Since Spurs have first taken part in the League Cup competition in 1966, there have been many moments to remember and many to forget.
Amongst those games, there has been a raft of stats that come with them.  Here MEHSTG looks at some of them …

 

Opponents

Spurs have faced 67 different opponents in the League Cup and here is how many times they have played them …

 
Arsenal 15
Aston Villa 5
Barnsley 3
Birmingham City 2
Blackburn Rovers 4
Blackpool 2
Bolton Wanderers 3
Bradford City 1
Brentford 7
Brighton & Hove Albion 3
Bristol City
Burnley 8
Cambridge United 1
Cardiff City 1
Carlisle United 3
Chelsea 13
Chester City 2
Colchester United 1
Coventry City 5
Crewe Alexandra 2
Crystal Palace 2
Derby County 2
Doncaster Rovers 2
Everton 1
Exeter City 1
Fulham 3
Gillingham
 2
Grimsby Town 2
Halifax Town
 2
Hartlepool United 2
Huddersfield Town 1
Hull City 1
Leicester City 1
Leyton Orient
 5
Lincoln City 2
Liverpool 8
Luton Town 1
Manchester City 4
Manchester United 8
Middlesbrough 7
Millwall 1
MK Dons
 1
Newcastle United 4
Norwich City 3
Northampton Town 1
Notts County 3
Nottingham Forest 6
Oldham Athletic 1
Peterborough United 1
Port Vale 1
Portsmouth 3
Preston North End 5
QPR 1
Sheffield United 4
Southampton 2
Southend United 3
Stoke City 2
Sunderland 3
Swansea City 5
Torquay United 4
Tranmere Rovers 3
Watford 5
West Bromwich Albion 4
West Ham United 11
Wimbledon 4
Wolves 4
Wrexham 2
 

 

Tottenham’s full League Cup record

Played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against
Home          
92 58 (3 on pens) 13 21 (2 on pens) 242 101
           
Away          
97 55 (1 on pens)  (1 w/o)^ 17 25 (3 on pens) 186 127
           
Neutral          
8 4 0 4 *(1 on pens) 8 9
           
Total          
197 117 (4 on pens)  (1 w/o)^ 30 50 (6 on pens) 436 237

^  w/o  against Leyton Orient, who were unable to field a team as they were hit by Covid-19 – THFC awarded a 3-0 victory.

 

Clubs records in the League Cup

Record League Cup win    6-0 v Oldham Athletic (away) (22.09.2004) and Bolton Wanderers (home) (11.12.2001)

Record League Cup defeat    1-6 v Bolton Wanderers (away) (27.11.1996)

Highest number of goals in a League Cup game involving Spurs
9  –  Doncaster Rovers (home) (03.12.1975)  7-2
9  –  Watford (away) (21.09.1994)  6-3

Highest number of goals scored by a Spurs player in a League Cup game
4  –  Paul Gascoigne v Hartlepool United (home) (26.09.1990)

