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Fraizer Campbell's fine form continued with the opening goal as England Under-21s beat the Czech Republic 2-0 in a friendly on Tuesday night.

The striker capitalised on defensive hesitancy to neatly lift the ball over goalkeeper Jakub Divis and into the far corner to hand Stuart Pearce's side the ideal start at Sheffield United's Bramall Lane.

Fraizer was one of three Spurs in the starting XI alongside Jamie O'Hara and Aaron Lennon. Meanwhile Tomas Pekhart, currently on loan at Southampton, played the first half for the Czech Republic.

Fraizer was soon back in the action, setting up a golden chance for James Vaughan, who fired over.

Aston Villa's Craig Gardner drilled home a free-kick to make it 2-0 after 55 minutes and Fraizer and Jamie almost combined for a third when Fraizer was brought down for a penalty - unfortuntely, Divis saved Jamie's spot kick.

Fraizer was substituted after 69 minutes, Jamie after 80 and Aaron played the full 90 - Fraizer was later named man of the match.

An MRI scan has revealed that Luka Modric has suffered a partially torn groin muscle.

The Croatia international was forced off with the injury at half-time in Saturday's match with Fulham and is expected to be sidelined for up to two weeks.

Spurs Ladies earned a 1-1 draw from their visit to Northampton Town in the first of three consecutive meetings with the Midlands side.

Goalkeeper Ricole Vyse was in a commanding form as the home side applied the early pressure.

A loose ball on the edge of the box was fired home by a Northampton forward to give Town a 1-0 lead, but Spurs felt aggrieved not to have a first half penalty when Alex Small was bundled over in the box.

The second half brought improvement and it wasn't long before Spurs were level when a goalmouth scramble resulted in the Northampton keeper spilling a low cross which fell to the feet of Kirsten Thomson (pictured), who accordingly put the ball hard and low into the right hand corner of the net to equalise.

The rest of the match was tense, although Spurs did come close when substitute Jessie Richards side-stepped the goalkeeper only to be intercepted by a Northampton defender who had tracked her run to deny her a winning goal.

In other results, the Under-11 side defeated Bedmond Ajax 2-0, while the Under-10 Whites ran out 1-0 winners over Enfield Rangers.

But perhaps the most exciting game of the weekend came at Under-14 level, where Laura Newby scored a dramatic late equaliser for Spurs at Harvesters to keep the sides locked together at the top of their league table.

Our Carling Cup quarter-final against Watford has been selected for live television coverage by Sky Sports and will take place on Wednesday December 3, kick-off 7.45pm.

The match will be settled on the night with extra time and penalties if required.

John Bostock was at White Hart Lane stadium on Tuesday rewarding the winners of this year's Kick Racism out of Football Poetry Competition.

The competition was organised by the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, the Enfield Local Football Partnership, Enfield Town FC and Enfield Town Ladies FC, with support from the Enfield Race Equality Council, the London Borough of Enfield, Middlesex County FA and Enfield and Haringey Libraries, and was made open to primary and secondary school children throughout the two boroughs.

Participants were challenged to write poetry on the subject of Walter Tull, the first black outfield professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur between 1909 and 1911.

The young poets were invited to library workshops in Enfield and Haringey in order to do their research on Tull, who died serving as the first black officer in the British Army during World War One.

John, who on Thursday November 6 became our youngest ever player to play a competitive match at the age of 16 years, 295 days, handed out prizes to this year's winners.

He said: "The life of Walter Tull and the challenges he faced should act as an inspiration to us all, so it's extremely encouraging that the Club is encouraging children to learn more on the subject.

"And what better way than for them to write poetry and therefore express themselves creatively. I was happy to meet these budding poets!"

John was joined in the prize-giving by players from Enfield Town and Enfield Town Ladies Football Club.

As part of the day's celebrations, all participants got to take a tour of White Hart Lane stadium and learn a little more about the history of the Club.

Additional tickets have been made available in the lower tier of the South Stand for our home match against Blackburn Rovers this Sunday.

Tickets are priced at £33.00 each and can be purchased online , over the phone on 0844 844 0102 or over the counter at the Paxton Road Ticket Office between 9.30am - 5.00pm Mon - Fri.

