogers Marketing & Communications Manager: Claire Brown Photography: Shutterstock, THFC, PA Photos, Mirrorpix, Getty Images Printed by Bishops Published by For matchday programme subscriptions, email: [email protected] “now that this stadium is my home it’s something really special” THFC CONTENTS 5

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THFC ANGE POSTECOGLOU 7 “I know you will help ensure it is another special atmosphere under the lights at this fantastic stadium” want to start these notes by welcoming Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin to the Club. January is never an easy month to do business in, so to get two quality players into the squad so early in the month was very pleasing. With Sonny away at the Asian Cup, we knew we needed another player in the final third and we quickly identified Timo as a really good fit for us. Timo is versatile and can play across the front line, which gives us good depth and quality in those areas. He also knows the Premier League and is very motivated by this opportunity and what he can add to the group. With Radu, we knew that centreback was a priority position heading into this window and we believe he is a player with an exciting future. Radu has experience for his age, he will be a good character in the dressing room and has displayed the right motivations for wanting to be here. I know you will give them a warm welcome this evening, just as you did when they made their debuts at Manchester United almost a fortnight ago. I On that day at Old Trafford we came from behind twice to secure a draw and I was so proud of the team, who played really well after a difficult week with absences. We responded to the challenges on the day, playing some outstanding football and I felt it was a big moment in terms of our growth. Tonight, our attention turns to the FA Cup and I should like to welcome Pep Guardiola, his players, staff and everyone associated with Manchester City for this fourth round tie. It was only last month that we faced City in the Premier League so we know the threats they will pose. Pep has built an incredible team over a number of seasons – one which has gone on to win everything available to them. They are the current holders of the FA Cup and that gives us a great opportunity to test ourselves against the best. We have confidence in the progress we are making and I know you will help ensure it is another special atmosphere under the lights at this fantastic stadium.

8 FA CUP FACTFILE THFC he brainchild of The Football Association’s Secretary, Charles Alcock, the globally renowned competition began in November 1871, with Wanderers crowned inaugural FA Cup winners in March 1872. Dominated by ex-public-school amateurs for the first decade, with the likes of Wanderers, Oxford University, Old Etonians, Royal Engineers, Old Carthusians and Clapham Rovers claiming victory, it wasn’t until the early 1880s that the powerhouse Midland and northern teams staked their claim. As professionalism engulfed football, the amateurs drifted away, leaving Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion to take their place. When the FA Cup journey began, our club didn’t even exist. In fact, it was 12 years after our inception that our first participation occurred with a 3-2 qualifying win over West Herts in 1894. Incredibly, just seven years later, we became the first Southern-based side to win the trophy following the formation of the Football League in 1888. When Welsh captain John Leonard Jones lifted the famous trophy in 1901, he couldn’t have imagined he’d remain the only ever non-league captain to lift the coveted silverware. Another record from this campaign also still stands, belonging to Sandy Brown. Becoming the first player to score in every round, the Scottish centre-forward netted an incredible 15 goals in just eight matches, which hasn’t been bettered in the Football/Premier League era. The 1901 final, versus Sheffield United, threw up a couple of interesting talking points. It was the first to be filmed, by a revolutionary cinematography camera pioneered by John Alfred Prestwich, who at the time resided in Warmington House, the home of our future Spurs Supporters’ Club and now part of our Tottenham Experience. Also, the Southern League insisted we fulfilled their pre-arranged fixture on the day of the final replay – effectively, playing two first team fixtures on the same day! A five-goal win over Gravesend at White Hart Lane gave the fans an early glimpse of future England captain Vivian Woodward, and when the news seeped through from Bolton that Spurs had won the Cup, the 5,000 strong crowd decided to stay on the High Road awaiting the jubilant players’ return later that evening. Twenty years passed before another southern club had the temerity to smuggle the trophy from the northern hordes, and once again, it was left to us to champion the South. As the year famously drifted into ending with a one, England captain Arthur Grimsdell became the second Spur to lift the Cup when Jimmy Dimmock’s first-ever FA Cup goal gave us victory over Wolves at Stamford Bridge – remarkably, this was the first time we had faced Wolves in the tournament. As with FA Cup final FA CUP T Tonight’s FA Cup tie gives us the perfect opportunity to look back on our proud record in the world’s oldest football contest. THE BALL HITS THE NET AS WE BEAT SHEFFIELD UNITED IN THE 1901 FINAL WORDS BY JOHN CHAMBERS

THFC FA CUP FACTFILE 9 tradition, our club emblem, the cockerel, adorned our shirts for the first time. However, when collecting the trophy, the cockerel was nowhere to be seen as the original rain-sodden shirts were ditched at half-time. We decided to carry on with the cockerel motif the next season, becoming one of the first clubs to do this in the league. It was a further 40 years before our third victory in the competition but not before a 75,038-record crowd attended White Hart Lane to witness a quarter-final defeat to Sunderland in 1938 – proving the popularity of the FA Cup. The furthest the great Bill Nicholson ventured as a player was a losing semi-finalist in 1948 and 1953, however, as our manager, we nabbed a hat-trick of trophies. Triumphant in 1961, 1962 and 1967, we gained the honour of being only the fourth team in history to retain the trophy. History was also made in the 1967 final, which was the first to feature substitutes, although our Cliff Jones remained on the bench as did Chelsea’s Joe Kirkup. Fourteen years later, we were successful again, this time against tonight’s opponents, Manchester City in 1981. Ossie Ardiles’s dream of gracing the famous Wembley turf came true but it was his compatriot Ricky Villa who stole the show with a brace in the 3-2 replay win – Ricky’s mazy, solo goal has since been voted the ‘Greatest FA Cup goal of all-time.’ Glenn Hoddle’s penalty ensured we retained the trophy 12 months later when Terry Venables’ QPR were narrowly dispatched. Venables was back nine years later, this time as our manager following his Barcelona adventure. Overtaking Aston Villa as the tournament’s most prolific winners, our eighth victory came courtesy of Paul Stewart and Des Walker’s own goal. We currently sit third in the all-time victories list, having been usurped by Arsenal and Manchester United. As well as the 453 FA Cup matches we have taken part in, a further four were started, but for various reasons were annulled or abandoned. FACTFILE ... AS RICKY VILLA’S GOAL CLINCHES THE TROPHY IN THE WEMBLEY REPLAY PAUL MILLER AND GLENN HODDLE PARADE THE CUP IN 1981...

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THFC FA CUP FACTFILE 1 1 Our first abandonment was a 1904 encounter with the mighty Aston Villa. Expecting a bumper crowd at Northumberland Park, extra seating was placed in front of the stands, but with Villa winning 1-0, crowd encroachment led to the referee cancelling proceedings after 20 minutes. The Villa Park replay was won after a £350 fine and the threat of ground closure if repeated. The next such event occurred in 1907 when bad light forced the players off after 10 minutes of extra-time in a goalless encounter at Hull City, however, the result was allowed to stand. A City Ground blizzard in 1996 caused our tie with Nottingham Forest to only last 15 minutes despite changing to an orange ball after five minutes. The last abandonment, in 2012, was of a more serious nature when, after Kyle Walker cancelled out Gareth Bale’s own goal, Bolton’s Fabrice Muamba collapsed with a cardiac arrest on the White Hart Lane pitch. Thankfully, he survived due to the sterling efforts of the medical staff and a heart surgeon from crowd. As well as the abandoned games, a 2-4 defeat to the wonderfully named Vampires in 1895 was ordered to be replayed due to their pitch being incorrectly marked and we successfully navigated the replay 2-1; both results have been included in the Club’s Legacy Numbers list. Tonight’s opponents are familiar foes in the competition, with this being the 15th meeting between the two – the only other club we have faced more is their near neighbours, Manchester United (16). Our record FA Cup victory is a 13-2 win over Crewe Alexandra in 1960, which is, unsurprisingly, also our record in all competitions. Our record defeat is two 1-6 losses to Huddersfield Town (1928) and Newcastle United (2000). Our longest undefeated sequence is 18 matches between January 1980 and January 1983, eventually losing to Everton after winning the 1981 and 1982 tournaments. The well-publicised encounter with eighth-tier Marine provided the competition with the biggest league pyramid gap when 161 places separated the clubs. With 69 to his name, Steve Perryman has our most appearances, and Jimmy Greaves’ 32 strikes remains the benchmark for goals. TERRY VENABLES HOLDS ALOFT THE TROPHY IN 1991 TAKING ON MARINE IN 2021

