2010–11 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
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The 2010–11 season
is Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
's 19th season in the Premier League. It is their 33rd successive season in the top division of the English football league system
.
The campaign featured Tottenham's first ever involvement in the UEFA Champions League
, with the club entering via the play-off round after finishing fourth in the 2009–10 season. The club reached the quarter finals of the competition where it was defeated by Real Madrid
.
, a club whom Tottenham have a key affiliation, with Sandro linking up with squad following the 2010 Copa Libertadores
. Early into the transfer window, Tottenham retained the services of a number of key players with club captain Ledley King
, putting pen to paper on a new two-year contract extending his role at the club, followed swiftly by the former Chelsea
goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini
signing a new one-year contract following his recovery from a serious road accident sustained in November 2009.
Luka Modrić
was the next player to commit his future with the club by signing an extended six-year deal, ensuring his services until 2016. After two months of little transfer activity, Tottenham secured the controversial signing of William Gallas
on a free transfer following his release from bitter rivals Arsenal
; as a result of the move, Gallas became the first Premier League player to play for Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur, all London
clubs and fierce rivals. On transfer deadline day, early into the day, Spurs confirmed the loan signing of Croatian international goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa
from Spartak Moscow
. This looked to be Spurs' only move of the day; in the final few moments, however, news broke that Tottenham were in negotiations with Real Madrid
midfielder Rafael van der Vaart
. Following the closure of the transfer window, the club had to wait for the deal to be ratified by the Premier League, due to complications on Spurs' computer. The transfer was completed the next day, with fee believed to be around £8 million.
During the transfer window, a number of players left Spurs, beginning with young goalkeeper Lee Butcher
, leaving to join Leyton Orient
on a free transfer after his contract expired at Tottenham, followed a month later by defender Sam Cox
signing a contract with Barnet
, again, following the expiration of his Spurs contract. Soon after, a number of fringe and academy players, including veteran goalkeeper Jimmy Walker
, left the club on free transfers. In early August, Queens Park Rangers
completed the permanent signing of Adel Taarabt
for a fee believed to be around £1 million; Taarabt had spent to 2009–10 season on loan at QPR before sealing a permanent deal. Tottenham's final permanent outgoing transfer of the summer transfer window saw French defender Dorian Dervite move to Spanish club Villarreal CF
for an undisclosed fee.
The transfer window also saw younger player acquires loan move to gain regular football. The first loan move saw young goalkeeper David Button
, fresh off of signing a new three-year contract, join Plymouth Argyle
on a season-long loan, followed by another young goalkeeper, Oscar Jansson
, joining Northampton Town
until September 2010, and completing three loan moves in a week, England Under-19 international John Bostock
left to join Hull City
for the duration of the 2010–11 season. Six days later, Winger Andros Townsend
signed a season-long loan for Ipswich Town
after featuring for Tottenham in their pre-season tour of the United States
. On the same day, Dean Parrett
joined David Button at Plymouth on a one-month deal. The following day, Ryan Mason
, who also featured in Spurs' pre-season, joined Doncaster Rovers
on a one-month deal, trailed a week later, with young striker Jon Obika clinching a move to Crystal Palace
for the season.
Spurs then signed young South African defender Bongani Khumalo for £1.5 million from South Africa's reigning champions Supersport United as their first signing of the January window. Khumalo joined on a four and a half year deal.
The first senior exit of the window was that of David Bentley
, who moved out on loan to Birmingham
on January 12. The loan expires at the end of the season. Spurs then captured another South African in Steven Pienaar
from Everton, beating Chelsea to the midfielder's signature in a deal which cost Spurs £3 million. A fairly quiet window ended with senior players Robbie Keane
, Giovani dos Santos
and Jamie O'Hara joining West Ham
, Racing de Santander
and Wolves
on loan deals respectively. All 3 players will return at the end of the season.
and Kevin Bond
's former team, Bournemouth
, beginning the pre-season with a comfortable 4–0 win. A goal mid-way through the first half from Jon Obika established a Spurs lead, before a Roman Pavlyuchenko
goal doubled the tally. Danny Rose made it three a minute later before another Pavlyuchenko goal wrapped up the game and the winning start.
Spurs then began a tour of the United States
, beginning in San Jose
, facing Major League Soccer
(MLS) outfit San Jose Earthquakes
, with the game ending 0–0. Tottenham made the trip to New York
to compete in the New York Football Challenge, a tournament featuring Spurs, the New York Red Bulls, Sporting Clube de Portugal, and Premier League rivals Manchester City
. Spurs' first game saw them pitted against the home side Red Bulls with their new signing, Theirry Henry, making his debut. Henry opened the scoring against his old rivals, before goals from Robbie Keane
and Gareth Bale
in the second half gave Spurs the 2–1 win. In Tottenham's final game of the tournament, Spurs faced Portuguese side Sporting, resulting in a 2–2 draw, which resulted in Sporting lifting the trophy of the New York Challenge. Tottenham took an early lead through Robbie Keane
, finishing a one-on-one with the 'keeper. Sporting hit back with goals from Chileans Matías Fernández
and Jaime Valdés
. Spurs equalised though, 20 minutes from time after Jon Obika ran on to a Keane through ball to earn the draw for Tottenham.
Spurs's first friendly at White Hart Lane
in the pre-season saw them face Villarreal CF
. Midway through the first half, Villarreal took the lead with former Manchester United
striker Giuseppe Rossi
finishing a Santi Cazorla
through-ball. Villarreal doubled their lead ten minutes later with Rossi scoring his second with clinical finishing following a slip from Michael Dawson. Early in the second half, an early goal from Giovani dos Santos
set up a possible comeback, but this was extinguised later in the second half, with Rossi securing his hat-trick with a heavily deflected effort on goal. Villarreal wrapped up the game late on with Marco Ruben
scoring a tap in to gave the away team a 4–1 win. Tottenham then traveled to Lisbon
to play Benfica in the Eusébio Cup
. Spurs ended up lifting the trophy after securing a 1-0 win, with Gareth Bale
scoring the only goal of the game early into the second half. Tottenham ended the pre-season with a home fixture against Italian side Fiorentina
early August. In this game, a defensive error gifted Fiorentina the lead inside 10 minutes through Alberto Gilardino
. Ten minutes later, Spurs hit back though with an equalising goal from Roman Pavlyuchenko
, scoring his fourth goal in pre-season. Fiorentina re-gained the lead though, with a shot from Adem Ljajić
beating Heurelho Gomes. Spurs, however, equalised early in the second half with Robbie Keane goal before earning the 3–2 win with a last minute Keane goal to end the pre-season with four wins, two draws, and one loss.
. Tottenham began the game brightly with goalkeeper Joe Hart
producing a string of saves to keep the score level. Spurs continued to press but with Hart in inspired form the game finished 0–0 with Spurs beginning the season with a point.
Tottenham's first ever Champions League match followed, with the play-off stage needing to be negotiatied against Swiss side Young Boys
before entering the lucrative group stages. Young Boys took an instant lead through Senad Lulić
, tapping home to give Young Boys momentum, The lead was doubled nine minutes later, with Cameroonian striker Henri Bienvenu
pouncing on a Michael Dawson mistake to slot home, amazingly, Young Boys made it three after just half an hour with Xavier Hochstrasser
capitalising on a Sébastien Bassong
mistake to seemingly put the tie beyond Tottenham, however, just before half–time, Sebastian Bassong earned some redemption, rising highest at a corner to head home. Spurs clawed another goal back late in the second half through a Roman Pavlyuchenko
strike to give Spurs two away goals and hope for the second leg. Spurs returned to Premier League action, traveling to face Stoke City
. Tottenham took the lead early into the first half with Gareth Bale
bundling the ball in the net on the 18th minute, Stoke equalised soon after with a Ricardo Fuller
strike before mid–way through the first half, Bale scored his second, a stunning volley, to earn Spurs the points.
The Champions League returned to focus for Spurs with the second leg of match against Young Boys, with a 3–2 deficit to overcome, Tottenham took the lead early with Peter Crouch
scoring an early header, Spurs made it two towards the end of the first half with Jermain Defoe
striking home to make it two, Crouch earned his second and Tottenham's third on the 61st minute mark before wrapping up the game with the his hat-trick and the game's fourth, with a late penalty. The win earned Spurs a place in the Group Stage with a 6–3 aggregate win. Tottenham ended the month with a loss, returning to Premier League action, Spurs faced Wigan Athletic
at White Hart Lane
, the game remained scoreless with Tottenham pressing the home advantage before a break away goal from Hugo Rodallega
earned Wigan all three points.
Tottenham finished August in 11th place, level on points with Manchester City, Sunderland, Blackpool, and Liverpool.
, who would later miss three months with an ankle injury sustained in international duty. September started with a visit to West Brom
, and in a game where both Rafael van der Vaart
and William Gallas
made their Spurs debut, the away side took the lead on 27 minutes through Luka Modrić
, who would later have to come off injured. Spurs struggled without him and West Brom equalized with Chris Brunt's
50th career goal, a header in the 41st minute. Tottenham ended up taking the point though after goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini
made a number of saves to deny West Brom a win as the game ended 1-1.
Spurs then kicked off their first match of the Champions League proper at Werder Bremen
by going two goals to the good, first an own-goal by Bremen defender Petri Pasanen and then a trademark header by Peter Crouch
from a van der Vaart cross, only to be denied a famous victory with goals from Hugo Almeida
and Marko Marin
to earn Werder Bremen a point against a solid-looking Spurs side on the day.
Tottenham then returned to domestic duty with a home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers
on 18 September. Wolves took the lead against what looked like a fatigued Spurs with Steven Fletcher
beating Carlo Cudicini to make it 1-0 to Wolves. The introduction of fullback Alan Hutton
for the injured Younes Kaboul
just before half-time made Spurs look a changed side, and the substitute had a huge part in the equalizer after he was brought down in the penalty area to hand van der Vaart a chance to open his account from the spot - which he did, and Spurs went on to win the game 3-1 with goals from another substitute, Roman Pavlyuchenko
, and Alan Hutton himself in the dying seconds to secure a Spurs victory.
The first North London derby
of the season saw Spurs take on Arsenal
at White Hart Lane
in the League Cup third round. Goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa
, young defender Steven Caulker
, and midfielder Sandro made their debuts in a cup tie in which Arsenal took the lead with youngster Henri Lansbury
finishing off a crisp Arsenal passing move by sliding home a Jack Wilshere
cross on 15 minutes. Spurs responded immediately though after half-time with substitute Robbie Keane
scoring in the 49th minute after being released by Kyle Naughton
. The game finished 1-1 in normal time and the final score was 1-4 to Arsenal, with two Samir Nasri
penalty kicks and a straight forward Andrei Arshavin finish securing victory for the away side and guaranteed a fourth round place for Arsenal.
Spurs returned to Premier League action with another London derby defeat, this time to West Ham United
at Upton Park
. In an eventful match, this one was decided by a 29th minute Frédéric Piquionne
header from a Mark Noble
corner.
Spurs ended the month in action in the Champions League against FC Twente
at White Hart Lane. In another impressive European game by Spurs' standards, Spurs missed a host of chances in the first half, including a van der Vaart penalty, which was saved by the Twente goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov. Spurs though scored four in the second half, this time with van der Vaart opening the scoring from a Crouch knock-down two minutes after half-time and then proceeding to get sent off for a second yellow card. Pavlyuchenko made it two though from the spot in the 50th minute before Nacer Chadli
poked home 6 minutes later for Twente, to pull it back to 2-1. Another Pavlyuchenko penalty and an individual effort from Gareth Bale
made it 4-1 the final score and gave Spurs their first win in the Champions League proper.
Tottenham ended the month eighth in the Premiership and second in the Champions League Group A.
. Spurs fell behind on 16 minutes, after Marc Albrighton
slid home from close range to give the visitors the lead. Spurs fought back though, and eventually won the game through a brace from Rafael van der Vaart
.
After a break of internationals, Spurs travelled to Craven Cottage
for a London derby with Fulham
. Spurs again fell behind after a simple Diomansy Kamara
finish, but then replied straight from the kick-off, after van der Vaart's chip rebounded off the top of the crossbar to Roman Pavlyuchenko
, who couldn't really miss from almost a yard out. However, Spurs controversially won all three points after Tom Huddlestone
hit a fierce long range shot into the bottom corner of the net, which the Fulham team thought had taken a nick off William Gallas
, who was indeed standing in an offside position. The goal stood and it seemed it was the right decision, as the ball actually hit a Fulham defender on its way to goal rather than Gallas.
Tottenham were then facing the reigning European champions Internazionale
on a night to remember for Spurs fans at the San Siro
. Not even 2 minutes had gone when Spurs made the worst possible start after Javier Zanetti
curled home past an onrushing Heurelho Gomes, who then conceded a penalty and was sent off after denying Jonathan Biabiany
a goal scoring opportunity in the penalty area - Samuel Eto'o
converted the penalty and scored another past Carlo Cudicini
after Dejan Stanković
had earlier given Inter a three-goal cushion, meaning that Spurs were 4-0 down in 14 minutes. The first half ended with the home side with four goals to the good, comfortably. Spurs, however, fought back in the second half, with a hat-trick from Gareth Bale
, two of his goals coming in injury-time. Bale's hat-trick meant that the final score was 4-3 to Inter, but a remarkable comeback from Spurs to pull back three goals at the San Siro.
Spurs returned to Premiership action against Everton
at White Hart Lane
. In a fairly even match, Everton took the lead through a spectacular Leighton Baines
free-kick in the 17th minute. Spurs however responded almoost immediately with Rafael van der Vaart getting on the end of a Peter Crouch
knock-down to equalize for Spurs three minutes after the opener. The game finished 1-1.
