Just a matter of weeks after securing promotion back to the First Division in 1950, we made our first ever visit to Antwerp as part of our close season tour to Germany and Belgium.
We set off for Germany in mid-May to embark on a five-match trip. The first four were all in Germany and we won all of them – against Hanover Arminia, Tennis-Borussia, Wacker Club and Borussia Dortmund – before we headed to Antwerp. We took a coach from Dortmund to Aachen, where we were due to catch the train, but almost didn’t make it all when the coach lost one of its rear wheels en route!
Fortunately no-one was hurt and our travelling party awaited for a replacement coach. After a train journey from Aachen to Brussels, we got another coach for the final part of the trip into Antwerp, where we were received by offiials of our opponents, Royal Beerschot Club.
The players were able to do some shopping and enjoyed a trip to the zoo where, according to our club handbook of 1950/51: ‘…it seemed that the monkeys also appreciated our visit, if one might judge from the antics they were induced to perform for some members of our party!’
After a gruelling 17-day trip, this game on 27 May was a step too far and we lost 2-1, much to the delight of our opponents who had used the game as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. Len Duquemin scored our goal.
We returned to Belgium the following February to face a Combined XI from the city of Liege. Peter Murphy netted a brace with Sonny Walters and Sid McClellan also on the scoresheet in a 4-1 victory.
LIGHTING IT UP…
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OBITUARY – JOHNNIE HILLS
We were saddened to hear of the passing of John ‘Johnnie’ Hills, a defender who spent 11 years at the Club as an amateur and professional between 1950-61. He passed away at home in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, 26 November, aged 87.
PAPER CHASE
Club historian John Fennelly looks back at what supporters were reading on their way, at half-time and heading home afterwards when NORWICH CITY visited in March 1938.
RIDE FOR UGO
Laurence Gant, Head of Academy Sports Medicine and Science, is set to take part in a five-day charity cycle in memory of his friend, and our former Under-23s coach Ugo Ehiogu.
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
BIG WIN OVER EVERTON
SPURS WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL ROUND
GAME ZERO ACHIEVES NET ZERO CARBON STATUS
Sky this week published a case study revealing that Game Zero, our Premier League match against Chelsea here in September, achieved net zero carbon emissions.
LIVING IN THE MOMENT
Exclusive interview with our young midfielder OLIVER SKIPP, now an established member of our first team and also a familiar face to today’s opponents, who is enjoying every moment in the Premier League spotlight.
MEET OUR FIRST-YEAR UNDER-18S PLAYERS
TOUGH DAY AGAINST COTTAGERS
TREBLE TOP
Looking back at Spurs hat-tricks scored against tonight’s opposition.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
A creative midfielder who was full of heart and desire, LEWIS HOLTBY made his Spurs debut against this afternoon’s opposition back in January 2013 and went on to make 42 appearances in our colours, scoring three goals. We caught up with the Germany international to discuss his time at the Club and find out what he is up to now…
