2009–10 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

2009-10 season
Chairman	Daniel Levy
Manager	Harry Redknapp
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Sixth Round
League Cup	Quarter-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Jermain Defoe (17) All: Jermain Defoe (23)
Highest home attendance	10
Lowest home attendance	1
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2009-10 season is Tottenham Hotspur's 18th season in the Premier League. It is their 32nd successive season in the top division of the English football league system. They will not win anything this season according to Harry Redknapp, their manager.

Season 2009–2010

Pre-season

Transfers

Tottenham Hotspur's transfer involvement began on the first day of the newly opened transfer window with the release of a number of fringe and youth players, with the most notable being former Portuguese international Ricardo Rocha, who in late August joined Belgian outfit Standard Liege, their outgoing transfers continued into July as versatile midfielder Didier Zokora joined Sevilla for around £8.6 million, swiftly followed by Welsh international right-back Chris Gunter making a £1.75 million move to Nottingham Forest, a team who Gunter had spent the end of the 2008-09 season with on loan. Along with the two, Brazilian left-back Gilberto ended his nightmare spell at Spurs, moving back to Cruzeiro in the Brasileirão.

The first acquisitions made by Spurs in the summer transfer window, were the signings of hot prospects Kyle Naughton and Kyle Walker, both of Sheffield United, Naughton moved straight into the first team, receiving the number 16 shirt whereas Walker received a loan move back to Sheffield United for a years loan to continue his development at the Championship club.

Tottenham's biggest transfer fee of the summer was spent signing Peter Crouch back to the club from Portsmouth. Crouch began his career at White Hart Lane before a move to Queens Park Rangers ended his time at Spurs, but with a move of around £9 million, he became the fourth player to make a return to Tottenham after leaving in the past six months. The Money spent on Crouch was quickly recouped with the sale of much-maligned striker Darren Bent, Bent entered into a protracted transfer deal with Sunderland which was threatened, not only by the large bid lodged from Stoke during negotiations, but by comments made by Bent on his Twitter page, criticising chairman Daniel Levy, to which he made a public apology:

"I appreciate that transfers are seldom straightforward and are often complex, However, after a long period of waiting following my withdrawal from the plane to China, I had become incredibly frustrated by the time these things take and I posted inappropriate comments on my Twitter site. I allowed my emotions to get in the way of my better judgement. I regret my actions and did not intend to offend Daniel Levy or anyone with the nature or the content of my posting."

The long saga ended when, on the 5 August, he finally moved to Sunderland for an initial £10.5 million, rising to £16.5 million depending on various add-ons.

Tottenham's summer continued with the arrival of Sebastien Bassong from Newcastle United for a fee of £8 million. During their pre-season, Spurs were hit with the double blow of losing both Jonathan Woodgate and Michael Dawson to serious injury and with the permanently semi-injured Ledley King the only fit central defender, the transfer impetus switched to defense, facilitating the arrival of Bassong.

Friendlies

Tottenham Hotspur began their pre-season schedule on 15 July 2009, with an away trip to St. James Park to face Exeter City. Tottenham won the encounter 3-0 dominating the game against their League One opponents, A first-half goal from Jamie O'Hara set Spurs on their way before two goals in ten minutes from Aaron Lennon and Darren Bent ensured Tottenham's pre-season began with a winning start. Two days later, Tottenham took a south-west trip by facing both Harry Redknapp and Kevin Bond's former club, Bournemouth, Tottenham replicated their result by running out 3-0 winners, Robbie Keane got his first goal of the pre-season campaign half way through the first half, followed, later on, by a goal from Jermain Defoe, returning to his former club with whom he had a successful loan period in the 2000–01 Season. The game was rounded off by a goal from Wilson Palacios, scoring his first ever goal in English football.

Tottenham continued their pre-season by facing newly promoted Championship side Peterborough at the London Road, Spurs ended the match having won 4-0 with goals scored by Darren Bent, Jermain Defoe, Luka Modrić and Roman Pavlyuchenko, taking their tally to ten goals scored in three games and zero conceded.

Beginning in late July, Spurs participated in the inaugural Wembley Cup. They began the tournament by facing off against Barcelona. Barcelona fielded a severely weakened team, featuring a number of young players, against a strong Tottenham side. Barcelona dominated the first half, taking the lead through Spanish prodigy Bojan. Tottenham rallied in the second half and earned a draw with a late header through youngster Jake Livermore. In the final game of the tournament, Spurs faced Scottish club Celtic. Tottenham suffered their first friendly loss in five years by losing 2-0. An early header from Chris Killen put Celtic 1-0 up, capitalising on Tottenham's lack of defenders through injury. Celtic got their second through Georgios Samaras, a solo run earned the two goal cushion and eventually the win in a game the Scottish side dominated. Egyptian champions Al Ahly were also a part of the tournament but were not be an opponent of Spurs and finished bottom of the final group standings.