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THFC NEWS 1 3 Five of our first team squad have moved out on loan since our last matchday programme, here’s a quick round-up of who has gone where… Ivan Perisic has joined HNK Hajduk Split for the remainder of the season. The versatile left-sided player appeared in each of our first six games of the season, registering two assists, before he suffered a complex anterior cruciate ligament injury in September. Having joined us in May, 2022, the Croatia international went on to make exactly 50 appearances for the Club, scoring one goal and providing 14 assists. Sergio Reguilon has joined Brentford on loan for the remainder of the 2023/24 campaign. The left-back spent the first half of the current season on loan at Manchester United, where he made 12 appearances in all competitions. Signed from Real Madrid in September, 2020, news DESK Sergio has made 67 appearances in our colours to date, scoring twice. Japhet Tanganga has joined Championship side Millwall on loan for the remainder of the season. The defender, 24, spent the first half of the campaign on loan at Bundesliga side FC Augsburg. Also moving to the Championship is Ashley Phillips, who has joined Plymouth Argyle on loan for the rest of 2023/24. The 18-year-old England Under-19 international defender joined us in the summer from Blackburn Rovers, and has made five appearances for our Under-21s to date. And finally, Djed Spence has joined Serie A side Genoa on loan for the remainder of the campaign. The 23-yearold full-back spent the first half of the season on loan at Championship side Leeds United, where he made seven appearances. A July 2022 arrival from Middlesbrough, the England Under-21 international has made six appearances in our colours to date. We were all saddened to hear of the recent passing of legendary local scout and coach, Richard ‘Dickie’ Moss MBE. A lifelong Spurs fan born in Tottenham on 31 January, 1924, Dickie passed away at his home in Edmonton on 17 January, just days short of his 100th birthday. Well-known and respected in local football circles, Dickie was awarded the MBE in 2005 for ‘services to young people in North London’. Part of our Academy coaching staff for over 20 years, with duties including scouting, coaching, education and physio work, Dickie also coached goalkeepers at local side Brimsdown Rovers and held coaching courses at Enfield Rangers well into his 80s, having gained his UEFA B licence at the age of 78! Dickie taught in Haringey a n d n o r t h L o n d o n fo r 4 5 years and was Headmaster of S o m e r s e t L o w e r S c h o o l (formerly Tottenham Grammar School) when he retired. He also played for Hertford Town and Sunday football until he was 50! We send our sincere condolences to his daughters Theresa (Terri), Glenda and Catherine, extended family and friends at this sad time. The date and kick-off time for our Adobe Women’s FA Cup fifth round tie with Charlton Athletic has been confirmed. Hosting the Addicks at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road, the tie will be played on Saturday 10 February with Loan moves Women’s cup clash confirmed kick-off at 5.15pm. We came from 2-0 down to beat Sheffield United in the fourth round, while Charlton defeated Ipswich Town 4-1 away from home. The game will be broadcast live on FA Player and ticketing details will be confirmed in due course. OBITUARY RICHARD MOSS IVAN PERISIC ASHLEY PHILLIPS

1 4 A C T I O N R E P L AY THFC MANCHESTER UNITED 2 Hojlund 3, Rashford 40 ACTION REPLAY Onana, Wan-Bissaka, Evans (Martinez 63), Varane, Dalot, Eriksen (McTominay 58), Mainoo, Garnacho, Fernandes (c), Rashford (Antony 88), Hojlund. Substitutes (not used): Bayindir, Heaton, Casemiro, Pellistri, Kambwala, Forson. 4-2-3-1 36% 9 2 88 LINE-UP POSS. SHOTS ON TARGET CORNERS FOULS

THFC A C T I O N R E P L AY 1 5 Richarlison 19, Bentancur 46 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 DATE: 14.01.24 COMPETITION: PREMIER LEAGUE VENUE: OLD TRAFFORD REFEREE: JOHN BROOKS Spurs (4-3-3): Vicario, Pedro Porro, Romero (c), van de Ven (Royal 89), Udogie, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Skipp (Dragusin 85), Johnson, Richarlison, Werner (Bryan 80). Substitutes (not used): Foster, Austin, Dorrington, Donley, Santiago. 4-3-3 64% 16 6 5 13 LINE-UP POSS. SHOTS ON TARGET CORNERS FOULS

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THFC F R O M T H E VAU LT 1 7 The FA Cup is the oldest cup competition in world football, first played in 1871, and it appears in various ways within our collection, predating the foundation of Spurs and many other of today’s clubs. Historically, FA Cup matches seem to stick in the memory of fans more than any other competition and FA Cup matches feature prominently in a lot of fan-related items in the archive. Today, we look at the way it featured in competition entries from young supporters. For instance, for a Spurs News competition, ‘What a game!’, a 16-yearold supporter chose an FA Cup fifth round match against Everton as the best match they had been to, although it was a close call between this and Ossie Ardiles’ testimonial! The competition required entrants to explain why they had chosen their match and interestingly this wasn’t a match Spurs won, but the participant claimed the atmosphere was great, Spurs went 1-0 up with a goal from Mark Falco but then Everton pulled one back and a winner was scored by Gary Lineker. Despite the result the game clearly stuck in her mind, possibly as at this point Everton had been doing very well in both the League and the FA Cup. This same match features in a second letter for an entry into the same competition, this time from a supporter aged 14. This entry was over three pages long and she describes in detail what the weather was like on the day and how packed with action the match was. Towards the end of this letter, she suggests that despite losing Spurs had played some of the best football they had played in a long time. This could possibly be why it features in two similar aged fans competition entries. The FA Cup clearly had a big impact on these two young fans, despite the disappointment of being knocked out. The tournament features in a third entry for this competition, although this one was an FA Cup semi-final replay in 1981, against Wolverhampton Wanderers, played at Highbury. As with the previous match mentioned, the atmosphere played a key role in why this game was remembered, the writer believed there to be far more Spurs fans than Wolves fans in the crowd with over 52,000 spectators in total. Unlike the Everton match, this one ended in a 3-0 Spurs victory and a place in the FA Cup Final, where we beat tonight’s opponents Manchester City after a replay. Through these three fan letters, we can see how prominently the FA Cup has featured in the memories of fans in the past; particularly for younger supporters who may not have been able to attend matches as often as their adult counterparts. WORDS BY SIAN ALLPRESS Our popular feature continues as we dig into the club archives to examine the items and objects which have helped shape our history…

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THFC THE BIG INTERVIEW 1 9 T U R B O TIMO orn in Stuttgart, a city considered as ‘the cradle of the automobile’, Timo Werner has been tormenting defenders with his high-octane speed ever since he burst onto the scene with VfB Stuttgart. From the youngest player to appear for the Bundesliga side at 17 years old, to his rapid rise with RB Leipzig, a UEFA Champions League winner in 2021 and then making his Spurs debut against Manchester United just days after sealing a loan move, it’s all been a turbocharged career for our January addition. After the deal for Timo’s loan, with an option to make it permanent in the summer, was announced on Tuesday 9 January, it was a serious gear change for him as he was thrust straight into the action for our first Premier League outing in 2024 on the Sunday. With Club captain Heung-Min Son leading South Korea at the Asia Cup and key attacking personnel ruled out of our tough away trip to Old Trafford, Ange Postecoglou wasted no time in naming the 27-year-old in the starting line-up and the forward played his part in our impressive display in our 2-2 draw with the Red Devils. Given his last start was a DFB Pokal tie with VfL Wolfsburg on 31 October and that he had only trained twice with the side at Hotspur Way, the Germany international stepped up admirably on the left of our front three and his pace and clever movement caused real problems for the United backline. Trailing 1-0 to Rasmus Hojlund’s early strike, the forward almost marked his debut with a first-half equaliser, only for his goal-bound header to be diverted wide by Jonny Evans, but he did register an assist for Rodrigo Bentancur to make it 2-2 just after the break, showing superb awareness and weight of pass to play in the Uruguayan, as we twice came from behind to earn a point on the road. “I was very excited, I wanted to be out there, and I couldn’t wait to get started,” said our new number 16, when reflecting on his first start for the Club. WORDS BY WILL HOLDERNESS New signing TIMO WERNER has already made an impression on his debut against Manchester United, now the German international hopes to do the same against the blue half of the city tonight. We caught up with the speedy forward to discuss his first few weeks at Spurs… B “I was very excited, I wanted to be out there, and I couldn’t wait to get started”

