Winless Spurs prepare for more misery in the North East
A year ago, Newcastle caretaker Chris Hughton was assistant manager of a Tottenham team that had achieved consecutive fifth-placed finishes before being sacked with Martin Jol. Tonight his former club visit St. James’ Park in the Carling Cup with the two worst teams in the Premier League in 2008 both desperate for a win. Our friends at Chickendinner have compiled seven reasons why Hughton will be having the last laugh tonight:
1. Newcastle have won the last five clashes between the two sides both home and away.
2. Spurs have won on just two of their last seventeen visits to St. James’ Park.
3. The last three times that the two clubs have collided in cup competitions, the Magpies have been the team that have progressed.
4. Tottenham have already lost to Newcastle’s North East rivals Middlesbrough and Sunderland this season.
5. Juande Ramos’ side have not won on their most recent visit to any of the three North East sides - losing at Middlesbrough this season and away to Newcastle and Sunderland last year. If you compile a league table from the results between the four teams last season, Spurs come bottom despite finishing highest in the actual table.
6. Tottenham are one of just two clubs in the top four tiers of English football without a domestic win this season. The others are fellow North London club Barnet
7. In three of the last four seasons, it has been one of the Big Four who have eliminated Newcastle from this competition.
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5 responses so far
1 ToonKing // Sep 24, 2008 at 11:27 am
First good article on this site. congrats ;)
2 Ice // Sep 24, 2008 at 9:02 pm
lol yes great article except that it was wrong, your boys just lost 2-1 :-D
3 Stowespur // Sep 25, 2008 at 12:01 am
As spurs have found this season already, records are there to be broken, Sunderland hadn’t beaten us at home for 30 odd years Villa hadn’t won at WHL in 8 seasons and now in complete contrast to this article writers prediction and logic, Spurs have won at an empty St James’ so stitch that Mr Lintorn you muppet.
4 Hoddleisgod // Sep 25, 2008 at 4:06 pm
In the best football banter, As Stowespur said your passed results over Spurs mean nothing now. This win goes a long way towards pay-back for the 4-1 at the lane when you had 5 attacks and scored 4 times. Always remember, what goes around, comes around. Keegan is a serial quitter, if he comes back again, he will leave when things get tough, the guy has no bottle!!! Up the Spurs
5 SpursStore.com // Sep 26, 2008 at 3:16 am
Maybe next time, try to think up of 17 reasons, then maybe, you’ll get your wish. HaHa. Nice on, Lint.