Spurs v Rennes

v STADE RENNAIS
09.12.21 • KO - 8.00PM
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T A SUPERB ANGLE OF LUCAS MOURA’S STUNNING GOAL AGAINST NORWICH CITY
ON SUNDAY, WHICH PAVED THE WAY FOR OUR 3-0 WIN AGAINST THE CANARIES

ENTS

06 21 45

ANTONIO CONTE OPPOSITION ERIK EDMAN
Back to the European stage for French side Stade Rennais top the Catching up with the Swedish
the boss after a hectic period of group as they head to the capital defender best remembered for a
domestic football action for this crucial clash stunning strike in Spurs colours

14 41 57

PIERLUIGI GOLLINI FRENCH LINKS QUIZ QUARTERS
Exclusive interview with the Italian We explore our history of European More testing trivia to tackle,
goalkeeper who's settling in nicely encounters with French opposition with a focus on European
to life in the English capital down the decades adventures for this edition

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Head Coach

ANTONIO

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Head Coach

“WE KNOW WHAT
WE HAVE TO DO
TO PROGRESS,
AND WE WILL GIVE
EVERYTHING WE
HAVE TO GET THERE”

G ood evening and welcome to his staff, players and everyone associated with
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Stade Rennais to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
tonight’s Europa Conference We are facing a team who are having an excellent
League fixture against Stade season, both in Ligue 1 and in Europe.
Rennais.
This is our third successive home game Two weeks ago in Slovenia, our performance
following Premier League victories over Brent- was nowhere near the standards we expect and
ford and Norwich City, in which we scored five it has left us in a difficult situation. But we know
goals and kept back-to-back clean sheets. what we have to do to progress to the next stage
of this competition, and we will give everything
Those results and performances have given us we have to get there.
confidence and helped to build some momentum Enjoy the game.
during what is a busy and important period. Antonio

Against Brentford, I was delighted with the 07
commitment, attention and intensity of the
players. We had chances to improve the score
but we were strong against a dangerous side,
and that was important.

When Norwich came here on Sunday, it would
have been easy to look at the table and take our
foot off the pedal against a team at the bottom.
We didn’t do that, however.

The players were professional, showed an
excellent mentality and scored three really good
goals.

There are always things to improve on but the
players have shown they want to work, learn and
fight for Tottenham, which means we are moving
in the right direction.

Our focus now turns to the Europa
Conference League and our final Group G fixture
tonight. I should like to welcome Bruno Genesio,

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Match Rewind

MATCH SPURS 3
REWIND
LUCAS (10), SANCHEZ (67), SON (77)

NORWICH 0

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Match Rewind

05.12.21 SPURS (3-4-3): NORWICH (5-3-2):
PREMIER LEAGUE Lloris (c), Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Krul, Aarons, Omobamidele, Hanley
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM Tanganga (Doherty 62), Skipp, (c), Gibson, Williams, Gilmour
REFEREE: JARRED GILLETT Hojbjerg, Reguilon (Sessegnon 22), (Sorensen 81), Lees-Melou (Dowell
Lucas (Bergwijn 80), Son, Kane. 72), McLean, Idah (Sargent 69), Pukki.
Substitutes (not used): Gollini, Substitutes (not used): Gunn, Rupp,
Rodon, Winks, Dele, Ndombele, Cantwell, Kabak, Tzolis, Giannoulis.
Scarlett.

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Spurs Digest

RAISING AWARENESS
FOR LOCAL FOODBANKS

The Club will be promoting its Tottenham Foodbank to find out more members and the wider fanbase for
ongoing fundraising initiative for about the incredible work being done raising funds to assist the great work
local Foodbanks on the back of our to support those living in crisis within Foodbanks undertake. We stand with
players’ shirts during tonight’s match the Club’s local communities. the Club in encouraging our fans to
against Stade Rennais. donate items at matchday collections
Ahead of Christmas, the Club and via the text giving service, or to
In the run-up to Christmas, and as will make its annual donation of donate their time as a volunteer.”
demands on the services of Foodbanks items from players and staff to both
remain high, the Tottenham Foodbank Foodbanks and is also planning a Fans are also able to
logo will appear on the shirts with a 24-hour fundraiser on its Twitch make donations to either
text-to-donate message, seen by an channel. foodbank online via their dedicated
expected TV audience of millions. fundraising pages:
Chairman Daniel Levy said: “We https://tottenham.foodbank.org.
The fundraising campaign remain in awe of the incredible work uk/give-help/donate-money/
was launched back in January, in being done by our local foodbanks to https://northenfield.foodbank.org.
partnership with the Tottenham help those most vulnerable within our uk/give-help/donate-money/
Hotspur Supporters’ Trust and the communities. Although our fundraiser
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, is throughout the year, we understand *Texts cost the amount of your dona-
enabling fans to make a donation by how difficult this Christmas will be for tion plus one standard rate message.
texting COYSFOODBANK plus an so many and having this important Donations can be made from UK-
amount to 70085* (for example, text message on our shirts could make a registered phone numbers only.
COYSFOODBANK 10 to donate £10). huge difference.”

