the spurs almanac

april 8th

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

1893 Upton Park A Southern Alliance 4 - 1
1897 Southampton St. Mary's H Southern League 2 - 2
1898 Woolwich Arsenal H United League 0 - 0
1899 Chatham A Southern League 0 - 1
1901 West Bromwich Albion Villa Park FA Cup Semi-Final 4 - 0
1905 New Brompton H Southern League 2 - 0
1907 West Ham United H Western League 4 - 0
1911 Woolwich Arsenal A First Division 0 - 2
1912 Manchester City H First Division 0 - 2
1916 Arsenal H London Combination Second Competition 3 - 2
1922 Birmingham H First Division 2 - 1
1933 Bradford City H Second Division 1 - 1
1939 Tranmere Rovers H Second Division 3 - 1
1944 Chelsea A Football League South 1 - 1
1950 Preston North End H Second Division 3 - 2
1959 Burnley H First Division 2 - 2
1961 Birmingham City A First Division 3 - 2
1963 Sheffield Wednesday A First Division 1 - 3
1966 West Ham United H First Division 1 - 4
1967 Birmingham City A FA Cup R6 0 - 0
1972 West Bromwich Albion A First Division 1 - 1
1978 Bolton Wanderers H Second Division 1 - 0
1985 Guernsey FA XI A Friendly 5 - 0
1996 Middlesbrough H Premier League 1 - 1
2001 Arsenal Old Trafford FA Cup Semi-Final 1 - 2
2006 Manchester City H Premier League 2 - 1
2006 Watford H Premier League 4 - 0

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  27 13 8 6 51 32
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
16 9 5 2 31 19
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
9 3 3 3 15 11
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
2 1 0 1 5 2
             
             
Biggest win on this day

5-0   Guernsey FA XI  (Friendly) (Away)  1985
Biggest defeat on this day

1-4  West Ham United  (First Division) (Home)  1966
Biggest score-line on this day

4-1  Upton Park  (Southern Alliance) (Away)  1893
1-4  West Ham United  (First Division) (Home)  1966
5-0   Guernsey FA XI  (Friendly) (Away)  1985
Last win on this day

2006  4-0  Watford  (Premier League) (Home)
Last draw on this day

1996  1-1  Middlesbrough  (Premier League) (Home)
Last defeat on this day

2001  1-2  Arsenal  (FA Cup Semi-final) (Old Trafford)

Teams we have played on this day

Arsenal/Woolwich Arsenal 4
Birmingham City/Birmingham 3
Manchester City 2
West Bromwich Albion 2
West Ham United 2
Bolton Wanderers 1
Bradford City 1
Burnley 1
Chatham 1
Chelsea 1
Gillingham/New Brompton 1
Guernsey FA XI 1
Middlesbrough 1
Preston North End 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Southampton/St. Mary's 1
Tranmere Rovers 1
Upton Park 1
Watford 1

 

                Notable Dates

1882

George Badenoch, outside right 1906-1907, born.
1897 First ever home game against Southampton.

Willie Almond's last game for the club.
1901 Spurs travelled to Villa Park for their first FA Cup semi-final against favourites West Bromwich Albion (who they were also meeting for the first time) and came away easy victors.  All four goals were scored by Sandy Brown, who maintained his record of scoring in every round of the competition so far.  Spurs were to head for their first FA Cup final where they would meet Sheffield United.
1905 David Copeland scores the last goal of his Tottenham career.
1907 Alf Whyman scores a hat trick to help Spurs victory over West Ham United.  The other goal was Herbert Chapman's last goal for Spurs.

Frank McDiarmid plays for Tottenham for the last time.
1911 Walter "Darkie" Tull makes his last Spurs appearance.
1912 Bert Bliss makes his debut at inside forward in Spurs' first home defeat by Manchester City.
1933 Joe Allen scores once on his debut (and only game for Spurs) from the inside forward position.
1939 First Home game against Tranmere Rovers and the smallest home crowd for a fixture against that side = 19,229

James Mair, half back 1896-1897, dies.
1959 Bobby Smith's second goal of the game gave him his 100th for the club.
1963 A FA Cup Sixth Round second replay took place at White Hart Lane between Southampton and Nottingham Forest on this day.  42,256 watched Southampton win 2-0 to go through to the semi-finals.
1966 Full back Joe Kinnear makes his debut.
1975 Glenn Hoddle signs professional forms with Tottenham.
1996 Steve Slade plays his final Spurs match.
2001 Sol Campbell makes his last appearance for Spurs, in a FA Cup semi-final against North London rivals Arsenal, which was bizarrely played at Old Trafford.
2006 Mido plays his last match on loan at Tottenham.

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

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