the spurs almanac

april 22nd

                   Results
                 (match reports accessible by clicking on opponent's name, where available)

1893 London Welsh H Friendly 4 - 1
1896 Gravesend A Friendly 1 - 1
1897 Everton H Friendly 2 - 1
1899 Millwall Athletic H Southern League 3 - 1
1901 Bristol Rovers A Western League 0 - 4
1903 Swindon Town A Southern League 0 - 2
1905 Southampton A Western League 0 - 1
1907 Millwall A Western League 0 - 0
1911 Blackburn Rovers A First Division 0 - 3
1916 Crystal Palace A London Combination Second Competition 0 - 4
1922 Arsenal A First Division 0 - 1
1924 West Ham United H First Division 0 - 1
1933 Fulham H Second Division 0 - 0
1939 Bury H Second Division 4 - 3
1944 Arsenal A Football League South 3 - 3
1946 Nottingham Forest A Football League South 2 - 0
1950 Grimsby Town H Second Division 1 - 2
1957 Charlton Athletic H First Division 6 - 2
1961 Burnley A First Division 2 - 4
1967 Southampton A First Division 1 - 0
1969 Southampton H First Division 2 - 1
1972 Southampton A First Division 0 - 0
1978 Sunderland H Second Division 2 - 3
1986 Chelmsford City A Colin Johnson Testimonial 8 - 2
1987 Wimbledon A First Division 2 - 2
1989 Everton H First Division 2 - 1
2000 Wimbledon H Premier League 2 - 0
2001 Liverpool A Premier League 1 - 3
2006 Arsenal A Premier League 1 - 1
2017 Chelsea Wembley FA Cup Semi-final 2 - 4

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  30 11 7 12 52 49
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
12 8 1 3 29 16
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
17 3 6 8 21 29
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1 0 0 1 2 4
             
             
Biggest win on this day

8-2   Chelmsford City  (Colin Johnson Testimonial) (Away)  1986
Biggest defeat on this day

0-4  Bristol Rovers (Western League) (Away)  1901
0-4  Crystal Palace (London Combination Second Competition) (Away)  1916
Biggest score-line on this day

8-2   Chelmsford City  (Colin Johnson Testimonial) (Away)  1986
Last win on this day

2000  2-0  Wimbledon (Premier League) (Home)
Last draw on this day

2006  1-1  Arsenal (Premier League) (Away)
Last defeat on this day

2017  2-4  Chelsea (FA Cup Semi-final) (Wembley)

Teams we have played on this day

Southampton 4
Arsenal 3
Everton 2
Millwall/Millwall Athletic 2
Wimbledon 2
Blackburn Rovers 1
Bristol Rovers 1
Bury 1
Burnley 1
Charlton Athletic 1
Chelsea 1
Chelmsford City 1
Crystal Palace 1
Fulham 1
Gravesend 1
Grimsby Town 1
Liverpool 1
London Welsh 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Sunderland 1
Swindon Town 1
West Ham United 1

 

                    Notable Dates

1899 Tom Bradshaw scores for Spurs for the last time.
1901 Biggest away defeat to Bristol Rovers.

Frank Berry makes his last appearance for Tottenham.
1903 Alan Haig-Brown plays his last game for Spurs.
1905 Alfie Warner plays his last match for Tottenham.
1907 John Brearley plays the last game of his Tottenham career.
1909 John Curtis signs for Tottenham.
1916 Biggest away defeat to Crystal Palace.
1924 Bob Brown plays his last game in a Spurs shirt.
1939 George Ludford and Andy Duncan both score two goals, equalling the most scored by a Spurs player in a match against Bury.
1944 Bill Whatley plays his last match for Spurs.
1950 Half back Tony Marchi makes his debut in Spurs' biggest home defeat at the hands of Grimsby Town.  

The biggest home crowd for a match against the Mariners = 46,423
1957 Equal highest number of goals in a match between Spurs and Charlton Athletic.

The fourth Tottenham goal was their 100th of the season.
1965 Douglas McFarlane, centre forward 1908-1910, dies.
1967 Biggest away crowd for a visit to Southampton at the Old Dell = 30,285
1977 Bill Felton, full back 1931-1934, dies.
1987 Smallest away crowd for a fixture with the Dons = 7,887

Mark Bowen's last appearance for Tottenham when he scored his last goal for the club.
2000 Chris Armstrong plays the 400th game of his career.
2001 Willem Korsten scores his first goal for Spurs.
2006 A bust-up over the Spurs goal saw Martin Jol and Arsene Wenger go head to head when the ref failed to stop play after two Arsenal players collided with each other and one got up, but Tottenham went on to net through Robbie Keane.

Information gathered from "Spurs - A Day-To-Day Life" by Graham Betts, Spurs Handbooks, 
"Spurs - A Complete Record" and "The Spurs Alphabet" both by Bob Goodwin and other sources.

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