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Our Under-18s host Fulham in their final home game of the season at Hotspur Way on Wednesday (7 May) at 11am (UK) - and you can watch it LIVE on SPURSPLAY!

Stuart Lewis' side will be looking to end the season on a high and - with just two games remaining in the campaign - can still secure a top three finish in the Under-18 Premier League.

Here's everything you need to know ahead of an early morning midweek kick-off...

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The Opposition

Fulham kicked off their campaign with back-to-back defeats against Southampton on the opening day before we ran out 5-1 winners at Motspur Park back in August.

The Cottagers responded by going unbeaten in their next seven games in all competitions, the highlight of which was a 6-0 away win at Crystal Palace.

A defeat to Chelsea in the west London derby was the only further defeat in 2024, as Ali Melloul's side ended the calendar year with a dominant 4-0 win over Notts County in the FA Youth Cup.

However, they come into this one having won their last three on the bounce, recovering to beat Chelsea in the reverse of the west London derby, also beating Brighton before edging a seven-goal thriller 4-3 against Arsenal at the weekend.

Stat Pack

Played: 30 | Won: 15 | Drawn: 4 | Lost: 11

Goals For: 55 | Goals Against: 43

Overall Goal Difference: 12

Points: 36 (League only)

League Position: 7th

Top Scorer: Tom Wingate (16)

Fulham have won in each of their last three visits to Hotspur Way.

Our last home league win over the Cottagers came in October 2020, thanks to goals from Yago Santiago, Dane Scarlett and Maxim Paskotsi.

The west London outfit have featured 14 different scorers this season, but Wingate has scored 29% of all of their goals in the campaign.

A point would guarantee us a top five finish for the third consecutive season, the first time we'd have achieved that since a run between 2017 and 2020.

This week's UEFA Europa League semi-final, second leg against Bodo/Glimt may only represent our third competitive trip to Norway, but we’ve played numerous matches in the Nordic country down the years, going back almost 60 years to 1966.

As we travel back to northern Norway and the town of Bodo - just as we did when we faced Tromso in 2013 - our Head of Publications Jon Rayner takes a look through some of the more interesting adventures in Norway...

Snow joke in Tromso!

We’ve only faced two other Norwegian sides in competitive European action, the most recent being another trip into the Arctic Circle when we played Tromso IL in the 2013/14 Europa League.

The opening game of our Group K schedule saw Tromso - by the way, considered Bodo/Glimt’s biggest rivals - travel to White Hart Lane where we enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 win. Jermain Defoe scored twice in the first half to reach 20 Euro goals in our colours, while Christian Eriksen marked his second Spurs appearance with a late third as we kept our sixth clean sheet in seven games from the start of the season.

Snow fell just before kick-off making conditions less than ideal on the artificial pitch, however we produced a professional performance to take the win. After the interval, an own goal from Adnan Causevic and a Mousa Dembele strike saw to it that a further three points were banked.

A win against Lyn

Lyn Oslo are one of the oldest clubs in Norway and became the first club from the nation to reach a European quarter-final when they lost 5-4 to Barcelona in the 1968/69 Cup Winners’ Cup.

The following season though, they were humbled 16-0 on aggregate by Leeds United in the European Cup, so we weren’t sure what to expect when we were paired against them in the first round of the UEFA Cup in 1972/73.

Bill Nicholson’s side were holders of the competition but might have feared the worst when Lyn took the lead just eight minutes into the first leg at the famous Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo. However, Martin Peters equalised almost immediately and we were 4-1 up by half-time as John Pratt and Alan Gilzean (2) put us in control.

The home side hit back with two more goals though and it wasn’t until a late double from Martin Chivers that we made the game safe with a 6-3 success.

Back in north London for the second leg, it was a different story as we made it 15 European games unbeaten with an easy 6-0 victory. The visitors held out for 20 minutes until we took control with Chivers hitting a hat-trick, Ralph Coates netting a brace and Jimmy Pearce also on target. We made it all the way to the semi-finals before losing on away goals to Liverpool.

