Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur
Basic data
Surname	Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Seat	London - Tottenham , England
founding	September 5, 1882 as Hotspur Football Club
Colours	blue White
owner	ENIC Group (controlled by Joe Lewis ), Foundations (with Daniel Levy as director)
president	Daniel Levy
Website	tottenhamhotspur.com
First soccer team
Head coach	José Mourinho
Venue	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Places	62,062
league	Premier League
2019/20	6th place
home Away Alternatively

Tottenham Hotspur (officially: Tottenham Hotspur Football Club ) - often under the short form The Spurs or Lilywhites known - is a 1882 established football club from the district Tottenham the North London district of Haringey .

In 1960/61, Tottenham became the first English club in the 20th century to win the championship and the FA Cup in one season. In 1963 he was also the first British team to win a European club competition, the European Cup Winners' Cup .

The club's motto is Audere est Facere ( Latin for “ dare is to do” ).

history

1882–1908 founding years and first triumph in the cup final

The club was founded in 1882 by young men from the Hotspur cricket club and the local high school to keep fit over the winter months when cricket was not played. The club was originally known as the Hotspur Football Club , which can be traced back to Sir Henry 'Hotspur' Percy , who lived in the 14th century . Legend has it that the name-finding meeting took place under a street lamp on the corner of Park Lane and Tottenham High Road, where the club's headquarters are today. To distance itself from another club called London Hotspur , the club was renamed Tottenham Hotspur Football and Athletic Club in 1884 . The official founding date is given as September 5, 1882, the day on which the first members were registered. The team had played at least one game before that date, which they lost 2-0 on August 30 against an eleven called The Radicals . In 1887, Tottenham met their eventual city rivals Arsenal for the first time in a friendly . The game was canceled when it was 2-1 for Spurs at the request of the players from Woolwich Arsenal , who were then still based in the south of London, 15 minutes before the regular end due to dark.

In 1888 the club moved from its former home game venue in the River Lee swamplands to Northumberland Park because there was an entrance fee. It was at this point in time that the Football League was founded. The Spurs did not play league football until four years later, and even then only on an amateur basis. In 1895 the club loaned his player, Ernie Payne, money to get his lost football boots back. This news prompted the FA football association to lock Tottenham for two weeks for professional machinations. Angry, therefore, the decision was made to play as the official professional club in the Southern Football League from Christmas 1895, which regularly attracted up to 15,000 spectators. In 1898 Charles Roberts was elected President, which he would remain until 1943.

In 1899 the club moved again, this time to its current home ground near a former nursery on the High Road. One of the stands at Northumberland Park was taken away. The opening game was a 4-1 win in a friendly against Notts County , more than twice as many saw the first competitive game of the Southern League season against the Queens Park Rangers . Over the years the stadium became known as White Hart Lane after an adjacent thoroughfare . For the 1899/1900 season they also played for the first time in white jerseys and navy blue pants, based on the then very successful club Preston North End .

Tottenham was one of the major beneficiaries of long-running disputes within the Association Footballers 'Union, a predecessor of what is now the Professional Footballers' Association, by signing the two Everton players John Cameron and John Bell. Not least thanks to the new stars, the championship in the Southern Football League was secured in 1900 and the development was crowned in 1901 by winning the FA Cup as the first non-member of the Football League since it was founded in 1888. Before the FA Cup final in 1901, the Spurs as a representative from the south smiled at mildly and went as a blatant underdog in the game against Sheffield United , the champions of 1898 and FA Cup winners of 1899. Tottenham drew 2-2 in front of a record crowd of 110,000 spectators at Crystal Palace , Sheffield's second goal was very controversial, and won the second clash 3-1 at Burnden Park to Bolton . This victory shook British football to the core: Not only did the first club not part of the Football League win, no, it was the first time since the Football League was founded that no club from the North or the Midlands won won, but someone from the smiled at south. During the celebrations, white and blue ribbons were tied to the cup - a tradition that has survived not only in England to this day.

1908–1915 Joined the Football League and the tough everyday league

After many London rivals such as Woolwich Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham and Clapton Orient had joined the Football League and were able to generate larger audience numbers, the decision was finally made at White Hart Lane to apply for membership in the elite circle . The application was initially rejected. But because Stoke waived, the Spurs were accepted into the Football League for the 1908/09 season.

