IT'S the game ever West Ham fan has been waiting for since promotion was secured back in May - the renewal of hostilities with bitter rivals Spurs.
The North London club may like to insist that Arsenal are their natural derby foes, but despite recent skirmishes with Millwall there is only one capital club which really matters to the Upton Park faithful.
And the battle for the bragging rights will have a particular resonance with two men in Claret and Blue who enjoyed unhappy spells at White Hart Lane.
Bobby Zamora, a life-long Gammers fan himself, and Matty Etherington both made the short trip to the Boleyn Ground as makeweights in the deals which took Fredi Kanoute and Jermain Defoe to Tottenham.
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