Highlights | Tromso IL 0-2 Spurs | 2013

Inter the capital

Anyone remember the last time we played in Norway?

Head back to pre-season of 2016 and you might remember a trip to the capital of Oslo, where we placed Internazionale on a return to the Ullevaal Stadium. And our pre-season campaign ended in perfect fashion as we hit Inter for six.

It was an excellent all-round performance from Mauricio Pochettino’s team and we made the ideal start when Harry Kane fired home the opener from the penalty spot. A certain Ivan Perisic drew Inter level with a good goal midway through the first period, before Erik Lamela’s fine drive gave us a half-time lead.

The second half was all Spurs however, with Dele Alli and Kane adding to our tally before new-boy Vincent Janssen got his name on the scoresheet with our fifth and youngster Shayon Harrison rounded off the scoring with his first goal for the first team.

Friendlies galore!

Our very first Norwegian encounter came back in 1966 with a friendly against Sarpsborg in the far south of the country and since then, we’ve made numerous trips to Norway - mostly for pre and post-season friendly matches.

A double from Alan Gilzean and a goal from Keith Weller gave us a 3-0 win against Sarpsborg just six days after the conclusion of our 1965/66 campaign. The team included defender Ben Embery and forward David Gillingwater - two youngsters who were making their only ever appearance in our first team.

Just days after the end of the disappointing 1976/77 season which saw us relegated to Division Two, we headed off to Norway and played matches against Stord FC and Sogndal FC. With the pressure off, we recorded big wins in both games - goals from Keith Osgood, Gerry Armstrong, Chris Jones, Ian Moores and Peter Taylor giving us a 5-0 win over Stord, while we went one better against Sogndal with John Pratt, Steve Perryman, Armstrong (2), Jones and Taylor all on target.

We suffered a first-ever defeat against a Norwegian side the following year in May 1978, going down 0-3 to Hamar not long after securing our place back in the First Division that season. Two days later, we defeated Kvik Halden 2-0 thanks to a Taylor penalty and one from Neil McNab.

After a post-season trip to Trinidad & Tobago in May 1983, we were only back in London for a week before we headed off again to Norway to take on Aalesund, Garth Crooks scoring a hat-trick in our 3-2 win.

Highlights | Spurs 6-1 Inter | 2016

Mario magic!

One of the more interesting stories from our Norwegian encounters revolves around a World Cup Final goalscorer!

Mario Kempes had scored six goals for Argentina at the 1978 World Cup, including two in the final as the hosts defeated the Netherlands 3-1, and he had been invited to Spurs for a trial during the summer of 1984.

A good friend of our Argentine maestro Ossie Ardiles, Kempes impressed in his first appearance in a Spurs shirt when he scored a hat-trick in a 9-0 win over Norwegian side Stjordal Blink. He played two more friendlies on that tour, against IFK Ostersund in Sweden and back in Norway against Viking, failing to score in either and the club decided against signing him up. Incidentally, Crooks scored the only goal in our 1-0 win over Viking.

In the late 80s and throughout the 90s, trips to Norway were particularly common. Among them were two matches played during the season, the first of which came two games before the conclusion of our 1989/90 campaign. On that occasion, we were back in Oslo and played out a 1-1 draw with Valarenga, David Howells on target.

Five days before a Premier League trip to Old Trafford in October 1993, we made the trip out to Norway again to face SK Brann and fell to a 2-0 defeat, also losing to Manchester United on our return!

You could excuse Erik Thorstvedt if he felt between a rock and a hard place as we face FK Bodo/Glimt in the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League.

On one hand, this proud Norwegian - 97 caps for his country, starting goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup – fully feels the romance of a Norwegian team reaching the last four of a major European competition.

But on the other hand, swap romance for love. Erik spent eight years at Spurs between 1988 and 1996 – as it turned out, the final years of his playing career, due to a back injury – and made 218 appearances alongside the likes of Gazza, Gary Lineker and Gary Mabbutt. In 1991, he became the first Norwegian to lift the FA Cup.

So, on the subject of a team from Norway vs Spurs, it was little surprise when he told us last week...