Since then, the campaign has had Tonye Philemon, Tottenham
visibility at all home matches and Foodbank Manager: “The Club’s
on Club social media channels, with fundraiser and this special shirt sends
Tottenham Foodbank regularly holding a powerful message to neighbours
matchday collections for fans to in need that Spurs fans have got
donate much-needed items to at the their back this Christmas. With your
nearby Tottenham Community Sports continued support we will put an
Centre. end to the need for foodbanks in
Tottenham. Thank you from the bottom
All monies raised by the fundraiser of our hearts.”
is split between Tottenham Foodbank
and North Enfield Foodbank, both of Pete Haine, Tottenham Hotspur
whom the Club has had a long-standing Supporters’ Trust, said: “We are proud
relationship with. to have been supporting Tottenham
Foodbank since its creation in Novem-
Club Ambassador Ledley King ber 2019 and are grateful to all of our
recently spent time with volunteers at

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My First Game

SAT Ue1 m8R DbAeYr 1972 Steve Aitken
Nov

MY FIRST GAME
Leicester City 0 Spurs 1

In every matchday programme this season, we’re inviting our fans to
reminisce about their first-ever Spurs game to refresh the memories
of those momentous occasions! If you’d like to appear in this feature,
drop us an email to [email protected] with a few
details of the first time you saw the mighty Spurs play!

THE FAN supporter) and I was 11 by now. and having only won three times
“I started following Tottenham after It would be another three years all season, although ironically one
watching the FA Cup Final of 1967 on of those was a 3-2 victory over
the TV. It was black and white back before I got to White Hart Lane. I Liverpool, who would go on to win the
then so as a (nearly) six year old, I did manage all East Midland games championship.
liked the team in white. That was me though, watching Spurs at Notting-
hooked. ham Forest, Derby County and We’d beaten Manchester United
Leicester a few times. As a 60 year 4-1 at Old Trafford – Martin Peters
My first live game was in 1972 old, I’m now able to afford to go to famously scoring all four – and drawn
at the old Filbert Street against most games as a season ticket holder with Birmingham and West Brom
Leicester as this was the nearest and as many away games as I can get ahead of our trip to Filbert Street,
Division One ground to my home in tickets for. I’ve travelled to Germany, so the form was in our favour and we
Corby. Martin Chivers scored the Belgium and Holland and am hoping ensured that continued with our 1-0
only goal. I was there with my dad, my to do a few weird and wonderful win over the Foxes.
uncle and my cousin (another lifelong places in Europe this season, COVID
permitting!” It was a relatively comfortable
THE MATCH success despite the single goal
Two teams at the opposite ends of scoreline, even if our performance
the First Division table met when wasn’t one of our most exciting of the
we travelled to Leicester City on 18 season. Bill Nick wasn’t actually at the
November 1972, when a young Steve game – he was on his way to Belgrade
Aitken attended his first-ever Spurs for a scouting mission to watch Red
match. Star, our forthcoming UEFA Cup
opponents!
The Foxes were one place off the
foot of the table, level on points with We certainly held the upperhand
bottom side Manchester United, while in the first half and Alan Gilzean must
Bill Nicholson had guided his team to have wondered what he needed to
fourth in the division – Leeds, Arsenal do to score after hitting the post and
and Liverpool the only teams above the crossbar during a dominant spell,
us. while Peters, Chivers and Jimmy
Pearce all also went close to breaking
Leicester came into the game the deadlock.
without a win in five league matches
Leicester were much more in the
contest after the interval and Pat

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My First Game

ALAN GILZEAN HEADS FOR
GOAL AGAINST LEICESTER

Jennings saved with his feet from in our 1-1 draw against West Brom THE TEAMS
Frank Worthington to keep the game the previous week. As it turned out, Leicester – Wallington, Whitworth,
level before we finally opened the Chivers went on to score in five Rofe, Woollett, Sjoberg, Cross,
scoring in the 56th minute. Gilzean successive matches, also finding the Farrington, Sammels, Worthington,
cheekily poked the ball through a target against Liverpool (1-2), Red Birchenall, Glover. Substitute:
defenders’ leg having spotted Chivers Star (2-0) and Southampton (1-1). Manley.
lurking on his own 12 yards out and the Spurs – Jennings, Evans, Knowles,
England forward hit a swerving shot Our league form in the second Pratt, England, Naylor, Gilzean,
that dipped below the dive of Foxes’ half of the season was something of Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce.
goalkeeper Mark Wallington, playing a disappointment and, by the end of Substitute: Dillon.
his first league game of the season. the campaign, we found ourselves in THE STATS
eighth place while Leicester rallied Football League Division One
In the end it was the young keeper to finish 16th. It was a different story Saturday 18 November, 1972
who kept the score down, saving a in the cups, as our reign as UEFA Cup Leicester City 0
fierce drive from John Pratt before holders was only ended at the semi-fi- Spurs 1 (Chivers)
making a spectacular stop from a nal stage by Liverpool, while we went
full-blooded drive by Steve Perryman. all the way in the League Cup, lifting
the trophy thanks to a Ralph Coates
So it was Chivers who proved to winner against Norwich at Wembley.
be the matchwinner, having netted

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HOME THE ONLY GOAL OF THE GAME

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Pierluigi Gollini

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2 Pierluigi Gollini
A
MOLTO
BENE!

As he looks forward to his first
Christmas in north London,
PIERLUIGI GOLLINI reflects on
his start to life as a Spur and
discusses the impact of the recent
appointments of his fellow Italians,
Head Coach Antonio Conte and
Goalkeeper Coach Marco Savorani.

By Liam Carson

D espite having only been with us since
July, Pierluigi Gollini admits that,
having settled so well in north London,
he feels like he has been with us for years.

A loan signing joining from Serie A side
Atalanta this summer, the goalkeeper swapped
Italy for England looking to challenge himself
and, in his own words, show that he can be ‘the
future of Tottenham’.

Of course, he came in knowing that he faced
an uphill battle for opportunities in our starting
XI with the number one jersey firmly in the hands
of our captain and World Cup winner Hugo Lloris.
Yet, while his chances in a Spurs shirt have been
somewhat limited so far, it has been an impor-
tant learning experience for the ambitious and
enthusiastic Italian.

