spurs friendly match reports from 1966 - 1984
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14.10.1984 | Played on a Sunday between
League fixtures, Tottenham created a host of chances, but only converted
one, when Ally Dick shot home in the second half to give Spurs a 1-0 win
in the national stadium in Ta'Qali.
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27.07.1984 | Spurs ran out 9-0 winners
against Norwegian minnows Blink, but the game was notable for one of our
scorers. A debut hat-trick while on trial, made this a memorable game for Mario Kempes, the Argentine international striker who had just left Valencia. Mark Falco, Glenn Hoddle, Garth Crooks, Tony Galvin and Ossie Ardiles were the other Tottenham scorers, while an own goal by the home side finished the scoring. Teams : For some photos of players before and after the game, click here. |
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trophy to Liverpool after they were held 1-1 by the Scousers in
Swaziland in the Royal Swazi Hotel tournament.
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for a 2-5 defeat by Liverpool in the first game in defence of their
Royal Swazi Hotel trophy.
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29.05.1984 | Spurs faced an England XI
in Keith Burkinshaw's testimonial, just weeks after he had steered Spurs
to win the UEFA Cup and was about to terminate his term in charge of the
club.
Chris Hughton and Liam Brady (of Sampdoria, but guesting for Spurs) scored for Tottenham, with Bryan Robson and Ray Wilkins hitting back for England. The match saw John Gregory and Gary Lineker sustain injuries that prevented them travelling on the summer our to South America. Teams : |
26.03.1984 | Tottenham were the
opposition for Dave Bassett's Testimonial against Wimbledon at Plough
Lane and were 5-0 winners. The first half action included goals by Mark Falco and Garth Crooks, with Tony Parks beating out a Wimbledon penalty. Both players scored again in the second period, with Micky Hazard also finding the net. Teams : |
21.08.1983 |
Tottenham staged a testimonial match in Bill Nicholson's honour against
West Ham United at White Hart Lane.
Steve Archibald set up his Scottish team-mate Alan Brazil in the 21st minute to equalise Dave Swindlehurst's header that gave the Irons the opening goal of the game in the 16th minute as the match ended in a 1-1 draw. Teams :
Before the match, there was a Bill Nicholson's Old Stars exhibition
match, which ended in a 3-0 win for the Yellows over the Blues with
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17.08.1983 | Dundee United (away)
Hamish McAlpine Testimonial
A quarter of an hour in Tony Galvin curled a shot past the recipient of the Testimonial Hamish McAlpine from the edge of the area after Mark Falco and Steve Archibald had combined to create the opportunity. United hit back seven minutes before the interval when John Clark got his head to John Holt's cross and the ball looped over Ray Clemence and into the net. In the second half, United came the closes to scoring when Alex Taylor fired a shot off the underside of the bar with the ball bouncing down the right side of the line as far as Spurs were concerned and late on, Ralph Milne put a header just too high. Teams : |
16.08.1983 | An away friendly at Celtic
Park ended 1-1 with Mark Falco netting the Spurs goal against Glasgow
Celtic.
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12.08.1983 | Tottenham visited the
Goldstone Ground for a pre-season friendly against Brighton & Hove
Albion which ended goal-less.
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09.08.1983 | Portsmouth hosted Spurs in
a pre-season friendly, which Tottenham won 3-1 thanks to goals from
graham Roberts, Tony Galvin and Gary Mabbutt.
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06.08.1983 | Goals from Graham Roberts,
an Alan Whitehead own goal, Alan Brazil and Garth Crooks saw Tottenham
through to a 4-2 friendly win over Brentford at Griffin Park.
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04.08.1983 | The short trip to
Southbury Road saw Spurs beat Enfield Town 4-1 as Graham Roberts, Garth
Crooks 2 and Glenn Hoddle ran in the goals that gave them victory in
this pre-season friendly.
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02.08.1983 | A 2-1 Spurs victory was
the outcome of their pre-season friendly at Hertford Town, as Steve
Archibald and Garth Crooks found the net for Tottenham.
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11.06.1983 | The final of the Royal
Swazi Hotel tournament pitched Spurs against Manchester United for the
second time in the competition. Spurs won the trophy with a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Steve Perryman and Gary Mabbutt and as each team had won two matches, a penalty shoot-out decided the destination of the trophy, with Spurs converting penalties from Alan Brazil, Paul Price and Steve Perryman, while Ray Clemence stopped four penalties from the Red Devils, leaving Tottenham 3-2 winners from the spot-kicks. Teams : |
.06.1983 | The two English clubs put out a
combined XI to face a
Swaziland national XI in the Royal Swazi Hotel tournament and ran out
6-1 winners. Among the Spurs scorers were Garth Crooks 2, Mark Falco and Gary Mabbutt. Teams : |
04.06.1983 | Spurs met Manchester United
in the unfamiliar setting of Lobamba, Swaziland as part of the Royal
Swazi Hotel tournament, with United winning 2-1.