Tottenham ended the month with a controversial 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford
to Manchester United
. In an entertaining game, both sides hit the woodwork in the opening twenty minutes before Nemanja Vidić
opened the scoring with a header. Then, five minutes from time, Nani
scored the controversial second goal after Tottenham goalkeeper Gomes placed the ball down on the ground, thinking that a free-kick had been given in Tottenham's favour after Nani appeared to handle the ball. Nani's United team-mates urged him to shoot, which he did, much to Gomes' and Tottenham's anger, but the goal somehow stood despite the linesman's flag going up for an unknown reason.
Spurs ended the month in fifth in the Premiership and second in their Champions League group.
to White Hart Lane
in a Champions League tie. The reigning champions were without a couple of key players, most notably goalkeeper Júlio César
. Tottenham were also missing first choice goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes through suspension; he was replaced by Italian Carlo Cudicini
. Spurs made a flying start to the game, but it wasn't until twenty minutes when Rafael van der Vaart
opened the scoring from close range. Spurs managed to hold on to the lead at half-time, when goalscorer van der Vaart then had to come off due to a recurrence of a hamstring injury - his replacement was Jermaine Jenas
. Spurs continued to play as well as they did in the first half and doubled their lead deservedly on the hour, when Gareth Bale
superbly ran past the right of Inter's defence and played in Peter Crouch
, who made amends for an earlier miss by sliding home from six yards. Inter then pulled one back ten minutes from time through Samuel Eto'o
, who scored a fine goal from an angle past Cudicini. As Inter pushed for an undeserved equalizer, Bale ran on to a through ball from Younes Kaboul
, ran the Inter defence ragged and to cap off a man of the match performance, tapped the ball across goal for substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko
to poke home to give Spurs a 3-1 win over the European champions.
Spurs returned to Premier League action away to Bolton, without Aaron Lennon
& Rafael van der Vaart through injury. Spurs started slowly, and fell behind after Kevin Davies
lashed home the opener for Bolton. Spurs didn't improve in the second half, and were then 2-0 down after Grétar Steinsson
screwed in an angled drive 10 minutes after half-time. Spurs then failed to respond and conceded a penalty after Benoit Assou-Ekotto
bundled over Lee Chung-Yong
in the box - Kevin Davies expertly dispatched the spot-kick from 12 yards for Bolton's third. However, Spurs fought back late on after a curler from Alan Hutton
and a beautiful volley from Pavlyuchenko, but it wasn't enough as Bolton broke away and Martin Petrov
, coming off the bench, slid home to make it 4-2 to Bolton Wanderers.
Spurs then faced Sunderland
in a midweek fixture at White Hart Lane. Spurs were held at 0-0 for more than hour, but took the lead on 64 minutes through Rafael van der Vaart, returning from injury. However, the match was to end as a 1-1 draw after Sunderland equalized through Asamoah Gyan
to win a point for the visitors.
Spurs continued the month with another home game, this time against Blackburn Rovers
. Spurs took the lead on 16 minutes with a Gareth Bale header from a van der Vaart corner. Spurs then pushed for a second, finally getting it at 42 minutes through Roman Pavlyuchenko, making amends for an earlier miss from the penalty spot. Spurs scored two second half goals, with Peter Crouch scoring his first league goal of the season and Bale scoring his second of the game for 4-0. Blackburn fought back though and earned two late goals, first coming from Ryan Nelsen
after David Dunn's
long range shot deflected on to Nelsen's heel and into the back of the net and the second came from a Gael Givet
volley from close range, but it wasn't enough and Spurs held on for the three points.
The first league North London derby
of the season saw Arsenal
take on Spurs at the Emirates Stadium
on November 20. Arsenal took advantage of an error from Spurs goalkeeper Gomes, who failed to come out and claim the ball after a heavy touch from Samir Nasri
- Gomes came out eventually and made an attempt to catch the ball, but it rebounded off Nasri's shin and Nasri ran on to the ball to slot home from the tightest of all angles on 9 minutes. Arsenal doubled their lead on 27 minutes, after Andrey Arshavin
crossed for Marouane Chamakh
to slide home to give Arsenal a 2-0 advantage at half-time. Spurs then staged a comeback though, after Assou-Ekotto's long ball was flicked on by Jermain Defoe
, returning from injury, into the path of van der Vaart who controlled well and released Bale, who only had Fabianski
to beat and did so well, with a good left foot finish 5 minutes after half-time. Luka Modric
went close with 25 yard drive that went narrowly over & then was brought down for a free-kick, which Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas
deliberately handled to give Spurs a penalty. Van der Vaart made no mistake from the spot, sending Fabianski in the Arsenal goal to level for Spurs, and was then booked for his celebration. Spurs then went on to win the game after Gareth Bale was hauled down by Laurent Koscielny
, resulting in a free-kick which was swung in by van der Vaart for Younes Kaboul to head home with four minutes remaining to give Spurs their first win away at Arsenal for 17 years & their first away win at a "Top Four" club in almost 70 games.
Spurs then had the chance to qualify to the knockout round of the Champions League, knowing that a win for them & Inter Milan would secure qualification from Group A - to do so, Spurs had to beat Werder Bremen
at White Hart Lane and Inter had to beat F.C. Twente. Spurs were on their way after another goal from Younes Kaboul on 6 minutes, from an Aaron Lennon cross. Bremen, ravaged by injuries and a suspension to captain Torsten Frings
, then found themselves two goals down on the stroke of half-time after Luka Modric got on the end of a Peter Crouch knock-down, turned and volleyed past Tim Wiese
in the Bremen goal. Spurs secured the points and the qualification, as Inter had beaten Twente 1-0, with Peter Crouch scoring the third from close range late in the game.
Tottenham ended the month in Premiership action with a home game against Liverpool
, 4 days after the match against Werder Bremen. Spurs once again fell behind on 42 minutes, with Martin Škrtel
poking home after a goal-mouth scramble in the Tottenham box. Spurs pushed for the equalizer, and had a big chance to level after they were awarded a penalty when David N'Gog
handled Gareth Bale's free-kick, but Defoe smashed the kick wide of the post. Spurs eventually equalised on 65 minutes, with Škrtel, having opened the scoring, diverted Modric's low cross, which was on its way to Peter Crouch, into his own net to gift Spurs the equalizer. Spurs eventually won the game through Aaron Lennon, who beat Liverpool's Paul Konchesky
to Peter Crouch's knock-down to fire past Pepe Reina to give Spurs a 2-1 victory.
Spurs finished November in 5th place and top of the Champions League Group A, securing qualification to the knockout round in the Champions League.
, having taken the lead through Sebastien Bassong
on 20 minutes, only to concede a late equalizer from a Craig Gardner
header.
Spurs then travelled to Holand to take on Dutch champions F.C. Twente, knowing that they could finish top of Group A if they could at least match Inter Milan's
result at Bremen
. Spurs were gifted a bizarre lead after Twente goalkeeper Sander Boschker
missed his kick from a Peter Wisgerhof
back pass, causing the ball to end up in the corner of the goal. Twente were level after a re-taken Denny Landzaat
penalty, after Roberto Rosales
had a strike from 20 yards which appeared to hit the arm of Benoit Assou-Ekotto
. Two minutes after half-time, Spurs took the lead again after a close range finish from Jermain Defoe
, but Twente levelled a couple of minutes later from a Rosales header. Defoe then rebounded a Wilson Palacios
shot, which was initially saved by Boschker, into the bottom corner of the net. Twente rescued a point though from Nacer Chadli's
free-kick. Spurs finished top of Group A and were later drawn to A.C. Milan
.
Spurs returned to Premier League action with a home game against Chelsea
. Spurs took the lead on 15 minutes through a stunning strike from Roman Pavlyuchenko
, set up by Jermain Defoe, who looked as if he was in an offside position before he passed the ball to Pavlyuchenko - nevertheless, the goal stood. More controversy was to follow, when Didier Drogba
appeared to handle the ball before firing a shot on goal, which Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes spilt into his own net. Chelsea were then awarded a penalty deep into injury time, after Gomes bundled over Chelsea midfielder Ramires
in the area, only to then save Drogba's kick to ensure that the game finished 1-1.
The week after the Chelsea match, it was confirmed that Tottenham's match away to Blackpool
had been postponed due to the bad weather conditions outside Bloomfield Road
. The match was later rescheduled for 22 February.
Spurs kicked off the festive period with a trip to Aston Villa. Spurs took the lead through Rafael van der Vaart
, returning from injury, before Jermain Defoe saw a controversial red for elbowing James Collins. Spurs held on to the lead for the first half and doubled in the second, thanks to van der Vaart again. Villa pulled one back through Marc Albrighton
, but it wasn't to be as Spurs held on for a crucial victory.
10 man Spurs then beat a resilient Newcastle
at White Hart Lane, thanks to second half goals from Aaron Lennon
and Gareth Bale
- the latter's goal coming after Younes Kaboul
was sent off.
Spurs finished the month in 5th place.
1-0 in a tight match, with Gareth Bale heading in the only goal from van der Vaart's free-kick.
A 2-1 loss at Everton meant that Tottenham's 11-match unbeaten run had ended, also concluding Tottenham's fine form in the festive period - an early goal from Louis Saha
was cancelled out by a van der Vaart header but it wasn't to be as Seamus Coleman
headed in Everton's winner late on in the game to give Everton the points.
Spurs then beat Charlton
3-0 in a third round F.A. Cup tie, with goals from youngster Andros Townsend
and a quick-fire double from Jermain Defoe
ensuring Spurs' safe passage into the fourth round of the competition.
Tottenham then returned to domestic action with a 0-0 draw with eventual champions Manchester United
in a game in which they dominated but never really looked like winning.
Spurs again had to come back from behind at Newcastle
after Fabricio Coloccini
volleyed home the opener for Newcastle, but Aaron Lennon
rescued a point late on with his second goal against Newcastle this season.
Tottenham concluded January with an F.A. Cup exit at Fulham, with 2 Danny Murphy penalties in fifteen minutes sandwiched by Michael Dawson's sending off meant that Fulham were truly on their way. Brede Hangeland
and Moussa Dembélé
piled on the misery for Spurs. Spurs failed to respond to conceding 4 goals in the first half and despite an improvement in the second, their elimination was confirmed.
Spurs finished the month 5th in the Premier League.
