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Here is Brian Judson's preview of the game
Full Record of Spurs -v- Everton
Prem Pl W D L For- Ag Pts
Home 9 6 3 0 18 - 10 21
Away 9 4 4 1 9 - 5 16
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Total(Prem) 18 10 7 1 27 - 15 37
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Football Lge
Home(Div 1) 54 25 16 13 107 - 67 72
Away(Div 1) 54 10 17 27 60 - 88 38
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Total(Div 1) 108 35 33 40 167 -155 110
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Football Lge
Home(Div 2) 1 1 0 0 1 - 0 2
Away(Div 2) 1 0 0 1 2 - 4 0
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Total(Div 2) 2 1 0 1 3 - 4 2
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Total(Prem) 18 10 7 1 27 - 15 37
Total(Div 1) 108 35 33 40 167 -155 110
Total(Div 2) 2 1 0 1 3 - 4 2
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Grand Total 128 46 40 42 197 -174 149
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Everton's 2-1 victory at Charlton on Saturday came as a complete surprise to
many people who have been tipping Everton to be bogged down in yet another
relegation struggle. I have not been impressed by their transfer
transactions which seem to rely on fading stars and hopeful starlets
rather than any real quality players. Everton seem to have cashflow
problems and have been talking about leaving Goodison Park to relocate
elsewhere in Liverpool as the present ground is cramped because of the
presence of the church in one corner of the ground.
Over the years, Spurs and Everton have always been keen rivals, though
their best days are long ago hidden in the mists of time. It is now some
16 years since Spurs and Everton were last seriously jousting for the
title. There will be many of us who can remember that April evening in
1985 when Everton won 2-1 to sink our hopes.
Both Spurs and Everton have had a long tradition of trying to play
attractive, attacking football. The Everton side of the early 1960s even
had a play written about them called THE GOLDEN VISION - which was what
they called Alex Young, their centre-forward of the time. That side was
later followed by what I believe to have been the finest of the Everton
teams I have seen at White Hart Lane - the one with Ball, Harvey and
Kendall bestriding the First Division. That was the season in which we
tried to play Everton three times before the fixture was finally
concluded. Postponed because of a blizzard that swirled in from the North
Sea unexpectedly on November 29th 1969, then postponed when the
floodlights failed on December 17th 1969, the fixture was finally
fulfilled on March 11th 1970, three days before the scheduled return with
Everton at Goodison Park.
Season 1963-64 saw me make my first visit to Goodison Park. I was 19 and
it was my first ever away trip outside London. Those of you who made that
trip will remember Euston was being reconstructed at the time. The famous
Doric Arch had been demolished and a swathe of Victorian London was
disappearing. Spurs and Everton were the top two in Division 1 on the
morning of October 26th 1963. None of us knew it at the time but the
break-up of the Double side was only weeks away. I don't remember much of
the game beyond Alex Scott scoring a gem of a goal. The feeling I have is
that both defences were largely on top of their game. Everton got the
breaks and Spurs didn't.
The next away game at Everton that I remember, although I didn't go, was
the match at Goodison Park on August 29th 1964. We had been forced to
re-shuffle our team because of the premature death of John White, which
created a problem that Bill Nicholson never really solved. His first
instinct was to try Cliff Jones in the role of schemer but that never
really worked since Jones was better as a raiding winger (in the parlance
of those now distant days). We were thrashed 4-1 at Goodison and the tone
was set for a dismal winter in which our only away victory was at
Nottingham Forest, 2-1, thanks to a very rare 'away' Gilzean goal. Cliff
Jones scored the other.
The 1-0 win at Goodison Park on March 22nd 1967 was the first of 7
successive wins that took us from the middle of the table to third place
as we strode through successive FA Cup rounds to book a Cup Final place
against Chelsea. I remember that sequence because the side grew visibly in
confidence during that run.
Our 2-0 win at Everton on August 17th 1968 was the only win we recorded in
the first six matches that season. We were awful at times. It was not
until we recalled Cliff Jones for the Chelsea match (in the last of that
winless run) that Spurs began to acquire any confidence. Greaves and the
(then) very expensive Chivers scored our goals. Chivers was later injured
against Nottingham Forest and missed the rest of the season.
In 1971-72, Spurs made two visits to Goodison Park. We travelled on
February 26th to beat Everton 2-0 in the 5th Round of the FA Cup, Gilzean
and the much (and unfairly, in my opinion) maligned John Pratt scoring the
goals. A week later, Martin Peters scored our goal in a 1-1 draw in the
League match.
Our away game at Everton in season 1973-74 was a special one for Steve
Perryman, as he chose that match to score his usual solitary goal of the
season, which secured a 1-1 draw. I may be wrong but I don't think anyone
else can boast the record that Perryman holds in scoring at least one goal
in each of the seasons he played for Tottenham. Bear in mind that Perryman
played from September 1969 to March 1986 and they you can see my point.
In the season we were relegated in season 1976-77, we were thumped 4-0 at
Goodison Park. Some of our away games that season were horrible. Those who
went to Derby will recall a 8-2 thumping. The 4-0 thrashing by Everton
must have been almost as bad as that since Everton were hardly a good side
at the time.
My last recollection is the 5th Round Cup tie at Goodison Park on February
19th 1983. We had beat Southampton and West Bromwich Albion to reach this
stage and travelled to Goodison Park with high hopes of further progress
in our ambition to win the FA Cup for a third consecutive season. But our
hopes were crushed and we never looked like matching Everton on the day as
we crashed 2-0.
I hesitate to enter any prediction for tomorrow night's match as it is too
early in the season for any sort of form to be established. But with
Everton having to take the initiative at Goodison, we can hope that we can
counter-attack on the break. I shall hope for a win but I'll settle for a
point at least. I shall be with you in spirit as I watch the game on Sky!
COME ON YOU SPURS!
Cheers, Brian
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