On this day in 1938 Alan Gilzean was born at Coupar Angus. After a superb early part of his career, with his 150+ goals for Dundee helping them to their only Scottish title in 1962 and reaching European Cup Semi Final in 1962. He scored 133 goals in 439 senior appearances for the club between […]
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On this day in 1944 Spurs bounced back from our one and only defeat of the 1944/1945 season to trounce Luton Town 9-1. We went on to retain the wartime league title won in 1943/1944.
On this day in 1983, White Hart Lane welcomed one of the all time footballing greats – Johan Cruyff as his Feyenoord team were drawn to play Spurs in the UEFA Cup 2nd Round. The Feyenoord team also featured a young, less well known Ruud Gullit – wonder whatever happened to him! Billed as Hoddle […]
On this day in 1958 former England amateur international George Robb made the last of his 200 senior appearances in a Spurs shirt, against Leicester City. George joined Finchley F.C. straight from Holloway Grammar School at the age of sixteen and played for the team first in 1943 and whilst still in the Royal Navy. In the late 1940s, […]
On this day in 1885, Spurs played their first competitive match versus St. Albans in the London Association Cup, and won 5-2. Sadly, their cup adventure ended in the next round – but the taste for cup success was planted!
Jimmy Greaves scored the goal of the season in a 5-1 win over Manchester United at White Hart Lane. The famous goal where he waltz through the defence and around the goalkeeper, thankfully caught on camera as BBC were there for Match of the Day, is often played whenever there is an article on Jimmy. […]
On this day in 1963, we were renewing our rivalry against our near neighbours Arsenal – played on a Tuesday evening due to Internationals the previous weekend. Incredibly, this was to end up the second 4-4 draw in three meetings – with the NLD played in between finishing in a 3-2 victory for our boys […]
On this day in 1967 we played our 2,000th Football League fixture, against Coventry City at Highfield Road in front of a crowd of 38,008. We see off the Sky Blues 3-2, in the first top flight encounter between the 2 clubs for 18 years. The talismanic Jimmy Greaves was once again the hero with […]