Harry: let’s prove we’re hot Spurs

Harry Redknapp has called on his injury-hit Tottenham squad to step up and prove they are the real deal by beating Chelsea tomorrow to move one step closer to lifting their first FA Cup in 21 years.

Redknapp’s current crop have spent the best part of this season being compared to the famous Spurs teams of the past — most notably the one that triumphed in the FA Cup in 1991, and the team that won the double in 1961.

An 11-match unbeaten run at the end of 2011 left many tipping Redknapp’s squad for silverware, but their season has imploded since February and they have won just one Barclays Premier League game in eight. They still just hold the advantage in the race for fourth and they now also have a chance of lifting the FA Cup for the first time since 1991, when Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker inspired the Londoners to victory over Nottingham Forest, after vanquishing Arsenal in the semi-finals.