The Spurs were divided into the Second Division and managed in their first football league season 2nd place in the Second Division, which meant direct promotion to the First Division. In the same year a new west stand was built on White Hart Lane, which was crowned in 1910 with the club symbol, the figure of a rooster standing on a football. But soon you had to find out at White Hart Lane that the level in the top division was very high. Until the interruption of the game at the end of the 1914/15 season due to the First World War , they constantly fought against relegation. The 1914/15 season they finished in last place in the table. To make matters worse, Arsenal FC, then known as The Arsenal, relocated from Plumstead in south London to north London to Islington before the 1913-14 season. Thus, the Spurs became a serious competitor overnight for the favor of the North London viewers in the immediate vicinity.

1919-1939

To resume play for the 1919/20 season, the Football League added two clubs to the First Division from 20 to 22. The two additional starting places were awarded to Chelsea , which was 19th in the 1914/15 season and would actually have been relegated with Tottenham , and to Arsenal . Arsenal was actually only 5th in the Second Division before the war , which is why the decision of the Football League provoked controversial discussions and cemented the rivalry between the Spurs and the Gunners that has continued to this day. This is mainly due to the fact that the move of Arsenal from poor Woolwich in south London to the more affluent north in 1913 was considered poaching by the Spurs . At that time, ticket revenues were the main source of income for the professional teams. Another team in the catchment area was therefore poison for the revenues and at times a real threat to its existence.

In the season 1920/21 Tottenham was champion of the Second Division and won on April 23, 1921 with a 1-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers for the second time in the club's history the FA Cup . If in the 1921/22 season they finished 2nd in the First Division behind Liverpool , hard years followed until the beginning of the Second World War . So in 1928 they went back to the Second Division.

1945-1976

After the war, football achieved enormous popularity in England. Under their new manager Arthur Rowe, the Spurs used from 1949 as the first team ever to use the one-two as a playful variant. Thanks to the new tactical means and players such as Alf Ramsey , Ted Ditchburn , Bill Nicholson , Eddie Baily , Ronnie Burgess , Len Duquemin and Sonny Walters , they first made it to the First Division and were able to win for the first time in the 1950/51 season Get the Football League championship title.

Bill Nicholson started as an apprentice in the club in 1936 and held every imaginable office up to club president for the next 68 years until his death in 2004. In his first game as Tottenham manager on October 10, 1958, the Spurs won 10: 4 against Everton , which was a club record at the time. In the following years he led his team to several titles with players like Danny Blanchflower , John White , Dave Mackay , Cliff Jones and Jimmy Greaves . In the 1960/61 season, the team was the first in the 20th century to achieve the so-called double - consisting of the championship and winning the FA Cup . In 1962 they made it to the semi-finals of the European Cup . In 1963, the Spurs won the European Cup Winners' Cup . The 5: 1 in the final against Atlético Madrid was the highest final victory in the history of this competition.

After 1964, however, the successful formation around the well-known stars broke up, and Nicholson built a new team around players such as Alan Gilzean , Mike England , Alan Mullery , Terry Venables , Joe Kinnear and Cyril Knowles , which won Chelsea in the FA Cup in 1967 Final struck and finished third in the league.

Nicholson was able to win two more league cup titles (1971 and 1973) and a UEFA Cup in 1972 before he resigned as manager at the beginning of the 1974/75 season due to a poor league start. Another reason he cited riots by supporters of the Spurs in the UEFA Cup final defeat in 1974 against Feyenoord Rotterdam .

With eight titles in 16 years, he had given Tottenham the most successful time in the club's history and wanted a coaching duo consisting of Johnny Gils and Danny Blanchflower as his successor. The board decided against this proposal and made the former Arsenal player Terry Neill the new manager. This could only just prevent relegation at the end of the season. Neill was never really accepted by the fans and therefore left the club again in 1976. His previous assistant Keith Burkinshaw was chosen as his successor.

1977-1991

After 27 years of first division football, the Spurs rose again to the Second Division at the end of the 1976/77 season . A little later, the goalkeeper and Northern Irish international Pat Jennings was sold to Arsenal , which caused major protests among the fans and turned out to be a catastrophic transfer, as it took until 1981 before an equal successor was found in Ray Clemence.

Despite the relegation and the bad transfer policy, they stuck to Burkinshaw and were able to rise again in the following season. In the summer of 1978 Burkinshaw shocked the football world by signing the Argentine World Cup stars Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricardo Villa, whose transfers were a novelty in English football. Nevertheless, it should take some time to form a strong team from good individual players.