Tottenham's goal was scored by Steve Archibald.
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20.05.1983 | As part of the visit to
Trinidad and Tobago,
Tottenham played a friendly against ASL, one of the top local sides
containing many of the players who featured for the national XI.
Tottenham went into a 2-0 lead through goals from Alan Brazil and Terry Gibson, before ASL got a goal back to see the game finish 2-1 in a rainstorm. Teams : |
17.05.1983 | Spurs took on the Trinidad
and Tobago
national team in an end of season friendly in Port of Spain.
10,000 fans packed in to the Oval stadium to see Steve Archibald give Tottenham the lead before T&T scored twice before the half-time interval. Spurs had chances in the second half, but were indebted to Garth Crooks to score an equaliser to make it 2-2. Teams : |
26.03.1983 |
Having been knocked out of the FA Cup, Spurs travelled to Guernsey to
play Northerners in a friendly which they won 6-1. The Tottenham goals came from Steve Archibald 3, Alan Brazil 2 and Micky Hazard. Teams : |
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13.08.1982 | Spurs lost 2-3 in a
friendly against Ajax in the Amsterdam 707 tournament.
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08.08.1982 | Tottenham travelled to
Ibrox for a pre-season friendly against John Greig's Glasgow
Rangers side and won with a single goal by Gary Mabbutt. The Spurs defender had just joined from Bristol Rovers, but a superb performance by Ray Clemence stopped Rangers getting on the score-sheet. It was a new look Rangers side with new boys Swede Robert Prytz, Craig Paterson and Dave McKinnon, while speedy youngster Gordon Dalziel got into three good scoring positions, but Clemence denied him each time with good saves. Teams : |
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29.12.1981 | Tottenham's trip to find
some winter warmth took them to Portugal where they played Malcolm
Allison's Sporting Lisbon. They were quickly into their stride and took a 2-0 lead through Ricky Villa and Graham Roberts, but a Roberts own goal and then a double from Manuel Fernades won the game for the home side with fifteen minutes left on the clock. Teams : |
22.12.1982 | Plymouth Argyle staged a
friendly against Spurs at their Home Park ground as the weather hit the
rest of the country. The teams played out a 1-1 draw as Glenn Hoddle put Tottenham into the lead in the 14th minute and Tony Dennis pulled a goal back for the Pilgrims before half-time. Teams : |
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14.11.1981 | A trip to Israel to play a
Select XI saw Tottenham win 3-2 thanks to Micky Hazard hat trick. Hazard's first goal was the penalty, awarded for a foul on Terry Gibson, but he later had another spot-kick saved. Teams : |
12.10.1981 | Spurs and former Luton
Town central defender was given a Testimonial by the Hatters at
Kenilworth Road and Garth Crooks and Glenn Hoddle scored as the teams
played out a 2-2 draw.
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16.08.1981 | A Garry Brooke penalty
handed Spurs a narrow in in the last warm-up game before the season
started.
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12.08.1981 | Norwich City hosted Spurs
in a pre-season friendly and held Tottenham to a 2-2 draw. The Spurs goals came from Mark Falco and Garry Brooke at Carrow Road. Teams : |
10.08.1981 | Moving down to the
Republic of Ireland, Tottenham's two game Irish tour came to an end with
a 6-2 win at Limerick. Four goals from Glenn Hoddle were added to by Steve Archibald and Mark Falco, as Spurs out-classed the home side. Teams : |
08.08.1981 | Tottenham's trip to
Ireland for their first pre-season friendly of the season ended 3-3
against Glentoran. Mark Falco, Glenn Hoddle (penalty) and Ossie Ardiles all scored against the determined Northern Irish side at the Oval. Teams : |
28.05.1981 | A different Select XI faced
Spurs in Isa Town, Kuwait, but once more Spurs came out on top. A 5-3 win was secured by an early goal from Paul Miller, which was equalised, but then Spurs ran away with the game thanks to Mark Falco twice and Tony Galvin hitting the back of the net. Bahrain gave a good account of themselves and got two quick goals back to make it 4-3, but a goal by Garth Crooks at the end of the match eased Spurs through to the win. Teams : |
24.05.1981 | Having won the FA Cup just
ten days before, Tottenham flew out to Bahrain to face a national Select
XI. Hot weather and an astroturf pitch did not stop Spurs showing
their worth, as they ran out 3-0 winners with goals from Garry Brooke in
the first half and Paul Miller and Tony Galvin in the second.
