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02.03.1985 With a goal against his former team, Garth Crooks gave Tottenham the points with the only goal of the game at the Victoria Ground.

A back-pass to the Stoke keeper Barry Siddall saw him miss his kick, allowing Crooks to walk the ball into an empty net and he looked sheepish both at the nature of the goal and it being against his old club.  Following this match, the Potters failed to pick up another point and were relegated as the bottom club in the First Division. 

Teams : 
Stoke City -  Siddall, , , , , , , , , .
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , , Crooks, .
Attendance : -  12,552

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Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Spurs - 
Attendance : -  ,

27.10.1984 In what turned out to be a relegation season for the Potteries side, Spurs ran out 4-0 winners in this First Division clash at White Hart Lane.

Within 11 minutes, Tottenham had scored twice through Clive Allen and John Chiedozie and the sending off of afro-haired defender George Berry after he struck Mark Falco off the ball left Stoke a difficult task for the remainder of the game.

They held out until the 75th minute, when Clive Allen added his second of the game and when emergency centre half Brendan O'Callaghan fouled Falco in the area, Graham Roberts stepped up to convert the spot-kick to make the final score 4-0.

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , , , , Roberts, , , C. Allen, Chiedozie
Stoke City -  , , , Berry, , , , , O'Callaghan, , .
Attendance : -  23,477

03.03.1984 A 35th minute penalty converted by Mark Falco was enough to win this home First Division game for Spurs.  

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Stoke City -  .
Attendance : -  18,271

05.11.1983 A Mark Falco equaliser saw Spurs leave the Victoria Ground with a point in a First Division match against Stoke City.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  , , , Bould, , , , , .
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  , , , , , , Falco, ,
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   14,726

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Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  ,

10.10.1981 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  30,520

11.03.1981 Spoils were shared with the score ending 2-2 at White Hart Lane in a First Division meeting. 

With Spurs eighth from the top and Stoke City eighth from the bottom, the point hardly helped either side, but Ossie Ardiles and Garry Brooke's goals cancelled out by Adrian Heath and Brendan O'Callaghan. 

Teams : 
Spurs -   ,  , , , , , , , , , Brooke, Ardiles, , .
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  , , , , , , , , Heath, O'Callaghan.
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  28,742

04.10.1980 .

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  18,614

29.12.1979 Two familiar faces on the Stoke City side could not prevent Tottenham running out 1-0 winners on Terry Gibson's debut at the Lane.

Ray Evans had left Spurs to join the Potters and striker Garth Crooks who soon be making the move to London when he was snapped up by Keith Burkinshaw in 1980.   Gibson was using his dogged physical presence to disturb the experienced City back line and he had a role in the goal, which was struck home by John Pratt to take the points in this First Division meeting.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Aleksic, Hughton, G. Smith, McAllister, Perryman, Pratt, Hoddle, Ardiles, Yorath, Chris Jones, Gibson (Galvin)
Stoke City -  Fox, R. Evans, Smith, Doyle, Dodd, P. Johnson, Irvine, Sheldon, O'Callaghan, Heath, Crooks.
Attendance : -  28,810

25.08.1979 .

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  22,832

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Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  ,

22.03.1978 Stoke shocked Spurs at White Hart Lane by taking the lead through Garth Crooks in this Second Division clash at White Hart Lane. 

Tottenham hit back with Don McAllister heading an equaliser into the second half, then a Colin Lee double wrapped up the points for Tottenham.  

Teams : 
Spurs -  Daines, Stead, Holmes, McAllister, Perryman, Pratt, Hoddle, McNab, P. Taylor, Chris Jones, C. Lee
Unused sub. : -  Moores
Stoke City -  , , , , , , , , Crooks.
Attendance : -  30,646

29.10.1977 Spurs were faced with an early barrage from Stoke, but weathered the storm to take both points at the Victoria Ground.

