On 27th April 1901, Tottenham Hotspur won the FA Cup for the first time, with a 3-1 victory in the replay held at Burden Park.

Non League Spurs were still huge underdogs, despite having held the First Division Sheffield United to a 2-2 draw the week previous, and being a successful Southern league team having won the title the previous year, but they were still some 8 years before they would progress to the Football League – they were also playing a team that had won the Cup only two years previously.

The crowd at Burnden Park, Bolton was a rather more modest 20,470 compared to the 110,000+ that crammed into Crystal Palace the week before.

Sheffield united took the lead in the 40th minute and took that lead into the 2nd half, but in the 52nd minute, player manager John Cameron, equalised for Spurs. Tom Smith then put Spurs ahead with just 14 minutes to go – was the fairy tale about to come true?

Well, they were with just three minutes left, when Sandy Brown added to his own personal brace in the first match, by adding a 3rd goal in the replay, to put Spurs 3-1 up and out of sight. Brown’s personal achievement meant he’d scored in every single round and a total of 15 goals in the competition!

Spurs had won the FA Cup for the first time, thus starting the club’s love affair with the cup and of course with years ending in 1!

Spurs Team:
1 George Clawley, 2 Harry Erentz, 3 Sandy Tait, 4 Tom Morris, 5 Ted Hughes, 6 Jack L Jones, 7 Tom Smith, 8 John Cameron, 9 Sandy Brown, 10 David Copeland, 11 John Kirwan