The Home that groomed Tottenham Hotspur

With a motto of ‘To Dare is to Do’ the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was formed in 1882 and the logo of cockerel standing on a football symbolized this motto.

Tottenham Marshes was the initial grooming ground for Tottenham Hotspur which is where the club first played for the inital 6 years. It witnessed the first match between Hotspur and its rival opponent Royal Arsenal but could not see it to the end because of poor light.

The ever increasing crowd forced the Spurs to shift to Northumberland Park but this didn’t last more than a year as the crowds swelled up immensely. The fan following was like none other.

They soon switched over to a much bigger stadium caked the White Hart lane.  These ground was once a nursery that belonged to Charringtons a well to do brewing company. In 1905 the club managed to buy it and became the permanent owner of the grounds.

The initial capacity was 11,000 and today with expansion and renovation they can now accommodate 36,310 supporters.

Team History

• 1^st and the only Non-League club to win FA Cup in 1901 after Football League formation.
• 1^st club in the 20^th century that bagged both the League and FA Cup Double in 1960-61.
• 1^st British Club to win the European Cup Winner’s Cup in 1963.
• 1^st British Club to have won 2 major European trophies namely the League Cup (1970) and UEFA Cup (1972).

Leagues

• Won two leagues and became Champions of Football League First Division in 1950-51, 1960-61
• Won four leagues and became runners up of Football League First Division in1921–22, 1951–52, 1956–57, and 1962–63
• Won two leagues and became Champions in Football League Second Division in 1919–20, and 1949–50
• Won two leagues and became Runners up in Football League Second Division in 1908–09, and 1932–33
• Won one league and became champions in Southern League in 1899–1900
• Won one league and became champions in Western League in 1903-04

Cups

Domestic Cups

• Winners of FA Cup 8 times in 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991.
• Runners up at FA Cup once in 1987
• Winners of League Cup 4 times in 1971, 1973,1999, 2008
• Runners up of League Cup 3 times in 1982, 2002,2009
• European Cups
• Winners of UEFA Cup twice in 1972 and 1984
• Runners up of UEFA Cup once in 1974
• Winners of UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup in 1963
• Winners of Anglo-Italian League Cup in 1971

Notable Players

There are scores of players who have made considerable contributions to the club which was recognized and are displayed in the records of the Tottenham Hall of Fame. A few of them to mention include:

• Clive Allen – Played for Spur from 1984-88, appeared in 105 games and netted 60 goals.
• Les Allen – Played for Spur from 1959-65, appeared in 119 games and netted 47 goals
• Paul Allen – Played for Spur from 1985-93, appeared in 297 games and netted 23 goals

Records

• Steve Perryman holds the most games played in at an astonishing 854 games during the period of 1969 –1986.
• Jimmy Greaves historically is the clubs leading scorer 268 goals in 381 appearances.
• Spur holds a win record of 9-0 against Bristol Rovers in 1977 in the Second Division League.
• The Record Cup Victory of the club was set on 3^rd February 1960 with a 13-2 win against Crewe Alexandra in FA Cup.

Interesting development

A ladies team of this club was formed in 1985 and was called Broxbourne Ladies and began playing many leagues. They have also won many leagues and bagged many cups that include

• Champions of 2 Football League First Division
• Football League Second Division
• Southern League, Western League
• Winners of FA Cup 8 times
• Winners of League Cup 4 times, winners of UEFA cup twice.

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