A star of our pre-season games, especially on
his first appearance in our Mind Series clash with
Chelsea at Stamford Bridge where he produced
a commanding performance and a number
of top-drawer saves, he then delivered once
more as a second-half substitute in the same
competition four days later as we got the better
of Arsenal.

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Pierluigi Gollini

From there, he has since made eight fourth round with a 1-0 win at Turf Moor.
competitive appearances in our colours – six of Despite having limited opportunities on the
them coming as part of tonight’s competition,
the Europa Conference League, while the other pitch though, it is clear that the former Aston
two have come in the Carabao Cup, with the Villa man is enjoying every minute of his time
26-year-old playing a key part in helping us to with us, admitting that he feels at home here with
the quarter-final stage. the Club sharing many of the cordial qualities to
which he is accustomed.
“I FEEL GREAT.
I FEEL LIKE I’VE “I’ve settled in really well here,” he smiled.
BEEN PLAYING “I like the Club and I’m really enjoying playing
with my team-mates. I get along really well with
HERE A LONG everyone. I feel great. I feel like I’ve been playing
TIME WITH here a long time with these guys.

THESE GUYS” “This has definitely helped me to make this
place feel like home and to settle down. And the
Appearing first as we entered the competi- people who work with us, the medics, the physios,
tion in the third round, the shot stopper produced the conditioning coach, the strength coach, the
heroics in our penalty shootout against Wolves sports scientists, the kit men – they are all good
at Molineux, saving Leander Dendoncker’s spot- people. I like the job and I like to spend time with
kick as we edged it 3-2. He then kept a clean them. It's really good. I’m really happy because
sheet as we progressed past Burnley in the I’ve found a club that is like a family. For me this
THFC is very important.

“It’s quite similar to how it is at Atalanta, that’s
why I like it – I find it quite familiar. In England,
I think it can be difficult to find a situation like
this. In Italy, the clubs are more like families.
Sometimes here it can be more like a job. So, I like
it here because of the atmosphere that I found
here, with this team and club.”

Having settled in with such ease, the
goalkeeper has made no secret of his desire to
learn and develop during his time with us – and

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it is clear, with the staff and team-mates he has
around him, he will only grow.

In his first interview with the Club, as he put
pen to paper on his season-long loan, Pierluigi
remarked on the career and stature of his fellow
shot-stopper, our captain and record Premier
League appearance maker, Lloris. Stressing his
huge respect for our number one, the Italian
described it as a ‘privilege and honour to work
and train with him’ and someone he was keen to
learn from.

Add to that the appointments of his compatri-
ots Antonio Conte as our Head Coach and Marco
Savorani as our Goalkeeper Coach, our number
22 feels, under the tutelage of the renowned
coaches, he has even more to gain as he looks to
continue to develop and progress in N17.

“I LIKE IT HERE
BECAUSE
OF THE

ATMOSPHERE
THAT I FOUND
HERE, WITH

THIS TEAM
AND CLUB”

“Hugo’s very good. He helps me to improve
and, maybe for him, it’s good to have a young
guy like me that is always pushing him,” he began,
discussing our skipper as he described the
impact of the trio. “We push each other in the
same way. For me, he is obviously a great exam-
ple, and he is a guy I can learn a lot of things from.
He is very good and I try to take from him all the
lessons and things that can be helpful to me.

“For Marco, it is the first time that he has
coached and trained in England, so you have to
understand that it will be a little bit different
for him, especially in terms of what the league
requires – the Premier League is different
to Serie A. So, for certain things, there are
differences and he will have to adapt and learn
but I’m really happy to work with him because he
is a top goalkeeper coach. He really cares about
technique and is very focussed on every little
detail, which is very good. Against the opposition,
small details can make a big difference, so it is a
great opportunity for me to work with him.

“And, obviously with Antonio, I knew a bit
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about him before he arrived through friends
in the national team. His impact here so far
has been very good. He is one of the few top
managers in the world so it is great that we
can work with him. I like the mentality that he is
bringing and obviously he is trying to give us his
culture, his footballing philosophy and everybody
has been very open to his work and methods.
The whole team had to do better, work harder
and everyone has embraced the culture and
the changes that he has brought. And it’s good
because we’re all pushing in the same direction
and that is the most important thing to achieving
results.”

“IT’S GOOD
BECAUSE
WE’RE ALL
PUSHING IN
THE SAME
DIRECTION”

With 10 games facing us across 31 days
between the start of December and New Year’s
Day, results during this festive period will
undoubtedly have a huge impact on the course of
our season. A time for teams to build momentum
ahead of the second half of the campaign, the
hectic schedule at Christmas is something which
is unique to English football, with most other
nations, such as Pierluigi’s homeland of Italy,
opting for a slight break to fixtures in the winter.

For many players, the first time they encoun-
ter this time of year here can be quite the shock
to the system. For Gollini though, who got his
first taste of our festive period during his 2016/17
loan spell with Aston Villa, he admits Christmas
in English football remains a very unusual expe-
rience for him.

“For me, it is a little bit strange to play in
the Christmas period because, in Italy, (the
celebration) it is a cultural thing – everybody
stops. It is not the time to think about football
or work, it is just time to spend with your family
and be grateful – it is just a different culture,” he
explained.

“Here, some people are looking forward to
Christmas for the Boxing Day match and so it
is just different. For me, it is a bit strange to be
training and playing in the Christmas period.
Every country has its culture though, so it will be
a good experience for me.”

