the spurs almanac

march 8th

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

1884 Hanover United 2nd XI A Friendly 2 - 0
1890 Unity H Friendly 3 - 1
1899 Gravesend United A Thames & Medway League 3 - 0
1902 Swindon Town H Southern League 7 - 1
1909 Chesterfield A Second Division 3 - 1
1913 Liverpool H First Division 1 - 0
1919 West Ham United H (at Homerton) London Combination 0 - 1
1924 Sheffield United A First Division 2 - 6
1930 Swansea Town H Second Division 3 - 0
1941 Northampton Town A Football League War Cup R2 2L 3 - 1
1947 Fulham H Second Division 1 - 1
1952 Aston Villa A First Division 3 - 0
1956 West Ham United A FA Cup R6r 2 - 1
1958 Leeds United A First Division 2 - 1
1961 Sunderland H FA Cup R6r 5 - 0
1966 Arsenal A First Division 1 - 1
1969 Everton H First Division 1 - 1
1980 Liverpool H FA Cup R6 0 - 1
1986 West Bromwich Albion H First Division 5 - 0
1995 Ipswich Town H Premier League 3 - 0
2007 Sporting Braga (Portugal) A UEFA Cup Round of 16 1L 3 - 2
2014 Chelsea A Premier League 0 - 4

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  21 15 2 4 53 22
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
10 7 1 2 29 6
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
11 8 1 2 24 16
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

7-1   Swindon Town  (Southern League) (Home)  1902
Biggest defeat on this day

7-1   Swindon Town  (Southern League) (Home)  1902
2-6  Sheffield United  (First Division) (Away)  1924
Biggest score-line on this day

2-6  Sheffield United  (First Division) (Away)  1924
0-4  Chelsea  (Premier League) (Away)  2014
Last win on this day

2007  3-2  Sporting Braga (UEFA Ro16 L1) (Away)
Last draw on this day

1969  1-1  Everton (First Division) (Home)
Last defeat on this day

2014  0-4  Chelsea (Premier League) (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Liverpool 2
West Ham United 2
Arsenal 1
Aston Villa 1
Chelsea 1
Chesterfield 1
Everton 1
Fulham 1
Gravesend United 1
Hanover United 2nd XI 1
Ipswich Town 1
Leeds United 1
Northampton Town 1
Sporting Braga (Portugal) 1
Sunderland 1
Swansea City 1
Swindon Town 1
Unity 1
West Bromwich Albion 1

 

               Notable Dates

1884 Jim Fleming, centre forward 1913-1915, born.
1900 Alf Messer, centre half 1930-1932, born.
1902

A Sandy Brown hat trick helps Spurs to their equal highest winning margin over Swindon Town in a home match.
1905 Joe Nicholls, goalkeeper 1926-1936, born.
1909 First away game against Chesterfield and equal biggest away win there by Spurs played in front of the smallest away crowd for a match between the two sides = 5,000
1924 The highest total of goals in a game between Spurs and Sheffield United.
1930 Spurs' first home win over Swansea.

Willie Davies scores his first Spurs goal.
1955 A Spurs reserve side visit Huish Park to play the inaugural game at Yeovil Town under floodlights.
1961 Tottenham's biggest home win over Sunderland.
1966 Derek Possee scores his last Spurs goal.
1970 Kevin Dearden, goalkeeper 1990-1993, born.
1976 Bill Hinton, goalkeeper 1924-1926, dies.
1986 Spurs' equal biggest home win against West Bromwich Albion.
1988 Frank Osborne, forward 1923-1931, dies.
2014 Aaron Lennon plays his 250th Premier League match for Spurs.

Gylfi Sigurdsson makes his 50th Premier League appearance for Spurs.

Sandro plays his 100th match for Tottenham.

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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