[OMT] Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

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Tottenham Hotspur host Aston Villa at White Hart Lane on Sunday 11th May 2014 (KO 15:00) in the 38th and final round of the 2013-14 Premier League.

Spurs come into the match in 6th place in the Table on 66 points with Villa in 14th place on 38 points. The match at will be the 167th time the two clubs have met.

Tottenham Hotspur first played Aston Villa on 11th April 1896 when Spurs were still in the Southern League. The friendly match played at Tottenham Marshes ended with a 3-1 win for Aston Villa. Three more friendlies were played until the clubs met in anger for the first time in the old Third Round of the FA Cup (today's 5th Round) in March 1903 with Villa winning 3-2.

The first Football League meeting came on 20th November 1909 in the First Division after Spurs had been promoted after their first season of League football. Villa once again won 3-2.

There have been two Wembley matches played between the two clubs. The first was in the 1971 Football League Cup Final which Spurs won 2-0 with two goals from Martin Chivers - Aston Villa were in the Third Division at the time.

The second game at Wembley came in the 1981 Charity Shield with FA Cup Winners Spurs drawing 2-2 with Football League Champions Aston Villa. Mark Falco scored both Spurs goals and Peter Withe did likewise for Villa.

The last time the two clubs met in a domestic cup tie was in the 5th Round of the League Cup in January 1994 with Villa winning 2-1.

Both Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur were founder-members of the Premier League in 1992-93 and the two clubs, along with Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United are among the only seven ever-present clubs during the competition's 22 season history.

Spurs did the 'double' over Villa in 2010-11 winning both matches 2-1 with Rafael van der Vaart scoring all of Tottenham's four goals. Villa's two goals both came from Marc Albrighton at White Hart Lane in October and Villa Park in December, after Spurs had been reduced to ten men after Jermain Defoe's red card after 27 minutes.

Spurs signed former Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel during the summer of 2011 on a free transfer. Alan Hutton made a move in the opposite direction and Jermaine Jenas joined Villa on a season's loan.

The 2011-12 match at White Hart Lane last season took place on Monday 21st November and resulted in a 2-0 win for Tottenham. Two first half goals from Emmanuel Adebayor after 14 and 40 minutes were enough to see Spurs take all three points in a game marked by Harry Redknapp's return after undergoing minor heart surgery. In January 2012 former Spurs striker Robbie Keane had a loan spell with Aston Villa scoring 3 times in 7 appearances. The match at Villa Park in April 2012 finished 1-1 with Ciaran Clark putting Villa ahead with a 25-yard shot that deflected off William Gallas and Emmanuel Adebayor scoring a 62nd minute penalty to level the proceedings.

This fixture at White Hart Lane in October 2012 resulted in a 2-0 win for Spurs. After a goalless first half, Steven Caulker put Spurs ahead after 58 minutes when he deflected-in Jermain Defoe's close range shot and Aaron Lennon added a second in the 67th minute with
a powerful shot into the far corner of the net. Villa were in a very generous mood when they hosted Spurs on Boxing Day 2012 with Spurs coming away with all three points after a 4-0 win. Jermain Defoe opened the scoring and Gareth Bale added a hat-trick.

The clubs met in the Football League (Capital One) Cup in September 2013 with Spurs coming away from the 3rd Round match at Villa Park with another 4-0 win, thanks to two goals from Jermain Defoe and goals from Paulinho and Nacer Chadli.

Spurs continued their fine run (eight wins and three draws in the last 11 matches) against Villa with a 2-0 Premier League victory in October 2013 at Villa Park. Goals in each half from Andros Townsend and Roberto Soldado secured the three points for Tottenham.

Sunday's game at the Lane will be the 167th match played between the two clubs and Spurs have the edge with 68 wins to Villa's 59 with 39 matches having been drawn.

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Full Record of Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa Matches 1896-2014

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They Played for Spurs & Villa....​

Darren Bent
Guðni Bergsson (Villa trialist)
Danny Blanchflower
Mark Burke (Spurs trialist)
Colin Calderwood
Jimmy Cantrell
Billy Cook
Peter Crouch
Simon Dawkins
Ronnie Dix
Brad Friedel
David Ginola
George Graham (Villa player, Spurs manager)
Andy Gray
James Gray
Steve Hodge
Alan Hutton
Bob Iverson (Spurs junior)
Jermaine Jenas
Robbie Keane
Oyvind Leonhardsen
Ernie Phypers
Vic Potts
Wayne Routledge
Gordon Smith
Cyril Spiers
Tom Tebb
Jack Treasadern (Spurs manager, Villa scout)
Kyle Walker
Frank Wilson
Luke Young

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Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14

Aston Villa Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2013-14

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Thanks THFC6061 for all your match day threads, top quality, I hope you continue next season.

 

I second that

 

I think Spurf speaks for all of us

 

really enjoy reading them every week ... cheers

 

Won't happen but I'd like to see some of the players not playing lately get given a chance to show what they can do in our final game with the defence that looked pretty good at the start of the season.

Lloris; Walker(hopefully), Dawson, Chiriches, Rose; Sandro, Capoue; Lennon, Eriksen, Chadli/Kane; Soldado.

 

How many days after the match before Sherwood gets his marching orders?

 

we will wait until july 12th...after the world cup finals

 

knowing Spurs it will probably be at half time

 

yep, as others have said, 6061, cheers for all your hard work on these threads. No one on the entire forum creates match threads that are full of such interesting info.

As for the game, I'm just glad it's Sherwood's last one in charge.

Part of me wants a win as always, but part of me hopes we lose and that Man United claim the Europa spot with 2 wins in their remaining games. - I wouldn't mind a season without the distraction of Europa.

 

I'm sure he does - great work THFC6061

 

Yep, really impressive stuff, THFC6061. Our OS could learn a lot from you. I know I have.

 

Thanks guys, it's been a pleasure although the results have sometimes been a little disappointing.

A draw against Villa or better and we're guaranteed European Football again next season.

 

Yeah echoing the other guys, thanks a lot THFC 6061, always a great read.

I'd actually go for a near enough different XI, it's the final game, we've not got much to play for bar a Europa place which many aren't fussed if we get it or not. Our first team have been a shambles for most of the season bar 2 or 3 and quite frankly it'll be nice to see some new faces.

Lloris,
Fredericks (if back from loan), Dawson/ Velijkovic, Chiriches, Fryers
Capoue, Sandro,
Chadli, Eriksen, Pritchard
Kane

Let Fredericks and Fryers act as true wing backs, Sandro and Etienne can cover them defensively and the attacking trio behind Kane is a stylish, creative bunch.

 

Thanks for all the great match threads this and other years, THFC. And while I think of it, thanks to the Spurs' mods, posters and a few other frequent flyers on our boards for a lot of enjoyable, interesting and generally very good-humored reading this year. The team this year was a disappointment but the board has been better than ever.

I don't know how many new players I'd start, but Soldado would certainly be one. A bad game would just be one more in a bad season, a good game would be a tonic for next year.

 

I see this place is really buzzing over the prospect of today's game...

I'll add my thanks to 6061 - if only the team itself could show such commitment and attention to detail. This forum would be a far poorer place without these excellent set-ups for the match threads. Good job!

 

Oh **** balls! I wrote the dates of the games in my diary months ago. Who decided all the games were a Sunday kick-off? Bollocks. It's 6:40am and I've made myself a spliff and a cup of tea now. Perhaps I'll take in Preston v Rotherham - do some scouting.

 

Yep same here, I thought that's good like old times with all teams playing on a Saturday at 3pm.

SUNDAY

 

I blame Sherwood.

 

I blame Redknapp