Following the Wembley Cup, Tottenham competed in the 2009 Asia Trophy Tournament alongside fellow Premier League outfits West Ham United and Hull City and Chinese Super League team Beijing Guoan. Tottenham started the tournament against West Ham, winning 1-0. Goalkeeper Rob Green made several saves before ex-West Ham player Jermain Defoe returned to haunt his former club with a finish from close range to send Spurs to the final. Tottenham then claimed the prestigious trophy with a 3-0 win over relegation-survivalists Hull City. Robbie Keane claimed two goals, one from open play and one from the penalty spot, and Aaron Lennon wrapped up the game with a tap-in, supplied by new boy Kyle Naughton.

The Far-East section of the 2009-10 pre-season was then rounded off with a trip to Hong Kong to play the Hong Kong First Division champions South China. Tottenham lost the match 2-0, with a weakened team fielded. South China took the lead through Chan Siu Ki with a 30-yard volley before Li Haiqiang sealed the game from the penalty spot, with South China goalkeeper, Zhang Chunhui producing several saves to deny Tottenham any sort of comeback.

Tottenham completed their 2009-10 pre-season by beating Greek opposition Olympiacos 3–0. Spurs enjoyed the majority of possession in the game, and gave debuts to Peter Crouch and Sebastien Bassong. Tottenham took the lead in the second half thanks to Roman Pavlyuchenko's left footed strike. Vedran Ćorluka's first goal in Spurs colours put daylight between the two teams and then a solo run from Jermain Defoe made the game safe at 3–0 and ended their only home fixture of the pre-season with a win.

August

Tottenham began the 2009-10 season with their first home start in five years against Liverpool, Spurs took the lead before half time with a thunderbolt effort from unlikely goalscorer Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Liverpool equalised in the second half thanks to a penalty from Steven Gerrard but Tottenham won all three points with a powerful header from Sebastien Bassong on his debut. Tottenham followed up on the Liverpool win with a 5–1 thrashing of Hull City at the KC Stadium, Spurs stormed in front in just ten minutes with a strike from Jermain Defoe, followed soon after by Wilson Palacios scoring his first goal in English football to put Spurs in a commanding position, further goals from Robbie Keane and another two Defoe goals, to earn his first hat-trick since 2004, completed the rout.

Spurs then faced fierce London rivals West Ham United, in a scrappy affair, West Ham took the lead through a stunning Carlton Cole volley, however only minutes later, Cole horrendously mis-placed a pass directly into the path of Jermain Defoe to give Tottenham a way back into the game, Spurs then took all three points when Aaron Lennon cut in from the right to slam the ball past Robert Green. Three wins out the first three games produced Tottenham's most successful start to a season since the double-winning team of 1961 and left them topping the table after the first three games of the season.

The League Cup then took center stage as Tottenham took on Doncaster in the second round, Spurs romped their way to a 5–1 victory over their lower league counterparts with Spurs having the added bonus of five different goal scorers, strikes from Tom Huddlestone, Jamie O'Hara, Peter Crouch, David Bentley and Roman Pavlyuchenko sealed the win and emphatic passage to the next round, In the ensuing draw, it was announced that Tottenham would face Preston North End in the Third Round of the cup.

Tottenham final game of August was against newly promoted Birmingham City, Spurs battled their way to a 2–1 win, with Peter Crouch scoring his first league goal for spurs before a Lee Bowyer tap in made the game 1–1. The match looked to be heading for a draw before Aaron Lennon blasted the winner in the fifth minute of injury time. The game was marred for Spurs however, as it was confirmed that influential midfielder Luka Modrić had suffered a fracture to his Fibula causing him to miss a number of weeks in the season.

Nearing the end of August, two players left Spurs for new teams in the Premier League, Adaptable defender Pascal Chimbonda left to join Blackburn Rovers in £2 million deal and German Kevin-Prince Boateng made a £4 million move to Portsmouth.

Following Tottenham's 2–1 win over Birmingham, in which Luka Modrić suffered a broken leg, Spurs entered the transfer market on deadline day for a midfielder. In the final hours, confirmation was made of the signing of Croatian Niko Kranjčar from Portsmouth for a bargain £2.5 million. This transfer was thought to signal the end of Tottenham's transfer movement until on 3 September, It was announced that Spurs had signed veteran goalkeeper Jimmy Walker, Walker was a free agent following his release from West Ham United.

Throughout the transfer window, a number of loans occurred, Early in the transfer window, young talents, Ryan Mason and Steven Caulker joined Yeovil Town on loan for six months, followed soon by Adel Taarabt returning to Queens Park Rangers for a season long loan. The transfers continued as Troy Archibald-Henville rejoined Exeter until January 2010, on the same day, it was revealed that goalkeeper Ben Alnwick would join newly-relegated Norwich for three months. After this, young Adam Smith join Wycombe for an initial one month deal, subsequently followed by the development of the deal to send Andros Townsend to long term affiliate Leyton Orient for a period of six months. After a good pre-season with Spurs, midfielder Jake Livermore signed for Derby County for a period of a month but later extended to six thanks to a series of good performances. Jon Obika joined his fellow Spurs loanees at Yeovil in mid-August, putting pen to paper for an initial one month loan. The loans continued with Jamie O'Hara joining Portsmouth until January 2010, in an effort to get first team football, followed later by the loan of midfielder Sam Cox to Cheltenham for one month. The last loans of the summer transfer window involved three youth goalkeepers, with David Button, Oscar Jansson and Lee Butcher joining Crewe Alexandra, Exeter City and Grays Athletic respectively.