It wasn't until 1981 that Burkinshaw won the first title with his team. With a 3-2 win in the replay against Manchester City they secured the FA Cup again after 14 years . This triumph was repeated a year later in the final against the Queens Park Rangers . Four titles were within reach for Tottenham this season. At Easter they had the opportunity to overtake Liverpool in the league , but played poorly and only finished fourth at the end of the season. They were only three minutes away from triumph in the final of the League Cup before Liverpool equalized and finally won in extra time. In the European Cup Winners' Cup , after a 1-0 defeat at home in the semi-finals against FC Barcelona , they couldn't go past 1-1. So you could only end a fundamentally successful season by winning the FA Cup. The success of this time was based on players like Steve Archibald , Garth Crooks, Glenn Hoddle , Osvaldo Ardiles and Steve Perryman , who made a total of 655 games for the Spurs in 17 seasons.

In the 1983/84 season they again won the UEFA Cup . However, this success was overshadowed by an announcement a few weeks earlier by Burkinshaw, who announced that he would be stepping down at the end of the season. The fact that the second successful manager moved to Nicholson is still seen as a turning point in the club's history. Due to this successful time, Tottenham is still counted among the top clubs in England and is considered by its own fans to be bound to success.

Initially, they wanted to sign Alex Ferguson , who was successful at the time with Aberdeen , but then decided on Burkinshaw's assistant Peter Shreeves.

In 1982 the association was bought by the Monte Carlo- living real estate magnate Irving Scholar, who first had to stabilize Tottenham financially after it was almost bankrupt due to the construction of the new West Stand. Peter Shreeves only stayed two seasons and was able to lead the team to third place in the league in 1984/85 after losing any title chance with a series of home defeats around Easter.

As a successor for Shreeves one engaged the then manager of Luton Town , David Pleat . In the 1986/87 season you had a 5-man midfield (Hoddle, Ardiles, Hodge , Allen , Waddle ) and striker Clive Allen similar to 1982/83 good prospects for several titles. However, after losing your chance for the championship, losing to Arsenal in the semi-finals of the League Cup and losing the FA Cup final 3-2 to Coventry City , you were faced with another sobering result at the end of a successful season.

In October 1987, Pleat resigned due to discussions about his personal life. His successor in the managerial position was the former Spurs player Terry Venables , who led the club to 3rd place in the league after two successful seasons in the Football League First Division in 1989/90 and won the FA Cup in 1990/91 . This renewed success was mainly thanks to the two English internationals Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker .

1992 until today

The construction site of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in August 2017

In 1990 Scholar went bankrupt due to a crisis in the real estate market. Manager Venables decided to take over the public company Tottenham Hotspur together with businessman Alan Sugar and to pay off the outstanding debt of £ 20 million, most of which was paid off through the sale of Gascoigne . Venables became chairman of the board and ex-manager Shreeves took over the coaching position again. However, Shreeve's second term lasted only one season before he was replaced by the duo Ray Clemence and Doug Livermore. Tottenham finished the first season in the newly formed Premier League with a midfield place. Terry Venables was removed from the boardroom after a dispute with Sugar.

In 1993, Osvaldo Ardiles became the new manager of Spurs. Ardile's tenure was marked by the Famous Five : Teddy Sheringham and Jürgen Klinsmann as a striker duo, Nick Barmby behind the tips, Darren Anderton on right and Ilie Dumitrescu on left. Klinsmann in particular quickly became a crowd favorite because of his many goals. Despite the expensive new purchases, the success did not come, so that Ardiles was fired again in September 1994.

In 1994, the Spurs were also sentenced to one of the harshest fines in English football history for making illegal payments to players: twelve league points, one year FA Cup suspension and a £ 600,000 fine. After a protest by Alan Sugar, the point deduction and the start ban in the cup were withdrawn.

After Ardiles' release, Gerry Francis was appointed as his successor. Even Francis could not lead the Spurs to old successes. If they managed to place 7 in the league in the 1994/95 season and reached the FA Cup semi-finals, they only finished tenth in 1996/97 . After the failure of contract talks with Teddy Sheringham and his move to Manchester United you stood in November 1997 on the penultimate place in the league and in acute need of relegation, which is why Francis was dismissed.

The Swiss Christian Gross , who had become Swiss champion with the Grasshoppers Zurich , was engaged . His decision to bring Jürgen Klinsmann back is seen as a decisive factor in maintaining the class.

For the 1998/99 season , George Graham was hired as the new manager, which met with harsh criticism from the fans due to his close association with Arsenal . Nevertheless, he gave the Spurs a secured midfield position in the league and the League Cup in his first season as a manager . After the 1999/2000 season was again unsuccessful, Alan Sugar lost interest in the club and in 2001 sold it to ENIC Sports , a public limited company managed by Daniel Levy .

