On this day 1922, Peter Murphy – one of the Class of 51 was born. Peter was with the club for just 18 months. He was brought in by manager Arthur Rowe to bolster his squad as we faced up to life in the top flight having finished on top of the Second Division the […]
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On 1st March 1995, Spurs travelled to The Dell for an FA Cup 5th Round Replay against Southampton. The teams had drawn 1-1 at The Lane some 10 days earlier. Spurs were soon in trouble, when Neil Shipperley gave the Saints a lead after just 6 minutes. Spurs remained under the cosh for most of […]
On 26th February 1962, a freezing cold Monday night, Spurs played the second leg of their European Cup Quarter Final tie against Dukla Prague. Less than a fortnight earlier, the Czech team had won the first leg 1-0, with the single goal coming half way through second half. Despite no away goal (Bobby Smith had […]
One of our greatest ever goalscorers, Robert Alfred “Bobby” Smith was born on this day in 1933. He joined Spurs in December 1955, for a transfer fee of £16,000 Bobby made his Spurs debut against Luton Town three days later but had to wait until January 21 to net his first goal in our colours, at home […]
Today is the 79th birthday of our much loved club legend and greatest ever goalscorer, Jimmy Greaves. James Peter Greaves, was born on 20th February 1940 and would become one of the greatest players England has ever produced, whose scoring feats were second to none. Jimmy scored a staggering 422 goals in 602 club appearances. […]
Often mocked, ridiculed for our transfer deadline day dealings (or complete lack of them!), every Spurs fan knows back in 2010 the club got it right and stuck gold, when it clinched the signing of Rafael van der Vaart from Real Madrid for just £8,000,000. Just 2 hours before the end of transfer deadline day […]
One of the greatest players and captains in our club’s history, Robert Dennis “Danny” Blanchflower, was born on this day in 1926 “The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It’s nothing of the kind. The game is about glory. It’s about doing things in style, with a flourish. About […]
One of Spurs’ finest ever players, Cliff Jones was born in Swansea on 7th Feb 1935. The winger started his career with his hometown club aged 17 and during the next few years his talents did not go unnoticed. Just after his 23rd birthday, Spurs signed Cliff, for a then record £35,000 as one of […]
Happy birthday to our wonderfully gifted former midfielder, Micky Hazard. Always loved by the Spurs fans, for his flair, silky skills, important goals and assists plus his enthusiasm for the club, which remains to this day for anyone who follows his Twitter (@1MickyHazard). Micky has been associated with the club since the age of 14. […]
On 3rd Feb 1960, Crewe Alexandra visited White Hart Lane under the lights for a midweek FA Cup 4th Round Replay, having held the mighty Spurs to a 2-2 at Gresty Road on the previous Saturday. If Crewe had thoughts of felling their Division One opponents in this lucrative replay in front of 64,365 fans […]