Peter Crouch will be in a Stoke shirt this time and likely to lead the line having scored four goals in his last seven appearances for the Potters.
A product of our Academy system, 'Crouchy' left us for QPR in 2000 and had spells with Villa, Southampton, Liverpool and Portsmouth before returning to Spurs in 2009.
He went on to score 24 goals in 93 appearances in all competitions, including...
- The winner at Manchester City to clinch fourth and a place in the Champions League in May, 2010
- A hat-trick in the second leg of the Champions League play-off against Young Boys to secure a place in the group stage
- Our first Champions League grouop stage goal at Werder Bremen
- A goal in our memorable 3-1 win against Inter Milan at the Lane
- The icing on the cake, the winner as we toppled AC Milan in the San Siro on February, 2011
Now 36 and recently celebrating reaching the 100-goal milestone in the Premier League, Crouchy was best friends (and remains so) with the one and only Ledley King during his time in the Academy in the mid-1990s.