Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur was founded in 1882 and play their home games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The stadium is in North London and has a capacity of 62303. Tottenham's nickname is 'Spurs' and the team plays in white shirts, navy-blue shorts and white socks. Tottenham are sometimes called 'The Lilywhites' due to the colour of their shirts. The current manager is Nuno Espirito Santo, who is managing his second Premier club after a spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Factsheet
- Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
- Stadium Capacity: 62,850
- Location: North London
- Founded: 1882
- Nickname: Spurs
- Manager: Ange Postecoglou
- Kit: White shirts, shorts and socks.
Tottenham are famous for their success in the FA Cup, winning the competition eight times, but their most recent trophy was the League Cup, in 2009. In 1963, they became the first British club to win a European Competition (the European Cup Winners’ Cup), and since then have won the UEFA Cup (now the Europa League) twice. Tottenham have always been famous for playing exciting, attacking football. For the last few years, Tottenham have continued that tradition, with Premier League stars such as Dele Alli and Son Heung-min, playing some great football and Harry Kane, with over 100 Premier League goals, shooting Spurs to success.
"If you don’t win anything, you have had a bad season’’ - Bill Nicholson, ex-Tottenham Manager.
Tottenham’s ground is in North London, so lots of Spurs fans come from this area and the regions around it. There are many other clubs in London, and Tottenham have strong rivalries with Chelsea and West Ham United, but their closest and strongest rival is North London neighbours, Arsenal.
Audere est Facere
This is Spurs' motto. It means To Dare Is to Do.
Tottenham's name comes from the name of a 14th-century man from Northumberland, Sir Harry Hotspur (thanks for the correction MonkeyHeaven), who featured in one of Shakespeare’s plays, Henry the Fourth. He was a soldier, and a very fierce fighter and his descendants owned land in the Tottenham Marshes which became Tottenham. So, the team from Tottenham adopted this name and became Tottenham Hotspur, which is shortened to ‘Spurs’.
Key player: Son Heung-min
Did you know….?
'Spurs' are metal objects that attach to the boots of horse riders.
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20/10/2015
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Ilove it, I want to be the bestter.
20/10/2015 23:28
Chelsea
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Ilove it, I want to be the bestter.
20/10/2015
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That team is Of +
20/10/2015 21:31
Chelsea
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That team is Of +
20/10/2015
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All right
20/10/2015 21:28
Chelsea
1339
All right
20/10/2015
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Very goog!
20/10/2015 21:25
Chelsea
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Very goog!
19/10/2015
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Very nice
19/10/2015 10:32
Manchester City
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Very nice
08/10/2015
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Bentaleb is my favourite player.He is also the enthousiastic mildfielder of the Algerian football squad.
08/10/2015 15:30
Manchester City
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Bentaleb is my favourite player.He is also the enthousiastic mildfielder of the Algerian football squad.
06/10/2015
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:)
06/10/2015 11:10
Manchester United
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:)
01/10/2015
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Tottenham Hotspur is a good club
01/10/2015 02:36
Manchester United
1308
Tottenham Hotspur is a good club
26/09/2015
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Interesting video and team I love their win over Arsenal
26/09/2015 13:51
Chelsea
1814
Interesting video and team I love their win over Arsenal
18/09/2015
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go spurs
18/09/2015 18:33
Tottenham Hotspur
241
go spurs
26/08/2014
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The Spurs is my favorite Club of the Premier League. COYS!
26/08/2014 01:24
Tottenham Hotspur
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The Spurs is my favorite Club of the Premier League. COYS!
03/07/2014
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Tottenham Hotspur is a good club
03/07/2014 18:41
Manchester United
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Tottenham Hotspur is a good club