Spurs v Leicester City Notes
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| 17.09.2022 | There was a minute’s silence to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the National Anthem was played and ‘God Save The King’ was sung. Ledley King and Emile Heskey laid wreaths in commemoration in the centre circle and both teams wore black armbands. On the 70th minute, there was a minute’s applause from the crowd to mark the 70 years the Queen reigned. |
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They are linked with both
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| John Barlow | . |
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| Tom Clay | . |
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| Chris Davies | . |
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| Terry Fenwick | . |
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| Les Ferdinand |
Signed by Tottenham from Newcastle United in 1997 for £6 million, the striker had an injury blighted five and a half years at Spurs, before being released to join West Ham, from where he left for Leicester City in 2003. |
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| Steffen Freund |
Defensive midfielder, who joined Spurs from Borussia Dortmund in 1998 for £600,000. Played 118 times, before being released on a free to Kaiserslautern in 2003, but during the January transfer window, he was back in Britain with Leicester on loan and stayed until the end of the 2003-04 season having played 13 matches. |
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| Jimmy Holmes | . |
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| Percy Humphreys | . |
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| Kasey Keller | Spent three seasons at Leicester after signing for £900,000 from Millwall. Played 123 games and won the League Cup there, before going to Spain to play for Real Vallecano. Returned to England before the 2001-02 season on a free transfer with Spurs and is the established number one at the club. |
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| Paul Konchesky | A loan player at Spurs, while playing for Charlton Athletic, left back Konchesky went on to play for West Ham United, Fulham, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest on loan and then signed for Leicester City in 2011. |
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| Bill Lane | . |
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| Gary Lineker | Legendary England goal-scorer, who started in his hometown club to go on and play over 200 games and score over 100 goals before moving to Everton in 1985, then Barcelona in 1986 after scoring 40 goals for the Toffees. Won the Spanish Cup and the Cup-Winners Cup in a three year stay at the Nou Camp before Terry Venables signed him for Spurs and he continued to be a regular scorer and won his only piece of English silverware in the 1991 FA Cup. Scored 20+ goals each season for Tottenham before departing for Japan in 1992 and then retired in 1994 to follow a journalistic career on TV. |
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| James Maddison | Former Coventry City and Norwich City midfielder was signed for £20 million and spent five years with the Foxes winning the FA Cup and the Charity Shield while there. Maddison scored 55 goals in just over 203 appearances and when the club were relegated in 2023, he signed for Tottenham for around £40 million. |
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| Fred Mearns | . |
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| Jimmy Milliken | . |
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| Fred Milnes | . |
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| Paul Moran | . |
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| Eugene O’Callaghan | . |
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| Tom Roberts | Joined Leicester Fosse in 1914, but with World War I interrupting his career, he joined Preston in 1919. Played for a couple of other clubs before signing for Tottenham in 1928 for £1,000, where he played handful of league matches before returning to Preston in 1929. |
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| Buchanan Sharp | . |
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| Oliver Skipp | Midfielder who was with Tottenham from the age of five and went on to make over 100 appearances in midfield for the club and joined Leicester on 19th August 2024 for £25 million. |
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| Harry Sparrow | . |
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| Ben Thatcher | A £5 million signing from Wimbledon in 2000, full back Thatcher played 38 games before being sold on to City for a nominal fee in 2003. Played 29 league games for the Foxes and scored one goal … against Spurs … before leaving for Manchester City when Leicester were relegated. |
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| Ian Walker | One time England keeper, who came into the Spurs team as a 19 year old and played 311 games before he was transferred to Leicester in 2001 for £2.5 million. Taking over as the Foxes’ No. 1, he was played at the Midlands until 2005, winning back his place in the England squad in 2004 before being released when the Foxes could not afford to offer him a new contract after being relegated. Went to Bolton Wanderers for three years and then went into management with Bishops Stortford and then was goalkeeping coach in Chinese club football in Shanghai. |
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| Ralph Ward | . |
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| Keith Weller | . |
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| Harry Winks | Another midfielder to come through the Spurs Academy to reach the first team where he made just over 200 appearances before falling out of favour and going on loan for a season with Sampdoria. Was sold to Leicester City on 1st July 2023 for around £10 million. |
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Debuts against Leicester City
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| George Gemmell | 15.01.1914 |
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| Jimmy Smith | 31.10.1925 |
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| Ray Clarke | 21.04.1973 |
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| Martin Robinson | 28.02.1976 |
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| Mbulelo Mabizela | 19.10.2003 |
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| Filip Lesniak | 18.05.2017 |
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| Dominic Solanke | 19.08.2024 |
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| Lucas Bergvall | 19.08.2024 |
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| Archie Gray | 19.08.2024 |
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Last game for the club – played against Leicester City
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| George Gemmell | 15.01.1914 |
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| Sam Bell | 14.09.1936 |
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| Johnny Morrison | 29.12.1945 |
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| Sir Alf Ramsey | 23.04.1955 |
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| Jeff Ireland | 18.10.1958 |
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| George Robb | 18.10.1958 |
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| Tony Marchi | 25.04.1964 |
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| John White | 25.04.1964 |
