Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur was founded in 1882 and play their home games at White Hart Lane. The stadium is in North London and has a capacity of 36236. 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 Mauricio Pochettino, who is the second Argentinian to manage Spurs in the Premier League, the first was Ossie Ardiles. Ardiles managed Spurs in 1993-94 and also made over 200 appearances for the club.
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 Cristian Eriksen, 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.
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’.
In 2018/19, Tottenham Hotspur finished 4th in the Premier League and reached the Champions League Final. Spurs will be hoping to go one more step further this season. Under manager, the Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs have put together a fantastic team to watch and will be challenging at the top again this season. With players like the England international Harry Kane, French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and Danish international Christian Eriksen, Spurs have some of the most exciting players in the Premier League and they also have steel in midfield with Mousa Sissoko and a strong defence. Can they improve on last season’s 4th position? We think they can.
Prediction 2019/20: 3rd
Key player: Harry Kane
Did you know….?
'Spurs' are metal objects that attach to the boots of horse riders.
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Audere est Facere
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Comentários
23/07/2020
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Hi! my name is Luis, i from Colombian,
I am Coach, i work in the Independiente Santa fe Football club,
I tink that Tottenham is fantastic club, right now he has great the players and coach Mourinho,
I like the premier league, i tink is the better!!
Thanks very much!
23/07/2020 00:51
Manchester City
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Hi! my name is Luis, i from Colombian,
I am Coach, i work in the Independiente Santa fe Football club,
I tink that Tottenham is fantastic club, right now he has great the players and coach Mourinho,
I like the premier league, i tink is the better!!
Thanks very much!
15/06/2020
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Tottenham Hotspur or Spurs are a team which play exciting football with lots of World Class players like Harry Kane , Deli Alli , Lucas Moura and the Korean Son Heung-Min.
My favourite Spurs player is Lucas Moura because of his pace and spirit while playing whether he starts or comes in the last 5 minutes.
I think Spurs will finish at the 7th or 8th place this season with the Special One but they will bounce back next season.
15/06/2020 13:15
Manchester United
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Tottenham Hotspur or Spurs are a team which play exciting football with lots of World Class players like Harry Kane , Deli Alli , Lucas Moura and the Korean Son Heung-Min.
My favourite Spurs player is Lucas Moura because of his pace and spirit while playing whether he starts or comes in the last 5 minutes.
I think Spurs will finish at the 7th or 8th place this season with the Special One but they will bounce back next season.
30/04/2020
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Many good players have played for Tottenham.
White Hart Lane is a nice stadium.
Colombian International Davinson Sanchez plays for this club.
Their manager is Jose Mourinho now.
30/04/2020 20:44
Manchester United
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Many good players have played for Tottenham.
White Hart Lane is a nice stadium.
Colombian International Davinson Sanchez plays for this club.
Their manager is Jose Mourinho now.
21/04/2020
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Spurs are the best team ever
21/04/2020 16:48
Tottenham Hotspur
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Spurs are the best team ever
25/03/2020
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Spurs are the best will they win the champions league or win the premier league cup? The choice is theirs.
25/03/2020 11:31
Tottenham Hotspur
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Spurs are the best will they win the champions league or win the premier league cup? The choice is theirs.
23/03/2020
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True will spurs win the champions league or win the premier league? The choice is there’s.
23/03/2020 12:05
Tottenham Hotspur
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True will spurs win the champions league or win the premier league? The choice is there’s.
23/03/2020
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True, spurs lost against Leipzig and a knock out against Liverpool FC in the UEFA champions league final, will spurs win the the premier league or the UEFA champions leaguer or not? Will they?
23/03/2020 12:00
Tottenham Hotspur
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True, spurs lost against Leipzig and a knock out against Liverpool FC in the UEFA champions league final, will spurs win the the premier league or the UEFA champions leaguer or not? Will they?
14/03/2020
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they lost against liepzig in champions league
14/03/2020 16:25
Tottenham Hotspur
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they lost against liepzig in champions league
23/03/2020
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Sad, will they win the premier league or the champions league?
23/03/2020 12:06
Tottenham Hotspur
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Sad, will they win the premier league or the champions league?
13/03/2020
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Spurs is poor
13/03/2020 11:46
Manchester United
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Spurs is poor
07/03/2020
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I fan of Son and Kane.Kane is the best footballer all over the world.Son the best of Asia.
07/03/2020 15:38
Tottenham Hotspur
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I fan of Son and Kane.Kane is the best footballer all over the world.Son the best of Asia.
11/01/2020
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Match prediction
11 Jan. 2020 Spurs 2-1 Liverpool
11/01/2020 13:38
Tottenham Hotspur
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Match prediction
11 Jan. 2020 Spurs 2-1 Liverpool
23/11/2019
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"Tottenham's name comes from the name of a 14th-century Tottenham man, Sir Harry Hotspur, who featured in one of Shakespeare’s plays, Henry the Fourth."
