spurs v manchester united notes

11.09.1909 Tottenham's first home match in the First Division.  It was marked by the opening of the Old West Stand.
22.09.1951 Crowd of 70,882 is the largest for a league game at White Hart Lane.
24.11.1956 While Danny Blanchflower lined up at White Hart Lane for Spurs, his brother Jackie was a centre half for Manchester United.
09.09.2006 Crowd of 75,453 at Old Trafford is a new Premier League record crowd.
   

 

they are linked to both

William Berry Only made 17 Southern League appearances for Spurs between 1904-1906, but affectionately became known as "Burglar" amongst the fans.  Joined Man U and scored once in 14 league games for them before leaving in 1908.
Alan Brazil Signed by Spurs for £450,000 from Ipswich Town in March 1983, Brazil failed to show the ability he had with the Suffolk side.  He stayed for a year and left for Man U in June 1984 for a fee of £750,000.
Jimmy Brown -
Michael Carrick Signed from West Ham in August 2004 for £3 million, Carrick played 75 games for Spurs (64 in the Premiership) and scored twice before joining Manchester United in July 2006 for £18.6 million.
Garth Crooks -
Archie Cubberley Played in Tottenham's first league, Amateur Cup and FA Cup games in his time at the club.  Served between 1892 and 1895 before his time at the club was curtailed by a serious knee injury on Christmas Day 1894.  Went on to play two games for United in the 1915-16 season.
Harry Ernetz -
Terry Gibson -
Tommy Gipps -
John Hall -
Chris McGrath -
James McNaught -
Fred Milnes -
Teddy Sheringham -
George Travers Scored four goals in 21 league matches for United before signing up for the Army in 1911.  Played for Spurs as a guest player during the First World War, scoring twice in his games before returning to his full-time career elsewhere after the resumption of the league programme.
Roy White -
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debuts for the club against manchester united

Jimmy Cantrell 19.10.1912
Jimmy Banks 07.02.1914
Sid Helliwell 24.09.1927
Jimmy Brain 12.09.1931
David Levene 10.09.1932
Colin Lyman 09.10.1937
George Hutchinson 26.09.1953
Alan Woods 08.09.1954
Ernie Walley 31.08.1955
Ken Barton 16.01.1961
Alan Mullery 21.03.1964
Mike Dillon 28.10.1972
Chris Hughton 29.08.1979
Bobby Mimms 23.02.1988
Paul Stewart 01.10.1988
Scott Houghton 28.09.1991
Neale Fenn 05.01.1997
Ramon Vega 12.01.1997
David Ginola 10.08.1997
Les Ferdinand 10.08.1997
Stephen Clemence 10.08.1997
Nicola Berti 10.01.1998
Gary Doherty 06.05.2000
Dean Richards 29.09.2000
Lee Barnard 17.04.2006
Hossam Ghaly 09.09.2006
Pascal Chimbonda 09.09.2006
Gareth Bale 26.08.2007
Alan Hutton 02.02.2008

 

last game for the club - 
against manchester united

Doug MacFarlane 22.01.1910
Frank Bentley 09.04.1912
Jimmy Archibald 08.10.1921
Willie Sage 17.10.1921
Bill Hinton 27.02.1926
John Blair 24.09.1927
Danny Blanchflower 09.11.1963
Cliff Jones 09.10.1968
Ian Smith 06.09.1975
John Pratt 12.04.1980
Steve Archibald 12.05.1984
Guy Butters 25.10.1989
Mitchell Thomas 20.05.1991
Ilie Dumitrescu 01.01.1996
Andy Sinton 16.05.1999
John Piercy 19.05.2001
Luke Young 19.05.2001
Jermain Defoe 27.01.2008

 

first goal scored for the club 
- against manchester united

Ron Henry  06.02.1965
Dean Richards 29.09.2001

 

 

last goal scored for the club 
- against manchester united

Eddie Birnie  15.03.1911
Ron Henry 06.02.1965
Pat Jennings 12.08.1967
Cliff Jones 09.10.1968
Steve Archibald 12.05.1984
Gary Lineker 02.05.1992
Willem Korsten 19.05.2001

 

milestones

27.08.1955 Tottenham's 100th away draw in the First Division
09.09.1961 Tottenham's 600th league defeat
24.10.1962 Tottenham's sixth goal was their 2000th in Division One
13.04.1970 Tottenham gained their 100th point in Division One
15.03.1995 Gary Mabbutt plays the 700th game of his career.
29.09.1996 Colin Calderwood makes the 600th appearance of his career.
06.05.2000 Darren Anderton makes the 200th appearance of his Spurs career.
21.12.2003

Kasey Keller makes his 400th appearance for an English club side.

Anthony Gardner makes his 50th League appearances for Tottenham.

Mauricio Taricco makes his 300th start for English clubs.

If he plays, leading scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy makes the 250th League appearance of his career. 

20.03.2004

Gary Doherty makes his 50th start for Spurs.

Anthony Gardner makes his 100th career League appearance.

Mauricio Taricco makes his 150th Tottenham appearance.

Christian Ziege makes his 50th appearance for Spurs. 

25.09.2004 Goalkeeper Paul Robinson makes his 100th career League start.

Rio Ferdinand makes his 50th Premiership appearance for Manchester United.

Manchester United's Alan Smith makes his 200th club career start.

Sir Alex Ferguson's 700th League match in charge of Manchester United.

04.01.2005

Rio Ferdinand makes his 250th career League start.

22.10.2005 Manchester United's goal was their 999th in the Premier League and was the 700th conceded by Spurs in the Premier League.
17.04.2006 Manchester United secured their 1,500th win in the top division.
09.09.2006 Jermain Defoe needs two more goals to total 100 club career goals with West Ham, Bournemouth and Tottenham and needs a hat trick to reach 50 in the English top division.
26.08.2007

Edwin van der Sar will be making his 200th career Premier League start (Fulham and Manchester United).

Jermain Defoe makes his 150th appearance in a Tottenham shirt.

Tom Huddlestone makes his 150th club career appearance (Derby, Spurs and Wolves).

26.08.2007

Ronaldo makes his 150th career Premier League appearance.

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