the spurs almanac

march 5th

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

1897 Edmonton Association A Friendly 3 - 1
1898 Gravesend United A Southern League 2 - 1
1900 Stoke H Friendly 6 - 0
1904 Sheffield Wednesday H FA Cup R3 1 - 1
1906 New Brompton A Southern League 0 - 1
1910 Preston North End H First Division 2 - 1
1921 Aston Villa H FA Cup R4 1 - 0
1927 Sheffield United A First Division 3 - 3
1928 Cardiff City H First Division 1 - 0
1932 Plymouth Argyle A Second Division 1 - 4
1938 Sunderland H FA Cup R6 0 - 1
1949 Cardiff City H Second Division 0 - 1
1955 Manchester City H First Division 2 - 2
1960 Sheffield Wednesday H First Division 4 - 1
1963 Slovan Bratislava (Czechoslovakia) A European Cup Winners Cup R2 1L 0 - 2
1966 Preston North End A FA Cup R5 1 - 2
1977 Norwich City A First Division 3 - 1
1983 Notts County A First Division 0 - 3
1994 Sheffield United H Premier League 2 - 2
2005 Southampton A Premier League 0 - 1
2006 Blackburn Rovers H Premier League 3 - 2
2016 Arsenal H Premier League 2 - 2
2017 Everton H Premier League 3 - 2
2019 Borussia Dortmund (Germany) A Champions League Ro16 2L 1 - 0

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  24 11 5 8 41 34
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
13 7 4 2 27 15
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
11 4 1 6 14 19
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

6-0   Stoke  (Friendly) (Home)  1900
Biggest defeat on this day

1-4  Plymouth Argyle (Second Division) (Away)  1932
0-3  Notts County (First Division) (Away)  1983
Biggest score-line on this day

6-0   Stoke  (Friendly) (Home)  1900
3-3  Sheffield United (First Division) (Away)  1927
Last win on this day

2019  1-0  Borussia Dortmund (Champions League Ro16 2L) (Away)
Last draw on this day

2016  2-2  Arsenal (Premier League) (Home)
Last defeat on this day

2005  0-1  Southampton (Premier League) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Cardiff City 2
Preston North End 2
Sheffield United 2
Sheffield Wednesday 2
Arsenal 1
Aston Villa 1
Blackburn Rovers 1
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 1
Edmonton Association 1
Everton 1
Gillingham/New Brompton 1
Gravesend United 1
Manchester City 1
Norwich City 1
Notts County 1
Plymouth Argyle 1
Slovan Bratislava (Czechoslovakia) 1
Southampton 1
Stoke City/Stoke 1
Sunderland 1

 

               Notable Dates

1902 Bert Lyons, full back 1930-1932, born.
1904 First ever meeting with Sheffield Wednesday.
1910 First home League game against Preston North End.
1927 Eugene O'Callaghan and Arthur Sanders scores their first goals for the club.
1932 The last game for Tottenham for Bert Lyons, Alf Messer and Cyril Spiers.
1938 Tottenham's record home crowd of 75,038 packed in to see Spurs play Sunderland in a FA Cup 6th round tie.
1949 Vic Buckingham plays his final Tottenham game.
1953 Arthur Turner, Club Secretary from August 1906 and manager of the team during the wars, dies.
1960 A Cliff Jones hat trick helps Spurs to a win over Sheffield Wednesday.
1969 Moussa Saib, midfield 1998-1999, born.
1977 Spurs biggest away win at Norwich City.
1983 Ricardo Villa plays his last game in a Spurs shirt.
1994 In a season when Spurs lurked near the bottom of the League, a priceless point was gained with Jason Dozzell's last minute equaliser.

Kevin Scott scores his only Tottenham goal.
2005 Fredi Kanoute makes his 50th Premier League appearance for Spurs.

This was Tottenham's 800th league defeat since World War II.
2006 Mido scores his last goal for the club.
2017 Hugo Lloris makes his 200th Spurs appearance.

This was the 50th Premier League meeting between the two clubs.

Tottenham recorded their ninth successive home victory - a new club record.

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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