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Paul Robinson
Norwich City host Tottenham Hotspur at Carrow Road on Wednesday 31st October 2012 in the 4th round of the 2012-13 Football League (Capital One) Cup.
Norwich previously beat Scunhorpe United at Carrow Road 2-1 in the 2nd Round with goals from Simon Lappin and a Wes Hoolahan penalty, followed by a win against Doncaster Rovers at home 1-0 in the 3rd Round with an Alex Tetty goal proving the winner. Tottenham had a 3-0 3rd Round away win at Carlisle United with goals from Jan Vertonghen, Andros Townsend and Gylfi Sigurdsson.
This will be the 79th time the two teams have met.
Norwich City were founded in 1902 by three former Norwich Church of England Young Men's Society players. The club lost their amateur status in 1905 and joined the Southern League shortly afterwards.
The first meeting between Spurs and Norwich came in April 1906 in the Southern League and the East Anglian club won 4-1 at White Hart Lane. The reverse fixture at Newmarket Road was won by Spurs 3-0. Vivian Woodward scored three goals for Spurs against Norwich that season.
The clubs met for two further seasons in the Southern League, resulting in two wins for Norwich, a win for Spurs and a drawn match.
Spurs joined the Football League for season 1908-09 and the next meeting with Norwich came in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in January 1915 at "The Nest" in Rosary Road, resulting in a 3-2 win for the Canaries.
Four friendlies were played between 1916 and 1925 with Spurs winning two games, Norwich one and one drawn game.
The first Football League meeting between the two clubs came in the Second Division in December 1935 with Spurs winning 2-1 at the Lane, while Norwich won the reverse fixture 1-0 in April 1936 at their new home in Carrow Road.
The clubs met for a further three seasons in Division Two resulting in four wins for Spurs and two for Norwich.
During World War Two, Spurs & Norwich played two matches in the Football League South.
An FA Cup fifth round match in February 1959 ended in a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane and Norwich pulled-off a 'giant killing' act by beating Spurs 1-0 in the replay at Carrow Road.
The first meeting in the Top Flight of English Football came in October 1972 when a Martin Chivers goal at Carrow Road wasn't enough to prevent a 2-1 win for Norwich.
The clubs contested the 1973 Football League Cup Final at Wembley and a Ralph Coates goal was enough to bring the silverware to White Hart Lane.
Martin Chivers scored a brace in Tottenham's 3-1 win against Norwich in the reverse First Division fixture at the Lane a week later.
The clubs met regularly in Division One from season 1973-74 to 1991-92 with honours being generally even.
Both Spurs and Norwich were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93, but the Canaries lost their top flight status after the 1994-95 season and returned for one season in 2004-05. Spurs won 6 of the 10 Premier League matches played with Norwich winning twice and two drawn games.
The clubs met in a pre-season friendly at Carrow Road in July 2008 with Darren Bent scoring four goals in a 5-1 Spurs win.
The fixture at Carrow Road last season in December resulted in a rather comfortable 2-0 away win for Spurs, thanks to a brace of goals scored by Gareth Bale in the 55th and 67th minutes.
Things were rather different for the revese fixture at White Hart Lane in April 2012 with Spurs losing 1-2 to Norwich. Jermain Defoe scored for Spurs with Anthony Pilkington and Elliott Bennett netting for the Canaries in a match which would prove vital for Tottenham's Champions League qualification chances.
During the Summer, former Spurs player and assistant manager Chris Hughton was appointed Norwich manager, Cameroon defender Sebastien Bassong moved from Spurs to Norwich for a £3,750,000 transfer fee and Spurs striker Harry Kane joined Norwich on a season's loan.
The Premier League match at White Hart Lane in September resulted in a 1-1 draw with Mousa Dembele putting Spurs ahead after 68 minutes only for Robert Snodgrass to score a late equaliser with just five minutes remaining.
Overall, Spurs have won 34, Norwich have won 23 and 21 of the 78 matches between the two clubs have been drawn.
Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City Matches 1906-2012
They Played for Spurs & Norwich....
Chris Adams
Ben Alnwick
Arthur Archer
Troy Archibald-Henville
Jimmy Banks
Sebastien Bassong
David Bentley
Jimmy Bauchop
Len Bolan
Kevin Bond (Norwich player, Spurs asst. manager)
Mark Bowen
Garry Brady
Garry Brooke
Laurie Brown
Walter Bugg
Jim Chalmers
Martin Chivers
Ian Crook
Peter Crouch
Ian Culverhouse (also Norwich asst. manager)
Roy Darbo
Calum Davenport
Gary Doherty
Bill Edrich
Neale Fenn
Tom Fitchie
Clayton Fortune
Ruel Fox
Johnny Galvin
Roger Gibbins
Bert Gosnell (Spurs player, Norwich manager)
Charlie Handley
Roy Hollins
Chris Hughton (Spurs player & asst. manager, Norwich manager)
Percy Humphries
Harry Kane
Jimmy Kennedy
Doug Livermore (Norwich player, Spurs manager)
Paul McVeigh
Terry Medwin (Spurs player, Norwich reserve coach)
Fred Milnes
Billy Minter
Kyle Naughton
Jimmy Neighbour
Maurice Norman
Charlie O'Hagan (Spurs player, Norwich manager)
Scott Parker
Martin Peters
Robert Pilch (also Norwich director)
John Polston
John Sainty (Spurs player, Norwich coach)
Fred Sharp
Tim Sherwood
Jimmy Smith
Cyril Spiers (Spurs player, Norwich manager)
John Sutton
Andy Thompson
Steve Walford
Simon Webster
Charlie Williams
Willie Young
Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2012-13
Norwich City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2012-13
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