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rior to our 3-0 UEFA Champions
League victory over Athletikos
Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon
Lefkosias (APOEL) back
in September, we had last faced the
Nicosia-based club in a friendly match on
May 29, 1968.
The game was the last of four matches played
on our end-of-season tour to Greece and Cyprus.
We stayed at the Ledra Palace Hotel in Nicosia
for the day before and the day of the game, with
the match taking place at the Nicosia Stadium.
A strong wind added to the difficulties of a hard
and dusty pitch but we emerged with a 3-0 win
thanks to goals from Jimmy Robertson, Jimmy
Pearce and Cliff Jones. Our team was:
Spurs: Jennings, Kinnear, Want, Beal, Collins,
Mackay, Robertson, Bond (Pearce 45), Gilzean
(Pratt 45), Venables, Jones (Johnson 45).
It was APOEL who organised our post-season
visit to the Mediterranean, that included a stop-
off in Greece to face Panathinakos. We drew
2-2 with the Athens side on May 15, with Alan
Gilzean bagging a brace, ahead of our arrival in
Larnaca two days later.
We lined up for our first match in Cyprus on
May 19 as we took on Anorthosis Famagusta.
All five of our goals in our 5-0 victory came
in the first-half at the Famagusta Stadium.
Jimmy Greaves notched a hat-trick while
Robertson scored twice.
Three days later, we took on reigning
Cypriot First Division champions Athlitiki
Enosi Lemesou (AEL) in Limassol, which saw
Gilzean get a trio of goals in our 7-1 success.
Also on target in Nicosia was Dennis Bond and
Robertson while Jones got a brace.
We faced a Cypriot International XI during
our time in Nicosia, with Gilzean scoring his
Andy Greeves tells a story from our vast history that has a link to our
matchday opponents. This evening, he takes a look back at our tour of Cyprus
in May, 1968, and our other meetings with clubs from the Mediterranean island.
POSTCARDS
FROM CYPRUS
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Tottenham
Tales
Delight for Robbie Keane after
scoring against Famagusta at the Lane