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unusual facts about Tottenham Hotspur



1967–68 Manchester City F.C. season

Midway through their unbeaten run, City faced Tottenham Hotspur at home in snowy conditions, in a match televised on Match of the Day.

1993–94 Watford F.C. season

In July 1993, after Steve Perryman left to join Tottenham Hotspur, Roeder was hired as Watford's new manager at the start of the 1993–94 season.

2004–05 Derby County F.C. season

Behind the scenes, circumstances were deteriorating, and Burley left his position, citing interference from football agent turned Director of Football Murdo Mackay, and the sale of Huddlestone, to Tottenham Hotspur, against his wishes.

2009 Jarama Superleague Formula round

Polesitter Tottenham Hotspur (Craig Dolby) stalled and were effectively out of the race at the start, coming in at the finish 6th and last some way behind.

Several other cars had to take avoiding action including Tottenham Hotspur (Craig Dolby) and FC Basel 1893 (Max Wissel).

2013 Premier League Asia Trophy

Sunderland, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Hong Kong club South China competed for the title on 24 July 2013 and 27 July 2013 at Hong Kong Stadium in So Kon Po, Hong Kong.

Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan

In England, he also spent time looking at coaching methods, techniques and tactics at English clubs Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur while in 1974, he traveled to Germany where he spent time with European giants FC Bayern Munich.

Ange Pacomé Dogba Gnagbo

Dogba has impressed a number of other top football people, including Paul Hart, Ian Woan and Paul Montgomery (Chief Scout of Aston Villa), Juande Ramos (former Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid manager), Harry Redknapp.

Anthony Lozano

In August 2010 Lozano spent time training with Tottenham Hotspur's reserve team, impressing manager Harry Redknapp.

Baseball Ground

The record attendance was 41,826 for a match against Tottenham Hotspur in 1969, just after Derby County were promoted under the management of Brian Clough, at the beginning of the most successful era in the club's history.

Billy Frith

In preparation for the first season of post-war football, he signed experienced forward Colin Lyman from Tottenham Hotspur for 'fairly substantial fee', full-back Garth Butler from Derby County, and half-back Norman Hallam from Chelsea.

Bluey Wilkinson

Determined not to miss the final, Bluey had the Tottenham Hotspur club doctor put his arm and shoulder in plaster.

Chucky Venn

Prior to the Hull City-Tottenham Hotspur game on Setanta Sports on 23 February, Venn performed a strange monologue.

Dirk Marcellis

After impressing with PSV both in the UEFA Cup against Tottenham Hotspur and Fiorentina, where he played solid games against Dimitar Berbatov and Adrian Mutu, Marcellis caught the eye of not only Dutch football fans but also the Netherlands U-21 coach Foppe de Haan.

Emmanuel Petit

After his first season at the Camp Nou, he was linked with moves back to England with Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.

Fanny Walden

Frederick Ingram "Fanny" Walden (1 March 1888 – 3 May 1949) was an English professional footballer who played on the right-wing for Northampton Town, Tottenham Hotspur and at international level for England during the 1910s and 1920s.

Foundation of the Premier League

ITV offered £205million for the television rights and later increased their offer to £262million but were outbid by Rupert Murdoch who saw it as the make or break opportunity to lure new customers to their loss-making satellite service Sky Television plc who had been advised by Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Alan Sugar.

Fred Turnbull

Turnbull was in the first eleven for the Wembley final played in front of 100,000 spectators; Villa lost out 2–0 to Tottenham Hotspur after two late goals from Martin Chivers.

George Robb

George Robb (1 June 1926 – 25 December 2011) was a footballer who played outside left for Tottenham Hotspur and England.

Geovanni Deiberson Maurício

The following weekend, Geovanni scored a 30 yard free kick in a 1–0 victory against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

GTA Motor Competición

For the 2008 Superleague Formula season the team operated the Sevilla FC and Tottenham Hotspur.

IFK Hässleholm

In the year 2000 there was a dramatic change in the club after Peter Crouch and Alton Thelwell were loaned from Tottenham Hotspur.

Julian Dowe

He became the youngest British player to sign a professional contract in Spain when he joined CA Marbella as an 18 year old, along with fellow Englishman Andy Gray who joined from Tottenham Hotspur, described Dowe as "One of the most talented teenagers he'd seen"

Julie Welch

She made her journalistic debut in 1969 after being asked to write a report on a football match between Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur, becoming the first female Fleet Street journalist to report on a game of football.

Kasey Keller

In August 2001, Keller returned to England and the Premier League, joining Tottenham Hotspur on a free transfer.

Kevin Kilbane

On 26 August 2006, during his last game for Everton against Tottenham Hotspur, he was sent off by referee Mark Halsey for two bookable offences.

Laurie Cunningham

This was the second time an English top flight team simultaneously fielded three black players (the first being Clyde Best, Clive Charles and Ade Coker for West Ham United against Tottenham Hotspur in April of 1972) and Atkinson collectively referred to Cunningham, Batson and Regis as 'The Three Degrees' after the legendary U.S. soul singing trio.