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Opposition - Stade Rennais

RENNES BRUNO
GENESIO
320 SEASON PTS POS W D L GF GA
2011-12 60 6 17 9 12 53 44 D.O.B: 01.09.66
WON DRAWN LOST 2012-13 46 13 13 7 18 48 59 CLUB POSITION: HEAD COACH
2013-14 46 12 11 13 14 47 45 NATIONALITY: FRENCH
56% 10 2 2014-15 50 9 13 11 14 35 42 A former midfielder who
2015-16 52 8 13 13 12 52 54 represented Lyon during his
AVERAGE GOALS GOALS 2016-17 50 9 12 14 12 36 42 playing career, Genesio has since
POSS. SCORED PER GAME 2017-18 58 5 16 10 12 50 44 managed an array of clubs in
TEAM STATS 2018-19 52 10 13 13 12 55 52 France, including Lyon (where
2019-20 50 3 15 5 8 38 24 he finished second in the French
(EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE) 2020-21 58 6 16 10 12 52 40 league and reached the Europa
League semi-finals), Besancon
LIGUE 1 and Villefranche, as well as a spell
in China with Beijing Guoan. He
returned from Asia to take up the
role at Rennes earlier this year.

D WW

LAST 3 RESULTS

ALFRED 16 ADRIEN 3 NAYEF 6
GOMIS TRUFFERT AGUERD
D.O.B: 05.09.93 D.O.B: 30.03.96
D.O.B: 20.11.01
POSITION: GOALKEEPER POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: DEFENDER
NATIONALITY: FRENCH
NATIONALITY: FRENCH NATIONALITY: MOROCCAN

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LORENZ 22 WARMED 23 BIRGER 25
ASSIGNON OMARI MELING
D.O.B: 17.12.94
D.O.B: 22.06.00 D.O.B: 23.04.00
POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: DEFENDER POSITION: DEFENDER
NATIONALITY: FRENCH NATIONALITY: FRENCH
NATIONALITY: NORWEGIAN

HAMARI 27
TRAORE

D.O.B: 27.01.92
POSITION: DEFENDER
NATIONALITY: MALIAN

LBAODICE 4

D.O.B: 11.04.00 The France Under-21 international BAPTISTE
POSITION: DEFENDER started his career at Le Havre, SANTAMARIA
NATIONALITY: FRENCH coming through the club's youth
ranks before joining Lens in 2020. D.O.B: 09.03.95
After spending a season there, POSITION: MIDFIELDER 8
he moved to Roazhon Park at the NATIONALITY: FRENCH
13 1 93 start of this campaign and has
been a Europa Conference regular.
APPS GOALS PASS %

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BENJAMIN 14
BOURIGEAUD
D.O.B: 14.01.94

POSITION: MIDFIELDER

NATIONALITY: FRENCH

GSUEIRRHAOSUSY 9

LOUM D.O.B: 12.03.96 Scorer of two goal so far in
TCHAOUNA POSITION: FORWARD Rennes' Europa Conference
NATIONALITY: FRENCH campaign, Guirassy is a much-
travelled striker who has repre-
17 sented France at Under-20 level.
He started out at Laval and has also
D.O.B: 08.09.03 21 4 77 played for Lille and Amiens, as well
as a succession of clubs on loan.
POSITION: MIDFIELDER

NATIONALITY: FRENCH APPS GOALS PASS %

LOVRO 21 CHIMUANYA 26 JONAS 28
MAJER UGOCHUKWU MARTIN
D.O.B: 17.01.98 D.O.B: 26.03.04 D.O.B: 09.04.90

POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: MIDFIELDER

NATIONALITY: CROATIAN NATIONALITY: FRENCH NATIONALITY: FRENCH

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MATHYS 39 MARTIN 7 KAMALDEEN 10
TEL TERRIER SULEMANA
D.O.B: 27.04.05 D.O.B: 15.02.02
D.O.B: 04.03.97
POSITION: MIDFIELDER POSITION: FORWARD POSITION: FORWARD
NATIONALITY: FRENCH
NATIONALITY: FRENCH NATIONALITY: GHANAIAN

FLAVIEN 20
TAIT

D.O.B: 02.02.93
POSITION: FORWARD
NATIONALITY: FRENCH

GLAABETOARNDE 24

JEREMY D.O.B: 03.05.94 The 27-year-old striker is Rennes'
DOKU POSITION: FORWARD top scorer this season, hitting
NATIONALITY: FRENCH the net regularly both domesti-
cally and in Europe. Another to
11 represent France at youth level,
he started his career at Bordeaux
D.O.B: 27.05.02 15 11 2 before moving to Montpellier and
then joining Rennes this year.
POSITION: FORWARD

NATIONALITY: BELGIAN APPS GOALS ASSISTS

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Player Development Pathway

TRAIN LIKE A PROFESSIONAL

We are excited to announce our Mirroring our other programmes, and Women’s first teams. This type
first Evening Player Development our Evening Programmes integrate of training is applied to accentuate
Programme of the new year. technical DNA inspired by the Club’s every player’s development within
Starting on Monday 10 January and Academy coaching methods. This our programmes.
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VICTORY,
BUT IN VAIN

Action from our first-ever competitive game
against a French side, as Cliff Jones throws
himself into a flurry of flailing feet to head home
against Olympique Lyonnais in December 1967.

This was the second leg of a European Cup
Winners’ Cup second round tie against the French
outfit, played at White Hart Lane after we had lost
the first game by a single goal in a fiery encounter
at the Stade de Gerland, in which Alan Mullery and
Lyon’s Andre Guy were sent off.

Back in N17, we raced into a two-goal lead
thanks to a brace from Jimmy Greaves – the first a
scorching drive before he converted a penalty after
Dennis Bond had been brought down. In the 54th
minute, Lyon pulled a goal back from Fleury Di Nallo
but a minute later, a typically brave Jones dived in to
score the goal pictured.

Our French visitors responded again through
Angel Rambert to make it 3-2 on the night and
give them the advantage on away goals, but with
20 minutes left Alan Gilzean scored our fourth
and we were heading through 4-3 on aggregate.
Unfortunately though, in the 80th minute, Mohamed
Bouassa converted a cross past Pat Jennings to
make it advantage Lyon once more and this time we
were unable to reply, exiting on away goals after a
4-4 aggregate draw.