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!width=25% | Player
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!width=30% | Return Date
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|30 August 2010 ||
Stipe Pletikosa
||Spartak Moscow
||End of 2010-11 Season
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!width=30% | Return Date
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|5 August 2010 ||
Oscar Jansson
||Northampton
||5 September 2010
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|13 August 2010 ||
Ryan Mason
||Doncaster Rovers
||10 September 2010
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|12 August 2010 || Dean Parrett
||Plymouth
||9 November 2010
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|16 October 2010 || Ben Alnwick
||Leeds||15 November 2010
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|12 August 2010 || Andros Townsend
||Ipswich Town
||20 December 2010
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|6 August 2010 || John Bostock
||Hull City
||30 December 2010
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|13 September 2010 || Kyle Walker
||QPR
||3 January 2011
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|20 August 2010 || Jon Obika||Crystal Palace
||7 January 2011
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|26 September 2010 || Steven Caulker
||Bristol City
||10 January 2011
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|3 August 2010 || David Button
||Plymouth
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|9 September 2010 || Danny Rose||Bristol City
||End of 2010-11 Season
|-
|23 September 2010 || Jake Livermore
||Ipswich
||1 January 2011
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|23 September 2010 || Adam Smith
||Bournemouth
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|24 September 2010 ||
Paul-Jose M'Poku
||Leyton Orient
||End of 2010-11 Season
|-
|14 October 2010 || Kyle Naughton
||Leicester
||End of 2010-11 Season
|-
|6 January 2011 || Kyle Walker
||Aston Villa
||End of 2010-11 Season
|-
|7 January 2011 || Jon Obika||Peterborough
||End of 2010-11 Season
|-
|7 January 2011 || Harry Kane
||Leyton Orient
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|12 January 2011 || David Bentley
||Birmingham City
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|20 January 2011 || Jake Livermore
||Watford
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|30 January 2011 || Jamie O'Hara||Wolves||End of 2010-11 Season
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|30 January 2011 || Robbie Keane
||West Ham||End of 2010-11 Season
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|31 January 2011 ||
Giovani dos Santos
||Racing Santander||End of 2010-11 Season
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|15 March 2011 || Simon Dawkins
||San Jose Earthquakes
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!width=7% | Player
!width=8% | Injury
!width=12% | Return date
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|25 November 2009|| Jonathan Woodgate
||Groin Injury
||January 2011
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|1 June 2010|| Jamie O'Hara||Back Injury
||January 2011
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|4 September 2010|| Michael Dawson||Ankle Injury
||12 December 2010
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|7 September 2010|| Jermain Defoe
||Ankle Injury
||20 November 2010
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|15 November 2010|| Tom Huddlestone
||Ankle Injury
||April 2011
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|10 July 2010|| David Bentley
||Ankle Injury
||21 September 2010
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|16 October 2010|| Ledley King
||Groin Injury
||May 2011
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%"
|-bgcolor="#191970"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |No.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Pos.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Name
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Starts
|-
|1||GK||
||align="center"|41
|-
|22||RB||
||align="center"|24
|-
|20||CB
|| ||align="center"|32
|-
|13||CB
||
||align="center"|34
|-
|32||LB||
||align="center"|45
|-
|7||RW|| ||align="center"|34
|-
|14||MF
|| ||align="center"|41
|-
|6||MF
||
||align="center"|22
|-
|3||LW||
||align="center"|39
|-
|11||AM
||
||align="center"|36
|-
|15||FW|| ||align="center"|29
|-
|}
|- style="background:#191970;"
! Date
! Opponents
! H / A
! Result
(H/A)
! Scorers
! Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|10 July 2010
|Bournemouth
|A
|0–4
|Obika
36', Pavlyuchenko
61',74' Rose 62'
|4,675
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|17 July 2010
|San Jose Earthquakes
|A
|0–0
|
|10,721
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|22 July 2010
|New York Red Bulls
|A
|1–2
|Keane
61', Bale
71'
|20,312
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|25 July 2010
|Sporting Lisbon
|A
|2–2
|Keane
23', Obika
69'
|23,228
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|29 July 2010
|Villarreal
|H
|1–4
|dos Santos
56'
|17,917
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|3 August 2010
|Benfica
|A
|0–1
|Bale
55'
|30,215
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|7 August 2010
|Fiorentina
|H
|3–2
|Pavlyuchenko
27', Keane
56', 89'
|13,561
|}
|- style="background:#191970;"
! Date
! Opponents
! H / A
! Result
(H/A)
! Scorers
! Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|14 August 2010
|Manchester City
|H
|0–0
|
|35,928
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|21 August 2010
|Stoke City
|A
|1–2
|Bale
18', 30'
|27,243
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|28 August 2010
|Wigan
|H
|0–1
|
|35,101
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|11 September 2010
|West Brom
|A
|1–1
|Modrić
27'
|23,642
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|18 September 2010
|Wolves
|H
|3–1
|van der Vaart
77' (pen), Pavlyuchenko
87', Hutton
90+1'
|35,940
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|25 September 2010
|West Ham
|A
|1–0
|
|34,190
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 October 2010
|Aston Villa
|H
|2–1
|van der Vaart
45+3', 75'
|35,871
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|16 October 2010
|Fulham
|A
|1–2
|Pavlyuchenko
31', Huddlestone
63'
|25,615
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|23 October 2010
|Everton
|H
|1–1
|van der Vaart
20'
|35,967
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|30 October 2010
|Manchester United
|A
|2–0
|
|75,223
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|6 November 2010
|Bolton
|A
|4–2
|Hutton
79', Pavlyuchenko
87'
|20,255
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|9 November 2010
|Sunderland
|H
|1–1
|van der Vaart
64'
|35,843
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|13 November 2010
|Blackburn
|H
|4–2
|Bale
16', 75', Pavlyuchenko
42', Crouch
69'
|35,700
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|20 November 2010
|Arsenal
|A
||2–3
|Bale
50', van der Vaart
67' (pen), Kaboul
86'
|60,102
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|28 November 2010
|Liverpool
|H
|2–1
|Škrtel
65' (o.g.), Lennon
90+2'
|35,962
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|4 December 2010
|Birmingham
|A
|1–1
|Bassong
19'
|25,770
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|12 December 2010
|Chelsea
|H
|1–1
|Pavlyuchenko
15'
|35,787
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|26 December 2010
|Aston Villa
|A
|1–2
|van der Vaart
23', 67'
|39,411
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|28 December 2010
|Newcastle
|H
|2–0
|Lennon
57', Bale
81'
|35,927
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|1 January 2011
|Fulham
|H
|1–0
|Bale
42'
|35,603
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|5 January 2011
|Everton
|A
|2–1
|van der Vaart
11'
|34,124
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|16 January 2011
|Manchester United
|H
|0–0
|
|35,828
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|22 January 2011
|Newcastle
|A
|1–1
|Lennon
90'
|51,010
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 February 2011
|Blackburn
|A
|0–1
|Crouch
3'
|23,253
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|5 February 2011
|Bolton
|H
|2–1
|van der Vaart
6' (pen), Kranjčar
90+2'
| 36,197
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|12 February 2011
|Sunderland
|A
|1–2
|Dawson 44', Kranjčar
57'
| 40,986
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|22 February 2011
|Blackpool
|A
|3–1
|Pavlyuchenko
90'
|16,069
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|6 March 2011
|Wolves
|A
|3–3
|Defoe
30', 35', Pavlyuchenko
48'
| 28,669
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|19 March 2011
|West Ham
|H
|0–0
|
| 36,010
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|2 April 2011
|Wigan
|A
|0–0
|
|18.578
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|9 April 2011
|Stoke
|H
|3–2
|Crouch
11', 34', Modrić
18'
|32,702
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|20 April 2011
|Arsenal
|H
|3–3
|van der Vaart
6', 70' (pen), Huddlestone
43'
|36,138
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|23 April 2011
|West Brom
|H
|2–2
|Pavlyuchenko
27', Defoe
66'
|36,160
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|30 April 2011
|Chelsea
|A
|2–1
|Sandro 19'
|41,681
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|7 May 2011
|Blackpool
|H
|1–1
|Defoe
89'
|35,585
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|10 May 2011
|Manchester City
|A
|1–0
|Crouch
30' (o.g.)
|47,029
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|14 May 2011
|Liverpool
|A
|0–2
|van der Vaart
9', Modrić
56' (pen)
|44,893
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|22 May 2011
|Birmingham
|H
|2–1
|Pavlyuchenko
49', 90+3'
|36,119
|}
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|1st Leg
|17 August 2010
|Young Boys
|A
|3–2
|Bassong
42', Pavlyuchenko
83'
|31,275
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2nd Leg
|25 August 2010
|Young Boys
|H
|4–0
|Crouch
5', 61', 78' (pen), Defoe
32'
|34,709
|}
Tottenham Hotspur win 6–3 on aggregate.
Group stage
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|14 September 2010
|Werder Bremen
|A
|2–2
|Pasanen 12' (o.g.), Crouch
18'
|40,000
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|29 September 2010
|Twente
|H
|4–1
|van der Vaart
47', Pavlyuchenko
50' (pen), 64' (pen), Bale
85'
|32,518
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|20 October 2010
|Internazionale
|A
|4–3
|Bale
52', 90', 90+1'
|70,520
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 November 2010
|Internazionale
|H
|3–1
|van der Vaart
18', Crouch
61', Pavlyuchenko
89'
|34,103
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|24 November 2010
|Werder Bremen
|H
|3–0
|Kaboul
6', Modrić
45+1', Crouch
79'
|33,546
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|7 December 2010
|Twente
|A
|3–3
|Wisgerhof
12' (o.g), Defoe
47', 59'
|24,000
|}
{|
|-
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| England Tottenham Hotspur
|6||3||2||1||18||11||+7||11
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left|
Italy Internazionale
|6||3||1||2||12||11||+1||10
|- bgcolor=#ccccff
|align=left| Netherlands Twente
|6||1||3||2||9||11||−2||6
|- bgcolor=#ffcccc
|align=left|
Germany Werder Bremen
|6||1||2||3||6||12||−6||5
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="150"|
!width="50"|INT
!width="50"|TOT
!width="50"|TWE
!width="50"|BRM
|-
|align=left| Italy Internazionale
!|–
|title="Internazionale v Tottenham Hotspur"|4–3
|title="Internazionale v Twente"|1–0
|title="Internazionale v Werder Bremen"|4–0
|-
|align=left| England Tottenham Hotspur
|title="Tottenham Hotspur v Internazionale"|3–1
!|–
|title="Tottenham Hotspur v Twente"|4–1
|title="Tottenham Hotspur v Werder Bremen"|3–0
|-
|align=left| Netherlands Twente
|title="Twente v Internazionale"|2–2
|title="Twente v Tottenham Hotspur"|3–3
!|–
|title="Twente v Werder Bremen"|1–1
|-
|align=left| Germany Werder Bremen
|title="Werder Bremen v Internazionale"|3–0
|title="Werder Bremen v Tottenham Hotspur"|2–2
|title="Werder Bremen v Twente"|0–2
!|–
|}
|}
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|1st Leg
|15 February 2011
|Milan
|A
|0–1
|Crouch
80'
|75,652
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|2nd Leg
|9 March 2011
|Milan
|H
|0–0
|
|34,320
|}
Tottenham Hotspur win 1–0 on aggregate.
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|1st Leg
|5 April 2011
|Real Madrid
|A
|4–0
|
|77,427
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|2nd Leg
|13 April 2011
|Real Madrid
|H
|0–1
|
|34,311
|}
Real Madrid win 5–0 on aggregate
FA Cup
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Third Round
|9 January 2011
|Charlton
|H
|3–0
|Townsend
49', Defoe
58', 60'
|35,698
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|Fourth Round
|30 January 2011
|Fulham
|A
|4–0
|
|21,829
|}
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|Third Round
|21 September 2010
|Arsenal
|H
|1–1 (1–4 a.e.t.)
|Keane
49'
|35,883
|}
|-bgcolor="#191970"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |No.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Pos.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Nationality
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Player
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |PL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |CL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |FA
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |LC
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Total
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |
|-
|1||GK|| Brazil
||||align="center"|30||align="center"|10||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|41 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|1
|-
|2||DF
|| Scotland
||||align="center"|17||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|22 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|0
|-
|3||MF|| Wales
||||align="center"|29||align="center"|12||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|41 ||align="center"|11||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|4 || DF
|| France France
||||align="center"|13||align="center"|3||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|16 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|1
|-
|5 || MF
|| England England
||||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|6 || MF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|10||align="center"|6||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|16 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|7 || MF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|34||align="center"|10||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|46 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|8 || MF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|12||align="center"|6||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|20 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0
|-
|9 || FW
||
Russia Russia
|| ||align="center"|18||align="center"|6||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|26 ||align="center"|14||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|10 || FW
||
Republic of Ireland Ireland
|| ||align="center"|6||align="center"|5||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|12 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|11 || MF
|| Netherlands Netherlands
|| ||align="center"|17||align="center"|3||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|21 ||align="center"|15||align="center"|5||align="center"|1
|-
|12 || MF
|| Honduras Honduras
|| ||align="center"|17||align="center"|7||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|26 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|7 ||align="center"|0
|-
|13 || DF
|| France France
|| ||align="center"|15||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|20 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|14 || MF
|| Croatia Croatia
|| ||align="center"|32||align="center"|9||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|43 ||align="center"|4||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0
|-
|15 ||FW
|| England
||||align="center"|35||align="center"|9||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|45 ||align="center"|11||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|1
|-
|16||DF
|| England
||||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|17 || MF
|| Mexico Mexico
|| ||align="center"|3||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|5 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|18 || FW
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|9||align="center"|4||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|15 ||align="center"|9||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|1
|-
|19 || DF
|| Cameroon Cameroon
|| ||align="center"|8||align="center"|4||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|15 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|20 || DF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|9||align="center"|2||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|13 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|1
|-
|21||MF
|| Croatia
||||align="center"|5||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|11 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|22 || DF
|| Croatia Croatia
|| ||align="center"|8||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|13 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|23||GK|| Italy
||||align="center"|7||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|12 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|24 || MF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|25||MF
|| England
||||align="center"|4||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|26 || DF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|6||align="center"|3||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|9 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|27 || GK || England England
|| Ben Alnwick
||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|28 || DF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|29 || MF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|30||MF
|| Brazil
||Sandro||align="center"|19||align="center"|4||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|26 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0
|-
|31||MF
|| England
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|32 || DF
|| Cameroon Cameroon
|| ||align="center"|30||align="center"|12||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|45 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|36 || DF
||
South Africa South Africa
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|37 || GK || Croatia Croatia
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|39 || DF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|40 || MF || South Africa South Africa
|| ||align="center"|8||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|11 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|45 || DF
|| England England
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|}
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%"
|-bgcolor="#191970"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |P.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Player
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Position
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |PL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |CL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |FA
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |LC
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Total
|-
|1|| Rafael van der Vaart
||Midfielder||align="center"|13||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|15
|-
|2|| Roman Pavlyuchenko
||Forward||align="center"|10||align="center"|4||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|14
|-
|3|| Gareth Bale
||Midfielder||align="center"|7||align="center"|4||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|11
|-
|4|| Peter Crouch
||Forward||align="center"|4||align="center"|7||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|11
|-
|5|| Jermain Defoe
||Forward||align="center"|4||align="center"|3||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|9
|}
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;font-size:90%"
|-bgcolor="#191970"
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |P.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Player
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Position
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |PL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |CL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |FA
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |LC
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Total
|-
|1|| Aaron Lennon
||Midfielder||align="center"|34||align="center"|10||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|46
|-
|2|| Benoît Assou-Ekotto
||Defender
||align="center"|30||align="center"|12||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|45
|-
|3|| Peter Crouch
||Forward||align="center"|35||align="center"|9||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|45
|-
|4|| Luka Modrić
||Midfielder||align="center"|32||align="center"|9||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|43
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2010–11 Premier League
The 2010–11 Premier League was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00 BST. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 22 May 2011...
is Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
's 19th season in the Premier League. It is their 33rd successive season in the top division of the English football league system
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for association football clubs in England, with six teams from Wales also competing...
.
The campaign featured Tottenham's first ever involvement in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, with the club entering via the play-off round after finishing fourth in the 2009–10 season. The club reached the quarter finals of the competition where it was defeated by Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
.
Transfers
Tottenham began their transfer movement for the 2010–11 season in mid-March, when Spurs completed the deal for young Brazilian midfielder Sandro, joining the club from Sport Club InternacionalSport Club Internacional
Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...
, a club whom Tottenham have a key affiliation, with Sandro linking up with squad following the 2010 Copa Libertadores
2010 Copa Libertadores
The 2010 Copa Libertadores de América was the 51st edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier international club tournament. The tournament began on January 26 and ended on August 18...
. Early into the transfer window, Tottenham retained the services of a number of key players with club captain Ledley King
Ledley King
Ledley Brenton King is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur. He is the longest serving player at the club and captained Spurs since 2005. He is currently contracted to Tottenham until 2012...
, putting pen to paper on a new two-year contract extending his role at the club, followed swiftly by the former Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...
signing a new one-year contract following his recovery from a serious road accident sustained in November 2009.
