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sold to madrid by our idiotic board as the worlds most expensive player.
One of the most contradictory statements I have read on here. The board is idiotic for securing the highest ever transfer fee for a player that wanted to leave? You do realise that we are Tottenham, not Bayern Munich. If we come across a gem, and one of the biggest teams in the world comes calling, in the modern era you don't have much chance to hold onto them. It is as simple as that. You could dig your heels in and make them see out their contract, but I don't think you'd have seen the same Bale, and it would just unsettle the club.

What's to say Bale wouldn't get injured a few games in, be out for 5 or 6 months, come back and he's lost a yard of pace and his confidence? He wouldn't have been worth a quarter of what we got for him.
 
Just a quick request.... can we PLEASE stop all the Timmy/Ade hate on here now??

These two have (not quite single-handedly, but you get the idea) helped turned our season around...
So whether you like them or not... whether they played for/supported the Arse in previous lives, I couldn't give a Nun's rancid healed over gash...
...truth is, they're doing it for Spurs right now... and I for one am glad of that!

Timmy Sherwood's Blue'n'White Army!

There, I said it!
 
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Super Jan’s instagram:Watching Spurs. with my boy Younes! #coys

OMG, Kaboul's his SON?????

#whoknew?

Wife's vagina must be in tatters.
 
Just got back from dinner out and recorded the game. That was a really comfortable win. Sat back and contained them to distance efforts and half chance headers. Three decent counter attack goals, should have had atleast 4. Good day. Well done everyone.
Blatant 'I eat out' post :holtbytongue:
 
Their transfer net spend since '08 is over 500 million, let alone the ridiculous wages they pay. We're barely even playing the same game.

Admitting we aren't at the same level as City just because they are insanely stocked with money doesn't mean we have a mid-table mentality.


Yeah but at the end of the day they can only start 11 players as can we and our lot are hardly abunch of plumbers. Both teams are chalked full of internationals at the top of their game so admitting defeat before a ball is kicked is not being realistic it's being a bitch. We are at home were our fans can boo with the best of them lol so fuck man shity them bully boy cunts are due a good tonking. They may be favorites sure but it's one match on our patch and if we play our best we could do them.
 
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Swansea City host Tottenham Hotspur at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday 19th January (KO 13:30) in the 22nd round of matches in the 2013-14 Premier League season.

Swansea come into the game in 13th place on 21 points with Spurs in 5th place on 40 points. This will be the 43rd time the two teams have met.

Swansea City were founded in 1912 as Swansea Town (they changed their name to Swansea City in 1969) and joined the Second Division of the Southern League for the 1913-14 season. After World War One, The Jacks became members of the SL First Division and joined the Football League in season 1920-21 when the Southern League was incorporated to form the Third Division of the Football League. The following season the division was re-named the Third Division South.

The first meeting between Spurs and Swansea came in the Second Division in November 1928 at Vetch Field with the home side winning 4-0. The reverse fixture in March 1929 at White Hart Lane ended in a 1-1 draw.

The clubs met for a further eight seasons in Division Two between seasons 1930-31 and 1938-39 with 10 wins for Spurs, 2 wins for Swansea and 4 matches drawn.

During the Second World War, the clubs played two games in the Football League South with a win each.

The clubs played for two more seasons in Division Two after WW2 with three wins for Spurs and one for Swansea.

Spurs and Swansea have played five games in the Football League Cup, the first of which came in the second round in September 1970 with Tottenham winning 3-0 at the Lane with goals from Steve Perryman, Martin Peters and Roger Morgan.

Eight years later, Swansea drew with Spurs 2-2 at Vetch Field in the second round first leg and won 3-1 at White Hart Lane.

The most recent League Cup meetings came in the second round in 1991 with Swansea winning 1-0 at home in the first leg and Spurs winning 5-1 at White Hart Lane with goals from Paul Stewart, Vinnie Samways, Gary Lineker, Paul Allen and an own goal.

Swansea City won promotion to the Top Flight of English Football for the first time in season 1981-82 and were league leaders at one stage before finishing in 6th position. The match at Vetch Field in September 1981 resulted in a 2-1 win for The Swans with Glenn Hoddle scoring for Spurs, while the return match at the Lane in May 1982 was won 2-1 by Spurs with Gary Brooke scoring both goals.

A similar set of results came in Swansea's second season in Division One with a 2-0 home win in Swansea and a 1-0 home win in Tottenham.

The two clubs came in a friendly played in Swansea in November 1992, which resulted in a 3-3 draw.

Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea City have never met in the FA Cup. Swansea became the first Welsh club to play in the Premier League by winning the play-off against Reading at Wembley 4-2 thanks mainly to a Scott Sinclair hat-trick.

The fixture at the Liberty Stadium in December 2011 finished in a 1-1 draw with Spurs going ahead just before half-time through Rafael van der Vaart but Swansea salvaged a point with a late equaliser from Scott Sinclair. Rafael van der Vaart put Spurs 1-0 up at halftime in the match at White Hart Lane in April 2012 with a 19th minute goal. Sigurdsson equalised for Swansea in the 59th minute but a brace from Emmanuel Adebayor secured the three points for Spurs.

During the 2012 summer Tottenham Hotspur signed Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson from 1899 Hoffenheim but who had been on loan at Swansea City for the 2011-12 season. The game at White Hart Lane in December 2012 was won by a Jan Vertonghen goal scored in the 75th minute. Swansea won the first major trophy in their history in February 2013 when they beat Bradford City in the Football League Cup Final 5-0.

The game at Liberty Stadium at the end of March 2013 was won 2-1 by Spurs. Jan Vertonghen put Spurs ahead after 7 minutes and Gareth Bale added a second on 21 minutes. Swansea pulled a goal back through Miguel Michu on 71 minutes.

Tottenham won their opening home game of the 2013-14 season in August beating Swansea 1-0 thanks to a 28th minute Roberto Soldado penalty after Jonjo Shelvey had fouled Andros Townsend.

Overall, Spurs have won 24, Swansea have won 10 and 8 of the 42 matches played so far between the two clubs have been drawn.


Terry Boyle
Derek Brazil
Ivor Brown
Ron Burgess (also Swansea coach & manager)
Steven Caulker
Willie Davies
Gerry Francis (Swansea player, Spurs manager)
Roger Gibbins
Mark Gower
Charlie Handley
Percy Hooper
Jack Illingworth
Cliff Jones
Ernie Jones
Mark Kendall
Derek King
Doug Livermore (Swansea coach, Spurs asst. manager)
Terry Medwin (Spurs player, Swansea asst. manager)
Joe Meek
Paul Price
Wayne Routledge
Gylfi Sigurdsson
Micky Stead

Arthur Willis (Spurs player, Swansea coach)
Alan Woods

 
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