Gareth Bale - Taking Spurs To The Big Time (A Tottenham Hotspur Story)

October

Barcelona 2-0 Tottenham (Champions League)
Villa, Messi

Man Utd 0-1 Tottenham
Defoe

Tottenham 3-1 Newcastle
Defoe x2, Bale - Obertan

Tottenham 3-0 FC Vaslui (Champions League)
Sigurdsson x3

West Ham 1-3 Tottenham
Collison - Bale, Defoe, Dembele

Tottenham 1-0 Birmingham (Capital One Cup 4th round)
Fierro

A great month in the league saw us shoot up to second. The defeat to Barcelona shows that we still have a long way to go to becoming the dominant team in Europe as we didn't have any chances whatsoever. A top class striker is definitely a priority for next summer.

Top goalscorer: Jermain Defoe (4)
Best player: Mousa Dembele

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Scored some very important goals for us. He did a job on the wing when needed too. The big Belgian finds himself up there as an early contender for the Player of the Year award.

I won my third Manager of the Month award, also Jermain Defoe won best player.

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League table

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November

Tottenham 5-0 Reading
Bale x4, Dembele

FC Vaslui 1-2 Tottenham (Champions League)
Hanganu - Fierro, Adebayor

West Brom 0-2 Tottenham
Foster o.g, Defoe

Tottenham 2-1 Fulham
Caulker, Defoe - Petric

Juventus 0-1 Tottenham (Champions League)
Vertonghen

Villa 1-0 Tottenham
Bent

Another great month minus that last game against Villa. We now sit second in the table with a game in hand over table-toppers Newcastle. We've also qualified for the Champions League knockout stages with a game in hand due to that victory over Juventus.

Top goalscorer: Gareth Bale (4)
Best player: Mousa Dembele

League and Champions League tables

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December

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Spurs are dumped out of the Capital One Cup at the Quarter-Final stage.

The month started on a couple of sour notes, Isco was ruled out for three weeks with an ankle problem and Tottenham lost the chance to defend their Capital One Cup trophy at the hands of Stoke.

Stoke 2-1 Tottenham (Capital One Cup)
Jerome, Abdoun - Parker

Tottenham 4-1 Palace
Sigurdsson x2, Defoe, Bale - Bolasie

Everton 1-0 Tottenham
Coleman

Tottenham 2-4 Barcelona (Champions League group stage)
Adebayor, Kaboul - Iniesta, Song x2, Fabregas

Tottenham 1-3 Arsenal
Sigurdsson - Cazorla x2, Wilshere

Man City 3-2 Tottenham
Milner x2, Y Toure - Kaboul, Vertonghen

Tottenham 1-0 Middlesborough
Isco

QPR 1-2 Tottenham
Remy - Defoe x2

A bad month was summed up by the injury Gylfi Sigurdsson picked up against QPR. The Iceland international is ruled out for four months due to a torn calf. He'll be missed massively as he often chips in with very important goals.

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Top goalscorer: Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jermain Defoe (3)
Best player: Gareth Bale

Champions League Draw:
We only qualified in second place so a tough draw was expected. At least we could miss Barcelona though as they were in our group. We got the next hardest thing - a two legged tie against Real Madrid.

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World Team of the Year included two Tottenham players!

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League table

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January

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Tottenham lose some ground in the league race, however remain in the hunt for the FA Cup.

Spurs sell star striker!

Emmanuel Adebayor has had a massive decline in form recently, and when an offer of £5million was on the table from French giants PSG. It was too good to turn down as it gets his massive £100k a week wages off the bill.

Thankfully a replacement had already come in, as Landon Donovan joined on his free transfer from LA Galaxy. Its also good as it means more game time for youngster Carlos Fierro.

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Tottenham 1-0 Norwich
Holtby

Tottenham 2-1 Crystal Palace (FA Cup third round)
Caulker, Lennon - Murray

Stoke 0-1 Tottenham
Defoe

Birmingham 1-4 Tottenham
Becchio - Defoe x2, Vertonghen, Dembele

Huddersfield 2-2 Tottenham (FA Cup 4th round)
Pugh, Wright-Phillips - Donovan, Caulker

Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea
Isco - Ba x2

The loss of ground in the league at this stage of the season is worrying, although I feel our squad is superior to the teams above. We'll sit tight and wait for them to make a mistake.

Top goalscorer: Defoe (3)
Best player: Steven Caulker

League table

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February

Local rivals Arsenal just aren't dropping points in the league. We sit in fourth spot with Newcastle and Chelsea still above us.