Lumpsucker

The lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus plays an important role in the Icelandic fishing industry; Lotna ehf, a fishing company partly owned by Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, have recorded catches of lumpfish as large as 2 tonnes.

Mick Rathbone

The 17-year-old Rathbone made his first-team debut on 31 August 1976 in a League Cup defeat at Blackpool, and his league debut on 20 October, as a substitute replacing Archie Styles in a 1–0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.

Pat Jennings, Jr.

Patrick attended The Broxbourne School in Hertfordshire, along with the sons of his father's fellow Tottenham Hotspur players Chris Hughton, Osvaldo Ardiles and his father's goalkeeping contemporary Ray Clemence.

Quinton Fortune

Fortune left South Africa at the age of 14 and moved to England where he played for the Tottenham Hotspur junior team (whilst attending Forest School), but never made a senior appearance for the club.

Rúben Amorim

In the 2007 summer, several clubs showed interested in Amorim's services, but he insisted on not leaving, with Belenenses also rejecting bids from S.L. Benfica, Sporting de Braga, F.C. Porto, FC Schalke 04, Tottenham Hotspur and Toulouse FC.

Sirajuddin of Perlis

Among his favourite sports are golf, tennis, football and is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur football club.

Sylvinho

In 1999 he became the first ever Brazilian player to sign for English club Arsenal, who he signed for ahead of North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur who made numerous offers for the Brazilian.

Terry Dixon

His mother was born in Bailieborough, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, and his father, who played for both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur youth teams, was born in Wood Green, London.

Tommy Roberts

William Thomas 'Tommy' Roberts (29 November 1898 – 13 October 1965) was an English professional footballer who played for Soho Villa, Leicester Fosse, Preston North End, Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur, Dick Kerrs X1, Chorley and England at international level.

Tottenham, Tottenham

"Tottenham, Tottenham" was a single released by the English football team Tottenham Hotspur, with uncredited accompaniment by Chas & Dave, in 1982.

Trawden Forest F.C.

Several footballers began their careers at Trawden Forest before moving into professional football; Arthur Dixon went on to play professionally with Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur and Bradford Park Avenue, while William Nunnick represented Burnley in the Football League.

Vicente Guaita

However, after the signing of veteran César Sánchez from Tottenham Hotspur later in the year and the full recovery of Renan, he remained third-choice until the end of the campaign.

Wally Hardinge

He also had a spell as a coach of Tottenham Hotspur's reserve team in the 1930s and for a short period became caretaker manager of the First Team in 1935 after the rapid departure of Percy Smith.

When the Year Ends in One

"When the Year Ends in One" was a single released by the English football team Tottenham Hotspur, with uncredited accompaniment by Chas & Dave, to celebrate reaching the 1991 FA Cup Final.

Willie McFaul

A battling 2–2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur seemed to have been the start for McFaul, but no wins in the next four matches saw his Newcastle side under severe pressure, but they pulled off a great win at champions Liverpool 2–1 with Mirandinha and Hendrie scoring.

You Are The Ref

The evolution of the strip began in 1952 in the Tottenham Hotspur magazine The Lillywhite, which featured a cartoon quiz by Paul Trevillion.


see also

2008–09 Premier Academy League

On 17 May, Arsenal were crowned the 2008–09 Premier Academy League Champions after a 1–0 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the Play-off Final at White Hart Lane, with a goal from Rhys Murphy.

Alfie Conn

Alfie Conn, Jr., his son, also a Scottish international footballer, whose former teams include Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur and Celtic, played 1968–1983

Bertie Mee

Arsenal managed to outdistance Leeds United, managed by Don Revie to win the championship with a victory over Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane.

Dorchester Town F.C.

A young Trevor Senior impressed alongside ever-present top scorer Paul Thorne, whilst Graham Roberts joined neighbours Weymouth early in the campaign for £6,000 before going on to star for Tottenham Hotspur and England.

ENIC Group

During the football investment boom of the mid to late 1990s it began to acquire shares in football clubs around Europe and bought stakes in Tottenham Hotspur (29,9%), Rangers F.C. (25,1%), SK Slavia Prague (96,7%), AEK Athens F.C. (47%), Vicenza Calcio (99,9%) and FC Basel (50%).

Joseph Blake

Joe Blake (1882–1931), English footballer with Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton

Premier League 20 Seasons Awards

Jürgen Klinsmann, Sheffield Wednesday v Tottenham Hotspur, 1994–95

Premier Reserve League

In the 2005–06 play-off, held at Old Trafford, Manchester United Reserves beat Tottenham Hotspur Reserves 2–0.

Tottenham Hotspur L.F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Ladies have also collaborated with the men's team occasionally; such as when supporting CoppaFeel!, a breast cancer awareness charity.