After Spurs' good start to the season, Harry Redknapp and Jermain Defoe were awarded the Manager of the Month award and the Player of the Month award, respectively, for August.

Month summary

August game stats

Month	Games	Won	Drew	Lost	Scored	Conceded	Points	Other
August	5	5	0	0	16	5	12	Advanced to League Cup Third Round

September

Following the International break, Tottenham entered into a run of fixtures to test their mercurial early form, starting with the Champions Manchester United at White Hart Lane. Spurs made a sensational start with Jermain Defoe scoring an overhead kick within the first minute of the game, however Manchester United turned in a masterful performance, taking all three points thanks to goals from Ryan Giggs, Anderson and Wayne Rooney.

After the first loss of the season, Tottenham then had the daunting task of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, and although Spurs put up a valiant effort, they eventually succumbed to a 3–0 defeat. Tottenham had the chance to immediately bounce back in the League Cup facing Championship side Preston North End. The game played out on even footing with Preston giving as good as they got but the quality of the Premier League side shone through as they strolled to a 5–1 victory with Peter Crouch scoring a hat-trick in the process.

September ended with a home visit of newly promoted Burnley. Spurs romped their way to victory with a 5–0 victory, Tottenham dominated the game, with Robbie Keane scoring four of the goals and ended the month with a win, retaining their place in the top four.

Month summary

September game stats

Month	Games	Won	Drew	Lost	Scored	Conceded	Points	Other
September	4	2	0	2	11	7	3	Advanced to League Cup Fourth Round

October

October for Tottenham Hotspur began with the always tricky trip to the Reebok Stadium to face Bolton Wanderers. Bolton took the lead within five minutes when a poorly defended throw-in landed at the feet of Ricardo Gardner who smashed the ball in the roof of the net. Tottenham battled back to find an equaliser through a Niko Kranjčar volley, Starting with a Wilson Palacios cross, Peter Crouch's downward header was met by the on-rushing Kranjčar to score his first Tottenham Hotspur goal. Early in the second half, slick football from Bolton earned them the lead for the second time, intricate play from Ricardo Gardner and Lee Chung-Yong, set up a back-post header for Kevin Davies which squirmed over the line. Spurs rallied in the difficult circumstances and struck another equaliser from a Vedran Ćorluka header to earn a point.

Following the draw at Bolton, Tottenham travelled to Fratton Park to play Harry Redknapp's former club, Portsmouth. Portsmouth had started the season very poorly and experiencing off-field trouble involving various owners of the club, Tottenham took the lead early in the game on the 29th minute mark with Ledley King powering in a header from a Niko Kranjčar Corner, Spurs doubled their lead on half time with Jermain Defoe sliding the ball home from a Jermaine Jenas through-ball. Portsmouth began to battle in the second half and scored a goal through ex-Tottenham player Kevin-Prince Boateng and following Jermain Defoe's red card for a stamp on Aaron Mokoena, a tense finished ensued, however Tottenham battled and after the injury time sending off of Michael Brown, Tottenham secured the three points.

After two away games, Spurs returned to White Hart Lane to face Stoke City, in what would be the most frustrating game of the season so far, Tottenham dominated the game, monopolising possession and creating a plethora of chances to which either poor finishing, bad luck or fantastic goalkeeping, prevented Tottenham from taking the lead. Late in the second half, Spurs went down to ten men after Aaron Lennon sustained an injury and all three allocated substitutions had been made and Stoke took advantage with substitute Glenn Whelan hammering home the winner for Stoke to claim a famous smash and grab win. Tottenham rebounded from the disappointment of the loss three days later with a win over Everton in the League Cup, goals from Tom Huddlestone and Robbie Keane ensured safe passage into the quarter finals to which Tottenham were drawn against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Tottenham Hotspur ended October with a North London derby against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, Spurs entered the game without Luka Modrić, Aaron Lennon and the suspended Jermain Defoe and the absences meant that David Bentley made his first start of the season against his former club. The first half played out on level pegging until late in the half when a poorly defended cross let Robin Van Persie poke the ball home to give Arsenal the lead. Immediately following, absolutely shambolic defending from Spurs allowed Francesc Fabregas to double Arsenal's lead, just eleven seconds later. Shell-shocked from the quick-fire double, Tottenham entered the second half with a mountain to climb, however the game was over when more horrendous defending allowed Robin Van Persie to score his second and Arsenal's third. The game ended 3–0 and Spurs ended the month in 5th place in the table.