Jordan Street reaches 100 games in management.

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Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
Lulic x2, Suarez - Defoe

Tottenham 2-1 Wigan
Kaboul, Huddlestone - Caldwell

Tottenham 1-0 Man Utd
Defoe

Tottenham 2-0 Huddersfield (FA Cup 4th round replay)
Fierro, Lennon

Tottenham 1-1 Norwich (FA Cup 5th round)
Fierro - Bassong

Tottenham 0-3 Real Madrid (Champions League)
Higuain, Alonso, Modric

Norwich 1-3 Tottenham (FA Cup 5th round replay)
Hoolahan - Fierro x3

The defeats against Liverpool and Real Madrid emphasise that we still aren't one of the European powerhouses. We'll keep going though as the league race isn't over!

Top scorer: Carlos Fierro (5)
Best player: Carlos Fierro

League table

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March

Spurs go marching on in the FA Cup, but are dumped out of the Champions League by Real Madrid.

Newcastle 1-2 Tottenham
Sinclair - Sandro, Defoe

Reading 1-3 Tottenham
Hunt - Wanyama, Vertonghen, Isco

Real Madrid 1-1 Tottenham (Champions League)
Khedira - Vertonghen

Tottenham 3-0 West Ham
Kaboul, Defoe, Isco

Tottenham 3-1 West Brom
Defoe x2, Caulker- Snodgrass

Tottenham 3-0 Watford (FA Cup sixth round)
Fierro x2, Donovan

Crystal Palace 1-2 Tottenham
Bothroyd - Defoe, Vertonghen

Top goalscorer: Jermain Defoe (5)
Best player: Jan Vertonghen

We've now made it to the semi-finals of the FA Cup and sit top of the Premier League by two points. Although Bale picked up a serious injury which means he'll be out for two months - effectively ending his season.

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I also bagged my fourth Manager of the Month award:

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Premier League table

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April

Three out of four league wins in April leaves us needing just one more win to secure the Premier League crown. We've also progressed to the FA Cup final where we'll face United for the second time in as many years.

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Fulham 0-4 Tottenham
Naughton, Defoe, Dembele, Isco

Tottenham 4-0 Aston Villa
Dembele x2, Vertonghen, Guzan o.g

Tottenham 0-1 Everton
Gutierrez

Tottenham 1-0 Sunderland (FA Cup semi-final)
Isco

Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham
Cazorla, Lamela - Dembele x3

Top goalscorer: Mousa Dembele (6)
Best player: Mousa Dembele

What a month for the big Belgian. He sits on top of the charts for ratings with an average of above 8.1!

Another Manager of the Month award
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League table

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May

Tottenham win their first league crown since 1961, although there is disappointment as they lose in the FA Cup final.

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Man City 1-1 Tottenham
Silva - Dembele

This was where the league crown was won. A draw against fellow title challengers City was enough to seal it!

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Middlesborough 1-0 Tottenham
Ledesma

Man Utd 2-1 Tottenham (FA Cup final)
Welbeck, Vertonghen o.g - Sandro

We took the lead early on, but after we scored United dominated the game and probably should've won by more. Gutted not to have done the double but the league title is a good start.

Tottenham 5-1 QPR
Samba o.g, Isco, Vertonghen x3.

Top goalscorer: Jan Vertonghen (4)
Best player: Isco

League table

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A season review will be up shortly!​
 
Not taking anything away about your league victory, a congratulations is deffo in place :) But i am a bit suprised by the poor standard of the rest of the teams in the league? But hopefully now you can bring in a class left back and/or a class striker and upgrade facilities :)
 
TommyTomster said:
Not taking anything away about your league victory, a congratulations is deffo in place :) But i am a bit suprised by the poor standard of the rest of the teams in the league? But hopefully now you can bring in a class left back and/or a class striker and upgrade facilities :)
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Ha I know! I expected more of a challenge from both Manchester clubs at least. I don't expect them to be that poor again next season. I have big plans ;)
 
Season Review

Top goalscorer: Jermain Defoe - 24 goals
Most improved player: Carlos Fierro
Best player: Mousa Dembele


A great season for Spurs in the end. The lads played magnificently throughout although there wasn't much competition from the rivals. I expect much more of a title challenge from them next season so I know I have to strengthen. Also if I want to challenge in Europe a world-class striker is a must.

Spurs move into their new home - Tottenham Stadium

Tottenham Stadium is a 49,000 all-seater, a 14,000 seat improvement on White Hart Lane. The match day income should see a significant rise which is massively beneficial to the club.