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08.08.1980 | Tottenham lost their final
pre-season warm-up match 0-1 to Swansea City at the Vetch Field.
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05.08.1980 | Dundee United were the
opponents in a pre-season friendly at Tannadice and won 4-1 as Spurs
completed their Scottish tour. Garth Crooks opened the scoring in the 12th minute as Spurs had the better of the first half, finishing off a move that saw Glenn Hoddle play a delicate ball over the Terrors' defence for Ossie Ardiles to poke the ball past the keeper and the former Stoke striker ensured the ball found the net. This had come after Paul Miller had cleared a shot off the line from a shot from Eamonn Bannon, who got on the end of Billy Kirkwood's cross. Ricky Villa then beat three players before dinking a shot just over the bar. Three minutes before the break, United levelled the score when Kirkwood struck an unstoppable effort past Daines from 35 yards out. The second half was a different matter as Dundee United went on to win the second half easily. 12 minutes in, Narey beat the offside trap and took the ball around Daines to square for Graeme Payne to tuck the ball away from close range. Peter Taylor led the Spurs response and his drive had to be tipped over by Hamish McAlpine, but when Paul Sturrock won the ball, he played it low across the box and Derek Addison beat substitute Ralph Milne to the ball to stick it past the Spurs keeper in the 65th minute. Daines did well to get to Milne's pile-driver, but the ball dropped for Sturrock to complete the win with ten minutes to go. Teams : |
04.08.1980 | Spurs travelled to Ibrox for a pre-season friendly, which
Glasgow Rangers won 2-1 . John Lacy was Tottenham's goal-scorer. Teams : |
02.08.1980 | Spurs met PSV in a
celebration of football at Beilen and a capacity crowd saw the Dutch
side win 4-2. Ossie Ardiles and Peter Taylor scored for Spurs, but it was not enough to stop the PSV side running out winners. Teams : |
30.07.1980 | A 2-1 win for Spurs over
Portsmouth at Fratton Park was achieved thanks to goals from Chris
Hughton and Mark Falco.
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28.07.1980 | Tottenham
were held to a 1-1 draw by Southend United at Roots Hall as they played
their first pre-season match and had Steve Archibald to thank for the
Spurs goal.
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11.05.1980 | An end of season friendly
in Vienna saw Tottenham take on a combined Rapid Vienna and FC Austria
XI. With Graham Roberts making his first outing for the club, Spurs were 0-1 down at the interval before losing out 0-3 to a free-kick and a penalty in the final ten minutes of the game. Teams : |
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07.08.1979 | Dundee United welcomed
Spurs to Tannadice for a pre-season friendly that the Terrors came out
on top in. Spur started like a train to take a 2-0 lead within twelve minutes through Mark Falco after ten minutes and then Ricky Villa added a second. Willie Pettigrew brought United back into the game two minutes before the break and in the second half two Dave Narey goals after 72 and 79 minutes gave the home crowd a reason to celebrate. Teams : |
06.11.1979 | Morocco was the destination
for an autumn friendly against Wadid Club and Tottenham won 4-2 in the
Casablanca sun. The home club battled hard and at half-time they
held Spurs 2-2, but goals from Chris Jones 2, Glenn Hoddle and Stuart
Beavon saw Tottenham through to a good win.
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06.06.1979 | A line-up that included a
number of unusual names took to the field at the end of a post-season
tour game in Hamilton against a Bermuda Select XI. Spurs fielded club Secretary Peter Day and physio Mike Varney for the first half, being replaced by two of the Bermudan side in the second half, along with one other member of the opposition. Milija Aleksic was an outfield player for this match, with one of the Bermuda players - Alan Marshall - scoring the third goal in Spurs' 3-1 win. Chris Jones and Colin Lee scored the other Tottenham goals. Teams : |
04.06.1979 | Tottenham faced Dundee United in the
final of the Japan Cup played in Tokyo. Injury and sickness hit Dundee United fielded a patched up side against Tottenham, but could have gone ahead in the 41st minute when Milija Aleksic hauled down Paul Sturrock and Walter Smith took the resulting penalty, but Aleksic atoned for his error by saving the spot-kick. In fact, Aleksic read the shot so well that he was almost on the floor waiting for the ball to arrive. Spurs were better in the second half and Gordon Smith gave Spurs ahead after 55 minutes and Ossie Ardiles doubled the seven minutes from the end Teams : |
04.12.1978 | Billy Bonds' Testimonial
game at Upton Park produced a goal-filled game in front of a large
crowd. Jimmy Holmes opened the scoring in the 33rd minute, but Bryan 'Pop' Robson's goal a minute before the interval levelled things and West Ham then went ahead with a double from David Cross in the 51st and 58th minutes. The beneficiary of the game Billy Bonds struck home a penalty after 61 minutes and John Pratt scored a late second goal for Tottenham in the 85th minute. Teams : |
09.10.1978 | Spurs flew out to Jeddah to
take on the
Saudi Arabian National XI in a
friendly between Saturday league games. It was 2-0 at half-time thanks to goals from John Lacy and Peter Taylor, with a third added after the interval by Colin Lee, Spurs looked comfortable, but a goal was pulled back by the home side and it was Gerry Armstrong who sealed the win before another goal was pegged back right at the end of the game. Teams : |
19.09.1978 | Aldershot staged a
Testimonial for John Anderson with Spurs the opposition and Ricky Villa
scored Tottenham's goal ina 1-1 draw..
