History of Tottenham Football Club

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Description
Tottenham Hotspur, is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey (N17).


At a Glance  |  Early History  |  Overview  |  Historical Runthrough  |  Ramos Era  |  Events in Brief  |  Club Achievements  |   [+]Add
 

At a Glance
Name: Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Nick names: Spurs, Lilywhites
League: Premier League
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Founded: 1882
Chairman: Daniel Levy
Manager: Harry Redknapp


 

Early History
The first few years were real trying days for the team. In 1887, Hotspurs had their first official match with the Royal team (now Arsenal). The Royal team had won the match by 2-1. The Spurs had a very interesting and challenging year in 1898. The same year, the club got transformed into a Private Limited Company. In the year 1899, they moved to their location from Tottenham Marshes to White Hart Lane. The Stadium had a capacity of 35,000 and was often called the “Gilpin Park”, but over the years it started getting popularity as the White Hart Lane.

Tottenham got an inclusion in the Second Division of the Football League during the 1908-09 seasons. The teams overall record between 1910-1911 was below average and by the end of the 1914-15 season, the club was at the bottom of the league.  In 1919, football was resumed after the end of the First World War and the First Division was expanded from 20 to 22 teams.  In 1919-20, Tottenham became the Division Two Champions and on April 23, 1921, they won their second FA Cup Final by 1-0 against Wolves at Stamford Bridge.


 

Overview
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, an English professional football club playing in the English Premier League was founded in 1882. The club which is frequently known as Spurs plays at White Hart Lane.

When the club was formed in 1882, it was initially named Hotspur FC after the then Duke of Northumberland, called Harry Hotspur. By the year 1884, the club was renamed and thus it got its new name Tottenham Hotspur Football and Athletic Club. After 2 years of practice the club’s team finally played their first match in opposition to St. Albans in the London Association Cup, and marked a memorable 5-2 victory.


 

Historical Runthrough
In 1936, Nicholson had joined Tottenham Hotspur as a trialist and after being appointed manager in 1958, he guided the team to win major trophies like the FA Cup, European Cup Semi-final (1962) and the European Cup Winners' Cup (1963). Before his resignation, Nicholson helped the team to win the League Cup and the UEFA Cup in 1971 and 1973 respectively. Terry Venables, a former Spurs player guided the club to a semi final in 1989-90 and the win in 1991. During the 1994 season, Tottenham was blamed for making unauthorized payments to players and was given a 12 points deduction, a £600,000 fine and a one year FA Cup ban.

However under the leadership of Gerry Francis, the team bounced back and climbed to seventh position in the league. They also successively reached the FA Cup semi-finals. The season 2001-02 saw them reach the ninth position and took them to the League Cup finals. The year from 2002-03 began well with Tottenham appearing in the top six, but as they could make only seven points in the final 10 games, they finished in the tenth position.


 

Ramos Era
Following a poor start to the 2007-08 season, Tottenham replaced manager Martin Jol with Juande Ramos. The Spaniard, who had enjoyed huge success with Sevilla. Ramos steadied the Tottenham squad which was suffering a seeming lack of confidence and led the club to domestic success by beating Chelsea 2-1 in the League Cup Final.

 
 
Ramos Leads Tottenham to Cup Glory
 
Created on: 5/20/2008
 
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Events in Brief
1993-94 – Ossie Ardiles becomes manager
1994-95 – Ardiles sacked in September. Replaced by Gerry Francis.
1997-98 – Francis replaced by Christian Gross, who re-signs Jurgen Klinsmann
1998-99 – Gross replaced by George Graham. Ein the League Cup.
2000-01 – Glenn Hoddle replaces Graham in April. ENIC complete takeover with Daniel Levy becoming chairman.
2003-04 –