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Tottenham players named in Team of the Year

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I win Manager of the Year

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Also after our great season, two new sponorship deals were announced, and our main kit sponsor changed, netting us £18million a year rather than £15million.​
 
Season Expectations (2014/15)

Board:​

  • [*=center]Reach the Quarter-Finals of the Champions League
    [*=center]Retain the Premier League
    [*=center]Reach the Final of the FA Cup
Board Promises:
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  • [*=center]Promote youth
    [*=center]Play attacking football
Personal goals:​

  • [*=center]Win the Premier League
    [*=center]Play an attractive style of football
    [*=center]Win a domestic treble of the League, FA Cup and Capital One Cup.
Transfers

We were given a whopping £51million transfer budget, as well as another 200k in wages. This proved to be plenty to strengthening our squad.

Outs

A few tough decisions were made this summer. We sold Aaron Lennon to Fulham for £11.5m, Jermain Defoe to Everton for £7.25m, Danny Rose to Stoke for £6m, plus Landon Donovan and Gomes left on free transfers. We also let some reserve players go.

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Ins

Gerard Deulofeu - The 20-year old winger came in for £12million which was near-enough what we sold Aaron Lennon for, plus he's on cheaper wages with 5* potential!

Luke Shaw - A 19-year old left-back who will play backup to BAE for one more season. Signed for £7million from recently relegated Southampton.

Rodrigo - We finally have a top drawer striker! We tried to get Neymar but were priced out of a move and he chose Man Utd instead. Rodrigo cost a whopping £31m and commands wages of 93k a week, but should score the goals we desperately need.

Christian Benteke - The Belgian was just too good to miss out on. He cost £13million and is still only young (23). He'll rotate with Rodrigo and Fierro.

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Transfers in full:
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First choice XI for the upcoming season

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Rodrigo is the only newcomer to the starting XI. The bench got a lot stronger though. We'll try to push young players such as Zouma and Shaw into the team as much as possible. The same applies to Fierro, Benteke and Caulker.

Our junior coaching budget was increased, as was our youth recruitment - meaning the quality of youngsters we take in should be of a higher standard.

The pre-season results will come in the morning, and don't forget to leave your feedback!​
 
Pre-Season

I decided to start the pre-season with a little cup competition in honour of our new stadium. The "Hotspur Cup" consists of four teams in a knockout style over two days.

Tottenham 5-1 Birmingham (Hotspur Cup semi-final)
Dembele, Bale x2, Vertonghen, Huddlestone - Stevens

Tottenham 3-0 Everton (Hotspur Cup final)
Sigurdsson, Zouma, Benteke

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Next came a three game tour of China

Changchun 1-4 Tottenham
Zheng Guangyi - Fierro x2, Caulker, Isco

Guangzhou 2-4 Tottenham
Eikeson x2 - Kaboul, Kang Tie o.g, Bale

Shandong 1-1 Tottenham
Piscu - Vertonghen

Then two away fixtures

Leyton Orient 1-3 Tottenham
Alston - Dembele x2, Wanyama

Boca Unidos 1-2 Tottenham
Quintero - Holtby, Benteke

Top goalscorer: Bale (3)
Best player: Bale​
 
August

We made it consecutive Community Shield victories against Man Utd, also we played our first competitive game at the Tottenham Stadium!

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Tottenham 2-1 Man Utd (Community Shield)
Wanyama, Vertonghen - Rooney

Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham

Tottenham 3-0 Blackpool
Bale x2, Benteke

Wigan 1-1 Tottenham
Marcelinho - Rodrigo

Rodrigo and Benteke both got off the mark for their new clubs nice and early which is always nice. I would've liked a win at Wigan though. I'm currently trying to get my lads to pass the ball around more, so that may bring in some odd results.

I also picked up this young Belgian winger with 5* potential. He cost me £3.7m

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League table

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September

First of all I've sent Carlos Fierro on a three month loan to feeder club Huddersfield to get some much needed game time. He still has a 5* potential and he'll be utilised more in the coming seasons, but as we have Rodrigo and Benteke and we onlyplay one striker, I thought it right to send him out for a while.