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THFC THE BIG INTERVIEW 2 1 “I was a bit nervous, to come to a new group, meet new team-mates and staff but they all made it very easy for me to settle in quickly. “Everything went so fast! I trained two times with the team before my first game in one of the biggest stadiums in Europe so, for me, it was very special and I enjoyed it very much. “I’m very happy to make my debut for Spurs and I enjoyed it a lot – especially the offensive style that we play. It fits my style to be high up the pitch, to wait for the ball and attack the deep spaces, so I’m looking forward to many more games. “The point was a good result. Not every team draws at Old Trafford but when you have more chances and more possession, you are a bit sad not to win this game. “It’s only my first game here but I’ve seen how we grow as a team and how the team is developing so, with players missing and a lot of quality coming in, we can be very proud.” Born in the district of Bad Cannstatt, home of VfB’s MHP Arena, Timo joined Stuttgart’s academy at just six years of age and raced through the youth ranks, playing for the Under-17s days after his 15th birthday and then scored 24 goals in 23 appearances in the Under-19 Bundesliga South/Southwest the following season. His senior breakthrough then came in August 2013 – aged 17 years, four months and 26 days – when he featured in a UEFA Europa League qualifier against Botev Plovdiv, becoming the youngest player in VfB’s history, and a month later broke the club’s youngest-ever goalscorer record after netting his first professional goal against Eintracht Frankfurt. “It fits my style to be high up the pitch, to wait for the ball and attack the deep spaces, so I’m looking forward to many more games”

2 2 THE BIG INTERVIEW THFC After 103 senior appearances for the five-time German champions, the versatile attacker joined newly-promoted RB Leipzig ahead of the 2016/17 season. Four seasons with Die Roten Bullen saw him return goal hauls of 21, 13, 16 and 28 in the top flight, finishing as the club’s top league goalscorer in each campaign, and his prolific 34 goals in 45 games in all competitions in 2019/20 earned him a place in the Bundesliga Team of the Season. A star performer during his spell at the Red Bull Arena, we saw first-hand what he can do in front of goal when he slotted a penalty against us in our Champions League Last 16 first leg defeat here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in February 2020, and then bagged an assist in the return leg to help the German side progress. The forward subsequently spent a two-year spell with Chelsea and, coincidentally, bagged his first goal in English football in N17 during our home Carabao Cup tie with the Blues in September 2020, which we won on penalties. He would then go on to help the team claim the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup before returning to Leipzig for 2022/23 to lift the German Cup and German Super Cup. Naturally, back at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time in our colours as we take on FA Cup holders Manchester City in the fourth round of the competition, Timo’s keen to score for us rather than against us and he has spoken about some of the things that enticed him to join Ange’s project here. “First of all, I’m very happy to be here,” he said. “I’ve joined a very, very big club, we have often played against each other already – it doesn’t matter if I was playing for Chelsea or Leipzig, they were always big, big games to play against Spurs – and now I’m happy to be part of the team at the Club and I’m really looking forward to it. “They were always very tight matches against Tottenham, especially in the Champions League when I played my first game here – I think it was my first game in England when Leipzig played in the new stadium. “Straight away I loved it, it was really something special to play here, to score here and now that this stadium is my

THFC THE BIG INTERVIEW 2 3 home it’s something really special and I hope to play here as I did when I was at other teams. It should be even more special to score for Spurs as the home team, and to have the whole crowd behind you when you score is even better. I’m really looking forward to the games. “A lot of things attracted me here – first of all, the talk with the manager. I thought it was a really good talk, he gave me straight away the feeling that I need to join a club, what I want to feel when you talk to a manager and also the tactics and the style, how he wants to play, how he lets the team play. For me I thought straight away that it fits perfectly. Then the stadium, to play here every game is something special and also the team, I think we have some very good players. “I hope that I can be the best player I can be here. The people who have followed me a little bit in the Premier League, they know that I can bring my speed, that I can be a threat for the opponents so that’s what I want to bring into the team and off the pitch, I think I can be a funny guy and I hope that I can arrive well into the team and that they are happy with me and my personality.” Proficient across the front three, the Germany international believes his versatility will be key to helping the team because he adds more threat and unpredictability to our final third. Having played just 250 minutes for Leipzig in the first half of the season and then getting 80 minutes of action under his belt at Old Trafford, the mid-season break has given the 27-year-old more time to get up to match fitness and develop his understanding of Ange’s system. As we return to action for tonight’s cup clash with Pep Guardiola’s side, Timo has set his sights on bringing success here in his second chapter in English football as he looks to go one step further than his consecutive FA Cup runners-up medals during his last spell in the country. “It’s important for [Ange] and also for me that I can play every position up front – that’s what makes it very flexible,” he explained. “It’s always good when you have some players that can play different positions, who can change in the game – I think it makes it even harder to defend for the other teams if they never know who is coming from this position now – so I think that’s one of my strengths, to be flexible up front and to play every position and that is a thing where I can also help the team. “One-and-a-half years ago I left England, I watched the Premier League, not too much to follow every single club but Tottenham was always a club which I watched. Coming back now to play at the highest level is something really special for me and what I am looking forward to is to compete at the highest level against the biggest teams, against the best clubs and that was my aim. “When I joined my old club, I said I wanted to be a winner and I wanted to win titles and we won the Champions League, so I think it shouldn’t be too bad to say that I’ve come here to also win something.”