Spurs almost let a goal in right at the start of the match, but Barry Daines reacted well to keep out Stoke striker Garth Crooks on two occasions and David Gregory also.  Against the run of play, Gerry Armstrong gave Spurs a 29th minute lead when he converted a flick on by John Pratt from Peter Taylor's corner.

At the start of the second half, Terry Conroy wasted a good chance and Daines was again called upon to save from a swerving shot from Steve Waddington, which went for a corner.  The Spurs goal was under siege for a few minutes, but following a save from Paul Richardson, Daines launched the ball up-field for Ian Moores to set up Armstrong to shoot Tottenham's second goal after 61 minutes.

Crooks pulled one back for the home side with a neat header from Richardson's cross in the 73rd minute, but Glenn Hoddle delivered a corner onto John Pratt's head to score the third Spurs goal past keeper Roger Jones that put the game beyond Stoke's reach.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  R. Jones, Waddington, Conroy, Richardson, Crooks, Gregory.
Spurs -  Daines, Naylor, Holmes, Hoddle, McAllister, Perryman (c), Pratt, McNab, Moores, G. Armstrong, P. Taylor
Unused sub. : -  Boyle
Attendance : -  ,

23.04.1977 Spurs held Stoke City to a 0-0 draw at the Victoria Ground when a win was more vital to avoid relegation.

A good first half gave hope of a victory, but the Potters were revitalised after the break. They were indebted to Peter Shilton at the end though, when Hoddle took the ball off a defender and the keeper's dive at his feet robbed him of a scoring opportunity.

Stoke put in a final effort to find a winner, but could not breach the Spurs defence.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Naylor, M. Stead, Pratt, Osgood, Perryman, Holmes, Hoddle, Moores (cpt), Coates, G. Armstrong

Unused sub. : - McNab

Attendance : -   15,644

27.11.1976 Two goals from defender Keith Osgood gave Tottenham a First Division win against Stoke at White Hart Lane.  

Playing towards the Paxton Road in the second half, a powerful header from Osgood from 10 yards out put Tottenham ahead and the second was a penalty, which Peter Shilton went the right way to, but could not keep out.

Teams : 
Spurs - Jennings, Naylor, Gorman, Hoddle, Young, Osgood, Coates, Perryman (cpt), Taylor, Conn, Moores
Sub. not used : McAllister
Stoke City -   Peter Shilton, John Lumsdon, Mike Pejic, Alan Dodd, Denis Smith (cpt), Alan Bloor, Steve Waddington, Terry Conroy, John Tudor, Brian Bethell, Garth Crooks.
Sub. not used : 
Attendance : -   22,500
Ref. : -  John Homewood (Middlesex)
Linesmen : Mr. J. Byles (Bucks) - Red flag; Mr. D. J. Simmons (Surrey) - Yellow flag

Before the game ITV's “On The Ball”'s Penalty Prize shoot-out for North London took place.

Goal times
First goal – 48m 32s
Second goal – 67m 44s
 

21.02.1976 Jimmy Greenhoff hit the net in the sixth minute to give Stoke City the lead in this First Division meeting at the Victoria Ground, but Spurs hit back to take both points.

And it was Glenn Hoddle's first goal for the club, a rasping 25 yard drive past Peter Shilton that drew them level, before John Duncan poached a second to win the game for Tottenham.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  Shilton, , , , , , Greenhoff, .
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Naylor, Young, Osgood, McAllister, Perryman (c), Pratt, Hoddle, Coates, Neighbour, Duncan
Sub not used : 
Ref. : - Peter Willis (Meadowfield, County Durham)
Attendance : -  17,113
 

24.01.1976 This FA Cup Third Round replay took place on a Saturday because the original replay had to be postponed, when high winds damaged some of the roofing at the Victoria Ground and made the stands unsafe.   

