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Tottenham charged by FA over alleged homophobic chanting by fans

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Tottenham have been charged by the Football Association over alleged homophobic chanting by their fans during a 3-0 win at Manchester United earlier this season.

The chanting is said to have taken place in the 49th and 79th minutes of the Premier League fixture at Old Trafford on 29 September.

Immediately after the game, Spurs condemned "abhorrent homophobic chanting" as "simply unacceptable" and vowed to take the "strongest possible action".

The club has been charged with two breaches of FA Rule E21, which governs the behaviour of supporters at matches, "for misconduct in relation to crowd control".

An FA statement said Tottenham "failed to ensure" that fans "conduct themselves in an orderly fashion" and "don't use words or otherwise behave in an improper, offensive, abusive, indecent or insulting way with either an express or implied reference to sexual orientation".

Spurs have until next Wednesday to respond to the FA in relation to the charge.

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Man City 4-0 Tottenham: Khadija Shaw scores hat-trick in dominant win

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Khadija Shaw scored a hat-trick as Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the Women's Super League table with a punishing victory over Tottenham.

Shaw, the league's leading goalscorer, netted twice during a dominant first-half display and added a third after the break as Spurs were incapable of mounting a comeback.

It took just 24 seconds for Shaw to score the opener, robbing possession from Tottenham's Clare Hunt and sliding it past goalkeeper Becky Spencer.

She caused countless problems for centre-back Hunt, who was replaced at half-time, but only after Shaw had made it 2-0, heading in Lauren Hemp's cross.

The hat-trick was complete after an hour when Shaw combined with Hemp again to slot in her low cross at the back post, seconds after Jill Roord had made it 3-0.

Gareth Taylor's side, playing at Etihad Stadium for the first time this season, entertained home supporters with a strong performance and should have added to their tally.

Hemp hit the woodwork, Roord had another goal disallowed for offside in the build-up, while Aoba Fujino and Yui Hasegawa came close.

Spurs' only real opportunity came in the first half when Matilda Vinberg was inches away from connecting with Bethany England's pacy cross at the back post.

Overall, it was another disappointing evening for Tottenham, who have won just two of their seven WSL matches so far and have Arsenal to come next.

But, for City, it cemented their place at the top of the table as they continue to impress this season.

Tottenham’s vulnerability at the back has been well documented - no other team in the league has conceded as many goals as them (18) in the WSL this season.

And City were eager to exploit this.

Within seconds, Shaw cemented her superiority, pouncing on Hunt’s hesitation and coolly sliding it beyond Spencer to kick off proceedings.

Her second goal was much easier – Hemp did the hard work on the left-hand side and Shaw, allowed space in the box by Hunt, was able to nod the ball into the bottom corner from a few yards out.

Shaw ran off to celebrate in front of City’s supporters, showing them her name on the back of her shirt and spreading her arms out to welcome her team-mates’ adulation.

In the background, Tottenham’s players huddled in the box to regroup but they were never given the chance as City’s relentless pressing and Spurs’ insistence on playing out from the back continued to be a recipe for disaster.

Hunt’s frustrations eventually got the better of her shortly before half-time when Shaw ran past her again and the Australian had no chance but to pull her down and concede a free-kick.

Spurs’ boss Robert Vilahamn had to react at half-time and he did, bringing on experienced defender Amy James-Turner, but it made little difference as City’s quality was too much to handle.

The threatening duo of Hemp and Shaw continued to thrive and they linked up again for a third goal, after Roord had capped off another strong performance with a thumping strike from close range.

It was the perfect evening at the club’s main stadium, where close to 10,000 supporters watched on as City showed why they are the team to beat in the WSL so far this campaign.

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Galatasaray vs Tottenham Hotspur: UEFA Europa League - BBC Sport

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Mohammed Kudus: West Ham winger has suspension extended to five matches

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Tottenham news: Spurs land 'statement win' over Aston Villa

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It has been a rather chaotic start to the Premier League season for Tottenham, but the past week or so is the clearest sign yet that things could be settling down.

The one thing Ange Postecoglou's team had missed so far this season was a statement win. The demolition of Manchester United looked as though it could be just that – but then United are not the force of days gone by. Even West Ham beat them.

