Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United | Scott Murray
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So, then. Harry Redknapp and England. Actually, no, to hell with that.
This game is more important than whatever Harry’s going to be up to this summer, certainly at the moment anyway. Redknapp’s Tottenham Hotspur team are eight points behind leaders Manchester United, but with this game in hand. A victory, and they’ll be right in this title race. Meanwhile with Chelsea and Liverpool losing today, this is a chance for sixth-placed Newcastle United to steal a march on a couple of their rivals for the final Champions League place, and leap Arsenal into fourth.
With both teams boasting exciting attacking talent, this promises to be a decent match. (Fantastic, even, but I don’t fancy tempting fate.) Futhermore, it’s an unpredictable fixture. Tottenham may have won the last two stagings at White Hart Lane, but the two before that were Newcastle wins: 3-2 in January 2007, 4-1 in March 2008.
Kick off: 5.30pm.
Pre-match handshakes: All round, I’ll safely predict.
Tottenham Hotspur: Friedel; Walker, Dawson, King, Assou-Ekotto; Kranjcar, Modric, Parker, Bale; Adebayor, Saha.
Subs: Cudicini, Bongani, Nelsen, Rose, Livermore, Lennon, Defoe.
Newcastle United: Krul; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Santon; Obertan, Guthrie, Perch, Gutierrez; Ba, Cisse.
Subs: Elliot, Ferguson, Gosling, Abeid, Ben Arfa, Lovenkrands, Shola Ameobi.
Referee: A Marriner
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