Stoke won 2-1 the match, with Ian Moores giving the Potters a 35th minute lead, while Geoff Salmons' penalty three minutes from time sealed a passage through to Round 4.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  , , , , , , , , Salmons, Moores, .
Spurs -  Jennings, Naylor, Young, Osgood, McAllister, Coates, Perryman, Pratt, Neighbour, J. Duncan, Chris Jones
Attendance : -  29,751

03.01.1976 Stoke City earned a draw after going ahead in this third round FA Cup tie.  

John Mahoney's first half goal put the Potteries club in front and it was left to John Duncan to hook in a shot from ten yards out to earn Spurs a replay at the Victoria Ground.

Teams : 
Spurs - Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Coates (Chris Jones), Perryman, Morgan
Stoke City -  Shilton, Marsh, , , Mahoney, , , Hudson, Salmon, Greenhoff, Moores.
Attendance : -  26,715

15.11.1975 Chris Jones gave Spurs the lead when he hooked the ball past Peter Shilton from eight yards out as the keeper closed him down.

A 71st minute goal from Ian Moores earned Stoke City a First Division point at White Hart Lane.

Don McAllister was denied what would have been a winning goal when his header was kept out by Shilton.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Naylor, McAllister (McGrath), Pratt, Young, Osgood, Coates, Perryman (cpt), Duncan, Chris Jones, Conn
Sub. not used : 
Stoke City - 
Shilton, , , , , , , , , , Moores.
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  25,698

Ref. Mr. (-)
Linesmen : Mr. - (-) - Red flag; Mr. - (-) - Yellow flag

Goal times
First goal - 56m 00s
Second goal - 70m 31s
 

08.02.1975 With third place Stoke City visiting White Hart Lane, it was perhaps inevitable that they would take the points with Spurs struggling at the time. 

Goals from Jimmy Greenhoff and Alan Hudson were enough to secure a victory for the Staffordshire side.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Daines, Pratt, Knowles, Beal, England, Naylor, Conn, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt) (Coates), Duncan
Sub not used : 
Stoke City - 
Peter Shilton, John Marsh, Mike Pejic, John Mahoney, Denis Smith, Alan Dodd, Sean Haslegrave, Jimmy Greenhoff (cpt), Geoff Hurst, Alan Hudson, Geoff Salmons.
Sub not used : 
Ref. Mr. Gordon Hill (Leicester)
Linesmen : Mr. R. Rimmer (Somerset) - Red flag; Mr. Denis Hedges (Oxon) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   22,941

Goal times
First goal – 22m 18s
Second goal – 31m 45s
 

02.11.1974 Spurs fought out a 2-2 draw at the Victoria Ground with Stoke City in this First Division meeting.

An early goal shocked Spurs, when Geoff Salmons scored an eighth minute opener, but John Duncan turned the game around before the break. Ralph Coates' cross had been back-heeled into Duncan's path to slide in to fire the equaliser and within five minutes, he had struck a left foot shot for the second after he had been set up by Martin Chivers.

There was still time for Jimmy Greenhoff to pull Stoke level at 2-2 with 36 minutes on the clock. Despite the home team exerting a lot of pressure on the Spurs defence, they could not break through and nearly got caught on the break when Ray Evans' right wing run produced a cross that was just a little too far ahead of Martin Chivers, who was unable to get a telling touch on the ball.  It was Chivers who nearly made it 3-2 later, when he struck a left foot shot just over the bar from eight yards out.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  John Farmer, Mike Pejic, Denis Smith, .
Sub. not used : 
Spurs -  Jennings, Evans, Beal, Pratt, England, Naylor, Coates, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Duncan
Sub. not used : Naylor
Attendance : -   24,667
 

20.04.1974 Stoke came out as victors with the only goal of this match at the Victoria Ground in the First Division.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  , , , , , , , , Robertson, .
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  , , , , Naylor, , Perryman, , , Chivers
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   20,189

08.12.1973

A 2-1 win for Spurs over Stoke City at White Hart Lane was achieved after the visitors had gone ahead in the match.

