Spurs v Leeds United notes
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| 05.09.1908 | Tottenham’s first away match in the Football League. |
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| 25.08.1971 | Tottenham’s away game against Leeds United was played at Boothferry Park, the home of Hull City FC, as Leeds were banned from playing games at Elland Road. The FA Disciplinary Committee ruled that the pitch invasion at a home match against West Bromwich Albion meant that their ground would be closed for a month, meaning playing four home fixtures on other club’s grounds. |
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| 24.02.2001 | Alan Sugar’s last game as Spurs chairman. |
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They are linked with both
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| Ben Alnwick | Starting off with Sunderland, the keeper had played only just over 20 games before he dropped out of contention for a first team place and Spurs swapped Marton Fulop and £400,000 for Alnwick in 2007. Spent a lot of time out on loan – one of which was at Leeds for 28 days when he failed to get a game – and made only three appearances in a five years stay at Tottenham before he joined Barnsley in 2012, going on to feature for Charlton, Orient, Peterborough and Bolton. |
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| Nick Barmby | Hull born forward who joined Tottenham from the FA School of Excellence and made 100 appearances scoring 27 goals in the “Famous Five” frontline of Sheringham, Klinsmann, Dumitrescu, Anderton and Barmby. Wanting a return nearer his birthplace, he broke Middlesbrough’s transfer record to move to the Riverside for £5.75 million in June 1995. Three years later he moved to Everton, then Liverpool in 2000, before Leeds signed him for £2.75 million in 2002, spending time on loan at Nottingham Forest in 2004. A free transfer in 2004 saw Barmby eventually find his way home to play for Hull City, where he played until 2012, combining coaching duties in the final two years of his time at the Tigers. Became caretaker and then permanent manager at Hull for six months until May 2012. Coached at Scunthorpe United for a couple of months at the end of the 2019-2019 season. |
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| Oliver Boast | Highly rated 16 year old striker who was brought through the Leeds United Academy and was signed by Spurs for a reported fee of over £1 million in the summer of 2025. |
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| Michael Brown | Coming through the youth system at Manchester City, Michael Brown went out on loan before moving to Sheffield United in 1999 after just over 100 appearances for City. A tough tackling midfielder, Brown stayed at Bramall Lane for five years before he was brough in at Tottenham in January 2004 for £500,000 by David Pleat. Ousted by Martin Jol’s signings in his position, Brown left for Fulham in January 2006, having played 64 games and scored three goals for Spurs. A two season spell at Craven Cottage was followed by three at Wigan Athletic and two at Portsmouth before a move to Elland Road in July 2011. 78 appearances and three goals later, a final move to Port Vale in 2014 combined a coaching role. Became manager at Vale Park in May 2017 but was sacked in September of that year and went into football punditry on radio and TV. |
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| Bob Browne | Bob Browne played for Leeds United in the late 1930s and guested for Spurs during WWII in 1942-43. |
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| Herbert Chapman | – |
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| Jamie Clapham | – |
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| Jack Clarke | After 28 appearances and two goals for Leeds United, Jack Clarke was a talented young winger who Spurs took to N17 for a rumoured fee of £10 million. It didn’t work out for Clarke at Tottenham, with changes in managers and unsuccessful loan spells, including one immediately back to Elland Road, where he was not used by Marcelo Bielsa, so was recalled and sent out to QPR. Further spells away from Spurs followed at Stoke City where he picked up an Achilles injury before hew as loaned out to Sunderland, who turned the move into a permanent deal for £10 million in 2022 and he left there two years later to join Ipswich Town. |
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| Archie Cubberley | A 17 year old Archie Cubberley played for Tottenham in the club’s first ever FA Cup match and later was at Leeds City from 1906 to 1912. |
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| Chris Fairclough | – |
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| James Freeborough | Jim Freeborough was released by Spurs in 1906 and played for Leeds. |
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| John George | A halfback signed from Kettering by Tottenham in April 1904, Johnny George had to wait seven months for his Spurs debut in a Western League match, but couldn’t make the first team, so left for Leeds City in 1906 having made just four appearances and scoring once. He was a regular in his first season until he was replaced by former Tottenham team-mate James Freeborough. Seeking more playing time, Johnny moved to Croydon Common for a single season and then into non-league with Hastings and St. Leonards. Moved to Northamptonshire when he retired from the game and served in the Army as a Drill Sergeant at Woolwich Arsenal (the military depot) and during WW2 was in Irchester Home Guard. Worked in the Parsons Pork Pie Factory for many years and died in 1966. |
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| Archie Gray | – |
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| Steve Hodge | – |
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| George Hutchinson | – |
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| Robbie Keane | – |
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| Jimmy Kennedy | – |
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| David Kerslake | – |
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| Willem Korsten | – |
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| Aaron Lennon | – |
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| Neil McNab | – |
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| Charlie Morgan |
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| Willie Murray | Willie Murray was released by Spurs in 1906 and played for Leeds. |
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| George Page | A local amateur George Page joined Leeds a few months after being given a Southern League debut by Spurs. |
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| Paul Robinson | – |
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| Danny Rose | – |
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| John Scales | – |
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| Adam Smith | – |
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| Manor Solomon | – |
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| Isaac Spelman | – |
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| Bert Sproston | – |
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| Neil Sullivan | – |
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| Andros Townsend | – |
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| Fanny Walden | – |
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| Frank Walford | In 1908, Frank Walford became Leeds City manager after he had been in charge of Tottenham in a caretaker capacity between John Cameron leaving and Fred Kirkham taking over. Walford was in charge at Leeds for four years and was replaced by another ex-Spurs player Herbert Chapman. |
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| Jonathan Woodgate | – |
