The Premiership - Tottenham finally Win !!!

Tottenham have finally won a game of Premiership football this season!

No, that's not an illusion, the above line really does say that.

All it took were 9 Premiership games and the sacking of Juande Ramos and Tottenham Hotspur are finally off the mark.

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Bolton

Watched in the stands by new manager to be, Harry Redknapp, he must have been delighted with the result. He takes charge fully from the next game onwards. Stand in Clive Allen did a fantastic job as the team played the best they have done all season.

A bright start resulted in a 16th minute headed goal from major signing Pavlyuchenko. He positioned himself well to get on the end of a David Bentley cross. Bolton goalkeeper, Jasskelainen was given no chance to stop it.

After the goal, Tottenham played some attractive Football had Bolton struggled to get into the game. A frustrated McCann was sent off for a clumsy tackle on Huddlestone and then Spurs were playing against just 10 men. This made a nice change from previous games.

Darren Bent added a second in the 75th from the Penalty-Spot and Tottenham should have really scored more. But a win is a win and it is one the Club will have been very relieved to have earned.

Hopefully this now signals the start of a new era, and Spurs can lift themselves off the bottom of the table and with momentum out of the dreaded Relegation zone.

Harry's first real game in charge will be on the 29th October away to London rivals Arsenal.

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The Premiership - Vamos to Ramos, Hello to Harry

And it is finally here, the headline that journalists everywhere have been dying to write in order to appear poetically amusing, "Vamos to Ramos!"

It was perhaps inevitable. As soon as Spurs Manager, Juande Ramos was given the Tottenham Board's full backing, a sacking was imminent. This sequence of events has happened many times before in football and will no doubt happen again. With just 2 points from 8 premiership league games and an early exit from European competition looking likely, Tottenham had to do something.

So what did they do?

The Tottenham board sacked Spaniard Juande Ramos and hired Portsmouth Manager, Harry Redknapp! This should be interesting.

Of the current Tottenham squad, Redknapp commented, "They have a decent squad on paper, although it's not a well-balanced squad, it's a squad with good ability, very skillful players, but maybe a bit of a soft centre. We need a little bit more strength and aggression about the team if we're going to survive. You don't pick up two points if you're that good."

First team coaches, Gus Poyet and Marcos Alvarez also leave the club as does sporting director Damien Comolli.

Clive Allen will temporarily fill in as Manager for Tottenham's game today against Bolton. Often when a side has a new manager, the team, conscious that they are now fighting for a place to stay in the squad, play a bit better. Lets hope this is the case today.

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UEFA CUP 2008 - Udinese 2 - 0 Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur were not favourites to win away to Italian Club Udinese in their opening UEFA cup game, but would have been grateful for it. A win would have perhaps provided some much needed confidence and strength to climb away from probably the London club's worst season of all time.

Alas, it was not to be as, second in Serie A, Udinese won the game 2-0.

Tottenham started quite brightly with chances in the 15th minute with a saved header from Bent and then a tight angled shot from Lennon in the 20th. It looked as if Spurs may get something... but then the Penalty came two minutes later courtesy of a mad ball control blunder by Goalkeeper Gomez. It has to be said, Gomez looked pretty dodgy most of the Evening.

Udinese Striker, Di Natale, scored from the spot and as so often is the case this season, when Spurs go behind, you just can't see them coming back.

To follow the familiar pattern of recent games, midfielder O'Hara got himself sent off the pitch for two clumsy tackles in short succession. Down to ten men, yet again, the task now was hopeless.

Giovani dos Santos came on as a Tottenham substitute in the 64th minute and provided some attacking flair, but by this time Udinese were well in control and scored a second goal in the 86th.

It was another, all round miserable day for Tottenham. Not only losing, but having a man sent off also. Spanish Manager, Juande Ramos, must be really feeling the pressure at the moment, and this result will not ease matters. Tottenham next play in the Premiership at Home to Bolton on the 25th October. Another defeat would be disastrous. But with Defoe, Keane and Berbatov sold, who is going to get the goals?

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