The Potters took the lead through a goal stabbed home in the goalmouth by John Ritchie in the second half, but Spurs worked their way back into the game with Mike England hitting the crossbar with a header. Then, following a free-kick, Ray Evans struck a powerful drive from outside the penalty area to level the scores and within two minutes, John Pratt headed Spurs ahead with what turned out to be the winning goal.

Teams : 
Spurs : - Jennings, Evans, Knowles (Naylor 55), Pratt, England, Beal, McGrath, Perryman, Chivers, Neighbour, Coates
Stoke : - John Farmer, Alan Dodd, Mike Pejic, Alan Bloor, Denis Smith (cpt), John Mahoney, Jimmy Robertson, John Ritchie, Jimmy Greenhoff, Geoff Hurst, Sean Haslegrove

Ref.  Mr. Peter R. Walters (Somerest)
Linesmen :  Mr. M. C. Dixon (Beds) - Red flag;  Mr. J. J. Faulkner (Berks) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -   14,043
 

14.03.1973 For over eighty minutes, this First Division match looked to be heading for a goal-less draw.  Then with little time remaining, Jimmy Pearce got Tottenham a goal ahead, knocking home Martin Chivers' flick on Cyril Knowles' cross, but Stoke came back in the time left before the final whistle with Jimmy Greenhoff netting the equaliser at the death.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Spurs -  Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Coates,
P. Collins, Beal, Neighbour, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Pearce
Unused sub. : - Evans 
Attendance : -  23,351
 

07.10.1972 A seven goal thriller saw Spurs see off a determined Stoke City side in the First Division at White Hart Lane.

Spurs were ahead with goals from John Pratt, when he dived in to head Ray Evans' right foot drive from the edge of the box  and then Alan Gilzean, with a powerful header past Gordon Banks from ten yards out, before Stoke hit back, with John Ritchie scoring to reduce the deficit, although Pratt added his second of the game to make it 3-1 at the interval.  Ritchie hit the net again after half-time and then Ralph Coates put Spurs two ahead once more, taking a pass from Cyril Knowles to fire home, before Alan Bloor scored to make it a tense finish, but Tottenham held on for a 4-3 win.

Programme line-ups
Spurs : - Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Pratt, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Coates
Sub. : - Pearce
Stoke City : - Gordon Banks, Jack Marsh, Mike Pejic, Eric Skeels, Denis Smith, Alan Bloor, John Mahoney, Jimmy Greenhoff (cpt), John Ritchie, Geoff Hurst, Terry Conroy
Sub. : - Jimmy Robertson

Scorers : - Pratt 2, Gilzean, Peters
Bloor, Ritchie 2

Ref. Mr. Iory P. Jones (Glamorganshire)
Linesmen : Mr. N. Dickinson (Durham) - Red flag; Mr. W. G. V. Cleere (Bucks) - Yellow flag
Attendance : -  31,951
 

 
19.02.1972 Two goals from Martin Chivers - one in each half- won this match against Stoke City in the First Division at White Hart Lane.

One goal in the 38th minute and another a minute from time gave Spurs both points against the Potters.

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Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Evans, Knowles, Coates, England, Beal, Gilzean (Holder), Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Morgan
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -
 Gordon Banks, Eric Skeels, Stewart Jump, Willie Stevenson, Denis Smith (cpt), Alan Bloor, Terry Conroy, Sean Haslegrave, Jimmy Greenhoff, Jackson, Harry Burrows (John Mahoney).
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   32,841

Ref. - Mr. T. W. Dawes (Suffolk)

Linesmen  - Mr. A. C. F. Turvey (Essex) – Red Flag; Mr. J. A. Tree (Surrey) – Yellow Flag

30.10.1971 Two John Mahoney goals saw Stoke City beat Spurs at the Victoria Ground and take two First Division points.

There was little of note that happened in the first half when Spurs were in the ascendancy.  While Tottenham had a lot of possession, they failed to break through Stoke's four man midfield and in the first ten minutes of the second half, they were hit by two goals from John Mahoney. The first came from a long range shot that caught a deflection off a leg to get through and the second goal came when the ball was not cleared by the Spurs defence and Mahoney capitalised.

