So here we go, without doubt the biggest game since our last eye-catching fixture for which three points were at stake. While the win over a pretty inept Everton had all and sundry proclaiming this lilywhite vintage the greatest thing since Danny Blanchflower sliced a loaf, the draw with uber-negative Wolves had Hansen imploring all Spurs-supporting MoTD viewers to find their nearest cliff-top and hurl themselves in anguish – so whatever the outcome against table-topping City the reaction will presumably border on the apocalyptic.

So finally this much-vaunted "Game in Hand" is upon us. Truth be told, I will be a little sad to see it go. It has practically become part of the family, like a scruffy, uncouth urchin discovered in the wreckage of the summer riots, and adopted by the cheery folk of White Hart Lane. And let's face it, this Game in Hand has proved more useful than the Sword of Omens when it comes to pointless bickering with fans of l'Arse, Chelski, Liverpool and the like.

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The Old Firm derby didn't go the way of the Americans on Wednesday, with Celtic taking the lead in the Scottish Premier League. Joe Ledley was the goal scorer, converting in the 52nd minute at Celtic Park. Frasier Foster got the shutout in a game where Rangers only put two shots on target. However, replays showed that a sixth minute header from Lee Wallace crossed the goal line and should've counted.

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szólj hozzá: Celtic Glasgow Rangers 1:0

Joe Ledley gives Celtic the lead with a bullet header in their Old Firm clash with Rangers, a Celtic win could see them replace their opponents at the top of the SPL by two points.

Just when I had considered giving up on Father Christmas altogether, he fills my stocking with dropped points by all of Chelski, l'Arse, Liverpool and even Man City. And – and - he even un-twinges VDV's hamstring. I'm not sure there has ever been a Christmas quite like it.

No reason not to expect another high-class performance, missed chances a-plenty and ultimately three more points tonight.

Crunch time. This one could not be much bigger if it were written in size 72 font, stretched in a rack and then injected with muscle-steroid-type-things by that Russian giant of a chap David Haye beat a couple of years back. It's not just the three points, which would give us a five-point platform from which to wave down at Chelski, with a game in hand.

"The measure of greatness is not how many you win, but how you react to defeat". Or something along those lines. In fact, AANP may have invented that just now.

Anyway, the point is that the epithet has been fairly redundant for as far back as I can remember, as we would generally fail to win in the first place, and then react to defeat with another defeat, or a two-goal lead thrown away late on, or whatever.

After a run of 10 wins in 11, and six in a row, the true connoisseur does not really want the record to grind to a halt against Stoke. Against Barcelona maybe, or the Harlem Globe Trotters – but not Stoke.

Stoke are actually a member of that elite and highly exclusive band of English teams that have indeed beaten us this season (cast thine mind back to our peculiar Carling Cup exit a few months back).

After a run of 10 wins in 11, and six in a row, the true connoisseur does not really want the record to grind to a halt against Stoke. Against Barcelona maybe, or the Harlem Globe Trotters – but not Stoke.

Stoke are actually a member of that elite and highly exclusive band of English teams that have indeed beaten us this season (cast thine mind back to our peculiar Carling Cup exit a few months back).

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Desperately sad news about Gary Speed - RIP

Within a day or two it will inevitably be swallowed within the black hole of wondrous statistics about just how darned good the current crop are (best start to a season since the '61 Double-winners, since you ask), but the win at West Brom has muscled its way into AANP's exalted list of Most Hard-Earned and Pleasing Little Gaggle of Wins This Season, or "MHEPLGWTS" as we like to call it for ease of reference.

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The adage has it that winning while playing poorly is a sign of a good time, but the sentiment in this corner of the interweb is that we win these games because our forward line between them just have more quality than most others in the division. Lennon's, Defoe's and even Bale's ability in the way they took their goals were of the highest order; Fulham for all their pressure did not have that class and clinical touch to apply the coup de grace as necessary.