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10.08.1978 | Spurs moved on to Venlo in
Holland to play VVV and lost 0-1.
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08.08.1978 | Spurs visited Belgium for a
friendly with Royal Antwerp in the Bosuil Stadium, running out 3-1
winners thanks to two goals from Ian Moores and a Glenn Hoddle penalty.
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22.11.1977 | There was a goal-scoring
first senior appearance for Irish central defender Tom Heffernan as
Tottenham beat Arsenal at Highbury.
The teenager was joined on the score-sheet by Ralph Coates and John Duncan in a 3-1 win in Pat Rice's Testimonial.. Teams : |
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12.08.1977 |
A friendly against Norsjo IF saw Tottenham run out 3-2 winners, but they
had trailed 0-2 at half-time to the Norwegian side. Spurs turned the result around in the second half, with goals from Chris Jones, John Duncan and Gerry Armstrong.
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10.08.1977 | The next game in the
tournament was against fellow English league opponents Leicester City.
Played in Umea in north-western Sweden, the match ended 2-1 to
Tottenham, who took the Nolia Cup trophy. After John Duncan hit the bar, the ball went into the net as an own goal giving Tottenham a 20th minute lead, before Ian Moores scored the second halfway through the second half. A Gerry Armstrong own goal towards the end of the game gave Leicester a bit of hope, but Tottenham held on to win the trophy, donated by Norrlandska Industrimassan - a big local company. Teams : |
07.08.1977 | Spurs were playing in the
Nolia Cup in Sweden, where they met Belgian side Royale Union in Umea.
A 2-0 win was secured by goals from Ian Moores and John Duncan.
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19.05.1977 | Sogndal FC were Tottenham's
next opponents in this mini-tour of Norway and again, Spurs ran out 6-0
winners. Sogndal FC : - Spurs : - Jennings (Daines), Naylor (Jennings), M. Stead, Pratt (Coates), Osgood, Perryman, Chris Jones, Hoddle (Armstrong), Moores, Holmes, Taylor Attendance : - , |
17.05.1977 | Tottenham played at Stord
FC in Norway on the clubs end of season tour and won 6-0, with goals
from Keith Osgood, Gerry Armstrong, Chris Jones, Ian Moores and Peter
Taylor. Stord FC : - Spurs : - Jennings (Daines), Naylor, M. Stead, Pratt, Osgood, Perryman (cpt), Holmes, Hoddle, Armstrong (Chris Jones), Moores, Taylor Attendance : - , |
23.11.1976 | Spurs beat Arsenal 3-2 in
Pat Jennings' Testimonial match at White Hart Lane. Cyril Knowles had returned to play for his former team-mate, but it was fellow guest player Jimmy Greaves who handed Tottenham a 1-0 led in just two minutes, tapping the ball across the line from close range, but within four minutes Sammy Nelson rifled a shot past Jennings to level. Spurs went into the dressing room at half-time 2-1 ahead, as Peter Taylor's fine 25th minute goal saw them hold the advantage. Just after the re-start Malcolm Macdonald scored to make it 2-2, before Greaves did what he did best and poached a 66th minute winner. Greavsie was keen to finish with a hat-trick, but Jimmy Rimmer's fine stop denied him later in the match. Spurs : - Jennings (Daines), Osgood, Knowles (Gorman), McNab, Young (McAllister 46), Naylor, Taylor, Perryman (Pratt 46), Moores, Greaves, Coates Arsenal : - Attendance : - 28,924 Before the match, the Evening Standard Hot-Shot competition was won by Malcolm Macdonald. |
12.10.1976 | Teams
: Napredac Krusevac - . Subs not used : Spurs - Daines, Naylor (Keeley), Hoddle, Osgood, W. Young, Pratt, Coates, Perryman, J. Duncan (Moores), Chris Jones, Conn (McNab) Subs not used : Attendance : - , |
09.10.1976 | Teams
: Arsenal - . Subs not used : Spurs - Daines, Naylor, W. Young, Hoddle, Osgood (Keeley), Pratt, Coates, Perryman, J. Duncan (Chris Jones), Moores, Conn Subs not used : Attendance : - , |
16.08.1976 | Royal Antwerp were the
visitors to White Hart Lane to play a pre-season friendly and took a
shock lead on 10 minutes through Jos De Raeve. Spurs striker Gerry
Armstrong headed an equaliser from John Pratt's corner as the game ended
all square at 1-1.
