| 1882 Hotspur F.C
was formed by boys from a local cricket club who attended
the local grammar school! The
name Hotspur comes from the great Sir Henry (Hotspur) Percy! |
| 1883 Club
Re-organized by Mr.
John Ripsher. Club colors turned to navy blue and white after Preston!
Hotspur F.C played home matches at the Tottenham Marshes! |
| 1884 Club
renamed to Tottenham Hotspur Athletic Club! |
| 1885 First
competitive match played Vs St Albans in the London Association Cup! Spurs won 5-2! Club
colors changed to light blue and white! |
| 1887 First clash
with the Arsenal. They were then known as The Royal Arsenal. Match in famously
abandoned due to Arsenal complaining of poor lighting. Strangely, Tottenham were leading at the time
2-1 with 15 minutes to go and ever since, Tottenham have been fierce
rivals with Arsenal.
spurs also appeared in their first Cup Final losing 1-0 to Caledonians in the East Cup! |
| 1888 Spurs move
to Northumberland park! |
| 1890
Colors changed to Red shirts and navy blue shorts! |
| 1895 Spurs turn
professional |
| 1896 Spurs
elected to the Southern league, Division one! Club colors
changed to chocolate and gold. |
| 1898 The club
becomes a limited company. |
| 1899 Club
colors change to white shirts and blue shorts. Tottenham move to White hart Lane where
they stay for further 100 years and on! First match staged Vs Notts County! |
| 1900 Spurs
become champions of the Southern League |
| 1901 Spurs make
history and become the
only ever and still are the only ever non-league club to have won
the FA Cup beating Sheffield United 3-1 in a replay! |
| 1907 Fred
Kirkham appointed! |
| 1908 Fred
Kirkham sacked! |
| 1908 Entry
secured to the Second division! |
| 1909 Promoted to
the First Division! |
| 1912 Peter
McWilliam appointed! |
| 1915 Relegated
to the Second Division! |
| 1920 Promoted
again but this time, Spurs set a record of 70 points under the old system of two
points for a win. |
| 1921 Spurs beat
Wolves 1-0 at Stamford bridge to achieve their second FA Cup success! |
| 1927 Peter
McWilliam sacked |
| 1927 Billy
Minter Appointed! |
| 1928 Relegated
to the second division with 38 points! |
| 1930 Billy
Minter sacked! |
| 1930 Percy
Smith Appointed. |
| 1933 Promoted
again this time as Division 2 runners up! |
| 1935 Relegated
to the second Division! |
| 1935 Percy
Smith sacked! |
| 1935 Jack
Treasdern Appointed! |
| 1938 Jack
Treasdern Sacked |
| 1938 A record
crowd of 75,038 turned up to see Spurs beat Sunderland in the 6th round of the FA Cup! A
record which still exists to this day! |
| 1938 Peter
McWilliam re-appointed |
| Between 1942
& 1949 Peter McWilliam was sacked, Arhtur Turner and
Joe Hulme were both appointed and both sacked! |
| 1949 Arthur
Rowe was appointed! |
| 1950 Promoted
Again! |
| 1951 Arthur
Rowe's Spurs become champions of England for the first time! |
| 1955 Arthur
Rowe sacked! |
| 1955 Jimmy
Anderson appointed! |
| 1958 Jimmy
Andersen
sacked! |
| 1958 Bill
Nicholson
appointed! |
| 1961 The great
Bill Nicholson
leads Spurs to the famous League and FA Cup double! This is the first time
this had been achieved in Britain this centaury! |
| 1962 Spurs win
the FA Cup for a forth time! |
| 1963 Spurs
become the first ever British club to win European trophy beating Atletico
Madrid 5-1! The great Jimmy Greaves scores a record 37 league goals on one season! |
| 1967 Spurs win
the FA Cup! |
| 1971 Spurs win
the league Cup for the first time! |
| 1972 Tottenham
win the UEFA Cup! |
| 1973 Spurs win
the League Cup again and become (at the time) the first club to win the League Cup twice! |
| 1974 Spurs lose
to Feyenoord in UEFA Cup Final! |
| 1974 Bill
Nicholson
retires! |
| 1974 Terry
Niell appointed! |
| 1976 Terry
Niell sacked" |
| 1976 Keith
Burkinshaw appointed! |
| 1977 Relegated
to second division! |
| 1978 Promoted to
first division! |
| 1980 Old West
stand knocked down! |
| 1981 Spurs win
FA Cup in replay at Wembley! |
| 1982 Spurs
repeat success of last year again in a replay at Wembley in clubs centenary year! |
| 1983 Spurs
finish 4th in league thus qualified
for Europe! |
| 1984 Spurs Win
UEFA cup for 2nd time! |
| 1984 Keith
Burkinshaw retires! |
| 1984 Peter
Shreeves appointed |
| 1985 Strip
changed to white shirt, white shorts! |
| 1986 Steve
Perryman leaves after completing 665 league appearances
for Tottenham! |
| 1986 Peter
Shreeves resigns! David Pleat takes over! |
| 1987 Spurs lose
in FA Cup final and Clive Allen set new club goalscoring record of 49 goals in league and
domestic cups! |
| 1987 David
Pleat
resigns! Terry Venables
takes over! |
| 1991 Spurs win a
record 8th FA Cup! |
| 1991 Terry
Venavbles sacked! Peter
Shreeves takes over! |
| 1992 -
93 Doug Livermoore in charge! |
| 1993 -
94 Ossie Ardiles comes in! |
| 1994 Gerry
Francis takes over at Spurs! |
| 1997 Gerry
Francis sacked! Christian Gross takes charge. |
| 1998 Christian
Gross sacked! George Graham takes over! |
| 1999 Spurs win
League Cup for third time! |
| 2000 Sergei
Rebrov signs for Spurs in record club deal £11million pounds! |