This isn't correct. Harry Hotspur (Henry Percy) was born in Northumberland, not London. The Percys and descendants had owned the land on which Spurs' founders had played cricket before establishing the football club. Indeed, their first enclosed ground was at Northumberland Park before they built White Hart Lane (which was itself almost called Percy Park). So the naming links are all about Northumberland, not North London.
23/11/2019 15:45
Newcastle United
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"Tottenham's name comes from the name of a 14th-century Tottenham man, Sir Harry Hotspur, who featured in one of Shakespeare’s plays, Henry the Fourth."
This isn't correct. Harry Hotspur (Henry Percy) was born in Northumberland, not London. The Percys and descendants had owned the land on which Spurs' founders had played cricket before establishing the football club. Indeed, their first enclosed ground was at Northumberland Park before they built White Hart Lane (which was itself almost called Percy Park). So the naming links are all about Northumberland, not North London.
23/11/2019
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Hi MonkeyHeaven
Thanks for the correction. We should not refer to him as a Tottenham man - I'll update the page.
Jack - The Premier Skills English team
23/11/2019 20:01
Arsenal
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Hi MonkeyHeaven
Thanks for the correction. We should not refer to him as a Tottenham man - I'll update the page.
Jack - The Premier Skills English team
15/08/2019
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Tottenham all day ever day
15/08/2019 18:45
Tottenham Hotspur
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Tottenham all day ever day
14/08/2019
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Hello everyone!! I am a fan of Tottenham Hotspur FC. I love Son Hueng Min and Harry Kane. Son Hueng Min is the pride of Asian football and Harry Kane is a good football player.
14/08/2019 04:36
Tottenham Hotspur
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Hello everyone!! I am a fan of Tottenham Hotspur FC. I love Son Hueng Min and Harry Kane. Son Hueng Min is the pride of Asian football and Harry Kane is a good football player.
26/05/2019
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I love Lloris and Kane. And I hope it will be a great match against Liverpool. I like their offensive game and their capacity to win are very high.
26/05/2019 20:20
Liverpool
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I love Lloris and Kane. And I hope it will be a great match against Liverpool. I like their offensive game and their capacity to win are very high.
13/05/2019
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Hi ! I am a Man City fans but I will leave a comment at Tottenham club.
At quarter finals of champions League Man City met Tottenham and Llorente score the last goal at the match but my friend said
”the ball touch the hand of Llorente ” but I don’t think so. But if the ball touch the hand it will be touch the hand of Laporte ,the player of the Man City
13/05/2019 14:19
Manchester City
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Hi ! I am a Man City fans but I will leave a comment at Tottenham club.
At quarter finals of champions League Man City met Tottenham and Llorente score the last goal at the match but my friend said
”the ball touch the hand of Llorente ” but I don’t think so. But if the ball touch the hand it will be touch the hand of Laporte ,the player of the Man City
28/04/2019
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Tottenham has a great group of players what the reference player is Harry Kanne the top scorer that help the club to keep a good performance on the competitions .
28/04/2019 16:27
Tottenham Hotspur
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Tottenham has a great group of players what the reference player is Harry Kanne the top scorer that help the club to keep a good performance on the competitions .
21/04/2019
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Arsenal against Tottenham always is stronggest rival for North London. I don't like this team.
21/04/2019 22:20
Arsenal
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Arsenal against Tottenham always is stronggest rival for North London. I don't like this team.
13/05/2019
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I like Tottenham than Arsenal
13/05/2019 13:32
Manchester City
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I like Tottenham than Arsenal
08/03/2019
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Mauricio Pochettino is a Marcelo Bielsa's disciple. Mauricio and Marcelo are successful managers because they work hard
08/03/2019 11:47
Liverpool
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Mauricio Pochettino is a Marcelo Bielsa's disciple. Mauricio and Marcelo are successful managers because they work hard
20/12/2018
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i love harry
20/12/2018 14:10
Tottenham Hotspur
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i love harry
05/12/2018
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My favorite player is Son because he is Korean.
05/12/2018 06:37
Chelsea
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My favorite player is Son because he is Korean.
29/11/2018
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A long time ago, i am not a football fan . then, i become real madrid's fan . But this time i am Tottenham hotspur's fan
29/11/2018 12:52
Manchester United
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A long time ago, i am not a football fan . then, i become real madrid's fan . But this time i am Tottenham hotspur's fan
14/11/2018
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where is the video around video guide section?
14/11/2018 12:24
Tottenham Hotspur
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where is the video around video guide section?
19/11/2018
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Hi Luongtx,
You can find this club video in our 'watch section' which you can find by clicking 'skills' at the top of the page. Here's the link to the Tottenham page:
https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/watch/club-guides/featured-club-tottenham-hotspur
Hope you find it useful,
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
19/11/2018 08:11
Liverpool
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Hi Luongtx,
You can find this club video in our 'watch section' which you can find by clicking 'skills' at the top of the page. Here's the link to the Tottenham page:
https://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/watch/club-guides/featured-club-tottenham-hotspur
Hope you find it useful,
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
27/07/2018
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I m not fan it but they r very perfect.
