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april 2nd

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

1888 Clapton A Friendly 1 - 6
1898 New Brompton H Southern League 3 - 1
1900 Thames Ironworks A Tom Bradshaw Benefit 3 - 0
1904 Luton Town H Southern League 1 - 1
1907 Spurs 1901 XI v Team of the South H Mountford Benefit 1 - 4
1910 Aston Villa H First Division 1 - 1
1915 Newcastle United H First Division 0 - 0
1920 Wolverhampton Wanderers H Second Division 4 - 2
1921 Sunderland H First Division 0 - 0
1923 Preston North End A First Division 0 - 2
1926 West Bromwich Albion H First Division 3 - 2
1927 Cardiff City A First Division 2 - 1
1932 Port Vale A Second Division 3 - 1
1934 Stoke City A First Division 0 - 2
1938 West Ham United A Second Division 3 - 1
1949 Southampton H Second Division 0 - 1
1952 Huddersfield Town H First Division 1 - 0
1955 Chelsea H First Division 2 - 4
1956 Preston North End A First Division 3 - 3
1960 Luton Town H First Division 1 - 1
1966 Nottingham Forest H First Division 2 - 3
1969 Newcastle United H First Division 0 - 1
1977 Coventry City A First Division 1 - 1
1980 Ipswich Town H First Division 0 - 2
1983 Brighton & Hove Albion A First Division 1 - 2
1988 Portsmouth H First Division 0 - 1
1994 Norwich City A Premier League 2 - 1
1995 Southampton A Premier League 3 - 4
2000 Middlesbrough H Premier League 2 - 3
2005 Birmingham City A Premier League 1 - 1
2011 Wigan Athletic A Premier League 0 - 0
2016 Liverpool A Premier League 1 - 1

 

          Notable Dates

1874 Jimmy Melia, full back 1898-1901, born.
1875 David Copeland, inside forward 1899-1905, born.
1900 Tom Bradshaw had only been a Spurs player for 18 months after joining from Thames Ironworks before dying at the tender age of 26.  His family benefited from the Spurs agreeing to play as the opposition.
1904 Allan Leach-Lewis makes his debut in the centre half position.
1915 The game that started all the rancour between Spurs and Arsenal.  
1920 Bert Bliss hits Spurs' first hat trick against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
1923 Jimmy Banks makes his last appearance in a Spurs shirt.
1932 Smallest crowd for a Spurs away game at Port Vale = 7,682
1947 The British Army played against the Belgian Army at White Hart Lane in the Triangular Tournament.
1952 Eddie Baily was the architect of the only goal of the game in an important match for the Terriers, who were battling against relegation.  Baily took a corner kick, which inadvertently struck the referee in the back.  The ball bounced back to Baily and from his cross, Len Duquemin scored.  The Huddersfield Town players were furious, but the referee let the goal stand after consulting with a linesman.  After the match, the Huddersfield chairman said he would appeal to the FA to have the game replayed, but this was to no avail and the result stood and the Yorkshire side were condemned to the Second Division at the end of the season.
1956 Half back John Ryden makes his debut  for Spurs and scores once on his debut.

Charlie Withers plays the last game of his Spurs career.

1966 Teddy Sheringham, forward 1992-1997, born.

John Collins plays his last match for Tottenham.

1980 Equal biggest margin of home defeat against Ipswich Town.

Terry Naylor makes his last Spurs appearance.

1998

Ronnie Dix, inside forward 1939-1948, dies.

2005

Stephen Kelly scores his first goal for Spurs.

2016 Harry Kane scores his 22nd goal of the season making him the highest scorer in a Premier League season for Spurs.

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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