Spurs did make a bid to get back into the match with Pratt setting Chivers away only to be stopped by Gordon Banks before Martin Peters shot narrowly wide. Jimmy Pearce's shot was hacked away and then Chivers' header was well saved by Banks, as he fell backwards.
 

Teams : 
Stoke City - 
Gordon Banks, John Marsh, Mike Pejic, Mike Bernard, Denis Smith, Alan Bloor, Terry Conroy, John Mahoney, John Ritchie, George Eastham, Stewart Jump.
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  Jennings,
Evans, Knowles, Mullery (cpt) (Pratt 75), England, Beal, Pearce, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Neighbour,
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  28,343

05.05.1971 The last away game of the season saw Martin Peters score the only goal of the game to give Tottenham the double over Stoke.

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Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   14,019

24.10.1970 A twelfth Division One match unbeaten was secured by a 3-0 victory for fourth place Spurs over Stoke City at White Hart Lane.

Two Martin Chivers goals and one from Alan Gilzean in the first half wrapped up the victory over the Potters.  Joe Kinnear's cross from the right was headed on by Martin Peters to Chivers, who slid the ball home and then Peters' run was ended with a ball into the box for the striker, who went in for the ball, but it dropped loose for Alan Gilzean to hook it home past Gordon Banks at the Park Lane end.  Tottenham's third goal saw Chiv ease Denis Smith off the ball on the left on the halfway line, out-pace the defender and then curl the ball around Gordon Banks from just outside the box.

Stoke tried to battle back, but substitute Willie Stevenson broke his leg in the 57th minute, leaving the Potters with ten men and little opportunity to get anything out of the match.

The half-time interval featured a stand-up row between Bill Nicholson and Alan Mullery, when the manager criticised Martin Chivers in the dressing room, despite the two goals he had scored in a match that saw Jimmy Neighbour come on as a substitute for his debut.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery (c), England, Beal, Gilzean (Neighbour 75), Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce
Stoke City -  
Gordon Banks (c), Jack Marsh, Mike Pejic, Mike Bernard, Denis Smith, Alan Bloor, Gerry Conroy (Willie Stevenson), Jimmy Greenhoff, John Ritchie, Eric Skeels, Harry Burrows
Ref.  Mr. Peter Baldwin (Teeside)
Linesmen :  Mr. B. Mullen (Hants) - Red flag;  Mr. M. J. Thorpe (Kent) - Yellow flag

Attendance : -  36,238

 

21.02.1970 An Alan Mullery header was the only goal that separated the two clubs at White Hart Lane in this First Division match.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Jennings, , , , , Mullery (c),
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -   Banks (c), , Bloor, , , , .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  29,976

25.10.1969 Spurs and Stoke City shared the points in a 1-1 draw at the Victoria Ground.

An early lead for Spurs came through Alan Gilzean's eighth minute goal, when he headed a cross from Roger Morgan against the goal-post and then reacted to force home the rebound.  The lead lasted until just after half-time, when David Herd levelled from a cross by Harry Burrows.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  , , , , , , , Burrows, , , Herd.
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  , , , , , , , , , Morgan, Gilzean
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  19,569

11.01.1969 .

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  21,729

02.11.1968

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Teams : 
Spurs -   , , , , , , , , , , ,
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  33,308

23.03.1968 Coming into the game without a win in five league and cup games, Spurs put an end to that run with a 3-0 home win over Stoke as they found their scoring boots at White Hart Lane after two previous goal-less draws.

Terry Venables played a free-kick into the area for Mike England to head home and the lead was doubled when Jimmy Robertson powered a shot at goal that Gordon Banks could only help on it's way into the net.

Just after half-time, Alan Mullery's cross was headed in by Cliff Jones to hand Spurs a much needed victory. Alan Bloor had Stoke's three best efforts, but Pat Jennings was equal to his shots, while Banks denied Greaves three times to keep the score down.

