the spurs almanac

october 26th

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

1895 Royal Artillery H Friendly 1 - 2
1898 Dartford A Thames & Medway League 3 - 2
1901 Watford H Southern League 8 - 1
1907 Portsmouth A Southern League 2 - 1
1912 Aston Villa H First Division 3 - 3
1918 Millwall A London Combination 2 - 0
1929 Bradford City H Second Division 1 - 1
1935 Leicester City A Second Division 1 - 4
1940 Portsmouth H Football League South 1 - 2
1946 Sheffield Wednesday H Second Division 2 - 0
1957 Leeds United H First Division 2 - 0
1963 Everton A First Division 0 - 1
1966 Chelsea A First Division 0 - 3
1968 Ipswich Town A First Division 1 - 0
1974 Luton Town A First Division 1 - 1
1977 Coventry City H League Cup R3 2 - 3
1982 Brighton & Hove Albion A League Cup R2 2L 1 - 0
1983 Lincoln City A League Cup R2 2L 1 - 2
1985 Leicester City H First Division 1 - 3
1991 West Ham United A First Division 1 - 2
1994 Notts. County A League Cup R3 0 - 3
1996 Chelsea A Premier League 1 - 1
2002 Liverpool A Premier League 1 - 2
2003 Middlesbrough H Premier League 0 - 0
2008 Bolton Wanderers H Premier League 2 - 0
2014 Newcastle United H Premier League 1 - 2

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  26 9 5 15 39 39
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
12 4 3 5 24 17
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
14 5 2 7 15 22
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

8-1  Watford  (Southern League) (Home)  1901

Biggest defeat on this day

1-4  Leicester City (Second Division) (Away)  1935
0-3  Chelsea (First Division) (Away)  1966
0-3  Notts. County  (League Cup) (Away)  1994

Biggest score-line on this day

8-1  Watford  (Southern League) (Home)  1901

Last win on this day

2008  2-0  Bolton Wanderers  (Premier League) (Home)

Last draw on this day

2003  0-0  Middlesbrough  (Premier League) (Home)

Last defeat on this day

2014  1-2  Newcastle United  (Premier League) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Chelsea 2
Leicester City 2
Portsmouth 2
Aston Villa 1
Bolton Wanderers 1
Bradford City 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Coventry City 1
Dartford 1
Everton 1
Ipswich Town 1
Leeds United 1
Lincoln City 1
Liverpool 1
Luton Town 1
Middlesbrough 1
Millwall 1
Newcastle United 1
Notts County 1
Royal Artillery 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Watford 1
West Ham United 1
 

 

              Notable Dates

1879 Thomas Forman, winger 1910-1912, born.
1888 Bob McTavish, inside forward 1910-1912, born.
1901 Equal biggest winning margin against Watford in a home match.
1912

Jimmy Cantrell scores his first goal for the club.

1940 Spurs lowest home crowd for a visit by Portsmouth = 1,351
1946 Ernie Coquet, full-back 1907-1911, died.
1974 John Duncan, forward, makes his debut.
1977 Biggest crowd for a League Cup match with Coventry City = 35,099
1982 Biggest crowd for a League Cup match with Brighton = 20,755
1983 Spurs' only away defeat by Lincoln City.
1994 Micky Hazard makes the last appearance for the club.

Ilie Dumitrescu sent off as Spurs crash out of the League Cup at Notts County.

2003 Anthony Gardner made his 50th Tottenham appearance.

Stephen Carr's 200th League appearance for Tottenham.

Mauricio Taricco made his 300th appearance in English football.

Bobby Zamora made his 150th total club appearance.

Ledley King made his 100th total Spurs appearance.

2008 Harry Redknapp takes charge of Tottenham for the first time

Ledley King makes his 200th Premier League appearance for Tottenham.

2014 Spurs concede an equaliser to Newcastle United within seven seconds of the start of the second half.

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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