14th April 1991 was the day that Tottenham, upset the odds, defeated Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, a day never to be forgotten by Spurs fans around the world who declared 14th April to be ‘St. Hotspur Day’ in honour of Spurs’ memorable 3–1 victory. Spurs went into the match as underdogs […]
Category Archives: North London Derby
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 […]
On this day in 1982, we started the defence of the FA Cup that we’d won the previous May. Our North London rivals, Arsenal, were the team pulled out the bag and only the second FA Cup tie between the two clubs was eagerly looked forward to. 38,421 were in White Hart Lane to see […]
On this day in 2010, saw a wonderful North London Derby comeback from the Lilywhites. 2-0 down to Arsenal at half time and having the prospect of the media’s nonstop ramming down our throats of 17 years without an away win going to go into overdrive, hadn’t accounted for Harry Redknapp’s halftime talk and the […]
On this day in 1887 a rivalry started – The North London Derby, as we now know it, was first played on this day on Tottenham Marshes – obviously, wasn’t the NLD then, given our neighbours were Royal Arsenal from Woolwich at the time and from south of the river. Not only did a rivalry […]