England under 17’s drew 1-1 against Portugal under 17’s in the opening match of the Algarve tournament. Three of our under 18’s played in the match Japhet Tanganga and Jaden Brown started in defence whilst Samuel Shashoua also started, in an attacking midfield position. Shashoua was vital in England earning the draw as he netted the equaliser for the three lions in the 46th minute. A very bright start for the talented Spurs trio their next match is against Germany under 17’s on Sunday afternoon. For more information on the match, check out the FA’s link below.

http://www.thefa.com/news/england/development/2016/feb/u17s-portugal-report-050216

Spurs v Norwich match preview:

Venue: Carrow road

Date: February 2nd 19:45 pm

Live coverage: Not being broadcasted in the UK. However there are live updates on the @Spursofficial Twitter feed.

Match preview: Our form of late has showed just how vast our talent with in the squad is, as Mauricio Pochettino is able to rotate a successful side, we’ve won 4 on the bounce now. However the Canaries stand in our way of making it 5 in a row. A couple of players will return to action following being rested against colchester on Saturday, most notably Dele Alli who will return for this evening’s game. Every game is imperative at this stage of the season and beating Norwich tonight is paramount to us strengthening our place in the top four. However the canaries have shown that they’ve got goals in them as they exhibited in their 5-4 defeat against Liverpool recently. Their attack tonight will provide a threat to our defence, Mbokani,Naismith and Redmond have 12 goals combined in the league this season and new signing Patrick Bamford will be looking to open his account tonight. The pace of Robbie Brady on the left flank will see Kyle Walker likely return at right back, the Canaries manager Alex Neil has Norwich playing fast attacking football which can carve open the defence if executed correctly. Norwich showed at White Hart Lane in December just how dangerous they are on the break but we were able to overcome their technique and ran out comfortable 3-0 winners on the day. We’ll being looking to replicate that scoreline tonight although it will be a challenge with Norwich fighting for their Premier League status and desperate not to get beat, were up against it but we’re also very capable of getting those 3 points tonight and the players will be raring to go. COYS⚽️

One to watch: Dieumurci Mbokani

Injured players: Vertonghen (knee),Clinton (knee), Ryan mason back in full training but unlikely to be risked this evening.

My score prediction: 3-1 Spurs with goals scored by Harry Kane, Eric Dier and Heung Min-Son.

Predicted line up:

Danny Blanchflower the captain and the genius:
“The game is about glory. It’s about doing things in style, with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom.”

The date is the 5th of May 1962, the second consecutive year that Danny Blanchflower lead us out at Wembley. This time to face Burnley one of the greatest teams of the 1960s. This final was a game with the tactical tempo of a board game being played with great caution and patience, it was dubbed the chessboard final, but it was our final and the trophy had our name on it. The team sheet included some of our greatest players of all time the likes of Blanchflower,Greaves,Mackay and John White to name but a few of this exceptional pool of players, included in the squad was the key full back Peter Baker who sadly passed away earlier this week. Baker who grew up just down the road in Southgate was a pivotal member of the 1960/61 double winning side and our 1961/62 triumphs.

The final started with us taking the lead as Jimmy Greaves gave us an early lead, the score remained 1-0 at the end of the first half, due to the fantastic goalkeeping of the two Scottish goalkeepers Bill Brown of Spurs and Adam Blacklaw of Burnley. Shortly after the marching band took to the field at the interval, Burnley drew level! The 100th goal scored in an FA Cup final. However Burnley were not going to push us out of the game, as Bobby Smith was found expertly by John White as the Yorkshireman hammered home to restore our 1-0 lead. And our quality shined through with the leadership of Danny Blanchflower and we had the chance to win the final after a burnley hand ball gifted Danny the chance to win it from the spot. The man from Belfast brilliantly dispatched the penalty and the cup yet again was ours! Danny and the lads carved our name in to the history books.

Under18’s: Our under 18’s drew 1-1 with Leicester earlier today in a 1-1 draw with Dylan Duncan scoring our goal in the 84th minute at the Foxes training ground, that’s his first in the Barclays u18 premier league. However a mere 13 seconds after the restart Leicester netted the equaliser.

Loan report: 

Grant Ward: Grant played the full 90 minutes In Rotherham’s 4-1 defeat to Charlton in the Championship this afternoon.

