Pritchard tackles ref, Under 21 highlights link, Musacchio deal off

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Tottenham News Shorts Issue 56


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The youngsters were nervous for the opening Under 21 Premier League game against West Ham and we sometimes forget Nerves affect players at all levels, even Premier League players.

To be a success in life, to be a success in football and for the Tottenham first team to be a success they have to enjoy what they do says former legend Ledley KIng. For King enjoyment is one of the keys to success

What do Spurs fans want! We won It has been quite incredible the moans and defeatist attitude of many Spurs fans in forums who seem to have lost sight of a few vital points from the West Ham game.

Right let's get into the Tottenham News Shorts - Issue 54 that concerns recent news regarding Alex Pritchard putting the ref on the floor, link for video highlights of U21 win, Mateo Musacchio and Spurs history.

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Alex Pritchard on loan at Brentford didn't quite take the referee out Holtby style, but the ref ended up on the deck all the same in their away game at Bournemouth.


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Also up on the Spurs official website are extended highlights of the Spurs Under 21 win against West Ham United. It was the first U21 Premier League game of the season.

Tottenham Hotspur U21: Harry Voss, Ryan Fredericks, Alex McQueen, Tom Carroll, Dominic Ball, Milos Veljkovic (c), Emmanuel Sonupe, Harry Winks, Daniel Akindayini, Joshua Onomah, Cristian Ceballos

Subs: Nathan Oduwa, Thomas Glover, Filip Lesniak, William Miller, Souleymane Coulibaly

Related Article: Nerves affect players at all levels

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Mateo Musacchio has travelled with Villarreal as part of a 19 man squad for their Europa League tie against FK Astana in Kazakhstan. That probably signals the end of our pursuit of the Argentine and we'll move on to other targets.

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Happy 40th birthday to former midfielder Darren Caskey.

On this day in 2012 we sold Sebastien Bassong to Norwich City and signed Emmanuel Adebayor from Manchester City for £5 million.

On this day in 2010 against Stoke City (won 2-1) Benoit Assou-Ekotto made his 100th appearance.

On this day in 2004 Sean Davis makes his 200th career club appearance wile Thimothee Atouba scored the games only goal and his only Spurs goal in a 1-0 win at Newcastle United.

On this day in 1985 Danny Thomas scores his only goal for us in a 1-1 draw with Oxford United, the first time we had played them.

On this day in 1983 we drew 1-1 with West Ham United in the Bill Nicholsom Testimonial game.

On this day in 1976 Northern Ireland striker Gerry Armstrong made his Tottenham debut.