On 17th April 1961, Spurs secured the first leg of the League and FA Cup Double, when they beat their closest rivals, Sheffield Wednesday, 2-1 at White Hart Lane. 61,205 fans packed into the Lane on a Monday night, knowing a victory secured the club it’s second League title, 10 years after the first […]
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On 15th April 1981, just fours days after a very dubious last minute penalty prevented Spurs taking their place at Wembley for the 100th FA Cup Final, they were determined not to be deprived a second time. Man City were awaiting the winners. Even sweeter, Spurs had the opportunity to secure their place at the […]
On 11th April 1981, Spurs appeared in their first FA Cup Semi Final for 14 years, aiming to reach the 100th FA Cup Final in the Year of the Cockerel. Spurs arrived at Hillsborough as favourites and further enhanced this when Steve Archibald scored the opener in just the 4th minute. However, Kenny Hibbitt equalised […]
On 15th March 1966, Spurs entertained Aston Villa at White Hart Lane in Division 1. Neither club was setting the league alight – Spurs were 5th in the table, but were someway off of the leaders and hadn’t seen a win for a month, in which time they’d been knocked out of the cup too. […]
On 18th March 1961, Spurs headed to Villa Park hoping to continue their charge for the historic League and FA Cup Double. The reigning League Champions, Burnley, stood in their way – along with unhappy memories of recent Villa Park FA Cup Semi Final defeats in 1948, 1953 and 1956. Spurs and Burnley were the […]
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 […]
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 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 […]