Month summary

October game stats

Month	Games	Won	Drew	Lost	Scored	Conceded	Points	Other
October	5	2	1	2	6	7	4	Advanced to League Cup Quarter-Final

November

Looking to respond from losing the most recent edition of the North London derby, Tottenham faced a home test against Sunderland. The game featured the return of a number of former players. Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Márton Fülöp, Fraizer Campbell, and Darren Bent, making his first return to the Lane since his acromonious departure in the summer. The game ended 2–0 to Tottenham thanks to goals from Robbie Keane and Tom Huddlestone, with Darren Bent having a penalty saved during the course of the match.

Following the win against Sunderland, Spurs played Wigan in a home fixture. In what would become an historic fixture, Tottenham won 9–1, in an astonishing game. Redknapp chose to start with Peter Crouch up front with Defoe, and to justification as it was Crouch's header from an Aaron Lennon cross that put Spurs 1-0 up at half time. The second half entered the record books as Spurs scored eight second half goals, five coming from Jermain Defoe. Other goals came from Aaron Lennon and Niko Kranjčar, along with a David Bentley, originally given as a Chris Kirkland own-goal, before the dubious goal panel awarded the effort to Bentley. It became Tottenham's biggest ever Premier League win, the second biggest in Premier League history, and only the second time any team had scored nine goals in the Premier League since it's inception in 1992. Defoe also got himself in the record books, becoming only the third player to score five goals in a Premier League match, the others being Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer.

Tottenham ended the month with a trip to Villa Park to face Aston Villa. Early into the first half, Aston Villa drew first blood with Gabriel Agbonlahor poking the ball in from close range to send Villa into the lead, Spurs fought back and in the 78th minute grabbed an equaliser with Michael Dawson hitting a volley into the net from just outside the area, earning a point for Tottenham and lifting the team in to 3rd place.

Month summary

November game stats

Month	Games	Won	Drew	Lost	Scored	Conceded	Points	Other
November	3	2	1	0	12	2	7	N/A

December

Month Summary

December began with a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the Carling Cup Quarter final, Spurs lost 2–0 courtesy of two long range goals from Darron Gibson to put the incumbent champions in the semi-final over Tottenham.

Tottenham's first league game of the month was to journey to Merseyside to face Everton, early in to the second half, Spurs took the lead through Jermain Defoe and then quickly doubled their lead through a diving header from Michael Dawson, Everton began to fight back and clawed a goal back through Louis Saha, followed minutes later by the equalising goal from Tim Cahill ending the game 2–2 with the two teams sharing the points following a last minute penalty miss from Jermain Defoe. Six days later, Tottenham faced Wolves at White Hart Lane, in a tight game, Wolves took all three points with a header from Kevin Doyle in the 3rd minute with Tottenham unable to break down the Wolves defence.

Tottenham, then competed against fellow top four hopefuls, Manchester City in a home fixture. Tottenham took the lead towards the end of an even first half with Niko Kranjčar volleying the ball home following a Peter Crouch knock-down. Spurs then doubled their lead nine minutes into the second half with Jermain Defoe bagging the second, a long kick out from goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes was meet by Peter Crouch who headed the ball down for strike partner Defoe to steer the ball in the net. Spurs sealed the win in extra time with a sweeping move, following a through ball from Aaron Lennon, Niko Kranjčar squeezed through the Manchester City defence before poking the ball through Shay Given's legs to earn a 3–0 win.

Three days later, Spurs made the trip to Ewood Park to face Blackburn, Tottenham took the lead moments before half time with Peter Crouch earning the lead with a headed goal, Spurs then ground out the win with Crouch scoring his second following a through ball from Jermaine Jenas to win the game 2–0. For the Boxing Day fixture, Spurs travelled across London to face Fulham, the two teams played out a 0–0 draw to share the points on the day.

Tottenham ended the month, year and decade with a home fixture against London rivals West Ham in which Spurs won 2–0. Tottenham took the lead early with the returning Luka Modrić scrambling the ball home in the 11th minute before Jermain Defoe closed the game with a well-struck volley late in the match to put Spurs in the champions league places as they entered 2010.

December game stats

Month	Games	Won	Drew	Lost	Scored	Conceded	Points	Other
December	7	3	2	2	9	5	11	Eliminated from League Cup

January Transfer Window

In relation to the 2008-09 transfer window, Tottenham experienced a relatively quiet transition over the course of January, With the transfer window opening on the first day of the month, transfer speculation was mostly rebuffed by manager Harry Redknapp for the majority of the month, however Tottenham managed to secure the arrival of two players in the Window.

Firstly, on the 28th January, experienced midfielder Eidur Gudjohnsen joined the club on loan from his parent club A.S. Monaco on a loan deal effective until the season end, followed two days later by the return of another former player in Younes Kaboul, re-signed from Portsmouth for a fee believed to be around £5 million in what was Tottenham's only permanent signing of the window.

The departures from Tottenham overshadowed the rest of the club's dealings both in terms of number and profile, The first sale involved the youngster Tomas Pekhart, having just returned from a twelve month loan deal with Slavia Prague, Pekhart quickly joining Czech outfit FK Jablonec for an undisclosed fee. The only other outright leaving in January belonged to Troy Archibald-Henville, who after two successful loan spells with Exeter moved to St James Park permanently, again for an undisclosed fee.

