Spurs XI v Northampton Saturday 4th August

[robbiedee]

I'm taking the boy to see the mighty Spurs XI at Sixfields on Saturday.

The wierd thing is, it's not mentioned anywhere on the OS as a fixture...do they not count SpursXI games as pre-season friendlies?

I'm sure they announced it for MK Dons last season...strange...it's definately happening, right?

Can anyone confirm or deny this match is taking place...please.

 

[Spursidol]

OS :

SPURS XI TO FACE NORTHAMPTONPosted 27 July 2012 3:29pm
Our Spurs XI team will play League Two side Northampton Town in a pre-season friendly at Sixfields on Saturday August 4, kick off 3.00pm.
Ticket prices are £12 Adults, £8 Senior Citizens, £3 Under-18's while Under-7's are free

 

[robbiedee]

cool...cheers - for a moment there i thought it mi9ght have been one big wind up...

 

[northampton_yid]

Surprisingly I will be going to this! Anyone need a ticket I have two spare atm. Think they are still on general sale but likely to sell out.

 

[WalkerboyUK]

OS won't include it in the fixures because it's most likely to be academy/youth team players.
The game at Watford was originally scheduled to be on Saturday with both games classed as Spurs XI, so I would assume half squad at Northampton, half at Watford.
The Watford game is now on Sunday and has been officially announced as full squad friendly. As a result I can't imagine any of them also playing on Saturday......

 

[Spursidol]

Squad for Northampton will include the likes of Stewart, Ekong. Coulibally, probably Button in goial and probably pretty much the squad wo have played in games against Como, Kingstonian etc.

As an example the Kingstonian sqad was : Jonathan Miles (now on trial for loan at Bishops Stortford), Nathan Byrne, Grant Hall, Milos Veljkovic, Kevin Stewart, Nabil Bentaleb, Tomislav Gomelt, Alex Pritchard, Ryan Mason, Cristian Ceballos, , John Bostock, Jordan Archer. Jack Munns, Jack Barthram and William Ekong.

Essentially expect it to be a pre-season freindly for the new u 21 league team

Anyone going - love to hear what you think !

 

[Spursidol]

Think one of the players a lot would like to see is Zeki Fryers - just to see how good he is compared to the rest of demt squad and whether he looks able to get into Spurs main squad - he has played in about half a dozen games for Man U including a couple of sub appearances in Premiership, the rest in the League Cup.

 

[Pringle]

We are 3 up with an hour played - 2 from Coulibaly and 1 from Bostock.

Team:
Archer, Smith, Hall, Ekong, Stewart, Bostock, Parrett, Fredericks, Mason, Ceballos, Coulibaly

Those of you with twitter can get updates here - https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial

 

[eddiebailey]

That is a very attacking looking midfield! Good to see Fredericks in the line up.

 

[Spursidol]

Read from bottom :

Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
57 - GOAL! Belter from Coulibaly. Played ball wide to Fredericks, raced away from Langmead to get return, blasted into top corner. 3-0.
11m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
51 - GOAL! Coulibaly onto Nicholls' poor backpass, strode forward, composed himself and calm finish, sidefoot into corner. 2-0.
13m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
50 - Save... Lost possession, Akinfenwa drove forward, into Nicholls, went for power, reactions from Archer to tip over. 1-0.


18m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
No changes at HT and we're off again as Northampton kick-off the second half here at Sixfields.

34m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
HT - that's half-time at Sixfields and our Spurs XI team lead Northampton Town 1-0. back in 15 mins!

36m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
43 - Decent save from Archer, diving catch to his left to claim Hackett's free-kick from 22 yards. 1-0.
44m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
36 - Fredericks opened it up again from left, Bostock fired in from 25 yards, decent save from Snedker to his left. 1-0.
47m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
33 - Second fine block from Langmead, this time keeps out goalbound effort from Fredericks, who had cut in from left. 1-0.
55m Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
24 - Decent save from Archer, Demontagnac into Akinfenwa, poked shot from 12 yards that Archer tipped around the post. 1-0.
1h Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
17 - In control of possession, Ceballos 30-yarder straight at Snedker, at other end, Demontagnac curler into side-netting from 20 yards. 1-0


1h Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
5 - GOAL! Mason pass split the home defence, Bostock controlled and fired home low from 16 yards. 1-0.


1h Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
KO - we get the match started at Sixfields.


1h Tottenham Hotspur ‏@SpursOfficial
Spurs XI line-up v Northampton - Archer; Smith, Hall, Ekong, Stewart; Bostock, Parrett; Fredericks, Mason, Ceballos; Coulibaly. Kick-off 3pm

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

That is a very attacking looking midfield! Good to see Fredericks in the line up.

4-2-3-1 with Ceballos on the left, Mason centrally in behind Corblimey, and Fredericks on the right I think.

 

[Pringle]

I imagine that team will be fairly similar to our U21 team next season, maybe with the addition of Carroll plus obviously some will go out on loan.

 

[eddiebailey]

4-2-3-1 with Ceballos on the left, Mason centrally in behind Corblimey, and Fredericks on the right I think.

Swap Fredericks and Ceballos and I would guess that is about right; but that leaves Bostock and Parrett as the centre pairing...

 

[haslemereyid]

if it hasnt already been posted 3-1 final score coulibaly 2 and bostock scorers

 

[Spursidol]

Another view of the 3 goals - read from bottom again

Thierry Richards ‏@thierryrichards
@WindyCOYS Coulibaly sprung in2 life now. Plays neat 1-2 with parrett (I think) On corner of area & fires home. More gymnastics #THFC #COYS
Retweeted by Windy

1h Thierry Richards ‏@thierryrichards
@WindyCOYS coulibaly pounces on defensive error to run thru & slot home. Then plays up to Spurs fans & performs some gymnastics for us #THFC
Retweeted by Windy

2h Thierry Richards ‏@thierryrichards
Tottenham 1-0. Great diagonal over the top for bostocks clever run. Takes a touch and slots bottom corner. @WindyCOYS #THFC

 

[eddiebailey]

Report from tottenhamboi http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/140007

 

[eddiebailey]

And another better punctuated one from the Northampton Chronicle:
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/s...ot-to-handle-as-spurs-sink-cobblers-1-4131369

 

[Spursidol]

Tottenham XI: Archer, Smith, Stewart, Mason, Ekong, Hall, Fredericks (Pritchard 63), Parrett (Gaulifuoco 75), Coulibaly (Barthram 75), Bostock (Gomelt 75), Ceballos (Munns 63).

Line up with subs

 

[StartingPrice]

And another better punctuated one from the Northampton Chronicle:
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/s...ot-to-handle-as-spurs-sink-cobblers-1-4131369

Yeah, I read this better punctuated one earlier - seems Bostock had a good game. Maybe our new coaching set-up will get him progressing a bit more like he was expected to.

 

[eddiebailey]

Assuming that Northampton put out anything resembling their first team, that is a good result for quite a young and inexperienced Spurs XI.