Results
Tottenham’s score shown first; match reports accessible by clicking on opponent’s name, where available
| 1885 | Abbey | A | Friendly | 1 – 1 |
| 1889 | Civil Engineers | H | Middlesex Senior Cup R1 | 0 – 0 |
| 1897 | Kettering Town | A | United League | 2 – 4 |
| 1903 | Bristol Rovers | H | Southern League | 3 – 0 |
| 1914 | Leicester Fosse | A | FA Cup R1 | 5 – 5 |
| 1920 | Bristol Rovers | A | FA Cup R1 | 4 – 1 |
| 1925 | Northampton Town | H | FA Cup R1 | 3 – 0 |
| 1931 | Preston North End | H | FA Cup R3 | 3 – 1 |
| 1942 | Reading | H | London War League | 2 – 1 |
| 1946 | Brentford | A | FA Cup R3 2L | 0 – 2 |
| 1948 | Bolton Wanderers | A | FA Cup R3 | 2 – 0 (aet) |
| 1953 | Tranmere Rovers | A | FA Cup R3 | 1 – 1 |
| 1959 | West Ham United | H | FA Cup R3 | 2 – 0 |
| 1962 | Birmingham City | H | FA Cup R3r | 4 – 0 |
| 1970 | Derby County | H | First Division | 2 – 1 |
| 1976 | Derby County | A | First Division | 3 – 2 |
| 1978 | Bolton Wanderers | A | FA Cup R3r | 1 – 2 (aet) |
| 1979 | Altrincham | H | FA Cup R3 | 1 – 1 |
| 1981 | Birmingham City | H | First Division | 1 – 0 |
| 1987 | Scunthorpe United | H | FA Cup R3 | 3 – 2 |
| 1998 | Manchester United | A | Premier League | 0 – 2 |
| 2004 | Leeds United | A | Premier League | 1 – 0 |
| 2015 | Crystal Palace | A | Premier League | 1 – 2 |
| 2021 | Marine | A | FA Cup R3 | 5 – 0 |
| 2026 | Aston Villa | H | FA Cup R3 | 1 – 2 |
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Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur’s history |
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| TOTAL | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Away | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Neutral | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest win on this day 5-0 Marine (FA Cup) (Away) 2021 |
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| Biggest defeat on this day 2-4 Kettering (United League) (Away) 1897 0-2 Brentford (FA Cup) (Away) 1946 0-2 Manchester United (Premier League) (Away) 1998 |
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| Biggest score-line on this day 5-5 Leicester Fosse (FA Cup) (Away) 1914 |
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| Last win on this day 2021 5-0 Marine (FA Cup) (Away) |
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| Last draw on this day 1979 1-1 Altrincham (FA Cup) (Home) |
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| Last defeat on this day 2026 1-2 Aston Villa (FA Cup) (Home) |
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Teams we have played on this day
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Notable Dates
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| 1914 | Tottenham’s first meeting with Leicester was an eventful one. A First round FA Cup tie ended all square at 5-5, which is the highest total of goals in a match between the two clubs and Tottenham’s highest scoring draw in the competition. |
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| 1918 | Les Bennett, inside forward 1939-1955, born. |
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| 1920 | Jimmy Cantrell hits a hat trick to help Spurs through to the FA Cup second round. |
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| 1925 | Tottenham’s biggest home crowd against Northampton = 32,718 |
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| 1931 | Jimmy Dimmock hits his last Spurs goal. |
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| 1946 | Bill Adams makes his only Spurs appearance in the full back position. |
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| 1953 | Biggest away crowd for a trip to Tranmere Rovers = 21,500. |
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| 1962 | Tottenham’s biggest home gate for a visit of Birmingham City = 62,912. |
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| 1970 | Jimmy Greaves last goal in a Spurs shirt in anger came in this game before his transfer to West Ham United. |
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| 1976 | This win at Derby County equalled the best away win there. Don McAllister scores his first Tottenham goal. |
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| 1979 | Spurs scrape a draw at home to non-League Altrincham with Peter Taylor grabbing the goal to earn a replay. |
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| 1981 | George Mazzon makes his debut. |
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| 1987 | A home tie against Scunthorpe should have been easy for Spurs, but it turned out more difficult than they thought and the Third Division side put up a good fight to come back to narrow the score after Spurs had gone ahead. This has been Scunthorpe’s only visit to White Hart Lane. |
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| 1998 | Midfielder Nicola Berti makes his debut. |
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| 2003 | Midfielder Stephen Clemence completes his transfer to Birmingham City. |
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| 2021 | At 16 years and 163 days old, Alfie Devine comes on as a substitute to be the youngest player to play for Tottenham Hotspur and the youngest to score for the club. |
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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.