90+1mins: Ooo! Blackwood heads just wide from a dipping cross into the box. It was just a flick on but it was inches away from creeping in. Vorm was scrambling, although he might well have got it had it been on target.

90 mins: Three minutes of stoppage time. Can Sydney dig one out from somewhere? I’ve not seen anything to suggest they will. Spurs have done just as much as they needed to. Nothing more.

87 mins: Sydney probing away but they just can’t find a way through. If it finishes like this, which is looking likely, the Sky Blues will be able to hold their heads up. Necevski comes off to a rapturous round of applause. It’s the big man’s final match for Sydney.

Too many over hit balls by Sydney. Maybe the pre-match sprinkling is to blame

Padraig Collins, the Guardian’s man in the stands

84 mins: Onomah comes on for Kane. Big round of applause for the England striker as he comes off. Surprised he stayed on the pitch so long.

82 mins: Poor corner from Spurs but they still retain possession and are happy to pass it all the way back to Vorm. Start again. Some nice passing from the visitors but it’s hardly thrilling stuff for the 71,549 fans. Still, they got to see Harry Kane score, that’s got to be worth the ticket price.

81 mins: Ibini off for O’Neill. He’s arguably been Sydney’s most dangerous player tonight. Can Sydney snatch an equaliser? I can’t see it.

78 mins: Stinging shot from Ward but Necevski holds on to it well.

76 mins: The game’s starting to open up now. Ibini almost with the chance for an equaliser, only to get the ball stuck under his feet five yards out, and within a few seconds Spurs are taking a quick corner at the other end.

74 mins: Carroll with a lovely flick to get round the defence but he just runs out of space to get the shot away and the pullback is cleared from danger. Great bit of skill. Tottenham have stepped it up a notch in the last five minutes. Finally.

72 mins: Grant comes off for Calver.

70 mins: Ooo! Kane almost had a second. Goalmouth scramble, it falls to Kane who blasts it past Necevski but Ryall is on the line to clear it. Good defending. Not sure how Kane found a clear shot through all those bodies. When you’re hot you’re hot.

69 mins: Spurs slowing things down a bit, trying to coax Sydney out of their own half to create space. It’s not working.

66 mins: Winks with a penalty shout. Didn’t look much in it to me but it’ll be interesting to see the replay. The youngster doesn’t make a big deal of it either. Actually, scratch that, it should have been a penalty. The replay shows it was a clear foul from a sliding tackle. Good reaction from Winks though.

65 mins: Gligor on for Antonis.

65 mins: Spurs definitely look a bit disjointed after all these changes. This could be Sydney’s chance to get something out of the game. A header from Ibini goes well wide.

63 mins: Subs for Spurs. Off comes Lamela, Townsend and Mason, for Carroll, Ward and Winks.

60 mins: Bit of a cruncher on Gersbach from Lamela. Not sure what Lamela is complaining about. Would have been a yellow in a competitive game. Stick to rabona kicks son.

57 mins: Gersbach with a poor cross into the box after some good build-up work from Sydney. Nothing between the sides at the minute - except on the scoreboard.

55 mins: I expected Spurs to finish the game off early in this half but it’s Sydney who’ve taken things by the scruff of the neck. Spurs have another gear in them if they need to use it but Sydney are certainly doing themselves proud at the minute.

52 mins: Decent start to the half from Sydney. Spurs still settling down after the changes at the break but the Sky Blues have come racing out of the traps. Ibini causing most of the trouble on the right-hand side.

49 mins: Blackwood, who’s now leading the line for Sydney after half-time, almost breaks through the Spurs defence but is muscled off the ball. Strong defending.

48 mins: Ibini with the shot from distance. He struck it well enough but it was straight at the goalkeeper. That’s what you get for giving players too much space.

42 mins: Spurs finishing the half well but they’re execution has been poor. Sydney have done their bit too, picking and choosing when to throw men into attack.

39mins: Spurs just can’t find the net. About three chances in three seconds there, Lamela’s initial effort saved followed by a bit of a scramble from a Townsend pullback which Sydney survive by the skin of their teeth. Kane should have hit the target from five yards.

38 mins: Naumoff with another shot. He hits it well enough but he leans back a smidge too much and blasts it over from about 15 yards. It’s been a lot more even in the last 10 minutes.

35 mins: Sydney needed that bit of respite, and while it’s 0-0 Spurs will be looking over their shoulders. Tottenham’s defence doesn’t look fully “on” but luckily for them they haven’t been tested too much.

