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Quick Facts: |
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Nickname:
Spurs
Founded: 1882
Clothing: Kappa
Sponsor: Thomson
Stadium: White Hart Lane (attendance:
36236) |
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Club Honors |
»League Champions: 1950-51, 1960-61
»Charity / Community Shield winners: 1921, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981,1991
»F.A. Cup winners: 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991
»League Cup winners: 1971, 1973,1999
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History |
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Tottenham, was formed in 1882 as Hotspur
Football Club, remain the only team to win the FA Cup as a
non-league club - they did so in 1901. Spurs was elected to the
Football League in 1908 and its steady rise to the higher
echelons of the game was confirmed by the Division One title
triumph of 1951. Another league title arrived a decade later to
spark a glittering phase in the club's history. Under patriarch
Bill Nicholson, Spurs added a third FA Cup in 1961 and retained
the trophy 12 months later, before winning the European Cup
Winners' Cup in 1963 - the first British team to take a
continental crown. Further European honours came with UEFA Cup
triumphs in 1972 and 1984 but League success remained elusive
and the club even sank into the Second Division in 1977 after
Nicholson's retirement. Spurs' proud FA Cup record remained
intact though and an eighth win was wrapped up in 1991 before
taking their place as founder members of the FA Premier League
in 1992. And more silverware arrived as George Graham brought
the League Cup to White Hart Lane for a third time in 1999 as
Spurs triumphed 1-0 over Leicester at Wembley. |
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