the spurs almanac

february 21st

               Results
               Match reports accessible by clicking on opponent's name, where available

1885 St. Peters H Friendly 1 - 1
1891 Vulcan H Friendly 6 - 0
1903 Bristol City H FA Cup R2 1 - 0
1920 West Ham United H FA Cup R3 3 - 0
1925 Blackburn Rovers H FA Cup R3 2 - 2
1931 Bury A Second Division 0 - 2
1934 Sunderland A First Division 0 - 6
1942 Portsmouth H London War League 1 - 1
1948 Southampton H Second Division 0 - 0
1953 Preston North End

H

 First Division 4 - 4
1959 Portsmouth H First Division 4 - 4
1962 Aston Villa A First Division 0 - 0
1970 Stoke City H First Division 1 - 0
1976 Stoke City A First Division 2 - 1
1979 Wrexham A FA Cup R4r 3 - 2 (aet)
1981 Leicester City H First Division 1 - 2
1984 Notts County A First Division 0 - 0
1987 Newcastle United H FA Cup R5 1 - 0
1989 Norwich City H First Division 2 - 1
1990 Aston Villa H First Division 0 - 2
1998 Sheffield Wednesday A Premier League 0 - 1
2007 Everton A Premier League 2 - 1
2010 Wigan Athletic A Premier League 3 - 0
2016 Crystal Palace H FA Cup R5 0 - 1

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  24 10 8 6 27 36
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
15 6 6 3 27 23
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
9 4 2 3 10 13
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

6-0   Vulcan  (Friendly) (home)  1891
Biggest defeat on this day

0-6  Sunderland (First Division) (away)  1934
Biggest score-line on this day

4-4  Preston North End  (First Division)  (Home)  1953
4-4  Portsmouth  (First Division)  (Home)  1959
Last win on this day

2010  3-0  Wigan Athletic (Premier League) (away)
Last draw on this day

1984  0-0  Notts County (First Division) (away)
Last defeat on this day

2016  0-1  Crystal Palace (FA Cup R5) (home)

Teams we have played on this day

Aston Villa 2
Portsmouth 2
Stoke City 2
Blackburn Rovers 1
Bristol City 1
Bury 1
Crystal Palace 1
Everton 1
Leicester City 1
Newcastle United 1
Norwich City 1
Notts County 1
Preston North End 1
St. Peters 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Southampton 1
Sunderland 1
Vulcan 1
West Ham United 1
Wigan Athletic 1
Wrexham 1

 

               Notable Dates

1903 First FA Cup tie with Bristol City and first win over them in that competition.
1920 First FA Cup tie with West Ham United and first win over them in that competition.
1934 Biggest away defeat at the hands of Sunderland.
Alan Hall plays the last game of his Spurs career.
1949 Tom Clay, full back, 1913-1929, dies.
1953 Len Duquemin scores a hat trick to help Spurs equal the highest total of goals in a match against Preston North End.  His first goal was his 100th for Spurs.
1976 Micky Stead makes his debut at full back.
Glenn Hoddle scores his first Tottenham goal after his first start for the club.  Receiving a bouncing ball on the edge of the box, he hit a fierce shot past Peter Shilton in the Stoke City goal.
1979 Only away match played against Wrexham and Chris Jones' hat trick gave Spurs a FA Cup replay win there in front of the biggest crowd for a visit by Spurs = 16,050

Pascal Chimbonda, defender, 2006-2008 & 2009, born.
1984 Ian Culverhouse makes his debut in defence in front of the smallest away crowd for a match against Notts County = 7,943
1989 Midfielder Nayim makes his debut.
2010 The win over Wigan Athletic, coupled with the 9-1 win earlier in the season, gave Spurs a 12-1 aggregate score in the two Premier League games, which was a record for the biggest winning margin in a season (11 goals).

Tottenham's biggest away win against Wigan Athletic.

Smallest crowd for a Spurs match at Wigan Athletic = 16,165
2016 Tottenham's first FA Cup defeat at home by Crystal Palace and their first FA Cup goal at White Hart Lane.

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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