By the time this unprecedented 2019/20 campaign finishes, we’ll have been playing Premier League football for almost a full calendar year.
Little could anyone have known when we kicked-off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a 3-1 win over Aston Villa on 10 August, 2019, that our season would still be rumbling on into July, with even a handful of games yet to be played.
Thursday’s trip to Sheffield United brought our first-ever league fixture in the month of July, with tonight’s clash with Everton following along similar lines as our first home domestic outing of the same period.
Competitive matches in June and especially July are historically rare, but not totally unheard of…
SPURS 2-1 FULHAM 7 JUNE, 1941 (REGIONAL LEAGUE SOUTH)
It’s been widely remarked that this year’s coronavirus pandemic has caused the largest sporting disruption in peacetime and indeed you have to go back to the war years to find the first instance of a senior competitive match for us in June.
The outbreak of World War II in September, 1939, caused the abandonment of the regular Football League season after only three games and regional league competitions were set up for the remainder of the 1939/40 campaign as life changed completely for players and supporters alike.
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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…
