youth

  1. When planning our squad and identifying targets in preparation for the forthcoming season, our management team must pay close consideration to the the 25-man squad rule. We are able to name a 25-man squad if eight of the players are “home grown”. We could name fewer than eight home grown players, but would need to […]
  2. Loan news Earlier this week Spurs announced that Massimo Luongo and Grant Hall were to join League One side Swindon Town on loan for the season. Rumours suggest that they may shortly be joined by both Alex Pritchard and Nathan Byrne. Byrne had been announced as a permanent signing by Swindon Town’s chairman, Jed McCrory, at […]
  3. Ryan Mason caught the eye of many a watcher as an apprentice – prolific as he was in an impressive youth career. Playing mostly as a number 10 (second striker), he formed a lethal partnership with Jon Obika at U18 level for Spurs, and scored 29 goals in 31 appearances in the 2008/9 season. This led to him […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 4 minute read
    • 21st June 2013 at 13:04
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  4. I have periodically updated on the U18s, U21s and loan players throughout the season, and it’s time for another. Unfortunately I’ve not been able to get to many of the games this year, attending only a handful. However, the detail on the official site has greatly improved, and we also have the fantastic resource that […]
    • WindyCOYS
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    • 21st April 2013 at 20:54
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  5. A Tottenham Hotspur U17 side is currently participating in the Spartak Cup, a youth tournament held in Moscow. We opened with a 1-0 defeat to Barcelona on Tuesday and then beat Dinamo Kyiv 2-1 on Wednesday. We play Benfica today (Thursday), Spartak Moscow on Friday, and Celtic on Saturday. The participating squad is as follows: […]
    • WindyCOYS
    • 1 minute read
    • 11th April 2013 at 11:06
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