Luka Modrić
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
was the next player to commit his future with the club by signing an extended six-year deal, ensuring his services until 2016. After two months of little transfer activity, Tottenham secured the controversial signing of William Gallas
William Gallas
William Eric Gallas is a French footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.Gallas began his career in France, before being signed by English club Chelsea in 2001. He transferred to rivals Arsenal as part of an exchange deal in 2006...
on a free transfer following his release from bitter rivals Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
; as a result of the move, Gallas became the first Premier League player to play for Chelsea, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur, all London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
clubs and fierce rivals. On transfer deadline day, early into the day, Spurs confirmed the loan signing of Croatian international goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian football goalkeeper who plays for the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov and the Croatian national team, for which he has made 86 appearances.-Hajduk Split:...
from Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
. This looked to be Spurs' only move of the day; in the final few moments, however, news broke that Tottenham were in negotiations with Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
midfielder Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
. Following the closure of the transfer window, the club had to wait for the deal to be ratified by the Premier League, due to complications on Spurs' computer. The transfer was completed the next day, with fee believed to be around £8 million.
During the transfer window, a number of players left Spurs, beginning with young goalkeeper Lee Butcher
Lee Butcher
Lee Anthony Butcher is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Leyton Orient. He started his career as a youth player at Norwich City and Arsenal, before moving to Tottenham Hotspur following his release in 2007...
, leaving to join Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
on a free transfer after his contract expired at Tottenham, followed a month later by defender Sam Cox
Sam Cox (footballer)
Samuel "Sam" Cox is an English professional footballer, who plays as a defender or midfielder for Barnet.-Career:Cox started his career in the Tottenham Hotspur Academy, having previously captained their under-16 team. He joined the academy full-time in the 2007–08 season...
signing a contract with Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
, again, following the expiration of his Spurs contract. Soon after, a number of fringe and academy players, including veteran goalkeeper Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker
James John Walker, often known as Jimmy Walker and colloquially as Beau James , was the mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932...
, left the club on free transfers. In early August, Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
completed the permanent signing of Adel Taarabt
Adel Taarabt
Adel Taarabt is a Moroccan footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as an Attacking midfielder and can also be used as a winger....
for a fee believed to be around £1 million; Taarabt had spent to 2009–10 season on loan at QPR before sealing a permanent deal. Tottenham's final permanent outgoing transfer of the summer transfer window saw French defender Dorian Dervite move to Spanish club Villarreal CF
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community...
for an undisclosed fee.
The transfer window also saw younger player acquires loan move to gain regular football. The first loan move saw young goalkeeper David Button
David Button
David Robert Edmund Button is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Leyton Orient on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. He has earned 31 caps for England in four separate age groups.-Playing career:...
, fresh off of signing a new three-year contract, join Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
on a season-long loan, followed by another young goalkeeper, Oscar Jansson
Oscar Jansson
Oscar Jansson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, as a goalkeeper.-Career:Jansson was born and raised in Örebro where he played for lower division locals Karlslunds IF HFK before joining Tottenham on 2 January 2007...
, joining Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
until September 2010, and completing three loan moves in a week, England Under-19 international John Bostock
John Bostock
John Joseph Bostock is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur.-Crystal Palace:...
left to join Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
for the duration of the 2010–11 season. Six days later, Winger Andros Townsend
Andros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.-Career:Townsend is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, joined Spurs at the age of nine. In March 2009, he went on loan to Yeovil Town and made his football league debut against Milton Keynes Dons...
signed a season-long loan for Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
after featuring for Tottenham in their pre-season tour of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. On the same day, Dean Parrett
Dean Parrett
Dean Gary Parrett is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur. He has represented England at multiple youth levels.-Career:...
joined David Button at Plymouth on a one-month deal. The following day, Ryan Mason
Ryan Mason
Ryan Glen Mason is an English footballer who plays as an Forward and Attacking Midfielder and for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and is a former England U19 and England U20 player.-Career:...
, who also featured in Spurs' pre-season, joined Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
on a one-month deal, trailed a week later, with young striker Jon Obika clinching a move to Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
for the season.
Spurs then signed young South African defender Bongani Khumalo for £1.5 million from South Africa's reigning champions Supersport United as their first signing of the January window. Khumalo joined on a four and a half year deal.
The first senior exit of the window was that of David Bentley
David Bentley
David Michael Bentley is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United as a winger, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
, who moved out on loan to Birmingham
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
on January 12. The loan expires at the end of the season. Spurs then captured another South African in Steven Pienaar
Steven Pienaar
Steven Jerome Pienaar is a South African footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can play on either the right or left wing and is also a member of the South African national team. Pienaar has previously played for Ajax Cape Town, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Everton...
from Everton, beating Chelsea to the midfielder's signature in a deal which cost Spurs £3 million. A fairly quiet window ended with senior players Robbie Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
, Giovani dos Santos
Giovani Dos Santos
Giovani dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play as a winger or second striker. Since joining Tottenham, he has had loan spells at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Racing de Santander...
and Jamie O'Hara joining West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
, Racing de Santander
Racing de Santander
Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1913, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadio El Sardinero, with a capacity for 22,400 spectators....
and Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
on loan deals respectively. All 3 players will return at the end of the season.
Pre-season friendlies
Tottenham began their pre-season by facing Harry RedknappHarry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....
and Kevin Bond
Kevin Bond (footballer)
Kevin John Bond is an English football manager and former player. He is the son of John Bond, also a former footballer. He is currently employed as assistant manager at Tottenham Hotspur.-Playing career:...
's former team, Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
, beginning the pre-season with a comfortable 4–0 win. A goal mid-way through the first half from Jon Obika established a Spurs lead, before a Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
goal doubled the tally. Danny Rose made it three a minute later before another Pavlyuchenko goal wrapped up the game and the winning start.
Spurs then began a tour of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, beginning in San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, facing Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
(MLS) outfit San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in the San Jose, California, United States suburb of Santa Clara, and participates in Major League Soccer , the top level soccer league in the United States and Canada....
, with the game ending 0–0. Tottenham made the trip to New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
to compete in the New York Football Challenge, a tournament featuring Spurs, the New York Red Bulls, Sporting Clube de Portugal, and Premier League rivals Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
. Spurs' first game saw them pitted against the home side Red Bulls with their new signing, Theirry Henry, making his debut. Henry opened the scoring against his old rivals, before goals from Robbie Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
and Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
in the second half gave Spurs the 2–1 win. In Tottenham's final game of the tournament, Spurs faced Portuguese side Sporting, resulting in a 2–2 draw, which resulted in Sporting lifting the trophy of the New York Challenge. Tottenham took an early lead through Robbie Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
, finishing a one-on-one with the 'keeper. Sporting hit back with goals from Chileans Matías Fernández
Matías Fernández
Matías Ariel Fernández Fernández is a Chilean footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal in Portugal.An attacking midfielder with playmaking and dribbling skills, also being a free-kick specialist, he is known by several nicknames: Mati, El Pelusa and Matigol.Fernández was elected South...
and Jaime Valdés
Jaime Valdés
Jaime Andrés Valdés Zapata is a Chilean footballer who plays for Chile national team and Italian Serie A team Parma, on loan from Sporting....
. Spurs equalised though, 20 minutes from time after Jon Obika ran on to a Keane through ball to earn the draw for Tottenham.
Spurs's first friendly at White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
in the pre-season saw them face Villarreal CF
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community...
. Midway through the first half, Villarreal took the lead with former Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
striker Giuseppe Rossi
Giuseppe Rossi
Giuseppe Rossi is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Villarreal CF and the Italian national team.- Early life :...
finishing a Santi Cazorla
Santi Cazorla
Santiago "Santi" Cazorla González is a Spanish footballer who plays for Málaga CF in La Liga.A versatile winger, he can play on either flank, being ambidextrous...
through-ball. Villarreal doubled their lead ten minutes later with Rossi scoring his second with clinical finishing following a slip from Michael Dawson. Early in the second half, an early goal from Giovani dos Santos
Giovani Dos Santos
Giovani dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play as a winger or second striker. Since joining Tottenham, he has had loan spells at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Racing de Santander...
set up a possible comeback, but this was extinguised later in the second half, with Rossi securing his hat-trick with a heavily deflected effort on goal. Villarreal wrapped up the game late on with Marco Ruben
Marco Rubén
Marco Gastón Ruben Rodríguez is an Argentine footballer who plays for Villarreal CF in Spain, as a striker.-Club career:...
scoring a tap in to gave the away team a 4–1 win. Tottenham then traveled to Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
to play Benfica in the Eusébio Cup
Eusébio Cup
The Eusébio Cup is an annual football tournament held at Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Benfica host the tournament in early-mid August, one or two weeks before the regular season kicks off. It is usually Benfica's and the participating team's last pre-season match...
. Spurs ended up lifting the trophy after securing a 1-0 win, with Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
scoring the only goal of the game early into the second half. Tottenham ended the pre-season with a home fixture against Italian side Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
early August. In this game, a defensive error gifted Fiorentina the lead inside 10 minutes through Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....
. Ten minutes later, Spurs hit back though with an equalising goal from Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
, scoring his fourth goal in pre-season. Fiorentina re-gained the lead though, with a shot from Adem Ljajić
Adem Ljajic
Adem Ljajić is a Serbian footballer who plays as an attacking or right-sided midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina. He was set to join England's Manchester United from Partizan in January 2010, but they withdrew their option to sign him in December 2009...
beating Heurelho Gomes. Spurs, however, equalised early in the second half with Robbie Keane goal before earning the 3–2 win with a last minute Keane goal to end the pre-season with four wins, two draws, and one loss.
Month summary
Tottenham began the new season against Champions League rivals Manchester CityManchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
. Tottenham began the game brightly with goalkeeper Joe Hart
Joe Hart
Charles Joseph John "Joe" Hart is an English football goalkeeper who plays for Premier League club Manchester City and the England national football team and was previously a regular for the England under-21 team....
producing a string of saves to keep the score level. Spurs continued to press but with Hart in inspired form the game finished 0–0 with Spurs beginning the season with a point.
Tottenham's first ever Champions League match followed, with the play-off stage needing to be negotiatied against Swiss side Young Boys
BSC Young Boys
Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black....
before entering the lucrative group stages. Young Boys took an instant lead through Senad Lulić
Senad Lulic
Senad Lulić is a Bosnian footballer. He plays for Lazio in the Serie A.Lulić was born in Mostar, but he spent most of his childhood in Jablanica....
, tapping home to give Young Boys momentum, The lead was doubled nine minutes later, with Cameroonian striker Henri Bienvenu
Henri Bienvenu
Henri Bienvenu Ntsama is a Cameroonian football striker who currently plays for Fenerbahçe.-Club Athlétique Bizertin:...
pouncing on a Michael Dawson mistake to slot home, amazingly, Young Boys made it three after just half an hour with Xavier Hochstrasser
Xavier Hochstrasser
Xavier Daniel Hochstrasser , is a Swiss footballer who currently plays for FC Luzern as a defensive midfielder or a winger...
capitalising on a Sébastien Bassong
Sébastien Bassong
Sébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena is a French-born Cameroonian football defender who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the Cameroon national football team.-Early career:...
mistake to seemingly put the tie beyond Tottenham, however, just before half–time, Sebastian Bassong earned some redemption, rising highest at a corner to head home. Spurs clawed another goal back late in the second half through a Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
strike to give Spurs two away goals and hope for the second leg. Spurs returned to Premier League action, traveling to face Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
. Tottenham took the lead early into the first half with Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
bundling the ball in the net on the 18th minute, Stoke equalised soon after with a Ricardo Fuller
Ricardo Fuller
Ricardo Dwayne Fuller is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the Jamaica national team....
strike before mid–way through the first half, Bale scored his second, a stunning volley, to earn Spurs the points.
The Champions League returned to focus for Spurs with the second leg of match against Young Boys, with a 3–2 deficit to overcome, Tottenham took the lead early with Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
scoring an early header, Spurs made it two towards the end of the first half with Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
striking home to make it two, Crouch earned his second and Tottenham's third on the 61st minute mark before wrapping up the game with the his hat-trick and the game's fourth, with a late penalty. The win earned Spurs a place in the Group Stage with a 6–3 aggregate win. Tottenham ended the month with a loss, returning to Premier League action, Spurs faced Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
at White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
, the game remained scoreless with Tottenham pressing the home advantage before a break away goal from Hugo Rodallega
Hugo Rodallega
Hugo Rodallega Martínez is a Colombian footballer who plays for English Premier League club Wigan Athletic. He primarily plays as a striker, but can also play on the wing....
earned Wigan all three points.
Tottenham finished August in 11th place, level on points with Manchester City, Sunderland, Blackpool, and Liverpool.
August league table
August game stats
| Month | Games | Won | Drew | Lost | Scored | Conceded | Points | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | Progression to the Champions League Group Stages |
Month summary
After the international break, Spurs went into September without the injured Jermain DefoeJermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
, who would later miss three months with an ankle injury sustained in international duty. September started with a visit to West Brom
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
, and in a game where both Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
and William Gallas
William Gallas
William Eric Gallas is a French footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.Gallas began his career in France, before being signed by English club Chelsea in 2001. He transferred to rivals Arsenal as part of an exchange deal in 2006...
made their Spurs debut, the away side took the lead on 27 minutes through Luka Modrić
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
, who would later have to come off injured. Spurs struggled without him and West Brom equalized with Chris Brunt's
Chris Brunt
Christopher Brunt is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for English Premier League side West Bromwich Albion. He plays as a left winger and more recently an attacking midfield position. He is also the Albion captain....
50th career goal, a header in the 41st minute. Tottenham ended up taking the point though after goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...
made a number of saves to deny West Brom a win as the game ended 1-1.
