the spurs almanac

september 17th

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

1892 Paddington H Friendly 10 - 0
1896 Casuals H Friendly 4 - 0
1898 Sheppey United H Southern League 3 - 2
1900 Millwall Athletic A Friendly 2 - 1
1904 Plymouth Argyle H Southern League 2 - 0
1906 Ilford H Friendly 4 - 4
1910 Newcastle United H First Division 1 - 2
1921 Middlesbrough A First Division 0 - 0
1927 Portsmouth A First Division 0 - 3
1932 Bury A Second Division 0 - 1
1938 Newcastle United H Second Division 1 - 0
1949 Bury H Second Division 3 - 1
1955 Everton A First Division 1 - 2
1956 Hibernian A Anglo-Scottish Floodlit Tournament 5 - 1
1958 Nottingham Forest H First Division 1 - 0
1960 Leicester City A First Division 2 - 1
1966 Burnley A First Division 2 - 2
1968 Coventry City A First Division 2 - 1
1977 Blackpool A Second Division 2 - 0
1983 Everton H First Division 1 - 2
1988 Liverpool A First Division 1 - 1
1991 Hadjuk Split (Yugoslavia) A (Linz, Austria) ECWC  R1 1L 0 - 1
1994 Leicester City A Premier League 0 - 3
1996 Preston North End A League Cup R2 1L 1 - 1
1997 Carlisle United H League Cup R2 1L 3 - 2
2005 Aston Villa A Premier League 1 - 1
2015 Qarabag (Azerbaijan) H Europa League Group J 3 - 1

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur's history
TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
  27 14 6 7 55 32
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
12 9 1 2 36 14
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
14 5 5 4 19 18
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1 0 0 1 0 1
             
             
Biggest win on this day

10-0   Paddington  (Friendly) (Home)  1892
Biggest defeat on this day

0-3  Portsmouth (First Division) (Away)  1927
0-3  Leicester City (Premier League)  (Away)  1994
Biggest score-line on this day

10-0   Paddington  (Friendly) (Home)  1892
Last win on this day

2015  3-1  Qarabag (Azerbijan) (Europa League Group J)  (Home)
Last draw on this day

2005  1-1  Aston Villa (Premier League)  (Away)
Last defeat on this day

1994  0-3  Leicester City (Premier League)  (Away)

Teams we have played on this day

Bury 2
Everton 2
Leicester City 2
Newcastle United 2
Aston Villa 1
Blackpool 1
Burnley 1
Carlisle United 1
Casuals 1
Coventry City 1
Hadjuk Split (Yugoslavia) 1
Hibernian 1
Ilford 1
Middlesbrough 1
Liverpool 1
Millwall/Millwall Athletic 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Paddington 1
Plymouth Argyle 1
Portsmouth 1
Preston North End 1
Qarabag (Azerbaijan) 1
Sheppey United 1

 

              Notable Dates

1904 Harry Stansfield scores the first goal of his Tottenham career.
1921 First 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough
1949 Highest crowd for a Spurs v Bury match =  54,483
1997 Joint highest aggregate of goals in a Spurs v Carlisle United match.

Paul Mahorn scores his only goal for the club.

Ian Walker's 200th senior appearance with Spurs.
2005

Paul Robinson makes his 50th Spurs appearance.

Spurs field a starting line-up of 11 internationals for the first time ever ...
Paul Robinson (England), Paul Stalteri (Canada), Young-Pyo Lee (South Korea), Anthony Gardner (England), Ledley King (England), Teemu Tainio (Finland), Michael Carrick (England), Jermaine Jenas (England), Andy Reid (Republic of Ireland), Jermain Defoe (England), Grzegorz Rasiak (Poland).
2015 Debuts for Kieran Trippier, Clinton Njie and Kevin Wimmer in Tottenham's opening Europa League group match.

Heung-Min Son scores his first goals for 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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