the spurs almanac

september 16th

               Results
               (Tottenham's score shown first; match reports accessible by clicking on opponent's name, where available)

1893 Enfield A Friendly 1 - 5
1897 Kettering Town H United League 1 - 1
1899 Chatham A Southern League 3 - 2
1901 Woolwich Arsenal A London League 2 - 0
1905 Brighton & Hove Albion A Southern League 0 - 2
1907 Bristol Rovers A Western League 1 - 2
1911 Sunderland A First Division 1 - 1
1916 Luton Town H (at Highbury) Second Division 2 - 3
1922 Burnley A First Division 1 - 0
1933 Arsenal H First Division 1 - 1
1935 Barnsley H Second Division 3 - 0
1937 Sheffield Wednesday A Second Division 3 - 0
1944 Portsmouth H Football League South 1 - 1
1950 Wolverhampton Wanderers A First Division 1 - 2
1953 Burnley H First Division 2 - 3
1961 Wolverhampton Wanderers H First Division 1 - 0
1964 Stoke City H First Division 1 - 2
1967 Arsenal A First Division 0 - 4
1969 Arsenal A First Division 3 - 2
1970 Dunfermline Athletic H Texaco Cup R1 1L 4 - 0
1972 Manchester City A First Division 1 - 2
1978 Leeds United A First Division 2 - 1
1981 Ajax (Holland) A ECWC R1 1L 3 - 1
1989 Chelsea H First Division 1 - 4
1995 Sheffield Wednesday A Premier League 3 - 1
1999 Zimbru Chisinau (Moldova) H UEFA Cup R1 1L 3 - 0
2000 Charlton Athletic A Premier League 0 - 1
2001 Chelsea H Premier League 2 - 3
2012 Reading A Premier League 3 - 1
2017 Swansea City H (Wembley) Premier League 0 - 0

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  30 13 5 12 50 55
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
13 4 4 5 22 28
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
17 9 1 7 28 27
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   Dunfermline Athletic  (Texaco Cup First Round First Leg) (Home)  1970
Biggest defeat on this day

1-5  Enfield  (Friendly) (Away)  1893
0-4  Arsenal  (First Division) (Away)  1967
Biggest score-line on this day

1-5  Enfield  (Friendly) (Away)  1893
Last win on this day

2012  3-1  Reading (Premier League)  (Away
Last draw on this day

2017  0-0  Swansea City (Premier League)  (Home - Wembley)
Last defeat on this day

2001  2-3  Chelsea (Premier League)  (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Arsenal/Woolwich Arsenal 4
Burnley 2
Chelsea 2
Sheffield Wednesday 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
Ajax (Holland) 1
Barnsley 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Bristol Rovers 1
Charlton Athletic 1
Chatham 1
Dunfermline Athletic 1
Enfield 1
Kettering Town 1
Leeds United 1
Luton Town 1
Manchester City 1
Portsmouth 1
Reading 1
Stoke City 1
Sunderland 1
Swansea City 1
Zimbru Chisinau (Moldova) 1

 

              Notable Dates

1905 First away defeat to Brighton.
1937 Joint highest away win against Sheffield Wednesday.
1967 The North London derby that afternoon had been preceded by George Graham's wedding with Terry Venables as his best man.  The players and great friends faced each other in the midfield at Highbury that afternoon.
1970 Tottenham's first appearance in the Texaco Cup (for English and Scottish clubs).
1980 Mbulelo Mabizela, defender 2003-2004, born.
1981 Spurs' first match back in Europe since the riot at the 1973 UEFA Cup final against Feyenoord.  It all went to plan with a 3-1 win and no trouble.
2000 Oliver Skipp, defender 2018- , born.
2001 Teddy Sheringham scores his 100th goal for Spurs.
2012 Clint Dempsey makes his debut 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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