Match Thread Vs Wolves

Well guys this to me is a must win win game. We need the 3 points & now have to stop relying on the teams around us dropping them to stay in contention for a top 4 finish. A tricky game indeed. We need a good result to put the demons of Blackpool behind us and stand us in a good frame of mind for the Milano game. We also need a game without injuries or disciplinary slip-up's. A difficult fixture to say the least for this weekend. Looking at the stats Wolves have the advantage over us at Molineux but we haven't played them much of late, so these are very out of date so to speak.
The match should also have some sort of tribute to Dean Richards. Here's hoping it's one that does the guy justice as he was a true & honest servant for both clubs . . . . .


At Wolverhampton Wanderers (43)

Results Total %
Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 (51.16%)

Tottenham Hotspur 14 (32.56%)

Draws 7 (16.28%)

Goals Total Av.pg
Wolverhampton Wanderers 80 1.86pg

Tottenham Hotspur 60 1.40pg

As you can see very little head to head action between the clubs in the last 30 years or so . . . . . .

2010/2011 Sat 18 Sep Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League
2009/2010 Wed 10 Feb Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
2009/2010 Sat 12 Dec Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premier League
2003/2004 Sat 15 May Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 06 Dec Tottenham Hotspur 5 - 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Premiership
1995/1996 Wed 07 Feb Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur F.A. Cup
1995/1996 Sat 27 Jan Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.A. Cup
1983/1984 Sat 31 Mar Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers First Division
1983/1984 Sat 15 Oct Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur First Division
1981/1982 Sat 06 Feb Tottenham Hotspur 6 - 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers First Division
1981/1982 Sat 12 Sep Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur First Division
1980/1981 Thu 30 Apr Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur First Division

I'm sure we would all like to see another 7-4 with all our strikers grabbing a brace but I'd be just as happy with a 1-0 won with a flukey O.G just to get this game out of the way . . . . .


Record Scores
Highest Aggregate 11 Tottenham Hotspur 7 - 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1964/1965

Highest Wolverhampton Wanderers score: 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1934/1935

Highest Tottenham Hotspur score: 7 Tottenham Hotspur 7 - 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1964/1965

Man City host Wigan on Saturday and the Chavs travel up to Blackpool on the Moday and I dont see either slipping up ......
We have to win this game at Wolves but its gonna be a big ask and not the ideal game days before the Milan tie ....

Next couple of games for us are massive ...

VisionarySound wrote:I'm sure we would all like to see another 7-4 with all our strikers grabbing a brace but I'd be just as happy with a 1-0 won with a flukey O.G just to get this game out of the way . . . . .


Record Scores
Highest Aggregate 11 Tottenham Hotspur 7 - 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1964/1965

Highest Wolverhampton Wanderers score: 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1934/1935

Highest Tottenham Hotspur score: 7 Tottenham Hotspur 7 - 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1964/1965

One nil to the Tottenham will do for me too ,,,, Vis ......COYS!!!!

got a bad feeling about this game what with the milan game 3 days after.

i hope im wrong but feel we are going to get beat here.

wolves fight for everything and im sure some of our players like ekotto wont wana get hurt.

gomez
hutton galas daws ekotto
jenas wp sandro kranker
pav defoe


i dont want lennon getting hurt. use him as a sub same as modric.

Loughtonlegend wrote:got a bad feeling about this game what with the milan game 3 days after.

i hope im wrong but feel we are going to get beat here.

wolves fight for everything and im sure some of our players like ekotto wont wana get hurt.

gomez
hutton galas daws ekotto
jenas wp sandro kranker
pav defoe


i dont want lennon getting hurt. use him as a sub same as modric.

Vis wrote :
This is a game I'm not looking forward to Arnie. So many things could go horribly wrong and a bad result could have a knock-on effect for the rest of the season (but a good result could do as well ! ! !). I really can't think of another team I want be facing this weekend less then Wolves . . . . .

