So with Samir Nasri on the City books it is now onto the job of winning Premier League games. Next up for City is another away trip, this time to Tottenham. It has been hard to determine exactly how Spurs are going to be this season. So far they have only played two competitive games. The first was away to Hearts in the Europa competition in which a very poor Hearts side made them look better than they actually are, running out 5-0 winners. Then it was off to Old Trafford and a defeat against a less than convincing United side against a poorer Spurs side.
So to the stats. We have met Tottenham a total of 124 times in the league and the points have been evenly spread with us winning 46 and them with a slight advantage on 47 wins. However, with the exception of last season, City haven’t had good times against Spurs. In the last ten encounters Spurs have won 70 percent of the time, with us doubling our victories last season through a Crouch O.G!
When you ask about interesting games between the two teams, some younger supporters may pick out the FA Cup game of 2004. The one where Spurs were up 3-0 at half time and we had just had Joey Barton sent off (shocker I know!) The second half we came out blazing and turned the game around for a 4-3 victory. Some of the slightly older supporters will instantly go back to the FA Cup Final of 1981 and Ricky Villa. The less said about that one, the better.
Without a doubt though our weirdest set of results came in the 1957/58 season when on September 28 we beat Spurs 5-1 at Maine Road only to have exactly the same result, in reverse, in the return fixture on February 8th.
Our best set of results against Spurs in the league came in the 1967/68 season. That campaign we beat them 4-1 on our ground and then 3-1 on theirs. Oh yeah and that was the year we won the league. In the first game, played on December 9th, four different scorers had their names on the sheet for City. Bell, Young, Summerbee and Coleman. The return fixture saw just two names, with Bell getting a brace and Summerbee with the third.
We haven’t had it all our own way though. We have been thoroughly hammered by Tottenham on more than one occasion. In 1958 and 1934 we lost 5-1 and in 1924 we lost 4-1! On the plus side we have also had our fair share of handing of asses on platter moments too! 6-2 win in, guess, 62! 5-1 in 1958 and more recently a 5-2 drubbing in 1994. That was just after the USA had hosted the World Cup! However the most significant result came toward the end of the 1972 season. Tottenham faced relegation from the top flight going into the last three games. First up, City. The final score in that game, 5-0 City and bye bye Spuds!
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