Tottenham Hotspurs
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FA Cup Replay :
Tottenham 1
Robbie Keane 79'(pen)
Chelsea 2
Shevchenko 55'
Wright-Phillips 61'
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Tottenham 1
Robbie Keane 41'(pen)
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UEFA Cup : Quarterfinals - 1st Leg
FC Sevilla 2
Kanouté 19'(pen)
Kerzhakov 36'
Tottenham 1
Robbie Keane 2'
Premiership
Chelsea 1
Carvalho 52'
Tottenham 0
UEFA Cup: Quarterfinals - 2nd Leg
Tottenham 2
Jermain Defoe 65'
Aaron Lennon 67'
FC Sevilla 2
Malbranque 3'(og)
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i thought spurs had a good chance of winning this tournament.
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Dun Spurs already have an over-crowding in the midfield department?
Spurs should concentrate on getting more quality defenders. Case in point is their defensive frailties in their UEFA Cup return match against Seville when all their defenders were out injured and Tainio had to play as a makeshift left back. -
But they managed to go this far. At least give them some credit.Originally posted by dragg:i thought spurs had a good chance of winning this tournament. -
Wigan 3
Heskey 2'
Baines 30'
Kilbane 60'
Tottenham 3
Dimitar Berbatov 4'
Robbie Keane 35'(pen)
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Tottenham 2
Robbie Keane 30'
Jermaine Jenas 90'
Arsenal 2
Toure 64'
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Middlesbrough 2
Viduka 66'
Pogatetz 89'
Tottenham 3
Robbie Keane 12'
Dimitar Berbatov 47'
Robbie Keane 83'
Charlton 0
Tottenham 2
Dimitar Berbatov 7'
Jermain Defoe 90'
Tottenham 1
Jermain Defoe 67'
Blackburn 1
McCarthy 32'
Tottenham 2
Robbie Keane 10'
Dimitar Berbatov 32'
Man City 1
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Spurs stewards given police award for bravery
LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - More than 20 stewards who protected Tottenham Hotspur fans from Spanish police during a UEFA Cup match against Sevilla last month will be presented with awards for bravery on Sunday.
The commendation is usually given for acts of bravery by Metropolitan Police officers and is rarely awarded to civilians. It has never been given to football stewards.
The awards will be presented to the group of 22 stewards at halftime when Tottenham play Manchester City in their final match of the season at White Hart Lane.
Police superintendent Simon O'Brien said in a statement: 'I witnessed what I can only describe as selfless, brave conduct from the Spurs stewards.
'They consistently acted as go-betweens in an escalating confrontation, I saw them physically protecting fans and being injured themselves. I never saw them flinch in a lengthy violent confrontation - they were a fluorescent protective cushion in the middle of a melee.
'I have no doubt that but for the presence of Spurs stewards we could have experienced far more violence that night.'
The trouble started during the match in Spain on April 5 following a peaceful day in which Sevilla and Spurs fans had mingled together in the town.
The violence came one day after similar trouble between Manchester United fans and Italian police in Rome during a Champions League match.
In a statement, Spurs said: 'As Spanish police confronted travelling Tottenham fans with batons and shields, 22 stewards and officials from the club placed themselves between police and fans as they tried to restore calm.'
Tottenham press officer Philip Dorward added: 'UEFA should take notice of this commendation for the way English clubs help police their fans in Europe. The situation could have been far far worse and UEFA should be aware of the steps we take to prevent trouble.'
Sevilla beat Spurs 2-1 in Seville and then drew 2-2 at Tottenham in the second leg a week later to reach the semi-finals where they beat Osasuna. They will meet Espanyol in an all-Spanish UEFA Cup final in Glasgow on Wednesday. -
Keane extends his Tottenham stay
Tottenham striker Robbie Keane has signed a new five-year contract, which commits him to the club until 2012.
The Republic of Ireland forward scored 22 goals last season, bringing his total in a Spurs shirt to 84 since joining from Leeds in August 2002.
Keane, 26, made his 200th appearance for Spurs in the final game of the season against Manchester City at White Hart Lane.
He told the club website: 'I have felt really settled and happy at Spurs and that is probably one of the reasons I have played the best football of my career here.
'It is an exciting time to be at the club and I am looking forward to even better seasons ahead.'
Chairman Daniel Levy said: 'Robbie has been an influential part of our club for five years and this further commitment, on the part of both him and the club, is a recognition of that. He is an individual who is loyal and professional and we are delighted he will be with us long term.
