the spurs almanac

september 18th

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

1897 Southampton H Southern League 2 - 0
1899 Portsmouth H Southern District Combination 2 - 0
1909 Bradford City A First Division 1 - 5
1911 Brentford A London FA Charity Cup R1 1 - 4
1915 West Ham United A London Combination (1st Competition) 1 - 1
1920 Aston Villa H First Division 1 - 2
1926 Sunderland A First Division 2 - 3
1937 Luton Town A Second Division 4 - 2
1943 West Ham United A Football League South 3 - 3
1950 Lovells Athletic H Friendly 8 - 0
1954 Portsmouth H First Division 1 - 1
1957 Birmingham City H First Division 7 - 1
1965 Liverpool H First Division 2 - 1
1971 Crystal Palace H First Division 3 - 0
1976 Liverpool A First Division 0 - 2
1982 Sunderland A First Division 1 - 0
1993 Oldham Athletic H Premier League 5 - 0
2008 Wisla Krakow (Poland) H UEFA Cup R1 1L 2 - 1
2010 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Premier League 3 - 1
2011 Liverpool H Premier League 4 - 0
2014 Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) A Europa League Group C 0 - 0
2016 Sunderland H Premier League 1 - 0
2018 Internazionale (Italy) A Champions League Group B 1 - 2
2019 Olympiacos (Greece) A Champions League Group B 2 - 2

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  24 13 5 6 58 31
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
13 11 1 1 41 7
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
11 2 4 5 17 24
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

8-0  Lovells Athletic  (Friendly) (Home)  1950
Biggest defeat on this day

1-5  Bradford City (First Division) (Away)  1909
Biggest score-line on this day

8-0  Lovells Athletic  (Friendly) (Home)  1950
7-1  Birmingham City  (First Division) (Home)  1957
Last win on this day

2016  1-0  Sunderland (Premier League) (Home)
Last draw on this day

2019  2-2  Olympiacos (Greece) (Champions League Group B) 

Last defeat on this day

2018  1-2  Internazionale (Italy) (Champions League Group B)  (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Liverpool 3
Sunderland 3
Portsmouth 2
West Ham United 2
Aston Villa 1
Birmingham City 1
Bradford City 1
Brentford 1
Crystal Palace 1
Internazionale (Italy) 1
Lovells Athletic 1
Luton Town 1
Oldham Athletic 1
Olympiacos (Greece) 1
Partisan Belgrade (Serbia) 1
Southampton 1
Wisla Krakow (Poland) 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1

 

              Notable Dates

1897 First meeting with opponents as "Southampton".
1899 First ever meeting with Portsmouth.
1957 Alfie Stokes equals the highest number of goals scored in a match for Tottenham with 5 (Five).

Equal biggest winning margin against Birmingham City and equal highest aggregate of goals in a match against them.
1974 Spurs defender and captain, Sol Campbell, 1992-2001, born.
1979 John Piercy, striker 1998-2002, born.
2007 Johnny Gavin, winger 1954-1955, dies.
2008 David Bentley's goal was his first in Spurs colours.
2010 Harry Redknapp's 100th game in charge of Tottenham.

Rafael van der Vaart and Alan Hutton score their first goals in Spurs colours.

Rafael van der Vaart becomes the 50th Dutch player to score in the Premier League.

Bobby Smith, forward 1955 - 1964, dies.
2011 Liverpool have two players sent off as Spurs triumph 4-0 at the Lane.
2014 Federico Fazio makes his Spurs debut.

Spurs forward Roberto Soldado makes his 50th career UEFA club competition appearance.
2019 Mauricio Pochettino manages Spurs in Europe for the 50th 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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