Teams : 
Spurs -   , , , Mullery, England, , , J. Robertson, Venables, , Greaves, Cliff Jones
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  Banks, Bloor.
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  29,530

28.10.1967 A third minute lead for Tottenham was not enough to hold Stoke City on their own ground, as they came from behind to win this First Division match.

Terry Venables had scored to put Spurs ahead, but Harry Burrows equalised in the 18th minute and then scored what proved to be the winner before the interval.  Spurs were not helped by a knee injury to Jimmy Greaves that saw him replaced by substitute Eddie Clayton, with Mike England moving into attack to replace Greaves.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  , , , , , , , Burrows.
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  , , , , , England, , , Venables, , Greaves (Clayton 28),
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  27,144

31.08.1966 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   37,908

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Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  ,

..19 .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Sub not used : 
Stoke City -  .
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -   ,

24.08.1966 .

Teams : 
Stoke City -  Farmer, .
Sub not used : 
Spurs -  , , , , , Robertson, Gilzean, , Cliff Jones
Sub not used : 
Attendance : -  34,683

23.04.1966 .

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Spurs - 
Attendance : -  19,112

27.11.1965 Spurs drew this First Division match with Stoke City at the Lane 2-2, with goals from Alan Gilzean and Jimmy Robertson.  All four goals were scored in the first half.

Dave Mackay tried a shot from 25 yards, but it was deflected into the path of frank Saul, just inside the box.  He tried an early shot but could not keep it down and it flew into the Park Lane end. 

Getting between Skeels and Palmer, Alan Gilzean headed Frank Saul's cross down past Irvine to net the first goal for Spurs from inside the six yard box.

Roy Vernon tested Pat Jennings with a low shot form 20 yards, but the Spurs keeper got down to his right to hold the ball.  Alan Bloor made a good forward run and played in Peter Dobing, who was brought down by Mackay as he got into the penalty area.  Vernon stroked it low past Jennings to the keeper's left to equalise from the spot.  Vernon was involved again, as Stoke took the lead.  He played a pass out to the left wing, where Burrows took on Beal and shot only to see Jennings save, but the loose ball ran to Dobing, who put it into the net from the edge of the six yard area, beating two Spurs players to the ball,

With Dave Mackay's cross-shot from a free-kick wide on the right being headed in across the keeper by Jimmy Robertson, the second goal came at the Park Lane end and made it 2-2 on 29 minutes.

Just before half-time, Dobing ran from the halfway line to hit a shot that Jennings saved at his near post. 

Into the second half, Clayton hit a low effort just wide from 25 yards out, while Pat Jennings saved a Maurice Setters header from a corner, with a Stoke player just unable to turn in the loose ball and had to be alert to keep out Dobing's low shot to his near post after Laurie Brown had given the ball away on the edge of the Spurs box.  From the corner, Bebbington hit the bar with a looping header and the Knowles blocked a shot by Roy Vernon after the Welshman shot from the edge of the box, only to see the intervention take the bal inches wide of the keeper's right hand post.  .

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Jennings, Beal, Knowles, Mullery (cpt), L. Brown, Mackay, Possee, Clayton, Saul, Gilzean, Johnson
Stoke City - 
Bobby Irvine, Calvin Palmer, Eric Skeels, Dennis Viollet (c), Maurice Setters, Alan Bloor, Keith Bebbington, Tony Allen, Peter Dobing, Roy Vernon, Harry Burrows.
Attendance : -   26,406

Ref. : Mr. A. W. Sparling (Lincs)

Linesmen :  Mr. L. J. Forge (Essex) - Red flag; Mr. P.K. Byford (Essex) - Yellow flag
 

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Teams : 
Spurs - 
Stoke City -  .
Attendance : -  ,

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Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Spurs - 
Attendance : -   ,

14.12.1963 Spurs won 2-1 at home against Stoke City, with Jimmy Greaves scoring in the first half, but his goal was cancelled out by the break.  However, Greaves went on to score the winner in the second half.

