Bobby Zamora’s goal – Sean Wright-Phillips picks up a loose ball following a corner; he drives down the line beyond Defoe, and forces in a cross. It is deflected into the path of Alejandro Faurlín, who sells Dembele a dummy and slips a clever pass through to Zamora, who lifts the ball over Friedel, who is slow to close the striker down.
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 18 Aug (at Newcastle) Newcastle U18s 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur U18s
Scorers: Dombaxe, Coulthirst, McEvoy, D McQueen
Subs:
Connor Ogilvie for Thomas Gardiner, 74.
Official site report
Excellent blog report from Metcalficus
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 25 Aug (at Hotspur Way) Tottenham Hotspur U18s 3-4 Manchester United U18s
Scorers: Coulthirst, D McQueen, OG.
Subs:
Zapta-Caceido for Michael-Percil, 46.
Dombaxe for Lameiras, 53.
Ogilvie for McQueen, 74.
Spurs Odyssey report
My report
FA Premier Academy League
Sat 15 Sep (at Stoke City) Stoke City U18s 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur U18s
Scorer: Lameiras
Subs:
Miller for Bush, 69.
Vincent-Young for Onomah, 77.
Gardiner for Smith, 86.
Official site report
Spurs Odyssey report
NextGen Series
Wed 22 Aug (at Wolfsburg) Wolfsburg 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Scorer: Lameiras
Subs:
Coulthirst for Gallifuoco, 60.
Ogilvie for Ball, 67.
Lameiras for McEvoy, 75.
Unused subs: McGee, D McQueen.
NextGen Series
Thu 13 Sep (at White Hart Lane) Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Barcelona
Subs:
Coulthirst for Gallifuoco, 52.
Onomah for Coulibaly, 66.
Lameiras for Ball, 75.
Ogilvie for Bentaleb, 75.
Unused subs: McGee, D McQueen, Winks.
U21 League
Sat 18 Aug (at Newcastle) Newcastle United 6-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Scorers: Mason, Ceballos, Falque 2
Bush for Smith, 26.
Onomah for Bush, 70.
Unused subs:
U21 League
Mon 29 Aug (at Altrincham) Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Scorer: Mason
Veljkovic for Hall, 49.
Stewart for Caulker, 69.
Ceballos for Townsend, 69.
Unused sub: Vigouroux.
U21 League
Sat 1 Sep (at Spurs Lodge) Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Sunderland
Scorers: Pritchard, Falque
Friendly
Tue 4 Sep (at Spurs Lodge) Tottenham Hotspur 6-0 Wycombe Wanderers
Scorers: Mason 2, Obika 2, Gallifuoco, Munns
U21 League
Mon 17 Sep (at Hotspur Way) Tottenham Hotspur 7-2 Stoke
Scorers: Mason 3, Ceballos, Obika, Byrne, Parrett
Subs:
Dombaxe for Carroll, 68.
Stewart for Veljkovic, 68.
Munns for Obika, 68.
Unused subs: Vigouroux, Ekong.
Currently we have the following players out on loan:
Simon Dawkins – San Jose Earthquakes
Bongani Khumalo – PAOK
Massimo Luongo – Ipswich Town
Ryan Fredericks – Brentford
John Bostock – Swindon Town
Danny Rose – Sunderland
Harry Kane – Norwich City
David Bentley – FC Rostov
Simon Dawkins continues to impress at San Jose Earthquakes, and would like to join them permanently. He is quoted in this article as saying “I don’t want to go on loan anymore – I want to be signed somewhere and play. I love it here. It is not in my hands.”
It seems that the move may come down to finances, with Spurs wanting a fee, and San Jose Earthquakes needing to continue finding the $50,000 salary.
Dawkins’ team mate Alan Gordon said of him: “I consider him the best player on our team. Simon is a different class. He does so much for us to keep the ball.”
Bongani Khumalo is playing regularly at PAOK, where he’s made two starts in the league, and two in the Europa League. It’s good for the 25 year old to be playing regularly, and I’m sure he’ll be looking at earning a permanent transfer.
Massimo Luongo has been somewhat of a revelation at Ipswich – performing consistently well in an otherwise struggling side. He started their first six games in a row, before getting a well-earned rest for their recent match against Middlesbrough. Their fans have instantly taken to him – one fan on a forum described him as “an intelligent little playmaker with a bite”, which I think is spot on!
Ryan Fredericks has struggled to get match time at Brentford, but manager Uwe Rosler said this week:
“He has pushed Shaleum Logan to a level, and apart from the first-half at Bournemouth, he’s had a very good season so far. That’s credit to Ryan. He came to us with 19 training sessions under his belt, we had 35. We had eight games and he had two, so he was not in the right shape to fully challenge. He is pushing Shaleum, and at the moment he hasn’t given him any chance to come in. But we have seven games coming up in a hectic schedule in October so Ryan will get games.”
John Bostock has struggled to get into the Swindon team, making two substitute appearances this season so far, coming on at half time against Preston in the league, and on 65 minutes against Oxford in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.
Danny Rose started for Sunderland against Liverpool, playing playing 72 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Liverpool. Martin O’Neill seemed relatively impressed, saying:
“Danny Rose was getting tired as the game went on and he came off with a little bit of a groin strain. He’s played for the [England] under-21s but those games don’t have the same tempo as Barclays Premier League games, week in, week out. The run-out will have done him the world of good. I thought he did fine up against some very good players in the Liverpool side. Over the course of the season I think he’ll do well for us.”
Harry Kane came off the bench on 71 minutes to make his Norwich City debut against West Ham United. He had a great chance to win the game for Norwich, but his shot was telegraphed. He did however create another chance with a clever run and pass late on, and impressed with the Norwich fans with his performance.
David Bentley made his FC Rostov debut last weekend, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1-0 win against Dynamo Moscow.
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo at half time,
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo at full time,
Two points from three games,
It’s that Chairman, Daniel Levy; he’s the one to blame.
He didn’t get his chequebook out,
He didn’t sign enough players,
And he didn’t sell Jermaine Jenas,
That’ll please the naysayers.
He should have held on to Harry,
We’d never had it so good,
Replaced him with some prodigy,
Just because he could.
The high line, inverted wingers, high tempo pressing,
Opponent scouting, dossiers, second guessing,
Sports science, performance analysts, youth integration,
New technologies, new methodologies, PowerPoint presentations.
All this modern stuff that other clubs do,
We don’t need all that – what are we trying to prove?
It’s a simple game, eleven against eleven, fahkin’ run about a bit,
Beat your man on the outside, whip in a cross, get a clean hit.
So you can stick your revolution,
I’m giving up Spurs – no more,
If it ain’t Champions League, I ain’t interested,
Everything else is a bore.
You know what, mate? I’m glad.
The Lane’s a far better place,
Without your sense of entitlement,
And without your ugly face.
Let’s have some positivity,
Let’s sing our hearts out in the pub,
Let’s make White Hart Lane a fortress again,
Let’s get behind our club.