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THFC1882 presents guest writer Ralph Dixon's match report:

Chickens 1 2 Cockerels

The previews for this match, the chat on Twitter and the fan forums were all spot on and the match hardly needs a report from me at all. You Spurs fans know it in your hearts already, even if MOTD manage to edit their highlights to give a different impression.

1. Collect Underpants
2. ?
3. Profit
As the South Park Underpant Gnomes so crucially failed to diagnose, some things are a dashed sight more difficult in practice than they appear on paper. Nota bene, ‘Arry and the assorted Hotspurs, for bottom of the table Blackburn may be, but alas it is unlikely that they will simply roll over and allow us to tickle their tummies before disappearing into the night with three points.

1. Collect Underpants
2. ?
3. Profit
As the South Park Underpant Gnomes so crucially failed to diagnose, some things are a dashed sight more difficult in practice than they appear on paper. Nota bene, ‘Arry and the assorted Hotspurs, for bottom of the table Blackburn may be, but alas it is unlikely that they will simply roll over and allow us to tickle their tummies before disappearing into the night with three points.

By Chris Wright

In which Celtic right-back Cha Du-Ri slots an effortless finish past Celtic 'keeper Fraser Forster from the edge of the Celtic box to hand Rennes the lead against Celtic...

It may just be my tired eyes playing tricks on me, but would anyone else be willing to have a shiny ha'penny on Forster being able to catch the trundling ball up if he tried running after it?

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Blast, and other unseemly vituperations. Apparently armed with a game-plan to avoid, at all costs, ever stringing together more than three passes, our heroes stuck to the drill fairly resolutely throughout, and it's two points a-begging, faster than you can say "someone track that Ba fellow, he's making a late run into the area".

If the sign of a good team is winning when not playing the most coruscating stuff then I suppose our lot are trundling towards half-decent, and the Top Four goodies contained therein. Although things picked up in the second half, today we were certainly not at our Give-Scousers-The-Run-Around-And-Score-Goals-For-Fun best.

Strange times these – the first in my living memory that we've gone into a match against that ‘orrible lot from down the road with the bookies sidling over into the lilywhite camp. The noisy babblings of my l'Arse supporting chums ring a little hollow these days. Current form; playing personnel; summer transfer dabbling; inside out; upside down – any way you look at it we have the edge at the moment.

Exciting times, what? Having gone at it hammer, tongs and any other household implement you can think of last week, the prospect of another rip-roaring performance certainly gets the juices flowing.

As well as more attacking nous than you can shake a large stick at, our heroes now come fortified with an added dose of Scott Parker, a particularly handy ingredient on away days such as these.

THFC1882′s Stuart Watts presents guest writer Ciaran Griggs match report of Sunday's game:

"Can we play you every week"

Spurs: Friedel, Walker, King (Bassong 83), Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Bale, Parker, Modric, Kranjcar (Van der Vaart 45), Defoe (Giovanni 83), Adebayor
Liverpool: Reina, Skrtel, Agger (Coates 27), Carragher, Enrique, Henderson, Adam, Lucas, Downing (Spearing 70), Carroll, Suarez (Bellamy 70)

Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it?

Marvellous stuff. That certainly elbows its way into the handful of most emphatic performances I've seen from our lot, a 90-minute game of keep-ball. Even when 11 against 11 we seemed to have a one man advantage. Bravo chaps.

Our Central Midfield: Awesome

Scott Parker will presumably have bad days in a Tottenham shirt, but in a potentially tricky encounter against Adam and Henderson he played like a man possessed (albeit, with shirt neatly tucked in and side parting, the most benign-looking possessed chap you'll ever clap eyes upon.

Never mind the game today, have you seen Sandro's hair? Heavens above. The fellow has done the most extraordinary things... have yourself a perusal at around 1.50 on this clip.

Of secondary importance is the visit of that red mob. In what might as well be a 17-team division competing for fourth spot, Liverpool, along with those relentless purveyors of comedy at the Emirates, represent our principal rivals – which makes this quite the key clash in the grand scheme of things.

