sunderland v spurs

Tottenham Hotspur visit the Stadium of Light on Saturday 3rd April on arun of five consecutive Premier League wins, which equals the clubrecord in the Premier League era. Harry Redknapp's side have uppedtheir performance levels recently and have now earned 24 points in the12 League matches during the second half of the 2009-10 season - anaverage of two points per match - and are in with a decent shot ofsecuring that elusive fourth place finish.

Spurs last match was a 2-0 home win over Portsmouth in which PeterCrouch scored after a Gareth Bale assist and Niko Kranjcar got thesecond after great work from Luka Modric. The game saw young full-backKyle Walker make his first team debut for Spurs and he became the 171stplayer to represent Spurs in the Premier League and the 7th to make hisLeague debut this season.

Sunderland lost their away game at Liverpool on Sunday 3-0 whichbrought to an end a useful sequence of five unbeaten matches. Beforethat run they had some rather disappointing results after a good startto the season when they were pushing for a European place.

The reverse fixture at White Hart Lane last November resulted in a 2-0win for Spurs with Robbie Keane (now on loan at Celtic) and TomHuddlestone scoring the goals and Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes saving aDarren Bent penalty. Last season, Sunderland took four points out ofsix off Spurs, winning 2-1 at White Hart Lane and drawing 1-1 atSunderland. Of the 17 Premier League matches played so far, Spurs havewon 11, Sunderland have won 4 and two matches have been drawn.

The current Sunderland squad features many familiar faces to Spurs andincludes former players Darren Bent, Steed Malbranque, Frazer Campbell,Andy Reid and Marton Fulop. In addition, Tottenham's Scottish full-backAlan Hutton is on loan to Sunderland but he won't be able to play for the Black Cats against his parent club.


Sunderland will expect to have John Mensah fully recovered from his knee injury and Andy Reid back from his hamstring problem in time for the match against Spurs. Otherwise, the Black Cats have a full squad to choose from, except for Alan Hutton who is ineligible.



By contrast, Spurs have Michael Dawson, Jermain Defoe and Ledley King listed as all doubtful for Saturday's game while Vedran Corluka will probably also miss out with a sprained ankle. Jonathan Woodgate, Carlo Cudicini, Aaron Lennon and Jermaine Jenas all out injured. Wilson Palacios, although fit, is dicing with a tenth yellow card and Harry might rest him or use him sparingly until the disciplinary amnesty is reached in mid-April.


To follow later.


Sunderland (L 0-3 Liverpool A)

Gordon, Bardsley, Turner Ferdinand, Malbranque (Jones 51), Richardson,Henderson (Zenden 78 ), Cana, Cattermole (Da Silva 46), Campbell, Bent

Substitutes: Carson, Kilgallon, Liddle, Mwaruwari

Yellow Card: Bent

Tottenham Hotspur (W 2-0 Portsmouth H)

Gomes, Kyle Walker, Dawson (Kaboul 61), Bassong, Bale, Bentley,Huddlestone, Modric, Kranjcar (Assou-Ekotto 66), Gudjohnsen(Pavlyuchenko 79), Crouch

Substitutes: Alnwick, Palacios, Livermore, Rose

Goals: Crouch 27, Kranjcar 41


To follow later.


Saturday afternoon's match will be the 108th meeting between Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland.

Here are the results of the previous 107 matches with Spurs' score shown first:

26-Mar-1898 Friendly - H L 0 - 2
11-Feb-1899 F.A. Cup 2 12,371 H W 2 - 1 Bradshaw, Cameron
02-Jan-1900 Friendly - A W 3 - 1 Hughes, Pratt (2)
01-Sep-09 Division 1 10,000 A L 1 - 3 Morris
25-Mar-10 Division 1 35,000 H W 5 - 1 Curtis, Humphreys (2), Steel R, Middlemiss
26-Nov-10 Division 1 12,000 A L 0 - 4
01-Apr-11 Division 1 26,000 H D 1 - 1 Minter
16-Sep-11 Division 1 16,000 A D 1 - 1 R Steel
20-Jan-12 Division 1 17,000 H D 0 - 0
28-Sep-12 Division 1 8,000 A D 2 - 2 Bliss, Middlemiss
25-Jan-13 Division 1 31,000 H L 1 - 2 Minter
08-Nov-13 Division 1 36,000 H L 1 - 4 Cantrell
14-Mar-14 Division 1 10,000 A L 0 - 2
19-Dec-14 Division 1 5,000 H L 0 - 6
09-Jan-15 F.A. Cup 1 17,000 H W 2 - 1 Walden, Bliss
24-Apr-15 Division 1 10,000 A L 0 - 5
26-Mar-21 Division 1 35,000 A W 1 - 0 Seed
02-Apr-21 Division 1 35,000 H D 0 - 0
11-Mar-22 Division 1 41,003 H W 1 - 0 Thompson
05-Apr-22 Division 1 37,000 A L 0 - 2
31-Mar-23 Division 1 18,000 A L 0 - 2
07-Apr-23 Division 1 23,571 H L 0 - 1
20-Oct-23 Division 1 20,000 A L 0 - 1
27-Oct-23 Division 1 24,840 H D 1 - 1 Lindsay
20-Sep-24 Division 1 30,000 A L 1 - 4 Lindsay
24-Jan-25 Division 1 26,696 H W 1 - 0 Seed
26-Sep-25 Division 1 30,700 A L 0 - 3
06-Feb-26 Division 1 31,434 H L 0 - 2
18-Sep-26 Division 1 17,459 A L 2 - 3 Blair (2)
05-Feb-27 Division 1 32,506 H L 0 - 2
22-Oct-27 Division 1 19,039 H W 3 - 1 Osborne, Dimmock (2)
28-Mar-28 Division 1 9,244 A D 0 - 0
07-Oct-33 Division 1 44,235 H W 3 - 1 Hunt GS, Hall GW, Evans W
21-Feb-34 Division 1 16,105 A L 0 - 6
13-Oct-34 Division 1 28,204 A W 2 - 1 Hunt GS, Hall GW
23-Feb-35 Division 1 44,886 H D 1 - 1 Channell
05-Mar-38 F.A. Cup 6 75,038 H L 0 - 1 (All-time record attendance at White Hart Lane)
24-Jan-50 F.A. Cup 4 66,246 H W 5 - 1 Walters (2), Bennett (2), Medley
23-Sep-50 Division 1 59,190 H D 1 - 1 Baily
03-Feb-51 Division 1 56,817 A D 0 - 0
27-Oct-51 Division 1 50,513 A W 1 - 0 Walters
15-Mar-52 Division 1 51,745 H W 2 - 0 Bennett, Duquemin
29-Nov-52 Division 1 45,980 H D 2 - 2 Bennett, Duquemin
18-Apr-53 Division 1 24,953 A D 1 - 1 Walters
31-Oct-53 Division 1 38,345 A L 3 - 4 Walters, Duquemin, Robb
20-Mar-54 Division 1 39,393 H L 0 - 3
28-Aug-54 Division 1 53,646 H L 0 - 1
01-Jan-55 Division 1 49,884 A D 1 - 1 Dunmore
22-Oct-55 Division 1 36,396 H L 2 - 3 Brooks, Robb
31-Mar-56 Division 1 22,311 A L 2 - 3 McClellan (2)
29-Sep-56 Division 1 41,657 A W 2 - 0 Smith R, Stokes
09-Feb-57 Division 1 52,104 H W 5 - 2 Harmer, Smith R, Stokes (2), Anderson og
02-Nov-57 Division 1 36,091 A D 1 - 1 Brooks
15-Mar-58 Division 1 40,751 H L 0 - 1
04-Mar-61 F.A. Cup 6 61,236 A D 1 - 1 Jones
08-Mar-61 F.A. Cup 6 Replay 64,797 H W 5 - 0 Mackay, Smith R, Allen, Dyson (2)
07-Nov-64 Division 1 36,677 H W 3 - 0 Robertson, Greaves, Jones
20-Mar-65 Division 1 44,394 A L 1 - 2 Greaves
26-Mar-65 Division 1 27,828 A L 0 - 2