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2 6 TICKETS THFC CATEGORY A CATEGORY B CATEGORY C Senior Over 65 years old Aged 65 years or over on 12th August 2023 Young Adult Junior Aged 21 years or younger on 12th August 2023 Aged 17 years or younger on 12th August 2023 Adult Senior Junior £65 £32.50 £49 £32.50 £71 £35.50 £53.50 £35.50 £75 £37.50 £56.50 £37.50* £78 £39 £58.50 n/a £78 £39 £58.50 £39 £83 £41.50 £62.50 £41.50 £88 n/a n/a n/a £93 n/a n/a n/a £95 n/a n/a n/a £103 n/a n/a n/a No Match Ticket Availability No Match Ticket Availability Eligibility for Concessionary priced 2023/24 match tickets Under 22 years old Under 18 years old Young Adult 109, 110 110 , 451 - 453, 514 - 516 111,113, 248 - 250, 258 - 260, 322 - 325 101, 108, 112, 124, 508, 509, 513, 517, 521, 522 252, 254, 256, 416 - 418, 422 - 424, 514 - 516 251, 252, 254, 256, 257, 322 - 325, 419 - 421, 451 - 453, 501, 502, 507, 508, 522, 523, 529, 530 102, 107, 123 502, 503, 506, 507, 523, 524, 528, 529 104, 105, 504, 505, 525, 527 248 - 252, 254-260 103, 105, 119, 122, 503 - 506, 524, 525, 527, 528 504, 505, 525, 527 , 323, 324, 451, 453, 501, 502, 529, 530 Approved Safe Standing Areas Blocks 248-260 Rows 1-29 and Blocks 323, 324, 451, 452 and 453 rows 71-82. *Please note that Junior concessions are not available in the Safe Standing area in our single-tier South Stand as this area is not deemed suitable for children. Match Ticket Prices South Category A Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United 451 - 453, 510-520 £103 n/a n/a n/a Senior OvYoung Adult Junior Eligibility for Family Area The following blocks make up our Family Area: 109, 110, 416, 417, 510, 511, 512 UU109, 110 110 , 451 - 453, 514 - 516 111,113, 248 - 250, 258 - 260, 322 - 325 101, 108, 112, 124, 508, 509, 513, 517, 521, 522 252, 254, 256, 416 - 418, 422 - 424, 514 - 516251, 252, 254, 256, 257, 322 - 325, 419 - 421, 451 - 453, 501, 502, 507, 508, 522, 523, 529, 530102, 107, 123 502, 503, 506, 507, 523, 524, 528, 529 104, 105, 504, 505, 525, 527 248 - 252, 254-260 103, 105, 119, 122, 503 - 506, 524, 525, 527, 528504, 505, 525, 527 323, 324, 451, 453, 501, 502, 529, 530 Approved Safe Blocks 248-260*Please note thsingle-tier SoutTottenham Hotspur Stadium | 2023 / 2024 Match TickeNorth South East West Category A AWAY SECTION AWAY SECTION 514 252 249 250 251 248 254 256 257 260 259 258 325 324 322 451 452 453 522 523 524 525 527 528 529 530 521 520 424 519 516 517 518 420 419 421 418 422 423 515 513 417 510 512 416 509 511 508 507 506 505 504 503 502 501 119 122 124123 113 112 111 108 107 105 104 103 110 109 102 101 234 233 232 323 Arsenal, Chelsea, Li451 - 453, 510-520 Adult Senior Junior £48 £24 £36 £24 £53 £26.50 £40 £26.50 £57 £28.50 £43 £28.50* £60 £30 £45 n/a £60 £30 £45 £30 £64 £32 £48 £32 £69 n/a n/a n/a £71 n/a n/a n/a £79 n/a n/a n/a £95 n/a n/a n/a No Match Ticket Availability No Match Ticket Availability Eligibility for Concessionary priced 2023/24 match tickets Young Adult 109, 110 110 , 451 - 453, 514 - 516 111,113, 248 - 250, 258 - 260, 322 - 325 101, 108, 112, 124, 508, 509, 513, 517, 521, 522 252, 254, 256, 416 - 418, 422 - 424, 514 - 516 251, 252, 254, 256, 257, 322 - 325, 419 - 421, 451 - 453, 501, 502, 507, 508, 522, 523, 529, 530 102, 107, 123 502, 503, 506, 507, 523, 524, 528, 529 104, 105, 504, 505, 525, 527 248 - 252, 254-260 103, 105, 119, 122, 503 - 506, 524, 525, 527, 528 504, 505, 525, 527 , 323, 324, 451, 453, 501, 502, 529, 530 Match Ticket Prices South Category B Aston Villa, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, 451 - 453, 510-520 Nottingham Forest, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers £95 n/a n/a n/a Adult Senior Junior £37 £18.50 £28 £18.50 £43 £21.50 £32.50 £21.50 £47 £23.50 £35.50 £23.50* £50 £25 £37.50 n/a £50 £25 £37.50 £25 £54 £27 £40.50 £27 £59 n/a n/a n/a £61 n/a n/a n/a £65 n/a n/a n/a £80 n/a n/a n/a No Match Ticket Availability No Match Ticket Availability Eligibility for Concessionary priced 2023/24 match tickets Young Adult 109, 110 110 , 451 - 453, 514 - 516 111,113, 248 - 250, 258 - 260, 322 - 325 101, 108, 112, 124, 508, 509, 513, 517, 521, 522 252, 254, 256, 416 - 418, 422 - 424, 514 - 516 251, 252, 254, 256, 257, 322 - 325, 419 - 421, 451 - 453, 501, 502, 507, 508, 522, 523, 529, 530 102, 107, 123 502, 503, 506, 507, 523, 524, 528, 529 104, 105, 504, 505, 525, 527 248 - 252, 254-260 103, 105, 119, 122, 503 - 506, 524, 525, 527, 528 504, 505, 525, 527 , 323, 324, 451, 453, 501, 502, 529, 530 Hotspur Stadium | 2023 / 2024 Match Ticket Prices South East Category C AWAY SECTION AWAY SECTION 252 249 250 251 248 254 256 257 260 259 258 325 324 322 451 452 453 522 523 524 525 527 528 529 530 21 509 508 507 506 505 504 503 502 501 119 122 124123 113 112 111 108 107 105 104 103 110 109 102 101 234 233 232 323 AFC Bournemouth, Burnley, Luton Town, Sheeld United 451 - 453, 510-520 £80 n/a n/a n/a Eligibility for Concessionary prices 2022/24 match tickets Senior Over 65 years old Aged 65 years or over on 12th August 2023 Young Adult Under 22 years old Aged 21 years or over on 12th August 2023 Junior Under 18 years old Aged 17 years or younger on 12th August 2023 Approved Safe Standing Areas Blocks 248-260 Rows 1-29 and Blocks 323, 324, 451, 452 and 453 rows 71-82. *Please note that Junior concessions are not available in the Safe Standing area in our single-tier South Stand as this area is not deemed suitable for children. 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THFC TICKETS 2 7 BRENTFORD PREMIER LEAGUE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY KICK-OFF 7.30PM Ticketing Point: 3 Tickets for this fixture have sold out. Ticket Exchange is now open. This fixture is a Category B ticket pricing. All tickets are subject to availability. EVERTON PREMIER LEAGUE GOODISON PARK SATURDAY 3 FEBRUARY KICK-OFF 12.30PM Allocation: 2,976 including 327 obstructed views, 20 wheelchair user/personal assistant pairs and 20 ambulant/personal assistant pairs Prices: Adults: £30; Over-65: £25; Under-18: £20. Wheelchair and Ambulant tickets are priced as above with a free-of-charge personal assistant ticket. Prices are reduced by £1 for Obstructed Views Ticketing Points: 3 Season Ticket Holders with 364 or more ticketing points who applied by the deadline have been successful with a clear view ticket. Season Ticket Holders with 334 or more ticketing points who applied by the deadline have been successful with a restricted view ticket. All Wheelchair Season Ticket Holders who applied by the deadline have been successful and will be issued a ticket. Ambulant Season Ticket Holders with 124 or more ticketing points who applied by the deadline have been successful and will be issued a ticket. Payment was taken on Thursday 18 January. Successful applicants will receive their digital ticket by 5pm on Monday 29 January. Digital Tickets For this fixture we will be issuing our allocation as digital tickets. As for home games, a link will be sent to the assigned supporter via email to download their ticket to their Apple/Google Wallet. This link will be sent to the individual successful Season Ticket Holder and not to the lead applicant. Any supporter who is successful with their application and who does not have a compatible device will be able to submit a request to receive a paper ticket. These requests will be monitored and the ticket may only be available to collect on the day of the fixture at Goodison Park on production of photographic ID. Subsidised Coach Travel to Goodison Park  With industrial action expected to affect travel to Goodison Park for this fixture, subsidised coach travel is now available from Big Green Coach. The Club is offering subsidised coach travel at a cost of £10 for supporters with a match ticket. Please visit the Big Green Coach website to book.    Accessible Travel information  Due to limited availability, supporters requiring wheelchair or scooter access are advised to book early to avoid disappointment. Any registered Access supporters requiring a Personal Assistant (PA) please contact access@ tottenhamhotspur.com to obtain a unique booking code.  BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION PREMIER LEAGUE TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY KICK-OFF 3PM Ticketing Point: 3 Tickets for this fixture have sold out. Ticket Exchange is now open. This fixture is a Category B ticket pricing. All tickets are subject to availability. UPCOMING FIXTURES SALE DATES FOR FUTURE FIXTURES ON SALE WINDOW OPPONENT FIXTURE DATE PRICE CATEGORY ONE HOTSPUR + ONE HOTSPUR MEMBERS ONE HOTSPUR + ACCESS MEMBERS ONE HOTSPUR - ACCESS MEMBERS 5 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 10 FEB 24 B 10AM, MON 27 NOV 10AM, TUE 28 NOV 2PM, MON 27 NOV 2PM, TUE 28 WOLVES 17 FEB 24 B NOV CRYSTAL PALACE 2 MAR 24 B 6 LUTON TOWN 30 MAR 24 C 10AM, TUE 23 JAN 10AM, TUE 23 JAN 2PM, MON 22 JAN 2PM, TUE 23 JAN NOTTINGHAM FOREST 6 APR 24 B 7 MANCHESTER CITY 20 APR 24 A 10AM, MON 4 MAR 10AM, TUE 5 MAR 2PM, MON 4 MAR 2PM, ARSENAL TUE 5 MAR 27 APR 24 A BURNLEY 11 MAY 24 C

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THFC OPPOSITION 2 9 NICKNAME: THE BLUES FOUNDED: 1880 STADIUM: ETIHAD STADIUM ALL-TIME MOST APPEARANCES: DAVID SILVA (436) ALL-TIME MOST GOALS: SERGIO AGUERO (260) City’s boss since 2016, he has won a clean sweep of trophies at the Etihad, including last season’s treble and a FIFA World Club Cup this term. He’s lifted the Premier League trophy five times as City’s manager, alongside the League Cup (four times) and the FA Cup (twice). His spell in Manchester follows similarly glittering stints at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, winning multiple domestic titles with both clubs, as well as the Champions League twice with the former. We take on the Citizens today not long after our last meeting with Pep Guardiola’s side – a thrilling 3-3 draw sealed late on at the Etihad (see following page). Since then, City have become world champions after defeating Urawa Red Diamonds and Fluminense in Saudi Arabia, before returning to winning ways in the league with victories over Everton, Sheffield United and Newcastle, plus a commanding triumph over Huddersfield in the previous round of this competition. SINCE LAST TIME… MANAGER PROFILE: PEP GUARDIOLA CLUB INFO

