the spurs almanac

april 5th

                  Results
              (where match reports are available, click opponents name.)

1890 Uxbridge A Friendly 2 - 2
1897 Rushden Wellingborough Wellingborough Charity Cup Semi-Final 2 - 1
1901 Southampton H Southern League 1 - 0
1902 New Brompton A Southern League 0 - 0
1904 New Brompton H Southern League 1 - 0
1905 Plymouth Argyle A Southern League 1 - 2
1912 Manchester City A First Division 1 - 2
1913 Oldham Athletic H First Division 1 - 0
1919 Crystal Palace A London Combination 2 - 2
1920 Wolverhampton Wanderers A Second Division 3 - 1
1922 Sunderland A First Division 0 - 2
1924 Liverpool H First Division 1 - 1
1926 West Bromwich Albion A First Division 0 - 1
1930 Notts County H Second Division 2 - 0
1941 Arsenal A Football League War Cup 4R 1L 1 - 2
1947 Leicester City H Second Division 2 - 1
1954 Hibernian H Friendly 3 - 2
1958 Everton A First Division 4 - 3
1962 Benfica (Portugal) H European Cup Semi-Final 2L 2 - 1
1972 AC Milan (Italy) H UEFA Cup Semi-Final 1L 2 - 1
1975 Luton Town H First Division 2 - 1
1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers A First Division 2 - 1
1986 Leicester City A First Division 4 - 1
1997 Wimbledon H Premier League 1 - 0
1999 Newcastle United A Premier League 1 - 1
2003 Birmingham City H Premier League 2 - 1
2008 Blackburn Rovers A Premier League 1 - 1
2011 Real Madrid (Spain) A Champions League QF1L 0 - 4
2015 Burnley A Premier League 0 - 0
2017 Swansea City A Premier League 3 - 1

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  30 17 7 6 47 35
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
12 11 1 0 20 8
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
17 5 6 6 25 26
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1 1 0 0 2 1
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-1   Leicester City  (First Division) (Away)  1986
Biggest defeat on this day

0-4  Real Madrid (Champions League Quarter final First Leg) (Away)  2011
Biggest score-line on this day

4-3  Everton (First Division) (Away)  1958
Last win on this day

2017  3-1  Swansea City (Premier League) (Away)
Last draw on this day

2015  0-0  Burnley (Premier League) (Away)
Last defeat on this day

2011  0-4  Real Madrid (Champions League Quarter final First Leg) (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Gillingham/New Brompton 2
Leicester City 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
AC Milan (Italy) 1
Arsenal 1
Benfica (Portugal) 1
Birmingham City 1
Blackburn Rovers 1
Burnley 1
Crystal Palace 1
Everton 1
Hibernian 1
Liverpool 1
Luton Town 1
Manchester City 1
Newcastle United 1
Notts County 1
Oldham Athletic 1
Plymouth Argyle 1
Real Madrid (Spain) 1
Rushden 1
Southampton 1
Sunderland 1
Swansea City 1
Uxbridge 1
West Bromwich Albion 1
Wimbledon 1

 

               Notable Dates

1869

William Almond, half back 1895-1897, born.
1901 Sandy Brown played for Scotland on the same day as Spurs were facing Southampton, becoming the first Spurs player to play for that country.
1912 Ernie Newman scores his last Tottenham goal.
1919 Jimmy Elliott scores for Spurs for the last time.
1920 Inside forward Jimmy Seed makes his debut.
1922 Herbert Blake makes his Spurs debut in the goalkeeper's shirt.
1952 Alfie Conn, forward 1974-1977, born. 
1958 Eddie Clayton scores twice on his debut from the inside forward position.
1962 Spurs attempt to win the European Cup at the first attempt fell at the semi-final hurdle.

Richard Gough, defender 1986-1988, born.
1972 A Steve Perryman double gave injury-hit Spurs the lead in the first leg of the UEFA Cup semi-final. 
1985 Mark Bowen scores his first Tottenham goal.
1986 Mark Falco hits a hat trick against Leicester City.
1997 Jason Dozzell scores the last goal of his Spurs career.
1999 Loan player Roger Nilsen makes his Spurs debut.
2017 Kyle Walker makes his 250th career league appearance.

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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