Tottenham Hotspur FC
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| Full name | Tottenham Hotspur Football Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Spurs |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Ground | White Hart Lane |
| Capacity | 36,284 |
| Head Coach | cmcgill |
| League | British Isles League |
| 2019 BIL Season | 1st |
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly known as Tottenham Hotspur FC or Spurs, is an English football club based in Tottenham, London.
The club's Latin motto is Audere est Facere (lit: "To Dare Is to Do"), and its emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football. The club has a long-standing rivalry with nearby neighbours Arsenal, with head-to-head fixtures known as the North London derby.
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History
Foundation
On Tuesday 5 September 1882, the Hotspur Football Club was formed by grammar-school boys from the Bible class at All Hallows Church. They were also members of Hotspur Cricket Club. It is possible that the name Hotspur was associated with Sir Henry Percy, who was "Harry Hotspur" of Shakespeare's Henry IV, part 1, and who lived locally during the 14th century and whose descendants owned land in the neighbourhood. In 1884, the club was renamed Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to avoid any confusion with an already established team called Hotspur FC.
2019 BIL Season
Coming soon.
Stadium
White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium located in Tottenham, London, UK. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,284. However, this is to decrease for upcoming seasons to allow for the new stadium to be completed on time.
Along with housing Tottenham, the stadium, which is known amongst fans as the Lane, has also been selected for England national football matches and England under-21 football matches. White Hart Lane held capacity records in the early 1960s with numbers entering the 70,000s but as seating increased in popularity, the stadium has levelled out to a modest number in relation to other Premier League clubs. The record attendance remains an FA Cup tie on 5 March 1938 against Sunderland with the attendance being recorded at 75,038.
Plans are afoot for Tottenham to move to a new stadium with an estimated capacity of 61,000, with the new stadium being built on the current site instead of moving from the borough of Haringey. The new stadium has been designed by Populous, who also designed derby rival Arsenal's home, Emirates Stadium. Initial design was created by KSS Design Group back in 2008, but long delays allowed for major changes to the scheme by a different company.
Current Management and Board
As of 2019
| Tottenham Hotspur FC | |
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| Member | Position |
| cmcgill | Executive chairman, Director, and Manager |
| Team board | |
| Player | Note |
| Adam Harrison | 1st Captain |
| Evgeny Pavlovich | 2nd Captain |
| Bastien De Le Croix | 3rd Captain |
List of Seasons
| Season | League | FA Cup | Champions League | Top goalscorer | Notes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | ||||||
| 2019 | BIL | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2nd | |||||||