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THFC OPPOSITION 3 1 03.12.23 ETIHAD STADIUM PREMIER LEAGUE MAN CITY 3-3 SPURS (Son og 9, Foden 31, Grealish 81) (Son 6, Lo Celso 69, Kulusevski 90) Dejan Kulusevski’s 90th-minute header ensured we left the Etihad with a point at the end of a thrilling game that saw us go toe-to-toe with the Premier League champions. We took an early lead through Heung-Min Son, only for the skipper’s own goal to level things up before Phil Foden put the hosts ahead. Giovani Lo Celso then scored a superb curling equaliser after half-time, but we looked to be heading for defeat following Jack Grealish’s strike as full-time approached. Enter Deki! SPURS WINS: 66 DRAWS: 37 MAN CITY WINS: 66 MATCHDAY OUR LAST ENCOUNTER: HEAD TO HEAD MAN CITY PL STATS* WHAT THEY SAID: “WHEN KEVIN HAS THE BALL AND WE HAVE RUNNERS, KEVIN IS UNIQUE IN THE WORLD BUT THE FINISH BY OSCAR, I AM SO, SO HAPPY FOR HIM.” — PEP GUARDIOLA ON DE BRUYNE’S ASSIST FOR OSCAR BOBB’S WINNER “I ENJOYED MYSELF. IT WAS CRAZY. I MISSED THIS. I HAD A BIG INJURY AND I NEEDED THE TIME.” — KEVIN DE BRUYNE RETURNS FROM INJURY IN STYLE AGAINST NEWCASTLE LAST TIME OUT MOST GOALS: ERLING HAALAND (14) MOST ASSISTS: JULIAN ALVAREZ, PHIL FODEN (BOTH 6) PASS COMPLETION: 90.3% AVERAGE POSSESSION: 64.4% (* STATS FOR 2023/24 PL SEASON) VICARIO EDERSON KULUSEVSKI DAVIES LO CELSO PORRO RUBEN DIAS RODRI GVARDIOL AKANJI WALKER ALVAREZ FODEN GIL UDOGIE BISSOUMA DOKU SON JOHNSON ROMERO B. SILVA HAALAND

3 2 OPPOSITION THFC FOUR TO WATCH JOSKO GVARDIOL PHIL FODEN RODRI JULIAN ALVAREZ AGE: 27 | SQUAD NUMBER: 16 Spanish midfielder Rodri was a 2019 signing from Atletico Madrid, and his presence in the engine room has proved pivotal to City’s fortunes since then. He’s made 232 appearances for the Blues to date. AGE: 23 | SQUAD NUMBER: 19 The Argentinian forward joined City in summer 2022, and a few months later, played a starring role as Argentina won the World Cup in Qatar. Capped 28 times for his country, he’s scored seven times. AGE: 21 | SQUAD NUMBER: 24 The left-sided defender joined City from RB Leipzig in the summer for a reported £77 million. Capped 27 times by Croatia, Gvardiol started out at Dinamo Zagreb before moving to the Bundesliga. AGE: 23 | SQUAD NUMBER: 47 An Academy product who made his first-team debut in 2017, Foden is now on 248 club appearances, scoring 71 times. He’s also been capped 31 times by Engand, with four goals to his name. THE NEW DEFENDER THE ENGLAND MAN THE KEY FIGURE THE WORLD CUP WINNER

THFC OPPOSITION 3 3 THE STATS LAST PREMIER LEAGUE GAME LAST FIVE GAMES Kevin De Bruyne has scored (1) or assisted (3) a goal in all three of his substitute appearances in all competitions this season. Oscar Bobb’s winner v Newcastle made him the youngest player (20y 185d) to score a 90th-minute winner for the club since Gabriel Jesus against Swansea in February 2017 (19y 308d). Erling Haaland averages 3.9 shots per game this season for City. Julian Alvarez averages 2.4 key passes per game this season, the highest number in the City squad. NEWCASTLE 2-3 MAN CITY St James’ Park, 13.01.24 GAME STATISTICS SHOTS SHOTS ON TARGET FOULS CORNERS TOTAL PASSES POSSESSION IN % GOALS 1-0 (26) B.Silva (assist K.Walker), 1-1 (35) A.Isak (assist B.Guimaraes), 2-1 (37) A.Gordon (assist D.Burn), 2-2 (74) K.De Bruyne (assist Rodri), 3-2 (90+1) O.Bobb (assist K.De Bruyne) 12 5 7 3 229 27% 27 11 7 13 771 73% W W W W W DID YOU KNOW? 12+5+7+3+23+27 27+11+7+13+77+73 AGE NATIONALITY GOALKEEPERS 18 STEFAN ORTEGA 31 GERMAN 31 EDERSON 30 BRAZILIAN DEFENDERS 2 KYLE WALKER 33 ENGLISH 3 RUBEN DIAS 26 PORTUGUESE 6 NATHAN AKE 28 DUTCH 5 JOHN STONES 29 ENGLISH 25 MANUEL AKANJI 28 SWISS 82 RICO LEWIS 19 ENGLISH 68 MAX ALLEYNE 18 ENGLISH MIDFIELDERS 4 KALVIN PHILLIPS 28 ENGLISH 10 JACK GREALISH 28 ENGLISH 17 KEVIN DE BRUYNE 32 BELGIAN 20 BERNARDO SILVA 29 PORTUGUESE 21 SERGIO GOMEZ 23 SPANISH 8 MATEO KOVACIC 29 CROATIAN 52 OSCAR BOBB 20 NORWEGIAN 27 MATHEUS NUNES 25 PORTUGUESE FORWARDS 9 ERLING HAALAND 23 NORWEGIAN 11 JEREMY DOKU 21 BELGIAN AND THE REST...

3 4 M AT C H D AY C O U N T D O W N THFC MATCHDAY SPURS 2-0 FULHAM 26.01.10 - PREMIER LEAGUE Matches on this day have been few and far between down the years and league fixtures even more so. But we played Fulham at the Lane on 26 January in 2010 and reignited our push for a top four finish with our first league win since December, goals from Peter Crouch and David Bentley securing the points. SPURS 4-2 OXFORD UNITED 26.01.91 - FA CUP En route to winning the FA Cup in 1991, we defeated Oxford United on this day thanks to a masterful display from Paul Gascoigne. The midfield maestro set up first-half goals for Gary Mabbutt and Gary Lineker before netting twice himself to knock out the Second Division side. SWINDON TOWN 0-0 SPURS 26.01.80 - FA CUP We met Swindon Town for only the second time in our history on this day 44 years ago. The Third Division side held us to a goalless draw in the fourth round of the FA Cup at the County Ground. Robins goalkeeper Jimmy Allan made a string of saves to keep his side in the tie, while we won the replay 2-1 at the Lane. SPURS 4-0 CHELSEA 26.01.57 - FA CUP A London derby in the FA Cup on this day in 1957 as Chelsea visited White Hart Lane for a fourth-round clash. The visitors lost Frank Blunstone to injury before the break and had to play the remainder with 10 men and we took advantage in the second half. Bobby Smith got the ball rolling, with Tommy Harmer, Terry Medwin and Alfie Stokes adding to our tally. PRESTON NE 0-3 SPURS 28.01.23 DEEPDALE We eased past Championship side Preston at this stage last season, with Arnaut Danjuma coming off the bench to score on his debut. The home side held firm in the first half but we broke their resistance five minutes after the break, Heung-Min Son scoring twice before Danjuma’s late strike. SPURS 3-1 BRIGHTON 05.02.22 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM A double from Harry Kane helped us past Brighton in 2022. The striker scored in each half with Solly March MOST RECENT 4TH ROUND WINS GAMES ON THIS DAY credited as scoring an own goal while the Seagulls briefly threatened a comeback when a certain Yves Bissouma netted to make it 2-1 midway through the second half. WYCOMBE WANDERERS 1-4 SPURS 25.01.21 ADAMS PARK Despite being bottom of the Championship, Wycombe gave us a scare when they took the lead through Fred Onyedinma before Gareth Bale levelled. And it wasn’t until four minutes from time that we went ahead thanks to a Harry Winks strike, with Tanguy Ndombele netting twice more in the closing stages. SPURS 3-2 SOUTHAMPTON 18.02.20 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM After a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s, we finished the job against Southampton in a replay here in N17, the first FA Cup fourth round tie to be played at our new venue. A Dale Stephens own goal gave us the lead, Shane Long netted twice to put Saints in front but we hit back through Lucas Moura and Heung-Min Son to progress. SPURS 2-0 NEWPORT COUNTY 07.02.18 WEMBLEY STADIUM League Two Newport held us to a draw in the initial fourth round fixture at Rodney Parade, but we made no mistake in the replay at Wembley Stadium. Dan Butler put through his own net and Erik Lamela added a second before the break to book our place in round five. HARRY KANE HIT A BRACE AGAINST BRIGHTON IN 2022

