Spurs v Crewe Alexandra Notes
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| 03.02.1960 | Tottenham’s home win in the Fourth Round replay of an FA Cup tie saw a 13-2 victory that stands as the highest number of goals scored by Spurs in a competitive match. It is still the biggest defeat that Crewe Alexandra have suffered. The story (apparently true) goes that when Crewe departed Euston by train for the journey home, they left on Platform 13 and arrived at Crewe station on Platform 2. |
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They are linked with both
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| Lee Barnard | Striker who came through the Spurs youth system, made three appearances for Tottenham and spent time away on loan five times, spending three months at Gresty Road in 2007 before an ankle injury forced him to return to N17. Later played for Southampton, Southend United and Crawley Town. |
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| Phil Beal | Spurs legend who was at the club between 1963 and 1975, scoring one goal in 390 appearances and then played a few of games for Brighton, spent some time in America and spent 1979-1980 at Gresty Road playing only four matches before dropping into non-league. |
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| J’Neil Bennett | Young Spurs striker had a trial with Crewe before the 2021-22 season and went on loan to Gresty Road from 31st August until November 2021, when he returned to Spurs after picking up an ankle injury. Released by Spurs at the end of the season, he joined Brentford on a free transfer. |
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| David Button | Young Spurs goalkeeper at the time, who went out on loan 13 times – two of which were to Crewe. Left for Lex on 22nd July 2009 for a month, only to be recalled by Tottenham, but returned to Gresty Road on 1st September for a three month spell in which he took his total of appearances for the club to 10. Finally left Spurs to get first team football in 2012 to move to Charlton, then went on to play for Brentford, Fulham, Brighton and WBA. |
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| George Clawley | 1901 FA Cup winning goalkeeper with Spurs started his career with local side Crewe in 1893, making three appearances that season before signing for Stoke in 1894 for a two year stay. Moved on to Southampton then went back to Stoke in 1898 for a season and then signed for Tottenham in 1899. Broke his leg soon after he began his Spurs career and missed a whole season, but returned to the team in 1900 to end the season with an FA Cup winners medal following a replay win when his save in the original match was wrongly awarded as a goal. After 94 appearances, Clawley returned to Southampton in 1903 before retiring four years later. |
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| Souleymane Coulibaly | Short, but powerful forward who Spurs signed ahead of a number of clubs after he impressed at the 2011 UEFA Youth World Cup, but he failed to make the first team. Left for Bari in Italy, but trialled for Crewe Alexandra before joining Peterborough United. Went on to play in Scotland, Tunisia and Cyprus. |
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| Bert Hodgkinson | Centre-half Bert Hodgkinson started his career with Barnsley playing over 200 games for the Tykes between 1923 and 1929 before he moved to Tottenham. Moving to left-back, he made 63 appearances from 1930 to 1932 and was not retained by Spurs, so he signed for Colwyn Bay before making the last move of his career to Crewe Alexandra in 1933, appearing 46 times and scoring twice in his one season with The Alex. |
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| Fred Latham | Another goalkeeper who appeared for both clubs. Started with The Alex in 1894, playing 18 games in two seasons before signing for Stoke. Made only 5 appearances for the Potters and out of favour came to Tottenham in 1897 on trial, playing three times; the last under the name of “Stokeley”. While impressed by his performances, he was not acquired and returned to Victoria Park. Re-signed for Crewe in 1897 and was there for three years, but ended his playing days with Bristol Rovers. |
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| Jake Livermore | Strong midfielder, who made 58 appearances and scored once for Tottenham amongst a number of loan spells, one of which was to Crewe Alexandra. Went to Gresty Road in July 2008, but broke his leg playing in a friendly against Wrexham a couple of weeks into the loan. Went on to play for Hull City and WBA. |
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| Danny Murphy | England international midfielder began his playing days with Crewe, making his debut as a 16 year-old in 1993 and made around 150 appearances before he was sold to Liverpool in 1997 and returned to Gresty Road on loan in 1998-1999 to help save the club from relegation scoring once in 16 matches. Spent seven years at Anfield before he left to join Charlton for £2.5 million in 2004 but struggled and made the move to Tottenham in 2006 for £2 million. Scored twice in 28 appearances in his 18 months at White Hart Lane, but sought a move and Fulham came in for him. Became a regular starter straight away and was part of the team that reached the UEFA Cup final, where they lost 1-2 to Atletico Madrid. After more than 200 appearances and 29 goals, The Cottagers allowed him to join Blackburn Rovers in the Championship in 2012 and had one season with the club, with his contract being terminated in 2013. Went on to be a TV and radio football pundit. |
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| Jimmy Robertson | Much travelled winger Jimmy Robertson was a FA Cup winner with Spurs in the 1967. Started his career with Cowdenbeath, but came to prominence once he moved to St. Mirren. Signed by Spurs in 1964 for £25,000, the Scot made himself a regular and scored one of the goals in the Cup final against Chelsea in a 2-1 win. After 181 matches and 31 goals, he was used in a swap deal that brought David Jenkins to Spurs from Arsenal, where Robertson spent two years. Made further moves to Ipswich Town, Stoke City and then spent time in America, before returning to England to feature for Walsall and Crewe Alexandra, for whom he made 36 appearances in 1978-1979. |
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| Gylfi Sigurdsson | When Sigurdsson started at Reading he spent a loan spell at Crewe from 27th February 2009 to end of the season making 15 appearances and scoring three goals. Moved on from Reading to Hoffenheim and Swansea City on loan, then Tottenham signed him for £8 million in July 2012. Stayed for two years making 83 appearances with 13 goals when Everton paid a then record fee of £40 million (plus £5 million in add-ons). |
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| Kevin Stewart | A midfielder who came through the Spurs youth system, Stewart went out on loan to Crewe in 2013, making four appearances. Never made it through to the first team at Tottenham and left to join Liverpool in 2014. The Jamaican international went on loan three times from Anfield and later played for Hull City and Blackpool. |
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| Ralph Ward | Came to Spurs in 1936 from Bradford Park Avenue and went on to make 132 appearances finding the net eleven times, although he played many more games for the club during the war as captain, before he left to join Crewe in 1946. Stayed with The Alex for two years playing over 90 times and then went on to manage the club between 1953 and 1955. |
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Thanks to Bob Griffiths’ “Tottenham Hotspur – The Complete Record” for some of the details of player’s careers.
Debuts against Crewe Alexandra
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| John Piercy | 13.10.1999 |
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Last game for the club – played against Crewe Alexandra
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First goal scored for the club – scored against Crewe Alexandra
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Last goal scored for the club – scored against Crewe Alexandra
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| Tommy Harmer | 03.02.1960 |
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| Alfie Conn | 08.10.1975 |
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Milestones
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Transfers from Tottenham to Crewe Alexandra
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| J’Neil BENNETT | 31 August 2021 – November 2021 | Loan |
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| Kevin STEWART | March 2013 | Two Month Loan |
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| David BUTTON | 1 September 2009 | Two Month Loan |
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| David BUTTON | 22 July 2009 | One Month Loan |
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| Jake LIVERMORE | 11 July 2008 | Six Month Loan |
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| Lee BARNARD | August 2007 | Five Month Loan |
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| Ralph WARD | August 1946 | – |
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Transfers from Crewe Alexandra to Tottenham
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