Spurs then kicked off their first match of the Champions League proper at Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
by going two goals to the good, first an own-goal by Bremen defender Petri Pasanen and then a trademark header by Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
from a van der Vaart cross, only to be denied a famous victory with goals from Hugo Almeida
Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, as a centre forward.After failing to establish himself at F.C...
and Marko Marin
Marko Marin
Marko Marin is a German international footballer of Bosnian Serb descent, playing for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga as a winger.-Early life:...
to earn Werder Bremen a point against a solid-looking Spurs side on the day.
Tottenham then returned to domestic duty with a home game against Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
on 18 September. Wolves took the lead against what looked like a fatigued Spurs with Steven Fletcher
Steven Fletcher
Steven John Fletcher, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. He has served in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004, representing the riding of Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia as a member of the Conservative Party. He is the first quadriplegic to serve in the House of Commons, as well as in Cabinet...
beating Carlo Cudicini to make it 1-0 to Wolves. The introduction of fullback Alan Hutton
Alan Hutton
Alan Hutton is a Scottish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Scotland national football team.-Rangers:...
for the injured Younes Kaboul
Younes Kaboul
Younès Kaboul is a French footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play at right back or in defensive midfield.-Auxerre:...
just before half-time made Spurs look a changed side, and the substitute had a huge part in the equalizer after he was brought down in the penalty area to hand van der Vaart a chance to open his account from the spot - which he did, and Spurs went on to win the game 3-1 with goals from another substitute, Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
, and Alan Hutton himself in the dying seconds to secure a Spurs victory.
The first North London derby
North London derby
The North London derby is the name of the football local derby between the two major teams in North London – Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.-History:...
of the season saw Spurs take on Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
at White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
in the League Cup third round. Goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian football goalkeeper who plays for the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov and the Croatian national team, for which he has made 86 appearances.-Hajduk Split:...
, young defender Steven Caulker
Steven Caulker
Steven Roy Caulker is an English under-21 international footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Swansea City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
, and midfielder Sandro made their debuts in a cup tie in which Arsenal took the lead with youngster Henri Lansbury
Henri Lansbury
Henri George Lansbury is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United, on loan from Arsenal.-Arsenal:Lansbury was born in Enfield, London and grew up in Potters Bar. In 1999, he joined Arsenal as a schoolboy from the books of Norwich City. He has featured regularly for both the club's...
finishing off a crisp Arsenal passing move by sliding home a Jack Wilshere
Jack Wilshere
Jack Andrew Garry Wilshere is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Arsenal and the England national team....
cross on 15 minutes. Spurs responded immediately though after half-time with substitute Robbie Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
scoring in the 49th minute after being released by Kyle Naughton
Kyle Naughton
Kyle Naughton is an English footballer who plays as a right back for Norwich City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.-Sheffield United:...
. The game finished 1-1 in normal time and the final score was 1-4 to Arsenal, with two Samir Nasri
Samir Nasri
Samir Nasri is a French international footballer who plays for English club Manchester City in the Premier League and the France national team. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger, although he has also been deployed in central midfield. Nasri is known for his technical...
penalty kicks and a straight forward Andrei Arshavin finish securing victory for the away side and guaranteed a fourth round place for Arsenal.
Spurs returned to Premier League action with another London derby defeat, this time to West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
at Upton Park
Boleyn Ground
The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...
. In an eventful match, this one was decided by a 29th minute Frédéric Piquionne
Frédéric Piquionne
Frédéric Piquionne is a French football player who plays as a forward for West Ham United. His former clubs are Golden Star of Martinique, Nîmes Olympique, Rennes, AS Saint-Etienne, AS Monaco, Lyon and Portsmouth...
header from a Mark Noble
Mark Noble
Mark James Noble is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United. He has played all his youth and first team football for West Ham and made 20 appearances, scoring 3 goals, for the England under-21 team which he captained.Despite his relatively young age, Noble is the longest serving player...
corner.
Spurs ended the month in action in the Champions League against FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
at White Hart Lane. In another impressive European game by Spurs' standards, Spurs missed a host of chances in the first half, including a van der Vaart penalty, which was saved by the Twente goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov. Spurs though scored four in the second half, this time with van der Vaart opening the scoring from a Crouch knock-down two minutes after half-time and then proceeding to get sent off for a second yellow card. Pavlyuchenko made it two though from the spot in the 50th minute before Nacer Chadli
Nacer Chadli
Nacer Chadli is a Belgian professional footballer of Moroccan ancestry who plays as a winger for Dutch club FC Twente.-AGOVV Apeldoorn:Chadli played his youth football at Standard Liège and MVV Maastricht....
poked home 6 minutes later for Twente, to pull it back to 2-1. Another Pavlyuchenko penalty and an individual effort from Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
made it 4-1 the final score and gave Spurs their first win in the Champions League proper.
Tottenham ended the month eighth in the Premiership and second in the Champions League Group A.
September league table
September game stats
| Month | Games | Won | Drew | Lost | Scored | Conceded | Points | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | Eliminated from League Cup |
Month summary
Spurs began the month of October in Premier League action, starting with a home game against Aston VillaAston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
. Spurs fell behind on 16 minutes, after Marc Albrighton
Marc Albrighton
Marc Kevin Albrighton is an English footballer who plays for Premier League side Aston Villa as a winger. He is most comfortable playing on the right side of midfield or as a right-winger, but is sufficiently effective on the left....
slid home from close range to give the visitors the lead. Spurs fought back though, and eventually won the game through a brace from Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
.
After a break of internationals, Spurs travelled to Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896....
for a London derby with Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
. Spurs again fell behind after a simple Diomansy Kamara
Diomansy Kamara
Diomansy Mehdi Moustapha Kamara is a professional football striker, currently playing for Eskişehirspor...
finish, but then replied straight from the kick-off, after van der Vaart's chip rebounded off the top of the crossbar to Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
, who couldn't really miss from almost a yard out. However, Spurs controversially won all three points after Tom Huddlestone
Tom Huddlestone
Thomas Andrew Huddlestone is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.-Derby County:...
hit a fierce long range shot into the bottom corner of the net, which the Fulham team thought had taken a nick off William Gallas
William Gallas
William Eric Gallas is a French footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.Gallas began his career in France, before being signed by English club Chelsea in 2001. He transferred to rivals Arsenal as part of an exchange deal in 2006...
, who was indeed standing in an offside position. The goal stood and it seemed it was the right decision, as the ball actually hit a Fulham defender on its way to goal rather than Gallas.
Tottenham were then facing the reigning European champions Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
on a night to remember for Spurs fans at the San Siro
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, originally and commonly referred to as the San Siro because of its location, officially given its current name on 3 March 1980, is a football stadium located in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy. It is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano...
. Not even 2 minutes had gone when Spurs made the worst possible start after Javier Zanetti
Javier Zanetti
Javier Adelmar Zanetti is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Inter. Javier Zanetti has played for Inter since 1995, taking the captain's armband from 29 August 1999. Known for his versatility, he is adept on both the left and right wing, having played on both flanks as a fullback...
curled home past an onrushing Heurelho Gomes, who then conceded a penalty and was sent off after denying Jonathan Biabiany
Jonathan Biabiany
Jonathan Ludovic Biabiany is a French footballer who currently plays as a winger or striker for Serie A club Parma on loan from Sampdoria.-Youth career:...
a goal scoring opportunity in the penalty area - Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...
converted the penalty and scored another past Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...
after Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stankovic
Dejan Stanković is a Serbian association football player who plays for the Italian Serie A side Inter. He captained the Serbian national football team until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football...
had earlier given Inter a three-goal cushion, meaning that Spurs were 4-0 down in 14 minutes. The first half ended with the home side with four goals to the good, comfortably. Spurs, however, fought back in the second half, with a hat-trick from Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
, two of his goals coming in injury-time. Bale's hat-trick meant that the final score was 4-3 to Inter, but a remarkable comeback from Spurs to pull back three goals at the San Siro.
Spurs returned to Premiership action against Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
at White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
. In a fairly even match, Everton took the lead through a spectacular Leighton Baines
Leighton Baines
Leighton John Baines is an English footballer who plays for Everton and the England national football team.He started his career with Wigan Athletic, with whom he won the Second Division in the 2002–03 season and was a runner-up in the 2004–05 Championship and the 2006 Football League Cup Final....
free-kick in the 17th minute. Spurs however responded almoost immediately with Rafael van der Vaart getting on the end of a Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
knock-down to equalize for Spurs three minutes after the opener. The game finished 1-1.
Tottenham ended the month with a controversial 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
to Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
. In an entertaining game, both sides hit the woodwork in the opening twenty minutes before Nemanja Vidić
Nemanja Vidic
Nemanja Vidić is a Serbian footballer who captains English Premier League club Manchester United. He was part of the Serbia national football team from 2002 to 2011....
opened the scoring with a header. Then, five minutes from time, Nani
Nani
-People:*Nani, a Portuguese footballer who plays for Manchester United*Gianluca Nani, former technical director at West Ham United*Nanabhoy Palkhivala, nicknamed Nani, an Indian jurist and economist*Nani Roma, a Spanish rally racing driver...
scored the controversial second goal after Tottenham goalkeeper Gomes placed the ball down on the ground, thinking that a free-kick had been given in Tottenham's favour after Nani appeared to handle the ball. Nani's United team-mates urged him to shoot, which he did, much to Gomes' and Tottenham's anger, but the goal somehow stood despite the linesman's flag going up for an unknown reason.
Spurs ended the month in fifth in the Premiership and second in their Champions League group.
October league table
October game stats
| Month | Games | Won | Drew | Lost | Scored | Conceded | Points | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | N/A |
Month summary
November began with the visit of Inter MilanF.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
to White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
in a Champions League tie. The reigning champions were without a couple of key players, most notably goalkeeper Júlio César
Júlio César Soares Espíndola
Júlio César Soares de Espíndola , commonly known as simply Júlio César, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Internazionale of the Italian Serie A...
. Tottenham were also missing first choice goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes through suspension; he was replaced by Italian Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini
Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...
. Spurs made a flying start to the game, but it wasn't until twenty minutes when Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
opened the scoring from close range. Spurs managed to hold on to the lead at half-time, when goalscorer van der Vaart then had to come off due to a recurrence of a hamstring injury - his replacement was Jermaine Jenas
Jermaine Jenas
Jermaine Anthony Jenas is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa in the Premier League on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. He is of mixed African-Caribbean and English descent.-Nottingham Forest:...
. Spurs continued to play as well as they did in the first half and doubled their lead deservedly on the hour, when Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
superbly ran past the right of Inter's defence and played in Peter Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
, who made amends for an earlier miss by sliding home from six yards. Inter then pulled one back ten minutes from time through Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...
, who scored a fine goal from an angle past Cudicini. As Inter pushed for an undeserved equalizer, Bale ran on to a through ball from Younes Kaboul
Younes Kaboul
Younès Kaboul is a French footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play at right back or in defensive midfield.-Auxerre:...
, ran the Inter defence ragged and to cap off a man of the match performance, tapped the ball across goal for substitute Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
to poke home to give Spurs a 3-1 win over the European champions.
Spurs returned to Premier League action away to Bolton, without Aaron Lennon
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
& Rafael van der Vaart through injury. Spurs started slowly, and fell behind after Kevin Davies
Kevin Davies
Kevin Cyril Davies is an English footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers and the England national football team as a striker. He was made Bolton team captain in January 2009....
lashed home the opener for Bolton. Spurs didn't improve in the second half, and were then 2-0 down after Grétar Steinsson
Grétar Steinsson
Grétar Rafn Steinsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:He started his career with local team KS in Siglufjörður and later played for ÍA Akranes before going abroad to play professionally for Swiss club BSC Young Boys.On 2 July 2007, AZ Alkmaar announced they...
screwed in an angled drive 10 minutes after half-time. Spurs then failed to respond and conceded a penalty after Benoit Assou-Ekotto
Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto is a French-born Cameroonian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a left back.-RC Lens:...
bundled over Lee Chung-Yong
Lee Chung-Yong
Lee Chung-Yong is a South Korean footballer who plays for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the South Korean national team. His nickname, Blue Dragon, is a transliteration of his given name "Chung-Yong" derived from Hanja, 청용...
in the box - Kevin Davies expertly dispatched the spot-kick from 12 yards for Bolton's third. However, Spurs fought back late on after a curler from Alan Hutton
Alan Hutton
Alan Hutton is a Scottish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Scotland national football team.-Rangers:...
and a beautiful volley from Pavlyuchenko, but it wasn't enough as Bolton broke away and Martin Petrov
Martin Petrov
Martin Petyov Petrov is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League.-Club career:Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa...
, coming off the bench, slid home to make it 4-2 to Bolton Wanderers.
Spurs then faced Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
in a midweek fixture at White Hart Lane. Spurs were held at 0-0 for more than hour, but took the lead on 64 minutes through Rafael van der Vaart, returning from injury. However, the match was to end as a 1-1 draw after Sunderland equalized through Asamoah Gyan
Asamoah Gyan
Asamoah Gyan is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Emirati club Al Ain in the UAE Pro-League , and the Ghana national team....
to win a point for the visitors.
Spurs continued the month with another home game, this time against Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
. Spurs took the lead on 16 minutes with a Gareth Bale header from a van der Vaart corner. Spurs then pushed for a second, finally getting it at 42 minutes through Roman Pavlyuchenko, making amends for an earlier miss from the penalty spot. Spurs scored two second half goals, with Peter Crouch scoring his first league goal of the season and Bale scoring his second of the game for 4-0. Blackburn fought back though and earned two late goals, first coming from Ryan Nelsen
Ryan Nelsen
Ryan William Nelsen, ONZM is a New Zealand footballer who plays as a defender, and is captain of Premier League club Blackburn Rovers. Nelsen captains the New Zealand national team, the All Whites. He joined Blackburn back in 2005 on a free transfer from D.C. United...
after David Dunn's
David Dunn
David John Ian Dunn is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers.-Blackburn Rovers:...
long range shot deflected on to Nelsen's heel and into the back of the net and the second came from a Gael Givet
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros is a French footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers. Givet is a left-footed centre back who can also play left-back.-Monaco:...
volley from close range, but it wasn't enough and Spurs held on for the three points.
