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Ipswich record last six league games:-
Ipswich 0 1 Newcastle
A. Villa 2 1 Ipswich
Spurs 1 2 Ipswich
Ipswich 2 0 Leicester
Ipswich 5 0 Sunderland
Charlton 3 2 Ipswich
Pos P W D L F-A GD Pts
7 Spurs 21 9 4 8 32 27 5 31
19 Ipswich 21 4 7 10 26 31 -5 18
Ipswich have suddenly found some form again, and that was before the return of their striker Marcus Stewart to the fray in their 4-1 win against non-league Dagenham and Redbridge last week. The Tractor Boys' 9 point Christmas started with the 2-1 win over us just three weeks ago, and they had taken a 2 goal lead at The Valley before succumbing to Charlton. Hence, George Burley's boys will go into this match with a good degree of confidence. Spurs must improve on one of the most dismal away performances, when we lost the corresponding game 3-0 last year. Sheringham will still be suspended. Please Glenn - give Sergei a start! My guess is that Neil Sullivan will return in goal, and I fancy the Ipswich recovery to be put on hold, as Spurs win 2-0.
Here is Brian Judson's preview of the game
Full Record of Spurs -v- Ipswich Town
Prem Pl W D L For-Ag Pts
Home 5 2 1 2 8 - 6 7
Away 4 1 2 1 6 - 7 5
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Total(Prem) 9 3 3 3 14 -12 12
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Football Lge
Home(Div 1) 20 12 3 5 40 -24 31
Away(Div 1) 20 7 2 11 26 -36 18
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Total(Div 1)40 19 5 16 66 -60 49
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Total(Prem) 9 3 3 3 14 -12 12
Total(Div 1)40 19 5 16 66 -60 49
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Grand Total 49 22 8 19 80 -73 61
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We have played Ipswich Town in the
FA Cup. The details are:
FA Cup Rd H/A Result Scorers
1964-65 4 H 5-0 Greaves 3 (1p)
Gilzean 2
1993-94 4 A 0-3
This return game has come round when memories of the home match are still
in our memory. We played them on December 22nd 2001 and lost 2-1 in a
match that should have been a stone cold certainty for Tottenham. Although
there are those who feel Teddy Sheringham should not have been sent off, I
feel, having seen the video of the incident, that the referee had no
choice given that Sheringham appeared to put his fists up to the Ipswich
player. Sheringham will, of course, be absent from this match due to his
suspension for the sending-off.
I did not make many visits to Portman Road when I used to travel to some
of the away games in the 1970s. One that stands out in my memory was the
game we played two days before our UEFA Cup tie with AC Milan in April
1972. The Italians had had their League games postponed so they could
prepare for the tie whereas Spurs had played matches at Huddersfield on
28th March (drawn 1-1), Good Friday against Coventry City (won 1-0),
Easter Saturday at West Ham (lost 2-0) before they lost to Ipswich 2-1.
Spurs looked tired against Ipswich and I suspect most of us were expecting
AC Milan to thrash us. The Italian's had representatives watching the game
at Ipswich and must have felt unconcerned as we were very poor.
That was, of course, the season when we failed to beat Chelsea in the
League Cup Semi-Final ..............
We have only won 8 out of the 24 games played at Portman Road for League
points. The most disastrous defeat was our 3-2 defeat in October 1961
which was one of the defeats we sustained against Ipswich that season.
Cliff Jones scored both of our goals that afternoon. Had we beaten Ipswich
once instead of losing twice, Spurs would have been champions ......
In an era where the title is dominated by a small select number of clubs,
it is pleasing when a small club like Ipswich breaks the rules and win a
major trophy. Possibly the most popular victory of all time, at least in
the Lilywhite half of North London, was Ipswich's 1-0 victory over Arsenal
in the 1978 FA Cup Final. The fact that it was the last kick Roger Osborne
made in the match adds spice to it as he was overcome by the emotion of
scoring what turned out to be the winner and had to be substituted.
Those followers who travel to away matches will doubtlessly remember the
goal that Jason Cundy scored early in the 1992-93 season ... if memory
serves me correctly, Cundy scored from the halfway line. It was, I think,
the only goal he scored for Tottenham. Not quite as famous as the goal
NAYIM scored, though ...........
Spurs travel to Portman Road knowing they must start winning games again.
They have slipped away from the leading pack. The middle of the table is
densely packed. A couple of defeats could push us a long way down the
table. Hopefully, we will go to Ipswich and collect the points this time
but I think I'll settle for a draw. What I would like to see is Rebrov
given a chance in Sheringham's absence. He has shown some nifty footwork
in the past and there were times when I thought Ferdinand looked tired
against Chelsea.
COME ON YOU SPURS!
Cheers, Brian
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