the spurs almanac

march 3rd

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

1894 Uxbridge H Friendly 1 - 1
1900 Portsmouth A Southern League 0 - 1
1906 Portsmouth H Western League 1 -1
1917 Luton Town H (at Homerton) London Combination 3 - 2
1923 Manchester City H First Division 3 - 1
1926 Huddersfield Town A First Division 1 - 2
1928 Huddersfield Town A FA Cup R6 1 - 6
1934 Everton H First Division 3 - 0
1945 West Ham United H League South Cup Section 3 4 - 0
1951 Chelsea H First Division 2 - 1
1954 Bolton Wanderers H First Division 3 - 2
1956 West Ham United H FA Cup R6 3 - 3
1962 Manchester City A First Division 2 - 6
1973 Norwich City Wembley League Cup Final 1 - 0
1979 Derby County H First Division 2 - 0
1982 Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) H European Cup Winners Cup R3 1L 2 - 0
1984 Stoke City H First Division 1 - 0
1990 Crystal Palace H First Division 0 - 1
2001 Derby County A Premier League 1 - 2
2013 Arsenal H Premier League 2 - 1

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  20 11 3 6 36 30
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
14 10 3 1 30 13
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
5 0 0 5 5 17
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1 1 0 0 1 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   West Ham United  (League South Cup Section 3) (Home)  1945

Biggest defeat on this day

1-6  Huddersfield Town (FA Cup R6) (Away)  1928

Biggest score-line on this day

2-6  Manchester City  (First Division) (Away)  1962

Last win on this day

2013  2-1  Arsenal (Premier League) (Home)

Last draw on this day

1956  3-3  West Ham United (FA Cup R6) (Home)

Last defeat on this day

2001  1-2  Derby County (Premier League) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Derby County 2
Huddersfield Town 2
Manchester City 2
Portsmouth 2
West Ham United 2
Arsenal 1
Bolton Wanderers 1
Chelsea 1
Crystal Palace 1
Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany) 1
Everton 1
Luton Town 1
Norwich City 1
Stoke City 1
Uxbridge 1

 

                Notable Dates

1906 Peter Kyle scores the last goal of his Spurs career.

Fred Milnes and James McNaught play their last games for the club.

1926 Harry Hargreaves plays his last Spurs game. 
1928 Tottenham's biggest away defeat by Huddersfield Town played in front of the biggest away crowd there = 52,390
1934 A George Hunt hat trick gives Spurs a 3-0 win over Everton.
1951 Alex Wright makes his debut at centre forward scoring once - his only goal for the club.
1954 Dave Dunmore scores his first goal for Tottenham.
1956 Spurs' biggest home crowd for a visit by West Ham United = 69,118
1962 The highest number of goals scored in a match between Spurs and Manchester City.
1972 Darren Anderton, winger/midfield 1992-2004, born.
1972

Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs Manager 2014-2019 born.

1973 Spurs were beating Norwich City to gain their second League Cup trophy in a rain-soaked, disappointing match that was won by a substitute Ralph Coates strike.
1978

Ossie Ardiles scores for the club for the first time.

1989 Toby Alderweireld, defender 2015- , born.
1990 Andy Polston makes his debut as a substitute and joins his brother John on the pitch, thus being the first brothers to play in the Spurs side since the Steels in 1912.  It was Andy Polston's last appearance for the club too.

Mark Robson appears for Spurs for the last time.

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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