In April 2001, Glenn Hoddle was introduced as the new manager. In the summer, defensive chief and captain Sol Campbell were lost to Arsenal. Since Hoddle had few financial possibilities, he mainly relied on experienced players such as Teddy Sheringham, Gustavo Poyet and Christian Ziege . The 2001/02 season you could finish ninth. Nonetheless, Hoddle remained under pressure after a League Cup final loss to Blackburn Rovers and signed Robbie Keane from Leeds United for £ 7m despite the difficult financial situation . The 2002/03 season got off to a good start and was on course for the UEFA Cup , but only took 7 points from the last 10 games and was only ninth. After various players had publicly criticized Hoddle's team leadership, he was sacked after six games in the 2003/04 season . Ex-Spurs manager David Pleat acted as interim trainer.

Robbie Keane preparing for a penalty kick at White Hart Lane

In May 2004, the French national coach Jacques Santini was hired as manager, Martin Jol as his assistant and Frank Arnesen as sporting director. Santini left the club under ominous circumstances after 13 games; Jol became his successor. The team made rapid progress under the Dutchman, which is why Jol became a crowd favorite. After Frank Arnesen left for Chelsea , Damien Comolli was hired as the new sporting director.

In the 2005/06 season , the Spurs were a total of six months in a Champions League place before they ended up fifth and had to play in the UEFA Cup.

In the 2006/07 UEFA Cup season , Spurs were to face Dutch representatives Feyenoord Rotterdam in the third round . However, since this was disqualified by the European Football Union because of riots in the stadium at the French first division club AS Nancy , Tottenham reached the round of 16 without a fight. In the quarterfinals, however, they were eliminated by the eventual winners Sevilla FC .

After a bad start to the 2007/08 season with just one win from ten league games and 18th place in the table, Jol resigned on October 25, 2007. His successor was the Spaniard Juande Ramos , under whom they won the league cup in February 2008 with a 2-1 final win against Chelsea.

However, Juande Ramos was sacked on October 26, 2008 after scoring just two points from eight games. His successor was Harry Redknapp , who was signed for a transfer fee of 6.3 million euros from Portsmouth FC . Under Redknapp's aegis, goalkeeper Brad Friedel, who joined Spurs from Aston Villa in June 2011 , played his 300th Premier League game in a row on April 21, 2012, 133 more than previous record holder David James . After four years, Redknapp was relieved of his duties in June 2012 because a contract extension did not come about. In July 2012, the Spurs signed the former coach of city rivals Chelsea FC , André Villas-Boas . Since Chelsea FC was automatically set as defending champion for the group stage of the 2012/13 Champions League season , 4th place in the Premier League in the 2011/12 season was not enough to qualify for the premier class . Instead, you could qualify in the Europa League as second behind Lazio Rome and in front of Panathinaikos Athens and NK Maribor for the sixteenth finals. There, André Villas-Boas's team met Olympique Lyon . A 2-1 home win and a 1-1 draw in Lyon meant the round of 16, in which, after a 3-0 home win against Inter Milan in the second leg, it was only the extra time that brought the decision in favor of Spurs. In the quarter-finals, the Spurs met FC Basel against whom they played 2-2 in the first leg and 2-2 in the second leg and then lost 4-1 on penalties and thus eliminated from the Europa League.

emblem

A young rooster has graced the Tottenham emblem since the FA Cup final in 1901. The patron Henry Percy was for his Spurs (ger .: spores ) and for his fighting cocks , which were equipped with the spores are known. In 1909, former Spurs player William James Scott made a bronze cast of a young rooster standing on a football, which was placed on the West Stand on White Hart Lane . Since then, both the rooster and soccer have played an important role in the Spurs identity.

Between 1956 and 2006 a coat of arms was coined, which showed characteristics and associations of the area. The two lions on the flank emerged from the coat of arms of the Northumberland family, which belonged to large parts of Tottenham and which included Henry Percy . The castle alludes to Bruce Castle , which is only a few hundred meters away from the stadium and now houses a museum. The trees shown show trees from Seven Sisters , after which a subway station and a main road are named. The club's motto Audere est Facere is also included.

To protect against imitators and illegal copies, the emblem was supplemented in 1983 with two red lions as heraldic animals and a ribbon behind the club's motto.

In order to modernize the club's identity, a new, professionally designed emblem was developed in 2006. This shows the club name as well as a much slimmer young rooster standing on an old-fashioned football.

Playwear

Tottenham's first game clothing consisted of uniformly navy blue jerseys and shorts, but after the first season there were multiple changes in colors and patterns in the years that followed. In 1884, the Spurs played in light blue jerseys and white shorts based on the Blackburn Rovers . After moving to Northumberland Park, from 1890 on, they wore red jerseys and blue shorts. Between 1896 and 1898 they wore brown and gold striped jerseys and black pants.

