Spurs on Cloud Nine
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Jermain Defoe smashed a seven-minute hat-trick
Tottenham hammered Wigan 9-1 on Sunday afternoon, thanks to Jermain Defoe's five goals in the second-half. The England striker was in fine form as Spurs climbed back into fourth place in the table, but Wigan may struggle to recover from such a thrashing. [+]
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We Want Ten
Once in a while you get game where a team is flattered by the scoreline and that was certainly true of Wigan on Sunday. Spurs could quite easily have been in double figures and Wigan's "goal" resulted from a blatant handball by Paul Scharner. Thankfully Robbie Keane was not on the field at the time. Given events earlier in the week and his penchant for appealing decisions, the Irishman might have been in danger of suffering an aneurysm. Continued...
| Latest Transfers | ||||
| Date | Player In | Team | Fee | |
| Sep 3 | James Walker | Unattached | Free | |
| Sep 1 | Niko Kranjcar | Portsmouth | Undisclosed | Story |
| Date | Player Out | Team | Fee | |
| Nov 9 | Mirko Ranieri | Ipswich Town | Loan | |
| Oct 14 | Lee Butcher | Leyton Orient | Loan | |
| Sep 29 | Danny Rose | Peterborough United | Loan | |
| Sep 17 | Dean Parrett | Aldershot Town | Loan | |
| Full Index | ||||
| Current Squad | |
| G27 Ben Alnwick | M5 David Bentley |
| G23 Carlo Cudicini | M17 Dos Santos Ramirez Giovani |
| G1 Gomes | M6 Tom Huddlestone |
| G13 James Walker | M8 Jermaine Jenas |
| D32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto | M21 Niko Kranjcar |
| D3 Gareth Bale | M7 Aaron Lennon |
| D19 Sebastien Bassong | M14 Luka Modric |
| D59 Calum Butcher | M12 Wilson Palacios |
| D22 Vedran Corluka | M52 Dean Parrett |
| D20 Michael Dawson | M25 Danny Rose |
| D30 Dorian Dervitte | F15 Peter Crouch |
| D2 Alan Hutton | F18 Jermain Defoe |
| D26 Ledley King | F Harry Kane |
| D16 Kyle Naughton | F10 Robbie Keane |
| D39 Jonathan Woodgate | F9 Roman Pavlyuchenko |
| · Complete Squad | |
| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Sat 11/7 | H- Sunderland | W 2 - 0 | Premier League |
| Sun 11/22 | H- Wigan Athletic | W 9 - 1 | Premier League |
| Sat 11/28 | A - Aston Villa | 17:30 UK | Premier League |
| Tue 12/1 | A - Manchester United | 20:00 UK | Carling Cup |
| Sun 12/6 | A - Everton | 16:00 UK | Premier League | · Complete Club Fixtures/Results |
| 2009/10 Tables: English Premier League | ||||||
| CLUB | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Chelsea | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 33 |
| Manchester United | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| Arsenal | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| Aston Villa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| Manchester City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Liverpool | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Stoke City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| Burnley | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -10 | 17 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | -9 | 16 |
| Fulham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| Birmingham | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| Everton | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 15 |
| Wigan Athletic | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -17 | 14 |
| Hull City | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | -15 | 12 |
| West Ham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -11 | 11 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -14 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | -9 | 7 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2009/10 Leaders: Premier League | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| Jermain Defoe | 11 | ||||
| Robbie Keane | 6 | ||||
| Aaron Lennon | 3 | ||||
| Peter Crouch | 2 | ||||
| Niko Kranjcar | 2 | ||||
| Jermaine Jenas | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| Jermaine Jenas | 4 | ||||
| Wilson Palacios | 3 | ||||
| Tom Huddlestone | 2 | ||||
| Benoit Assou-Ekotto | 2 | ||||
| Alan Hutton | 2 | ||||
| Gomes | 2 | ||||
| PLAYER | Red Cards | ||||
| Jermain Defoe | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
| Club History | ||||||||
| LC | GP | W | L | D | PT | GD | POS | |
| 2009/2010 | P | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 4 |
| 2008/2009 | P | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 8 |
| 2007/2008 | P | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006/2007 | P | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005/2006 | P | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 15 | 5 |
| 2004/2005 | P | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 52 | 6 | 9 |
| 2003/2004 | P | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 45 | -10 | 14 |
| 2002/2003 | P | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 50 | -11 | 10 |
| 2001/2002 | P | 38 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 50 | -4 | 9 |
