the spurs almanac

november 21st

              Results (with Tottenham's score shown first)
              (match reports accessible by clicking on opponent's name, where available)

1885 South Hackney A Friendly 3 - 1
1891 City Ramblers A London Senior Cup R3 1 - 4
1896 Blackpool H Friendly 0 - 2
1903 West Ham United H Southern League 2 - 1
1904 Plymouth Argyle H Western League 2 - 0
1908 Gainsborough Trinity A Second Division 2 - 0
1910 Millwall H (Homerton) London FA Charity Cup SFr 2 - 0
1914 Manchester United H First Division 2 - 0
1921 Arsenal H (Homerton) London FA Charity Cup SFr 1 - 2
1924 West Ham United A First Division 1 - 1
1925 Bolton Wanderers H First Division 2 - 3
1931 Port Vale H Second Division 9 - 3
1942 Watford H Football League South 6 - 0
1953 Huddersfield Town H First Division 1 - 0
1959 Everton H First Division 3 - 0
1964 Aston Villa H First Division 4 - 0
1970 Newcastle United H First Division 1 - 2
1981 Manchester United H First Division 3 - 1
1984 Sunderland A League Cup R4 0 - 0
1987 Luton Town A First Division 0 - 2
1992 Aston Villa H Premier League 0 - 0
1995 Middlesbrough A Premier League 1 - 0
1998 Nottingham Forest H Premier League 2 - 0
2011 Aston Villa H Premier League 2 - 0
2017 Borussia Dortmund  (Germany) A Champions League Group H 2 - 1

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  25 16 3 6 52 23
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
17 12 1 4 42 14
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
8 4 2 2 10 9
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

9-3   Port Vale (Second Division)  (Home)  1931
6-0   Watford  (Football League South)  (Home)  1942
Biggest defeat on this day

1-4  City Ramblers (London Senior Cup) (Away)  1891
Biggest score-line on this day

9-3   Port Vale (Second Division)  (Home)  1931
Last win on this day

2017  2-1  Borussia Dortmund (Germany)  (Champions League) (Away)
Last draw on this day

1992  0-0  Aston Villa  (Premier League) (Home)
Last defeat on this day

1987  0-2  Luton Town  (First Division) (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Aston Villa 3
Manchester United 2
West Ham United 2
Arsenal 1
Blackpool 1
Bolton Wanderers 1
Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 1
City Ramblers 1
Everton 1
Gainsborough Trinity 1
Huddersfield Town 1
Luton Town 1
Middlesbrough 1
Millwall 1
Newcastle United 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Plymouth Argyle 1
Port Vale 1
South Hackney 1
Sunderland 1
Watford 1
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               Notable Dates

1904 James Freeborough makes his debut at half back.
1908 Spurs' only match away to Gainsborough Trinity.
1910 Ed Bull plays the final match of his Spurs career.
1914 Spurs' lowest home crowd for a visit by Manchester United = 11,000
1931 Bert Lyons scores his last Tottenham goal.

Davie Colquhoun scores his last goal for the club.
1932 Most goals totalled in a match between Spurs and Port Vale and also Tottenham's biggest home win over the visitors helped by a Willie Davies hat trick.
1984 First meeting with Sunderland in the League Cup.
1998 The last match of John Scales' time at Spurs.
2007 Darren Bent becomes the 150th Spurs player to win an international cap while playing for the club, when he comes on as a second half substitute in England's 2-3 reverse against Croatia at Wembley.
2017 The win over Borussia Dortmund ensured that Tottenham won the Champions League Group H and gave Mauricio Pochettino his 100th win as manager of Spurs.

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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