TRAILBLAZERS - SPURS FIRSTS

Tottenham Hotspur has always been described as a club of ‘firsts’ as we’ve blazed a trail throughout the game in this country and abroad down the years. In our new series for this season, each issue we will reflect on the matches, the people and the occasions that have seen us set the standard and helped shape our history.

FIRST

PLAYER TO SCORE FIVE GOALS IN ONE HALF OF A PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH

There have been five players who have scored five goals in a Premier League match – but only one of those completed his quintet in just one half of football!

Jermain Defoe joined an elite group which only included Andy Cole and Alan Shearer at the time when he scored five times in our enthralling 9-1 defeat of Wigan Athletic at the Lane on 22 November, 2009.

The trio have since been joined by Dimitar Berbatov and Sergio Aguero, but Jermain stands out alone in his extraordinary achievement and it will take something special for anyone to repeat such a feat.

The striker arrived at White Hart Lane from West Ham United in February 2004 and was quickly among the goals in our colours, scoring four in his first three Spurs appearances.

Over the next four years, his name was a regular feature on the scoresheet until he moved to Portsmouth in January, 2008.