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Club History
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Club History

STADE RENNAIS

A CLUB HISTORY

Celebrating its 120th anniversary With the club becoming a more in September 1929 and for three
this year, Stade Rennais have grown familiar name on the French football years, only played friendly matches.
from humble beginnings to become scene, Stade Rennais UC competed Some 102 games were organised
one of the more established sides in in the Coupe de France for the first against the likes of Austria Vienna,
French football. time in October 1918, winning their Sparta Prague and Budapest.
first-ever tie 6-0 against La Tour
It was on 10 March, 1901 that a d’Auvergne. And, just four years later, But the sport in France underwent
group of former students living in they reached the final where they a huge change during that time, with
Brittany founded Stade Rennais came up against two-time defending the French Football Federation
Football Club, playing in sky blue and champions Red Star Olympique, but voting in support of professionalism
navy colours. Just two weeks later, lost 2-0 on 7 May, 1922. in French football. In 1932, under club
they played their first official game, president Isidore Odorico, Rennes
losing 6-0 to FC Rennais. Following a conflict with the were among the first clubs to obtain
regional and national footballing professional status and, as a result,
The club became a founder bodies in France, Stade Rennais UC were one of the founder members of
member of the Ligue de Bretagne dropped out of competitive football the new league.
de football, a newly created regional
league and won the competition in A FIRST-EVER TROPHY FOR RENNES FOLLOWING
its second year. But, in an attempt VICTORY IN THE 1965 COUPE DE FRANCE
to overcome the domination of the
league by US Saint-Servan, Stade
Rennais merged with FC Rennais to
become Stade Rennais Université
Club (SRUC) and changed their
colours to red and black. Success did
indeed follow, under the leadership of
Welsh manager Arthur Griffith, who
led them to back-to-back regional
titles in 1908 and 1909.

A change in home stadium came in
September 1912, when SRUC moved
out of their La Mabilais ground and
into the Stade de Route de Lorient
and the club enjoyed victory on the
national stage when they won the
Allied Forces Cup in 1916, during
World War One.

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MORE CUP SUCCESS AFTER A PENALTY
SHOOTOUT WIN OVER PSG TWO YEARS AGO

Over the next 25 years or so, the silverware, they repeated the feat in A third domestic cup win duly
club spent time in Division One and 1971 with another Coupe de France arrived in dramatic circumstances
Division Two without really challeng- triumph. After beating Marseille on in 2019 when they defeated PSG on
ing for any top honours, the closest penalties in the semi-final, Stade penalties at the Stade de France.
being defeat in the 1935 Coupe de Rennais overcame Olympique Lyon- Dani Alves and Neymar gave the Paris
France final to Marseille and a fourth nais in the final in Paris thanks to an outfit an early 2-0 lead, but Rennes
place top-flight finish in 1948/49. Andre Guy goal, sparking wild scenes struck back thanks to an own goal
of celebration when they returned from Presnel Kimpembe before
Success finally arrived in 1964/65 home with the trophy. Mexer levelled it up and they emerged
with victory in their third Coupe de victorious in the subsequent shootout.
France final appearance. Managed On 23 May 1972, the club changed
by former player Jean Prouff, Stade its name to its current title of Stade In 2019/20, they achieved their
Rennais UC drew 2-2 with UA Sedan- Rennais but there then followed a highest-ever league finish when they
Torcey at the Parc des Princes and, period of indifference for the Brittany came third in Ligue 1 and qualified for
four days later, won the replay 3-1 club, hovering between the top two the Champions League for the first
at the same venue thanks to goals divisions and appointing no fewer time in their history. In a group contain-
from Daniel Rodighiero (two) and than 11 managers over an 18-year spell ing Chelsea, Sevilla and Krasnodar,
Marcel Loncle. Also that season, and it wasn’t until promotion back Rennes picked up just one point from
they matched their best-ever league into Ligue 1 in 1994 that they started a home draw with the Russian side and
performance with a fourth-place to stabilise. finished bottom of their group.
finish.
Since then, they have certainly Last season, they came sixth in
Cup glory enabled the team to been on an upward curve. Between the league to secure a place in the
make their first foray into Europe 2000 and 2010, Rennes appeared in inaugural Europa Conference League
when they featured in the 1965/66 European competition in five of the this term. Having beaten Rosenborg
European Cup Winners’ Cup, but it 10 seasons and started to produce of Norway in the play-off round in
was a short-lived adventure as they a stream of young, talented players. August, Rennes reached the group
lost 2-0 away to Dukla Prague in the They also came close to more glory, stage and, with an unassailable
first leg and were unable to turn the finishing fourth in the league in lead at the top of Group G even
tie around in the home game, which 2004/05 and 2006/07 and twice before tonight’s match, have already
ended goalless. losing Coupe de France finals to qualified for the knockout stages of
Guingamp in 2009 and 2014. the competition.
Six years after their first piece of

