Spurs v Manchester United Notes
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| 11.09.1909 | Tottenham’s first home match in the First Division. It was marked by the opening of the Old West Stand. |
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| 22.09.1951 | Crowd of 70,882 is the largest for a league game at White Hart Lane. |
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| 24.11.1956 | While Danny Blanchflower lined up at White Hart Lane for Spurs, his brother Jackie was a centre half for Manchester United. |
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| 09.09.2006 | Crowd of 75,453 at Old Trafford is a new Premier League record crowd. |
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| 31.01.2018 | Crowd of 81,978 at Wembley is a new Premier League record crowd. |
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They are linked to both
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| Dimitar Berbatov | After two seasons at Spurs after signing for £10.9 million, the Bulgarian striker left on the last day of the summer transfer window in 2008 for a fee of £30.4 million. |
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| William Berry | Only made 17 Southern League appearances for Spurs between 1904-1906, but affectionately became known as “Burglar” Bill Berry amongst the fans. Joined Man U and scored once in 14 league games for them before leaving in 1908. |
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| Alan Brazil | Signed by Spurs for £450,000 from Ipswich Town in March 1983, Brazil failed to show the ability he had with the Suffolk side. He stayed for a year and left for Man U in June 1984 for a fee of £750,000. |
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| Jimmy Brown | – |
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| Michael Carrick | Signed from West Ham in August 2004 for £3 million, Carrick played 75 games for Spurs (64 in the Premiership) and scored twice before joining Manchester United in July 2006 for £18.6 million. |
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| Fraizer Campbell | Signed for Spurs on a season long loan on 01.09.2008 as part of the Berbatov deal to give Tottenham cover in attack. |
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| Garth Crooks | – |
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| Archie Cubberley | Played in Tottenham’s first league, Amateur Cup and FA Cup games in his time at the club. Served between 1892 and 1895 before his time at the club was curtailed by a serious knee injury on Christmas Day 1894. Went on to play two games for United in the 1915-16 season. |
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| Harry Ernetz | – |
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| Zeki Fryers | – |
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| Terry Gibson | – |
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| Tommy Gipps | – |
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| John Hall | – |
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| Chris McGrath | – |
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| James McNaught | – |
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| Fred Milnes | – |
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| Sergio Reguilon | Attacking Spanish full back who came to Tottenham in 2021 from Real Madrid, but fell out of favour under Antonio Conte and Ange Postecoglou, leading to him joining Atletico Madrid, making 12 appearances between 30th August 2022 until the end of the season and then to Manchester United on loan from 1st September 2023 until 2nd January 2024, after playing 12 times. |
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| Teddy Sheringham | – |
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| George Travers | Scored four goals in 21 league matches for United before signing up for the Army in 1911. Played for Spurs as a guest player during the First World War, scoring twice in his games before returning to his full-time career elsewhere after the resumption of the league programme. |
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| Roy White | – |
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Debuts for the club against Manchester United
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| Jimmy Cantrell | 19.10.1912 |
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| Jimmy Banks | 07.02.1914 |
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| Sid Helliwell | 24.09.1927 |
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| Jimmy Brain | 12.09.1931 |
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| David Levene | 10.09.1932 |
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| Colin Lyman | 09.10.1937 |
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| George Hutchinson | 26.09.1953 |
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| Alan Woods | 08.09.1954 |
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| Ernie Walley | 31.08.1955 |
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| Ken Barton | 16.01.1961 |
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| Alan Mullery | 21.03.1964 |
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| Mike Dillon | 28.10.1972 |
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| Chris Hughton | 29.08.1979 |
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| Bobby Mimms | 23.02.1988 |
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| Paul Stewart | 01.10.1988 |
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| Scott Houghton | 28.09.1991 |
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| Neale Fenn | 05.01.1997 |
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| Ramon Vega | 12.01.1997 |
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| David Ginola | 10.08.1997 |
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| Les Ferdinand | 10.08.1997 |
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| Stephen Clemence | 10.08.1997 |