“Well, you don’t ditch your family even though there are some Norwegians coming! Look, Bodo/Glimt just getting to the semi-final, which has never happened in Norwegian football before, is incredible, and gives a huge sense of pride to Norwegians. If they made it to the final, it would be absolutely unreal. I hope Spurs win. It’s an opportunity, and I know how much Spurs fans would love to see the team lift that trophy in Bilbao. Now it’s about grabbing that opportunity.”

After a memorable first leg at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, we now take a 3-1 lead to Norway for the second leg on Thursday (8 May, 8pm UK), with a place in the final in Bilbao on 21 May up for grabs. It's only our third match against Norwegian teams in Europe - Lyn Oslo in 1972, Tromso in 2013 - and our first trip to Bodo, a town located just north of the Arctic Circle.

However, it's a place Erik knows well and, with only 400 tickets available at Bodo's Aspmyra Stadion, here's his insight into Bodo the town, the stadium and his thoughts on a club now making waves throughout Europa...

Erik on Bodo’s Aspmyra Stadium

“Well, it’s going to be a culture shock for Spurs fans coming to Bodo from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The difference couldn’t be greater. They play on an artificial surface. I wouldn’t say the stadium is intimidating, but it’s different. It can be windy, rainy, you may even get snow in May, you never know! They are looking at building a new stadium, because this is like an antique. Spurs fans will get there and think, ‘honestly, is this a semi-final of the Europa League?’ but, for me, it still has that charm.”

Erik on Bodo/Glimt, the club

“I have to say what Bodo/Glimt have done football-wise is sensational. They were in the second tier in Norway in 2017, came back up again and since then, they have totally dominated Norwegian football. For me, it’s proof that if you do things well, you can still succeed in football with smaller resources. Okay, by Norwegian standards, they’ve become a mega club because they’ve made so much money from playing in Europe now for several seasons, and also, selling players for good money, again by Norwegian standards – often buying the same players back cheaper! I just think it’s a healthy sign that in football, a club can do well, work hard, put together a team that plays well together and it’s still possible to do something like this.”

Erik on Bodo/Glimt’s manager, Kjetil Knutsen

“Kjetil Knutsen is from Bergen, he’d been around in lower league football in Bergen for a few seasons without really having any great success, joined Bodo/Glimt initially as assistant coach then, after one season, he swapped with the coach, Aasmund Bjorkan, who became Sporting Director. What he’s done at Bodo/Glimt is absolutely amazing. He works 24 hours a day and pushes, pushes, pushes all the time. It’s about moderate gains. How can we improve? He pushes the club to get him better players all the time and the business formula is clearly working. By Norwegian standards, they pay quite a lot of money. They make sure they keep winning in Norway, and keep qualifying for Europe, and that makes the difference between them and the other Norwegian teams. Knutsen has had offers elsewhere, but wants to keep pushing this team further. He’s got good guys at the club, making good decisions, and they are an incredible collective.”

We can now confirm that our Premier League fixture away to Aston Villa will take place on Friday 16 May, kicking-off at 7.30pm (UK).

This match was originally scheduled for Sunday 18 May.

Ticket information for the trip to Villa Park was announced on Friday - details below.

Lize Kop felt there were a number of positives to take from our narrow defeat to Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

The Netherlands international, who was making just her second appearance in our colours in N17, was in inspired form against the Barclays Women’s Super League champions, producing four key saves to keep us very much in the contest with the Blues.

However, Catarina Macario’s first half penalty was enough for the visitors to run out 1-0 winners in the London derby as our final home game of the season ended in defeat, although Charlotte Grant and Eveliina Summanen both went close to a leveller.

Watch the highlights from our clash with the Blues

Reflecting on the strong performance, Lize spoke to us after the game: “It’s disappointing to not get a point out of this game.

“We played really well, but it was frustrating to concede a goal from a penalty. We did well in possession, we found ways to break the press, and I think that was really good. There were still moments we could have done better, of course, and that’s still frustrating.

“It was good that we learnt from the last game as well, like we knew they were strong at corners, so I thought we did well in those moments.

