charlietheyid
Banned
Usually an hour before the game, not 28 hours
Yeah sorry i meant, do we know whos fit yet or whos out?
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**TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR v CHELSEA - FA CUP SEMI FINAL OMT**
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Yeah sorry i meant, do we know whos fit yet or whos out?
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Would say this, but Lennon for Sandro
Why Cudicini? Chuck Brad in there.
No way, cudicini deserves to play.
Why?
Because he has kept us in the competition this year, and considering how little he actually plays, itd be incredibly disrespectful to take him out, especially at this stage of it.
He could easily go to another club and play week in week out, so he deserves it for his loyalty surely?
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
To me the club is more important than any individual player. If it's best for the club that Friedel plays, then Friedel plays.
Cudicini has always known that he was a backup player, he got himself injured riding a motorbike not that many seasons ago and we supported him and gave him a new contract. A couple of good performances doesn't mean he should play ahead of a better player. If he doesn't like it I suppose I could understand it on some level, but I would still just say "tough break".
Doesn't Friedel deserve some Wembley action after his performances this season?
edgey-the-yid
Gheorge Popescu
Funnily enough I said 3-0 Chelsea to my mate last night... Too many pundits on the radio going for a Spurs win and saying it'll be "close" and "possibly go all the way to pens" makes me think it won't be close at all. Especially if we play like absolute muppets like we did against Norwich. Although one good omen is of course the losing 2-1 to Norwich as we did before the famous semi against the SCUM! Plus the Bindippers are through to the final which I'd hoped as I rather face them than Everton... so who knows? The year that ends in 2 and all that
Ok now I feel ashamed of my earlier negativity and doubt... Your right, COYS!!!!!
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edgey-the-yid
Gheorge Popescu
Tottenham Hotspur play Chelsea at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 15th April 2012 KO 18:00 in the 2011-12 FA Cup Semi-Final. The match will be decided on the day with extra time and penalties if needed. The winners will face either Everton or Liverpool in the Final on Saturday 5th May 2012.
Tottenham's 2011-12 FA Cup record:
3rd Round Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Cheltenham Town
4th Round Watford 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
5th Round Stevenage 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
5th Round Replay Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Stevenage
6th Round Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Bolton Wanderers (match abandoned after 41 minutes due to serious injury to player)
6th Round Rematch Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Bolton Wanderers.
Chelsea's 2011-12 FA Cup record:
3rd Round Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth
4th Round Queens Park Rangers 0-1 Chelsea
5th Round Chelsea 1-1 Birmingham City
5th Round Replay Birmingham City 0-2 Chelsea
6th Round Chelsea 5-2 Leicester City.
This will be the 188th time the two teams have met, including ten times in the FA Cup with honours even at four wins each with two draws.
Chelsea are one of the few major English football teams who never played Spurs during the Victorian Era, as they were only founded in 1905 and were admitted into the Second Division of the Football League without ever having played a match before.
This was due to the rivalry that existed at the time between the Football League and the Southern League with the former desperate to make in-roads into the lucrative markets which London and the South-East provided.
The first meeting between Spurs and Chelsea was a friendly played at Stamford Bridge in February 1908 and ended in a 2-2 draw.
The same venue saw the first Football League Division One encounter in December 1909 and Chelsea won that match 2-1.
The return fixture at White Hart Lane was won by Spurs 2-1 and in between those two matches the clubs met in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in a match which Spurs won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Spurs and Chelsea would meet for another three seasons in the First Division before the outbreak of World War One with honours even at two wins for Spurs, two wins for Chelsea and two drawn matches.
14 games were played during the First World War and these featured many players who 'guested' for both clubs. Five of Tottenham's "home" games were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium.
Spurs and Chelsea had finished in the bottom two places in the last season of the First Division when war broke out and when football resumed in 1919, the Division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams.
Arsenal engineered a 'promotion' to the First Division at Spurs' expense but Tottenham easilly won the Division Two Championship and the next season had two emphatic wins over Chelsea 5-0 at home and 4-0 at the Bridge.
The teams would meet for another five seasons in the First Division and two seasons in the Second Division during the inter-war period - season 1929-30 was the last time Spurs & Chelsea played League games outside the Top Flight of English Football.
Spurs only lost two of those 14 League matches.
During World War Two, 16 games were played between Spurs and Chelsea
Spurs returned to the First Division in season 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Chelsea winning 2-0 away and 2-1 at home on their way to the first Football League Championship.
Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea contested the first all-London FA Cup Final in 1967 at Wembley with Spurs winning 2-1 thanks to goals scored by Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul.
The first meeting in the Football League Cup came in the 1971-72 Semi-Finals with Chelsea winning the first leg at Stamford Bridge 3-2 and Spurs only managing a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane.
Both clubs were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 and both have been ever-present for the 20 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United.
Chelsea have very much had the upper hand during the Premier League Era with 22 wins to Tottenham's 3 with the remaining 14 matches drawn.
A second domestic Cup Final was contested in 2008 when Spurs beat Chelsea in the Football League (Carling) Cup Final 2-1 after extra time at Wembley. A Dimitar Berbatov penalty and a Jonathan Woodgate header ensured the silverware would once again reside in North London.
Chelsea's dominance over Tottenham Hotspur has abated in the past few seasons, with Spurs winning three, drawing four and losing two of the past nine meetings in all competitions between the two clubs.
Last season's fixture in December at White Hart Lane resulted in a 1-1 draw with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring for Spurs after 15 minutes and Didier Drogba getting Chelsea's equaliser after 70 minutes. Drogba's injury time penalty was saved by Heurelho Gomes.
The reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in April was won by Chelsea 2-1 with Spurs taking a 19th minute lead through Sandro and Frank Lampard equalising on half time. Salomon Kalou scored the winner after 89 minutes.
During the summer, Spurs signed former Chelsea midfielder (2004-05) Scott Parker from West Ham United.
The fixture at White Hart Lane in December resulted in a 1-1 draw with Emmanuel Adebayor putting Spurs ahead after 8 minutes and Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge getting the equaliser in the 23rd minute.
The game at Stamford Bridge in March ended in a goalless draw.
Overall, Spurs have won 68, Chelsea have won 72 and 47 of the 187 matches between the two clubs have been drawn.
Clive Allen
Les Allen
Jimmy Armstrong
Frank Arnesen (Director of Football both clubs)
Eddie Baily
Ted Birnie
Danny Blanchflower (Spurs player, Chelsea manager)
Derek Brazil
Johnny Brooks
Bill Cartwright
Sid Castle
David Copeland
Carlo Cudicini
Jason Cundy
Kerry Dixon
Gordon Durie
Mark Falco
William Gallas
Lee Gardner
George Graham (Chelsea player, Spurs manager)
Jimmy Greaves
Frode Grodas
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Tommy Harmer (Spurs player, Chelsea coach)
Alan Harris (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager)
Micky Hazard
Glenn Hoddle (Spurs & Chelsea player & manager)
Stewart Houston (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager)
Percy Humphries
Steve Kelly
John Kirwan
Colin Lee
Scott Parker
Gustavo Poyet
Graham Roberts
Max Seeburg
Buchanan Sharp
Bobby Smith
Neil Sullivan
Andy Thompson (Spurs player, Chelsea coach)
Sid Tickridge
Jimmy Townley
Terry Venables (also Spurs manager)
Keith Weller
Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Chelsea asst. manager)
Harry Wilding
Clive Wilson
Vivian Woodward
THIS is an OMT!!!
Why would he do that now, he's been sitting on the bench every week for almost 6 years. He could have been number 1 at most Premier League clubs during that time
do not mention the word gap!
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Still to this day one of the best videos I've seen:
http://www.myspace.com/video/johnny-boy/spurs-2-1-chelsea/5453201
http://www.myspace.com/video/johnny-boy/spurs-2-1-chelsea/5453201
Essex Yid
Bobby Zamora
Definitely one of the greatest Spurs compilations.
Anyone else getting that butterfly, half nerves half massive excitement about tomorrow? Have wanted us to win the FA Cup so much for so long, always disappointed whenever we go out of it. That Pompey game will live with me as one of the most gutted I've ever been walking out of a football stadium. Please let it be us celebrating at the end while the Chavski cvnts sneak out, COYS!!!
Essex Yid
Bobby Zamora
Bit that gets me is right at the end, when they show Lennon's goal in slow mo, Terry stranded, and the crowd exploding in time with the music. Bloody brilliant.
Are we playing for penalties or, at best, sneak a 1-0 win?
It amazes me how many people fail to realise that you cannot play a midfield 3 or Parker, Sandro and Modric and be successful. There's just not enough attacking threat there and those three contribute very few goals. All three are good players but play behind the ball and it means that realistically 7 of your 10 outfielders wont score. To play 3 in CM you need somoene like Lumpard, Scholes, Cahill, Fiberglass ie someone who will get 10-15+ goals per year