the spurs almanac

february 5th

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

1887 Park H Friendly 4 - 1
1898 Swindon Town A Southern League 0 - 3
1910 Chelsea A FA Cup R2 1 - 0
1916 West Ham United A London Combination (2nd Competition) 0 - 2
1920 Bradford Park Avenue A First Division 1 - 1
1927 Sunderland H First Division 0 - 2
1936 Manchester United H Second Division 0 - 0
1938 Barnsley A Second Division 1 - 1
1944 Reading H Football League South 2 - 2
1949 Bury A Second Division 1 - 1
1955 Portsmouth A First Division 3 - 0
1966 Blackpool A First Division 0 - 0
1972 Rotherham United H FA Cup R4 2 - 0
1977 Middlesbrough A First Division 0 - 2
1983 Manchester City A First Division 2 - 2
1986 Everton H Screen Sports Super Cup Semi-final 1L 0 - 0
1989 Manchester United A First Division 0 - 1
1994 Sheffield Wednesday H Premier League 1 - 3
1995 Blackburn Rovers H Premier League 3 - 1
2000 Chelsea H Premier League 0 - 1
2002 Bolton Wanderers H FA Cup R4 4 - 0
2005 Portsmouth H Premier League 3 - 1
2011 Bolton Wanderers H Premier League 2 - 1
2020 Southampton H FA Cup R4r 3 - 2

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  24 9 8 7 33 27
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
13 7 3 3 24 14
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
11 2 5 4 9 13
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   Bolton Wanderers  (FA Cup R4) (Home)  2002

Biggest defeat on this day

0-3  Swindon Town (Southern League) (Away)  1898

Biggest score-line on this day

4-1  Park  (Friendly) (Home)  1887

Last win on this day

2020  3-2  Southampton  (FA Cup) (Home)

Last draw on this day

1886  0-0  Everton  (Screen Sport Super Cup Semi-final First Leg) (Home)

Last defeat on this day

2000 0-1  Chelsea  (Premier League) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Bolton Wanderers 2
Chelsea 2
Manchester United 2
Portsmouth 2
Barnsley 1
Blackburn Rovers 1
Blackpool 1
Bradford Park Avenue 1
Bury 1
Everton 1
Manchester City 1
Middlesbrough 1
Park 1
Reading 1
Rotherham United 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Southampton 1
Sunderland 1
Swindon Town 1
West Ham United 1

 

                Notable Dates

1898 Biggest away defeat to Swindon Town.
1910 First FA Cup tie against Chelsea and first win in that competition against them.
1911 Ralph Ward, full back 1935-1946, born.
1927 The match became the first featuring Spurs to be broadcast on the radio by the BBC.
1960 Micky Hazard, midfielder 1979-1986 and 1993-1995, born.
1972 Equal biggest win over Rotherham United watched by the biggest home crowd = 36,903.
1983 Terry Gibson scores his last Tottenham goal.
1986 The ill-fated ScreenSport Super Cup reached the semi-final stage and pulled in the smallest home crowd for a match against Everton = 7,548

Ian Crook's final Spurs appearance.

1994 Striker Ronny Rosenthal, who scores once and defender Kevin Scott make their debuts.
2002 Matthew Etherington scores his first Tottenham goal.

Tottenham's first win over Bolton in the FA Cup at home.

Darren Anderton makes his 300th appearance for Tottenham.

Oyvind Leonhardsen's last game for Spurs.

2005

Andy Reid and Mido, who scored twice, make their debuts for Tottenham.

2011 The 100th competitive meeting between Spurs and Bolton.

Peter Crouch makes his 250th career 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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