06-Oct-65 Division 1 37,364 H W 3 - 0 Mackay, Clayton, Greaves
03-Dec-66 Division 1 32,733 A W 1 - 0 Gilzean
03-May-67 Division 1 33,936 H W 1 - 0 Greaves (pen)
30-Sep-67 Division 1 36,017 H W 3 - 0 Greaves (2), Todd og
10-Feb-68 Division 1 31,735 A W 1 - 0 Jones
16-Nov-68 Division 1 29,072 H W 5 - 1 Greaves (4), England
01-Feb-69 Division 1 22,251 A D 0 - 0
27-Sep-69 Division 1 30,523 H L 0 - 1
17-Jan-70 Division 1 13,993 A L 1 - 2 Morgan
18-Aug-73 Friendly - A W 1 - 0 Neighbour
20-Nov-76 Division 1 30,325 A L 1 - 2 Moores
16-Apr-77 Division 1 34,155 H D 1 - 1 Jones
10-Dec-77 Division 2 31,960 A W 2 - 1 Duncan (2)
22-Apr-78 Division 2 38,220 H L 2 - 3 Duncan, Taylor
20-Sep-80 Division 1 32,030 H D 0 - 0
28-Feb-81 Division 1 22,382 A D 1 - 1 Crooks
17-Oct-81 Division 1 25,317 A W 2 - 0 Hazard, Archibald
14-Apr-82 Division 1 39,898 H D 2 - 2 Galvin, Hoddle
18-Sep-82 Division 1 21,137 A W 1 - 0 Brooke
22-Jan-83 Division 1 25,250 H D 1 - 1 Gibson
08-Feb-84 Division 1 19,327 H W 3 - 0 Perryman, Archibald (2)
07-Apr-84 Division 1 15,433 A D 1 - 1 Falco
04-Sep-84 Division 1 18,895 A L 0 - 1
21-Nov-84 League Cup 4 27,421 A D 0 - 0
05-Dec-84 League Cup 4 Replay 25,835 H L 1 - 2 Roberts (pen)
29-Dec-84 Division 1 26,930 H W 2 - 0 Hoddle, Crooks
28-Aug-90 Division 1 30,214 A D 0 - 0
08-Dec-90 Division 1 30,431 H D 3 - 3 Lineker, Walsh (2)
05-Aug-92 Friendly 22,672 A W 3 - 0 Anderton (3, 1pen)
29-Jan-95 F.A. Cup 4 21,135 A W 4 - 1 Klinsmann (2, 1pen), Sheringham, Melville og
23-Oct-96 League Cup 3 24,867 H W 2 - 1 Armstrong, Campbell
16-Nov-96 FA Prem 31,867 H W 2 - 0 Sinton, Sheringham
04-Mar-97 FA Prem 20,729 A W 4 - 0 Iversen (3), Nielsen
31-Oct-99 FA Prem 41,904 A L 1 - 2 Iversen
14-May-2000 FA Prem 36,070 H W 3 - 1 Anderton (pen), Sherwood, Carr
04-Nov-00 FA Prem 36,016 H W 2 - 1 Sherwood, Armstrong
14-Apr-01 FA Prem 46,026 A W 3 - 2 Clemence, Doherty (2)
19-Sep-01 FA Prem 47,310 A W 2 - 1 Ziege, Sheringham
02-Mar-02 FA Prem 36,062 H W 2 - 1 Poyet, Ferdinand
10-Nov-02 FA Prem 40,024 A L 0 - 2
08-Feb-03 FA Prem 36,075 H W 4 - 1 Poyet, Doherty, Davies, Sheringham
02-Dec-05 FA Prem 36,244 H W 3 - 2 Mido, Keane, Carrick
12-Feb-06 FA Prem 34,700 A D 1 - 1 Keane
11-Aug-07 FA Prem 43,967 A L 0 - 1
19-Jan-08 FA Prem 36,070 H W 2 - 0 Lennon, Keane
23-Aug-08 FA Prem 36,064 H L 1 - 2 Jenas
07-Mar-09 FA Prem 37,894 A D 1 - 1 Keane
07-Nov-09 FA Prem 35,955 H W 2 - 0 Keane, Huddlestone
03-Apr-10 FA Prem A



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http://www.myfootballforum.com/showthread.php?t=33281&s=5f5c74a6e6892e8c78a5861c9d148d70&p=433299#post433299

There now that didn't take long . . . . . .

Nicely done lought!

i was guna post it eventually. i just been a bit down today feeling for that lot up the road lol

Gutted for them.

we sure are. . did u know darren bent picked up hes 5th booking last week yet hes not banned. WHY