1883-1884

1884-1886

1890-1896

1896-1898

For the 1899/1900 season they played for the first time in white jerseys and navy blue shorts, based on the then double winner Preston North End . This color combination also gives the Spurs the nickname The Lilywhites .

The actors have had player numbers on their backs since 1939, and the young rooster was embroidered on the chest for the first time shortly after the Second World War . In 1983, Holsten became the Spurs' first commercial shirt sponsor. When a contract with Thomson Holidays was signed in 2002 , there was an outcry from Spurs fans because of the red sponsor logo, as it symbolized the colors of arch-rivals Arsenal FC. In 2006 a contract for € 44 million was signed with the Internet casino provider Mansion .

Outfitter

• 1978-1980: Admiral
• 1980-1985: Le Coq Sportif
• 1985-1991: Hummel
• 1991-1995: Umbro
• 1995-1999: Pony
• 1999–2002: adidas
• 2002-2006: Kappa
• 2006–2012: Puma
• 2012–2017: Under Armor
• 2017– 0000: Nike

Shirt sponsors

• 1882–1983: No sponsor
• 1983–1995: Holsten
• 1995-1999: Hewlett-Packard
• 1999-2002: Holsten
• 2002-2006: Thomson Holidays
• 2006–2010: Mansion
• 2010–2011: Autonomy
• 2010-2013: Investec ¹
• 2011–2013: Aurasma (subsidiary of Autonomy)
• 2013-2014: Hewlett-Packard
• 2014– 0000: AIA Group ²

• ¹ - Only in Champions League , FA Cup and Carling Cup games
• ² - In the 2013/14 season only in games of the UEFA Europa League , the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup

Ownership

Since 2001 the investment company ENIC International Ltd, founded by the English billionaire Joe Lewis , has been the main shareholder. Daniel Levy Lewis' partner at ENIC is the association's chairman.

In June 2007, ENIC acquired 14.7% of the shares from former CEO Alan Surgar , increasing its own stake to 68%. Until 2006, Stelios Haji-Ioannou also owned 9.9% of the shares through Hodram Inc , but sold the majority of its shares to ENIC , making it the only shareholder with more than 3%. According to the association's annual report, the total share of ENIC is 82%.

Finance and business data

In the 2009/10 financial year, the club was able to achieve a new record turnover of almost £ 120 million (EUR 141 million), but suffered a loss of £ 6.6 million (EUR 7.6 million) in the same period due to high transfer activities ) a. In 2010/11 a new record turnover of 163 million pounds was set, making Tottenham the 11th football club in the world in terms of turnover. In 2011/12 sales fell to £ 144m, the sixth highest in England. While in the previous year a profit of 400,000 pounds was generated, 2012 posted an operating loss of 7 million pounds. Salaries were £ 90m (63% of total sales) in 2012, also the sixth highest in England. The net debt was £ 70 million. In the 2017/18 season, the club achieved a record profit of EUR 131.6 million on sales of EUR 443.5 million. In 2019, the club was valued at $ 1.6 billion, ninth among all football clubs.

The White Hart Lane was demolished at end of season 2017 and is the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium replaced for about 870 million euros and a capacity of 62,062 spectators. The opening dates for September 15 and October 28, 2018 had to be postponed. So that the fans can plan their visit to the home games, all games will be played at Wembley Stadium in 2018. The opening took place on April 3, 2019 against Crystal Palace . The considerable delays caused the total costs for the stadium construction to rise to over 1.1 billion euros. To cope with the costs, the club has asked its lenders to increase the loan by 113 million euros. Overall, the liabilities of Spurs due to the construction are 567 million euros.

successes

International

• European Cup Winners' Cup : 1963
• UEFA Cup : (2) 1972 , 1984

National

• First Division Champion : (2) 1950/51 , 1960/61
• Second Division Master : (2) 1920, 1950
• FA Cup : (8) 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991
• League Cup : (4) 1971, 1973, 1999, 2008
• FA Charity Shield : (7) 1921, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1982, 1992