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| Nicola Berti | 10.01.1998 |
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| Gary Doherty | 06.05.2000 |
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| Dean Richards | 29.09.2000 |
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| Lee Barnard | 17.04.2006 |
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| Hossam Ghaly | 09.09.2006 |
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| Pascal Chimbonda | 09.09.2006 |
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| Gareth Bale | 26.08.2007 |
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| Alan Hutton | 02.02.2008 |
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| Nico Kranjcar | 12.09.2009 |
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| Toby Alderweireld | 08.08.2015 |
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| Dele Alli | 08.08.2015 |
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| Manor Solomon | 19.08.2023 |
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| Timo Werner | 14.01.2024 |
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| Radu Dragusin | 14.01.2024 |
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Last game for the club – against Manchester United
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| Doug MacFarlane | 22.01.1910 |
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| Frank Bentley | 09.04.1912 |
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| Jimmy Archibald | 08.10.1921 |
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| Willie Sage | 17.10.1921 |
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| Bill Hinton | 27.02.1926 |
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| John Blair | 24.09.1927 |
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| Danny Blanchflower | 09.11.1963 |
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| Cliff Jones | 09.10.1968 |
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| Ian Smith | 06.09.1975 |
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| John Pratt | 12.04.1980 |
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| Steve Archibald | 12.05.1984 |
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| Guy Butters | 25.10.1989 |
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| Mitchell Thomas | 20.05.1991 |
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| Ilie Dumitrescu | 01.01.1996 |
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| Andy Sinton | 16.05.1999 |
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| John Piercy | 19.05.2001 |
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| Luke Young | 19.05.2001 |
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| Jermain Defoe | 27.01.2008 |
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First goal scored for the club – against Manchester United
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| Ron Henry | 06.02.1965 |
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| Dean Richards | 29.09.2001 |
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| Clint Dempsey | 29.09.2012 |
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| Pape Matar Sarr | 19.08.2023 |
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Last goal scored for the club – against Manchester United
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| Eddie Birnie | 15.03.1911 |
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| Ron Henry | 06.02.1965 |
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| Pat Jennings | 12.08.1967 |
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| Cliff Jones | 09.10.1968 |
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| Steve Archibald | 12.05.1984 |
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| Gary Lineker | 02.05.1992 |
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| Willem Korsten | 19.05.2001 |
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Milestones
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| 27.08.1955 | Tottenham’s 100th away draw in the First Division |
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| 09.09.1961 | Tottenham’s 600th league defeat |
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| 24.10.1962 | Tottenham’s sixth goal was their 2000th in Division One |
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| 09.10.1968 | Carlo Sartori makes his Manchester united debut as a substitute |
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| 10.03.1979 | Mickey Thomas scores his first goal for Manchester United. |
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| 13.04.1970 | Tottenham gained their 100th point in Division One. |
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| 15.03.1995 | Gary Mabbutt plays the 700th game of his career. |
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| 29.09.1996 | Colin Calderwood makes the 600th appearance of his career. |
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| 06.05.2000 | Darren Anderton makes the 200th appearance of his Spurs career. |
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| 21.12.2003 |
Kasey Keller makes his 400th appearance for an English club side. Anthony Gardner makes his 50th League appearances for Tottenham. Mauricio Taricco makes his 300th start for English clubs. If he plays, leading scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy makes the 250th League appearance of his career. |
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| 20.03.2004 |
Gary Doherty makes his 50th start for Spurs. Anthony Gardner makes his 100th career League appearance. Mauricio Taricco makes his 150th Tottenham appearance. Christian Ziege makes his 50th appearance for Spurs. |
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| 25.09.2004 |
Goalkeeper Paul Robinson makes his 100th career League start. Rio Ferdinand makes his 50th Premiership appearance for Manchester United. Manchester United’s Alan Smith makes his 200th club career start. Sir Alex Ferguson’s 700th League match in charge of Manchester United. |
