Tottenham Hotspur Trophies
Division One winners: 1951, 1961
Runners-up: 1922, 1952, 1957, 1963
FA Cup winners: 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991
League Cup winners: 1971, 1973, 1999, 2008
UEFA Cup winners: 1972, 1984
European Cup-winners Cup winners: 1963
European Cup semi-finalists: 1962
In a decision that was undoubtably cheered at the FA’s headquarters, a jury today cleared Spurs manager Harry Redknapp and former Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric of tax evasion.
Speaking on the steps of Southwark Crown Court, Redknapp said the case “should never have come to court”. He also thanked his family, the fans at Tottenham and his legal team after coming through the five-year investigation, which is believed to have cost about £8m.
Luis Suarez made his return from his eight-match suspension but their was no fairy tale ending as Liverpool and Spurs played to a goalless draw at Anfield.
Suarez started the game on the bench and he watched his teammates come flying out of the blocks with Gerrard slipping a delightful through ball to Andy Carroll only for Michael Dawson to make a goal-saving fifth-minute challenge. Parker’s reckless lunge on Glen Johnson a minute later presented Gerrard with a scoring opportunity from a free-kick, but it came to nothing and set the tone for a frustrating opening 45 minutes.
Mario Balotelli never seems to stop making the headline as despite being Manchester City savior in previous match against Tottenham Hotspurs, Balotelli caught himself involved in another case on that game.
The Italian striker was caught stamping Spurs‘ midfielder, Scott Parker, on Sunday and now are facing a disciplinary act by the English FA, who already confirmed their stance, only waiting for the forward to respons.
In the big two Sunday games in the Premier League, both Manchester City and Manchester United dealt big blows to North London rivals Spurs and Arsenal.
In the first game, Man City won a thrilling controversial 3-2 match thanks to Mario Balotelli’s injury-time penalty.
The controversy is whether Balotelli should have been on the field to score the penalty as he appeared to stamp on Scott Parker’s head. It will be interesting to see if the FA comes down and gives balotelli a three-game ban for the stamp, but that will not do Spurs any good as their title hopes ended today.
Manchester City maintain their lead at the top of table and also widen their gap with third place team, Tottenham Hotspurs after Roberto Mancini’s team edged passed Harry Redknapp’s boys this Sunday.
Controversial Italian striker, Mario Balotelli arrived as City’s savior in the match after scoring the winning goal deep in injury time.
Ahead of their important match up against third place seat, Tottenham Hotspurs this weekend, Manchester City‘s defender, Joleon Lescott insisted that getting a win over Spurs wouldn’t be an attempt to stop Harry Redknapp’s team surged in the table but more of staying away from Manchester United‘s chase.
Although having a huge respect towards Redknapp’s side, Lescott still only consider Man United as City’s main rival in winning the premier league this season, believing that the Lilywhites won’t be much of a threat compared to the Red Devils.
Totteham Hotspurs’ winger, Gareth Bale, is in a confident mood ahead of his team’s travel to challenge the current league leader, Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.
The Welsh international believes that despite losing 5-1 in their previous meeting against City this season, Spurs can come away with a positive result from their upcoming away trip against Roberto Mancini’s team.
The title race got really interesting this week with Spurs win over Everton. Now it is a three team race, and Spurs boss Harry Redknapp wasted no time laying into big-spending Manchester City.
“City are where they are because of Sheikh Mansour and Chelsea thanks to Roman Abramovich” said Redknapp. “We have not done it that way and it makes me proud. You don’t have to go out and spend fortunes to find good players. Spurs are not third in the Premier League because someone has walked through the door at White Hart Lane and slapped a bundle of money on my desk. City can pay players £200,000 a week, it’s unbelievable. The people running Spurs have invested wisely. Some of the players we brought in raised eyebrows, like Younes Kaboul, but he’s made excellent progress. Hopefully it is coming together now.”
Together with Neymar, Santos midfield wizard Paulo Henrique Ganso is another of Brazil’s hottest prospects who is continually been linked with a move to Europe with Italian giants Inter and Milan thought to be seriously eying his services.
However, there seems to be a new entrant in the race to acquire Ganso’s signature. EPL side Tottenham Hotspurs are thought to be also interested in Ganso.
According to reports doing the rounds, Ganso’s agent Teodoro Fonseca was in London last week trying to broker a deal for the midfielder. A major downside with most Brazilian players however, is the number of private economic deals they have on their rights.
Tottenham Hotspurs are continuing their pressure on the Manchester Duo in the top of premier league table after Harry Redknapp’s side successfully defeated Everton 2-0 on Wednesday.
The victory excites Redknapp as with all three points, his team are now level on points with second place, Manchester United, and only three points shy of the leader, Man City.
EXCLUSIVE FOOTBALL TICKET OFFERS
12 Feb: Aston Villa v Man City - From £15
Chelsea Hospitality (includes, Tickets, Food And More!)
25 Feb: Chelsea v Bolton Hospitality - From £195
10 March: Chelsea v Stoke Hospitality - From £195
24 March: Chelsea v Spurs Hospitality - From £230