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FIFTY 50

BOLTON WANDERERS
PREMIER LEAGUE OPPONENT NUMBER: 26

HEAD TO HEAD BIGGEST VICTORY his goals helped them challenge for
Played 26 02.05.12 the Premier League title in both his
Won 11 Bolton 1 Spurs 4 seasons on Tyneside. Moved to White
Drawn 6 Reebok Stadium Hart Lane in 1997 and spent five years
Lost 9 We achieved a 4-1 scoreline over the with us, although injuries prevented
Goals For 41 Trotters twice during their Premier him showing his real form while in
Goals Against 35 League years, once at home in north London. After 39 goals in 149
Points 39 February 2007 – when we led 3-0 after games for us, he had spells with West
22 minutes before Robbie Keane got Ham and Leicester before spending
FIRST MEETING sent off – and again in May 2012 at the the first half of the 2004/05 season
23.12.95 Reebok Stadium. We were fighting for at Bolton. He scored twice in 14 games
Spurs 2 Bolton 2 a top four spot, Bolton were battling – one of them against us!
White Hart Lane against relegation, but we won GLORIOUS GOAL
Before establishing themselves as a comfortably thanks to goals from A few worthy of mention here
Premier League side throughout the Luka Modric, Rafa van der Vaart and including Allan Nielsen’s angled drive
late 1990s and the first decade of this an Emmanuel Adebayor brace. Nigel off the post at the Lane in 1998,
century, Bolton had one season in the Reo-Coker had scored for the hosts to Robbie Keane’s powerful finish from
top flight in 1995/96 but finished rock make it 1-1. This was our last PL match a tight angle in 2007, along with
bottom of the table. They became with Bolton, who were relegated that Alan Hutton’s left-footed curler and
our 26th Premier League opponent season. Roman Pavlyuchenko’s fine volley in
when we met in N17 just before a 4-2 defeat in 2010. But we’re giving
Christmas in 1995. After a goalless PLAYED FOR BOTH the best one to Luka Modric, who
first half, Teddy Sheringham and Les Ferdinand controlled Rafa van der Vaart’s corner
Chris Armstrong put us 2-0 up, but After making his name following a on his chest and hit a sweet drive into
Bolton hit back through Scott Green prolific spell at QPR – scoring 80 the top corner from fully 30 yards
and ex-Spur Gudni Bergsson to earn goals in 163 games – the striker joined during our 4-1 away win in 2012.
a point. Newcastle United in 1995 where

ACTION STATION
Stephen Carr holds off the
challenge of Bolton defender
Ricardo Gardner during our
3-1 win in N17 in October 2002.
Robbie Keane gave us the
lead before Youri Djorkaeff
equalised, but Keane’s second
followed by a late Simon Davies
strike gave us the points.

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Following their promotion last season, Brentford became the 50th
club to play in the Premier League so we’ll profile our record against
two teams in each programme this season.

WIMBLEDON

PREMIER LEAGUE OPPONENT NUMBER: 12

HEAD TO HEAD PLAYED FOR BOTH GLORIOUS GOAL
Played 16 Chris Perry For the sheer importance of them,
Won 6 Defender who started his career with Jurgen Klinsmann’s hat-trick goal and
Drawn 6 boyhood club Wimbledon in 1991 and his fourth against Wimbledon in that
Lost 4 went on to make over 200 appear- 6-2 win in 1998 will always be fondly
Goals For 22 ances for the club. Swapped south remembered, but there were a couple
Goals Against 16 for north London in July 1999 when of neat strikes in our 2-1 away win
Points 24 he arrived at White Hart Lane and over the Dons in October 1994. Teddy
spent four years with us, playing 146 Sheringham produced one of his
FIRST MEETING times in our colours and scoring four classic near-post corner finishes for
25.10.92 goals. Left us for Charlton Athletic in our first – Darren Anderton with the
Wimbledon 1 Spurs 1 2003 and had spells with West Brom set-piece of course – but pick of the
Plough Lane and Luton before finishing his playing bunch is a rare goal from Gica Popescu,
Wimbledon were one of the founder career in 2010 following a two-year who fired home right-footed from 20
members of the Premier League stint at Southampton. yards having been set up by Klinsmann.
and were the 12th team we met in
the competition when we headed to
south-west London in October 1992.
In the two previous seasons, the
four matches between the sides had
yielded 25 goals, but we had to settle
for two 1-1 draws in the inaugural year
of the Premier League. Former Spur
Terry Gibson gave the Dons the lead in
this first meeting, with Nick Barmby’s
48th-minute goal giving us a share of
the spoils.

BIGGEST VICTORY ACTION STATION
02.05.98 Action from our December 1995 clash with Wimbledon at Plough Lane,
Wimbledon 2 Spurs 6 as goalkeeper Ian Walker gathers the ball under pressure from Robbie
Plough Lane Earle. We won the Premier League encounter 1-0 thanks to Ruel Fox’s
One of our most important wins of 85th-minute goal.
the Premier League era came against
Wimbledon towards the end of the
1997/98 campaign. With three games
remaining, we were just two points
above the relegation zone, but beat
Newcastle to ease our fears. We
secured our Premier League status
with this thumping win over the Dons
thanks to a never-to-be-forgotten
four goals from Jurgen Klinsmann,
with Les Ferdinand and Moussa Saib
also on target. Peter Fear struck
twice for the home side.

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CLUB
CONNECTIONS

Looking back at previous encounters against teams from France and
players with links to both of tonight’s clubs.

Ourselves and Stade Rennais had Two players – Erik Edman and MARTIN ROBINSON...MADE HIS
previously met before this season, Stephane Dalmat – have worn the SPURS DEBUT AGAINST RENNES
in a friendly match back in 1975 colours of both clubs.
although details of the game are Heerenveen before he arrived in
sketchy to say the least! Swedish defender Edman had north London ahead of the 2004/05
already played for Helsingborgs, season. Manager Martin Jol gave
Our research was only able to Torino, Karlsruher, AIK and him his debut against Liverpool on
uncover one small match report of the opening day of that campaign
the game from the old Spurs News and he went on to feature 35 times in
newspaper, although another brief
mention of the game suggested it was
played in Pont l’Abbe, on the north-
west coast of France and almost 150
miles west of Rennes.

The match was played on Monday
29 September and both sides were
in league action two days earlier. We
played Arsenal at White Hart Lane in
a game which ended goalless, while
Stade Rennais enjoyed a 6-1 home win
over Amiens in Group A of the French
Second Division.

