the spurs almanac

october 16th

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

1886 Upton Park A London Association Cup R1 0 - 6
1897 Millwall Athletic A United League 1 - 0
1899 Millwall Athletic H Southern District Combination 1 - 2
1901 Rest of the Southern League H Friendly 2 - 0
1905 Fulham H Western League 1 - 0
1909 Middlesbrough H First Division 1 - 3
1915 Fulham H London Combination 1st Competition 3 - 1
1920 Chelsea A First Division 4 - 0
1922 Llanelly A Friendly 1 - 2
1926 Sheffield United H First Division 3 - 1
1937 Fulham A Second Division 1 - 3
1943 Reading A Football League South 3 - 2
1948 Queens Park Rangers H Second Division 1 - 0
1954 Newcastle United A First Division 4 - 4
1965 Manchester United H First Division 5 - 1
1968 Peterborough United H League Cup R4 1 - 0
1971 Wolverhampton Wanderers H First Division 4 - 1
1974 Carlisle United H First Division 1 - 1
1976 Derby County A First Division 2 - 8
1978 Wolverhampton Wanderers A John McAlle's Testimonial 1 - 2
1982 Norwich City A First Division 0 - 0
1993 Manchester United A Premier League 1 - 2
1999 Derby County A Premier League 1 - 0
2011 Newcastle United A Premier League 2 - 2

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  24 12 4 8 42 41
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
11 8 1 2 22 10
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
13 4 3 6 20 31
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   Chelsea  (First Division) (Away)  1920
5-1   Manchester United  (First Division) (Home)  1965
Biggest defeat on this day

0-6  Upton Park (London Association Cup) (Away)  1886
2-8  Derby County (First Division) (Away)  1976
Biggest score-line on this day

2-8  Derby County (First Division) (Away)  1976
Last win on this day

1-0  1999  Derby County  (Premier League) (Away)
Last draw on this day

2-2  2011  Newcastle United  (Premier League) (Away)
Last defeat on this day

1-2  1993  Manchester United  (Premier League) (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Fulham 3
Derby County 2
Manchester United/Newton Heath 2
Millwall/Millwall Athletic 2
Newcastle United 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
Carlisle United 1
Chelsea 1
Llanelly 1
Middlesbrough 1
Norwich City 1
Peterborough United 1
Queens Park Rangers 1
Reading 1
Rest of the Southern League 1
Sheffield United 1
Upton Park 1
 

 

              Notable Dates

1895

Bob Brown, full-back 1919-1924, born.
1895

John L. Jones scores the first goal of his Tottenham career.
1905 Joe Blake makes his debut at outside left, as does Forward George Leach.
1907

James Grey makes his first Spurs appearance at half-back.
1909 First home defeat by Middlesbrough.
1920 Biggest away crowd against Chelsea  = 76,000 

The equal biggest away win for Spurs at Stamford Bridge.

Biggest League crowd for a Spurs league fixture.
1948 Biggest home crowd against Queens Park Rangers = 69,718
1954

Willie Newbigging, centre forward 1896-1897, dies.

Winger Johnny Gavin plays his first Tottenham game.
1965 Jimmy Greaves scores a fantastic solo goal dribbling past many famous United players to help Spurs to a 1-5 win, that United were to avenge later on the same season.
1968 First ever meeting with Peterborough United.
1973 Steve Perryman captains the England Under-21 side against Poland at Plymouth.
1974 Smallest home crowd against Carlisle United = 12,813
1976 One of Spurs heaviest defeats with the half-time score being 3-2 to Derby County, a second half capitulation left Spurs well beaten.  Biggest defeat by Derby County and highest total of goals in a game between the two clubs.
1999 John Piercy becomes the 500th player used in the League by Spurs when he comes on as a substitute at Pride Park.

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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