“It means a lot that we’re still improving and working on moments where we need to be better, so that’s a positive to take out of this game. We played so much better, especially against a team like Chelsea, it’s really good and we can take that into Everton.”

Asked about her on personal performance, she added: “I always try to focus on my task and there are always little things, of course you want to make the saves, support the team in these moments, because it’s only 1-0 and you only need to score one goal to get a draw. Those moments were important, but the whole team worked so hard.”

Watch | Kop's reaction on the defeat to Chelsea

It's quiz time! Guglielmo Vicario became the 40th player to captain us in the Premier League when he led us out at West Ham on Sunday. But can you name all 40 players?

Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, 40 different players have started a Premier League game for us as captain. How many can you name?

Well that is the challenge we're proposing to you!

To take on the challenge, click the green 'Play Quiz' button below to get started before inputting your answers in the box titled 'enter player'.

You will have 10 minutes to name as many of the 40 players as you can. To help, the amount of games they captained the club are listed next to the answer box.

Helpful tip: If the player you are guessing has a multiple word surname, such as 'Giovani dos Santos', just type in the final word, ie. Santos, to score the point. For players with double-barrelled surnames, such as 'Cameron Carter-Vickers', you need to write the full surname, ie. Carter-Vickers.

Best of luck!

Name our 40 Premier League captains

Spurs U18 vs Chelsea U18 | Key Highlights | 2024/25  Tottenham Hotspur

Archie Gray racked up appearance number 42 this season at West Ham on Sunday, describing each one as ‘priceless’.

The versatile young defender/midfielder, who only turned 19 in March, clocked up his 25th appearance in the Premier League in his debut campaign at the club, this time in a right-back role as Ange Postecoglou switched around his back four in what turned out to be a scrappy affair at London Stadium.

Reflecting on the draw and particularly another appearance, Archie spoke to our Review Show afterwards. “I'm just grateful for the gaffer trusting me in these different positions, it's priceless experience at this level,” he said. “I'm grateful for every appearance that I get, and I just want to work my hardest and show what I can do in every game.

“This was a tough game today, there wasn’t much time on the ball, but it was another good game to be involved in and to get another appearance. If we couldn’t win it was important for us not to lose the game, now we can take that into Thursday (UEL semi-final second leg against Bodo/Glimt).

“It’s been a great season for me, obviously we've had tough times, that’s part of football, but we've got such a golden opportunity in these next few weeks.”

Robert Vilahamn was pleased with the strong performance in our final home game of the campaign but, once again, he was left frustrated to not come away with a point as Chelsea secured a 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Despite a strong start from ourselves in N17, it was the visitors who broke the deadlock just after the half-hour mark when they were awarded a penalty. Catarina Macario, who won the spot-kick after she was fouled by Ashleigh Neville, calmly converted to put the Blues ahead – and that proved to be enough for the WSL champions.

We created a number of opportunities to find a leveller in the game, Charlotte Grant denied one-on-one by Hannah Hampton on the stroke of half time while a free-kick from Eveliina Summanen whistled just wide of the post, as we were unable to break down one of the best defences in the league.

Speaking to SPURSPLAY after the game, Robert told us: “The performance and how we were brave on the ball, how we tried to play, it’s something to be proud of, I think to play against Chelsea and playing that style, it was very good.

“But then, of course, we lose again and that’s very frustrating as I actually think we deserved a least one point. This year has all been about not nailing it, but we are going to learn so much from this, we are still so brave, still so good in the game and we just need to make sure we get better in the penalty box. We need to score more goals, we need to defend a little bit better, but this was a big step against a top team to see how we acted.”

Robert on finding ourselves behind at the break…

“We need to be honest, we are not good enough in those phases of the game and we’re losing game because of that, so we need to make sure we develop that because we shouldn’t have lost as many games as we have done this season. That’s something we need to be better at but, performance-wise and how we want to develop the players, how they’re taking steps, it was massive to see.”