The first league North London derby
North London derby
The North London derby is the name of the football local derby between the two major teams in North London – Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.-History:...
of the season saw Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
take on Spurs at the Emirates Stadium
Emirates Stadium
Ashburton Grove, currently known as the Emirates Stadium, is a UEFA elite football stadium which is home to Arsenal FC, where they moved from Highbury in 2006. It has an current capacity of 60,361, and there have been rumours of an expansion...
on November 20. Arsenal took advantage of an error from Spurs goalkeeper Gomes, who failed to come out and claim the ball after a heavy touch from Samir Nasri
Samir Nasri
Samir Nasri is a French international footballer who plays for English club Manchester City in the Premier League and the France national team. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger, although he has also been deployed in central midfield. Nasri is known for his technical...
- Gomes came out eventually and made an attempt to catch the ball, but it rebounded off Nasri's shin and Nasri ran on to the ball to slot home from the tightest of all angles on 9 minutes. Arsenal doubled their lead on 27 minutes, after Andrey Arshavin
Andrey Arshavin
Andrey Arshavin is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Arsenal FC and is captain of the Russian national team....
crossed for Marouane Chamakh
Marouane Chamakh
Marouane Chamakh is a French-Moroccan footballer who plays for English club Arsenal in the Premier League and the Moroccan national team as a striker. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability".Chamakh started his career...
to slide home to give Arsenal a 2-0 advantage at half-time. Spurs then staged a comeback though, after Assou-Ekotto's long ball was flicked on by Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
, returning from injury, into the path of van der Vaart who controlled well and released Bale, who only had Fabianski
Lukasz Fabianski
Łukasz Fabiański is a Polish footballer who plays for English Premier League side Arsenal and the Polish national team as a goalkeeper.-Early career:...
to beat and did so well, with a good left foot finish 5 minutes after half-time. Luka Modric
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
went close with 25 yard drive that went narrowly over & then was brought down for a free-kick, which Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas
Cesc Fàbregas
Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas i Soler is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona.Fàbregas started his career as a trainee with Barcelona but was signed by Premier League side Arsenal in September 2003 at the age of 16...
deliberately handled to give Spurs a penalty. Van der Vaart made no mistake from the spot, sending Fabianski in the Arsenal goal to level for Spurs, and was then booked for his celebration. Spurs then went on to win the game after Gareth Bale was hauled down by Laurent Koscielny
Laurent Koscielny
Laurent Koscielny is a French footballer who plays as a defender for Arsenal. He primarily plays as a centre back but he can also play as an right back, a position where he started his career. Koscielny is a youth product of Guingamp. He is described as an aggressive, uncompromising and...
, resulting in a free-kick which was swung in by van der Vaart for Younes Kaboul to head home with four minutes remaining to give Spurs their first win away at Arsenal for 17 years & their first away win at a "Top Four" club in almost 70 games.
Spurs then had the chance to qualify to the knockout round of the Champions League, knowing that a win for them & Inter Milan would secure qualification from Group A - to do so, Spurs had to beat Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
at White Hart Lane and Inter had to beat F.C. Twente. Spurs were on their way after another goal from Younes Kaboul on 6 minutes, from an Aaron Lennon cross. Bremen, ravaged by injuries and a suspension to captain Torsten Frings
Torsten Frings
Torsten Frings is a German football midfielder who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and is known for his vision and an explosive, powerful shot.-Early career:...
, then found themselves two goals down on the stroke of half-time after Luka Modric got on the end of a Peter Crouch knock-down, turned and volleyed past Tim Wiese
Tim Wiese
Tim Wiese is a German goalkeeper who currently plays for Werder Bremen and the German national team. He joined Werder Bremen in 2005 from Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga.-Fortuna Köln:...
in the Bremen goal. Spurs secured the points and the qualification, as Inter had beaten Twente 1-0, with Peter Crouch scoring the third from close range late in the game.
Tottenham ended the month in Premiership action with a home game against Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
, 4 days after the match against Werder Bremen. Spurs once again fell behind on 42 minutes, with Martin Škrtel
Martin Škrtel
Martin Škrtel is a Slovak footballer who plays in defence for Liverpool and the Slovakia national football team.-Biography:Škrtel was born in Handlová and raised in Ráztočno and began playing football at the age of six...
poking home after a goal-mouth scramble in the Tottenham box. Spurs pushed for the equalizer, and had a big chance to level after they were awarded a penalty when David N'Gog
David N'Gog
David N'Gog is a French footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is the cousin of the Panathinaikos and French international player Jean-Alain Boumsong.-Paris Saint-Germain:...
handled Gareth Bale's free-kick, but Defoe smashed the kick wide of the post. Spurs eventually equalised on 65 minutes, with Škrtel, having opened the scoring, diverted Modric's low cross, which was on its way to Peter Crouch, into his own net to gift Spurs the equalizer. Spurs eventually won the game through Aaron Lennon, who beat Liverpool's Paul Konchesky
Paul Konchesky
Paul Martyn Konchesky is an English footballer who plays as a left back. Currently signed to Leicester City, he has previously played for Charlton, Tottenham, West Ham, Fulham, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, joining his present club in July 2011...
to Peter Crouch's knock-down to fire past Pepe Reina to give Spurs a 2-1 victory.
Spurs finished November in 5th place and top of the Champions League Group A, securing qualification to the knockout round in the Champions League.
November league table
November game stats
| Month | Games | Won | Drew | Lost | Scored | Conceded | Points | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 10 | Qualified for the Champions League Last 16 |
Month summary
Spurs kicked off December with a 1-1 draw away to BirminghamBirmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
, having taken the lead through Sebastien Bassong
Sébastien Bassong
Sébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena is a French-born Cameroonian football defender who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the Cameroon national football team.-Early career:...
on 20 minutes, only to concede a late equalizer from a Craig Gardner
Craig Gardner
Craig Gardner is an English footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Sunderland. A versatile midfielder, Gardner can play in many different positions, although central midfield is his preferred position...
header.
Spurs then travelled to Holand to take on Dutch champions F.C. Twente, knowing that they could finish top of Group A if they could at least match Inter Milan's
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
result at Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
. Spurs were gifted a bizarre lead after Twente goalkeeper Sander Boschker
Sander Boschker
Sander Bernard Jozef Boschker is a Dutch footballer who plays for FC Twente as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Boschker made his professional debuts with FC Twente in 1989–90, appearing once with the first team; after an irregular beginning, he firmly established himself in the side's starting XI,...
missed his kick from a Peter Wisgerhof
Peter Wisgerhof
Peter Wisgerhof is a Dutch footballer who plays as a central defender for Eredivisie club FC Twente.- Club career :...
back pass, causing the ball to end up in the corner of the goal. Twente were level after a re-taken Denny Landzaat
Denny Landzaat
Denny Domingoes Landzaat is a Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club FC Twente.-Early life:Landzaat is born and raised in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
penalty, after Roberto Rosales
Roberto Rosales
Roberto José Rosales Altuve is a Venezuelan footballer playing for FC Twente. He normally plays as a defender in a right back position, but can also play on the right side of midfield....
had a strike from 20 yards which appeared to hit the arm of Benoit Assou-Ekotto
Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto is a French-born Cameroonian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a left back.-RC Lens:...
. Two minutes after half-time, Spurs took the lead again after a close range finish from Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
, but Twente levelled a couple of minutes later from a Rosales header. Defoe then rebounded a Wilson Palacios
Wilson Palacios
Wilson Roberto Palacios Suazo is a Honduran footballer who plays in the Premier League for Stoke City.Born in La Ceiba, he played for Victoria and Olimpia in Honduras before moving to England where he played for Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. In 2009 he joined Tottenham Hotspur, generally...
shot, which was initially saved by Boschker, into the bottom corner of the net. Twente rescued a point though from Nacer Chadli's
Nacer Chadli
Nacer Chadli is a Belgian professional footballer of Moroccan ancestry who plays as a winger for Dutch club FC Twente.-AGOVV Apeldoorn:Chadli played his youth football at Standard Liège and MVV Maastricht....
free-kick. Spurs finished top of Group A and were later drawn to A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
.
Spurs returned to Premier League action with a home game against Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
. Spurs took the lead on 15 minutes through a stunning strike from Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
, set up by Jermain Defoe, who looked as if he was in an offside position before he passed the ball to Pavlyuchenko - nevertheless, the goal stood. More controversy was to follow, when Didier Drogba
Didier Drogba
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian footballer who plays in the centre forward position. He currently plays for Chelsea in the Premier League, where he is deputy vice-captain, and is the captain and all-time top scorer of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team...
appeared to handle the ball before firing a shot on goal, which Tottenham goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes spilt into his own net. Chelsea were then awarded a penalty deep into injury time, after Gomes bundled over Chelsea midfielder Ramires
Ramires
Ramires Santos do Nascimento , commonly Ramires and Rambo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea and the Brazilian national side. In 2008, he won a Bronze medal in the XXIX Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China...
in the area, only to then save Drogba's kick to ensure that the game finished 1-1.
The week after the Chelsea match, it was confirmed that Tottenham's match away to Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
had been postponed due to the bad weather conditions outside Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...
. The match was later rescheduled for 22 February.
Spurs kicked off the festive period with a trip to Aston Villa. Spurs took the lead through Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
, returning from injury, before Jermain Defoe saw a controversial red for elbowing James Collins. Spurs held on to the lead for the first half and doubled in the second, thanks to van der Vaart again. Villa pulled one back through Marc Albrighton
Marc Albrighton
Marc Kevin Albrighton is an English footballer who plays for Premier League side Aston Villa as a winger. He is most comfortable playing on the right side of midfield or as a right-winger, but is sufficiently effective on the left....
, but it wasn't to be as Spurs held on for a crucial victory.
10 man Spurs then beat a resilient Newcastle
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
at White Hart Lane, thanks to second half goals from Aaron Lennon
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
and Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
- the latter's goal coming after Younes Kaboul
Younes Kaboul
Younès Kaboul is a French footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play at right back or in defensive midfield.-Auxerre:...
was sent off.
Spurs finished the month in 5th place.
December league table
December game stats
| Month | Games | Won | Drew | Lost | Scored | Conceded | Points | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | N/A |
Month summary
Spurs got the year 2011 off to a good start by beating London rivals FulhamFulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
1-0 in a tight match, with Gareth Bale heading in the only goal from van der Vaart's free-kick.
A 2-1 loss at Everton meant that Tottenham's 11-match unbeaten run had ended, also concluding Tottenham's fine form in the festive period - an early goal from Louis Saha
Louis Saha
Louis Laurent Saha is a French footballer of Guadelupian origin who currently plays as a forward for Everton FC in the Premier League and the France national team. A former scholar at the Clairefontaine football academy, he started his career at Metz before playing on loan at Newcastle United...
was cancelled out by a van der Vaart header but it wasn't to be as Seamus Coleman
Séamus Coleman
Séamus Coleman is an Irish footballer who plays for Everton and the Republic of Ireland.- Sligo Rovers :Originally a Gaelic footballer, Coleman was spotted by Sligo Rovers when he lined up for his hometown association football side, St. Catherine’s of Killybegs, in a friendly match against Sligo...
headed in Everton's winner late on in the game to give Everton the points.
Spurs then beat Charlton
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
3-0 in a third round F.A. Cup tie, with goals from youngster Andros Townsend
Andros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.-Career:Townsend is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, joined Spurs at the age of nine. In March 2009, he went on loan to Yeovil Town and made his football league debut against Milton Keynes Dons...
and a quick-fire double from Jermain Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
ensuring Spurs' safe passage into the fourth round of the competition.
Tottenham then returned to domestic action with a 0-0 draw with eventual champions Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
in a game in which they dominated but never really looked like winning.
Spurs again had to come back from behind at Newcastle
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
after Fabricio Coloccini
Fabricio Coloccini
Fabricio Coloccini is an Argentine football defender who currently captains Premier League club Newcastle United, and plays for the Argentine national team. At the age of 29, Coloccini has already represented numerous football clubs, however it was his successful spell at Deportivo La Coruña where...
volleyed home the opener for Newcastle, but Aaron Lennon
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
rescued a point late on with his second goal against Newcastle this season.
Tottenham concluded January with an F.A. Cup exit at Fulham, with 2 Danny Murphy penalties in fifteen minutes sandwiched by Michael Dawson's sending off meant that Fulham were truly on their way. Brede Hangeland
Brede Hangeland
Brede Paulsen Hangeland is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Fulham in the Premier League and the Norwegian national team, of which he is the captain. The son of a Norwegian oil company worker, Hangeland was born in Houston, Texas during his parents' two-year spell in the United States, but...
and Moussa Dembélé
Moussa Dembélé
Moussa Sidi Yaya Dembélé is a Belgian footballer who currently plays as an Attacking Midfielder for Fulham in the English Premier League. He has a Malian father and a Belgian mother.-Early career:...
piled on the misery for Spurs. Spurs failed to respond to conceding 4 goals in the first half and despite an improvement in the second, their elimination was confirmed.
Spurs finished the month 5th in the Premier League.
January league table
January game stats
| Month | Games | Won | Drew | Lost | Scored | Conceded | Points | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | N/A |
League table
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Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
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2011–12 Football League Championship
The 2011–12 Football League Championship is the eighth season of the league under its current title and nineteenth season under its current league division format....