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| Roy Low | 10.12.1966 |
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| Roger Hoy | 16.12.1967 |
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| Terry Venables | 29.04.1969 |
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| Ray Clarke | 21.04.1973 |
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| Phil Holder | 27.04.1974 |
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| Mike England | 22.02.1975 |
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| Martin Peters | 22.02.1975 |
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| Garth Crooks | 13.04.1985 |
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| Filip Lesniak | 18.05.2017 |
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First goal for the club – scored against Leicester City
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| Jimmy McCormick | 09.09.1933 |
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| Foster Hedley | 06.10.1934 |
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| Cliff Jones | 19.04.1958 |
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| Cyril Knowles | 25.08.1965 |
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| Joe Kinnear | 19.08.1967 |
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| Jimmy Holmes | 14.05.1977 |
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| Gary Stevens | 10.09.1983 |
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| Mark Bowen | 05.04.1985 |
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| Mbulelo Mabizela | 19.10.2003 |
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| Michael Brown | 22.02.2004 |
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| Dele Alli | 22.08.2015 |
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| Davinson Sanchez | 10.02.2019 |
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| Rodrigo Bentancur | 17.09.2022 |
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Last goal for the club – scored against Leicester City
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| John Blair | 22.09.1927 |
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| Foster Hedley | 06.10.1934 |
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| Sam Bell | 14.09.1936 |
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| Jimmy McCormick | 12.09.1945 |
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| Charlie Rundle | 27.12.1948 |
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| Danny Blanchflower | 03.11.1962 |
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| Terry Medwin | 03.11.1962 |
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| John White | 25.04.1964 |
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| Clive Wilson | 22.09.1996 |
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| Allan Nielsen | 21.03.1999 |
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Milestones
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| 27.04.1974 | Martin Chivers scores his 100th League goal for Spurs. |
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| 22.02.1975 | Mike England’s 300th League game and his last game for Tottenham Hotspur. |
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| 19.10.1998 | George Graham takes control of Tottenham for the first time as manager. |
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| 19.04.2000 | Chris Perry makes his 200th Premier League appearance of his career. |
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| 11.05.2002 | Leicester’s Matthew Piper scores his first League goal. |
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| 19.10.2003 | Ian Walker makes his 100th appearance of his Leicester City career. |
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| 26.12.2014 | Harry Kane makes his 50th appearance of his Spurs career. |
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| 24.01.2015 | Mark Schwarzer makes his Leicester City debut. |
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| 21.03.2015 | Harry Kane scores his first Premier League hat-trick. Leicester City’s Wes Morgan scores his first Premier League goal. |
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| 22.08.2015 | Gokhan Inler makes his Leicester City debut. |
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| 10.01.2016 | Harry Kane scores his 50th Spurs goal. |
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| 13.01.2016 | Mousa Dembele makes his 100th Spurs Premier League appearance. |
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| 18.05.2017 | Ben Chilwell scores his first Leicester City goal. |
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| 28.11.2017 | Hamza Choudhury makes his Leicester City debut. |
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| 08.12.2018 | Dele Alli scores his 50th Spurs goal in the same goal and in the same style as his first for the club. |
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| 10.02.2019 | Demarai Gray makes his 100th Premier League appearance for Leicester City. |
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| 21.09.2019 | Leicester City’s first goal was their 100th against Spurs in their home matches against Spurs. |
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| 19.07.2020 | This match was the 100th league meeting between the two clubs. Tottenham’s first goal was their 50th against Leicester City in the Premier League. |
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| 23.05.2021 | The second Tottenham goal was the 100th away goal scored against Leicester City in competitive matches. Jamie Vardy’s second penalty goal was the 150th goal of his career. Leicester City’s second goal was their 50th against Tottenham in the Premier League. |
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| 17.09.2022 | Heung-Min Son’s hat-trick was the club’s first scored by a substitute in the Premier League. Son became the joint eighth all-time club goal-scorer with 134, over-taking Alan Gilzean and pulling level with Len Duquemin. Son’s first goal was the 250th for Tottenham in competitive matches against Leicester City. Rodrigo Bentancur scored his first Tottenham goal. Wout Faes makes his Leicester City debut. |
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Transfers from Tottenham to Leicester City
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| Oliver SKIPP | 19th August 2024 | £25,000,000 |
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| Harry WINKS | 1st July 2023 | £10,000,000 |
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| Harry KANE | February 2013 | Loan |
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| Ben THATCHER | July 2003 | Undisclosed (£200,000 est.) |
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| Ian WALKER | July 2001 | £2,500,000 |
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| Eugene “Taffy” O’CALLAGHAN | March 1935 | |
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| Bill LANE | November 1926 | |
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| Buchanan SHARP | January 1925 | |
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| Percy HUMPHREYS | October 1911 | |
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Transfers from Leicester City to Tottenham
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| James MADDISON | 28th June 2023 | £40,000,000 |
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| Tommy CLAY | January 1914 | |
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| Harry SPARROW | January 1914 | |
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