Over the years us Spurs fans have had to put up with pundits continually ramming down out throats, some terrible records we’ve had against certain sides. None more so that the horrendous run we had seen at Anfield against Liverpool.. As the team lined up on 16th March 1985, it was well known and often […]
Category Archives: Great Spurs Matches
15th March 1987, a Sunday afternoon and live TV cameras were at Plough Lane for the FA Cup Quarter Final – whilst live TV might seem obvious to our younger readers, at the time there were minimal games on live TV. Wimbledon would host Tottenham for a place in the FA Cup Semi Finals – […]
On Saturday 11th March 1995, saw one of the truly memorable Spurs performances of an otherwise fairly miserable decade. The FA Cup Quarter Final, although not the number of goals of the previous round’s replay fightback at Southampton, the tie at Anfield had a very exciting end. For Spurs, Anfield wasn’t a ground with many […]
On this day, a trip to Maine Road to play Manchester City in the 1993 FA Cup Quarter Final occurred. What a memorable match it turned out to be. Six goals, Nayim hat-trick, a place in the FA Cup Semi Finals, pitch invasion and police horses! Spurs fell behind after 10 minutes, but were the […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 2nd Feb 1987, we saw West Ham United visit the Lane for the League Cup Quarter Final Replay. After drawing 1-1 at Upton Park, Spurs made up for a number of lost opportunities to win tie in first match., by thrashing the Hammers 5-0 at The Lane. Nico Claesen and Glenn Hoddle gave us […]
With the “Chelsea hoodoo” of us not having beaten Chelsea for 27 games, rammed down our necks at every opportunity by the media and us having to overturn a 2-1 first leg deficit, we arrived at White Hart Lane with our usual optimism but at the back of our minds feared what might be. However, […]
On this day 2008, a pulsating performance saw White Hart Lane bouncing as we run riot over our North London rival to book a place in the Carling Cup final. We got off to the perfect start when Jermaine Jenas angled in a shot to put them 2-1 ahead on aggregate. Arsenal’s Nicklas Bendtner then […]