The friendly itself ended in a
draw. Played in rainy and blustery
conditions in Britanny, the game saw
manager Terry Neil hand teenagers
Steve Walford and Martin Robinson
their first team debuts, both coming
off the bench.

Willie Young gave us the lead
before Stade Rennais equalised with
15 minutes to go in a game in which
Ralph Coates and Chris McGrath
played their first full senior games of
the season.

We ended the 1975/76 season
in ninth place in Division One, while
Stade Rennais topped their group
and won promotion to the French top
flight.

Teams: Daines, I Smith, McAllister,
Pratt, Young (Walford), Osgood,
McNab, Coates, Duncan (M. Robin-
son), Chris Jones, McGrath (Naylor).

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our colours, scoring once – a stunning ERIK EDMAN IN ACTION FOR RENNES
long-range strike against Liverpool at
Anfield. Opening his goalscoring account In total, he played 28 times for us
for us in a 5-2 home defeat of Wolves in 2003/04, but we chose not to make
The left-back stayed with us in the December, his best game came the move a permanent one and he
for just one season before joining on 7 January when he displayed all returned to Inter. Spells followed at
Rennes on the last day of the 2005 his trickery and technical ability as Toulouse (loan), Racing Santander,
summer transfer window, with his he scored twice in a 4-1 win against Bordeaux and Sochaux before he
first game for the French side coming Birmingham at White Hart Lane. made the switch to Stade Rennais in
in a Ligue 1 clash at home to Auxerre 2010, making his debut in a 1-1 home
on 10 September, which they won draw with Lille on 7 August. Stephane
3-1. He made 82 appearances for the played 34 times for them in 2010/11
club over the next three years before but featured in just 11 games the
making a return to England with following term, six of them in Europa
Wigan Athletic. He finished his career League action. In July 2012, he left
back at Helsingborgs. A full interview Rennes for Nimes but announced his
with Erik can be found in our Where retirement shortly after.
Are They Now feature on pages 46-49
of tonight’s programme.

A versatile and skilful left
midfielder, Dalmat started his career
with Chatearoux in 1997 and had
spells with Lens, Marseille and PSG
before leaving France to join Interna-
zionale in the summer of 2001.

But after failing to make an
impact in Italy, he opted for a change
of scenery and joined us on loan for
the 2003/04 campaign. His first
appearance in our colours came as a
substitute against Chelsea at Stam-
ford Bridge in September 2003 and
he featured five times off the bench
before his full debut came at home
to Middlesbrough towards the end of
October.

STEPHANE DALMAT CELEBRATES Prior to our visit to Rennes on 16
SCORING FOR US AGAINST BIRMINGHAM September, our most recent match
against French opposition was a
pre-season friendly against Paris St
Germain in July 2017.

Played at the Camping World
Stadium in Orlando, Florida, it was
the first game of our International
Champions Cup schedule ahead of
the 2017/18 campaign.

PSG opened the scoring after six
minutes when Adrien Rabiot squared
for Edinson Cavani to slot home the
opener, but we levelled five minutes
later with a stunner, Christian Eriksen

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ACTION FROM OUR MEETING WITH
MONACO AT WEMBLEY IN SEPTEMBER 2016

hitting a 30-yard thunderbolt that last time we faced a team from men, Willie Hall and Arthur Rowe.
flew home off the underside of the France on home soil was Monaco, For the latter it proved to be his only
crossbar. who beat us 2-1 in the Champions cap. George Camsell (2) and Eric
League at Wembley Stadium in Brook gave England a 3-0 lead which
We took the lead after Rabiot September 2016. Bert Grosvenor extended after the
played the ball back to goalkeeper interval. Emile Veinante reduced the
Kevin Trapp, who was swiftly closed The visitors raced into a two-goal deficit 15 minutes from time.
down by Dier and he blocked Trapp's lead in our Group E opener in front of
attempted clearance and watched 85,011 fans, with goals from Bernardo France won their first European
as the ball rebounded back into the Silva and Thomas Lemar. A header Youth Championship title since 1949
empty net. from Toby Alderweireld just before the when they beat Czechoslovakia 1-0
break gave us hope, but we failed to in the 1983 final in N17 on 22 May. A
PSG levelled before the interval add to that and slipped to defeat. We crowd numbering 4,593 saw defender
through Javier Pastore before the also lost the away tie against Monaco Bertrand Reuzeau’s first half goal
game took another turn barely 20 by the same scoreline. secure the title for France, while a
seconds into the second half. Harry French Under-16 team beat England
Kane looked favourite to get to a ball In fact, Monaco were also the last 2-0 in north London on December 6,
over the top, only for Trapp to charge French side to ever play at White Hart 2000. The home side included our own
out of his penalty area and handle the Lane when we met in Europa League Marcel McKie plus future England cap
ball. Kane would have had an empty action the previous season. This time Glen Johnson.
goal in front of him and the referee we ran out comfortable 4-1 winners
was left with little option but to show thanks to an Erik Lamela hat-trick Michael Dawson captained the
the red card. and a goal from Tom Carroll, with England Under-21 side when they
Monaco’s goal coming from Stephen El faced France at the Lane in the first leg
Eight minutes from time, Toby Shaarawy, who was set up by 16-year- of a qualifying play-off on 11 November,
Alderweireld drilled low into the far old substitute Kylian Mbappe. 2005. Tom Huddlestone was also in the
corner from 25 yards before Kane England side, along with future Spur
wrapped up the win by converting a White Hart Lane played host to Darren Bent in a team managed by
penalty, awarded when Blaise Matuidi French national teams on four Spurs old boy Peter Taylor.
was penalised for handling Kieran occasions, the first being a full
Trippier's cross in the penalty area. international on 6 December 1933. The game ended 1-1, Anthony Le
A Wednesday afternoon kick-off Tallec’s opener on 47 minutes being
Stade Rennais will become the first restricted the crowd to 17,097 to levelled by Darren Ambrose two
French side to play at Tottenham witness the debuts of two Spurs minutes from time. The crowd figure
Hotspur Stadium this evening. The of 34,574 was a then record for an
England Under-21 home game.