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| 04.01.2005 |
Rio Ferdinand makes his 250th career League start. |
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| 22.10.2005 | Manchester United’s goal was their 999th in the Premier League and was the 700th conceded by Spurs in the Premier League. |
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| 17.04.2006 | Manchester United secured their 1,500th win in the top division. |
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| 09.09.2006 | Jermain Defoe needs two more goals to total 100 club career goals with West Ham, Bournemouth and Tottenham and needs a hat trick to reach 50 in the English top division. |
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| 26.08.2007 |
Edwin van der Sar will be making his 200th career Premier League start (Fulham and Manchester United). Jermain Defoe makes his 150th appearance in a Tottenham shirt. Tom Huddlestone makes his 150th club career appearance (Derby, Spurs and Wolves). |
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| 02.02.2008 |
Ronaldo makes his 150th career Premier League appearance. |
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| 13.12.2008 |
The point from the game saw United secure their 600th away Premier League point in total Carlos Tevez makes his 100th appearance in English football for West Ham United and Manchester United. |
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| 24.04.2010 | Eidur Gudjohnsen makes his 250th English league appearance. |
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| 25.04.2009 |
Darren Bent scored his 50th career Premier League goal (Ipswich, Charlton and Tottenham). |
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| 24.04.2010 | Eidur Gudjohnsen makes his 250th English league appearance. |
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| 30.10.2010 |
Jermaine Jenas makes his 250th Premier League career appearance. Nemanja Vidic’s goal was the 1,000th at Old Trafford in the Premier League. |
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| 16.01.2011 | Ryan Giggs plays his 600th League match. |
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| 04.03.2012 |
Alex Ferguson manages Manchester United for the 986th time and passes Sir Matt Busby’s record at the club. United’s first goal was their 100th League goal in matches at White Hart Lane. |
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| 29.09.2012 | Tottenham record their first Premier League win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. |
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| 01.12.2013 |
Michael Dawson plays his 300th career league match. David De Gea plays his 100th Manchester United match. |
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| 08.08.2015 | Matteo Darmian, Sergio Romero, Memphis Depay, Morgan Schneiderlin and Bastian Schwiensteiger make their Manchester United debuts. |
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| 14.05.2017 | This match was the last ever at White Hart Lane – Tottenham’s home ground since 1899. |
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| 28.10.2017 | Manchester United score their 50th Premier League goal against Spurs at Old Trafford. |
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| 31.01.2018 | Christian Eriksen scores his 50th goal for Spurs. |
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| 30.10.2021 | Edinson Cavani’s goal (the second in the 3-0 win) was the 300th competitive goal and the 100th Premier League goal scored by Manchester United against Spurs. |
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| 19.08.2023 | Biggest attendance at a Spurs v Manchester United match at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. |
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| 14.01.2024 | Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin made their Spurs debuts. Spurs scored in in their 16th consecutive away games. Spurs scored in their 33rd consecutive Premier League match setting new club record beating the previous best for scoring in consecutive league matches set in 1949. Pedro Porro’s assist for Richarlison’s goal was his seventh of the season – the most recorded by a Spurs defender in a season in the Premier League. This was the 100th time Spurs had played away to Manchester United. Tottenham’s first goal was their 100th in away matches against Manchester United. Tottenham’s second goal was their 250th in all competitive matches against Manchester United. |
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Transfers from Tottenham to Manchester United
| Name | Date | Fee |
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| Sergio REGUILON | 1 September 2023 – 2nd January 2024 | Loan |
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| Dimitar BERBATOV | 1 September 2008 | £30,400,000 |
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| Michael CARRICK | 1 August 2006 | £16,500,000 |
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| Teddy SHERINGHAM | June 1997 | £3,500,000 |
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| Alan BRAZIL | June 1984 | £750,000 |
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| Chris McGRATH | October 1976 | £35,000 |
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| William BERRY | November 1906 | |
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| Fred MILNES | March 1906 | |
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Transfers from Manchester United to Tottenham Hotspur
| Name | Date | Fee |
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| Fraizer CAMPBELL | 1 September 2008 | Loan |
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| Teddy SHERINGHAM | July 2001 | Free |
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| Jack HALL | June 1936 | |
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| Jimmy McNAUGHT | May 1898 | |
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| Harry ERENTZ | May 1898 | |
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