Trainer

Period	Trainer
1889-1899	Frank Brettell
1899-1907	John Cameron
1907-1912	Fred Kirkham
1912-1927	Peter McWilliams
1927-1930	Billy Minter
1930-1935	Percy Smith
1935	Wally Hardinge
1935-1938	Jack Tresadern
1938-1942	Peter McWilliams
1942-1946	Arthur Turner
1946-1949	Joe Hulme
1949-1955	Arthur Rowe
1955-1958	Jimmy Anderson
1958-1974	Bill Nicholson
1974-1976	Terry Neill
1976-1984	Keith Burkinshaw
1984-1986	Peter Shreeves
1986-1987	David Pleat
1987	Trevor Hartley (Interim)
1987	Doug Livermore (Interim)
1987-1991	Terry Venables
1991-1992	Peter Shreeves
1992-1993	Doug Livermore & Ray Clemence
1993-1994	Osvaldo Ardiles
1994	Steve Perryman
1994-1997	Gerry Francis
1997-1998	Christian Gross
1998	David Pleat
1998-2001	George Graham
2001	David Pleat
2001-2003	Glenn Hoddle
2003-2004	David Pleat
2004	Jacques Santini
2004-2007	Martin Jol
2007	Clive Allen
2007-2008	Juande Ramos
2008–2012	Harry Redknapp
2012-2013	André Villas-Boas
2013-2014	Tim Sherwood
2014-2019	Mauricio Pochettino
2019–	José Mourinho

Squad of the 2020/21 season

Starting eleven in March 2020

Status: August 15, 2020

No.	Nat.	Surname	birthday	in the team since
goal
01		Hugo Lloris	Dec. 26, 1986	2012
22nd		Paulo Gazzaniga	0Jan. 2, 1992	2017
41		Alfie Whiteman	0Oct 2, 1998	2015
		Joe Hart	Apr 19, 1987	2020
Defense
03		Danny Rose	02nd July 1990	2007
04th		Toby Alderweireld	02nd Mar 1989	2015
06th		Davinson Sánchez	June 12, 1996	2017
21st		Juan Foyth	Jan. 12, 1998	2017
24		Serge Aurier	Dec 24, 1992	2017
33		Ben Davies	Apr. 24, 1993	2014
39		Japhet Tanganga	31 Mar 1999
		Cameron Carter-Vickers	Dec 31, 1997
midfield
05		Pierre Emile Højbjerg	0Aug 5, 1995	2020
08th		Harry Winks	0Feb. 2, 1996	2016
11		Erik Lamela	04th Mar 1992	2013
15th		Eric Dier	Jan 15, 1994	2014
17th		Moussa Sissoko	Aug 16, 1989	2016
18th		Giovani Lo Celso	0Apr 9, 1996	2019
19th		Ryan Sessegnon	May 18, 2000	2019
20th		Dele Alli	Apr 11, 1996	2015
27		Lucas Moura	Aug 13, 1992	2018
28		Tanguy Ndombele	Dec 28, 1996	2019
29		Oliver Skipp	16 Sep 2000	2018
Storm
07th		Heung-Min Son	0July 8, 1992	2015
10		Harry Kane	July 28, 1993	2011
23		Steven Bergwijn	0Oct 8, 1997	2020
30th		Gedson Fernandes	0Jan. 9, 1999	2020
		Jack Clarke	Nov 23, 2000	2019

^U23 also in the U23 squad

^U18 also in the U18 squad

Youth work

The Tottenham Hotspur Academy has around 150 youth players between the ages of 8 and 18. They receive scholarships and are looked after around the clock in the club's own boarding school. Well-known players from the youth program are Glenn Hoddle , Ledley King , Peter Crouch , Stephen Carr , Nick Barmby , Ian Walker , Sol Campbell and Luke Young , all of whom have become national players in their respective countries over the course of their careers. In 1970, 1974 and 1990 the FA Youth Cup was won .

The Tottenham Hotspur Academy is one of the most productive in England. In the 2016/17 season, Harry Kane , Harry Winks , Josh Onomah and Cameron Carter-Vickers are four players in the first team who come from the club's youth work.

The U-21 is intended for youth players who are already further in their development and enables them to play in the U-21 Premier League (until 2012 Premier Reserve League ) against other U-21 teams from England, reminiscent of the later professional league First and second division clubs. There are also an increasing number of players in the U-21 who no longer come from the youth program, but have been contracted externally. Players from the professional squad can also collect match practice in the U-21 when they return from injuries.

Following

The followers of the Spurs refer to themselves by the term Yid Army . This term was originally used by fans of opposing clubs as an anti-Semitic insult, as the club is traditionally associated with the Jewish population in the capital, even if the club's historical Jewish support came not from Tottenham but from the east of the city. Critics believe that the term “yid” should not be used in stadiums at all. This self-designation by (non-Jewish) fans could mean that opposing supporters see themselves legitimized to use this term as a dirty word. In October 2013, a Spurs supporter was arrested after the English Football Association warned that using the term would have legal consequences.

Hall of Fame

The following players have been inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame based on their performance for the club .