I feel the same way about this game as you guys ...However we did do more than okay away to Sunderland days before the first leg in the San Siro so maybe a similar result .....
I'd like to see a similar starting eleven to yours Lought ...Maybe Pienaar to start ahead of Jenas , keep it tight to begin with ....coys

i forgot about him. yea stick him in instead of jenas

i think pav will start and harry will save crouch for ac milan but thinking about it i would play crouch in this game. he suits these sorts of games.

plus pav playes better at home. so im going to change my line up.

gomez
hutton galas daws ekotto
lennon wp sandro pinnar
krankar
crouch

Wolves midfielder Jamie O'Hara is ineligible to play against his parent club under the terms of his loan.

Steven Mouyokolo and Ronald Zubar are ruled out with injury while Dave Edwards and Dave Jones are doubts, but Stephen Hunt is fit again.

Tottenham pair Gareth Bale and Rafael van der Vaart remain unavailable but hope to return for the Champions League tie against AC Milan in midweek.

Ledley King is training again after a groin injury but is unlikely to play.



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Wolves

Doubtful: Edwards & Jones (both leg)

Injured/unavailable: Guedioura (broken leg), Kightly, Mancienne & Mouyokolo (all knee), O'Hara (ineligible), Zubar (back)

Tottenham

Doubtful: King (groin)

Injured: Bale (back), Corluka & Huddlestone (both ankle), Kaboul (knee), Van der Vaart (calf), Woodgate (groin)


MATCH PREVIEW
The season's ambition of these clubs differ greatly, but their sorrow will be shared ahead of kick-off when they honour the memory of Dean Richards.

Richards, who played as a defender for both clubs, died last weekend aged 36 after a long illness. He became a firm favourite at Wolves following his move from Bradford in 1995, playing 145 games before joining Southampton. He signed for Tottenham in 2001 for £8.1m - a then-record fee for an uncapped English player - and made 81 appearances for the club before being forced to retire as he was suffering from dizzy spells and headaches.

Richards' wife and two sons are due to attend Sunday's game, and a representative from each of his four former clubs will hold aloft their team's shirt in the centre circle prior to a minute's applause before kick-off.

The game itself is an opportunity for Wolves to climb out of the relegation zone, and for Tottenham to bolster their chances of a top-four finish and Champions League qualification. Spurs will be playing for the first time in 12 days since a 3-1 defeat at Blackpool, who Wolves thrashed 4-0 last weekend to move off the bottom.


MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• This is the 80th league meeting between the clubs. Tottenham lead by 39 wins to 26.

• Spurs have won three of their last four league games at Wolves.

Wolves

• They have won three of their previous four league games at Molineux in 2011 - against Chelsea, Manchester United and Blackpool. The 4-0 win over Blackpool was their biggest in the top flight for 31 years.

• Mick McCarthy's side are looking to win three consecutive home matches in the top flight for the first time in over 30 years.

• Six of their eight league victories this season have come against top-half opposition.

• Karl Henry is poised to make his 300th English league appearance.

Tottenham

• Spurs have won six Premier League away games this season - only Arsenal (seven) have a better record. They have scored in each of their last nine league away matches.

• Harry Redknapp's side have gained an unrivalled 20 points from losing positions.

• Jermain Defoe should make his 300th Premier League appearance. He has scored 97 goals.

• Benoit Assou-Ekotto has made 99 Premier League starts for Spurs.


LEADING GOALSCORERS


Wolves

Ebanks-Blake: 6 goals 6 league);
Fletcher: 6 goals (4 league); Doyle: 6 goals (3 league)



Tottenham

Van der Vaart: 12 goals (10 league);
Bale: 11 goals (7 league)


MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mark Halsey

Assistant referees: Simon Long & Mike Mullarkey

Fourth official: Chris Foy


LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS
Wolves (W4-0 v Blackpool, h): Hennessey; Zubar (Ebanks-Blake 56), Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Hammill (Foley 36), Henry, Edwards (Ward 66), Jarvis, O'Hara, Doyle. Subs not used: Hahnemann, Craddock, Fletcher, Milijas.