Fulham 2-2 Tottenham
Lennon x2 - Vertonghen, Dembele

SC Heerenveen 0-3 Tottenham (Champions League)
Benteke, Rodrigo x2

Tottenham 3-0 West Ham
Vertonghen x2, Benteke

Brighton 0-3 Tottenham (Capital One Cup)
Caulker, Parker, Benteke

Tottenham 3-0 Aston Villa
Deulofeu x2, Vertonghen

Tottenham 1-0 Juventus (Champions League)
Vertonghen

I've been delighted with Benteke's impact from off the bench this month. Also Jan Vertonghen's goals tally from the back. I'm loving the Belgian and Spanish power in the heart of the starting XI too.

Top goalscorer: Jan Vertonghen (5)
Best player: Jan Vertonghen

He also won the Player of the Month award

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League and Champions League tables

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October

An unbeaten October sees us propel up to second in the league table, a point behind Liverpool. Gerard Deulofeu's performances have been a joy to watch.

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Bolton 0-1 Tottenham
Rodrigo

Tottenham 4-2 QPR
Parker x2, Holtby, Bale - Remy, Cisse

Tottenham 1-1 FC Bayern (Champions League)
Vertonghen - Muller

Tottenham 1-0 Newcastle
Deulofeu

Man City 0-1 Tottenham (Capital One Cup)
Benteke

Isco's performances so far this season have been slightly below par. Although he is still only 22 so a lot of developing is ahead.

Top goalscorer: Scott Parker (2)
Best player: Gerard Deulofeu

Deulofeu wins Young Player and goal of the month
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League and Champions League table

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November

A busy month which saw Spurs move up into second in the league, we also sit second in our Champions League group, now needing at least a point against Juve in the final game at the start of December.

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Man City 3-0 Tottenham
Silva, Clichy, Kompany

FC Bayern 1-0 Tottenham
Schweinsteiger

Tottenham 2-0 Liverpool
Wanyama x2

Stoke 1-1 Tottenham
Shawcross - Isco

Tottenham 1-0 Norwich
Zouma

Reading 0-3 Tottenham
Rodrigo, Assou-Ekotto, Deulofeu

Tottenham 2-1 SC Heerenveen
Holtby, Benteke - Finnbogason

Tottenham 1-0 WBA
Deulofeu

The only worry here is that the strikers aren't scoring as much as I'd like, Defoe scored at least 20 goals in his first two seasons with the club. Both Benteke and Rodrigo are some way off that total.

Top goalscorer: Deulofeu, Wanyama (2)
Best player: Lewis Holtby

League and Champions League tables

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December

We've now drawn level on points with Chelsea at the top of the table. We also progressed in Europe and the Capital One Cup.

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Carlos Fierro returned from a 3-month loan spell at Huddersfield. He scored 8 goals in 10 matches which is impressive.

Juventus 2-1 Tottenham (Champions League)
Llorente, Giovinco - Kaboul

Blackburn 0-0 Tottenham

Man Utd 0-1 Tottenham
V.Persie missed pen - De Gea o.g

Man Utd 1-2 Tottenham (Capital One Cup QF)
Henriquez - Sigurdsson, Benteke

Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea
Zouma, Caulker - Lukaku

Blackpool 0-2 Tottenham
Benteke x2

Tottenham 0-0 Everton

We also struck a deal for Diego Reyes from FCP. We'll pay £13million for him. Going out in January will be Tom Huddlestone - he chose a £5million move to Reading.

We face Shakhtar in the CL knockout stages, and Everton in the Capital One Cup semi-final.

Top goalscorer: Benteke (3)
Best player: Steven Caulker

League and Champions League tables

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January

We caught up on the teams above us due to our league games in hand. We also progressed to the final of the Capital One Cup with a comfortable two legged victory over Everton.

We sold Tom Huddlestone to Reading for £5million, and replaced him with Mexican DM Diego Reyes; He cost £13m from Porto.

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Man Utd 1-2 Tottenham (FA Cup third round)
Kagawa - Deulofeu, Benteke

Everton 2-4 Tottenham (Capital One Cup semi 1st leg)
Baines x2 - Zouma x3, Sandro

Tottenham 2-1 Arsenal
Rodrigo x2 - Cazorla

Tottenham 2-1 Wigan
Caulker x2 - Tate

West Ham 2-1 Tottenham
Collison, Ledley - Bale

Tottenham 1-1 Everton (Capital One Cup semi 2nd leg)
Benteke - Stones

Tottenham 2-1 Fulham
Dembele, Zouma - Lennon

Tottenham 6-0 Bolton
Sigurdsson, Bale x2, Caulker, Rodrigo x2

Top goalscorer: Kurt Zouma, Rodrigo (4)
Best player: Gareth Bale

Zouma claims Young Player of the Month

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League table

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