• Steve Perryman
• Arthur Grimsdell
• Jimmy Dimmock
• Bill Nicholson
• Ron Burgess
• Ted Ditchburn
• Peter Baker
• Danny Blanchflower
• Maurice Norman
• Bobby Smith
• Terry Medwin
• Mike England
• Cliff Jones
• Les Allen
• Bill Brown
• Dave Mackay
• John White
• Terry Dyson
• Ron Henry
• Pat Jennings
• Alan Mullery
• Martin Peters
• Keith Burkinshaw
• Glenn Hoddle
• Gary Mabbutt
• Paul Gascoigne
• Gary Lineker
• Martin Chivers
• Jimmy Greaves
• Ricardo Villa
• Osvaldo Ardiles
• Clive Allen
• Teddy Sheringham
• Paul Allen
• Chris Waddle
• David Ginola
• Steffen friend
• Darren Anderton

Spurs Player of the Year (since 1987)

The player of the year is elected by the club members and season ticket holders. Until 2004 the best player of the calendar year was chosen. The player of the season has been elected since the 2005/06 season.

year	winner
1987	Gary Mabbutt
1988	Chris Waddle
1989	Erik Thorstvedt
1990	Paul Gascoigne
1991	Paul Allen
1992	Gary Lineker

year	winner
1993	Darren Anderton
1994	Jürgen Klinsmann
1995	Teddy Sheringham
1996	Sol Campbell
1997	Sol Campbell
1998	David Ginola

year	winner
1999	Stephen Carr
2000	Stephen Carr
2001	Neil Sullivan
2002	Simon Davies
2003	Robbie Keane
2004	Jermain Defoe

season	winner
2005/06	Robbie Keane
2006/07	Dimitar Berbatov
2007/08	Robbie Keane
2008/09	Aaron Lennon
2009/10	Michael Dawson
2010/11	Luka Modrić

year	winner
2011/12	Kyle Walker
2012/13	Gareth Bale
2013/14	Christian Eriksen
2014/15	Harry Kane
2015/16	Toby Alderweireld
2016/17	Christian Eriksen

year	winner
2017/18	Jan Vertonghen
2018/19	Heung-min Son
2019/20	Heung-min Son

Statistics and records

Club statistics

• Highest attendance - 85,512 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen , UEFA Champions League , November 2, 2016
• Biggest championship win - 9-0 against Bristol Rovers , Second Division , October 22, 1977
• Biggest championship defeat - 7-0 to Liverpool FC , First Division , September 2, 1978
• Biggest Premier League win - 9-1 against Wigan Athletic on November 22, 2009
• Biggest Premier League loss - 7-1 to Newcastle United , December 28, 1996
• Biggest cup win - 13-2 against Crewe Alexandra , FA Cup , February 3, 1960
• Biggest cup defeat - 8-0 against 1. FC Köln , UEFA Intertoto Cup , July 22, 1995
• Most points in one season (2 per win) - 70 in 42 games, Second Division , 1919-20 season
• Most points in a season (3 per win, 42 games) - 77 , First Division , 1984/85 season
• Most points in a season (3 per win, 38 games) - 86 , Premier League , 2016/17 season
• Most goals scored in a championship season - 115 in 42 games, First Division , 1960/61 season
• Most expensive player sale - € 91m, Gareth Bale to Real Madrid , September 2013
• Most expensive player signing - € 65m , Tanguy Ndombele from Olympique Lyon , July 2019

Player statistics

• Player with most goals in a season - 49 , Clive Allen , 1986/87 season
• Most goalscorer for Tottenham - 220 , Jimmy Greaves , 1961–1970
• Player with most league games for Tottenham - 655 , Steve Perryman , 1969–1986

Excellence

• 1909/10 - 1914/15
• 1920/21 - 1927/28
• 1933/34 - 1934/35
• 1950/51 - 1976/77
• 1978/79 - today

Premier League

Tottenham has been a Premier League member since it was founded in the 1992/93 season . The team achieved their best result in the 2016/17 season when they finished second.

season	space	Games	Victories	draw	Defeats	Gates	Goals conceded	Points
1992/93	08th.	42	16	11	15th	60	66	59
1993/94	15th	42	11	12	19th	54	59	45
1994/95	07th	42	16	14th	12	66	58	62
1995/96	08th.	38	16	13	09	50	38	61
1996/97	10.	38	13	07th	18th	44	51	46
1997/98	14th	38	11	11	16	44	56	44
1998/99	11.	38	11	14th	13	47	50	47
1999/00	10.	38	15th	08th	15th	57	49	53
2000/01	12.	38	13	10	15th	47	54	49
2001/02	09.	38	14th	08th	16	49	53	50
2002/03	10.	38	14th	08th	16	51	62	50
2003/04	14th	38	13	06th	19th	47	57	45
2004/05	09.	38	14th	10	14th	47	41	52
2005/06	05.	38	18th	11	09	53	38	65
2006/07	05.	38	17th	09	12	57	54	60
2007/08	11.	38	11	13	14th	66	61	46
2008/09	08th.	38	14th	09	15th	45	45	51
2009/10	04th	38	21st	07th	10	67	41	70
2010/11	05.	38	16	14th	08th	55	46	62
2011/12	04th	38	20th	09	09	66	41	69
2012/13	05.	38	21st	09	08th	66	46	72
2013/14	06th	38	21st	06th	11	55	51	69
2014/15	05.	38	19th	07th	12	58	53	64
2015/16	03.	38	19th	13	06th	69	35	70
2016/17	02.	38	26th	08th	04th	86	26th	86
2017/18	03.	38	23	08th	07th	74	36	77
2018/19	04th	38	23	02	13	67	39	71