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: Swindon - . Subs not used : Spurs - Jennings, Naylor, McAllister, Pratt, Osgood, W. Young (Hoddle), Coates, Perryman, McGrath (K. Stead), Conn, Neighbour Subs not used : Attendance : - , |
01.05.1976 | A long end of season tour
took Spurs halfway around the world to play the Fiji National XI. Staged in the Lautoka stadium in Fiji's second city, Tottenham won the game 4-0 with goals coming from Gerry Armstrong, Martin Chivers, Chris Jones and John Duncan, while the margin of victory could have been bigger but for Terry Naylor missing a penalty. Teams : |
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07.04.1976 | Norway Select XI in
Stavanger.
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05.04.1976 | FC Brann.
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23.03.1976 | Tottenham took a team to
Brighton's Goldstone Ground for Joe Kinnear's Testimonial match and ran
out 6-1 winners. Brighton invited some old team-mates of Kinnear to feature in their side, with Jimmy Greaves, Dave Mackay and Terry Venables guesting for the Seagulls. The opening goal of the game came from the head of Martin Chivers, meeting John Pratt's 10th minute free-kick. It was 2-0 when Chris Jones scored and then a fine header from Pratt to score from a Noel Brotherston cross gave Tottenham a 3-0 advantage at the break. Seven minutes after half-time, Keith Osgood fired home Tottenham's fourth and the lead was reduced when Kinnear scored from the penalty spot. Spurs then went back on the offensive and Gerry Armstrong netted with a cheeky back-heel before Mike Stead's swerving drive completed the scoring. Teams : |
27.10.1975 | Spurs were the opponents in
Barry Kitchener's Testimonial at the Den, in which his Millwall side ran
out 3-1 winners. There were no goals in the first half, but Trevor Lee, Gordon Hill and Barry Savage netted for Millwall, while Neil McNab was Tottenham's scorer, knocking in substitute Noel Brotherston's cross ten minutes from time. Teams : |
22.10.1975 | Cyril Knowles Testimonial
match was against Arsenal at White Hart Lane Cyril Knowles equalised Arsenal's opener with a delicately flighted free kick over the wall from the edge of the penalty area. Teams : |
29.09.1975 | Le Stade Rennais hosted
Spurs in a friendly at Port l'Abbe in France, with the result ending up
with honours shared in a 1-1 draw thanks to Willie Young's goal for
Tottenham. Teams : Le Stade Rennais . Subs not used : Spurs - Daines, I. Smith, McAllister, Pratt, Young (Walford), Osgood, McNab, Coates, Duncan (M. Robinson), Chris Jones, McGrath (Naylor) Subs not used : Attendance : - , |
08.08.1975 | Spurs won
4-1 away
at Bristol Rovers with goals from Martin Chivers 2, Chris Jones and
Ralph Coates. Chris Jones scored the first goal with a header from the edge of the six yard box. Ralph Coates hit a screamer
of a shot for the third Spurs goal, with the ball flying in low to the
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03.08.1975 | Spurs beat NAC 1-0 in Breda
with Chris Jones netting the only goal of the match.
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29.07.1975 | Chris Jones was on the mark
as Tottenham drew 1-1 away in West Germany against Hanover 96.
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26.07.1975 | Spurs suffered a 1-2 defeat
at the hands of Karlsruhe in West Germany, with the Lilywhites' goal
coming from the penalty spot, converted by Joe Kinnear. Teams : |
23.07.1975 | Chris Jones got pre-season
underway with Tottenham's goal in a 1-1 away friendly draw with Rot
Weiss Essen of East Germany. Teams : |
26.02.1975 | An away friendly in
Yugoslavia saw Spurs travel to Red Star Belgrade and win 1-0 thanks to a
Chris Jones goal. Teams : |
04.02.1975 | Tottenham took on the England team
at White Hart Lane in a friendly and beat them 1-0.
