the spurs almanac

march 4th

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

1893 Windsor & Eton H Southern Alliance 5 - 2
1896 Gravesend A Friendly 1 - 1
1897 Rushden H United League 5 - 1
1899 Millwall Athletic A United League 1 - 2
1905 Queens Park Rangers H Southern League 5 - 1
1907 Queens Park Rangers H Southern Charity Cup Semi Final 4 - 0
1911 Liverpool H First Division 1 - 0
1916 Arsenal A London Combination Second Competition 3 - 0
1922 Cardiff City A FA Cup R4 1 - 1
1933 Southampton A Second Division 1 - 1
1936 Nottingham Forest H Second Division 1 - 1
1939 West Ham United A Second Division 2 - 0
1944 Aldershot A League Couth Cup Section 2 1 - 2
1950 Coventry City A Second Division 1 - 0
1953 Birmingham City H FA Cup R6r 2 - 2 (aet)
1961 Sunderland A FA Cup R6 1 - 1
1967 Aston Villa A First Division 3 - 3
1972 Manchester United H First Division 2 - 0
1978 Oldham Athletic A Second Division 1 - 1
1986 Everton H FA Cup R5 1 - 2
1987 Arsenal H League Cup Semi Final Replay 1 - 2 (aet)
1989 Bordeaux (France) H Friendly 1 - 2
1992 Feyenoord (Holland) A European Cup Winners Cup R3 1L 0 - 1
1995 Nottingham Forest A Premier League 2 - 2
1997 Sunderland A Premier League 4 - 0
1998 Leeds United A Premier League 0 - 1
2000 Bradford City H Premier League 1 - 1
2007 West Ham United A Premier League 4 - 3
2009 Middlesbrough H Premier League 4 - 0
2012 Manchester United H Premier League 1 - 3
2015 Swansea City H Premier League 3 - 2
2020 Norwich City H FA Cup R5 1 - 1  (aet 1-1; lost 2-3 on pens)

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  32 13 11 8 64 39
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
16 8 4 4 38 20
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
16 5 7 4 26 19
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

5-1   Rushden  (United League) (Home)  1897
5-1   Queens Park Rangers  (Southern League) (Home)  1905
4-0   Queens Park Rangers  (Southern Charity Cup Semi-Final) (Home)  1907
4-0   Sunderland  (Premier League) (Away)  1997
4-0   Middlesbrough  (Premier League) (Home)  2009
Biggest defeat on this day

1-3  Manchester United (Premier League) (Home)  2012
Biggest score-line on this day

5-2  Windsor & Eton  (Southern Alliance) (Home)  1893
4-3  West Ham United  (Premier League) (Away)  2007
Last win on this day

2015  3-2  Swansea City (Premier League) (Home)
Last draw on this day

2020  1-1  Norwich City (FA Cup) (Home)
Last defeat on this day

2012  1-3  Manchester United (Premier League) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Arsenal 2
Manchester United 2
Nottingham Forest 2
Queens Park Rangers 2
Sunderland 2
West Ham United 2
Aldershot 1
Aston Villa 1
Birmingham City 1
Bordeaux (France) 1
Bradford City 1
Cardiff City 1
Coventry City 1
Feyenoord (Holland) 1
Gravesend 1
Leeds United 1
Liverpool 1
Middlesbrough 1
Millwall/Millwall Athletic 1
Norwich City 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Oldham Athletic 1
Rushden 1
Southampton 1
Swansea City 1
Windsor & Eton 1

 

               Notable Dates

1894 Jimmy Chipperfield forward 1919-1921, born.
1897 Charlie Regan makes his only Spurs appearance in the half back position. 

Jimmy Allen scores his only goal for the club.
1899 Harry Erentz scores his only Tottenham goal.
1912 Les Howe, utility 1930-1946, born.
1916 Spurs equal biggest win at Arsenal.
1922 Spurs' first FA Cup tie against Cardiff City.
1949 Harry Clarke signs from Lovells Athletic.
1953 Spurs' biggest away crowd at Birmingham City = 52,348
1961 Biggest away crowd for a trip to Sunderland = 61,236
1967 Mike England gets on the score-sheet for Spurs for the first time.
1992 Erik Lamela, winger/midfield 2013- , born.
1995 Gary Mabbutt plays his 550th Spurs match.
1997 Spurs biggest away win against Sunderland, helped by Steffen Iversen's first hat trick for Tottenham.
2007 Adel Taarabt makes his first appearance for Spurs.
2009 Robbie Keane scores the first goal of his second spell at White Hart Lane on his 200th Premier League appearance for the club.

Michael Dawson makes his 200th 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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