With the international breaks at an end for a fair few months now, Tottenham have an opportunity to lock their collective mind on continuing their impressive progress in the Premier League. Wigan visit the Lane tomorrow afternoon and as enigmatic as the visitors appear to be at times, Spurs' slick passing should be more than a match for them and provided the strikers can locate their specially made shooting boots, there could be goals in the offing. Click to continue reading...

(Davy expects African sides to edge traditional Latin and Continental powers, but fancies England for the Cup. Below he discusses the likely England squad, highlighting what he expects to be the historic contribution of England's black players.)
To be King in Africa, a useful prerequisite is to be a Black Prince.

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Sam Story Samueltstory@gmail.com Staff Writer Ah, yes. Day four of the Champions League group stage beckons and there are some riveting story lines to tell. Why wait? -David Beckham is heading back to Milan on loan: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8326285.stm - Steven Gerrard misses the return match against Lyon in a near must-win match: http://news. Click to continue reading...

Count the years off one by one. Every single year in this decade we have played Spurs home and away in the League. And out of twenty matches we haven't lost a single one. Not a single one.
Even if we had lost one, we could still reflect on the annual difference between the teams shown by the League table. Click to continue reading...

Highlights and an interview with Arsene Wenger below.

I am still walking on air following our demolition of Spurs yesterday. With a glorious 3-nil victory at the Emirates we were able to put some breathing space between us and the four clubs trailing us at the moment.

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Whatever you can prove on paper about the relative strengths of the two squads, on the day, on the pitch we were out played, outfought, out thought and exposed as mere pretenders to the higher reaches of the league. We were not in the same league as Arsenal. Actually that is the problem: we are.Now let's not get carried away. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal's use of the whole pitch created space and angles to open up the Spurs defence as two goals inside a minute set-up a comfortable win.
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A period of forty-nine seconds in the first half typified what Arsenal are about this season as Arséne Wenger's Catalan-inspired reinvention has given the Gunners an explosiveness and unpredictability that was beginning to seep away from the side.

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"Welcome to my nightmare, welcome to my breakdown."

Alice Cooper's 1975 campy anthem sums up the last five minutes of the first half for Spurs.

Harry Redknapp probably regrets starting a clearly unfit Ledley King who has struggled with injuries this season. Sagna on the right whips in a cross which Van Persie reacts to more quickly, outmaneuvering King to turn the ball past Heurelho Gomes for the first goal in the 42nd minute.

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So yet another installment of the fiery North London derby has passed. Tottenham, missing Jermaine Defoe through a suspension and Aaron Lennon through injury, looked a shadow of the side which threatened to take over one of the top 4 spots earlier in the season. Arsenal, on the other hand, were magnificent.

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Tottenham are now third in the table after a 1-2 win over Portsmouth in Fratton Park. Ledley King and Defoe were on the scoresheet for Spurs. Tottenham's old boy, Kevin-Prince Boateng, pulled a goal back for the Pompeys in the 59th minute. Click to continue reading...

If the draw at Bolton a few weeks back was a game the Tottenham of old would have certainly lost, then today's hard fought 2-1 win down at Portsmouth was definitely in the same bracket. Ahead through a well placed header from Ledley King and a marvellously worked goal from Jermain Defoe, Spurs then contrived to find themselves under overwhelming pressure for much of the second half. Click to continue reading...

Ledley King is rumoured to be extremely likely to play at Portsmouth tomorrow after his prolonged absence from the starting XI. This is, obviously, great news - if I see Tom Huddlestone lining up at centre back one more time, I'll have a coronary.
But the other bit of defensive comeback news that we should all be throwing our proverbial hats in the air for is that Jonathan Woodgate has resumed full training again and is thought to be inching closer to a first start of the season. Click to continue reading...

Who will make that plane? (I.e who should be in the squad for the World Cup Finals as opposed to who will construct the airplane itself.)

With England firmly through to the World Cup Finals next summer we can look forward to long balmy nights in and outside pubs/bars enjoying the festivities and also having a team to support, hopefully Ireland will also make it through the play-offs as well.

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The Sun has said that Harry could be lining up a smart little mover for David James.
Let's just hope that a deal materialises this time round, although I do think Levy was right to not sanction a £2 million transfer fee for the 39 year old, even if he was the England keeper at the time, which, let's face it, isn't hard to be with the current crop of England keepers. Click to continue reading...

With England's World Cup qualification a done deal, every game between now and June is an opportunity for Fabio Capello to fine-tune his starting XI. Some of the biggest questions have been pondered for many months now: Who should partner Wayne Rooney up front?

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With the season starting slightly earlier this year due to the World Cup, most teams in the Premiership have played 8 league games already. Last season, the 8th round of matches was played two weeks later, on the weekend of October 18th/19th. By the end of it, Tottenham were staring up at every other team in the league with a lowly 2 points.

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Harry plans defensive raids to cover for worrying array of crocked centre backs.

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Reports are surfacing today of Harry Redknapp's attempts to resolve his defensive injury crisis by planning January raids to bring in two more centre backs to give Tottenham yet more strength in depth at the back.

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Throughout the history of football, there has always been players that seem impervious to harm, hurling themselves at all sorts of challenges with no regard for personal safety (or the safety of the opposition for that matter). This years batch of players are no different. The premiership being the most physical league in the world (citation?

