Tobey Mason
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Tottenham Hotspur - Summary
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Tottenham or Spurs, is an English football club located in Tottenham, Haringey, London, that competes in the Premier League. The club's home for the 2017–18 season will be Wembley Stadium, as their former home of White Hart Lane has been dismantled to make way for a completely new rebuilt stadium on the same site. Their newly developed training ground is in Bulls Cross on the northern borders of the London Borough of Enfield.
Founded in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, making them the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888.
Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960–61 season. After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962, in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition – the European Cup Winners' Cup.
In 1967, Spurs won the FA Cup for a third time in the 1960s. In the 1970s Tottenham won the League Cup on two occasions and were the inaugural winner of the UEFA Cup in 1972, becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies.
In the 1980s Spurs won several trophies: the FA Cup twice, FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup in 1984.
In the 1990s the club won the FA Cup and the League Cup. When they won the League Cup once more in 2008, it meant that they had won a major trophy in each of the last six decades – an achievement only matched by Manchester United.
The club's Latin motto is Audere est Facere (lit: "To Dare Is to Do"), and its emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football. The club has a long-standing rivalry with nearby neighbours Arsenal, with head-to-head fixtures known as the North London derby.
Full Name: - Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Nicknames: - Spurs, The Lillywhites
Founded: - 5th September 1882 as Hotspur FC
Ground: - Wembley Stadium
Capacity: - 90,000
Owner: - ENIC Interational LTD
Chairman: - Daniel Levy
Manager: - Mauricio Pochettino
League: - 2 Out of 20 Last year (2017)
Mauricio Pochettino
On 27 May 2014, Pochettino was appointed head coach of Tottenham Hotspur on a five-year contract, becoming their tenth manager over a 12-year span. The following 28 January, the team reached the final of the League Cup following a 3–2 aggregate win over Sheffield United, only to be beaten 2–0 by Chelsea in the decisive game at Wembley Stadium. In the domestic league, his first season was generally successful, ending in a fifth-placed finish and the conversion of several young academy players into regular first team players; he put one of those graduates, Harry Kane, as starting striker at the expense of Spanish international Roberto Soldado, a gamble which paid off as Kane and his teammates Dele Alli and Eric Dier were touted as the potential basis for the England squad at UEFA Euro 2016.
Tottenham were in contention to win the league in 2015–16, but on 2 May 2016 they drew 2–2 against Chelsea, handing the title to Leicester City. The game at Stamford Bridge saw Spurs receive a league record nine yellow cards, and Pochettino entered the pitch in the first half to separate his left back Danny Rose from a confrontation with Willian.
On 12 May 2016, Pochettino agreed to an extension to his contract, committing him to the club until 2021. It was also confirmed that his title had changed from that of "head coach" to "manager", although he confirmed that the role itself was no different.
Key Players
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Harry Kane and Dele Alli have fast become the two Tottenham players most likely to create something out of nothing. Kane in particular is relied on more than any other player in the Spurs squad at the moment. Pochettino is rumoured to be looking at a complete striker to ease the growing and rapid pressure growing around Kane. The striker if injured would leave Tottenham with a huge hole in their squad and they would face insurmountable odds of attempting to reach the holy grail, The Premier League Title.
Alli always looks like he can have a world beating game but the young Englishman does have his lacklustre days out in a Tottenham shirt. Alli also has temperament issues where he lets his heart rule his head. Rash challenges, legs stuck out, red mist... Unfortunately Alli has experienced all of these. Luckliy he is an extremely young talent and he still has time to mature...
Coming Up... Tactics... Transfer Targets.... Pre-Season.
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