Here is Brian Judson's preview of the game

Full Record of Spurs -v- Everton

Prem          Pl   W   D   L   For- Ag  Pts
Home          10   6   4   0   19 - 11  22
Away          11   4   6   1   12 -  8  18
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Total(Prem)   21  10  10   1   31 - 19  40
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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)   21  10  10   1   31 - 19  40
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  131  46  43  42  201 -178 152
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Sunday's game is subtitled A Tale of Two Managers.

David Moyes is the talented young manager, who has transformed Everton from being perennial relegation strugglers to a side aiming for the Champions League in less than a full season. This time last year, Everton were going nowhere rapidly under Walter Smith. This winter, the horizon looks bright for the Goodison Park faithful. And the Everton first team squad is largely the one Moyes inherited from Smith!

Meanwhile, Glenn Hoddle is approaching his second anniversary in charge of Tottenham. There have been slight improvements but, as ever, Tottenham still flatter to deceive. The side is still largely the one inherited from George Graham, simply because Tottenham are said not to have the funds available for massive spending.

Both teams were knocked out of the FA Cup last weekend. Everton crashed at Shrewsbury, who are in the Third Division, whilst Spurs crashed at Southampton, in a manner that was utterly disgraceful. Much depends on how these two teams react to the events of last weekend.

Moyes, I suspect, knows what he has to do to get the ball rolling again. Hoddle, I suspect, remains baffled, hesitant and unsure what needs to be done. Moyes will be without his young protege Wayne Rooney, who is suspended for a dreadful tackle he made on Boxing Day, after Rooney was sent off after jumping at Vickers, leaving the Birmingham defender prone on the turf.

Hoddle will doubtlessly check the treatment room before deciding on his eleven. He doesn't have a great deal of choice because he seems to have an aversion for trying out promising youngsters, preferring to play fading stars such as Poyet, Ferdinand and Sheringham.

This fixture, of course, will evoke memories of the day Bill Nicholson succeeded Jimmy Anderson as manager on October 11th 1958. Spurs won 10-4 that day but it has to be said that Everton's sole ambition seemed to be to get relegated to the old Division 2 as fast as possible.

There are more recent memories of Spurs beating Everton in 1992 when Paul Allen and Andy Turner scored late goals to prevent the Toffees from winning at Tottenham. A year later, we won 3-2 when Sheringham, Anderton and Caskey retrieved a lost game at an even later stage.

In my time as a student of football, Everton have had three great teams. The first was Harry Catterick's 1962-63 side, built around "The Golden Vision" of Alex Young. The second, probably the best of the three, was his 1969-70 side with a midfield of Ball, Harvey and Kendall with Joe Royle up front. The third side was Kendall's early to mid 1980s side with Andy Gray up front behind a midfield guided by Peter Reid, with a fine ball-playing side.

Spurs, as we all know, have had their great teams but we have had very little to enthuse about since May 1984. We have had the odd great day (April 14th 1991, Cup Final Day 1991 and March 1999 to name but three) but we are as far away as ever from the consistency needed to qualify for Europe.

On Sunday, therefore, I very much suspect we will see Everton nudge us further down the table. Moyes, as a manager, seems much sharper on tactical ideas than Hoddle. I very much hope my pessimism is ill-founded but nothing I have seen recently persuades me to feel optimistic about the future.

COME ON YOU SPURS! PROVE ME BLOODY WRONG!

Cheers, Brian

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