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Stipe PletikosaStipe Pletikosa
Stipe Pletikosa is a Croatian football goalkeeper who plays for the Russian Premier League club FC Rostov and the Croatian national team, for which he has made 86 appearances.-Hajduk Split:...
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FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
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Oscar JanssonOscar Jansson
Oscar Jansson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur, as a goalkeeper.-Career:Jansson was born and raised in Örebro where he played for lower division locals Karlslunds IF HFK before joining Tottenham on 2 January 2007...
||Northampton
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
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Ryan MasonRyan Mason
Ryan Glen Mason is an English footballer who plays as an Forward and Attacking Midfielder and for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and is a former England U19 and England U20 player.-Career:...
||Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...
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Dean ParrettDean Parrett
Dean Gary Parrett is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur. He has represented England at multiple youth levels.-Career:...
||Plymouth
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
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Ben AlnwickBen Alnwick
Benjamin Robert "Ben" Alnwick is an English footballer who plays for Leyton Orient on loan from Tottenham Hotspur as a goalkeeper. He has also been capped at under-16 and under-18 level for the England team.-Sunderland:...
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Andros TownsendAndros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.-Career:Townsend is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, joined Spurs at the age of nine. In March 2009, he went on loan to Yeovil Town and made his football league debut against Milton Keynes Dons...
||Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
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John BostockJohn Bostock
John Joseph Bostock is an English footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur.-Crystal Palace:...
||Hull City
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...
||30 December 2010
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Kyle WalkerKyle Walker
Kyle Andrew Walker is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Tottenham Hotspur and England.-Early life:Walker was born in Sheffield and grew up in the Sharrow district of the city...
||QPR
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
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Jon Obika||Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
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Steven CaulkerSteven Caulker
Steven Roy Caulker is an English under-21 international footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Swansea City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
||Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
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David ButtonDavid Button
David Robert Edmund Button is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Leyton Orient on loan from Tottenham Hotspur. He has earned 31 caps for England in four separate age groups.-Playing career:...
||Plymouth
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
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Danny Rose||Bristol CityBristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
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Jake LivermoreJake Livermore
Jake Cyril Livermore is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur as a centre midfielder.-Tottenham Hotspur:...
||Ipswich
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
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Adam SmithAdam Smith (footballer born 1991)
Adam James Smith is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur.-Career:Smith is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy...
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A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....
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Paul-Jose M'PokuPaul-Jose M'Poku
Paul-Jose M'Poku Ebunge is a Belgian professional footballer currently playing for Standard Liège as a midfielder.-Career:...
||Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|14 October 2010 ||
Kyle NaughtonKyle Naughton
Kyle Naughton is an English footballer who plays as a right back for Norwich City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.-Sheffield United:...
||Leicester
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|6 January 2011 ||
Kyle WalkerKyle Walker
Kyle Andrew Walker is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Tottenham Hotspur and England.-Early life:Walker was born in Sheffield and grew up in the Sharrow district of the city...
||Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
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|7 January 2011 ||
Jon Obika||PeterboroughPeterborough United F.C.
Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...
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|7 January 2011 ||
Harry KaneHarry Kane (footballer)
Harry Edward Kane is an English professional footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur, as a forward.-Career:Kane's career started in the Tottenham youth system, making 22 appearances for Tottenham U18s during the 2009–2010 season, scoring 18 goals...
||Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
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David BentleyDavid Bentley
David Michael Bentley is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United as a winger, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
||Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
||End of 2010-11 Season
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|20 January 2011 ||
Jake LivermoreJake Livermore
Jake Cyril Livermore is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur as a centre midfielder.-Tottenham Hotspur:...
||Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
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Jamie O'Hara||Wolves||End of 2010-11 Season|-
|30 January 2011 || Robbie Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
||West Ham||End of 2010-11 Season
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|31 January 2011 ||
Giovani dos SantosGiovani Dos Santos
Giovani dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play as a winger or second striker. Since joining Tottenham, he has had loan spells at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Racing de Santander...
||Racing Santander||End of 2010-11 Season
|-
|15 March 2011 ||
Simon DawkinsSimon Dawkins
Simon Jonathan Dawkins is an English professional footballer currently playing for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer on loan from Tottenham Hotspur.-Career:...
||San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in the San Jose, California, United States suburb of Santa Clara, and participates in Major League Soccer , the top level soccer league in the United States and Canada....
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Premier League
2010-11 season long-term injuries
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!width=5% | Date injured
!width=7% | Player
!width=8% | Injury
!width=12% | Return date
|-
|25 November 2009||
Jonathan WoodgateJonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Simon Woodgate is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City in the Premier League.Woodgate started his football career at Leeds United where he established himself in the starting eleven. However, Woodgate was sold to Newcastle United for £9 million in January 2003. He impressed...
||Groin Injury
Groin
In human anatomy, the groin areas are the two creases at the junction of the torso with the legs, on either side of the pubic area. This is also known as the medial compartment of the thigh. A pulled groin muscle usually refers to a painful injury sustained by straining the hip adductor muscles...
||January 2011
|-
|1 June 2010||
Jamie O'Hara||Back InjuryBack
- People :* Adam Back, British cryptographer* Charles Back, South African winemaker* Chris Back , Australian politician* Ernst Emil Alexander Back , German physicist* Frédéric Back , Canadian animator...
||January 2011
|-
|4 September 2010||
Michael Dawson||Ankle InjuryAnkle
The ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle, or talocrural joint, is a synovial hinge joint that connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus bone in the foot...
||12 December 2010
|-
|7 September 2010||
Jermain DefoeJermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
||Ankle Injury
Ankle
The ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle, or talocrural joint, is a synovial hinge joint that connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus bone in the foot...
||20 November 2010
|-
|15 November 2010||
Tom HuddlestoneTom Huddlestone
Thomas Andrew Huddlestone is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.-Derby County:...
||Ankle Injury
Ankle
The ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle, or talocrural joint, is a synovial hinge joint that connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus bone in the foot...
||April 2011
|-
|10 July 2010||
David BentleyDavid Bentley
David Michael Bentley is an English footballer who plays for West Ham United as a winger, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
||Ankle Injury
Ankle
The ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle, or talocrural joint, is a synovial hinge joint that connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus bone in the foot...
||21 September 2010
|-
|16 October 2010||
Ledley KingLedley King
Ledley Brenton King is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur. He is the longest serving player at the club and captained Spurs since 2005. He is currently contracted to Tottenham until 2012...
||Groin Injury
Groin
In human anatomy, the groin areas are the two creases at the junction of the torso with the legs, on either side of the pubic area. This is also known as the medial compartment of the thigh. A pulled groin muscle usually refers to a painful injury sustained by straining the hip adductor muscles...
||May 2011
|}
Starting XI
- Most used team of 2010–11 season2010–11 Premier LeagueThe 2010–11 Premier League was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00 BST. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 22 May 2011...
.
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!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Pos.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Name
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Starts
|-
|1||GK||
||align="center"|41|-
|22||RB||
||align="center"|24|-
|20||CB
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
||align="center"|32|-
|13||CB
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
||align="center"|34|-
|32||LB||
||align="center"|45|-
|7||RW||
||align="center"|34|-
|14||MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
||align="center"|41|-
|6||MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
||align="center"|22|-
|3||LW||
||align="center"|39|-
|11||AM
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
||align="center"|36|-
|15||FW||
||align="center"|29|-
|}
| . |
Pre-season
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"|- style="background:#191970;"
! Date
! Opponents
! H / A
! Result
(H/A)
! Scorers
! Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|10 July 2010
|Bournemouth
|A
|0–4
|Obika
Jonathan Obika
Jonathan Chiedozie Obika is an English footballer who plays for Yeovil Town on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, as a striker.-Career:...
36', Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
61',74' Rose 62'
|4,675
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|17 July 2010
|San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in the San Jose, California, United States suburb of Santa Clara, and participates in Major League Soccer , the top level soccer league in the United States and Canada....
|A
Buck Shaw Stadium
Buck Shaw Stadium is a 10,300-seat soccer stadium at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. The stadium is the current home of the Santa Clara Broncos soccer teams and was the former home of the now defunct Santa Clara football team as well as the Santa Clara baseball team. The baseball...
|0–0
|
|10,721
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|22 July 2010
|New York Red Bulls
|A
|1–2
|Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
61', Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
71'
|20,312
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|25 July 2010
|Sporting Lisbon
|A
|2–2
|Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
23', Obika
Jonathan Obika
Jonathan Chiedozie Obika is an English footballer who plays for Yeovil Town on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, as a striker.-Career:...
69'
|23,228
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|29 July 2010
|Villarreal
Villarreal CF
Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. , usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a city in the province of Castellón within the Valencian Community...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|1–4
|dos Santos
Giovani Dos Santos
Giovani dos Santos Ramírez is a Mexican footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play as a winger or second striker. Since joining Tottenham, he has had loan spells at Ipswich Town, Galatasaray and Racing de Santander...
56'
|17,917
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|3 August 2010
|Benfica
|A
|0–1
|Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
55'
|30,215
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|7 August 2010
|Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|3–2
|Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
27', Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
56', 89'
|13,561
|}
Matches
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"|- style="background:#191970;"
! Date
! Opponents
! H / A
! Result
(H/A)
! Scorers
! Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|14 August 2010
|Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|0–0
|
|35,928
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|21 August 2010
|Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
|A
Britannia Stadium
The Britannia Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, England and the home of Premier League club Stoke City Football Club. With space for 27,598 spectators . The name is taken from the sponsors of the Stadium the Britannia Co-operative Bank...
|1–2
|Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
18', 30'
|27,243
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|28 August 2010
|Wigan
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|0–1
|
|35,101
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|11 September 2010
|West Brom
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
|A
The Hawthorns
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, Sandwell, England, with a capacity of 26,484. It has been the home of West Bromwich Albion F.C. since 1900, when it became the sixth ground to be used by the club. The ground was the last Football League ground to be built in the...
|1–1
|Modrić
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
27'
|23,642
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|18 September 2010
|Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|3–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
77' (pen), Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
87', Hutton
Alan Hutton
Alan Hutton is a Scottish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Scotland national football team.-Rangers:...
90+1'
|35,940
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|25 September 2010
|West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
|A
Boleyn Ground
The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...
|1–0
|
|34,190
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 October 2010
|Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|2–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
45+3', 75'
|35,871
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|16 October 2010
|Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
|A
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896....
|1–2
|Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
31', Huddlestone
Tom Huddlestone
Thomas Andrew Huddlestone is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.-Derby County:...
63'
|25,615
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|23 October 2010
|Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|1–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
20'
|35,967
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|30 October 2010
|Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
|A
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
|2–0
|
|75,223
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|6 November 2010
|Bolton
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
|A
Reebok Stadium
The Reebok Stadium is the home stadium of English Premier League football club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook Retail Park in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. It is commonly known as 'The Reebok'...
|4–2
|Hutton
Alan Hutton
Alan Hutton is a Scottish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Scotland national football team.-Rangers:...
79', Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
87'
|20,255
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|9 November 2010
|Sunderland
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|1–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
64'
|35,843
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|13 November 2010
|Blackburn
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|4–2
|Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
16', 75', Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
42', Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
69'
|35,700
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|20 November 2010
|Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
|A
Emirates Stadium
Ashburton Grove, currently known as the Emirates Stadium, is a UEFA elite football stadium which is home to Arsenal FC, where they moved from Highbury in 2006. It has an current capacity of 60,361, and there have been rumours of an expansion...
||2–3
|Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
50', van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
67' (pen), Kaboul
Younes Kaboul
Younès Kaboul is a French footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play at right back or in defensive midfield.-Auxerre:...
86'
|60,102
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|28 November 2010
|Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|2–1
|Škrtel
Martin Škrtel
Martin Škrtel is a Slovak footballer who plays in defence for Liverpool and the Slovakia national football team.-Biography:Škrtel was born in Handlová and raised in Ráztočno and began playing football at the age of six...
65' (o.g.), Lennon
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
90+2'
|35,962
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|4 December 2010
|Birmingham
|A
|1–1
|Bassong
Sébastien Bassong
Sébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena is a French-born Cameroonian football defender who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the Cameroon national football team.-Early career:...
19'
|25,770
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|12 December 2010
|Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|1–1
|Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
15'
|35,787
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|26 December 2010
|Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
|A
Villa Park
Villa Park may mean:United Kingdom* Villa Park, an association football stadium in Birmingham, EnglandUnited States* Villa Park, California, a small city in Orange County* Villa Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County...
|1–2
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
23', 67'
|39,411
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|28 December 2010
|Newcastle
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|2–0
|Lennon
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
57', Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
81'
|35,927
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|1 January 2011
|Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|1–0
|Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
42'
|35,603
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|5 January 2011
|Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
|A
Goodison Park
Goodison Park is a football stadium located in Walton, Liverpool, England. The stadium has been home to Everton F.C. since its completion in 1892 and is one of the world's first purpose-built football grounds...
|2–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
11'
|34,124
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|16 January 2011
|Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|0–0
|
|35,828
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|22 January 2011
|Newcastle
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
|A
St James' Park
St James' Park, known for sponsorship reasons as the Sports Direct Arena, is an all-seater stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Newcastle United Football Club and is the sixth largest football stadium in the United Kingdom with a capacity of between 52,387 and 52,409.St James'...
|1–1
|Lennon
Aaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
90'
|51,010
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 February 2011
|Blackburn
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
|A
Ewood Park
Ewood Park is a football stadium in the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and is the home of Blackburn Rovers Football Club — one of the founder members of the Football League and Premier League. Rovers have played there since they moved from Leamington Street in the summer of 1890. The...
|0–1
|Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
3'
|23,253
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|5 February 2011
|Bolton
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|2–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
6' (pen), Kranjčar
Niko Kranjcar
Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team.He represented two of the biggest clubs in his homeland, playing for Dinamo Zagreb before sparking controversy by making a move to their fierce rivals Hajduk Split in 2005...