Loan exits dominated the departures, beginning early with the loan move of Jake Livermore to Peterborough achieving completion on the 8th January, six days later, youngster Andros Townsend joined MK Dons on a season-long loan. The loans continues thirteen days later with mexican international Giovani Dos Santos re-uniting with his old manager Frank Rijkaard through a loan deal to Galatasaray until the end of the season, swiftly followed two days later, with Jamie O'Hara re-joining relegation battling Portsmouth until the season end after his initial loan ended in early January.

On the final day, Tottenham loaned out three players from the first team squad, Initially, young talent Kyle Naughton returned to the Championship, joining Middlesbrough until the end of the season, followed later in the day, with Scottish international Alan Hutton moving to Sunderland in a loan move until the league end in May, The transfer window closed in England at 5pm however due to the Scottish transfer window remaining open until midnight, it paved the way for Robbie Keane to join Celtic in a loan deal until the end of the season, to the conclude Tottenham's 2009-10 January transfer window.

January

Month Summary

Tottenham began the month with F.A Cup duty, on 2 January, with a third round tie against Peterborough at White Hart Lane, Spurs strolled to a 4–0 win courtesy of a brace from Niko Kranjcar, Jermain Defoe and a late Robbie Keane penalty. A fortnight later, Spurs played their first league game of 2010, facing Hull at home, the match ended 0–0, with Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill earning plaudits for an inspired performance.

On the 20th January, Tottenham travelled to Anfield to face Liverpool in a match regarded as crucial in the race for the top four, Spurs succumbed to a 2–0 defeat with dutch midfielder Dirk Kuyt scoring both goals, an early long range effort before sealing the points with a late penalty, in a game where spurs offered little resistance. Three days later, Tottenham returned to the F.A Cup to face Leeds in the fourth round at White Hart Lane, Tottenham took the lead before Half time through a poached effort from Peter Crouch before Leeds equalised through Jermaine Beckford, who scrambled in a poorly defended corner. Tottenham re-took the lead thanks to a Roman Pavlyuchenko finish, his first goal since August and held the scoreline until in the final moments, Michael Dawson was adjudged to have fouled Beckford in the penalty area and a penalty was duly awarded, Jermaine Beckford converted the penalty six minutes into injury time to earn Leeds a replay.

Three days later, Spurs encountered Fulham in a home fixture, Tottenham scored early with Peter Crouch scoring a close range finish before David Bentley settled the comfortable match with a free-kick goal with the help of a deflection. Tottenham concluded the month with a trip to Birmingham, in an even game, Spurs took the lead deep into the second half through Jermain Defoe before Liam Ridgewell scored a last-gasp header to equalise the game and end Tottenham's month with a draw.

January game stats

Month	Games	Won	Drew	Lost	Scored	Conceded	Points	Other
January	6	2	3	1	9	5	5	Advanced to F.A Cup Fourth Round

February

Month Summary

The F.A. Cup opened February for Tottenham, facing Leeds in a fourth round replay following the 2–2 draw at White Hart Lane in late January. Spurs took the lead at Elland Road midway through the first half with Jermain Defoe striking the ball home before Luciano Becchio equalised from close range at the end of the first half. Tottenham re-took the lead deep into the second half with Defoe's second before closing out the match in injury time with Jermain Defoe claiming his hat-trick and earning Spurs a place in the fifth round. Three days later, on the 6th February, Spurs competed in their first Premier League match of the month, facing fellow top four contenders, Aston Villa at home, The game ended 0–0 with both teams earning a point in their quest for Champions League football.

Tottenham, then, travelled to Molineux to play Wolves in a contest which Wolves took all three points, a poor performance from Tottenham was punished by David Jones scoring the only goal of the game to secure the shock result for the relegation battlers.

Spurs returned to F.A. Cup action four days later with an away trip to Bolton, Under new management with Owen Coyle at the helm, Bolton took the lead midway through the first half with Kevin Davies scoring a predatory strike, Spurs, however, forced a replay with Jermain Defoe slamming home the equaliser in the 61st minute to take the tie back to White Hart Lane.

Tottenham's away fixtures continued with a trip to Wigan, the team who succumbed to a 9–1 defeat in the reverse fixture earlier in season, Tottenham began the game well with a goal from Jermain Defoe and cruised to a 3–0 win with two late goals from the returning Roman Pavlyuchenko, three days later, Spurs played Bolton in the F.A. fifth round replay, in which they stormed to the sixth round in a dominating 4–0 win, two goals from Roman Pavlyuchenko, and two own goals, one from goalkeeper Jussi Jääskeläinen and defender Andy O'Brien sealed a place in the next round of the F.A. Cup.

Spurs ended the month at home against Everton, Spurs dominated the first half and took the lead early through Roman Pavlyuchenko, with his fifth goal in three games and a stunning Luka Modric effort following good build-up play through Croatian compatriots Niko Kranjcar and Vedran Corluka, Everton responded in the second half with a strike from Yakubu but the game ended 2–1 and Spurs ended February in the fourth Champions League place.

