the spurs almanac

october 4th

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

1884 Remington H Friendly 4 - 0
1890 Grove House H Friendly Unknown
1902 Northampton Town H Southern League 2 - 0
1913 Manchester United A First Division 1 - 3
1919 Lincoln City A Second Division 1 - 1
1924 Preston North End A First Division 3 - 0
1930 Oldham Athletic A Second Division 2 - 1
1941 Reading A London War League 1 - 1
1947 Southampton A Second Division 1 - 1
1952 Preston North End A First Division 0 - 1
1958 Portsmouth A First Division 1 - 1
1969 Southampton A First Division 2 - 2
1975 Newcastle United A First Division 2 - 2
1977 Hull City A Second Division 0 - 2
1980 Stoke City A First Division 3 - 2
1986 Luton Town H First Division 0 - 0
1989 Southend United A League Cup R2 2L 2 - 3 (aet)
1994 Watford H League Cup R2 2L 2 - 3
1995 Chester City A League Cup R2 2L 3 - 1
1997 Newcastle United A Premier League 0 - 1
2001 Peterborough United A Friendly 4 - 1
2003 Everton H Premier League 3 - 0
2007 Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) H UEFA Cup R1 2L 1 - 1
2012 Panathinaikos (Greece) A Europa League Group J 1 - 1
2015 Swansea City A Premier League 2 - 2

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  24 8 10 6 41 30
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
7* 3 2 1 12 4
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
18 5 8 5 29 26
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
             
*  1 home game - score unknown
             
Biggest win on this day

4-0   Remington  (Friendly) (Home)  1884

Biggest defeat on this day

1-3  Manchester United (First Division) (Away)  1913
0-2  Hull City (Second Division) (Away)  1977

Biggest score-line on this day

3-2  Stoke City  (First Division) (Away)  1980
2-3  Southend United (a.e.t.)  (League Cup) (Away)  1989
2-3  Watford  (League Cup) (Away)  1994
4-1  Peterborough United  (Friendly) (Away)  2001

Last win on this day

3-0  2003  Everton  (Premier League) (Home)

Last draw on this day

2-2  2015  Swansea City  (Premier League) (Away)

Last defeat on this day

0-1  1997  Newcastle United  (Premier League) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Newcastle United 2
Preston North End 2
Southampton/St. Mary's 2
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 1
Chester City 1
Everton 1
Grove House 1
Hull City 1
Lincoln City 1
Luton Town 1
Manchester United/Newton Heath 1
Northampton Town 1
Oldham Athletic 1
Panathinaikos (Greece) 1
Peterborough United 1
Portsmouth 1
Reading 1
Remington 1
Southend United 1
Stoke City 1
Swansea City/Swansea Town 1
Watford 1
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               Notable Dates

1910 Eddie Birnie makes his Spurs debut at half-back..
1919 Smallest away crowd vs. Lincoln City = 7,000

Outside left Jimmy Dimmock appears for Tottenham for the first time.

Bert Goodman scores his only goal for the club.

Jimmy Elliot plays his last game in a Spurs shirt.

1947 Ronnie Dix's last Spurs appearance.
1952 Chris Adams appears for the last time for the club.
1958 Jimmy Anderson's last match in charge of Tottenham as manager before resigning on health grounds.
1963 Ronnie Rosenthal, striker 1994-1997, born.
1975 Pat Jennings makes his 419th League appearance for Spurs, at the time, breaking Ted Ditchburn's record.
1977 Equal biggest away defeat to Hull City.

This was Spurs' first defeat of the season.

1980 Peter Taylor scores for Tottenham for the final time.

Graham Roberts makes his debut in the Spurs defence.

1989 Equal biggest away defeat to Southend United.
1995 Only game against Chester City away.

Steve Slade plays his first Spurs game in the forward line.

2012 Tottenham score their first goal against Greek opposition on foreign soil.

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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