They needed to beat a team with similar or bigger aspirations than themselves this season. That moment did not arrive at home to Arsenal, or at Brighton. But the win over Aston Villa changes a great deal.

Tottenham's new strike force was working at full tilt and the fact they ran riot late on indicates what a relaxed, fit, confident Spurs first team can achieve this season. Previously that was something of an unanswered question.

Aston Villa are currently a Champions League force to be reckoned with and remain a fiercely competitive Premier League side too. Tottenham fans are entitled to think that if they can do that to Villa, particularly at home, then they can do it to anyone in the division.

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Sandro: Ex-Tottenham and Brazil midfielder joins seventh-tier Harborough

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Former Tottenham and Brazil midfielder Sandro has come out of retirement to join Southern League Premier Central club Harborough Town.

The seventh-tier side beat Tonbridge Angels in the FA Cup on Saturday and will play League One Reading in the second round.

Sandro, 35, joined Tottenham from Brazilian side Internacional in 2010 and spent four seasons with the Premier League club.

He has also had spells with Queens Park Rangers, West Brom and Genoa and won 17 caps for Brazil.

Sandro last played competitively in 2020 for Brazilian side Goias.

In September, 2023 he announced his retirement from football in a post on Instagram., external

Harborough manager Mitch Austin said the signing felt "totally unbelievable" and he was "gobsmacked" by Sandro's decision.

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Tottenham Hotspur vs Ipswich Town: Premier League - BBC Sport

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Tottenham have won just three of their 10 Premier League games against Ipswich (D3 L4). Excluding ever-present sides, it’s their lowest win rate against any opponent they’ve faced 10+ times in the competition.

Ipswich have won their last three Premier League games against Spurs, completing the double over them the last time they met in 2001-02. They’ve never won four consecutive league games against them.

Tottenham have won 32 of their last 36 Premier League home games against promoted sides (D2 L2), and haven’t failed to score in any of their last 42 such games since a 1-0 loss to Wolves in December 2009.

Ipswich have lost their last five Premier League away games against London sides, conceding at least two goals each time (16 in total). However, 33% of their Premier League wins in London have come against Spurs (2/6), including their last such victory in December 2001.

Tottenham have conceded the first goal in each of their last four Premier League home games, but have come back to win the last three. No team has ever conceded first but gone on to win four consecutive home games in the competition before.

Tottenham have lost their last two Premier League games in the weekend (Saturday/Sunday) immediately following a European match, going down 3-2 at Brighton and 1-0 at Crystal Palace. Only twice have they lost three consecutive such matches, doing so from December 2012 to March 2013 and from September to October 2019.

Ipswich remain winless in their 10 Premier League games this season (D5 L5), their longest run without a win from the start of a top-flight season. They’ve lost their last two away games 4-1 at West Ham and 4-3 at Brentford, last conceding 4+ goals in three consecutive away league games in March 1964.

None of Tottenham’s last 26 Premier League home games have finished in a draw (W18 L8). The last team to have a longer such run in the top-flight were Liverpool (28 between April 1963 and August 1964).

Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke has applied more pressures in the final third than any other player in the Premier League this season (212).

Ipswich’s Leif Davis has created more chances than any other defender in the Premier League so far this season (25). Meanwhile, Spurs’ Pedro Porro has had more shots than any other defender this term (19).

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Tottenham news: Spurs' second-half improvement at home

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Tottenham came from behind to beat Aston Villa on Sunday - a feat they have achieved in each of their past three Premier League home matches.

On Sunday's episode of Match of the Day 2, former Manchester United defender Phil Jones said: "We sit here often and praise the players a lot, but sometimes the managers deserve praise and today especially.

"Ange made some decisions and substitutions that benefitted the team and ultimately they got the result they wanted in the end."

Spurs have gained more points from losing positions in Premier League home matches in 2024 (24) than any other club, with Manchester City next on the list for that metric with 14.

Ex-Spurs midfielder Danny Murphy added: "It shows that the way Ange plays, that relentless press and willingness to keep going forward and keep making chances does work - especially at home.

