the spurs almanac

december 29th

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

1894 Vampires H Friendly 4 - 1
1896 Northfleet H Friendly 4 - 0
1900 Newark H Friendly 3 - 0
1906 West Ham United A Southern League 2 - 4
1917 Chelsea H (at Highbury) London Combination 2 - 0
1923 Birmingham H First Division 1 - 1
1928 Oldham Athletic A Second Division 2 - 3
1934 Everton A First Division 2 - 5
1945 Leicester City A Football League South 0 - 4
1951 Newcastle United H First Division 2 - 1
1956 Bolton Wanderers H First Division 4 - 0
1973 West Ham United H First Division 2 - 0
1976 Queens Park Rangers A First Division Postponed
1979 Stoke City H First Division 1 - 0
1981 Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) A Friendly 2 - 3
1984 Sunderland H First Division 2 - 0
1990 Southampton A First Division 0 - 3
1999 Aston Villa A First Division 1 - 1
2001 Aston Villa A Premier League 1 - 1
2002 Newcastle United A Premier League 1 - 2
2006 Reading H Premier League 6 - 4
2012 Sunderland A Premier League 2 - 1
2013 Stoke City H Premier League 3 - 0
2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers H (Wembley) Premier League 1 - 3

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  23 12 3 8 47 36
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
13 11 1 1 34 8
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
10 1 2 7 13 28
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   Northfleet  (Friendly)  (Home)  1896
4-0   Bolton Wanderers  (First Division)  (Home)  1956

Biggest defeat on this day

0-4  Leicester City (Football League South) (Away)  1945

Biggest score-line on this day

6-4  Reading  (Premier League)  (Home)  2006

Last win on this day

2013  0-3  Stoke City  (Premier League) (Home)

Last draw on this day

2001  1-1  Aston Villa  (Premier League) (Away)

Last defeat on this day

2018  1-3  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (Premier League) (Home - Wembley)

Teams we have played on this day

Aston Villa 2
Newcastle United 2
Stoke City 2
Sunderland 2
West Ham United 2
Birmingham City 1
Bolton Wanderers 1
Chelsea 1
Everton 1
Leicester City 1
Newark 1
Northfleet 1
Oldham Athletic 1
Reading 1
Southampton 1
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 1
Vampires 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1

 

               Notable Dates

1923 Cecil Poynton makes his debut at full back.
1934 Almer Hall scores his last Tottenham goal.
1945 Johnny Morrison plays his last game for Tottenham.
1956 Spurs biggest home win over Bolton Wanderers.

Terry Dyson scores his first Spurs goal.

1966 Charlie Rance, centre half 1910-1921, dies.
1973 Gerard McMahon, winger 1992-1996, born.
1979 Terry Gibson makes his forward debut for the club.
2001 Les Ferdinand scores his 150th league career goal.

Tottenham's goal was the club's 500th in the Premier League.

2002 Les Ferdinand plays his last game in a Spurs shirt.
2006 Dimitar Berbatov hits a hat-trick as Spurs come back three times to record a high-scoring win.
2019 Christian Eriksen makes his 250th Spurs appearance and Toby Alderweireld his 100th Spurs Premier League appearance.

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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