The only goal of the game came from ex-England international, Martin Chivers scored the only goal to defeat the national side when he hit the net in the first half in this behind closed doors game. Teams : |
27.01.1975 |
Enfield hosted Spurs at Southbury
Road in a friendly match that Tottenham won 2-1. Martin Chivers scored both goals – one from the penalty spot – to see off the non-league side.
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24.01.1975 | Spurs
travelled to Watford for a friendly which they won 3-2 with Alfie Conn,
Neil McNab and John Duncan the scorers.
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27.11.1974 | Cyril Knowles put Spurs ahead and then Alan Gilzean
scored the second goal in his testimonial against Red Star Belgrade as
he stretched to reach across from the left to make the score 2-0 near
the end of the match.
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.11.1974 | A Martin Chivers double
(one a penalty) gave Spurs a 2-1 away win at Enfield Town in a friendly
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24.11.1974 | Spurs won a friendly
against Watford at Vicarage Road 3-2 thanks to goals from Alfie Conn,
Neil McNab and John Duncan.
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10.08.1974 | Spurs travelled across
London to beat Fulham 1-0 in a pre-season friendly thanks to Martin
Peters' goal. Teams : |
07.08.1974 | Spurs met Portsmouth at
Fratton Park in an away pre-season friendly, with Chris Jones and Jimmy
Neighbour hitting the net to give Tottenham a 2-0 victory.
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03.08.1974 | As part of Heart of
Midlothian's Centenary celebrations, Spurs visited Tynecastle for a
pre-season friendly.
Spurs were put on the back foot for the first half hour. An early goal by Don Ford from a penalty gave Hearts a well-deserved lead, but Spurs came back in the second half to produce a better performance. A number of chances were made as Spurs pressed forward, but none were taken until John Pratt struck a few minutes from the end of the match. Alfie Conn made his debut for Tottenham at Hearts, exactly four years after he played against Spurs at WHL in 1970 for Glasgow Rangers. Teams : |
03.12.1973 |
Phil Beal's testimonial against Bayern Munich ended 2-2 in front of a
meagre crowd for such a loyal servant to the club. An early lead was handed to Spurs by Alan Gilzean when he stroked the ball home from close range and then Ray Evans' cross was glanced home by the head of John Pratt to put Tottenham 2-0 up against the crack German side. However, just before half-time, Zobel put a shot wide of Pat Jennings to the keeper's right to bring Bayern back into the game and late on in the second period, Roth fired home an equaliser. The game was played at half-pace for much of the time, but an injury to Martin Peters after 22 minutes was not what the team wanted. Teams : |
18.08.1973 | Sunderland (away)
Won 1-0 Jimmy Neighbour's goal settled this pre-season friendly at Roker Park against Sunderland. Sunderland looked the likelier side to score
and when Ian Porterfield set up Mick Horswill for a shot, Spurs escaped
going a goal behind when the ball hit the outside of the goal-post. It
was a costly miss because when Jim Montgomery and Dave Watson left the
ball for each other, Jimmy Neighbour nipped in to knock the ball home
and give Tottenham a 17th minute lead. Teams : - |
08.08.1973 | A testimonial for veteran
Ajax player Jackie Swart saw Spurs visit the Dutch club and lose 1-4
with their goal coming from Martin Peters.
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17.10.1972 | Spurs played a testimonial
against Feyenoord for Jimmy Greaves, which Tottenham won 2-1.
Jimmy Greaves returned to the Lilywhite shirt for one last time in the
“Goodbye Greaves” match to give the former striker a resounding
farewell. Despite having retired 18 months before, there were
still glimpses of the old forward there and it took only three minutes
for him to get on the score-sheet, with a goal slipped into the Dutch
team's net in typical Greaves style. |
07.08.1972 | Tom Callaghan's 67th minute
goal settled this pre-season friendly at Parkhead, which gave Spurs a
good test. Celtic were worthy winners, but had to hang on at the end, as Spurs came close with a number of chances towards the end of the game. Celtic : - , , , , , , Callaghan, , Spurs : - Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Coates, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Pratt Crowd : - 36,000 |
02.08.1972 | A disappointing performance
ended in a 0-0 draw with Aston Villa at Villa Park in this pre-season
friendly. Villa were more dangerous in the first 45 minutes, even though Jim Cumbes had to be alert to save from Jimmy Pearce in the 11th minute. However, neither side could break through and the game ended without a goal. Aston Villa : - Jim Cumbes, Spurs : - Jennings, Kinnear, Evans, Naylor (Coates 46), England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters (cpt), Pearce (Morgan 46) Crowd : - 23,538 |
29.07.1972 | Spurs beat Bournemouth 4-2
at Dean Court in a pre-season friendly.
