Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English football club located in Tottenham, London, that plays in the Premier League. The club’s home stadium is White Hart Lane.
FACTS
- It was founded on 5 September 1882, as Hotspur F.C.
- It is the fifth best team in the English Premier League.
- The club’s record cup victory was on 3 February 1960 with a 13–2 win over Crewe Alexandra in the FA Cup.
- The club’s record defeat is an 8–0 loss to FC Köln in the Intertoto Cup in July 1995.
- Tottenham’s ladies team was founded in 1985 as Broxbourne Ladies.
- Tottenham Hotspur became the only non-league team to win the FA Cup in 1901 since the formation of the Football League in 1888.
- The club through its Community Programme has been working on developing sports facilities and social programmes.
- Tottenham has a large fan base in the United Kingdom. They have had the highest average attendance in England continuously for five years.
- Jimmy Greaves is Tottenham’s top goal scorer of all time, with 266 goals.
- Tottenham was the first British club to win a major European competition – European Cup Winners Cup in 1963.
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