February game stats

Month	Games	Won	Drew	Lost	Scored	Conceded	Points	Other
February	7	4	2	1	13	4	7	Advanced to F.A Cup Sixth Round

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost 9 July 2009 Anton Blackwood Arsenal Free 22 July 2009 Kyle Naughton Sheffield United Undisclosed 22 July 2009 Kyle Walker Sheffield United Undisclosed 27 July 2009 Peter Crouch Portsmouth £9 million 6 August 2009 Sébastien Bassong Newcastle £8 million 1 September 2009 Niko Kranjčar Portsmouth £2.5 million 3 September 2009 Jimmy Walker West Ham Free 30 January 2010 Younes Kaboul Portsmouth £5 million Total £24.5 million +

Out

Date Player New Club Cost 1 June 2009 Simon Dawkins Unattached Released 1 June 2009 Takura Mtandari Unattached Released 1 June 2009 Kyle Fraser-Allen Hayes & Yeading Free 1 June 2009 Ricardo Rocha Standard Liege Free 1 June 2009 David Hutton Cheltenham Free 12 June 2009 Danny Hutchins Yeovil Free 25 June 2009 Cian Hughton Lincoln Free 8 July 2009 Didier Zokora Sevilla £8.62 million 16 July 2009 Jacques Maghoma Burton Albion Free 17 July 2009 Chris Gunter Nottingham Forest £1.75 million 20 July 2009 Yuri Berchiche Real Valladolid Free 24 July 2009 Gilberto Cruzeiro Free 5 August 2009 Darren Bent Sunderland £16.5 million 27 August 2009 Pascal Chimbonda Blackburn £2 million 28 August 2009 Kevin-Prince Boateng Portsmouth £4 million 12 January 2010 Tomas Pekhart Jablonec Undisclosed 1 February 2010 Troy Archibald-Henville Exeter City Undisclosed Total £32.87 million +

