Hoops hoping to make it hot for Spurs

AFTER a fairytale 2011, Shamrock Rovers bring the curtain down on their extended season on Thursday when they welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Tallaght Stadium for their final Europa League Group game.

Spurs will join the list of big name clubs, all former Champions League teams, to have played in Tallaght over the past 18 months, including Juventus, FC Copenhagen, Partizan Belgrade and Rubin Kazan.

Additional seats have been erected for the tie and it has been an 8,500 capacity sellout for weeks.