27/07/2018 18:34
Tottenham Hotspur
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I m not fan it but they r very perfect.
27/07/2018
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It is very easy
27/07/2018 18:29
Tottenham Hotspur
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It is very easy
17/07/2018
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My favourite player is Son Heung Min because he is a very good striker.
17/07/2018 14:48
Manchester United
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My favourite player is Son Heung Min because he is a very good striker.
16/05/2018
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I am not a fan of Tottenham,but I like how they play football.Every season they keep atacking football and that is realy exciting.Harry Kane is always in the top three scorer.They play football to score one more goal than their opponent.Young player who play for Tottenham are very talented,and every season one of them have great performance.
16/05/2018 06:50
Manchester United
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I am not a fan of Tottenham,but I like how they play football.Every season they keep atacking football and that is realy exciting.Harry Kane is always in the top three scorer.They play football to score one more goal than their opponent.Young player who play for Tottenham are very talented,and every season one of them have great performance.
27/04/2018
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I watching for this wonderful team more than 7 years and I so exited that how powerful and young they are!
27/04/2018 20:05
Tottenham Hotspur
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I watching for this wonderful team more than 7 years and I so exited that how powerful and young they are!
13/04/2018
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Spurs are interesting not only because of their brilliant attacking style of play, but also because of their stability these days. They don't spend too much on new transfers, but manage to keep their great players for several years, thus building true team spirit, which ultimately pays off.
13/04/2018 11:44
Tottenham Hotspur
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Spurs are interesting not only because of their brilliant attacking style of play, but also because of their stability these days. They don't spend too much on new transfers, but manage to keep their great players for several years, thus building true team spirit, which ultimately pays off.
10/04/2018
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Hi!
10/04/2018 16:48
Tottenham Hotspur
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Hi!
21/03/2018
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Spurs is in my blood. whenever I see the motto " TO DARE IS DO" and " THE GAME IS ABOUT GLORY" I feel very energetic. I love spurs because of their fascinating attacking football. I love most of spurs players especially Kane, Erikssen,Dembele and Son. this season spurs will finish 3rd.
21/03/2018 11:17
Tottenham Hotspur
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Spurs is in my blood. whenever I see the motto " TO DARE IS DO" and " THE GAME IS ABOUT GLORY" I feel very energetic. I love spurs because of their fascinating attacking football. I love most of spurs players especially Kane, Erikssen,Dembele and Son. this season spurs will finish 3rd.
04/12/2017
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hi im new
04/12/2017 15:12
Tottenham Hotspur
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hi im new
04/12/2017
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Hi Gussi
Welcome to Premier Skills English! Are you a big fan of Christian Eriksen?
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
04/12/2017 17:10
Liverpool
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Hi Gussi
Welcome to Premier Skills English! Are you a big fan of Christian Eriksen?
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
15/11/2017
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The Spurs practice a a brilliant attacking football!, for that reason I admire them.
15/11/2017 01:34
Tottenham Hotspur
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The Spurs practice a a brilliant attacking football!, for that reason I admire them.
06/10/2017
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Harry kane should be in Real Madrid
06/10/2017 20:20
Tottenham Hotspur
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Harry kane should be in Real Madrid
26/09/2017
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Despite the Spurs have been playing very well since last season, I do not think that they are going to win Premier League trophy this season.
26/09/2017 15:12
Liverpool
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Despite the Spurs have been playing very well since last season, I do not think that they are going to win Premier League trophy this season.
12/08/2017
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Spurs is a strong club.
12/08/2017 09:15
Manchester United
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Spurs is a strong club.
27/07/2018
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Galatasaray is stronger than it.
27/07/2018 18:33
Tottenham Hotspur
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Galatasaray is stronger than it.
30/05/2017
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I LOVE SPURS
30/05/2017 12:35
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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I LOVE SPURS
30/04/2017
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"Lilywhite" and "navy blue' are new words for me. These two colours remind me the horizontal striped shirt white and dark blue of fishermen. It's a lovely design.
I like their kit, that what I call an elegant clothing.
30/04/2017 23:59
Newcastle United
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"Lilywhite" and "navy blue' are new words for me. These two colours remind me the horizontal striped shirt white and dark blue of fishermen. It's a lovely design.
I like their kit, that what I call an elegant clothing.
01/02/2017
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Tottenham is great but I I support arcenal
01/02/2017 11:26
Arsenal
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Tottenham is great but I I support arcenal
01/02/2017
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I like their fans. They r great supporters
01/02/2017 11:24
Arsenal
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I like their fans. They r great supporters
07/03/2020
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Thanks
07/03/2020 15:31
Tottenham Hotspur
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Thanks
28/01/2017
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Tottenham Hotspur is good team.
28/01/2017 21:10
Manchester United
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Tottenham Hotspur is good team.
28/01/2017
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:)
28/01/2017 14:06
Arsenal
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:)
26/01/2017
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great
26/01/2017 14:24
Chelsea
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great