the spurs almanac

march 18th

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

1899 New Brompton H Southern League 3 - 0
1901 Queens Park Rangers A Western League 1 - 1
1905 Brighton & Hove Albion H Southern League 1 - 1
1911 Sheffield United H First Division 2 - 1
1916 Croydon City A London Combination Second Competition 3 - 3
1922 Huddersfield Town H First Division 1 - 0
1925 Cardiff City A First Division 2 - 0
1933 Port Vale A Second Division 1 - 1
1939 Bradford Park Avenue A Second Division 0 - 0
1944 Portsmouth A League South Cup Section 2 2 - 1
1950 Barnsley A Second Division 0 - 2
1961 Burnley Villa Park FA Cup Semi-Final 3 - 0
1967 Chelsea H First Division 1 - 1
1969 Ipswich Town H First Division 2 - 2
1972 Leeds United A FA Cup R6 1 - 2
1978 Bristol Rovers A Second Division 3 - 2
1989 Coventry City A First Division 1 - 1
1992 Feyenoord (Holland) H European Cup Winners Cup R3 2L 0 - 0
1995 Leicester City H Premier League 1 - 0
2002 Charlton Athletic H Premier League 0 - 1
2006 Birmingham City A Premier League 2 - 0

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  21 9 9 3 30 19
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
9 4 4 1 11 6
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
11 4 5 2 16 13
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1 1 0 0 3 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

3-0  New Brompton  (Southern League) (Home)  1899
3-0  Burnley  (FA Cup Semi-Final) (Villa Park)  1961
Biggest defeat on this day

0-2  Barnsley (Second Division) (Away)  1950
Biggest score-line on this day

3-3  Croydon City  (London Combination) (Away)  1916
Last win on this day

2006  2-0  Birmingham City (Premier League) (Away)
Last draw on this day

1992  0-0  Feyenoord (European Cup Winners Cup R3 2L) (Home)
Last defeat on this day

2002 1-2  Charlton Athletic (Premier League) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Barnsley 1
Birmingham City 1
Bradford Park Avenue 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Bristol Rovers 1
Burnley 1
Cardiff City 1
Charlton Athletic 1
Chelsea 1
Coventry City 1
Croydon City 1
Feyenoord (Holland) 1
Gillingham/New Brompton 1
Huddersfield Town 1
Ipswich Town 1
Leeds United 1
Leicester City 1
Port Vale 1
Portsmouth 1
Queens Park Rangers 1
Sheffield United 1

 

               Notable Dates

1888

Sid Crowl, winger 1913-1918, born.
1899 Tom Atherton makes his debut at inside forward.

Art Rule scores the only goal of his Tottenham career.
1900 Jock Britton, goalkeeper 1925-1928, born.
1901 Smallest away crowd for a match against Queens Park Rangers = 1,000
1905 Herbert Chapman makes his debut  and scores a goal from inside forward.
1911 Percy Humphreys scores his last goal for Tottenham.
1916 Albert Page, centre half 1936-1946, born.
1922 Alex Hunter plays his last Tottenham match.
1933 Outside right Jimmy McCormick makes his debut.
1961 Spurs had some luck and were also on the receiving end in this semi-final.  Handballs at each end of the pitch were missed by the officials and Spurs progressed to the final (and history) courtesy of goals from Bobby Smith (2) and Cliff Jones.
1967 Keith Weller makes his final Spurs appearance.
1978 Biggest away crowd for a visit of Spurs to Bristol Rovers = 17,708

Neil McNab scores his final goal in a Spurs shirt.
1989 Chris Fairclough plays the last game of his Spurs career.
2006 Aaron Lennon's first goal for Spurs.

Tottenham's first Premier League win at St. Andrew's.

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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