Some Tottenham Hotspur players were playing for youth clubs before or when spotted by Spurs or other clubs.
Here are the clubs at youth level we know of that they took their early steps with.
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| Darren Anderton | Bitterne Park Rangers Winsor United Totton Youth Itchen Saints |
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| Troy Archibald-Henville | Pegasus |
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| Enock Asante | Riverhawks FC |
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| Darren Bent | Godmanchester Rovers |
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| Rodrigo Bentancur | Lucerna (Uruguay) |
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| Luis Binks | Thamesview |
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| Danny Blanchflower | 19th Wolf Club XI (Belfast) Bloomfield United |
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| Ernest Bowering | Tottenham Thursday |
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| Robert Brace | Cheshunt Youth Abbey Youth |
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| Colin Brittan | Bristol North Old Boys |
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| Stephen Carr | Trinity Boys St. Kevins Stella Maris |
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| Martin Chivers | CPC Sports |
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| Jack Clarke | Heworth Under-8s |
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| Ian Crook | Great Danes |
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| Freddie Cox | St. George’s Lads Club |
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| Charlie Daniels | Ridgeway Rovers Interwood |
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| Simon Davies | Solva AFC |
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| Del Deanus | Larkspur Rovers |
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| Jermain Defoe | Senrab |
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| Jonathan Dinzeyi | Chettle Court Rangers |
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| Terry Dixon | Alexandra Palace |
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| Ricky Dobson | Interwood FC |
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| Laste Dombaxe | Broadwater Farm |
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| Coskun Ekim | Broadwater Farm |
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| TJ Eyoma | Clissold Rangers Crown & Manor |
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| Mark Falco | Fields United |
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| Les Ferdinand | Barandon Eagles Harrow Club Jaguars |
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| Fraser Forster | Stocksfield Wallsend Boys Club |
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| Paul Gascoigne | Redheugh Boys Club |
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| John Gibbons | Charlton Rovers |
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| Alan Gilzean | Coupar Angus City Boys Coupar Angus Boys Club Coupar Angus Juniors |
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| Eddie Gormley | St. Joseph’s Boys (Dublin) |
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| Steve Grenfell | Ajax (Enfield) |
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| Darren Grogan | River Mount Boys |
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| Chris Gunter | Albion Rovers (Newport, Wales) |
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| Tom Heffernan | St. Josephs Boys Club |
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| John Hendry | Hillington Youth Club |
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| David Hicks | Somerset & Ambury |
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| Glenn Hoddle | Potter Street Rangers Spinney Dynamos |
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| Bert Hodgkinson | Penistone Juniors |
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| Steve Hodge | Clifton All-Whites South Notts. |
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| Jimmy Holmes | John Bosco FC (Ireland) |
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| George Hunt | Regent Street Congregational |
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| Joe Hurn | Interwood FC |
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| Alan Hutton | Kingsmead Troon Thistle |
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| David Hutton | Gladstone |
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| Jim Iley | Pontefract Collieries |
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| Harry Kane | Ridgeway Rovers |
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| Josh Keeley | St. Kevin’s Boys (Republic of Ireland) |
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| Ledley King | Senrab |
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| Gary Lineker | Aylestone Park |
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| Alan Mannix | Stella Maris |
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| Mike McCabe | Johnville |
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| Destin Makumbu | Poplar |
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| Steed Malbranque | Oyonnax (France) |
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| Kieran McKenna | Enniskillen Town United |
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| Marcel McKie | Interwood FC |
| Luke Medley | Long Lane |
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| Paul Miller | East London Youth |
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| Bill Nicholson | Young Liberals (Scarborough) |
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| Mario Noto | Winchmore Hill |
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| Kevin O’Brien | FC Villa (Waterford) |
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| Troy Parrott | Belvedere (Dublin) |
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| Daniel Perry | Bengeo Tigers Cuffley |
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| Anthony Potts | Villa Court Rovers Villa (South London) |
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| Neil Ruddock | The Fox pub St. Thomas More |
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| Jimmy Scarth | Percy Main Amateurs |
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| Ryan Sessegnon | Wandgas |
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| Teddy Sheringham | Discus Beaumont |
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| Oliver Skipp | Bengeo Tigers |
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| Jamie Slabber | Cuffley |
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| Bert Smith | Vanbrugh Park Crawford United |
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| Maxwell Statham | Galleywood |
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| Paul Walsh | Londinium |
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| Ben Watt | Edmonton Rangers |
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| Simon Webb | Stella Maris |
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| Harvey White | Cuxton 91 (Kent) |
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| Charlie Withers | 7th Enfield Boys Brigade Tottenham Juniors |
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| Nicky Wettner | Brimsdown Rovers |
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| Alfie Whiteman | Edmonton All-Stars Norseman |
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| Mark Yeates | Cherry Orchard (Dublin) Greenhill Boys (Dublin) |
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| Willie Young | Sefton Athletic |
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