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    Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur Match History 1909-2012

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    Manchester City host Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday 22nd January 2012 in the 22nd round of Premier League matches in the 2011-12 season.

    City come into the match as Premier League leaders on 51 points with Spurs in third place on 46 points.

    This will be the 144th time the two teams have met.

    The first meeting came on 16th January 1909 in the FA Cup 1st round (today's 3rd round) at Hyde Road in Ardwick (City's original name) in a match which Spurs won 4-3.

    The first League meeting came in the First Division in December 1910 at White Hart Lane and resulted in a 1-1 draw. Walter Tull, who was the first black outfield footballer to play League football scored Tottenham's goal. City won the reverse fixture in January 1911 2-1.

    All the League meetings between Spurs and City up to season 1934-35 took place in the First Division.

    The clubs were drawn together in the 1913-14 FA Cup 2nd round with City wining 2-1 at Hyde Road (City would move to Maine Road in 1923 and stay there for the next 80 years) and also met in the 1921-22 FA Cup 3rd round with FA Cup holders Tottenham beating City 2-1 at White Hart Lane.

    The only League meetings between the clubs outside the Top Flight took place either side of the Second World War with City winning both Second Division matches in the 1938-39 season and taking three points out of four off Spurs in the Second Division matches played in 1946-47.

    Spurs and City resumed their Top Flight meetings in the 1951-52 season.

    The clubs contested the 1956 FA Cup Semi-Final at Villa Park with City winning 1-0 with a goal scored by Bobby Johnstone. City would go on to win the FA Cup that season, beating Birmingham City 3-1 in the Final at Wembley.

    Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City contested the centenary FA Cup Final in 1981. The match finished in a 1-1 draw after extra time after Tommy Hutchison had put City ahead but also scored an unfortunate own goal.

    The replay was the first to be played at Wembley and Spurs won 3-2 with a brace from Ricky Villa and a goal from Garth Crooks. City goals were scored by Steve MacKenzie and Kevin Reeves. Ricky Villa's second goal was voted Goal of the Century and the match is one of the best remembered Finals of all-time.

    The first of three Football League Cup meetings came in the 1992 3rd Round with Spurs winning 1-0 at Maine Road with a Vinny Samways goal. Tottenham also won the other two matches - a 4th Round match in 2003 3-1 and a 5th round match in 2007 2-0.

    City had an amazing comeback in the 2004 FA Cup 4th Round replay at White Hart Lane after going three goals down to goals from Ledley King, Robbie Keane and Christian Ziege in the first half. City, who had been reduced to ten men after Joey Barton received a second yellow card, scored four second half goals from Sylvain Distin, Paul Bosvelt, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Jonathan Macken to win a memorable game 4-3.

    Both Spurs and City were founder-members of the Premier League, although City have only competed in 15 of the 20 seasons played in the competition so far, while Spurs have been one of seven ever-present clubs.

    Spurs have generally had the upper hand during this era with nineteen wins to City's five wins and five matches drawn. In fact, City have only won three times in the past 17 meetings between the clubs in all competitions.

    In 2009-10, Spurs did the 'double' over City with a 3-0 win at the Lane with goals from Nico Kranjcar (2) and Jermain Defoe followed by a vital 1-0 end of season win at Eastlands, which secured fourth place and Champions League football for Spurs thanks to a Peter Crouch goal.

    Last season's fixtures featured an opening day of the season match at White Hart Lane which finished in a 0-0 draw and a late season game at Eastlands which City won 1-0 thanks to a Peter Crouch own goal.

    During the summer, Spurs secured the services of Manchester City's Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor on a season's loan.

    The match at White Hart Lane earlier this season ended in a comprehensive 5-1 win to Manchester City with Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko scoring four goals for the visitors, who were 2-0 up at half-time. Sergio Aguero also scored for City while Tottenham's goal came from Younes Kaboul.

    Overall, City have won 52 games, Spurs have won 57 games and the remaining 34 matches played have been drawn.

    Emmanuel Adebayor

    Clive Allen (Player with both clubs, Spurs development manager)

    Jamie Atwell

    Kevin Bond (City player, Spurs asst manager)

    Ivor Broadis

    Michael Brown

    Jock Chaplin

    Vedran Corluka

    Bill Felton

    Márton Fülöp

    Foster Hedley

    Chris Jones

    Neil McNab

    Bobby Mimms

    Joe Moffatt

    John Sainty (Spurs player, City coach)

    Bert Sprostson

    Alex Steel

    Paul Stewart

    Perry Suckling (City player, Spurs coach)

    Ben Thatcher

    Paul Walsh

    Charlie Williams

    Clive Wilson

    Alex Young

    Spurs 10/1 to win the premiership

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    No doubt Tottenham's league form has been very consistent this season, however in the bigger games they've not been as great. Lost against both Manchester clubs, drew with Chelsea, did beat Arsenal but wasn't deserved.

    I'd be very surprised if Tottenham pick up more than 1 win in those five games against Arsenal, Chelsea, Man United, Man City and Liverpool. If they could come out of that spell with only 1 or 2 loses I think they could still be in the race.

    Yes, we lost our first two Premier League matches of the season against both Manchester clubs, but we were without Ledley King, Scott Parker, Emmannuel Adebayor and Luka Modric had his head somewhere else at the time.

    We're a very different team these days, and you also forgot to mention that we destroyed Liverpool 4-0.

    As for our win against Arsenal not "being deserved", I've no idea what you're talking about there...

    Possession

    Tottenham 49%

    Arsenal 51%

    Attempts on target

    Tottenham 8

    Arsenal 7

    Attempts off target

    Tottenham 8

    Arsenal 6

    Corners

    Tottenham 9

    Arsenal 7

    So are Spurs really going to win the Premier League Title this season?

    I still think both Manchester clubs must be favourites, but if we can maintain the form we've been in recently, I think Spurs will have a good shout of being in with a chance come May.

    A win today against Wolves at the Lane would put us equal top on points, even if it is only for a day or two.

    Spurs 10/1 to win the premiership

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    No doubt, and I can't say I ever had Spurs down as title challengers myself.

    But after those defeats there was certainly plenty saying Spurs would slip back into mid-table obscurity.

    Don't forget that Spurs were without Ledley King, Scott Parker, Emmanuel Adebayor and Luka Modric's head was somewhere else for those first two matches.

    We're a very different team these days.

    Not that I'm saying we're going to win the Premier League, mind.

    But we're very much in with a decent shout.

    Next up, Wolves at home.

    Premiership Title

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    According to him, Tevez will leave, whilst Dzeko/Mario have injuries leaving him with only Aguero for the weekend.

    Bring back Adebayor. :pipe:

    City can't, as he's signed a contract with Spurs for the entire season.

    The Title is City's to lose, in my opinion, and you can never rule-out United, no matter how badly they seem to be playing.

    But I think Spurs do have an outside chance of the Premier League Championship, mostly because there's simply no pressure on us to win it and no-one expected us to be where we are at the moment.

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