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Tottenham Hotspur host Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane on Saturday 6th December 2014 2014 (KO 15:00) in the 15th round of matches of the 2014-15 Premier League season.
Spurs come into the game in 10th place on 20 points with Palace in 15th place on 13 points. This will be the 94th time the clubs have played each other.
Crystal Palace were founded in 1905 by the builders of the Crystal Palace (hence The Glaziers nickname) and played their first matches at the old Cup Final ground. They joined the Southern League Second Division for season 1905-06 and won promotion at the first attempt.
The first meeting between the two clubs came in the Southern League First Division in October 1906 with Spurs winning 3-0 at White Hart Lane and going on to do the double with a 1-0 away win in February 1907.
The 1907-08 season was the last for Tottenham in the Southern League and the two games against Palace ended with a win each. The clubs also played in the Western League that season with a win for both teams.
Spurs & Palace were regular opponents during the First World War and Tottenham enjoyed a run of nine consecutive wins against Palace during this period.
The first competitive game after WW1 came in the 1st Round (modern 3rd Round) of the FA Cup in January 1924 at The Nest in Croydon with Palace winning 2-0. They had previously played their games Herne Hill, Norwood and moved into their purpose-built stadium at Selhurst Park later in 1924.
Tottenham and Palace played several matches during World War Two with honours generally being fairly even.
Crystal Palace played their first season in the Top Flight of English Football in the 1969-70 season with Spurs winning both First Division matches 2-0. Jimmy Pearce and Martin Chivers got the goals at Selhurst Park while Alan Mullery and Steve Perryman were the scorers at White Hart Lane.
The clubs were also drawn together in the 4th Round of the 1969-70 FA Cup with Palace progressing after a 1-0 win in the replayed match in South London after the first game was goalless at the Lane.
Palace remained in the First Division for a further three seasons with Spurs winning four of the six matches and drawing the other two.
The clubs met in Division Two in 1977-78 with Spurs winning 2-1 at Selhurst Park (Ian Moores & John Duncan) and Palace getting a 2-2 draw at the Lane with Glenn Hoddle scoring a brace for Spurs. Tottenham won promotion at the end of that season.
Crystal Palace were back in the First Division for season 1979-80 and both matches against Tottenham were drawn.
The first Football League Cup game came in September 1980 with a 0-0 3rd Round draw at White Hart Lane followed by a 3-0 win at Selhurst Park in the replay with Ricky Villa, Glenn Hoddle and Garth Crooks all scoring.
The Eagles were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 but only lasted a season before being relegated. They returned for the 1994-95 season but fared no better and were again relegated. Their third season came in 1997-98 but failed to establish themselves and were relegated.
Palace were back again for the 2004-05 season but once again dropped down to the Championship.
The game at Selhurst Park in August 2013 was settled by a 50th minute Roberto Soldado penalty after Dean Moxey handled Aaron Lennon's cross. Spurs completed the Double over Palace with a 2-0 win at the Lane in January 2014 with goals from Christian Eriksen and Jermain Defoe
The ten Premier League matches played between the two clubs resulted in four wins to Spurs and two to Palace with four games drawn.
Overall, Tottenham have won 42 of the 93 matches played so far with Crystal Palace winning 25 games and the remaining 26 drawn.
Full Record of Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace Matches 1906-2015
They Played for Spurs & Palace...
Clive Allen
Dean Austin
Chris Armstrong
Jimmy Bauchop
Ken Bennett
Ted Birnie
John Bostock
Terry Boyle
John Brearley
Johnny Brooks
Fraizer Campbell
Arthur Crompton
Jason Cundy
Edgar Davids
Chris Day
Bill Dodge
Dickie Dowsett
Terry Fenwick
Mike Flanagan
Gerry Francis (Palace player & manager of both clubs)
Zeki Fryers
Anthony Gardner
Johnny Gavin
George Graham (Palace player, Spurs manager)
Andy Gray
Bob Hewitson
Charlie Hewitt
Phil Holder
Roger Hoy
Archie Hughes
Steffen Iversen
Chris Jones
John Lacy
David Levene
Jimmy McCormick
Bobby Mimms
Alan Mullery (Spurs player, Palace manager)
Jonathan Obika
Gary O'Reilly
Alan Pardew
George Payne
Derek Possee
Ron Reynolds (Spurs player, Palace scout)
Wayne Routledge
Arthur Rowe (Spurs player & manager, Palace manager & director)
Neil Ruddock
Charlie Rundle
Cyril Spiers (Spurs player, Palace manager)
Neil Sullivan
Paul Stewart
Perry Suckling (Palace player, Spurs goalkeeping coach)
Peter Taylor
Jack Tresadren (manager of both clubs)
Andy Turner
David Tuttle
Dennis Uphill
Terry Venables (also manager of both clubs)
Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Palace caretaker manager)
Claude Watson
I said from the beginning that they would win the title this year. No shame in losing to them in football terms. I am looking forward to Saturday. Early train into London and a few beers on the way up to the lane and then a nice win
So glad I came on this thread this morning (no pun intended).
Now I really want to smash Crystal Palace.
Now I really want to smash Crystal Palace.
I'm convinced you've become a parody of yourself.
So glad I came on this thread this morning (no pun intended).
Now I really want to smash Crystal Palace.
Lloris
Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies
Bentaleb, Eriksen
Lamela, Kane, Chadli
Soldado
Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies
Bentaleb, Eriksen
Lamela, Kane, Chadli
Soldado
We will smash these lot.
Bang average.
Bang average.
Indeed. Doesn't anyone watch the movie American Psycho?
Hot damn, both the book and film are so good.
:holtbytongue:Safe to say, this conversation wouldn't be allowed on SpursCommunity. More fool them!
Would.......
But
.......Chirpy trumps the lot with Mrs Sylvie Van Der Vaart
EDIT: WTF...Brad is getting rubbed up