Teams : 
Spurs :  Brown, Baker, Henry, Marchi (c), Norman, Mackay, Cliff Jones, White, Smith, Greaves, Dyson
Stoke City :  Lawrie Leslie, Bill Asprey, Tony Allen, George Kinnell, Eddie Stuart (c), Eric Skeels, Stanley Matthews, Dennis Viollet, John Ritchie, Calvin Palmer, Peter Dobing,
Attendance : -   36,209
Ref :  Mr. J. R. Osborne (Suffolk)
Linesmen :  Mr. D. A. Watkins (Hants) (Red Flag); Mr. R. C. Stretch (Dorset) (Yellow Flag)

 

24.08.1963 The opening day of the season had Tottenham visit the Victoria Ground, where they were beaten 2-1 by Stoke.

Bobby Smith put Spurs ahead early on, but two Jimmy McIlroy goals before the turnaround were enough to take the two points for the Potters.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Spurs - 
Attendance : -  ,

06.04.1953 A rain sodden pitch at the Victoria Ground proved a place for Spurs' hopes of a win to be sunk by a 0-2 defeat at the hands of Stoke City.

Roy Brown and Ken Thomson scored the second half goals that gave Stoke the win.

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03.04.1953 Tommy Harmer's goal was enough for Spurs to defeat Stoke City at White Hart Lane.

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Stoke City -  .
Attendance : -   35,606

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15.09.1951

Spurs travelled to Stoke City and returned with a 6-1 away victory in the bag.

Sid McClellan put Tottenham into an early lead, with Les Bennett scoring a second in the 24th minute from a corner. Left winger Harry Oscroft had a chance to get the Potters back into the match, with a penalty awarded to the home side, but he put the ball wide to leave Spurs still 2-0 ahead.

In contrast, a penalty given to Tottenham before the break was knocked home by Alf Ramsey to make the score 3-0 at the interval.

After the restart, Sonny Walters scored the Spurs fourth goal and Les Medley grabbed two to make it 6-0 before Oscroft did get the ball in the net to get Stoke a consolation at the end.

Teams : 
Spurs - 
Ditchburn, Ramsey, Willis, Brittan, Nicholson, Burgess, Walters, Bennett, McClellan, Harmer, Medley
Stoke City -   , , , , , , , , , Oscroft.
Attendance : -  54,124
 

10.03.1951 Top of the table Spurs were held to a goal-less draw by 12th placed Stoke City at the Victoria Ground.

Both defences were on top and despite having efforts through Sonny Walters and Eddie Baily, Stoke held out, while Ted Ditchburn has a quiet afternoon in the opposite goal.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Clarke, Willis, Nicholson, Burgess, Wright, Baily, Medley, Murphy, Walters
Attendance : -   24,236

21.10.1950 Spurs recorded their biggest home win against Stoke City with a 6-1 victory in the First Division.

A double from Len Duquemin put Spurs 2-0 ahead before Sonny Walters headed home Arthur Willis' free-kick to add a third.

It became 4-0 after the half-time break, with Les Bennett scoring, before Alec Ormston hit a left foot shot to pull a goal back for the Potters.  Visiting goalkeeper Dennis Herod stopped Alf Ramsey's penalty to give Stoke a chance, but goals from Les Medley and Les Bennett inside the last eight minutes rounded off Tottenham's 6-1 win.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Willis, Nicholson, Clarke, Brittan, Walters, Bennett, Duquemin, Baily, Medley
Stoke City - 
Herod, Mould, McCue, Sellars, F. Mountford, Kirton, Alec Ormston, Bowyer, Brown, Johnston, Oscroft.
Attendance : -   54,124

07.01.1950 Spurs travelled to the Victoria Ground for a FA Cup Third Round tie, which they won 1-0 against Stoke City.

It was a bit of a giant-killing, with Spurs being in the Second Division and Stoke the First, with Bill Nicholson providing the cross for Eddie Baily to head in for the only goal of the game in the second half.
Baily had been inspired, with mazy dribbles and good link-up play with Ron Burgess.

