the spurs almanac

december 19th

               Results (Tottenham's score shown first)
               (match reports accessible by clicking on opponent's name, where available)

1891 1st Battalion Scots Guards A Luton Charity Cup R2 0 - 4
1893 Friars H Friendly 2 - 1
1894 Luton Town A FA Cup QR4r 0 - 4
1896 Clapton A Friendly 2 - 1
1898 Luton Town N FA Cup QR3r2 2 - 0
1903 Kettering Town A Southern League 3 - 3
1908 Bradford Park Avenue A Second Division 2 - 0
1914 Sunderland H First Division 0 - 6
1925 Leeds United H First Division 3 - 2
1931 Oldham Athletic A Second Division 3 - 2
1936 Fulham A Second Division 3 - 3
1942 West Ham United H Football League South 2 - 0
1953 Sheffield Wednesday H First Division 3 - 1
1959 Newcastle United H First Division 4 - 0
1964 Everton H First Division 2 - 2
1970 Wolverhampton Wanderers H First Division 0 - 0
1992 Oldham Athletic A Premier League 1 - 2
1998 Chelsea A Premier League 0 - 2
2009 Blackburn Rovers A Premier League 2 - 0
2015 Southampton A Premier League 2 - 0
2018 Arsenal A League Cup QF 2 - 0

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  21 11 4 5 38 33
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
8 5 2 1 16 12
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
12 6 2 4 20 21
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1 1 0 0 2 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   Newcastle United  (First Division)  (Home)  1959

Biggest defeat on this day

0-6  Sunderland (First Division) (Home)  1914

Biggest score-line on this day

3-3  Kettering  (Southern League)  (Away)  1903
0-6  Sunderland (First Division) (Home)  1914
3-3  Fulham  (Second Division)  (Away)  1936

Last win on this day

2018  2-0  Arsenal  (League Cup) (Away)

Last draw on this day

1970  0-0  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (First Division) (Home)

Last defeat on this day

1998  0-2  Chelsea  (Premier League) (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Luton Town 2
Oldham Athletic 2
1st Battalion Scots Guards 1
Arsenal 1
Blackburn Rovers 1
Bradford Park Avenue 1
Chelsea 1
Clapton 1
Everton 1
Fulham 1
Friars 1
Kettering 1
Leeds United 1
Newcastle United 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Southampton/St. Mary's 1
Sunderland 1
West Ham United 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1

 

               Notable Dates

1874 Walter Bull, half back 1904-1909, born.
1888 Bert Middlemiss, outside left 1907-1920, born.
1914 Biggest home defeat at the hands of Sunderland.
1931 The smallest home crowd for a game against Oldham Athletic = 10,339 - witness a a hat-trick from Ted Harper.
1936 Jim Blyth plays his last game for Tottenham.
1953

Peter Baker scores his first Tottenham goal.

1959

Les Allen makes his forward debut for the club.

1964 Alan Gilzean makes his debut up front for Tottenham. 

Robert Brace, forward 1983-1984, born.

1998 Rory Allen's last match in a Spurs shirt.
2009 Tottenham's 50th game away to Blackburn Rovers.
2015 Harry Kane plays the 100th game of his Spurs career.

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.

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