90+2'
| 36,197
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|12 February 2011
|Sunderland
|A
Stadium of Light
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater football stadium in Sunderland, England. With space for 49,000 spectators, the Stadium of Light has the fifth-largest capacity of any English football stadium. The stadium primarily hosts Sunderland A.F.C. matches...
|1–2
|Dawson 44', Kranjčar
Niko Kranjcar
Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team.He represented two of the biggest clubs in his homeland, playing for Dinamo Zagreb before sparking controversy by making a move to their fierce rivals Hajduk Split in 2005...
57'
| 40,986
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|22 February 2011
|Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
|A
Bloomfield Road
Bloomfield Road is an all-seater football stadium in the English town of Blackpool, Lancashire. It has been the permanent home of Blackpool F.C. since 1901 and is named after the road on which the stadium's main entrance used to stand. The stadium has been in a process of redevelopment since 2000...
|3–1
|Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
90'
|16,069
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|6 March 2011
|Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
|A
Molineux stadium
Molineux Stadium is a Premier League football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England. It has been the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club since 1889, and has a long and illustrious history as the first 'new build' stadium in Football League history, one of the...
|3–3
|Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
30', 35', Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
48'
| 28,669
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|19 March 2011
|West Ham
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|0–0
|
| 36,010
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|2 April 2011
|Wigan
Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...
|A
|0–0
|
|18.578
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|9 April 2011
|Stoke
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|3–2
|Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
11', 34', Modrić
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
18'
|32,702
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|20 April 2011
|Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|3–3
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
6', 70' (pen), Huddlestone
Tom Huddlestone
Thomas Andrew Huddlestone is an English footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team.-Derby County:...
43'
|36,138
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|23 April 2011
|West Brom
West Bromwich Albion F.C.
West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|2–2
|Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
27', Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
66'
|36,160
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|30 April 2011
|Chelsea
|A
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...
|2–1
|Sandro 19'
|41,681
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|7 May 2011
|Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|1–1
|Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
89'
|35,585
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|10 May 2011
|Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
|A
City of Manchester Stadium
The City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England – also known as the Etihad Stadium for sponsorship purposes– is the home ground of...
|1–0
|Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
30' (o.g.)
|47,029
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|14 May 2011
|Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
|A
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
|0–2
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
9', Modrić
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
56' (pen)
|44,893
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|22 May 2011
|Birmingham
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|2–1
|Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
49', 90+3'
|36,119
|}
Results by round
Play-off round
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|1st Leg
|17 August 2010
|Young Boys
BSC Young Boys
Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black....
|A
Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf
The Stade de Suisse Wankdorf is a football stadium in Bern, Switzerland.It is the home ground of the Swiss football team BSC Young Boys, and is currently the second biggest all-seater football stadium in Switzerland....
|3–2
|Bassong
Sébastien Bassong
Sébastien Aymar Bassong Nguena is a French-born Cameroonian football defender who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and the Cameroon national football team.-Early career:...
42', Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
83'
|31,275
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2nd Leg
|25 August 2010
|Young Boys
BSC Young Boys
Berner Sport Club Young Boys 1898 is a Swiss sporting club based in the capital city of Bern. The name is often abbreviated to YB . Abroad, YB is often referred to as Young Boys Bern. The club's colors are yellow and black....
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|4–0
|Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
5', 61', 78' (pen), Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
32'
|34,709
|}
Tottenham Hotspur win 6–3 on aggregate.
Group stage2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stageThis article details the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage.The group stage featured 32 teams: the 22 automatic qualifiers and the 10 winners of the play-off round ....
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"|- style="background:#191970;"
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|14 September 2010
|Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
|A
Weserstadion
The Weserstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Bremen, Germany. The stadium is scenically situated on the north bank of the Weser River and is surrounded by lush green parks . The city center is only about a kilometer away...
|2–2
|Pasanen 12' (o.g.), Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
18'
|40,000
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|29 September 2010
|Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|4–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
47', Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
50' (pen), 64' (pen), Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
85'
|32,518
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|20 October 2010
|Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
|A
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, originally and commonly referred to as the San Siro because of its location, officially given its current name on 3 March 1980, is a football stadium located in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy. It is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano...
|4–3
|Bale
Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
52', 90', 90+1'
|70,520
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|2 November 2010
|Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|3–1
|van der Vaart
Rafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
18', Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
61', Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
89'
|34,103
|- bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|24 November 2010
|Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|3–0
|Kaboul
Younes Kaboul
Younès Kaboul is a French footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He can also play at right back or in defensive midfield.-Auxerre:...
6', Modrić
Luka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
45+1', Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
79'
|33,546
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|7 December 2010
|Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
|A
|3–3
|Wisgerhof
Peter Wisgerhof
Peter Wisgerhof is a Dutch footballer who plays as a central defender for Eredivisie club FC Twente.- Club career :...
12' (o.g), Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
47', 59'
|24,000
|}
{|
|-
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="175"|Team
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
!width="20"|
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left|
England Tottenham HotspurTottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
|6||3||2||1||18||11||+7||11
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left|
Italy InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
|6||3||1||2||12||11||+1||10
|- bgcolor=#ccccff
|align=left|
Netherlands TwenteFC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
|6||1||3||2||9||11||−2||6
|- bgcolor=#ffcccc
|align=left|
Germany Werder BremenSV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
|6||1||2||3||6||12||−6||5
|}
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="150"|
!width="50"|INT
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
!width="50"|TOT
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
!width="50"|TWE
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
!width="50"|BRM
SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
|-
|align=left|
Italy InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
!|–
|title="Internazionale v Tottenham Hotspur"|4–3
|title="Internazionale v Twente"|1–0
|title="Internazionale v Werder Bremen"|4–0
|-
|align=left|
England Tottenham HotspurTottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
|title="Tottenham Hotspur v Internazionale"|3–1
!|–
|title="Tottenham Hotspur v Twente"|4–1
|title="Tottenham Hotspur v Werder Bremen"|3–0
|-
|align=left|
Netherlands TwenteFC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
|title="Twente v Internazionale"|2–2
|title="Twente v Tottenham Hotspur"|3–3
!|–
|title="Twente v Werder Bremen"|1–1
|-
|align=left|
Germany Werder BremenSV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
|title="Werder Bremen v Internazionale"|3–0
|title="Werder Bremen v Tottenham Hotspur"|2–2
|title="Werder Bremen v Twente"|0–2
!|–
|}
|}
Round of 16
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|1st Leg
|15 February 2011
|Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
|A
San Siro
The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, originally and commonly referred to as the San Siro because of its location, officially given its current name on 3 March 1980, is a football stadium located in the San Siro district in Milan, Italy. It is the home of both A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano...
|0–1
|Crouch
Peter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
80'
|75,652
|- bgcolor="#ffffdd"
|2nd Leg
|9 March 2011
|Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|0–0
|
|34,320
|}
Tottenham Hotspur win 1–0 on aggregate.
Quarter Final
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|-bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|1st Leg
|5 April 2011
|Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
|A
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
The Estadio Santiago Bernabéu is an all-seater football stadium in Madrid, Spain. It was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 and is owned by Real Madrid Club de Fútbol. It has a current capacity of 85,454 spectators....
|4–0
|
|77,427
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|2nd Leg
|13 April 2011
|Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|0–1
|
|34,311
|}
Real Madrid win 5–0 on aggregate
FA Cup2010–11 FA CupThe 2010–11 FA Cup was the 130th season of the world's oldest association football knock-out competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short...
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|-bgcolor="#ddffdd"
|Third Round
|9 January 2011
|Charlton
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|3–0
|Townsend
Andros Townsend
Andros Darryl Townsend is an English footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.-Career:Townsend is a product of the Tottenham Hotspur academy, joined Spurs at the age of nine. In March 2009, he went on loan to Yeovil Town and made his football league debut against Milton Keynes Dons...
49', Defoe
Jermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
58', 60'
|35,698
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|Fourth Round
|30 January 2011
|Fulham
|A
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896....
|4–0
|
|21,829
|}
League Cup
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center;"|- style="background:#191970;"
!Round
!Date
!Opponents
!H / A
!Result
(H/A)
!Scorers
!Attendance
|- bgcolor="#ffdddd"
|Third Round
|21 September 2010
|Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
|H
White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....
|1–1 (1–4 a.e.t.)
|Keane
Robbie Keane
Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
49'
|35,883
|}
Player statistics
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!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |No.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Pos.
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Nationality
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Player
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |PL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |CL
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |FA
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |LC
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |Total
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |
!style="border-bottom:1px solid #AAAAAA" align="center" |
|-
|1||GK||
BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
||||align="center"|30||align="center"|10||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|41 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|1
|-
|2||DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
ScotlandScotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
||||align="center"|17||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|22 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|0
|-
|3||MF||
WalesWales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
||||align="center"|29||align="center"|12||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|41 ||align="center"|11||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|4 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
France FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
||||align="center"|13||align="center"|3||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|16 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|1
|-
|5 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
||||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|6 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|10||align="center"|6||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|16 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|7 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|34||align="center"|10||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|46 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|8 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|12||align="center"|6||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|20 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0
|-
|9 || FW
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
||
Russia RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
|| ||align="center"|18||align="center"|6||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|26 ||align="center"|14||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|10 || FW
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
||
Republic of Ireland IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
|| ||align="center"|6||align="center"|5||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|12 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|11 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
Netherlands NetherlandsNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
|| ||align="center"|17||align="center"|3||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|21 ||align="center"|15||align="center"|5||align="center"|1
|-
|12 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
Honduras HondurasHonduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
|| ||align="center"|17||align="center"|7||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|26 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|7 ||align="center"|0
|-
|13 || DF
Defender
Defender usually refers to a position in association football .Defender or The Defender may also refer to:-Film and television:* The Defender or The Bodyguard from Beijing, a film starring Jet Li...
||
France FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
|| ||align="center"|15||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|20 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|14 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
Croatia CroatiaCroatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
|| ||align="center"|32||align="center"|9||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|43 ||align="center"|4||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0
|-
|15 ||FW
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
||
EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
||||align="center"|35||align="center"|9||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|45 ||align="center"|11||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|1
|-
|16||DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
||||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|17 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
Mexico MexicoMexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
|| ||align="center"|3||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|5 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|18 || FW
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|9||align="center"|4||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|15 ||align="center"|9||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|1
|-
|19 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
Cameroon CameroonCameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
|| ||align="center"|8||align="center"|4||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|15 ||align="center"|2||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|20 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|9||align="center"|2||align="center"|2||align="center"|0||align="center"|13 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|2 ||align="center"|1
|-
|21||MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
CroatiaCroatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
||||align="center"|5||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|1||align="center"|11 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|22 || DF
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
Croatia CroatiaCroatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
|| ||align="center"|8||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|13 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|23||GK||
ItalyItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
||||align="center"|7||align="center"|4||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|12 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|24 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|25||MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
||||align="center"|4||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|26 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|6||align="center"|3||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|9 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|27 || GK ||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| Ben Alnwick
Ben Alnwick
Benjamin Robert "Ben" Alnwick is an English footballer who plays for Leyton Orient on loan from Tottenham Hotspur as a goalkeeper. He has also been capped at under-16 and under-18 level for the England team.-Sunderland:...
||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|28 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|29 || MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|30||MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
||Sandro||align="center"|19||align="center"|4||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|26 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|0
|-
|31||MF
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
||
EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|1||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|32 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
Cameroon CameroonCameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
|| ||align="center"|30||align="center"|12||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|45 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|0
|-
|36 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|37 || GK ||
Croatia CroatiaCroatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|39 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|| ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|0 ||align="center"|0
|-
|40 || MF ||
South Africa South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
|| ||align="center"|8||align="center"|2||align="center"|1||align="center"|0||align="center"|11 ||align="center"|0||align="center"|1 ||align="center"|0
|-
|45 || DF
Defender (football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
||
England EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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- Last Update: 5 February 2011
- Data includes all competitions
- Substitution appearances included as full
- PL – Premier League2010–11 Premier LeagueThe 2010–11 Premier League was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The 2010–11 fixtures were released on 17 June 2010 at 09:00 BST. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 22 May 2011...
- CL – Champions League
- FA – FA Cup2010–11 FA CupThe 2010–11 FA Cup was the 130th season of the world's oldest association football knock-out competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short...
- LC – League Cup2010–11 Football League CupThe 2010–11 Football League Cup, known as the Carling Cup due to the competition's sponsorship by lager brand Carling, was the 51st season of the Football League Cup, a knock-out competition for England's top 92 football clubs....
- Ast – Assists
- N/A – Refers to a player who began the season a Tottenham Hotspur player but left the club over the course of the campaign
Top scorer
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Rafael van der VaartRafael van der Vaart
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Dutch national team. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder; he can, however, also operate in other positions, such as second striker...
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Roman PavlyuchenkoRoman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Anatolyevich Pavlyuchenko is an footballer who currently plays as a centre forward for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and for the Russian national team.-Spartak Moscow:...
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Gareth BaleGareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
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Peter CrouchPeter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
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Jermain DefoeJermain Defoe
Jermain Colin Defoe is an English footballer who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, and the England national football team....
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Most appearances
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Aaron LennonAaron Lennon
Aaron Justin Lennon is an English footballer who plays as a right winger for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and the England national team.-Early life:...
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Benoît Assou-Ekotto Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto is a French-born Cameroonian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a left back.-RC Lens:...
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Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
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Peter CrouchPeter Crouch
Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team.Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur...
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Luka ModrićLuka Modric
Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
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Gareth BaleGareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale is a Welsh footballer who plays for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. Bale began his professional career with Southampton in 2005 and was transferred to Tottenham two years later...
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