Tottenham Hotspur was founded in 1882 and play their home games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. One factor in their relegation may have been the sale of Jimmy Seed to Sheffield Wednesday—Wednesday had looked certain to be relegated, but Seed helped them escape, beating Tottenham twice along the way, and they went on to win the League Championship title in each of the next two seasons. [146] The revitalised team reached the League Cup final in 1971, where they beat Aston Villa 2–0 to win their first League Cup with Chivers scoring both goals. On 23 April 1921, in a game dominated by Walters, Spurs beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 in the final at Stamford Bridge, with 20-year-old Dimmock scoring the winning goal. [168][189] July 1989 saw the arrival at White Hart Lane of England striker Gary Lineker from Barcelona for a fee of £1.2 million; however, the cash-strapped club was unable to pay Barcelona in full even though Waddle was sold days later to Marseille for £4.25 million. The final against Division One Sheffield United was played at Crystal Palace and attended by 110,820 spectators, at that time the largest crowd ever for a football match. [248] In early November, after only 13 games in charge, Santini decided to quit the club, making his the shortest stint by any Spurs manager. [314] They also failed to sign anyone in the next transfer window in January. [174] Tottenham enjoyed a strong start to the 1984–85 season and looked poised to win the league title by the winter, but a series of poor home results in 1985 resulted in the team being leapfrogged by eventual champions Everton and runners-up Liverpool. [249] Santini was replaced by Jol,[250][251] and the team managed to secure a ninth-place finish in the 2004–05 season. [213], Ardiles was replaced by Gerry Francis, who alleviated relegation fears and oversaw the club's climb to seventh place in the league, just missing out on a 1995–96 UEFA Cup place. [133], A month later Spurs won the FA Cup again after beating Burnley in the 1962 FA Cup Final. Bamidele "Dele" Jermaine Alli (/ ˈ d ɛ l i ˈ æ l i / DEL -ee AL -ee ; born 11 April 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team . A section of the North Stand was removed to allow building work on the new stadium to proceed next to the old stadium. Shortly after his appointment, the club pipped Liverpool for the signature of Swansea City midfielder Gylfi Sigurðsson. In the overcrowded ground, fans climbed up onto the roof of the refreshment stand to get a better view. [100], After the war ended, McWilliam decided that he was too old to return to the club, and a former Arsenal player Joe Hulme was given the job of managing Tottenham. [125], The 1960–61 season started with a 2–0 home win against Everton, the beginning of a run of eleven wins. 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[237][238] The club was transferred into its private ownership in 2012. [66] Tottenham had initially used spurs as a symbol in 1900, as Harry Hotspur was said to have charged into battles by digging in his spurs to make the horse go faster, a symbol that evolved into a fighting cock. [177][180] The close season of 1987 saw the sale of Glenn Hoddle to Monaco after a decade as the driving force in Tottenham's midfield. [165][168] Together with Martin Edwards of Manchester United and David Dein of Arsenal, Scholar transformed English football clubs into business ventures that applied commercial principles to the running of the clubs to maximise their revenues, a process that eventually led to the formation of the Premier League. Es ist mit einem Fassungsvermögen von 62.062 Zuschauern die neue Heimspielstätte des Fußballvereins Tottenham Hotspur. [79] Two players signed that season, Jimmy Dimmock and Jimmy Seed, became crucial members of the team together with Grimsdell. [203] To coincide with the massive changes in English football, Tottenham made major signings, including winger Darren Anderton, defender Neil Ruddock,[200] and striker Teddy Sheringham for what was then a club record £2.1 million from Nottingham Forest. In June 2010, Carroll signed a professional contract with Tottenham after scoring 10 goals in 23 games for their Academy side. [55][56] They went on their first overseas tour, to Austria and Hungary, in May 1905. Former player Osvaldo Ardiles took charge of the first team. The stand collapsed under their weight causing a few injuries, which prompted the club to start looking for a new ground. 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