Scorers in the League Cup

 
Adebayor, Emmanuel 1
Allen, Clive 11
Allen, Paul 4
Allen, Rory 2
Alli, Dele 4
Anderton, Darren
 8
Archibald, Steve 7
Ardiles, Ossie 3
Armstrong, Chris 9
Armstrong, Gerry 3
Bale, Gareth 3
Barmby, Nick 2
Bent, Darren 1
Bentaleb, Nabil 1
Bentley, David 1
Berbatov, Dimitar 2
Bergwijn, Steven 1
Brooke, Garry 1
Brown, Michael 1
Bunjevcevic, Goran 2
Campbell, Fraizer
 2
Campbell, Sol
 4
Carr, Stephen 1
Caskey, Darren 1
Chadli, Nacer 2
Chimbonda, Pascal 1
Chivers, Martin 23
Claesen, Nico 3
Coates, Ralph 1
Close, Shaun 2
Collins, Peter 1
Conn, Alfie 1
Crooks, Garth 9
Crouch, Peter
 4
Davies, Ben 1
Davies, Simon 3
Dawson, Michael 1
Defoe, Jermain 14
Dominguez, Jose
 1
Dumitrescu, Ilie 1
Duncan, John
 7
Durie, Gordon
 3
Eriksen, Christian 4
Falco, Mark 3
Fenn, Neale 1
Fenwick, Terry 2
Ferdinand, Les
 5
Fox, Ruel 1
Galvin, Tony 3
Gardner, Anthony 1
Gascoigne, Paul 8
Gibson, Terry 1
Gilzean, Alan 6
Ginola, David 4
Greaves, Jimmy 5
Hazard, Micky
 5
Hoddle, Glenn 10
Howells, David 4
Huddlestone, Tom 4
Hughton, Chris 2
Iversen, Steffen 6
Janssen, Vincent 2
Jenas, Jermaine 2
Jones, Chris 1
Jones, Cliff 1
Kane, Harry 6
Kanoute, Fredi 4
Keane, Robbie 10
King, Ledley 1
Klinsmann, Jurgen 4
Lacy, John 1
Lamela, Erik 4
Lennon, Aaron 1
Leonhardsen, Oyvind 2
Leworthy, David 1
Lineker, Gary 9
Llorente, Fernando 2
Mabbutt, Gary 2
Mahorn, Paul 1
Malbranque, Steed 2
Mason, Ryan 1
McAllister, Don 1
Mido 3
Moores, Ian 2
Morgan, Roger 1
Moura, Luca 2
Naylor, Terry 1
Nayim 3
Ndombele, Tanguy
 1
Neighbour, Jimmy 1
Nielsen, Allan 3
O’Hara, Jamie 3
Onomah, Josh 1
Osgood, Keith 1
Own Goals 12
Paulinho 1
Pavlyuchenko, Roman 7
Pearce, Jimmy 7
Perryman, Steve 3
Peters, Martin 12
Postiga, Helder 1
Poyet, Gus 2
Pratt, John 7
Rebrov, Serhiy 3
Ricketts, Rohan 1
Roberts, Graham 5
Rosenthal, Ronny 1
Samways, Vinny 4
Scales, John 1
Sedgley, Steve 1
Sheringham, Teddy 13
Sherwood, Tim 2
Sigurdsson, Gylfi 2
Sissoko, Moussa 2
Soldado, Roberto 2
Son, Heung-Min
 4
Stewart, Paul 7
Thomas, Mitchell 1
Townsend, Andros 2
Turner, Andy 1
Vega, Ramon
 1
Venables, Terry 1
Vertonghen, Jan 1
Waddle, Chris 4
Walsh, Paul 2
Watson, Kevin
 1
Woodgate, Jonathan 1
Young, Willie 1
Zamora, Bobby 1
Ziege, Christian 1

 

 

Number of goals   Scorer
26
25
24
23 Chivers
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14 Defoe
13   Sheringham
12 Own goals, Peters 
11 C. Allen
10 Hoddle, Keane
9 C. Armstrong, Crooks, Lineker
8 Anderton, Gascoigne
7 Archibald, Duncan, Pavlyuchenko, Pearce, Pratt, Stewart
6 Gilzean, Iversen, Kane
5 Ferdinand, Greaves, Hazard, Roberts
4 P. Allen, Alli, S. Campbell, Crouch, Eriksen, Ginola, Howells, Huddlestone, Kanoute, Klinsmann, Lamela, Samways, Son, Waddle
3 Ardiles, G. Armstrong, Bale, Claesen, S. Davies, Durie, Falco, Galvin, Mido, Nayim, Nielsen, O’Hara, Perryman, Rebrov
2 R. Allen, Barmby, Berbatov, Bunjevcevic, F. Campbell, Chadli, Close, Fenwick, Hughton, Janssen, Jenas, Leonhardsen, Llorente, Mabbutt, Malbranque, Moores, Moura, Poyet, Sherwood, Sigurdsson, Sissoko, Soldado, Townsend, Walsh
1 Adebayor, Bent, Bentaleb, Bentley, Bergwijn, Brooke, M. Brown, Carr, Caskey, Chimbonda, Coates, Collins, Conn, B. Davies, Dawson, Dominguez, Dumitrescu, Fenn, Fox, Gardner, Gibson, Chris Jones, Cliff Jones, King, Lacy, Lennon, Leworthy, Mahorn, Mason, McAllister, Morgan, Naylor, Ndombele, Neighbour, Onomah, Osgood, Paulinho, Postiga, Ricketts, Rosenthal, Scales, Sedgley, M. Thomas, Turner, Vega, Venables, Vertonghen, Watson, Woodgate, W. Young, Zamora, Ziege