Spurs v Wolverhampton Wanderers notes

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28.08.1933 To mark Tottenham’s first home game back in the First Division at the start of the 1933-34 season, they hired the Band of the Grenadier Guards to play before the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers.  The band could not make it for an evening kick off and so the time was brought forward to the afternoon, meaning that the Monday fixture was won by Spurs, but in front of a much reduced crowd, as many fans were unable to attend.
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10.10.1959 Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield attended the match and waved to the crowd from the Press box.
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06.02.1982 The new West Stand at White Hart Lane is opened by Sir Stanley Rous – President of FIFA for the match against Wolves.
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15.05.2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers’ last game in their first Premier League season before being relegated.
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They are linked with both

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Darren Anderton Spurs 1992-2004; Wolves 2005-2006
Picked up by Spurs in 1992 for £1.75 million from Portsmouth after their thrilling run to the FA Cup semi-final the season before.  Although possessing a slight build, he was a tricky wide man who struck up a great partnership with Teddy Sheringham and won a League Cup winners medal with the club in 1999 and a runners-up medal in the same competition in 2002.  Despite his unfair nickname of “Sicknote”, he played 358 times for Spurs scoring 48 goals until he left in 2004 when he departed for Birmingham City.  Spent only one season with the Blues before moving across the Midlands to play for Wolves in the 2005-2006 season, where he scored twice in 26 matches before leaving in 2006 to finish his career with AFC Bournemouth.
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Sebastian Bassong Spurs 2009-2012; Wolves 2012
Came to Tottenham from Newcastle in 2009 as a strong central defender and scored on his debut v Liverpool, becoming a regular although disrupted by injury and helped Tottenham qualify for the Champions league for the first time.  Went on loan to Wolves on 31st January 2012 for the remainder of the season in which time he made nine appearances.  Having made 71 appearances for Spurs with three goals scored, he left in the summer of 2-12 for Norwich City.
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David Black Wolves 1893-1896; Spurs 1897-1898
A Scottish international who played on the left wing, Grimsby Town was where David Black made his first foray into senior football, moving on to Middlesbrough in 1891.  After two years Wolves signed him and having scored 15 times in 74 matches, including a goal in the 1896 FA Cup Final, Burnley moved in for him, but he only made 12 appearances scoring five goals.  Tottenham was his next stop, signed in May 1897 and the speedy winger did well, scoring eight goals from his wide positions in the 20 matches he played for Spurs.  However, he left for Woolwich Arsenal in 1898, then left them two years later for Clyde without an appearance to his name.
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Sammy Brooks Wolves 1909-1922; Spurs 1922-1924
Having played for local sides in the Wolverhampton area, it was perhaps obvious that Sammy Brooks would join Wanderers and in 1909 he signed for them, having to wait until 1911 for his debut.  Becoming a regular, he scored freely and was key to Wolves reaching the 1921 FA Cup Final, where they lost 0-1 to Tottenham.  With Wolves struggling the following season, Brooks left to sign for Tottenham in 1922 after scoring 50 times in 224 games.  His time at Spurs was a disappointment and after recording one goal in 10 matches he left for Southend United in January 1924 after a spell with Kidderminster Harriers, while still registered with Tottenham.
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Nathan Byrne Spurs 2008-2013; Wolves 2015-2016
Was a youngster at Tottenham from 2008 and spent spells away on loan without breaking into the first team before he signed for Swindon Town in 2013.  Made a reputation as a flying full-back  and was a regular in his two years at the County Ground.  Joined Wolves on 1st September 2015 and made 24 appearances scoring two goals although a change of manager saw him fall out of favour, so he left for Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2016.
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Jamie Clapham Spurs 1994-1998; Wolves 2006-2008
Spurs youngster, who progressed to the first team from the youth set-up, but played only once for the senior side, spending spells on loan, but left to join Ipswich Town in 1998, moving to Birmingham in 2003 after making 252 appearances.  Played nearly 100 times at St. Andrews before moving on in 2006 to Wolves.  Put up for transfer after his first season, he went out on loan to Leeds in 2007 and was then released to leave Molineux in January 2008 to join Leicester.  Started coaching in 2012 and gained a good reputation as a respected first team coach.
