the spurs almanac

january 31st

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1885 St. Martin's H Friendly 1 - 0
1891 Millwall Athletic A London Senior Cup R2 1 - 5
1904 Brentford A Southern League 1 - 1
1914 Manchester City A FA Cup R2 1 - 2
1920 West Stanley H FA Cup R2 4 - 0
1925 Bolton Wanderers H FA Cup R2 1 - 1
1931 Millwall A Second Division 3 - 2
1934 Arsenal A First Division 3 - 1
1942 Crystal Palace A London War League 2 - 2
1948 Bradford Park Avenue A Second Division 2 - 0
1953 Preston North End A FA Cup R4 2 - 2
1959 Arsenal H First Division 1 - 4
1968 Manchester United H FA Cup R3r 1 - 0 (aet)
1970 Southampton H First Division 0 - 1
1976 Ipswich Town A First Division 2 - 1
1981 Brighton & Hove Albion A First Division 2 - 0
1987 Crystal Palace H FA Cup R4 4 - 0
1998 Derby County A Premier League 1 - 2
2001 West Ham United A Premier League 0 - 0
2004 Fulham A Premier League 1 - 2
2007 Arsenal A League Cup SF L2 1 - 3 (aet)
2009 Bolton Wanderers A Premier League 2 - 3
2012 Wigan Athletic H Premier League 3 - 1
2015 West Bromwich Albion A Premier League 3 - 0
2017 Sunderland A Premier League 0 - 0
2018 Manchester United H (Wembley) Premier League 2 - 0

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  26 12 6 8 44 32
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
9 6 1 2 17 7
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
17 6 5 6 27 26
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   West Stanley  (FA Cup)  (Home)  1920
4-0   Crystal Palace  (FA Cup)  (Home)  1987

Biggest defeat on this day

1-5  Millwall Athletic (London Senior Cup) (Away)  1891

Biggest score-line on this day

1-5  Millwall Athletic (London Senior Cup) (Away)  1891

Last win on this day

2018  2-0  Manchester United  (Premier League) (Home - Wembley)

Last draw on this day

2017  0-0  Sunderland  (Premier League) (Away)

Last defeat on this day

2009  2-3  Bolton Wanderers  (Premier League) (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Arsenal 3
Bolton Wanderers 2
Crystal Palace 2
Manchester United 2
Millwall/Millwall Athletic 2
Bradford Park Avenue 1
Brentford 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Derby County 1
Fulham 1
Ipswich Town 1
Manchester City 1
Old Martin's 1
Preston North End 1
Southampton 1
Sunderland 1
West Bromwich Albion 1
West Ham United 1
West Stanley 1
Wigan Athletic 1
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               Notable Dates

1914 Ernie Newman pulls on a Spurs shirt for the last time.
1953 Charlie Withers scores his first and last Tottenham goals, getting both in this FA Cup tie.
1976 Steve Walford makes his last Spurs appearance.
1980 Gary Doherty, forward 2000-2004, born.
1984 Dean Marney, defender/midfielder 2003- , born.
1987 Tottenham's biggest FA Cup win over Crystal Palace.
2001 Ian Walker and Dave McEwen play their last games for the club.
2004 Fulham complete their first League double over Tottenham.
2005 Spurs sign defender Michael Dawson and midfielder Andy Reid from Nottingham Forest.
2007 Reserve team midfielder Stuart Lewis leaves on a free transfer to Barnet and Spurs bring in 15 year old midfielder Dean Parrett from Queens Park Rangers to join the Academy side.
2008 As the transfer window closed, Spurs signed Brazilian defender Gilberto from Hertha Berlin.
2009 Spurs play their 3,000th game in the top flight.

Benoit Assou-Ekotto makes his 50th appearance for Spurs.

Midfielder Wilson Palacios makes his first appearance for Spurs.

2012 Cameron Lancaster makes his Spurs debut.

On the last day of the transfer window, Spurs sell Roman Pavlyuchenko, loan out Adam Smith to Leeds United, Vedran Corluka to Bayer Leverkusen and Steven Pienaar to Everton for the rest of the season and completed the signing of Louis Saha from Everton.

2018 The 81,978 attendance set a new Premier League record.

On the last day of the transfer window, Spurs sign Paris Saint Germain winger Lucas Moura for GBP23 million, loan out Shayon Harrison to Southend United, while Connor Ogilvie's loan to Gillingham was extended to the end of the season.

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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