Robert on taking the positives into Everton next weekend…

“The last four or five games have been so much better in performance but now we want to have a win before we go into the summer break, to make sure we get something emotionally as well with it. It has been tough to say every week ‘we had a good performance when we’re losing’ so I’m hoping we can have a good performance and win that game, make sure we go into the summer break, reload, take the right steps and learn from this season.”

Robert on being back at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium…

“I mean, we love this stadium. We can feel it with the fans, this is our home, this is where we want to be, and I can see everyone that is here is also enjoying it. I think the football becomes so much better here because you can play the style you want to do here, the pitch is so much better and bigger, so this is our happy place and even though we lost, we feel at home, and we really enjoy to be here with our fans.”

Robert on a message to the supporters…

“I’m just so proud of them for supporting us, every game, we haven’t been great to return wins for them this year, but the way they support us, the way they come back and cheer for us, it’s one of the coolest things for this Club, to have those fans behind us and we will do everything we can to take steps.”

Ange's latest on James Maddison's injury...

"It doesn't look great, but we're just waiting for further information. We'll just wait and see. Hopefully we'll probably get some clarity tomorrow. It's fair to say it doesn't look promising, but I'll just wait and see."

Ange on Dominic Solanke...

"Dom's improving. We obviously left him out today but the medical team are pretty confident he should be right for Thursday."

Ange on if performances from players today could come into his thinking for the UEL semi-final, second leg against Bodo/Glimt on Thursday...

"Yes, I did. I think it's part of the process to make sure these guys are ready. Last week we certainly weren't preparing for Lucas Bergvall to get injured the day before the game. So, the guys have got to be ready and Biss was ready and was one of our best players on the night. The beauty about today was that a lot of our guys who haven't played a lot of minutes recently, we've got some real meaningful minutes and I thought we did well on the day. It's important for Deki to play. He's missed so much football with his injury and he's just getting back into some rhythm. Pape, Archie Gray, the two wingers, Mathys and guys like Djed and Kevin, I just think it's really important those guys play and we have Biss back up again for another 90 minutes and even Richy to play again. It's been a juggling act for sure to try to get to a position where we've got a squad that's capable of tackling what's ahead. We're still cursed with some bad luck along the way, but I was really pleased the guys got the minutes today. They're actually meaningful minutes. They had to work hard and I think they showed that they're going to be ready for Thursday."

Ange on Deki Kulusevski's fitness...

"He's getting better. There were moments in the game where you started seeing he's moving a lot freer. It takes time. You're missing a couple of months of football. For any player it takes a while. It's just about getting fitness and getting some match rhythm. I was pleased for him today. The thing with Deki is he just works his socks off all the time. I just felt you could see some of that ability to beat people and turn in tight areas and run with the ball, it was coming back. I was also pleased with his discipline today. They had a really aggressive attacking line-up out there. He had to do a really important defensive job for us and I thought he did that well."

Ange on Mathys Tel...

"Again, we're asking some big jobs of him, playing on the left and then in the centre. He's constantly learning. A lot of our guys I know will develop into top footballers. They have to go through this process of learning and adapting and understanding the demands of the Premier League and the demands of this football club. We've asked a lot of Matty since he's come in. He's pretty much played in every game at some point. He's taken in the information and he understands the role a little bit better, especially out on the left. Again, important for us. These last few weeks we've obviously had Sonny out. We've needed him to fill that void and I think he's done that job well."

Ange on the performance of the back four...

"I thought they handled themselves well. I thought Archie was really good, good to get him back. He was disappointed with Liverpool last week but, again, that's part of his learning. I'm sure he'll have reflected on that day and he's going to make sure that the next time he gets that opportunity, he'll handle it differently and better. I'm sure he will because he's that kind of personality. I thought he was really good today. Kevin again, it's so important to have him back. The fact that he got through 90-plus minutes was excellent. Benny and Djed have been important for us all year to be available. Like I said, you can have the best laid plans like we did last week, but then we lost Lucas on the eve of the game. I need to know guys are ready. That's why we've been giving them game time. I'm comfortable that whether it's the back four or the rest of the boys who played today, if we need to make a decision that means one of them starts, I'll be more than comfortable in them doing that."