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Harry Crump Wolves 1894-1895; Spurs 1895-1898 & 1899-1900
A tough left-half, Harry Crump began his professional career with Wolves after playing for a number of local junior Midlands clubs.  He only played once for them before dropping into non-league, from where he was picked up by Tottenham in 1896, for whom he scored twice in 30 matches in his two-year stay.  Left for Luton Town for one season and then returned to Spurs in 1899, but made only three more appearance before he left for Thames Ironworks and then Doncaster Rovers the following year.
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Matt Doherty Wolves 2010-2020 & 2023- ; Spurs 2020-2023
Signed by Wolverhampton from Irish club Bohemians in 2010, he was loaned out a couple of times before establishing himself as an attacking full-back.  Made 302 appearances netting 28 goals, before Tottenham came in with an offer of £13.4 million that sealed his move to North London in 2020.  Had to battle with Serge Aurier for the right-back slot and never really got a run of games (71 matches and three goals), so he looked likely to leave, but it was a shock when his contract was cancelled in January 2023, allowing him to join Atletico Madrid for free.  Only stayed in Spain until the end of that season before he re-joined Wolves on 20th July 2023 as a free agent.
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Harry Hargreaves Wolves 1921-1922; Spurs 1923-1926
Starting his playing days with Wolves, Harry Hargreaves in 18 months from November 1921 he scored only eight goals in 55 games.  The inside forward joined Pontypridd, where he found his shooting boots and came to Tottenham’s attention with 49 goals up to the point they signed him in January 1924.  Scored seven goals in 34 matches where he was a back-up for other forwards and was often played at centre-forward, a position he was unused to.  He left to join Burnley in March 1926.
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Steffen Iversen Spurs 1992-2003; Wolves 2003-2004
Norwegian striker who failed to realise his full potential at White Hart Lane and moved to Wolves to try and recapture his goal-scoring ability.
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Robbie Keane Wolves 1996-1999 ; Spurs 2002-2008 & 2009-2011
Prolific striker who was sold by Wolves after a mercurial start to his career and signed by Spurs via Coventry, Inter Milan and Leeds, having two spells with the club forging a solid bond with the fans thanks to his goals and extravagant goal celebrations.
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Mark Kendall Spurs 1975-1981; Wolves 1986-1990
Goalkeeper who failed to convince at Spurs, but was made a cult hero by fans at Wolves in their lower league days, winning two promotions with the club and winning the Football League Trophy.  His 28 clean sheets in the Fourth Division season of 1987-1988 was a club record.  Died young after working as a Police Officer in Newport, South Wales.
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Colin Lee Spurs 1977-1980;  Wolves manager 1983-1986
Brought to Spurs to score goals, getting four on his debut, but when the goals dried up (even though he scored 21 in 71 games) and he doubled as a defender, he left after a few years to play in West London.  Took on the manager’s job at Watford, then ended up at Molineux as the Wolves manager.  Took the club to a promotion play-off semi-final and the last four of the FA Cup, but the next two seasons saw the club miss out on the play-offs and he was sacked, somewhat harshly when top players were sold without adequate replacements.
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Tommy Lunn Wolves 1904-1909; Spurs 1909-1913
Started his league career at Wolves in 1904, spending five years making 129 appearances before Tottenham came in for him.  Coming to N17 in 1910, he played 91 games in three years as the Tottenham number one until he obtained a licence to run a pub and was suspended for breach of contract.  Played out his career at Stockport County.
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Harry Marshall Wolves 1927-1930; Spurs 1931-1932
Harry Marshall played for Wolves from 1927 until 1930, playing 52 games and scoring 13 goals.  Moved on to play for Port Vale, before joining Tottenham in 1932, but only appeared once and left the same year for Kidderminster Harriers.
