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Results
(match reports
accessible by clicking on opponent's name, where available)
| 1887 | London Caledonians | H | East End Cup Semi-Final | 0 - 1 |
| 1895 | Bristol South End | A | Friendly | 7 - 0 |
| 1897 | Nottingham Forest | H | Friendly | 1 - 1 |
| 1898 | Millwall Athletic | A | Southern League | 1 - 3 |
| 1900 | Sheppey United | H | Southern League | 3 - 0 |
| 1904 | Kettering Town | H | Southern League | 5 - 1 |
| 1906 | Portsmouth | A | Southern League | 0 -1 |
| 1910 | Woolwich Arsenal | H | First Division | 1 - 1 |
| 1921 | Bradford City | H | First Division | 2 - 0 |
| 1927 | Newcastle United | A | First Division | 2 - 3 |
| 1932 | Bradford City | A | Second Division | 0 - 2 |
| 1938 | Aston Villa | A | Second Division | 0 - 2 |
| 1949 | Grimsby Town | H | Second Division | 5 - 2 |
| 1953 | West Ham United | A | Friendly | 1 - 2 |
| 1954 | Preston North End | A | First Division | 1 - 2 |
| 1955 | Burnley | H | First Division | 0 - 3 |
| 1960 | Manchester City | H | First Division | 0 - 1 |
| 1965 | Blackburn Rovers | H | First Division | 5 - 2 |
| 1966 | Northampton Town | H | First Division | 1 - 1 |
| 1977 | Sunderland | H | First Division | 1 - 1 |
| 1979 | Southampton | A | First Division | 3 - 3 |
| 1983 | Ipswich Town | H | First Division | 3 - 1 |
| 1986 | Birmingham City | H | First Division | 2 - 0 |
| 1990 | Millwall | A | First Division | 1 - 0 |
| 2005 | Liverpool | A | Premier League | 2 - 2 |
Notable Dates
| 1882 | Tom Collins, full back 1910-1915, born. |
| 1888 | Billy Minter, inside forward 1907-1926, player-trainer 1920-1927, manager 1927-1929 and assistant secretary 1927-1940, born. |
| 1898 | Joe Knowles plays his last game for Tottenham. |
| 1904 | Arthur Turner finishes his scoring for the club with four goals. |
| 1921 | Tottenham's 100th League home win. |
| 1927 | John Richardson makes his Spurs debut at full back. |
| 1949 |
Biggest home win over Grimsby
Town and the equal highest total of goals in a match with the Mariners.
Les Bennett and Les Duquemin both score two goals each to equal the most scored by a Spurs player against Grimsby Town. |
| 1955 | Half back Alan Woods plays his last game for Spurs in a game which saw Spurs equal their biggest losing margin in a home match against Burnley. |
| 1960 | Tommy Harmer's last appearance for the club. |
| 1965 | Alan Gilzean's hat trick helps Spurs to a big win over Blackburn Rovers. |
| 1986 |
A small crowd turned out for
this match, which had been re-arranged due to the rioting and murder of a
policeman on the nearby Broadwater Farm housing estate when the original fixture
was scheduled.
John Chiedozie scores the last goal of his Spurs career. |
| 1987 |
Aaron Lennon, winger 2005- , born. |
| 2000 | Harry Clarke, centre half 1948-1957, dies. |
| 2001 | Alec Stock, who played for Spurs as an amateur in the 1930's and better known as manager of Luton Town and Fulham, dies. |
| 2005 |
Michael Dawson makes his Spurs
debut.
Erik Edman scores his first goal in a Tottenham shirt. |
Information gathered from
"Spurs - A Day-To-Day Life" by Graham Betts, Spurs Handbooks,
"Spurs - A Complete Record" and "The Spurs Alphabet" both by
Bob Goodwin and other sources.