Spurs - Hiring the interim

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SPURS REACH KNOCKOUT ROUNDS

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Tottenham Hotspur have reached the knockout stages of the Europa League, they pushed aside competition from teams from varies leagues within Europe to win Group H with five wins out of five. Spurs boss Roberto Di Matteo initially used the group stage to give some fringe players an opportunity to prove themselves in the team. Players such as Aaron Lennon, Michel Dawson and Michel Vorm all got a lot of game and proved their worth to their manager. Di Matteo insists he is taking the competition seriously and wants to win the Europa League. Given that Roberto has experience of winning the Champions League, Spurs fans have reasons to be hopeful. This is what he had to say ”I will always field a strong team, however will all the travelling and still competing on four fronts is tough on the players. Rotation is needed, the players I bring in I trust immensely to do the job and so far I haven’t been let down."

Spurs fans will have to sit tight until the 23rd December for the knock out stage draw to see who they will play.

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PAIR EXTEND SPURS DEAL

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Tottenham Hotspur have announced a new long term deal for Brazilian midfielder. Sandro has been at the heart of the spurs team throughout the season and has been on the most consistent performers. This has not gone unnoticed at White Hart lane and the board and rewarded him with a new deal and secured his services until 2018. Earlier in the week manager Roberto Di Matteo expressed his delight. “ Sandro is a great lad and I know he’ll give 110% each week, this new deal is great for us and Sandro, we had big money offers for him at the start of the season from ‘top four clubs’ but he wanted to stay, everyone’s delighted he did.”

After the interview Roberto confirmed the club are close to extending contracts on a number of players and French defender Younes Kaboul is close to putting pen to paper on a new deal.
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10 years

TOTTENHAM BREAK CLUB UNBEATEN RECORD

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Tottenham have extended their unbeaten run to twenty games, this has smashed past the clubs record. The run has seen Tottenham climb the table and currently sit in fifth place as they chase the converted champions league spot.

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Joe

10 years

20 games unbeaten? Congrats, but how are you not in the top 4? Too many draws?

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RD17

10 years

way way too many draws!

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RD17

10 years

5 draws in the league and the record stands for all competitions

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RD17

10 years

December Review

City End Spurs Run

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Manchester City had clearly got over their Christmas spirit very quickly when
Tottenham visited the Ethiad stadium on boxing day. City outclassed Spurs. Two goals from Jesus Navas and Alvaro Negredo sunk spurs.

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Overall December started off as a solid month for spurs. December saw the boys pick up four consecutive league victories which saw them gather points and rise up the table. There was also action in Europe as they finished off the group stages against Zeljeznicar where Roberto Di Matteo fielded a heavily rotated side, which drew 0-0 in what was a very poor game for both sides. Tottenham ended their year away to Liverpool who weren’t enjoying the best run of form prior to this game. The game finished 0-0 as Liverpool scraped through, just.

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The first and second round knockout stage matches have been drawn. Tottenham will play Croatian side Hadjuk. These games are set to be played on . The winner of these two games will play either APOEL or AS Roma. We Caught up with Spurs boss Roberto Di Matteo to get his verdict on the draw “ We have two tough matches again Hadjuk so we must prepare well for that. Look every game will be tough, we have had many great teams join us now from Champions league, teams like Dortmund, Monaco so every time will be tough and they all want win. We will work hard and do everything we can to progress.

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Tottenham reach Semi Final of the Capital one Cup

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Tottenham eased past Newcastle with a 2-0 victory

Tottenham beat Newcastle away at St. James Park to secure their place in the Semi Final of the Capital One Cup, alongside Arsenal, Everton and Manchester City. The Capital one cup isn’t thought to be very high on the Tottenham boards radar, however Roberto Di Matteo is keen to take Spurs as far as he can. He said this ” We have a fantastic chance now, we are one of only four teams left, if we get to Wembley anything can happen. The Semi Final draw took place after the game.
Spurs went ahead in the fifteenth minute when Danny swung in a inviting corner only to be met from a strong header from French defender Younes Kaboul. Spurs went on to dominate this game, in what seemed at the start to be a tough draw away from home . Portuguese winger Danny sealed off the victory with a great solo run before curling the ball around Tim Krul to make to 2-0.

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EVERTON TAKE EARLY ADVANTAGE IN SEMI FINAL 1st LEG

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Everton took their chances at the lane

Everton come out on top in the first leg of the Capital one Semi-Final 1st Leg. A late second half goal from Kevin Mirallas saw off spurs. Tottenham will feel they could have done much more in this game, Spurs created many chances throughout the game but failed to convert.

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Else where, Tottenham advanced into the fourth round of the FA Cup. They also collected four points in the league.

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SPURS BOOKED WEMBLEY PLACE IN 2ND LEG THRILLER

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Spurs turn tie around at Goodison Park
Tottenham Hotspur have sealed their place at Wembley to play Manchester City in the Capital One Cup Final. Spurs looked down and out, however they showed great spirit and determination to take apart Everton and win 3-0.

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Elsewhere, Tottenham also qualified for the fifth round of the FA Cup. January also included a draw at home to Leicester, Spurs will feel this was defiantly two points lost. Spurs finished the month with a 4-1 victory against Burnley, a very nice victory and great performance to finish the month.

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RD17

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February Update

SPURS HUMILATED

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Man united have took the life out of the Tottenham hotspur team with a 7-0 thrashing .

Defiantly a day that Roberto Di Matteo and all of the Tottenham fans will want to forget very quickly. Humiliated by Louis Van Gaal Manchester United. Spurs never posed a threat to the Man United back line, Ander Herrera who completed his hat trick with for defiant the pick of the goals, a 30 yard strike that left Lloris stood watching.

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Tottenham to had to move on and quick with important games approaching. However they failed to get three points from Newcastle either. They soon recorvered with two crucial wins home and away against Hadjuk to seal a game with AS Roma. Huddersfield were comfortably saw off to secure a place in the 6th round of the FA Cup. February ended in the premier with another thriller for Spurs who gave it their all to secure a 3-3 draw with Chelsea which was a end to end affair

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SPURS LOSE BREATHTAKING FINAL

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Penalty heartache for spurs

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Spurs left Wembly empty hand after they came off the worse in a stunning Capital One Cup final, eventually it finished 4-4 after extra time. Yes, 4-4. Manchester City went on to win 12-11 on penalties.
Spurs got off to a flyer when Manchester City defender Matija Nastasic scored and own goal, it got even more embarrassing for city, brace in two minutes from Argentine winger Erik Lamela saw spurs three up after ten minutes. Ivorian Yaya Toure quickly pulled a goal and two second half goals from city saw the game go to penalties. In what was most defiantly an action packed game, goals were separated by red cards for both teams. Spurs’ Ben Davies saw red and Nastasic’s day from hell continued as he picked up a second yellow.

Spurs boss Roberto Di Matteo had this to say ”well, when it’s not your day, it’s not your day. We were sloppy to concede three goals, but it’s a cup final and anything can happen. I cannot fault the boys, they gave everything and didn’t win the lottery that is penalties .”

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