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Bobby Mimms Spurs 1988-1990; Wolves 2001-2008
Keeper Bobby Mimms was signed from Everton in 1988, where he had been Neville Southall’s deputy.  Being Ray Clemence’s successor, there was a lot of pressure on him and some notable mistakes failed to convince the management and he moved on to Blackburn Rovers in 1990.  Spent seven years as a goalkeeping coach at Wolves.
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Allan Nielsen Spurs 1996-1932; Wolves 2000
Danish international midfielder Nielsen signed for Spurs from Brondby following Euro 1996 for a fee of £1.65 million.  Dynamic performances saw him be instrumental in winning the 1999 League Cup, scoring the goal in the last minute of the final.  Made over 100 appearances for Tottenham, but had a loan spell at Molineux in 2000 when he scored two goals in seven matches.  Left Spurs later that year to play for Watford, then returned to Denmark in 2004.
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Jamie O’Hara Spurs 2003-2011; Wolves 2010-2014
Came to Tottenham in 2003 as an Academy player and worked his way up to make 56 appearances scoring seven times, while also going out on loan a number of times, including to Wanderers in 2010-2011.  He played 14 times, scoring three times and that move became permanent in the summer of 2011 spending three seasons, making 43 appearances and scoring twice.  Left in 2014 to go to Blackpool, then onto Fulham and Gillingham. 
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Dean Richards Wolves 1995-1999; Spurs 2001-2005
Big central defender, bought by Wolves from Bradford City and then joined SCBC on a free transfer before joining his former manager Glenn Hoddle to bolster the Tottenham defence for a then club record fee of £8.1 million.  The fee was also the highest paid for a player who had not gained international caps.  Had to retire with a serious health condition in 2005 and died far too young in February 2011.
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Vinny Samways Spurs 1984-1994; Wolves 1995-1996
Spurs midfielder, who came through the youth system to reach the first team and won an FA Cup winners medal in 1991.  Moved on to Everton in 1994, spending short spells on loan at both Birmingham City and Wolves in 1995-1996 before he moved to Spain, becoming a cult hero with the teams he played for.
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Steve Sedgley Spurs 1989-1994; Wolves 1997-2000
A midfielder or defender who Spurs bought from Coventry City in 1989 having initially failed to pick him up during a trial as a teenager.  Determined tackler and prankster, Sedgley left for Ipswich Town before ending his career with 100+ appearances in the Old Gold until he called time on his playing days.
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Andy Sinton Spurs 1996-1999; Wolves 1999-2002
Bought by Gerry Francis for £1.6 million, he played for Spurs during 1996-1999, making 99 appearances and then moved to Wolves where he stayed until August 2002, playing 71 times.
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Gordon Smith Spurs 1978-1982; Wolves 1982-1984
Scottish defender signed by Spurs from Aston Villa in 1978 to add experience on the club’s return to the top flight.  Made only 45 appearances as he suffered injury and loss of form, so Gordon moved to Wolves , where he played a similar number of games in his two year stay ay Molineux.  Headed off to the US, before returning for a short spell at Barnet.
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Hans Segers Wolves 1996-1998; Spurs 1998-2001
Dutch goalkeeper who made his name with Wimbledon, Hans Segers played from 1988 to 1996 playing 317 times, with the end coming for him when he and Bruce Grobbelaar were prosecuted for match fixing, but was found not guilty, although they were found guilty of betting irregularities by the FA.  Summer 1996 saw him move to Wolves but he didn’t play, so signed for Woking in 1997, although he returned to Molineux to make 13 appearances.  He made a surprise move to White Hart Lane in 1998, but appeared only twice between the sticks before he retired in summer 2001.  Hans was brought back to Spurs by Martin Jol, who installed him as goalkeeping coach until 26th October 2007 when Jol was sacked.
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Cyril Spiers Spurs 1927-1932; Wolves 1933-1939
Cyril Spiers played 169 times between the sticks for Spurs, but he missed all of the 1932-1933 season with injury before leaving the club.  Signed on for Wolves, but only appeared a handful of times, before becoming a player-coach and then the Wolves Assistant manager. Left in 1939 to take over as manager of Cardiff City.