Never mind the game today, have you seen Sandro's hair? Heavens above. The fellow has done the most extraordinary things... have yourself a perusal at around 1.50 on this clip.

Of secondary importance is the visit of that red mob. In what might as well be a 17-team division competing for fourth spot, Liverpool, along with those relentless purveyors of comedy at the Emirates, represent our principal rivals – which makes this quite the key clash in the grand scheme of things.

He may not exactly be renowned for his tactical acumen, but like a broken clock hitting the jackpot ‘Arry has stumbled upon something of a platitude in his assessment of that Adebayor chap, noting a few weeks back that if he scores goals he'll eventually worm his way into our affections – and if he doesn't he won't.

He may not exactly be renowned for his tactical acumen, but like a broken clock hitting the jackpot ‘Arry has stumbled upon something of a platitude in his assessment of that Adebayor chap, noting a few weeks back that if he scores goals he'll eventually worm his way into our affections – and if he doesn't he won't.

England 1-0 Wales player ratings (look away now, Earnie)

Good night for Young, Downing and Cahill, bad night for Ledley and Wales sub

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England on the box tonight, then, eh? Wembley. The lads. Battle of Britain. Rooney. Ramsey. Erm, did I mention the lads? Yes, well maybe nothing to get too enlivened about but there'll at least be a couple of familiar phizogs under the lights this evening.

I put it to you that deadline-day recruit, Scott Parker, put in a tidy shift in Sofia.

A tribute to Joe Ledley to the tune of Johnny Cash's 'Ring of Fire' by some kids in Thailand.
"The Thai Tims" - have been posting songs, such as the homage to midfielder Joe Ledley in the video below, to help raise awareness and money for the Good Child Foundation charity.
The link between the charity, Celtic FC, and the schoolchilden, was forged when a 19-year-old called Reamonn Gormley from Lanarkshire in Scotland was tragically stabbed to death near his home earlier this year.

Watch Thai schoolkids' amazing tribute to Joe Ledley, Joey Barton 'coming in your face' and the Posnan dog!

Presenting quality football videos from the interweb, daily at 3pm. Here's today's collection: 1) If ever there was a video to warm the hearts of the most miserable football fan, then this is it The children of Triamsuksa School in Thailand have produced a piece of YouTube gold with this brilliant tribute to, of all people, Celtic midfielder Joe Ledley.

Rejoice, all ye fellow lilywhites. Admittedly it is also with a degree of trepidation (Old Trafford will do that to a Spurs fan) but goodness me it is wonderful finally to be able to look forward to Spurs in Premiership action tonight. ‘Tis with delight therefore that I invite you to gather round and peruse with me the permutations of team selection for the evening's festivities.

And so, finally, off we go, in the rather unorthodox settings of ITV4 and Edinburgh. It is a truth universally acknowledged that any Scottish team whose name does not rhyme with either "Beltic" or "Changers" is there for the taking, so first game of the season or not, this lot must be destroyed. ‘Arry has understandably enough made noises about fielding kids and reserves in the Europa League, but while none of us want injuries ahead of the United trip on Mon, it would nevertheless make sense to field a full-strength side tonight.

Going down to the Championship where we now find West Ham, it was interesting to see some transfer rumours surrounding our old centre half Anthony Gardner. The 29 year old is out of contract at Hull after a loan spell at Crystal Palace.

Gardner came to Spurs back in 2000 after a couple of years at Port Vale.

Celtic v Rangers 2011 Scottish League Cup Final 2011- Hampden Park, Glasgow- 20/3/11- March 20, 2011. Final score:- Celtic v Rangers 1-2 ( Joe Ledley/ Steven Davis, Nikica Jelavic) An extra time winner from Nikica Jelavic allows Rangers to beat Celtic 2-1 in the final of the 2011 Scottish League Cup.

And so it continues. Five minutes ago Man City and Chelski were just expensively-assembled specks in the distance; but three hard-earned wins later and we now pose them a problem they will be unable to solve simply by reaching for the wallet and hurling foreign currency around. Take that, you rotters.