Jimmy Pearce had given Tottenham a half
time lead, before Joe Kinnear doubled the lead after the re-start. Phil
Boyer pulled a goal back for the Cherries before Martin Peters restored
the two goal lead from the penalty spot. Bournemouth rallied with a goal
from Jimmy Gabriel, but the last goal of the game went to Spurs, with
Jimmy Pearce making good ground on the left before setting up Steve
Perryman to finish well late in the game. |
07.06.1972 | Spurs made a visit to
Israel to play Maccabi Tel Aviv and won the friendly 3-2 thanks to goals
from Martin Peters, Jimmy Pearce and Alan Gilzean .
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15.03.1972 | Gary Mabee scored the only
goal of the game when Tottenham played a friendly at Harlow Town.
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07.08.1971 | Goals from Neil Murray and
Roy Kay gave Hearts a 2-1 win over Spurs, whose only reply came from
Martin Chivers.
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02.12.1970 | A 4-0 away win over Oxford University
was achieved with goals from Gary Mabee 2, John Pratt and Jimmy
Neighbour.
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09.08.1971 | Rangers defeated Spurs
by a single goal at Ibrox in a friendly ahead of the 1971-72 season. Willie Waddell‘s side won the game, which wasn’t a classic, thanks to a Willie Johnston goal, with the winger being the best player for the home side. Striker Derek Johnstone also caused Spurs problems, but was unable to add to the Scottish side's lead. Teams : |
03.08.1970 | The first public pre-season
game of the build up saw Spurs take the honours with a 2-0 win over
Glasgow Rangers.
Spurs applied pressure from the start and Bobby Watson made good saves from Chivers and Gilzean, but it was the Scots striker who nearly broke the deadlock with a header finishing off Roger Morgan's cross. But it was ruled offside, although a minute later, Spurs replayed the move and this one counted. Roger Morgan scored a rare headed goal before half-time to wrap up the scoring and the match. Teams : After the game, a retirement presentation of an inscribed radio was made to “Jock” Richardson, who had been Tottenham's Scottish scout for many years. He played full back for Spurs between 1925 and 1929. Went on to play for Reading and Bournemouth. |
..1970 | Palma de Mallorca tournament.
Atletico Madrid 1 Spurs 0 Teams : |
..1970 | Palma de Mallorca tournament. FC Koln 1 Spurs 0 Spurs lost out in what was regarded as the best match of the tournament, but Tottenham had to cope with having Cyril Knowles and Martin Peters sent off. Teams : Spurs : - Jennings, Evans, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Pearce (P. Collins). Sub. not used : FC Koln - . Sub. not used : Attendance : - , |
17.05.1970 |
The last match of the tour saw Spurs play against a Malta Select XI in Gzira. The dusty pitch was blown up into a bit of a dust-storm by a swirling wind and this affected the quality of the game. Joe Cini scored for the second game running against Spurs and this time it was the winner. Teams : |
16.05.1970 | Slimea Wanderers were up
next and Tottenham ran out 2-1 winners thanks to goals from Jimmy Pearce
and Martin Chivers taking the match with Joe Cini netting the Slimea
goal.
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13.05.1970 | An end of season tour saw
Spurs pitted against a Valletta side in Gzira.
Alan Gilzean, John Pratt and Roger Morgan scored the goals that saw off the local side 3-0. Teams : |
04.08.1969 | Glasgow Rangers welcomed
Spurs to Ibrox for a pre-season friendly, which was Jim Baxter's first
appearance for the club after returning from spells in England. Baxter was a half-time substitute, but the Rangers danger man had been Dave Smith, who helped craft enough chances for the home team to win the game, but the only goal of the game was scored by Jimmy Pearce after keeper Gerry Neef had passed wide to Orjan Persson, who was robbed of the ball by the Spurs winger, who then lobbed the ball into the back of the net. Teams : |
02.08.1969 | Tynecastle hosted a
pre-season match between Spurs and Hearts, which ended 1-1 with the
goals from Roger Morgan and a Phil Beal own goal.
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01.06.1969 | The Varsity Stadium in Toronto
played host to a friendly between Spurs and Glasgow Rangers, with
Tottenham coming out on top 4-3. A Jimmy Greaves hat-trick
(including one penalty) and a goal from Roger Morgan wrapped up the
victory. Teams : |
17.05.1969 | Spurs played a friendly
against Aston Villa in the Atlanta Sportsdrome drawing 2-2 with two
goals from Jimmy Greaves.