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| Terry Yorath | – |
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Debuts against Leeds United
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| Charlie Jones | 22.12.1934 |
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| Willie Young | 20.09.1975 |
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| Mike England | 20.08.1967 |
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| Andy Gray | 07.03.1992 |
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Last game for the club – played against Leeds United
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| Jimmy Skinner | 01.05.1926 |
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| Len Bolan | 04.05.1935 |
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| Cyril Toulouse | 13.09.1948 |
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| John Ryden | 14.03.1959 |
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| Phil Beal | 28.04.1975 |
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| Chris Jones | 08.05.1982 |
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| Andy Turner | 14.05.1995 |
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| Allan Nielsen | 12.02.2000 |
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First goal for the club – scored against Leeds United
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| Ken Flint | 03.04.1948 |
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| Danny Blanchflower | 25.08.1956 |
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| Jim Iley | 25.10.1958 |
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| Les Allen | 26.12.1959 |
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| Chris McGrath | 01.01.1974 |
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| Gerry Armstrong | 19.02.1977 |
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| Frederic Kanoute | 23.08.2003 |
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| Sergio Reguilon | 21.11.2021 |
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| Matt Doherty | 26.02.2022 |
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| Mohammed Kudus | 04.10.2025 |
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Last goal for the club – scored against Leeds United
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| Arthur Sanders | 23.04.1927 |
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| Jim Iley | 25.10.1958 |
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| Cyril Knowles | 28.04.1975 |
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| Ken Flint | 03.04.1948 |
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| Len Bolan | 04.05.1935 |
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Milestones
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| 15.09.1965 | Maurice Norman plays the 400th game for Spurs of his career in all competitions. |
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| 25.08.1992 | Eric Cantona scores the first hat-trick in the Premier League. |
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| 14.12.1996 | Gunnar Halle makes his Leeds debut. |
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| 30.09.2000 | Steffen Iversen plays his 100th game for Spurs. |
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| 01.04.2002 | Steffen Iversen plays his 150th game for Spurs and scores. |
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| 24.11.2002 | Gus Poyet plays his 50th game for Spurs. |
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| 23.08.2003 | Leeds United substitute Aaron Lennon becomes the youngest Premier League player at that time aged just 16 years and 129 days. Glenn Hoddle’s 100th game in charge of Spurs. Mauricio Taricco plays his 100th League match in England. Simon Davies makes his 100th Spurs appearance and 150th total League appearance. |
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| 10.01.2004 | Gary Kelly makes his 400th appearance for Leeds. |
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| 03.02.2010 | Tottenham’s first FA Cup win away to Leeds United. |
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| 02.01.2021 | Tottenham’s 100th meeting with Leeds United. |
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| 08.05.2021 | Eric Dier makes his 200th Premier League appearance for Spurs. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg makes his 50th appearance for the club. |
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| 21.11.2021 | Sergio Reguilon made his 50th Spurs appearance. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg made his 50th Premier League appearance for Spurs. 100th time we have played Leeds United. |
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| 26.02.2022 | Matt Doherty scores his first goal for Tottenham. Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son scored their 37th goal where they have combined and became the most prolific partnership in Premier League history. Rafinha’s 50th Leeds appearance. Harry Kane’s goal was the 150th scored by Spurs against Leeds in all competitive matches. |
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| 28.05.2023 | Lucas Moura plays his last match and scores his last goal for Tottenham. Harry Kane’s goals saw him equal the Premier League record for different goals scored in a season, but Andy Cole who previously held the record took a 42 game season to achieve it, while Harry’s season was only 38 matches long. The two goals Kane scored took him to 11 in matches on the final day of the season, a new Premier League record. It also matched his best total in a season in the Premier League with 30 goals. He is the second player to find the net 30 or more times in a season in the PL, although Alan Shearer’s two seasons were made up of 42 matches. Harry’s two goals at Elland Road made it 16 away from the THS this season, equalling the Premier League record for away goals in a single season. |
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| 04.10.2025 | Richarlison makes his 250th career Premier League appearance. Mohammed Kudus scores his first Tottenham goal. Mathys Tel’s goal was Tottenham’s 50th scored against Leeds United in the Premier League. This was Leeds United’s first home league defeat since 14th September 2024. |
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Transfers from Tottenham to Leeds United
| Name | Date | Fee |
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| PITCH TURF | 21st January 2021 | £300,000 |
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| Chris FAIRCLOUGH | April 1989 | £500,000 |
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| James FREEBOROUGH | 1906 | |
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| George PAGE | November 1906 | |
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| Willie MURRAY | May 1906 | |
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| John GEORGE | April 1906 | |
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| Charlie MORGAN | April 1905 | |
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Transfers from Leeds United to Tottenham
| Name | Date | Fee |
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| Archie GRAY | 2nd July 2024 | £40,000,000 |
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| Jack CLARKE | 2nd July 2019 | £10,000,000 |
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| Danny ROSE | July 2007 | £1,000,000 |
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| Paul ROBINSON | May 2004 | £1,700,000 |
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| Robbie KEANE | August 2002 | £7,000,000 |
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| David KERSLAKE | September 1993 | £450,000 |
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| Bert SPROSTON | June 1938 | £9,500 |
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