Top goal scorers by season

season	player	Total goals	league	Cup	European Cup
1970/71	Martin Chivers	29	22nd	07th	00
1971/72	Martin Chivers	42	25th	09	08th
1972/73	Martin Chivers	33	17th	08th	08th
1973/74	Martin Chivers	23	17th	00	06th
1974/75	John Duncan	12	12	00	00
1975/76	John Duncan	25th	20th	05	00
1976/77	Chris Jones	09	09	00	00
1977/78	John Duncan	20th	16	04th	00
1978/79	Peter Taylor	12	11	01	00
1979/80	Glenn Hoddle	22nd	19th	03	00
1980/81	Steve Archibald	25th	20th	05	00
1981/82	Garth Crooks	18th	13	03	02
1982/83	Steve Archibald Garth Crooks	15th	11 08	02 04	02 03
1983/84	Steve Archibald	28	21st	02	05
1984/85	Mark Falco	29	22nd	03	04th
1985/86	Mark Falco	21st	19th	02	00
1986/87	Clive Allen	49	33	16	00
1987/88	Clive Allen	13	11	02	00
1988/89	Chris Waddle	14th	14th	00	00
1989/90	Gary Lineker	26th	24	02	00
1990/91	Gary Lineker Paul Gascoigne	19 19	15 07	04 12	00 00
1991/92	Gary Lineker	35	28	05	02
1992/93	Teddy Sheringham	28	21st	07th	00
1993/94	Teddy Sheringham	16	14th	02	00
1994/95	Jürgen Klinsmann	29	20th	09	00
1995/96	Teddy Sheringham	24	16	08th	00
1996/97	Teddy Sheringham	08th	07th	01	00
1997/98	Jürgen Klinsmann David Ginola	09 09	09 06	00 03	00 00
1998/99	Steffen Iversen	13	09	04th	00
1999/00	Steffen Iversen	17th	14th	02	01
2000/01	Serhiy Rebrow	12	09	03	01
2001/02	Gustavo Poyet	14th	10	04th	00
2002/03	Teddy Sheringham Robbie Keane	13 13	12 13	01 00	00 00
2003/04	Robbie Keane	16	14th	02	00
2004/05	Jermain Defoe	22nd	13	09	00
2005/06	Robbie Keane	16	16	00	00
2006/07	Dimitar Berbatov	23	12	04th	07th
2007/08	Dimitar Berbatow Robbie Keane	23 23	15 15	04 03	04 05
2008/09	Darren Bent	17th	12	01	04th
2009/10	Jermain Defoe	24	18th	06th	00
2010/11	Rafael van der Vaart	15th	13	00	02
2011/12	Emmanuel Adebayor	18th	17th	01	00
2012/13	Gareth Bale	26th	21st	02	03
2013/14	Emmanuel Adebayor	13	11	00	02
2014/15	Harry Kane	28	21st	00	07th
2015/16	Harry Kane	28	25th	01	02
2016/17	Harry Kane	35	29	04th	02
2017/18	Harry Kane	41	30th	04th	07th
2018/19	Harry Kane	24	17th	02	05

Top 10 goalscorers of all time

player	Games for Tottenham	Total goals	league	Cup	European Cup
Jimmy Greaves	379	266	220	37	09
Bobby Smith	317	208	176	22nd	10
Martin Chivers	367	174	118	34	22nd
Cliff Jones	378	159	135	17th	07th
Harry Kane	213	140	108	13	19th
Jermain Defoe	358	139	091	25th	23
GS Hunt	198	137	124	13	00
Len Duquemin	307	134	114	20th	00
Alan Gilzean	439	133	093	27	13
Teddy Sheringham	277	124	097	27	00

Web links

Commons : Tottenham Hotspur  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Tottenham Hotspur on the official Premier League website

Individual evidence

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