'The key to retaining top players is to agree long-term contracts. We have now done so with several of our existing squad, extending the contracts of Aaron Lennon, Michael Dawson and Tom Huddlestone, as well as having contracted newer players on long contracts, such as Dimitar Berbatov and Didier Zokora.' -
Spurs new-boy Bale reveals top flight ambition
Tottenham have continued with their plan to recruit the best homegrown talent by signing Wales left-back Gareth Bale from Southampton.
The 17-year-old has arrived at White Hart Lane in a deal worth up to £10million, although the details of his contract have not been announced.
Bale joins a club with a host of British players, including six in the England B squad to face Albania last night. They also have Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane.
He told Southampton's club website: 'I really want to play in the Premiership. That is very important to me and it is a fantastic opportunity.
'I have thought long and hard about it and I feel the time is right to move on.
'Now the season is finished I have taken stock and decided to move on.
'It is not about money in any way. This is purely a footballing decision and (about) the chance to play regularly in the Premiership.'
Boss Martin Jol did not bring homegrown talent to the club last summer, but later admitted that was due to the climate of the transfer market.
Bale, who was also linked with Manchester United and Arsenal, came close to signing in the January transfer window but stayed at St Mary's to help them reach the play-offs.
Sporting director Damien Comolli said: 'We have been following Gareth for a long time now and have been very tenacious, so we are absolutely delighted to get him here.
'He is a player of great quality and, as we always say, our aim in each window is to improve the quality of the squad.
'Gareth has great physical attributes, he is tall, good in the air and has a fantastic left foot. He is very good on set pieces, he is clever on the ball and his passing selection is excellent.
'He has the ideal combination to become a top, top player and he is only 17.'
Bale put himself in the spotlight at the start of the season with a stunning free-kick against Derby, followed up with another set-piece against Coventry three days later.
He is the youngest player to be capped by Wales and despite being deployed at full-back so far in his fledgling career, has been tipped to emulate Ryan Giggs if he is developed into a winger.
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Tottenham agree fee for striker Bent
Tottenham Hotspur have agreed to pay Charlton Athletic £16.5million for England striker Darren Bent, according to reports.
The two clubs have been wrangling over the transfer fee for the past two weeks.
Bent, who scored 15 goals last season, turned down a £17m switch to West Ham United and Charlton were holding out for a similar offer from Spurs after their initial bid of £13m.
Having increased the offer Bent, who was always likely to move on after Charlton's relegation from the Premiership last term, is now expected to have a medical at White Hart Lane on Friday before signing a lucrative contract with Spurs.
Bent scored 37 goals in his two seasons at The Valley - he reached double figures in the last campaign despite knee problems - which earned him two England caps and made it virtually impossible for Addicks manager Alan Pardew to keep him in the Championship.
He bolsters a Spurs attack that scored more than 60 goals last season, and that was without Mido who is expected to leave White Hart Lane.
Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane were Jol's first choice for the big games, with Jermain Defoe adding 18 goals as the third striker.
The form of Berbatov and Keane means Bent would start at least third choice, while Defoe's chances of first-team opportunities are even less clear.
Jol plans to compete in all cup competitions as well as push Arsenal for a Champions League place, and he spoke last season of the need for four strikers.
Charlton brought Chris Iwelumo and Luke Varney to The Valley in preparation for Bent's departure.
Spurs, meanwhile, have been linked with Auxerre's Younes Kaboul since the end of the season.
Kaboul's agent, Rudy Raba said. 'We will see what happens in the next couple of days.
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Hetha accept Tottenham bid for Boateng
Hertha Berlin have accepted a bid for midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng from Premiership outfit Tottenham.
Sevilla were the first club to register an interest in the promising 20-year-old, the Spanish Primera Liga side lodging a £2.7million bid last week.
However, Tottenham then weighed in with a reported £5.4million offer to put the approach of the reigning two-time UEFA Cup champions in the shade.
Sevilla have since upped their offer, but Hertha general manager Dieter Hoeness favours the deal put together by the north London club.
'The offer from Sevilla never interested us,' Hoeness said. 'It was not enough, so we turned it down.
'We have accepted the offer from England and now the club and the player must reach an agreement.'
Boateng admits he was preparing himself for a move to Spain, but concedes that Sevilla's capture of Lens midfielder Seydou Keita, coupled with Tottenham's interest, has prompted a rethink.
