the spurs almanac

february 2nd

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

1884 Clarence A Friendly 1 - 0
1898 Luton Town H United League 2 - 2
1907 Blackburn Rovers H FA Cup R2 1 - 1
1918 Queens Park Rangers A London Combination 7 - 2
1929 Millwall A Second Division 1 - 5
1935 Aston Villa A First Division 0 - 1
1938 Newcastle United A Second Division 0 - 1
1939 West Ham United N FA Cup R4r2 1 - 2
1946 Aston Villa A Football League South 1 - 5
1952 Newcastle United H FA Cup R4 0 - 3
1957 Luton Town A First Division 3 - 1
1963 Portsmouth A Friendly 3 - 2
1974 Manchester City A First Division 0 - 0
1980 Southampton H First Division 0 - 0
1981 Jersey Select XI A Friendly 5 - 0
1985 Luton Town A First Division 2 - 2
1987 West Ham United H League Cup R5r 5 - 0
1991 Leeds United H First Division 0 - 0
1999 Wimbledon H FA Cup R4r 3 - 0
2002 Derby County A Premier League 0 - 1
2008 Manchester United H Premier League 1 - 1
2011 Blackburn Rovers A Premier League 1 - 0
2016 Norwich City A Premier League 3 - 0
2019 Newcastle United H Premier League 1 - 0
2020 Manchester CIty H Premier League 2 - 0

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  25 11 7 7 43 29
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
10 4 5 1 15 7
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
14 7 2 5 27 20
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1 0 0 1 1 2
             
             
Biggest win on this day

7-2  QPR  (London Combination) (Away)  1918
5-0   Jersey Select XI  (Friendly) (Away)  1981
5-0   West Ham United  (League Cup R5r) (Home)  1987

Biggest defeat on this day

1-5  Millwall (Second Division) (Away)  1921
1-5  Aston Villa (Football League South) (Away)  1946

Biggest score-line on this day

7-2  QPR  (London Combination) (Away)  1918

Last win on this day

2020  2-0  Manchester City  (Premier League) (Home)

Last draw on this day

2008  1-1 Manchester United  (Premier League)  (Home)

Last defeat on this day

2002  0-1 Derby County  (Premier League)  (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Luton Town 3
Newcastle United 3
Aston Villa 2
Blackburn Rovers 2
Manchester City 2
West Ham United 2
Clarence 1
Derby County 1
Jersey Select XI 1
Leeds United 1
Manchester United 1
Millwall 1
Norwich City 1
Portsmouth 1
Queens Park Rangers 1
Southampton 1
Wimbledon 1

 

               Notable Dates

1907 Tottenham's first match against Blackburn Rovers.
1918 Spurs biggest away win over Queens Park Rangers and the equal highest totals of goals in a match between the two sides.
1919 Archie Hughes, goalkeeper 1944-1948, born.
1920 Arthur Willis, full back 1942-1954, born.
1928 Tommy Harmer, inside forward 1949-1960, born.
1929 Biggest away defeat in an away match against Millwall.

Eugene "Taffy" O'Callaghan becomes the first Spurs player to win a Welsh cap.

Sid Helliwell plays his last game for Tottenham.

1935 Archie Burgon makes his debut as a winger.
1938 Smallest away crowd for a visit to Newcastle United = 11,247
1946 Equal biggest losing margin in an away match against Aston Villa.

Ralph Ward plays his final Spurs match.

1957 Len Duquemin makes the final appearance of his Spurs career, scoring his last goal too.
1969 Tim Sherwood, midfield 1999-2003, born.
1983 Alan Hall, centre forward 1933-34, dies.
1984 Darren Bent, forward 2007-2009, born.
1987 A Clive Allen hat trick helps Spurs romp into the League Cup semi finals.
1996 Harry Winks, midfield 2014- , born.
1999 Spurs biggest FA Cup win over the Dons.

Andy Sinton's last goal for the club was scored in this match.

2004 Spurs sign Jermain Defoe from West Ham United for £7 million.
2008 Defender Alan Hutton makes his Tottenham debut.
2009 The January transfer window closes (31st January being on a weekend, it was extended until today) and Spurs make a final day signing with Robbie Keane coming back to White Hart Lane for a fee of £12 million, possibly rising to £19 million.
2016 Tottenham record their biggest away victory against Norwich City.

Dele Alli's goal was the 50th away goal scored by Spurs against the Canaries.

2019 Tottenham set a new Premier League record with their 29th successive game without a draw.

Jan Vertonghen played his 200th Premier League match for Spurs.

Eric Dier makes his 200th Spurs appearance.

2020 Steven Bergwijn scores on his debut to help Spurs to a 2-0 win over Manchester CIty.

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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