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Where Are They Now?

A player to have featured for both of tonight’s teams, ERIK EDMAN
spent a season in N17 before crossing the English Channel to join
Rennes. We caught up with the former Swedish international to talk
about his time at both clubs and what he is up to now.

By Paul Miles

You can just imagine what Erik with Erik playing in five countries “I was there for two-and-a-half
Edman was thinking when his and winning 57 caps for Sweden years and really enjoyed it. Of
mobile phone pinged for this inter- over eight years, including being part course, you can’t compare the
view. Without thinking, we made of squads for the World Cup in 2002 cities, London to Rennes, it’s a
contact with our former Swedish and 2006, and Euro 2004. small town with a nice atmosphere,
defender on 22 November. easier going, the tempo of life is a
He only spent one season here bit slower, generally speaking. The
Ring any bells? Well, for Erik, that at Spurs, 2004/05, having joined club is smaller, but they are known
date rings bells. Big Ben size bells! us from Heerenveen in Holland. He for developing young players, and
made 30 appearances, started 28 there are always a lot of kids coming
Without going too deep into it, times in the Premier League and through.
that was the day, 12 years ago, that scored one of our great goals of
we beat Wigan Athletic 9-1 in the the Premier League era, a 40-yard “When I was there, five or six
Premier League at the Lane. Jermain humdinger into the top corner of youngsters came through and really
Defoe scored five goals and Erik the Kop during a 2-2 draw against excelled later, including Stephane
lined-up at left-back for Wigan. In a Liverpool at Anfield in April, 2005. M’bia (Marseille, QPR, Sevilla,
previous interview, he told us: “Aaron Cameroon), Moussa Sow (Lille,
Lennon was absolutely flying at the A few months later, he was on his Fenerbache, Senegal) and Yoann
time, I was just back from injury, and way to Rennes. “Martin Jol brought in Gourcuff (AC Milan, Lyon, France),
he tortured me. I can laugh about it Young-Pyo Lee and I got the picture all really good footballers.
now, but at the time, it was not so that he would be starting most of
funny. I felt sad for a few weeks after the games, so I felt, a year before “It's a lovely, well-run club. They
that result.” the 2006 World Cup in Germany, I know what they are, they know what
wanted the playing time to prepare they want, and they won’t take short
Back to the present, though. “Do for that tournament,” reflected Erik, cuts to get there. I really enjoyed my
you know what day it is today?” was now back in Helsingborg, Sweden, time there.”
Erik’s reply to our message asking home of his first and last club,
for his memories of his time at this Helsingborgs IF. Still only 42, football remains
evening’s opponents, Stade Rennais. a huge part of Erik’s life. He’s
“Oops, just realised,” we responded. “That was the main reason I now coaching Hittarps IK, a team
“Ha ha,” he said. “I always feel a little moved on. It was the final day of the local to him located just outside
sick around this time of year!” transfer window. Rennes were strug- Helsingborg. Hittarps play in
gling in Ligue 1, five straight losses, Division Two, the fourth tier in
However much it hurt – and it so they’d had a tough start, but they Sweden, and clinched the title at the
clearly did – that result was very had a good team, and we were able start of November.
much a minor blip in a career that to turn it around quite quickly.
spanned the best part of 20 years, “I love football maybe even more

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now,” said Erik. “When you are playing and then, and worked in a school Erik sum it all up?
you have all the pressures that go with small kids for two-and-a-half “I’m grateful, and when you
with it, delivering results, people’s years. After that, I got the appetite
expectations, in a good way also, it’s back for coaching and now I’m Head grow up as a boy in a small town in
not always negative. When you are Coach for a local team. Sweden, you could only dream about
outside and not playing anymore, certain things,” he said. “My heroes
you miss that. “The TV work is great, I love were local players. Eventually I
watching football, it doesn’t played in the Premier League, played
“I was playing until 2012, then I necessarily have to be a big game. I in major championships, so, yes, I’m
finished. I stayed at Helsingborgs for just love football. I always meet old really happy.
a couple of years as a coach and then friends around the games, so it’s a
I went on to look after the Under-19 great thing to do. We’ve just won the “Also, sometimes, you have to
team. After that, I took a break from league as well. I’m gradually building realise that you are born with certain
coaching. I just felt with three kids, I my reputation as a coach. Maybe, abilities, you need to develop them in
wanted to spend more quality time one day, I’ll get the call!” the best possible way, and I can see
with my family. Obviously, the life someone like Ledley King – so quick,
in football, you have certain hours So, seven clubs – Helsingborgs strong, great on the ball he had all
you have to work to do a good job. I’d (Sweden), Torino (Italy), Karlsruher the ability to start with, more than,
been in that bubble for 20 years, so (Germany), Heereveen (Holland), for example, someone like me, so I
it was a good break to get out of it. Spurs, Rennes (France) and had to work on what I had. It’s about
Wigan – in five countries, 57 caps maximizing what you have. Maybe I
“I did some TV work for TV4 and for Sweden, three major interna- could have gone a little further, but
C4 in Sweden, which I still do now tional tournaments, how would not much. I’m quite happy.”

ERIK EDMAN CELEBRATES HIS FABLED 2005
STRIKE AT ANFIELD WITH MICHAEL CARRICK

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