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15.05.1969 | Spurs took on West Ham in
the Varsity Stadium, Baltimore and won 4-3 with the goals scored by
Roger Morgan Jimmy Pearce and two from Jimmy Greaves.
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03.08.1968 | Spurs travelled to Vienna
to play their last pre-season friendly in another meeting with old
friendly opponents FK Austria.
The game ended 2-2 with the Spurs goals coming from Jimmy Graves and substitute Jimmy Pearce. Teams : |
31.07.1968 |
Tottenham beat David White's Glasgow
Rangers side at White Hart Lane in a pre-season friendly. The Light Blues played a 4-3-3 formation, which had been successful in previous tour games in Scandinavia, but striker Colin Jackson replaced Kai Johansen at right back and had an impressive match. However, Spurs went two goals up within ten minutes, with both goals coming in the same manner - a corner taken by Jimmy Greaves and headed in by Peter Collins. The third Spurs goal was scored by Alan Mullery. Andy Penman was Rangers' best player and he scored their only goal and was prevented from further reducing the lead by the heroics of Pat Jennings in the Tottenham goal.
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29.05.1968 | The
last game of the Cyprus tour saw Spurs play Athiniki Podosfairikos
Omilios Ellinoin Lefk in Nicosia, with the matches finishing with
another 3-0 win, this time with the goals being put away by Jimmy
Robertson, Jimmy Pearce and Cliff Jones.
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25.05.1968 |
A meeting with the Cyprus International XI in
Nicosia saw John Pratt play his first match for the first team in a 3-0
win. Goals from Alan Gilzean (2) and Jimmy Robertson ensured Tottenham's victory. Teams : |
22.05.1968 |
Spurs faced
Athiniki Enosis Lemessoul
in their next friendly in their Cypriot tour in Limassol, with a 7-1 win
the result. Alan Gilzean grabbed a treble while Cliff Jones' brace and other goals from Dennis Bond and Jimmy Robertson completed the win in front of a crowd containing a number of locally based servicemen, who gave Tottenham good support. Teams : |
19.05.1968 |
Spurs faced Anorthosis Famagusta in a
friendly in Cyprus with a 5-0 win for Spurs the final outcome.
Jimmy Robertson notched a hat-trick, while Jimmy Greaves scored the
other two goals in the first half of the game at the Famagusta stadium..
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17.05.1968 |
An end of season friendly against
Panathinaikos in Greece that ended in a 2-2 draw.
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23.11.1966 | Spurs won out 2-1 against a
Polish Select XI team, which was virtually the Poland national team.
Cliff Jones and Jimmy Greaves scored the Tottenham goals. Teams : |
15.08.1966 |
The final of the Costa del Sol tournament
saw Spurs meet Benfica in Malaga and end in retaining the trophy
sometime into the next day after the game kicked off at 11.15 p.m.
Tottenham took the lead in the 15th minute through Jimmy Greaves when Gilzean provided the chance for the striker to round a defender and crash his shot past Costa Pereira in goal. A foul on Simoes by Joe Kinnear resulted in a penalty against Spurs and Eusebio tucked it away to draw the Portuguese side level soon after. It was left to winger Jimmy Robertson to net the winner with 25 minutes remaining to see Spurs win the competition. The Scottish winger raced away from three defenders and slipped the ball through the keeper's legs to net the vital winning goal. Teams : |
14.08.1966 |
A Sunday evening meeting with hosts Malaga
in the semi-final of the Costa del Sol tournament ended with Tottenham
going through against the home side. A 2-1 score-line was not a true reflection of the game, with Spurs scoring against the run of play, with Alan Mullery hitting an unstoppable 20-yard drive after his first shot was blocked in the 25th minute. Malaga hit back within just 30 seconds, as Otinano struck to make it 1-1. With ten minutes remaining, Mullery lobbed the ball over the home defence for Alan Gilzean to score the clincher for Spurs. Teams : |
12.06.1966 | A Trans-Atlantic end of
season trip saw Tottenham meet the Mexico national representative XI in
Mexico City. A warm-up game for the hosts before they travelled to England for the World Cup finals, Spurs emerged with a 1-0 win with Alan Gilzean scoring an 80th minute goal. Spurs had to defend well and in front of a partisan 100,000 crowd, birthday boy Pat Jennings was a busy keeper on the day in the Azteca stadium. Teams : |
03.05.1966 |
A match to mark Legia's 50th anniversary
saw the Polish side beat a weakened Spurs team 2-0. Goals in the 45th and 55th minutes were enough to win the game for Legia. Teams : |