Tottenham Hotspur have opted against renewing Ben Alnwick's loan spell at Carlisle United and the young keeper will now aim to earn a place in Harry Redknapp’s plans.

Alnwich, 21, recently spent a month with Carlisle and conceded 14 goals in six games as The Cumbrians slipped to four defeats.

Carlisle manager Greg Abbott was impressed by the young shot stopper though and had been hoping to keep hold of Alnwick for a further two months after his loan deal expired at the weekend.

But with Spurs having major concerns over the form of current number one Heurelho Gomes, Alnwick will now stay in North London and seek to make an impression on Redknapp.

“It was important that any decision that was made was in the best interests of the player,” Abbott told the club’s official website.

“The coaching and management staff at Tottenham want to take a closer look at him, and it may open up an opportunity for him with them.

“We are happy to go along with that, as Ben obviously wants to show them what he is capable of.

“We thank Ben for his efforts over the course of the last four weeks. It has been a successfully stay with us and he is definitely still on our radar but, obviously, we wish him well with what he is trying to do with Spurs.”

Our Under-18s made it 15 goals in three games in the FA Premier Academy League with another five-star victory on Saturday. The table-toppers followed up a 6-0 win against MK Dons and 4-0 win at Watford with a 5-0 victory against Birmingham City at Spurs Lodge. Ryan Mason (pictured) led the way with two goals with John Bostock, Jonathan Obika and Nathan Byrne also on target. The lads have now won seven of their last eight matches in the FAPAL and remain top of Group B - Birmingham were fourth at start of play. "We played really well," reported coach Alex Inglethorpe. "John Bostock opened the scoring with a goal from outside the box and Ryan Mason made it 2-0 from the penalty spot after Jonathan Obika was brought down. "Nathan Byrne grabbed the third with a good finish at the far post and that was the score at half-time. "We controlled the second half and created plenty of chances. "The fourth goal was a great team goal that ended with Sam Cox crossing for Jon Obika and Ryan Mason completed the scoring." Spurs U18s: Butler, Smith, Cox, Kasim, Caulker, Butcher (Nicholson, 70), M'poku (Byrne, 30), Bostock, Obika (Ekim, 70), Mason, Townsend. Unused subs: Ranieri, Jack.

Harry Redknapp admitted that we struggled to get going as we fell to the first defeat under his management at Fulham.

The home side worked tirelessly to restrict our play and we found it difficult to match the level of our recent performances - form that had taken us to five wins and a draw in Harry's first six games.

That said, it took an unfortunate opening goal for Fulham to go ahead in the first half but it was hard to argue that they deserved to double their advantage when Andy Johnson struck from close range in the 70th minute.

Substitute Fraizer Campbell offered hope with a smart finish to make it 2-1 with 10 minutes left but there were no late heroics on this occasion.

"We started in second gear for some reason and didn't play with the same energy we've been playing with," reflected Harry at Craven Cottage. "There was no zip to us.

"There wasn't a lot happening early in the game but we didn't take the game to them as I expected.  

"We then conceded a terrible goal just as we were starting to get some control. It was difficult. We weren't at our best, for sure.

"Credit to Fulham, they worked their socks off.

"We've done that in the first five or six games but this time we weren't quite as good. We have to pick ourselves up, we've Blackburn at home next week, another big game, we need to pick up points and get out of the bottom three."

Darren Bent will be looking to take his chance with both hands should he get a taste of the action for England against Germany tonight.

It will be the striker's first game for his country since November last year after being recalled to the squad for this friendly.

Darren's form for Spurs, which has seen him hit eight goals in eight appearances, has earned him his place, and he hopes to make it a regular occurrence by impressing Fabio Capello in Berlin.

And ‘Benty' feels he is brimming with confidence having played a key role in our resurgence under Harry Redknapp.

"Playing up front on my own for Tottenham this season has made me a better player and a stronger person" said Darren.

"Now I'm here I want to get on the pitch and obviously you always want to play for your country. Hopefully I'll get the nod for the game.

"Obviously, when you are not a regular, you always feel you have got something to prove. So if I can get the chance on Wednesday to show what I'm about, I will.

"To be involved in a game like England against Germany can only be special and I hope to play."