Results
Tottenham score shown first; match reports accessible by clicking on opponent’s name, where available

1885 Grange Park A Friendly 0 – 1
1900 Portsmouth A Southern District Combination 0 – 0
1903 Northampton Town A Southern League 1 – 3
1907 Hull City A FA Cup R1r 0 – 0 (aet) *
1914 Oldham Athletic H First Division 3 – 1
1920 Stockport County H Second Division 2 – 0
1925 Everton A First Division 0 – 1
1931 Bradford Park Avenue A Second Division 1 – 4
1940 Southend United H Football League South Group A 2 – 4
1942 Brighton and Hove Albion A London War League 2 – 5
1948 Cardiff City H Second Division 2 – 1
1953 Cardiff City A First Division 0 – 0
1959 Newcastle United A First Division 2 – 1
1968 Sheffield Wednesday A First Division 2 – 1
1970 Sunderland A First Division 1 – 2
1976 Manchester United H First Division 1 – 1
1981 Arsenal H First Division 2 – 0
1989 AS Monaco (France) H Friendly 1 – 3
1990 Nottingham Forest A League Cup R5 2 – 2
1996 Hereford United H FA Cup R3r 5 – 1
1998 West Ham United H Premier League 1 – 0
2004 Liverpool H Premier League 2 – 1
2015 Sunderland H Premier League 2 – 1
2021 Sheffield United A Premier League 3 – 1

*Abandoned in extra time after 100 minutes.

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur’s history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
24 11 5 8 37 34
Home Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
11 8 1 2 23 13
Away Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
13 3 4 6 14 21
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
Biggest win on this day
5-1  Hereford United  (FA Cup)  (Home)  1996
Biggest defeat on this day
1-4  Bradford Park Avenue (Second Division) (Away)  1931
2-5  Brighton & Hove Albion (London War League) (Away)  1942
Biggest score-line on this day
2-5  Brighton & Hove Albion (London War League) (Away)  1942
Last win on this day
2021  3-1  Sunderland  (Premier League) (Away)
Last draw on this day
1990  2-2  Nottingham Forest  (League Cup) (Away)
Last defeat on this day
1989  1-3  AS Monaco (France)  (Friendly) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Cardiff City 2
Sunderland 2
Arsenal 1
Bradford Park Avenue 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1
Everton 1
Grange Park 1
Hereford United 1
Hull City 1
Liverpool 1
Manchester United 1
AS Monaco (France) 1
Newcastle United 1
Northampton Town 1
Nottingham Forest 1
Oldham Athletic 1
Portsmouth 1
Sheffield United 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Southend United 1
Stockport County 1
West Ham United 1

Notable Dates

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1900 First away game against Portsmouth.  
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1901 Albert Evans, centre forward 1927-1929, born.
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1903 James Chalmers makes his debut at outside left in Spurs equal biggest losing margin in an away game at Northampton Town.
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1907 First away game against Hull City ended 10 minutes into extra time when the game was abandoned because of bad light.  The result was allowed to stand though.
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1914 Full back Tom Clay makes his debut along with centre forward Harry Sparrow, who scored twice.
Ed Lightfoot also scores his first Tottenham goal.
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1920 Equal biggest home win in front of the biggest home crowd for a match against Stockport County = 38,000
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1923 Charlie Rundle, centre forward 1945-1950, born.
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1931 Jimmy Dimmock’s last League game for Tottenham and the one that made him the first player at the club to make 400 League appearances.
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1940 Biggest home defeat at the hands of Southend United in front of the smallest home crowd for a match between the two sides = 1,000.
Les Medley scored both goals making him the joint scorer of the most goals scored against Southend United in a match.
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1942 Biggest away defeat and equal highest total of goals in a game between Spurs and Brighton and Hove Albion.
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1968 Martin Chivers makes his debut in the forward line and scores once.
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1970 Goalkeeper Ken Hancock makes his debut.
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1976 Steve Perryman’s 250th League appearance for Spurs.
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1990 Steve Sedgley scores the first goal and his first as a Tottenham player.
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1996 Tottenham’s only win over Hereford United, achieved with a Teddy Sheringham hat-trick and two goals from Chris Armstrong.
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1998 Jurgen Klinsmann scores for the first time in his second spell at the club.
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2004 Michael Brown makes his debut for the club.
Helder Postiga scores his last Spurs goal.
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2015 A shocking decision by a linesman denied Spurs a 3-1 win when a last minute break saw Jan Vertonghen in his own half when a pass was played to him, before putting the ball into an empty net from 40 yards out, with the Sunderland keeper still in the Spurs half after going up for a late corner.
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2021 Tottenham’s first Premier League win at Bramall Lane.
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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.