Tottenham (L1-3 v Blackpool, a): Gomes; Bassong (Crouch 73), Gallas, Dawson, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Modric, Palacios (Jenas 46), Pienaar (Kranjcar 59), Defoe, Pavlyuchenko. Subs not used: Cudicini, Khumalo, Rose, Sandro.

Have to win all our remaining games bar one or two and Wolves away is now one we cant afford to slip up in ...

________ Gomes ________
Hutton _ Gallas_ Dawson _ BAE
Pienaar _ Sandro_ Wilson _ Kranjcar
______ Pav____ Defoe __

Subs on later in the game Modric & Lennon ...1-0 to the Spurs ,,,,,get it done ...

( latest ) Snood been banned by FIFA...

do you mean snooze has been banned. that should stop loads fans turning up at kebabs r us lol

big big game this now after man c and also chelsea beatin man u last week. we have to win .

Loughtonlegend wrote:do you mean snooze has been banned. that should stop loads fans turning up at kebabs r us lol

Lol..... If cry babies were banned , they'd then have a problem filling their library ...

they was booing there fans at the end lol

A special tribute will be paid to former defender Dean Richards before two of his old clubs Wolves and Spurs meet in the Premier League on Sunday.

Richards, who died a week ago aged 36 after a long battle with illness, also played for Bradford and Southampton.

His widow Samantha and their children Rio and Jaden are due to attend the game at Molineux, starting at 1600 GMT.

Representatives of all his four former clubs will hold their shirts aloft on the pitch before a minute's applause.

"These shirts are to be signed by members of the current squads and will then be auctioned off in aid of St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds where Dean passed away," said a Wolves spokesman.

Former Wolves players Matt Murray and Don Goodman, current Spurs defender Ledley King, and ex-England manager Graham Taylor are expected to attend the tribute.

Others set to be at Molineux are former Southampton boss Dave Jones, ex-Saints striker James Beattie and Bradford joint-chairman Mark Lawn.

Both sets of players will wear black armbands and there will be tributes from former team-mates and friends in the matchday programme.

"The club have aimed to come up with a fitting tribute which is both simple and respectful in honouring Dean's memory in accordance with the family's wishes," added the spokesman.

"Supporters have also been suggesting their own ideas and, as was seen against Blackpool last weekend, any such spontaneous tributes will, of course, be welcomed."

Premier League stars joined hundreds of mourners on Friday at the funeral of Richards in his home city of Bradford.

1535: Wolves v Tottenham scene-setter:
Saj Chowdhury reports: "BBC Radio 5 live's Pat Nevin said that Chelsea are right back in the title race. If they are, then surely Tottenham are still in the hunt? But I think even the most optimistic Spurs fan will probably tell you that a tussle for third is the best their team can hope for. Wolves seem to regularly produce good performances but still languish in the depths of relegation despair. However, they thrashed Blackpool in their last match so come into this match in good form."

1538: Wolves v Tottenham team news:
Saj Chowdhury reports: "Wolves on-loan midfielder Jamie O'Hara is ineligible to face his parent club, while Ronald Zubar and Dave Edwards miss out because of back injuries. Nenad Milijas and Stephen Ward return to the starting XI. Tottenham's potent left-sided player Gareth Bale is back on the bench having been sidelined since 22 January. Alan Hutton returns to right-back with William Gallas shifting to the centre of defence. Jermaine Jenas and Sandro are selected in midfield."

1536: Wolves v Tottenham line-ups:
Wolves: Hennessey, Foley, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Hammill, Henry, Ward, Milijas, Jarvis, Doyle.
Subs: Hahnemann, Craddock, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher, Mouyokolo, Griffiths, Doherty.
Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Dawson, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Pienaar, Jenas, Sandro, Modric, Defoe, Pavlyuchenko.
Subs: Cudicini, Bale, Lennon, Palacios, Crouch, Bassong, Kranjcar.
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancashire)