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Wednesday 21st December 2011 How did Jimmy Greaves get to the 1970 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

No any more. Chelsea haven't beaten Spurs at White Hart Lane for five years now.

Tottenham Hotspur host Chelsea at White Hart Lane on Thursday 22nd December the 17th round of the 2011-12 Premier League season (16th game for Spurs). Spurs come into the game in 3rd place on 34 points with Chelsea in 4th place on 32 points. This will be the 186th time the two teams have met. Chelsea are one of the few major English football teams who never played Spurs during the Victorian Era, as they were only founded in 1905 and were admitted into the Second Division of the Football League without ever having played a match before. This was due to the rivalry that existed at the time between the Football League and the Southern League with the former desperate to make in-roads into the lucrative markets which London and the South-East provided. The first meeting between Spurs and Chelsea was a friendly played at Stamford Bridge in February 1908 and ended in a 2-2 draw. The same venue saw the first Football League Division One encounter in December 1909 and Chelsea won that match 2-1. The return fixture at White Hart Lane was won by Spurs 2-1 and in between those two matches the clubs met in the old second round (today's fourth round) of the FA Cup in a match which Spurs won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. Spurs and Chelsea would meet for another three seasons in the First Division before the outbreak of World War One with honours even at two wins for Spurs, two wins for Chelsea and two drawn matches. 14 games were played during the First World War and these featured many players who 'guested' for both clubs. Five of Tottenham's "home" games were played at Arsenal's Highbury Stadium. Spurs and Chelsea had finished in the bottom two places in the last season of the First Division when war broke out and when football resumed in 1919, the Division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams. Arsenal engineered a 'promotion' to the First Division at Spurs' expense but Tottenham easilly won the Division Two Championship and the next season had two emphatic wins over Chelsea 5-0 at home and 4-0 at the Bridge. The teams would meet for another five seasons in the First Division and two seasons in the Second Division during the inter-war period - season 1929-30 was the last time Spurs & Chelsea played League games outside the Top Flight of English Football. Spurs only lost two of those 14 League matches. During World War Two, 16 games were played between Spurs and Chelsea Spurs returned to the First Division in season 1950-51 and did the 'double' over Chelsea winning 2-0 away and 2-1 at home on their way to the first Football League Championship. Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea contested the first all-London FA Cup Final in 1967 at Wembley with Spurs winning 2-1 thanks to goals scored by Jimmy Robertson and Frank Saul. The first meeting in the Football League Cup came in the 1971-72 Semi-Finals with Chelsea winning the first leg at Stamford Bridge 3-2 and Spurs only managing a 2-2 draw at White Hart Lane. Both clubs were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 and both have been ever-present for the 20 seasons of the competition, along with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Everton, Liverpool and Manchester United. Chelsea have very much had the upper hand during the Premier League Era with 22 wins to Tottenham's 3 with the remaining 13 matches drawn. A second domestic Cup Final was contested in 2008 when Spurs beat Chelsea in the Football League (Carling) Cup Final 2-1 after extra time at Wembley. A Dimitar Berbatov penalty and a Jonathan Woodgate header ensured the silverware would once again reside in North London. Chelsea's dominance over Tottenham Hotspur has abated in the past few seasons, with Spurs winning three, drawing three and losing two of the past eight meetings in all competitions between the two clubs. Last season's fixture in December at White Hart Lane resulted in a 1-1 draw with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring for Spurs after 15 minutes and Didier Drogba getting Chelsea's equaliser after 70 minutes. Drogba's injury time penalty was saved by Heurelho Gomes. The reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge in April was won by Chelsea 2-1 with Spurs taking a 19th minute lead through Sandro and Frank Lampard equalising on half time. Salomon Kalou scored the winner after 89 minutes. During the summer, Spurs signed former Chelsea midfielder (2004-05) Scott Parker from West Ham United. Overall, Spurs have won 68, Chelsea have won 72 and 45 of the 185 matches between the two clubs have been drawn. Full History of Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea Matches 1908-2011 They Played for Spurs & Chelsea.... Clive Allen Les Allen Jimmy Armstrong Frank Arnesen (Director of Football both clubs) Eddie Baily Ted Birnie Danny Blanchflower (Spurs player, Chelsea manager) Derek Brazil Johnny Brooks Bill Cartwright Sid Castle David Copeland Carlo Cudicini Jason Cundy Kerry Dixon Gordon Durie Mark Falco William Gallas Lee Gardner George Graham (Chelsea player, Spurs manager) Jimmy Greaves Frode Grodas Eidur Gudjohnsen Tommy Harmer (Spurs player, Chelsea coach) Alan Harris (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager) Micky Hazard Glenn Hoddle (Spurs & Chelsea player & manager) Stewart Houston (Chelsea player, Spurs asst. manager) Percy Humphries Steve Kelly John Kirwan Colin Lee Scott Parker Gustavo Poyet Graham Roberts Max Seeburg Buchanan Sharp Bobby Smith Neil Sullivan Andy Thompson (Spurs player, Chelsea coach) Sid Tickridge Jimmy Townley Terry Venables (also Spurs manager) Keith Weller Ernie Walley (Spurs player, Chelsea asst. manager) Harry Wilding Clive Wilson Vivian Woodward Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Chelsea Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 1993-94 to 2011-12 Premier League London Derbies Season 2011-12

Tuesday 20th December 2011 Which two players under contract to Millwall at the time played for Ireland in FIFA World Cup Finals? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Monday 19th December 2011 Which of the current 20 Premier League clubs have never finished in the Top 5 in the Top Flight of English Football? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Sunday 18th December 2011 Which two Bulgarian football clubs have won the most National League Titles? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Saturday 17th December 2011: Which four players finished as joint top goalscorers at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Friday 16th December 2011: Which two players have scored Premier League hat-tricks against Manchester United? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

It's the 4,298 views that's important. Thursday 15th December 2011: Which host Nation of the FIFA Women's World Cup Finals was the only one to win the competition? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Wednesday 14th December 2011: Who was the last West Bromwich Albion player to finish a season as the Top Flight's highest goalscorer? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Tuesday 13th December 2011: Which two countries competed for the Copa Lipton from 1905 to 1992? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Monday 12th December 2011: Which player scored Wimbledon FC's only Premier League hat-trick? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Sunday 11th December 2011: What year was the last English Top Flight League match played on Christmas Day? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Saturday 10th December 2011: Who were the four Scotsmen in Nottingham Forest's 1980 European Cup Final winning starting XI? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Friday 9th December 2011: Who was the first non-United Kingdom player to win the FWA Player of the Year award? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Thursday 8th December 2011: Who was the last player with Blackpool FC at the time to win a full England cap? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

I really wanted Giovani Dos Santos to succeed at Spurs. Unfortunately, he hasn't made the most of the (comparitively few) opportunities he's been given so far. I still think that there's a top class player in there somewhere, so perhaps a high profile loan move to Rangers might be the catalyst to get his career back on track. Giovani Dos Santos Career Stats

Spurs are arguably playing their best football for half a century. We've got the second best record in the Premier League this season and we're enjoying our best start to a League season since the 1960-61 "Double" winning team. We've just posted record club revenue figures and we're one of the very few clubs in British football that regularly makes a profit from its football business. Gareth Bale has been a vital part in all of this and as he's presently under a long term contract to Spurs, there's simply no way on earth Daniel Levy would consider selling him. Just look at the Luka Modric situation this summer (£40m from Chelsea turned down) for confirmation of that.

Wednesday 7th December 2011: What do Chelsea, Man United, Norwich, QPR, Spurs & Wigan have that the other 14 Premier League clubs don't? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Tuesday 6th December 2011: Which Russian affiliated with an English club at the time played in a FIFA World Cup Finals tournament? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Monday 5th December 2011: What was unique about the Estonia v Scotland World Cup Qualifier on 9th October 1996? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Sunday 4th December 2011: Who was the only Jamaican player to score a Premier League hat-trick to date? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!

Tottenham's Harry Redknapp and Scott Parker have been named Premier League Manager and Player of the Month for November. Spurs are rewarded for a productive month which saw them claim nine points from three top flight outings. That run allowed the North London outfit to cement themselves within the UEFA Champions League places and remain in the title hunt. Redknapp has now landed the managerial gong on two occasions this season, having also been honoured in September. He was forced to watch on from afar as Spurs started November in style, with minor heart surgery keeping him away from a 3-1 derby victory over Fulham. He was back in the dugout, though, to see an Emmanuel Adebayor brace help Spurs to a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa. Tottenham ended the month on the road at West Brom, and recovered from falling behind early on to run out 3-1 victors at The Hawthorns, While Redknapp has provided the blueprint for success off the field, Parker has led Spurs forward on it. The England international's consistency in the heart of midfield has helped Tottenham to enjoy a productive run of results. He has been instrumental in their recent winning sequence and has formed an impressive partnership with Croatian playmaker Luka Modric - with their games working well together. Parker only arrived at Tottenham over the summer, in a move from West Ham, but the reigning Football Writers' Association Player of the Year has already endeared himself to the White Hart Lane faithful. Both Redknapp and Parker will be hoping they can help Spurs remain in the upper reaches of the Premier League table throughout the busy festive period. Premier League Manager of the Month Awards 1993-2011 Premier League Player of the Month Awards 1994-2011

Saturday 3rd December 2011: Which six football clubs have only spent one season each in the Top Flight of English Football? You can find the answer here... Football Trivia Question of the Day Good luck!