THFC M AT C H D AY C O U N T D O W N 3 5 COUNTDOWN VEDRAN CORLUKA Croatian international defender who joined City from Dinamo Zagreb and spent the 2007/08 season in Manchester. Joined us in September 2008 and scored once in 109 appearances in our colours during a four year stay. After a loan with Bayer Leverkusen, he signed for Lokomotiv Moscow in June 2012, ending his playing days in 2021. MICHAEL BROWN Energetic midfielder who came through the youth ranks at Manchester City to play over 100 games for the first team, featuring in the top three divisions for the club during his time there. After a successful four years with Sheffield United, he arrived in N17 in January 2004, netting three times in 64 games for us. Also played for Fulham, Wigan, Portsmouth and Leeds. PAUL STEWART After six years with Blackpool, the attacking midfielder moved to Manchester City in March 1987 and spent just over a year there before moving to north London. Scored 37 goals in 172 appearances for us, including in the 1991 FA Cup Final to help us win the trophy. Later played for the likes of Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Wolves and Sunderland. NIKO KRANJCAR SPURS 3-0 CITY 16.12.09 While victory over City towards the end of the 2009/10 season confirmed our first-ever Champions League participation, this comfortable win in the reverse fixture in December that term was just as important. Croatian midfielder Niko Kranjcar was the star, netting a goal in each half while Jermain Defoe was also on target against Mark Hughes’ side. JASON DOZZELL CITY 0-2 SPURS 11.12.93 We completed a league double over City in the 1992/93 campaign, making it six wins on the trot against them having repeated that feat the season before and knocking City out of both domestic cups. After Steve Sedgley scored the only goal of the game at the Lane in August 1993, it was forward Jason Dozzell with a brace at Maine Road four months later to give us yet another win over the Blues. 21.01.17 MANCHESTER CITY 2-2 SPURS ETIHAD STADIUM We’ve had our fair share of thrilling encounters against Manchester City in recent seasons, one of them coming during January seven years ago as we shared four goals with Pep Guardiola’s side. Both teams were trying to chase down Chelsea at the top of the Premier League and we sat in second place prior to the trip north, with City in fifth. They’d just lost 4-0 at Everton but Mauricio Pochettino’s side were in great form, having won nine of our previous 10 in all competitions. After a goalless first half though, defeat looked on the cards for us as we fell two goals behind. First, Hugo Lloris headed an attempted clearance straight at Leroy Sane four minutes after the break, allowing the City attacker a simple finish, before the skipper spilled Raheem Sterling’s cross and Kevin De Bruyne poked home number two. We responded quickly to get back into the game with Dele Alli halving the deficit within four minutes and in the 77th minute, Heung-Min Son swept home an equaliser which had seemed unlikely for long spells. City thought they’d won it late on when Gabriel Jesus – then a teenager making his debut for the Blues – put the ball in the net only for it to be ruled out for offside and we headed back to north London with a valuable point. PLAYED FOR BOTH DOUBLES v CITY JANUARY THRILLER PAUL STEWART JASON DOZZELL

3 6 OPPOSITION VIEW THFC irstly David, how did you become a Manchester City supporter? My dad was a huge City fan and a football fan in general. He’d go to Maine Road one weekend and Old Trafford the next. He went to school close to Old Trafford but City was his team. He went to some massive matches – the FA Cup Finals of 1955 and 1956 and Newcastle in 1968, the day City won the old First Division title as well as Wembley again for the FA Cup Final of 1969 and the League Cup Final of 1970. Although I was brought up in a predominantly United area in Eccles, Salford, my dad sang the praises of great City teams, so I was always going to be a City fan. I got my first season ticket in 1975/76. I got to go to Wembley in my first season as a season ticket holder as we beat Newcastle in the League Cup Final in February 1976. And you were at the 1981 FA Cup Final as a 13-year-old? That’s right. It was a good day going down to the original Wembley Stadium. We were obviously disappointed we didn’t win. We didn’t make it to the replay, which was on the Thursday night. My brother had an exam the following day so, we watched on television instead. The replay was a huge disappointment to lose but an incredible football match. Steve MacKenzie scored a phenomenal goal for City with a volley and then Ricky Villa scored one of the most iconic FA Cup Final goals of all time for Spurs. How did your playing association with City begin? I was 10 or 11 playing for Eccles when my association with City first came about. I signed schoolboy forms with City at 14 and at 16, I was part of the first group of youngsters at City to become YTS trainees. We had an incredible group of players in my year…there was Ian Brightwell, Steve Redmond, Ian Scott, Paul Moulden and Paul Lake and we won the FA Youth Cup in 1986 What do you remember about matches against Spurs during your City career? I scored a couple of goals against Spurs. The first one was in a 1-1 draw (on 26 August, 1989). It was a far post header from an Andy Hinchcliffe corner. Gazza got a brilliant equaliser for Spurs – an instinctive finish with his left foot. The other one I scored was at Maine Road and at the Platt Lane End again in a 1-0 win (on 1 February, 1992). We had a game down at White Hart Lane shortly after the World Cup with Gazza and Gary Lineker playing for Spurs, who had been big stars at that tournament. The memories from that one are of Paul Lake being named as captain by Howard Kendall, literally on the morning of the game. I think we went 1-0 up and that cross of mine for Quinny’s (Niall Quinn) header was the best of my career I think. A lot of other crosses you make are speculative really, you are crossing in to an area where you think a striker should be, but this time I looked up and saw Quinny and I picked him out. Spurs beat us four times during the 1992/93 season and the 4-2 defeat for us in the FA Cup quarter-final was hugely significant in my eyes. We had finished fifth in the league two seasons running with Reidy (Peter Reid) prior to that 1992/93 season. I think at that point, when we played Spurs in that quarter-final, we were fifth in the league again, and there just seemed to be something about the place that it was going to be our year. But Spurs destroyed us that day. OPPOSITION VIEW F Each matchday, ANDY GREEVES speaks to a player that formerly turned out for our visitors. Today, lifelong Manchester City supporter DAVID WHITE, who netted 96 times in 342 appearances for the Citizens between 1986 and 1993, looks back on his time with his beloved club and recalls clashes with Spurs during that period.

THFC OPPOSITION VIEW 3 7 After that defeat, our season fizzled out and we ended up dropping to ninth. If you speak to any City fan now, they will pinpoint that Spurs game as a turning point. It took the club another 18 years to get back to fifth in the top flight again, which is madness. Who were the Spurs players you admired during your career? I was lucky enough to play with Gazza as an Under-21 international and got to experience his antics when we were away at a tournament in Toulon. Myself and Steve Redmond were rooming together and it felt like Gazza was in our room all the time. But then at the end of the trip, everyone was saying exactly the same thing. He was non-stop! But what an incredible player he was. Before he signed for Spurs, Paul Stewart had an incredible season with us in what was my first real breakthrough season (in 1987/88). Paul got 28 goals during the campaign and went from being a player we signed from Blackpool for about £250,000 to then selling him to Spurs for about £2m some 15 months later! Spurs have always had good players and I’ve got huge respect for many of their players during my career like Gary Mabbutt and Gary Lineker. What have you made of Spurs and City’s respective seasons so far? The match between City and Spurs back in December was an interesting one. We should have won that game but we ended up drawing. That was disappointing from a City perspective but I think you have to acknowledge Spurs’ willingness to keep going and keep attacking. Spurs have got some great flair players and so to lose such an icon as Harry Kane, and still have such a positive outlook this season, is fantastic. City had a draw against Spurs, a draw against Liverpool and Crystal Palace, when we were looking a long way adrift after that. But City have had a good run since and we’re right in the chase (for the title). We’ve got Kevin De Bruyne back, hopefully Erling Haaland back soon and I honestly think we’ll go on to win the Premier League. What an achievement that would be. In terms of this FA Cup game against Spurs, it’s going to be tough, but I’m looking forward to it. Finally, can you tell us a bit about what you’ve been up to since retiring from playing? I work for the club on matchdays, doing meet and greets and hospitality, which I really enjoy. I’m doing my own events at the minute too which are about the history of Manchester City. I look back to 1880 and then at everything that’s happened at the club up to the present day and I also talk about my career. I also do a lot of club supporters’ meetings and Q&A sessions too. “Spurs have got some great flair players and so to lose such an icon as Harry Kane, and still have such a positive outlook this season, is fantastic.” DEJAN KULUSEVSKI KEEPS RUBEN DIAS AT BAY DURING SPURS’ 3-3 DRAW AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY LAST MONTH

