AVB starts with a bang as Roman gets rocket

Expect fireworks a fortnight early in north London this year — on Saturday, October 20, to be precise.

That is the day Chelsea visit Tottenham, and Andre Villas-Boas gets his first chance of revenge on the club — and, more specifically, the man — who sacked him in March.

AVB was unveiled as Tottenham’s manager yesterday, but it was not like those ceremonies when a cloth is pulled away to reveal a pristine statue.