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Paul Stewart Spurs 1988-1992; Wolves 1994
Strongly built forward, who Tottenham turned into an effective midfielder on signing him from Manchester City.  Scored Tottenham’s equaliser in the 1991 FA Cup Final and was sold to Liverpool, where he struggled with off-field issues.  Sent on loan to Wolves in 1994, he played a few games scoring a couple of goals before returning to Anfield.
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Erik Thorstvedt
Spurs 1988-1996; Wolves
Popular keeper at Spurs (nicknamed “Erik The Viking”), whose athleticism and bravery won over the crowd, having a good record at the club and winning a FA Cup winners medal in 1991 and went to Wolves for a short time at the tail end of his career before retiring because of a back injury.
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Debuts against Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Bob Hewitson 01.09.1908
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Douglas McFarlane 01.09.1908
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Bobby Steel 01.09.1908
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Joe Brough 28.12.1908
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Jimmy Seed 05.04.1920
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Joe Scott 08.09.1928
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Davie Colquhoun 29.08.1931
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George Greenfield 29.08.1931
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Keith Weller 27.03.1965
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Ralph Coates 14.08.1971
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Mark Yeates 15.05.2004
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Last game for the club – against Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Arthur Crompton 19.10.1929
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Bert Hodgkinson 02.01.1932
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Les Medley 25.04.1953
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Arthur Willis 24.04.1954
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Dave Mackay 11.05.1968
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Alan Mullery 17.05.1972
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Barry Daines 30.04.1981
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Darren Caskey 27.01.1996
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Gus Poyet 15.05.2004
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Christian Ziege 15.05.2004
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First goal for the club – against Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Frank Hartley 08.09.1928
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Joe Scott 08.09.1928
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Dick Rowley 22.02.1930
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Neil Johnson 25.01.1969
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Roger Morgan 22.02.1969
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Willie Young 01.11.1975
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Clive Wilson 27.01.1996
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Stephane Dalmat 06.12.2003
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Brennan Johnson 11.11.2023
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Last goal for the club – against Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Randolph Galloway 08.09.1928
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Les Allen 27.03.1965
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Alan Mullery 17.05.1972
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Gerry Armstrong 23.04.1980
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Milestones

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23.04.1980 Kenny Hibbitt scores his 100th goal for Wolves.
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15.05.2004 Denis Irwin makes his 902nd career appearance, his 400th appearance in English top flight football and his last of his career.
Mark Kennedy  makes his 300th club career appearance.
Anthony Gardner makes his 100th career League start.
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27.12.2020 Harry Winks played the 100th Premier League game of his Spurs career.
Conor Coady made his 250th Wolves appearance and the 350th appearance of his career.
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16.05.2021 Theo Corbeanu makes his debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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22.09.2021 Yerson Mosquera makes his debut for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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20.08.2022 Harry Kane’s goal was his 185th in the Premier League taking him to third in the all-time scorer’s list.
It was also his 250th goal of his career.
The goal made him the highest goal-scorer for a single club in Premier League history.
The goal was Tottenham’s 1000th home goal in the Premier League.
Brazilian goal-scoring legend Ronaldo was at the stadium watching this match as a guest of Nike.
Wolves fielded eight Portuguese players – the most from one foreign country in Premier League history.
Matheus Nunes made his Wolves debut.
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17.02.2024 Tottenham’s goal was their 200th scored against Wolverhampton Wanderers in competitive matches..
The attendance of 61,532 was the biggest for a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers held at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. 
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Transfers from Tottenham to Wolves

Name Date Fee
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Cyril SPIERS May 1933 Free
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Gordon SMITH August 1982 Free
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Andy SINTON July 1999 Free
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Jamie O’HARA 30 January 2011-22 May 2011 Loan
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Jamie O’HARA 21 June 2011 £3,500,000
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Steffen IVERSEN August 2003 Free
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Transfers from Wolves to Tottenham

Name Date Fee
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Tommy LUNN April 1910
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Sammy BROOKS July 1922
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Hans SEGERS July 1998 Free
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Matt DOHERTY 30 August 2020 £13,400,000
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