Spurs have appointed their former player Gus Poyet as first-team coach under new boss Juande Ramos.

Poyet arrives from League One side Leeds United, where he was assistant to Dennis Wise, after a compensation package was agreed over the weekend.

The 39-year-old joins the club as one of two first-team coaches, alongside Marcos Alvarez, who worked with Ramos at former club Sevilla.

Poyet played at White Hart Lane for three seasons between 2001 and 2004.

A statement on the Leeds website on Monday said: “A compensation package has been agreed, the terms of which will remain confidential.”

Ramos was confirmed as new Spurs head coach on Saturday, replacing Martin Jol who was sacked on Thursday.

A open letter to supporters from Chairman Daniel Levy.

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Our very own Harvey does Spurs proud. As featured in the SCMP!

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In the days building up to this contest, SiHK FC were repeatedly hit by blow after blow: GDG who has been missing, from both the field in his capacity as midfield general and the touchline as manager, (some feel his absence from the latter was warranted after poor performances during his tenure) due to injury to his toe, managed to recover… only to injure his back whilst playing for another team – surely bringing into question his priorities. Linesmann had a nasty accident (get well soon) and will also be out for an extended period, others had commitments away from the pitch and even away from Hong Kong and so SiHK FC were restricted on their unlucky pitch with the bare minimum necessary to compete.

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Post match drinkies courtesy of the ever generous Twiglet. Are you in any of these?

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Newcastle striker Michael Owen is fit, and £5.8m summer signing Joey Barton may be in the squad after after his recovery from a fractured metatarsal. Claudio Cacapa (groin) and Mark Viduka (calf) could also make it, but Shola Ameobi (groin) is unlikely to play.

Tottenham goalkeeper Paul Robinson is out after picking up a calf strain while on England duty. Ricardo Rocha, Kevin-Prince Boateng (both ankle), Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Ledley King (both knee) are also out.

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Michael Dawson is confident that Spurs have what it takes to start climbing the Premiership table. Tottenham currently find themselves 17th in the table and have not lost a game in their last six competitive outings. Up next for Spurs is a tough trip to Newcastle United on Monday night.

Dawson told the club’s official website: “It was obviously disappointing to concede so late on, but the way we played, particularly in the second half, showed the spirit and the character of the boys and the quality they possess as well. “That is what it boils down to. We have shown the commitment and we definitely have the quality in the squad to climb up this table. “We are unbeaten in six games, including progressing in the Uefa Cup and Carling Cup, and it is now a case of turning our draws in the league into wins and hopefully that will start very quickly.”

Paul Kemsley, the Tottenham Hotspur vice-chairman who was closely involved in the club’s attempts to bring Juande Ramos to White Hart Lane, has resigned from the football club board. The club, which publishes its latest accounts today, will confirm to the stock exchange this morning that Kemsley, a property developer and a close friend of former Spurs chairman Sir Alan Sugar, has stepped down with immediate effect.

Last year Kemsley resigned from the board of the Tottenham Plc. His severing of ties with the club comes eight weeks after he joined a delegation that travelled to Seville to try and persuade Ramos to succeed Martin Jol at Spurs, a mishandled move that undermined the club’s start to the Premier League season.

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It’s almost that time of year again so in true Spurs style we are going all out for style rather than substance for our SIHK Christmas party. We have hired a tram and we will be singing and drinking our way around Hong Kong for two hours before watching the Portsmouth game in Delaney’s. For many of us it will be our last weekend in dear old Honkers before we head off for Christmas so it’s going to be an all out Spurs spectacular. You’d be fool or a gooner to miss out. Places are limited so please let us know if you’d like to be included via our forum where the rest of the details can also be found.

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So we have a new site then. Spurs in Hong Kong will be updated with articles and information hopefully on a daily basis. Firstly I just need to get the presentation and colours and everything finalised but this will be a living breathing thing. The idea is that the site should be open and available for any of us to update our stuff so if Danny Boy or BC has the match report it can be posted by them on here with its own lovely header and photos and stuff without going through admin. Maybe ETP has another article to fire off which he can upload as he wished from the comfort of his bed. We can post up the venue for forthcoming matches or anything that catches our eyes. It should be a community site. The old static websites that just sit there are dead. This site(on paper) should be a huge growing thing changing at least once a day. For example, even today Janek could have posted the Spurs players on international duty as a simple article in a few minutes.

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