Connor Ogilvie: Connor played the whole game in Stevenage’s 2-1 loss to York this afternoon.

Dominic Ball: Dominic Ball players the full ninety in Rangers 1-0 victory over Falkirk, he played in the centre of midfield.

Match report: This afternoon saw us complete a triumphant 4-1 victory on a sunny winters day at the Colchester community stadium over Colchester United, to seal our place in the fifth round of the FA cup. The match started with a most unpleasant incident as Colchester’s young defender Alex Wynter was involved in a horrific collision with fellow defender Eastman, however he is alright and conscious in hospital as BBC sport have confirmed. After the injury we bombarded Colchester with a couple of fine efforts playing fast and attacking football and we were desperately unlucky not to find ourselves ahead after Lamela’s spectacular curling effort from outside the box hit the outside of the left post, after some clever foot work from the Argentinian international And a few minutes later Kieran Trippier made a surging run on the right wing before putting a beautiful ball in to the box which Harry Kane headed forcing a fine save from the Colchester goalkeeper Kean.

Half way through the first half Harry Kane found Eriksen who sprinted in to the penalty area before narrowly putting his effort over the bar. Although the deadlock was not to last, as in the 27th minute Lamela’s pass was gratefully received by Nacer Chadli who hit a powerful right-footed shot from 20 yards out that nestled perfectly in to the top corner of the net 1-0 Spurs, and we didn’t drop our attacking intensity as Trippier continued to put inch perfect crosses in to the box but it was to stay 1-0 as Michael Oliver sounded the whistle for the end of the first half.

Within the early stages of the second half we lacked the togetherness and were a little sloppy in our play, with colchester having some good chances but it wasn’t for long as we looked determined to grab a second, as Nacer Chadli demonstrated perfectly after he received a pass from Kane and turned expertly in front of the keeper but hit his shot off the cross bar as he was unbalanced whilst taking the shot. Moments after Chadli’s effort we doubled our lead after Eric Dier drove a long range strike towards the Colchester goal as it flew into the back of the net courtesy of a heavy deflection off a Colchester player. We were dominating the game,dictating the tempo and most importantly winning comfortably, but still Colchester did not succumb to our superiority with in the park and front man Marvin sordell found himself one on one with Vorm before jabbing a shot narrowly wide clipping the post as it ran across the turf. However we put the game to bed minutes afterwards as Kieran Trippier who arguably played his greatest game in a spurs shirt, sent in a wonderfully accurate cross that Nacer Chadli headed in to score his second of the game.

A mere two minutes later Colchester got themselves a consolation goal after Massey’s effort came off the post rebounding off the feet of the unfortunate Ben Davies who scored an own goal to make it 3-1. Yet in this fast moving game of football we grabbed another goal two minutes after conceding, Chadli all but confirmed he’s status as man of the match by assisting Tom Carroll who scored in the box as his effort went in off the underside of the bar to put his tally to 3 goals in all competitions this season and to wrap up another convincing victory for Spurs. Our name is already in the hat for tomorrow’s 5th round draw, it finished here 4-1 to us in a sun drenched Essex this afternoon,COYS. 

Venue: Colchester community stadium
Date: Saturday 30 January 12:45 pm
Live coverage: BT Sport 2, Talksport and BBC 5 live
Head2Heads: Colchester 0- Tottenham 0 (friendly in 2011)

Preview:We go into this cup tie in a buoyant mood, with us winning 3 on the trot, the morale is high within the squad, and on the terraces the fans are singer louder than ever with joy. We make the short journey to Essex with a cluster of players expected not to be involved due to our Premier league tie on Tuesday against Norwich, however Pochettino’s selection shall most probably be a strong and youthful 11 that will get the job done. Colchester are near the bottom of league 1 and their form hasn’t been good of recent, however they will be no pushovers and they have some good players in their squad. Marvin Sordell for one, scored against us for Burnley in the Fa cup last season, in addition they also have the talented former West Ham youth player George Moncur who is also one to watch out for in the centre of the park. Although our quality should shine through and provide us with a comfortable victory over the League1 side, yet this is the FA cup after all.

Meanwhile; Jan Vertonghen, Ryan Mason, Alex Pritchard and Clinton Njie are all out injured.

My predicted line up:

My score prediction: 5-0 Spurs with goals from Carrollx2,Chadlix2 and Son.