"There's no way, when you watch Tottenham play, that you think even when they're a goal down they're not going to make chances. It's a bit different away from home, you can have a debate about whether they should be the same, but certainly at home they're a force to be reckoned with."

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Tottenham are Premier League's comeback kings - how Spurs fought back to win at home, again

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Another Tottenham home game, and another fightback from Ange Postecoglou's side to take the three points.

Sunday's 4-1 win over Aston Villa was the eighth time this year that Spurs have recovered from conceding first to win at home in the league - equalling Newcastle's all-time Premier League record from 2002 - and the 24 points they have picked up from those situations is 10 more than any other top-flight team in 2024.

In an ideal world, Tottenham would not be in a position where they are trailing in the first place, but for them to keep on getting themselves out of a hole shows more than just a real resilience and strong mentality.

Every time they come back to win, their players demonstrate that they can cope with the expectations that I know you face whenever you play in front of the Spurs fans, and also deal with the added pressure you get when things go wrong.

But, furthermore, their success reinforces their belief that their style of play, where they aim for high levels of possession and look to dominate the ball and really go at the opposition, is working.

One of the reasons I believe they have this record at home is because of Postecoglou's philosophy - Spurs wear defensive-minded away teams down with their quality in possession and their constant push to try to win the ball back high up the pitch.

They don’t panic anymore when things don’t go to plan, and that's why we see them regularly overcome setbacks without too many problems, just like they did against Villa.

There is a separate conversation to be had about whether their boldness should sometimes be adjusted away from home, especially if they are in the lead or have something to protect.

But it is undoubtedly a hugely positive part of their home play because, in the majority of those games that I have seen this season, they have produced dominant attacking performances and, eventually, got their reward.

They have won four out of their five league games at the Tottenham Stadium, scoring 15 goals in those four games. The one match they lost, against Arsenal, was the only time they did not create as much as they would like but, even then, they still controlled the game for long periods in terms of possession and territory.

Tottenham were 1-0 down at half-time against Villa, but it was not down to them playing badly.

They will be disappointed with the goal they conceded, from another corner, but they had actually done really well at the back despite being without the injured Micky van de Ven, whose pace makes him a key man when they keep a high defensive line.

Their problems were at the other end of the pitch, where they kept getting into good positions but were unable to create any clear-cut chances.

They were too narrow, which is something I see from Tottenham quite a lot, because their full-backs, Destiny Udogie and Pedro Porro, like to come inside when they get forward and don’t often find themselves in wide positions, overlapping their wingers.

That happened a lot in the first half against Villa, for example on the left. So, because John McGinn was so willing to help Matty Cash out on that flank, Son Heung-min was forced inside where Villa had even more numbers.

Udogie was high up the pitch but he wasn’t in a dangerous position so he wasn’t affecting play. It was a similar story on the other side, and because Porro also ended up inside of Johnson, Tottenham did not have any width whatsoever.

There were times when Spurs had no-one wide outside of the 18-yard box, and that made it much easier for Villa to defend against them. Unai Emery’s side could stay really compact, and you need to do something really special to play through a team set up like that.

When I signed for Liverpool I had the good fortune of being around Ronnie Moran, a club legend who was there for almost 50 years and coached under nine managers, starting with Bill Shankly.

Teams would come to Anfield and sit in and he used to say to me that if you can't go through the middle of them then you go around the outside. He would tell me to switch the ball quick, keep it moving and get some crosses in.

It sounds simple but not enough teams do it, and you don't even need wingers who can dribble. David Beckham and Gary Neville at Manchester United are the best example of two wide players who had a relationship where they didn't need to beat people to get crosses in - sometimes Neville would overlap and deliver the ball, sometimes he would make a run just to give Beckham space to whip in a cross.

In the second half, Udogie started doing exactly what Neville used to do, and it worked. There was an obvious change in the runs he made, because now he was going around the outside of Son and dragging McGinn with him.

That is where the first goal came from because Cash was aware of Udogie, and gave Son a fraction more space when he dropped off to deal the overlap. That meant Son was able to whip the ball in - it was a brilliant cross too - and Brennan Johnson got on the end of it to equalise.