Loaned in

Date Player Club Return Date 28 January 2010 Eidur Gudjohnsen Monaco End of 2009-10 season Loaned out Date Player Club Return Date 13 July 2009 Steven Caulker Yeovil Town End of 2009-10 season 22 July 2009 Adel Taarabt Queens Park Rangers End of 2009-10 season 9 November 2009 Mirko Ranieri Ipswich End of 2009-10 season 20 November 2009 David Button Shrewsbury End of 2009-10 season 20 November 2009 Adam Smith Torquay End of 2009-10 season 27 January 2010 Giovani Dos Santos Galatasaray End of 2009-10 season 29 January 2010 Jamie O'Hara Portsmouth End of 2009-10 season 1 February 2010 Kyle Naughton Middlesbrough End of 2009-10 season 1 February 2010 Alan Hutton Sunderland End of 2009-10 season 1 February 2010 Robbie Keane Celtic End of 2009-10 season 11 February 2010 Jonathan Obika Millwall March 2010 Completed loans Date Player Club Return Date 22 July 2009 David Button Crewe Alexandra 20 August 2009 24 July 2009 Ben Alnwick Norwich 5 September 2009 6 August 2009 Adam Smith Wycombe Wanderers 5 September 2009 1 September 2009 Sam Cox Cheltenham 12 October 2009 1 September 2009 Lee Butcher Grays Athletic 13 October 2009 17 September 2009 Dean Parrett Aldershot 23 October 2009 1 September 2009 David Button Crewe Alexandra 27 October 2009 29 September 2009 Danny Rose Peterborough 11 November 2009 14 October 2009 Lee Butcher Leyton Orient 17 November 2009 1 September 2009 Oscar Jansson Exeter City 3 December 2009 13 November 2009 Sam Cox Histon 13 December 2009 6 August 2009 Andros Townsend Leyton Orient 1 January 2010 26 November 2009 Calum Butcher Barnet 4 January 2010 10 August 2009 Jake Livermore Derby 8 January 2010 28 August 2009 Jamie O'Hara Portsmouth 17 January 2010 13 November 2009 John Bostock Brentford 23 January 2010 24 July 2009 Troy Archibald-Henville Exeter City 24 January 2010 22 July 2009 Kyle Walker Sheffield United 1 February 2010 11 August 2009 Jonathan Obika Yeovil Town 11 February 2010 22 January 2010 Sam Cox Torquay 11 February 2010 8 January 2010 Jake Livermore Peterborough 2 March 2010 14 January 2010 Andros Townsend MK Dons 4 March 2010 13 July 2009 Ryan Mason Yeovil Town 15 March 2010 Squad list Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK BRA Heurelho Gomes 3 DF WAL Gareth Bale 4 DF FRA Younes Kaboul 5 MF ENG David Bentley 6 MF ENG Tom Huddlestone 7 MF ENG Aaron Lennon 8 MF ENG Jermaine Jenas 9 FW RUS Roman Pavlyuchenko 12 MF HON Wilson Palacios 13 GK ENG Jimmy Walker 14 MF CRO Luka Modrić 15 FW ENG Peter Crouch 18 FW ENG Jermain Defoe No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW ISL Eidur Gudjohnsen (on loan from Monaco) 19 DF CMR Sébastien Bassong 20 DF ENG Michael Dawson (Captain) 21 MF CRO Niko Kranjčar 22 DF CRO Vedran Ćorluka 23 GK ITA Carlo Cudicini 25 MF ENG Danny Rose 26 DF ENG Ledley King (club-captain) 27 GK ENG Ben Alnwick 28 DF ENG Kyle Walker 30 DF FRA Dorian Dervite 32 DF CMR Benoît Assou-Ekotto 39 DF ENG Jonathan Woodgate Season 2009-10 long-term injury list Date Injured Player Injury Return Date 3 June 2009 Gareth Bale Knee meniscus tear 17 September 2009 23 June 2009 Michael Dawson Achilles Injury 22 September 2009 23 June 2009 Jonathan Woodgate Groin Injury 24 October 2009 19 August 2009 Heurelho Gomes Groin Strain 17 September 2009 23 September 2009 Giovani Dos Santos Ankle Injury 6 December 2009 29 August 2009 Luka Modrić Fibula Fracture 12 December 2009 12 November 2009 Carlo Cudicini Broken Pelvis & Wrist Fractures End of 2009-10 season 25 November 2009 Jonathan Woodgate Groin Injury End of 2009-10 season 28 December 2009 Aaron Lennon Groin Injury April 2010 Starting 11 Most used team of 2009-10 season. No. Pos. Name Starts 1 GK Heurelho Gomes 33 22 DF Vedran Ćorluka 34 20 DF Michael Dawson 27 19 DF Sebastien Bassong 30 32 DF Benoit Assou-Ekotto 25 7 MF Aaron Lennon 19 12 MF Wilson Palacios 34 8 MF Tom Huddlestone 33 21 MF Niko Kranjčar 23 18 FW Jermain Defoe 32 15 FW Peter Crouch 24 Gomes Ćorluka Dawson Bassong Assou-Ekotto Lennon Palacios Huddlestone Kranjčar Defoe Crouch . Match results Pre-season Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance 15 July 2009 Exeter A 0–3 O'Hara 31', Lennon 68', Bent 80' 8,636 17 July 2009 Bournemouth A 0–3 Keane 27', Defoe 55', Palacios 67' 9,074 21 July 2009 Peterborough A 0–4 Bent 36', Defoe 65', Modrić 68', Pavlyuchenko 74' 7,688 24 July 2009 Barcelona N 1–1 Livermore 82' 57,932 26 July 2009 Celtic N 0-2 64,562 29 July 2009 West Ham N 0-1 Defoe 74' 10,005 31 July 2009 Hull City N 0–3 Keane 16', 69' (pen), Lennon 88' 10,056 2 August 2009 South China A 0-2 23,025 9 August 2009 Olympiacos H 3–0 Pavlyuchenko 66', Ćorluka 68', Defoe 77' 26,462 Premier League Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance 16 August 2009 Liverpool H 2–1 Assou-Ekotto 44', Bassong 59' 35,935 19 August 2009 Hull A 1–5 Defoe 10', 45', 90+4', Palacios 14', Keane 78' 24,735 23 August 2009 West Ham A 1-2 Defoe 54', Lennon 79' 33,095 29 August 2009 Birmingham H 2–1 Crouch 71', Lennon 90' 35,318 12 September 2009 Manchester United H 1–3 Defoe 1' 35,785 20 September 2009 Chelsea A 3–0 41,623 26 September 2009 Burnley H 5–0 Keane 18' (pen), 74', 77', 87', Jenas 33' 35,462 3 October 2009 Bolton A 2–2 Kranjčar 34', Ćorluka 73' 21,305 17 October 2009 Portsmouth A 1–2 King 29' , Defoe 45' 20,821 