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THFC T H E D A LY C O L U M N 3 9 Timo Werner, Richarlison and Brennan Johnson. In the 5-2 win at Burnley for example, the players in those positions were completely different – Yves Bissouma, Sarr, Maddison, Son, Manor Solomon and Dejan Kulusevski. The point being – despite injuries and illnesses, international call-ups and suspensions – Postecoglou’s players will play this new way. Of course, City have the quality to win tonight and end their N17 hoodoo. They’re second in the Premier League, were crowned world champions last month and Kevin de Bruyne has returned from injury, providing a stunning reminder of his quality in the 3-2 success at Newcastle. But you sense Spurs’ players will always back themselves against Manchester City to maintain a remarkable status as Guardiola’s ultimate bogey team. et’s be honest – despite the old adage about needing to beat the best to win trophies, you really don’t need to face the champions of Europe this early in the FA Cup. However, Manchester City fans likely won’t be relishing tonight’s contest either. In fact, this might be the worst possible draw for them given the recent head to head record. When Pep Guardiola was asked, not too long ago, what is left to achieve at City, he joked “score a goal against Spurs away. It’s why I stay. I want to beat Spurs away”. Indeed, City have played five here and lost five – without finding the back of the net once. It’s a run that started with a triumphant Champions League night for Spurs en route to the 2019 final. The booming sounds of the fans reaction to a Hugo Lloris penalty save and HeungMin Son’s persevering winner were unforgettable. Along with that result under Mauricio Pochettino, this fixture has provided some of this stadium’s standout moments to date. Think back to Steven Bergwijn’s debut volley, Son’s opening day winner in 2021 or Harry Kane’s record-breaking goal last season. Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espírito Santo and Antonio Conte all secured victories over City. But on those occasions, despite different managers in the dugout, Spurs played with a similar style of sitting deep to soak up pressure before hitting on the counter-attack. So can Ange Postecoglou’s muchchanged side, stylistically, still pose City problems? First of all, this season’s 3-3 draw at the Etihad would suggest the answer is yes. Guardiola will rue how wasteful the champions were during a dominant first half back in early December. Erling Harland is likely still miffed at that late ‘advantage’ decision that denied Jack Grealish the chance to run at goal. But Spurs played their way in to the second period. More bravery in possession along with positive passing, on demand from Postecoglou at half-time, saw the team twice come from behind. It was point earned without James Maddison, Pape Matar Sarr, Micky van de Ven or Cristian Romero – and a defence made up of four full-backs. The familiar backline was restored at Old Trafford nearly two weeks ago, but this time it was the midfield and attack disrupted by absences. Spurs enjoyed 63 per cent possession away to Manchester United with a front six of Rodrigo Bentancur, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, SPURSPLAY’s ROB DALY pens his latest column and weighs up the likelihood of us continuing our perfect record against Manchester City here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium… W O R D S B Y R O B D A LY L GIOVANI LO CELSO TUSSLES FOR THE BALL IN THE RECENT 3-3 DRAW

4 0 FAREWELL ERIC THFC ERIC’S EMOTIONAL FAREWELL ric Dier described his time at Spurs as ‘an incredible journey’ after bringing to a close his nine-and-a-half-year association with us recently. The 29-year-old defender left us earlier this month to join Bundesliga side Bayern Munich on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent. In doing so, he leaves us having made 365 appearances in all competitions to sit in our all-time top 25 and is one of only eight players to have featured over 50 times for us in Europe. “It’s been an incredible journey,” declared the England international in his final interview at Hotspur Way. “The way I was received from the moment I arrived has been incredible. Obviously, when I arrived, I never imagined a situation like this, especially in football. “I couldn’t have asked to have been part of a better dressing room for the last nine-and-a-half years and I’ve been incredibly lucky to work under some of the best managers in world football. I don’t take any of those relationships or experiences for granted.” Signed from Sporting Lisbon in the summer of 2014, Eric famously scored a last-minute winner on his debut against West Ham at Upton Park. Initially a full-back, he moved into midfield and, alongside the likes of Mousa E Dembele and Victor Wanyama, played a key role as we qualified for the Champions League, competed for the Premier League title and then reached the final of the Champions League in 2019. That was one of three cup finals he appeared in for us. Moving back into central defence, Eric’s performances at the end of 2021/22 and start of 2022/23 earned a recall into the England squad for the 2022 ERIC ON ENGLAND DUTY

THFC FAREWELL ERIC 4 1 associated with Tottenham. From all the staff at the training ground, at the stadium, within the community, the players, the coaching staff, all the managers I’ve had along the way, the Chairman and everyone that is a part of the club and obviously all of my team-mates throughout my time here, for the support you’ve given me, the relationships we’ve built. “I’m extremely grateful to have had these nine-anda-half years. Tottenham has been a part of my and my family’s life for so long and it will forever hold a special place in my heart. “I hope you can experience great success with the club moving forward. I’ll be watching and supporting and hoping for the same. And I hope to see you all soon.” World Cup in Qatar. Capped 49 times, all as a Spurs player, he has featured in three major tournaments (Euro 2016 and the 2018 and 2022 World Cups), his highlight scoring the winning penalty in a shootout against Colombia in the round of 16 in 2018. A captain on occasions at Spurs, he also wore the armband for England in that tournament in Russia. And, when he looks back on his time in north London, he does so with a real fondness towards the club, his team-mates, the staff and, of course, our supporters. “I’ve been on this journey with people that have been at the club longer than me,” he added. “The people are what makes anything and the football club is no different. So the way I’ve built relationships with them and the way they’ve looked after me during all my time is special. “Leaving the training ground, it hits you that you’re not going to be going back. That’s crazy after having been there for so long. And then the same goes just for the kit and the shirt, everything. You know, it’s become a part of my life for so long. An everyday habit. Going to bed, waking up wearing a Tottenham shirt. That’s what it’s been like for me for so long. “And then obviously the fans. It’s been a hell of a journey,” Eric continued. “The one thing that stood out to me was everywhere you go in the world, there seems to be so many Tottenham fans and that always amazed me. So I just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you for the support you have shown me during the good times and, most importantly, the fans who have supported me in the harder ones. “I also want to say a massive thank you to everyone “I’m extremely grateful to have had these nine-and-ahalf years” DIER CELEBRATES SCORING AGAINST QPR IN 2014 OUR NO.15 LEAVES WITH SOME WONDERFUL MEMORIES

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THFC A CUP CLASSIC 4 3 s the teams left the field at half-time of our FA Cup fourth round replay against Manchester City back in February 2004, Spurs supporters and players were all smiles. Not only we were 3-0 ahead at White Hart Lane and looking like we could score more, but City midfielder Joey Barton – already booked for a bad tackle on Michael Brown – had confronted referee Rob Styles just after the whistle had sounded for the interval and duly received a second yellow card and his marching orders. City were on a run of one win in 18 matches in all competitions, including a 3-1 loss in N17 in the League Cup, and such was their plight at that moment in time that their manager Kevin Keegan had said to his coach Derek Fazackerley at the break: “Where’s the nearest job centre?” David Pleat, our caretaker manager at that time following the departure of Glenn Hoddle in the September, recalled the situation in the A CUP CLASSIC… A One of the most incredible matches in the history of the FA Cup involved Spurs and Manchester City – but it wasn’t a night to remember for us. It’s not often we’d feature a defeat in the matchday programme, but tonight we take a look back at an all-time classic cup tie from 20 years ago… W O R D S B Y J O N R AY N E R changing room during the interval that night. “I got into the dressing room before the players and as they started to come in, someone said that Barton had been sent off, that was the first I knew about it,” explained David. “We were 3-0 up and now they were down to 10 men, but I didn’t change anything at halftime. “We didn’t talk about playing against 10 men, we just spoke about continuing to play the same way because we’d done well up to that stage.” What happened next still sends shivers down the spine of anyone of a Spurs persuasion…but first, a quick recap. A Fredi Kanoute hat-trick had seen off Crystal Palace at the Lane in round three of the FA Cup that season to set up a fourth-round clash with Manchester City at their new venue, then called the City of Manchester Stadium. Nicolas Anelka had given the home side the lead before Gary Doherty headed a 57th-minute equaliser to earn a replay back in north London. (…TO FORGET!)