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Too much news to wait until tomorrow, so here we go, extra early...Bassong has a knee injury on top of the head/face injuries he suffered against Chelsea:Tottenham centre-back Michael Dawson's return from injury has handed Harry Redknapp a timely boost to help ease the defensive crisis at White Hart Lane. Click to continue reading...

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Word has it that Harry Redknapp is trying to lure his former Portsmouth defender back to White Hart Lane. Despite being quoted earlier in the season as saying he would be unwilling to bring Campbell back to Spurs, mainly due to the controversy surrounding his move to arch rivals Arsenal, the Tottenham boss is still a big admirer.

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Gary Neville thinking to himself about how crap and old he is

This time last year Manchester United were starting to put together one of the finest stretches of defensive football ever scene in the English Premier League. But one year later, with a similar defensive cast, they seem exposed, shaky and generally lacking around their own goal.

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Having failed to complete a last gasp deal to bring former West Ham man Anton Ferdinand Harry Redknapp may try a lot harder to make the Sunderland centre back a Tottenham man come January, not least because his defence is once again decimated by injuries.

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The sight of Ledley King pulling up when Didier Drogba was running towards the Tottenham goal in Sunday's London derby left me with a resigned feeling of deja vu. Even on one leg, a training regime of swimming twice a week and the frailties of the midfield formation that wasn't working, King was keeping Drogba quiet.

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This week ITS brings you our top ten one hit wonders, we will show you ten players who defined the odds by getting the honour of putting on the England shirt....erm once!

10. Joey Barton (VS. Spain, 2007)

Schteve Maclaren is a manager full of good ideas. One of his best was to give Barton an England Cap just after he had lamented his frustration at the whole England squad in his book.

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Come the revolution, the Premier League will be no more – of that you can be certain. As clubs attempt to regain control of their upwardly spiralling finances, the top flight will break up into smaller regionalised leagues, thereby reinforcing the weakening notion of local derbies and local rivalries. Click to continue reading...

From White Hart Lane, Attendance 35,785 , Referee A Marriner Tottenham 1 3 Manchester United

Jermain Defoe (1)

Ryan Giggs (25)
Oliveira Anderson (41)
Paul Scholes (s/o 59)
Wayne Rooney (78)

Tottenham Team Statistics Manchester United 1 Goals 3 6 Shots On Target 10 5 Shots Off Target 5 3 Shots Blocked 3 3 Corners 3 0 Offsides 9 17 Fouls 13 3 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 1 49. Click to continue reading...

From White Hart Lane, Attendance 35,785 , Referee A Marriner Tottenham 1 3 Manchester United

Jermain Defoe (1)

Ryan Giggs (25)
Oliveira Anderson (41)
Paul Scholes (s/o 59)
Wayne Rooney (78)

Tottenham Team Statistics Manchester United 1 Goals 3 6 Shots On Target 10 5 Shots Off Target 5 3 Shots Blocked 3 3 Corners 3 0 Offsides 9 17 Fouls 13 3 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 1 49. Click to continue reading...

Early pacesetters take on title holders.

Tottenham's squad is boosted by the return of midfielder Jermaine Jenas and goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.

Ledley King remains a doubt due to a groin problem, but Sebastien Bassong is fit after shrugging off a knee injury he picked up playing for Cameroon.

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Who: Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
What: Barclays Premier League Match
Where: White Hart Lane (London)
When: Saturday, 12th September 2009 - 17:30 BST (12:30 EST)
Why: Because I want Berba to score and then wave hello to the supporters section.

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John Terry remains a big doubt because of his groin problem for Saturday's friendly with Slovenia at Wembley, with Steven Gerrard poised to be captain.
Terry trained at Arsenal's London Colney complex on Thursday, but Fabio Capello is unlikely to risk him ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Croatia, also at Wembley. Click to continue reading...

Is Harry looking to sign another of his former players?

Telegraph Sport can reveal that Spurs are trying to sign Anton Ferdinand from Sunderland.
The 24-year-old central defender has been tracked by Spurs for some time – they attempted to sign him when he was at West Ham – but he chose to move to Sunderland for £8 million.

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Our great win against the Brum was truly marred by The Modfather's leg fracturing and Ledley suffering a groin injury.

I suppose the one bit of good news is that Woody came through his first training session on Friday. I'm not sure how long he'll still be out for though, but seeing as we don't play for two weeks, he could be fit in time for our biggest test yet, Manchester United at home, although I don't think he'll be match-fit.

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Cancel the open top bus; Modric is injured. A victim of deliberate espionage by the Birmingham assault squad led by the fiendish Bowyerarti. Our most creative player out until Xmas just as we were about to win the league. Oh woe is us. What shall we do? Stiffen up people and don't feel so sorry for ourselves for a startBecause in case you didn't notice we actually we went on to win the game with Click to continue reading...

August has been a fairly enjoyable month on reflection. Those who predicted a season opening of toil, tribulation and all round depression put your hands up now. I admit it; my hand is firmly in the air. Honest.
Whichever way you slice it, four wins out of four is a bloody brilliant way to begin a league campaign. Click to continue reading...

This post is guest written by Jamie Dunn, someone you'll be hearing more on this site from time to time.
The League Cup is a curious one; the ‘Big Four' have enormous, continental fish to fry so when they enter the competition in the third round, playing the kids is alright for them. Click to continue reading...