24 October 2009 Stoke H 0–1 36,031 31 October 2009 Arsenal A 3–0 60,103 7 November 2009 Sunderland H 2–0 Keane 12', Huddlestone 68' 35,955 22 November 2009 Wigan H 9–1 Crouch 9', Defoe 51', 54', 58', 69', 87', Lennon 60', Bentley 88' , Kranjčar 90' 35,650 28 November 2009 Aston Villa A 1–1 Dawson 77' 39,866 6 December 2009 Everton A 2–2 Defoe 47', Dawson 59' 34,003 12 December 2009 Wolves H 0–1 36,012 16 December 2009 Manchester City H 3–0 Kranjčar 37', 90', Defoe 54' 35,891 19 December 2009 Blackburn A 0–2 Crouch 45', 83' 26,490 26 December 2009 Fulham A 0–0 25,679 28 December 2009 West Ham H 2–0 Modrić 11', Defoe 81' 35,994 16 January 2010 Hull H 0–0 35,729 20 January 2010 Liverpool A 2–0 42,016 26 January 2010 Fulham H 2–0 Crouch 27', Bentley 60' 35,467 30 January 2010 Birmingham A 1–1 Defoe 69' 27,238 6 February 2010 Aston Villa H 0–0 35,899 10 February 2010 Wolves A 1–0 27,992 21 February 2010 Wigan A 0–3 Defoe 27', Pavlyuchenko 84', 90' 16,165 28 February 2010 Everton H 2–1 Pavlyuchenko 11', Modric 28' 35,912 13 March 2010 Blackburn H 3–1 Defoe 45', Pavlyuchenko 55', 85' 35,474 20 March 2010 Stoke A 1–2 Gudjohnsen 46', Kranjcar 77' 27,575 Upcoming Premier League Fixtures are the intellectual property of the Premier League. For upcoming Premier League fixtures see Official Fixture List FA Cup Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Third Round 2 January 2010 Peterborough H 4–0 Kranjčar 35', 57', Defoe 70', Keane 90+5' (pen) 35,862 Fourth Round 23 January 2010 Leeds H 2–2 Crouch 42', Pavlyuchenko 75' 35,750 Fourth Round Replay 3 February 2010 Leeds A 1–3 Defoe 37', 73', 90' 37,704 Fifth Round 14 February 2010 Bolton A 1–1 Defoe 61' 13,596 Fifth Round Replay 24 February 2010 Bolton H 4–0 Pavlyuchenko 23', 87', Jääskeläinen 35' (o.g.), O'Brien 47' (o.g.) 31,436 Sixth Round 6 March 2010 Fulham A 0–0 24,533 Sixth Round Replay 24 March 2010 Fulham H League Cup Round Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance Second Round 26 August 2009 Doncaster A 1–5 Huddlestone 9', O'Hara 11', Crouch 37', Bentley 52', Pavlyuchenko 69' 12,923 Third Round 23 September 2009 Preston A 1–5 Crouch 14', 77', 90', Defoe 37', Keane 87' 16,533 Fourth Round 27 October 2009 Everton H 2–0 Huddlestone 31', Keane 57' 35,843 Fifth Round 1 December 2009 Manchester United A 2–0 57,212 Player statistics No. Pos. Nationality Player PL FA LC Total 1 GK Brazil Heurelho Gomes 24 6 3 33 0 2 0 3 DF Wales Gareth Bale 15 6 3 24 0 2 0 4 DF France Younes Kaboul 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 MF England David Bentley 8 3 4 15 3 2 0 6 MF England Tom Huddlestone 26 4 4 34 3 7 0 7 MF England Aaron Lennon 18 0 2 20 3 0 0 8 MF England Jermaine Jenas 19 2 2 23 1 6 0 9 FW Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko 8 4 2 14 9 0 0 12 MF Honduras Wilson Palacios 29 5 3 37 1 9 0 13 GK England Jimmy Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 MF Croatia Luka Modrić 17 5 0 22 2 1 0 15 FW England Peter Crouch 30 5 3 38 10 1 0 17 FW Iceland Eidur Gudjohnsen 4 1 0 5 1 0 0 18 FW England Jermain Defoe 27 6 2 35 23 4 1 19 DF Cameroon Sébastien Bassong 25 5 3 33 1 2 0 20 DF England Michael Dawson 22 6 3 31 1 2 0 21 MF Croatia Niko Kranjčar 22 6 0 28 7 3 0 22 DF Croatia Vedran Ćorluka 29 3 2 34 1 3 0 23 GK Italy Carlo Cudicini 7 0 1 8 0 0 0 25 MF England Danny Rose 0 3 1 4 0 1 0 26 DF England Ledley King 15 1 0 16 1 1 0 28 DF England Kyle Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 MF England Jake Livermore 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 31 MF England John Bostock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 DF Cameroon Benoît Assou-Ekotto 22 2 1 25 1 4 0 39 DF England Jonathan Woodgate 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 N/A DF Scotland Alan Hutton 8 2 4 14 0 5 0 N/A FW Ireland Robbie Keane 20 2 3 25 9 1 0 N/A DF England Kyle Naughton 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 N/A MF Mexico Giovani dos Santos 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 N/A MF England Jamie O'Hara 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 N/A MF Germany Kevin-Prince Boateng 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 N/A GK England David Button 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 No. Pos. Nationality Player PL FA LC Total Last Update: 20 March 2010 Data includes all competitions Substitution appearances included as full PL - Premier League FA - FA Cup LC - League Cup Ast - Assists N/A - Refers to a player who began the season a Tottenham Hotspur player but left the club over the course of the campaign Top scorer As of 20 March 2010 P. Player Position Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 1 Jermain Defoe Forward 17 5 1 23 2 Peter Crouch Forward 5 1 4 10 3 Roman Pavlyuchenko Forward 5 3 1 9 4 Robbie Keane Forward 6 1 2 9 5 Niko Kranjčar Midfielder 5 2 0 7 Most appearances As of 20 March 2010 P. Player Position Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total 1 Peter Crouch Forward 30 5 3 38 2 Wilson Palacios Midfielder 29 5 3 37 3 Jermain Defoe Forward 27 6 2 35 4 Tom Huddlestone Midfielder 26 4 4 34 5 Vedran Ćorluka Defender 29 3 2 34 Premier League results by round References External links Official Club site BBC - Tottenham club news Football 365 Spurs Homepage