the spurs almanac

december 21st

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

1895 Casuals H Friendly 3 - 1
1898 Surrey Wanderers A Friendly 1 - 1
1901 Millwall Athletic A Southern League 1 - 1
1907 Norwich City A Southern League 1 - 2
1912 Bradford City H First Division 2 - 1
1918 Millwall H (at Homerton) London Combination 0 - 3
1929 Hull City H Second Division 2 - 2
1935 Doncaster Rovers A Second Division 1 - 2
1940 Clapton Orient H Football League South 9 - 0
1946 Bradford Park Avenue H Second Division 3 - 3
1957 Chelsea A First Division 4 - 2
1963 Nottingham Forest A First Division 2 - 1
1968 Liverpool A First Division 0 - 1
1974 Queens Park Rangers H First Division 1 - 2
1979 Ipswich Town A First Division 1 - 3
1985 Ipswich Town H First Division 2 - 0
1996 Sheffield Wednesday H Premier League 1 - 1
2003 Manchester United H Premier League 1 - 2
2008 Newcastle United A Premier League 1 - 2

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  19 6 5 8 36 30
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
10 4 3 3 24 15
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
9 2 2 5 12 15
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

9-0  Clapton Orient  (Football League South)  (Home)  1940

Biggest defeat on this day

0-3  Millwall Athletic  (London Combination) (Home - Homerton)  1919

Biggest score-line on this day

9-0  Clapton Orient  (Football League South)  (Home)  1940

Last win on this day

1985  2-0  Ipswich Town  (First Division) (Home)

Last draw on this day

1996  1-1  Sheffield Wednesday  (Premier League) (Home)

Last defeat on this day

2008  1-2  Newcastle United  (Premier League) (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Millwall/Millwall Athletic 2
Ipswich Town 2
Bradford City 1
Bradford Park Avenue 1
Casuals 1
Chelsea 1
Clapton Orient 1
Doncaster Rovers 1
Hull City 1
Liverpool 1
Manchester United/Newton Heath 1
Newcastle United 1
Norwich City 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Queens Park Rangers 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Surrey Wanderers 1

 

               Notable Dates

1907 Albert Cousins plays his last game for Tottenham.
1918 Equal biggest losing margin in a home match to Millwall.
1929 Smallest home crowd for a visit of Hull City = 9,103
1935 First meeting with Doncaster Rovers and only ever loss to them. 

Eddie Birnie, half back 1910-1911, dies.

1937 Jimmy Collins, inside forward 1961-1962, born.
1940 Spurs biggest win over Orient with a hat-trick from Jack Gibbons.

The smallest home crowd for a fixture with Orient = 1,290

1951 Steve Perryman, midfielder and defender 1969-1986, born.
1968 Tottenham's 500th away League defeat.
1979 Don McAllister scores his last Spurs goal.

Colin Lee plays his last game for Tottenham.

1985 Smallest home crowd for a match against Ipswich Town = 18,845
1996 John Scales makes his debut in the centre of defence.
2003 Anthony Gardner's 50th Tottenham League appearance.

Kasey Keller's 400th appearance for an English club.

Mauricio Taricco's 300th start for an English club.

2008 Aaron Lennon makes his 100th Premier League appearance for Tottenham.

Tom Huddlestone makes his 100th appearance in a Tottenham shirt.

2019 Martin Peters, midfielder 1969-1975, dies.

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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