'We were quite advanced with Sevilla,' Boateng told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
'I have heard that (Seydou) Keita is joining, so I don't know if that has any effect on me.
'The Premier League is actually my dream league and now I am thinking about Tottenham.'
Boateng has made 43 first-team appearances in two years as a professional with Hertha, scoring four goals, and earned his first cap for Germany's Under-21s against England last October. -
Sunderland 1
Chopra 90'
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spurs play everton on tuesday.
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spurs should have signed defenders instead of darren bent.
berbatov and arterta were fantastic.
spurs 1 - 3 everton
the best match so far. so much attacking.
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damn, i shoukld have gotten arteta in my fantasy premier league team..>.>
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Tottenham 4
Steed Malbranque (2)
Steed Malbranque (6)
Jermaine Jenas (14)
Darren Bent (80)
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Spurs made me a 'dizzying' offer - Ramos
MADRID, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Sevilla coach Juande Ramos has said he received a 'dizzying' offer to take charge at Tottenham Hotspur but never considered accepting the approach from the English club.
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'They made an excellent, dizzying offer, but I'm under contract to Sevilla and my decision is to fulfil it,' Ramos told a news conference on Wednesday.
However, Ramos insists he has not let the recent speculation linking him with Tottenham get under his skin.
Ramos, who has led Sevilla to five trophies in the last two years, has been heavily linked with a switch to Spurs over the last few days as a possible replacement for Martin Jol.
However, Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido seemingly quashed those reports yesterday when he announced that Ramos had confirmed he would be remaining with the Andalusian outfit at least until his contract runs out next summer.
The speculation about Ramos' future has come just days before the start of the Spanish season, but the 52-year-old coach insists he has taken it all in his stride.
'I am very calm because there is still a lot of time left until June 2008. My future will be looked at in June 2008 and I have not been unsettled by anything that has been talked about. I am totally calm,' Ramos said on the club website.
'The same thing always happens with successful teams. In this team they talk about Daniel (Alves), about (Frederic) Kanoute, about me... This happens when a team is doing well and you need to accept it.'
Sevilla, who under Ramos have won two UEFA Cups, the UEFA Super Cup, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup, host Getafe on Saturday in their opening Primera Liga fixture. -
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Tottenham deny link to Sevilla boss Ramos
Spurs made me a 'dizzying' offer - Ramos
MADRID, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Sevilla coach Juande Ramos has said he received a 'dizzying' offer to take charge at Tottenham Hotspur but never considered accepting the approach from the English club.
'They made an excellent, dizzying offer, but I'm under contract to Sevilla and my decision is to fulfil it,' Ramos told a news conference on Wednesday.
However, Ramos insists he has not let the recent speculation linking him with Tottenham get under his skin.
Ramos, who has led Sevilla to five trophies in the last two years, has been heavily linked with a switch to Spurs over the last few days as a possible replacement for Martin Jol.
However, Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido seemingly quashed those reports yesterday when he announced that Ramos had confirmed he would be remaining with the Andalusian outfit at least until his contract runs out next summer.
The speculation about Ramos' future has come just days before the start of the Spanish season, but the 52-year-old coach insists he has taken it all in his stride.
'I am very calm because there is still a lot of time left until June 2008. My future will be looked at in June 2008 and I have not been unsettled by anything that has been talked about. I am totally calm,' Ramos said on the club website.
'The same thing always happens with successful teams. In this team they talk about Daniel (Alves), about (Frederic) Kanoute, about me... This happens when a team is doing well and you need to accept it.'
Sevilla, who under Ramos have won two UEFA Cups, the UEFA Super Cup, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup, host Getafe on Saturday in their opening Primera Liga fixture.
MADRID, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Sevilla coach Juande Ramos has said he received a 'dizzying' offer to take charge at Tottenham Hotspur but never considered accepting the approach from the English club.
'They made an excellent, dizzying offer, but I'm under contract to Sevilla and my decision is to fulfil it,' Ramos told a news conference on Wednesday.
'There was not the slightest possibility that I would accept it because I'm under contract. It did not interest me or the club.
'I wasn't in a meeting with anyone, what happened was that I met with a person and that person went on to meet other people who were surely Tottenham,' said Ramos, who led Sevilla to UEFA Cup victory last season.
Tottenham on Wednesday issued a statement denying they have offered the position of manager to anyone whilst Martin Jol has been in the job.
Ramos has been linked with a possible move to the Premier League club ever since media reports suggested that manager Martin Jol no longer enjoyed the confidence of club chairman Daniel Levy.
Speculation went into overdrive when the Seville sports paper Estadio Deportivo published photographs of an alleged meeting between Ramos and Tottenham club secretary John Alexander at a hotel in the Andalucian city.
Ramos has guided Sevilla to five trophies in the last two seasons, including back-to-back UEFA Cups and the King's Cup.
His side crushed Real Madrid 5-3 on Sunday to complete a 6-3 aggregate win in the Spanish Super Cup and play AC Milan in the European Super Cup next week.
They also have one foot in the Champions League group stage after a 2-0 win over AEK Athens in first leg of their third qualifying round tie.
'We are in the middle of a great project with Sevilla and there is still work to do,' Ramos told the news conference.
When quizzed on media reports that Chelsea had told former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello they wanted Ramos to take charge at the end of the season, he replied: 'I have got a good relationship with Fabio, but I've no knowledge of that situation.
'I'm not saying whether it's true or not but that I have no knowledge of it.' -
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Tottenham chairman Levy '100%' behind Jol
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has given his 100% backing to boss Martin Jol and has suggested finishing outside the top four of the Premier League will not necessarily result in the sack.
In a chaotic week at Spurs, Jol has appeared on the brink after news of a meeting between club officials and Sevilla coach Juande Ramos emerged from Spain.
A subsequent meeting between Jol and board resulted in the Dutchman being given lukewarm backing from Levy after an 'assessment' of the club's performance, but the chairman has now issued a statement giving his '100% support'.
Levy said: 'Martin has my 100% support and I'd like the fans to understand that they need to take the last few days in the context of what we think has been significant progress over the last six years.'
Despite some previous opposition, Jol remains a fans' favourite while it has been Levy's timing which has been questioned.
Statements after this week's meeting suggested that ambition was at the centre of discussions and Jol admitted pressure was now on him to deliver.
'We both want success and Martin has assured me that I've got his 100% commitment and I've given it to him,' Levy added.
The last week has cast severe doubts over the confidence of the board in Jol, but the Dutchman also has the opportunity to increase his popularity among his squad and fans if he delivers a top-four finish or a cup.
If Jol does not lead the club to the Champions League he will not necessarily lose his job, according to Levy.
He added: 'What Martin has said and what I have said is that we need to aim to be in the top four.
'I very much hope that we will be there and he believes he has got the squad, but obviously there can be no guarantees.'
Levy's statement also suggests Jol is safe for the immediate future, with Manchester United the next opponents, on Sunday at Old Trafford.
'Firstly, no change would be made on the basis of two or three results and I have every confidence that no change will be required and Martin will continue to bring us success,' he said.
He added: 'Martin and I have all the confidence that we can move this club forward again.'
Spurs are adamant Ramos was never offered a job at White Hart Lane, adding: 'No-one has been offered a job either now or in the preceding nearly three years that Martin has been manager.' -
United deny making Berbatov bid
Manchester United have rejected claims they have made a bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov.
Sir Alex Ferguson is a known admirer of the Bulgaria international, who scored 23 goals in his debut campaign with Spurs.
It is believed at one stage this summer Ferguson did make a tentative inquiry for the 26-year-old, only to be flatly told there was no possibility of a sale.
Yet Berbatov's agent, Emil Dantchev has tonight claimed United have been in touch again with a firm offer and he will meet Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy at some stage next week to discuss the interest.
However, United have tonight taken the unusual step of denying the story publicly.
'Manchester United is linked with many players in every transfer window,' said chief executive David Gill.
'The club has categorically not made a bid for Dimitar Berbatov.'
Given the unequivocal nature of Gill's statement - and the mere fact he decided to make it - there is clearly no appetite to follow up Ferguson's initial interest, with the United manager himself claiming there would be no more purchases before the transfer window shuts on August 31.
'We made an inquiry about a striker not so long ago. The club concerned would not sell and it remains that way,' Ferguson told XFM.
'With a week to the transfer deadline, it would be impossible to get anyone else in now.'
Earlier, manager Martin Jol, whose relationship with Berbatov has been questioned, claimed he had no problem with the former Bayer Leverkusen man and had absolutely no interest in getting rid of him.
'Berbatov loves me,' said Jol.
'If he is playing well he gets all the praise and if he is not doing well I have to tell him.
'I had one approach and I said `I'd rather die than sell him.'