4 4 A CUP CLASSIC THFC We stood in the tunnel area for a bit and the City fans were singing away. It was surreal hearing them like that when their team was 3-0 down. But that sums up how brilliant City fans are. I definitely think that inspired us a bit to make sure we gave them, at the minimum, a much better second half showing.” As we had done in the first period, City made a good start to the second half with Sylvain Distin heading home past Kasey Keller in the 48th minute, although it still felt like nothing more than a consolation goal. And we almost added a fourth when Ziege curled another wonderful free-kick up and over the wall, again heading for the top corner until Arason tipped it onto the woodwork and was then up quick enough to prevent Gus Poyet’s header from the rebound crossing the goalline. Then, it all went horribly wrong. Just after the hour mark, Paul Bosvelt’s speculative shot deflected off Anthony Gardner, wrong-footing Keller as it bounced into the net to bring City to within one goal before Shaun Wright-Phillips streaked clear to lift the ball over our American goalkeeper to level the scores. We went into the 4 February encounter having picked up some form, losing just one of our previous five compared to City’s shocking run of results and took an early lead when Ledley King, playing in midfield, curled home a delightful shot in the second minute. On 19 minutes, Stephen Carr picked out the run of Robbie Keane, who showed exquisite control before clipping the ball over City goalkeeper Arni Arason – playing his first game in English football. And, following that Barton challenge on Brown, Christian Ziege picked up the ball and hit a superb free-kick into the top corner of the net to put us 3-0 up. The visitors had already lost Anelka to injury in the 27th minute, replaced by Jon Macken, and were then reduced to 10 men following Barton’s indiscretion with the referee. “It was very quiet in our dressing room at half-time,” recalled striker Macken, who would go on to play a major role in the outcome of the game. “There wasn’t much talking or tactical advice. I think we were all a bit shellshocked about what had happened in the first half. “You’re certainly thinking ‘what do we do here’. It was a bit of a damage limitation exercise and a case of ‘how do we get back in the game? But also, ‘how do we stop the Tottenham onslaught?’ “What I do remember was that we came out for the second half a bit early. “it was very quiet in our dressing room at half-time” — jon macken LEDLEY KING OPENS THE SCORING AGAINST CITY CHRISTIAN ZIEGE CELEBRATES HIS BRILLIANT FREE-KICK

THFC A CUP CLASSIC 4 5 “It was probably one of the most heart-breaking moments of my career,” added Pleat. “We were just caught in the headlights in that second half. I’ve never watched the game back since. “I didn’t know where to put myself afterwards, it was a strange feeling to be honest. I felt like I didn’t have a friend in the world. I went upstairs – I thought ‘be brave and show your face’ – but everyone had gone by the time I got there except one man, John Motson. “I remember chatting to John for about an hour. I just felt I’d let everybody down. I didn’t play but I was responsible for that unbelievable result. I felt for everyone at the club – the players, the supporters, the staff.” City’s reward for their unlikely victory was a fifth round derby at Old Trafford 10 days later, losing 4-2 against a Manchester United side which went on to win the FA Cup that season with a Wembley win over Millwall, while we finished the season 14th in the Premier League, two places above City. “Wright-Phillips was giving us a really hard time out on the right,” added Pleat. “He was a real thorn in our side that night but even when it went to 3-3, we never thought we were in danger. We thought it would go to extra time and we’d still do it.” The City camp naturally felt differently about the game script, as Macken revealed. “Although Spurs had a decent spell around that time, you were thinking the momentum was with us. Coming from 3-0 down to level at 3-3, you get a bit more energy and a bit more belief comes from somewhere and you’re just determined for the comeback to count for something.” Despite still having the man advantage, we just couldn’t get a grip of the game as the clocked ticked down. Then, in stoppage time, the unthinkable happened. Michael Tarnat sent over a deep cross from the left, Macken got up between King and Johnnie Jackson and sent a looping header over Keller to complete one of the most remarkable comebacks the FA Cup has ever witnessed. “There was such a mixture of emotions when that goal went in… relief, joy,” explained Macken, now aged 46 and manager of non-league Witton Albion. “I remember running over and showing our appreciation for the supporters. Seeing the look on some of their faces is something I am still able to picture today. It was deflation for Spurs and elation for us as players, the fans etc. It was one of those magical FA Cup moments. As a kid growing up, you dream of moments like that in the FA Cup.” Naturally, it was a different story on our side of the coin. Defeat is always tough, but the manner of that defeat was particularly hard to take. CITY FANS IN ECSTASY AS THE COMEBACK IS COMPLETED “It was probably one of the most heartbreaking moments of my career” — David Pleat

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THFC A C T I O N R E P L AY 4 7 BURNLEY 0 DATE: 05.01.24 COMPETITION: FA CUP VENUE: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM REFEREE: SAM BARROTT Muric, Vitinho, O’Shea, Delcroix, Taylor (Al-Dakhil 67), Zaroury (Tresor 67), Cullen (c), Ramsey (Redmond 67), Odobert (Brownhill 58), Amdouni, Foster (Bruun Larsen 46). Substitutes (not used): Vigouroux, Cork, Rodriguez, Roberts. 4-4-2 37% 10 1 3 11 LINE-UP POSS. SHOTS ON TARGET CORNERS FOULS

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THFC CITY IN THE CUP 4 9 Manchester City were our first-ever FA Cup opponents as a Football League team for a first round tie which also marked the first time the two sides had ever met. Just six months into our inaugural season in the Second Division in 1908/09, we were drawn away to Division One side City at their Hyde Road ground. Both sides had already lifted the trophy, ourselves famously as a non-league side in 1901 while three years later, City beat Bolton Wanderers at Crystal Palace. A goal-filled encounter in Manchester on 16 January 1909 arguably set the tone for a fixture which always delivers entertainment! Despite the respective league positions, we enjoyed a 4-3 victory with Billy Minter (2), Bobby Steel and Tom Morris all on target. Spare a thought for Tom Holford, who scored a hat-trick for City but still ended up on the losing side. To make matters worse for the Manchester side, they were relegated that season by the smallest or goal average margins while we gained promotion to the top flight in our first season as a league club. A FAMILIAR FOE This evening’s fixture marks the 15th time we have played Manchester City in the FA Cup, the two teams having faced each other at every stage of the competition bar the fifth round. We take a look back at the highs and lows of the previous meetings. NEWSPAPER PHOTOS SUGGEST WE WERE DENIED A PENALTY IN THE 1956 FA CUP SEMI-FINAL! W O R D S B Y J O N R AY N E R BILLY MINTER...ON TARGET IN OUR FIRST-EVER FA CUP TIE WITH CITY THE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME FROM OUR FIRST HOME FA CUP TIE AGAINST MANCHESTER CITY

5 0 CITY IN THE CUP THFC Five years later we met at the second round stage and this time it was City’s turn to progress. Once again the game was at Hyde Road – on 31 January 1914 – and they ran out 2-1 winners thanks to goals from Fred Howard and Tommy Browell, with Bert Bliss netting our reply. We were FA Cup holders when paired against Manchester City for a third round clash on 18 February 1922, our first FA Cup meeting with City at White Hart Lane. The two sides had met twice in the First Division on the previous two weekends, a 3-3 draw in Manchester followed by a 3-1 Spurs home win, and we added a 2-1 cup victory to that as well. ‘During the past three seasons our players have given us many brilliant displays of football, but rarely have they scintillated in such superb style as in the opening half of last week’s game,’ wrote the editor of our matchday programme for the subsequent game after the City cup clash. Bliss scored again for us along with Charlie Wilson, while Paddy Kelly replied for the visitors. The first FA Cup draw between the two teams came in the 1929-30 season, when we shared four goals in a third round meeting in N17 on 11 January 1930. City were riding high towards the top of the First Division while we were below mid-table in Division Two, so the 2-2 scoreline on home soil was considered a decent result. Frank Osborne and George Cook scored for us, Sam Cowan and Ernie Toseland for City to set up a replay at Maine Road. We reconvened in Manchester three days later but it was City who ran out 4-1 winners. The scoreline doesn’t tell the full story though, as the Manchester Guardian report reveals: ‘The bare result of the game suggests a comfortable victory for Manchester City, but, on the contrary, they came near to defeat. It was only in the closing minutes that they established a definite superiority and their last three goals were scored near the finish.’ Toseland put the home side ahead before Andy Thompson levelled eight minutes into the second half. City’s late strikes came from Bobby Marshall and a brace from Matt Busby. We knocked City out of the FA Cup thanks to 1-0 wins in our next two meetings. Willie Evans scored the only goal of the third round tie at White Hart Lane on 12 January 1935, while a round four victory was secured 19 years later thanks to a Les Bennett strike at Maine Road on 30 January 1954. Two years later, the two teams crossed swords at the semi-final stage for the first and only time. Villa Park was the venue, the scene of our two previous semi-finals of 1953 and 1948 which both ended in defeat and our fortunes sadly didn’t change this time. City went into the game third in the First Division table while we were struggling at the other end although we had beaten them at Maine Road earlier in the campaign. The only goal of an entertaining game came five minutes before the interval from City’s Bobby Johnstone but we were denied what appeared to be a clear-cut penalty minutes from the end of the game when George Robb had his leg held by goalkeeper Bert Trautmann as he was about to slot into an empty net, but nothing was given. Bizarrely, while that was our third straight FA Cup semi-final defeat at Villa Park, we had beaten Aston Villa six times on the trot at the same venue! THE WHITE HART LANE CROWD DURING OUR 1935 TIE WITH CITY