Teams : 
Stoke City -  .
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Ramsey, Withers, Nicholson, Clarke, Burgess, Walters, Rees, Duquemin, Baily, Medley
Attendance : - 
47,000

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11.01.1947

FA Cup Third Round.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Ditchburn, Willis, Buckingham, Ludford, Nicholson, Burgess (c), Walters, Bennett, Foreman, Dix, L. Stevens
Stoke City -  Jepson, Mould, McCue, F. Mountfield, Franklin, Kirton (c), Matthews, Peppitt, Steele, Baker, Ormston.
Attendance : -  65,681
Ref. : - Mr. G. L. Iliffe (Leicester)

20.04.1935 Spurs went into half time three goals behind at Stoke before Doug Hunt got a goal for Spurs in the second half, but a further goal for the home side gave them a 4-1 victory.

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Spurs - 
Attendance : -   11,574
 

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02.04.1934 Having squeezed in a game against Leeds United on Easter Saturday, Spurs faced Stoke City in the Easter Monday return match at the Victoria Ground, Stoke took the points with a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Harry Ware and Joe Johnson, despite being on top in the match for much of the first half.  

Teams : 
Stoke City -  , , , , , , , , Johnson, Ware, .
Spurs -  Nicholls, Channell, Whatley, T. Evans, Rowe, Meads, McCormick, O'Callaghan G. S. Hunt, G. W. Hall, Bellamy
Attendance : -   32,665
 

30.03.1934 A Good Friday Division One game finished in a disappointing 0-0 draw.

Teams : 
Spurs -  Nicholls, Channell, Whatley, T. Evans, Rowe, Alsford, McCormick, O'Callaghan G. S. Hunt, G. W. Hall, W. Evans
Stoke City -  .
Attendance : -   32,912

07.01.1933 The home meeting saw Spurs and Stoke vying for promotion at the top of the Second Division table, with Tottenham just edging the win in a gripping match.

George Hunt and Willie Davies put Spurs 2-0 ahead at the interval, but two second half goals saw the Potters pull level until Hunt notched a winner late on.

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Spurs - 
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26.01.1931 A Monday afternoon match was played at White Hart Lane in the Second Division, thanks to a re-arrangement to fit in a FA Cup tie at the weekend.

Charlie Wilson had been a Spurs star following World War I, but he had joined Huddersfield and subsequently Stoke, but a Bert Lyons penalty and further goals from Alf Messer and Ted Harper ensured a two point haul for Tottenham.

Stoke right back Bob McGrory was later to become the Potters' manager.

Teams : 
Spurs -  , , Lyons, , , , , ,Messer, Harper
Stoke City - 
 , Bob McGrory, , , , , , , Charlie Wilson, , .
Attendance : -   11,559

 

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27.10.1928 Goals from Bobby Archibald and ex-Tottenham man Charlie Wilson sealed the points for the Potters on their own ground when the two sides met in the Second Division.  It was the first time that Spurs had met the opponents under the name of Stoke City.

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Stoke City -  , , , , , , , Wilson, Archibald.
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Attendance : -  15,333

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01.02.1896

Spurs suffered a 0-5 reverse in their first competitive professional match at Stoke in the First Round of the FA Cup.  While having turned professional, the team only had two pros, who had been quickly signed up, with the other nine members of the side being amateurs.

Stoke's fast start saw the Tottenham back line holding firm, but an A. Maxwell shot on the half hour gave Stoke the lead, which was doubled when W. Maxwell scored shortly after.  Dickson added a third before the break and the home side went on to run up five goals in total with second half strikes from Dickson and Maxwell, although Spurs put up a good display in defeat.

Teams : 
Stoke -   A. Maxwell, W. Maxwell, Dickson

Spurs -  Hay, 
Attendance : -  ??

   

 

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