Suited and booted?
The Spurs players arrived earlier in their pre-game fit, all repping white t-shirts and casual blazers.
Maddison is wearing a woolly hat. What has happened to the beautiful game? October 19 and the knitwear is out.
There’s also a familiar face back in the lineup. Teams on the way…
Magnificent seven
So many storylines set to play out today across the country.
All eyes will be on Old Trafford at 3pm, as Erik ten Hag tries once again to hold onto his job against early-goal specialists Brentford.
More on that later. For now, here’s how things will pan out with the early team news from North London imminent.
- Tottenham vs West Ham 12.30pm
- Fulham vs Aston Villa 3pm
- Ipswich vs Everton 3pm
- Man Utd vs Brentford 3pm
- Newcastle vs Brighton 3pm
- Southampton vs Leicester 3pm
- Bournemouth vs Arsenal 5.30pm
The Premier League returns
Psst. It’s safe to come out now.
Club football is back, it’s belting it down with rain, and the international break is finally over (for three weeks, just try to forget about that).
The Premier League isn’t known for loading us up with 3pm games nowadays.
But the scheduling Gods have come through for us on this autumnal Saturday, with five kicking off at primetime.
Those games are sandwiched between a tasty London derby and a potential banana skin for in-form Arsenal, who travel down to face Bournemouth.
First up we’ve Tottenham, who had their own nightmare on the South Coast just two weeks ago.
It seems like an eternity since Spurs chucked away a 2-0 lead at Brighton, but they’re back on home soil today against a West Ham proving impossible to predict.
Ange Postecoglou has promised a response – but this is Spurs we’re talking about. Let’s face it, anything could happen. Let’s get this show on the road.