A minute later, Spurs were in the same situation, but this time Udogie was played in down the outside. He pulled the ball back and Solanke nearly scored.

Suddenly Villa had some very different problems to solve, and it was not so easy for them to defend so deep any more.

It was slightly strange when Son was substituted before the hour mark, just when he and Udogie had started linking up so well, but he had missed six of Spurs’ past seven games through injury so I am sure there was a reason for it.

Still, it was that tweak that got Spurs back in the game, and although they lost some of their momentum when Son came off, they soon showed their class to go on and win it.

It was a wonderful little pass by Dejan Kulusevski to put Dominic Solanke in for their second goal with 15 minutes left, which takes me back to my original point about how Tottenham wear teams down.

That constant, persistent pressure paid off against Villa because tiredness had taken its toll.

Fatigue is a factor when you face Spurs because although Villa did not leave any gaps at the back before the break, it only takes one lapse - and one quality ball - to let them in.

The whole Tottenham team got the result they deserved against Villa, but I was particularly pleased that Solanke was rewarded for such a fine individual performance with two goals.

He joined Tottenham for £65m in the summer off the back of a wonderful campaign for Bournemouth but made a stuttering start this season with Spurs, which can happen.

All players need a bit of time to settle at a new club, but I think a few fans questioned whether he was the right signing or too expensive because he missed a chance against Arsenal in his first game back after an injury, and some people judged him off that.

I never really had too many doubts about him because, every time I saw him play this season, his link-up play was good and his work off the ball was phenomenal – his pressing is as good as there is in the Premier League and probably one of the reason Spurs wanted him.

I love seeing someone work so hard but I think the other reason he has so many admirers is that he is not a whinger, a diver or a cheater, when a lot of modern-day forward players are. Someone might read this and say well I saw him do this or that last year, and there might be the odd occasion, but my point is it is not part of his game.

So, there is a lot to like about Solanke but as we all know, strikers are ultimately all judged on goals, which is why Sunday was so important for him after going six games without a goal.

If it had not happened already, this was the day Tottenham fans kind of took him in and he showed them exactly the player he is.

I heard them singing his name after his first goal, and again after his second one too, and if they did not fully appreciate him before this game then they definitely do now.

He epitomised the team’s work ethic and blended that with a brilliant centre-forward’s display in front of goal.

I understand why there is always going to be criticism of this Spurs team when they keep trying to play in such a positive way and lose, because there is a constant conversation around whether Postecoglou's philosophy means there is only one way they can play.

The debate about whether they need to adapt will continue but, right now, when you see the chances they make, it is perfect for Solanke. He is going to get chances playing in this system, and he is good enough to take them.

Danny Murphy was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.

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Tottenham beat West Ham in WSL courtesy of bizarre late own goal

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West Ham United's winless start to the Women's Super League season continued as they lost 2-1 to Tottenham Hotspur.

Spurs' Beth England cancelled out Riko Ueki's opener early in the second half before a bizarre own goal from Camila Saez, who lobbed her own goalkeeper from 18 yards, settled the match in injury time.

It was Spurs who started on the front foot at Brisbane Road, with England firing over after some neat build-up play from Martha Thomas.

Jessica Naz, fresh from making her first start for England during the recent international break, caused problems with a couple of dangerous runs in behind the West Ham backline, while Ella Morris produced some teasing deliveries.

However, Spurs have struggled to deal with set-pieces this season, and it was again their undoing, with Ueki rising highest to head Viviane Asseyi’s delivery past Becky Spencer.

Spurs were level six minutes into the second period. Thomas forced a superb save out of Kinga Szemik, before Matilda Vinberg hit the post with the rebound and finally England prodded home from close range.

Spurs cranked up the pressure as the half went on, with England and Morris spurning chances to put them ahead, while Naz sent a fierce long-range effort narrowly wide.

But with the game heading for a draw, Saez lifted the ball over her own goalkeeper when attempting to clear a hopeful ball forward.

Defeat leaves West Ham bottom of the table with two points after six games. Meanwhile, Spurs are up to sixth with seven points.

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