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

1885 St. Albans H London Association Cup R1 5 – 2
1896
Gravesend
H
Southern League
4 – 0
1898 New Brompton H Thames and Medway League 2 – 1
1903 Bristol Rovers A Southern League 0 – 1
1908
Chesterfield
H
Second Division
4 – 0
1914 Sheffield United A First Division 1 – 1
1921
London Caledonians
H
London FA Charity Cup R1
5 – 0
1925
Manchester United
A
First Division
0 – 0
1927
Fulham
A
London FA Charity Cup R1
2 – 6
1931
Notts. County
A
Second Division
1 – 3
1936
Southampton
H
Second Division
4 – 0
1942
Reading
A
Football League South
6 – 2
1953 Cardiff City A First Division 0 – 1
1959
Sheffield Wednesday
A
First Division
1 – 2
1964
Leeds United
A
First Division
1 – 3
1970
West Ham United
A
First Division
2 – 2
1972
Feyenoord (Holland)
H
Jimmy Greaves Testimonial
2 – 1
1981 Sunderland A First Division 2 – 0
1992 Middlesbrough H Premier League 2 – 2
2002 DC United (USA) H Tottenham Tribute Match 0 – 1
2009 Portsmouth A Premier League 2 – 1
2017 Real Madrid (Spain) A Champions League Group H 1 – 1
2021 Newcastle United A Premier League 3 – 2

 

Games on this day in Tottenham Hotspur’s history

TOTAL Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
23 11 5 7 50 32
Home  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
9 7 1 1 28 7
Away  Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
14 4 4 6 22 25
Neutral Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
0 0 0 0 0 0
Biggest win on this day
5-0   London Caledonians  (London FA Charity Cup) (Home)  1921
Biggest defeat on this day
2-6  Fulham  (London FA Charity Cup) (Away)  1927
Biggest score-line on this day
2-6  Fulham  (London FA Charity Cup) (Away)  1927
6-2  Reading  (Football League South) (Away)  1942
Last win on this day
2021  3-2  Portsmouth  (Premier League) (Away)
Last draw on this day
2017  1-1  Real Madrid  (Champions League) (Away)
Last defeat on this day
2002  0-1  DC United (USA)  (Tottenham Tribute match) (Home)

Teams we have played on this day

Bristol Rovers 1
Cardiff City 1
Chesterfield 1
DC United (USA) 1
Feyenoord (Holland) 1
Fulham 1
Gillingham/New Brompton 1
Gravesend 1
Leeds United 1
London Caledonians 1
Manchester United 1
Middlesbrough 1
Newcastle United 1
Notts County 1
Portsmouth 1
Reading 1
Real Madrid (Spain) 1
St. Albans 1
Sheffield United 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1
Southampton 1
Sunderland 1
West Ham United 1

Notable Dates

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1896 Richard McElhaney scores for Tottenham for the first time.
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1908 Biggest home win against Chesterfield and the smallest home crowd = 14,000
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1921 Charlie Handley scores his first goal for Spurs.
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1925 Willie Sage makes his last Tottenham appearance.
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1927 Biggest away defeat by Fulham.
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1931 Dick Rowley scores the final goal of his Tottenham career in his last match for the club.
Ted Harper’s last appearance for Spurs.
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1942 Biggest away win at Reading.
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1947 Tom Fitchie, inside forward 1901-1902, died.
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1953 Equal biggest margin of defeat to Cardiff City in an away game.
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1959 John White makes a scoring Tottenham debut.
Len Worley plays his only match in a Spurs shirt.
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1970 Biggest away crowd against West Ham United and their club record attendance = 42,322
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1972 Tottenham awarded Jimmy Greaves a testimonial match, the first granted to a Spurs player, two years after the legendary striker had left the club, played in front of a crowd of 45,799.
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1973 Martin Peters captains the England side against Poland at Wembley.
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1977 Rory Allen, forward 1996-1999, born.
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1978 Lars Hirschfeld, goalkeeper 2002-2004, born.
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1992 Nick Barmby scores his first goal for Tottenham.
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2002 A host of old favourites turn out in Spurs shirts again in a benefit for the Tottenham players of old who had hit hard times.  Jurgen Klinsmann, Chris Waddle, Paul and Clive Allen, Paul Gascoigne, Colin Calderwood and David Ginola all played for Tottenham.
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2012 Milija Aleksic, goalkeeper 1978-1982, died.
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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.