32 mins: Ooooo! Brosque denied by a clearance off the line after a sloppy bit of defending. Good work from Vertonghen after the mistake, tracking back to block the eventual shot at an otherwise empty net. He just managed to get a foot on it despite going the wrong way.

30 mins: Well they’ve definitely been on the back foot for much of the match, and ridden their luck a couple of times, but Sydney have defended well enough so far, restricting Spurs to just a handful of chances. The visitors have been in some excellent positions but just haven’t found the killer touch.

29 mins: Kane gets onto the long ball but his first touch bounces straight off the diving keeper to safety before the striker can do anything with it. Another escape for the hosts.

26 mins: Blimey Yedlin is fast. The right back speeds up the wing to receive a pass, hits it first time into the box but Eriksen’s shot is a poor one. Sydney still just about holding on.

24 mins: Sydney playing with men behind the ball when Kane gets possession. A wise move although it means they’ve rarely been able to break out of their own half in the last 10 minutes. Kane will probably have to get more and more used to that sort of thing.

21 mins: Ha, Lamela up to his old tricks, trying the old rabona chip after spotting the keeper off his line. It’s not a million miles off target but it’s too high to make the keeper seriously sweat and goes out for a goal-kick. Exactly the sort of thing you want to see in a friendly.

19 mins: Poor cross from Bentalab just as he’d got in behind the defence on the left side. It would have been a straightforward finish for Kane if it had found him.

18 mins: It’s been all Spurs in the last five minutes. Sydney finally get a foot on the ball and are happy just to knock it around in their own half. Can’t blame them.

16 mins: Even Tavares is breaking a sweat. Sydney’s laid-back Senegal star usually looks like he has all the time in the world. Not tonight. Spurs are far too fluid and fast for that.

13 mins: Finally a bit of a breather after all that action. Sydney have done well to match Spurs so far but the visitors always look like they’re just one decent final pass away from scoring the opener.

11 mins: Naumoff at the other end with a cheeky shot at the near-post that Lloris does well to smother. End to end stuff.

9 mins: Spurs with a couple of chances. Townsend first with a poor shot from close range that hits the keeper, and then Kane at distance with a shot straight at Necevski.

8 mins: Great attack at pace from Spurs but Townsend’s final shot from about 25 yards is miles over. That ability to play at pace could prove crucial tonight.

7 mins: No fireworks so far but a couple of half-chances at either end suggest this won’t be a stalemate for long.

5 mins: Ibini causes a bit of trouble in the Spurs defence but Brosque just can’t find Smeltz with the final ball. Well defended by Yedlin in the end.

3 mins: And we’re off again. Yedlin does a fine impression of The Flash on the right flank and wins a corner. It leads to a cross which Lamela heads over the bar. Close.

Not long to go now. ANZ Stadium is absolutely rammed. Spurs fans have clearly made a day of it.

Do all these big post-season games in Melbourne and Sydney mean the A-League All Stars have gone the way of Gold Coast United and North Queensland Fury? Possibly. But if Mad Max has proven anything, it’s that you can’t keep a good franchise down. In fact, “Mad Max: North Queensland Fury Road” has a nice ring to it. Watch this space Townsville fans.

I’ve already had a message from the Guardian’s man-in-the-stands Padraig Collins. He simply says “Ossie, Ossie, Ossie”. That should keep both sets of fans happy.

A fair few youngsters got a run out in Spurs’ game against a Malaysia XI earlier in the week. Here are the (badly edited) highlights from Spurs’ 2-1 win. Just watch Harry Kane. He looks absolutely thrilled with both his goals...

David Squires is that rarest of things – a news cartoonist who is genuinely funny. I mean in a LOL-tastic way, rather than the “Oh I say, that’s frightfully clever” sense. Not that I’m saying he isn’t clever, I just mean... oh forget it, just scroll to the bottom of this blog to see his take on the whole “Chelsea/Spurs in Sydney” thing.

Still, he’s not a patch on this bloke.

Here are the line-ups for tonight. Saves me having to type them up.

Tottenham Hotspur are the first of a wave of Premier League clubs to hit Australian shores this (antipodean) winter with a game against A-League grand finalists Sydney FC at ANZ Stadium. Richard Gadsby will be along shortly to guide you through proceedings at Homebush; while you’re waiting, amuse yourselves with David Squires’ latest cartoon: