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| Tottenham Hotspur | Season 1896-1897 | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Points | |||||||
| Southern League - 4th | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 22 | ||||||||
| UnitedLeague - 8th | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 6 | ||||||||
| F.A. Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5thQ Rnd | ||||||||
| Wellingborough Charity Cup -Finalist | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | RunnersUp | ||||||||
| Friendly Fixtures | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 32 | - | ||||||||
| President: John Ripsher | Total - Season 1896-1897 | 66 | 30 | 12 | 24 | 160 | 105 | - | |||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur in the Southern League - Season 1896-1897 | |||||||||||||||
| 05-Sep-96 | Southern Lge | 2,000 | A | Sheppey United | D | 3 | - | 3 | Crump, Milliken, Clements | ||||||
| 12-Sep-96 | Southern Lge | 1,000 | A | Wolverton | L | 0 | - | 1 | |||||||
| 03-Oct-96 | Southern Lge | 1,600 | A | Gravesend United | W | 3 | - | 1 | Newbigging, Clements, Payne | ||||||
| 10-Oct-96 | Southern Lge | 3,000 | H | Chatham | L | 2 | - | 3 | Milliken, Payne | ||||||
| 17-Oct-96 | Southern Lge | 3,000 | H | Gravesend United | W | 4 | - | 0 | McElhaney, Milliken (2), Clements | ||||||
| 24-Oct-96 | Southern Lge | 500 | A | Royal Ordnance | X | 2 | - | 1 | Almond, Payne | ||||||
| 31-Oct-96 | Southern Lge | 5,000 | A | Chatham | W | 2 | - | 1 | McElhaney, Milliken | ||||||
| 07-Nov-96 | Southern Lge | 3,000 | H | Sheppey United | W | 3 | - | 2 | McElhaney, Clements, Payne | ||||||
| 14-Nov-96 | Southern Lge | 2,000 | H | Swindon Town | W | 3 | - | 1 | Devlin, Milliken, Newbigging | ||||||
| 28-Nov-96 | Southern Lge | 6,000 | H | Millwall Athletic | L | 1 | - | 3 | Fleming | ||||||
| 05-Dec-96 | Southern Lge | 3,500 | A | Reading | L | 1 | - | 2 | Payne | ||||||
| 25-Dec-96 | Southern Lge | 6,000 | A | Millwall Athletic | W | 4 | - | 0 | McElhaney, Clements (2), Payne | ||||||
| 09-Jan-97 | Southern Lge | 2,000 | A | Swindon Town | L | 0 | - | 1 | |||||||
| 13-Feb-97 | Southern Lge | 3,000 | H | Northfleet | W | 5 | - | 0 | Robertson, Clements (3), Stirling og | ||||||
| 20-Feb-97 | Southern Lge | 2,000 | A | New Brompton | L | 1 | - | 2 | Clements | ||||||
| 06-Mar-97 | Southern Lge | 2,000 | A | Northfleet | L | 0 | - | 2 | |||||||
| 20-Mar-97 | Southern Lge | 4,000 | H | Reading | D | 4 | - | 4 | Almond, McElhaney, Wilson, Clements | ||||||
| 27-Mar-97 | Southern Lge | 2,000 | H | New Brompton | W | 2 | - | 0 | Wilson, Clements | ||||||
| 29-Mar-97 | Southern Lge | 3,000 | A | Southampton St Mary's | D | 1 | - | 1 | Clements | ||||||
| 01-Apr-97 | Southern Lge | 2,000 | H | Wolverton | W | 2 | - | 0 | McElhaney, Crump | ||||||
| 08-Apr-97 | Southern Lge | 3,000 | H | Southampton St Mary's | D | 2 | - | 2 | Wilson, Clements | ||||||
| Royal Ordnance resigned from Southern League and results against them not counted in the final table | |||||||||||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur in the UnitedLeague - Season 1896-1897 | |||||||||||||||
| 19-Sep-96 | UnitedLge | 6,000 | A | Millwall Athletic | L | 5 | - | 6 | Crump (2), Newbigging (2), Clements | ||||||
| 02-Nov-96 | UnitedLge | - | A | Rushden | L | 0 | - | 2 | |||||||
| 09-Nov-96 | UnitedLge | - | A | Woolwich Arsenel | L | 1 | - | 2 | McElhaney | ||||||
| 30-Jan-97 | UnitedLge | 1,200 | A | Wellingborough | D | 2 | - | 2 | Burrows (pen), Clements | ||||||
| 25-Feb-97 | UnitedLge | 2,000 | H | Woolwich Arsenel | D | 2 | - | 2 | Devlin, Clements | ||||||
| 27-Feb-97 | UnitedLge | 4,000 | H | Loughborough | L | 1 | - | 2 | Payne | ||||||
| 04-Mar-97 | UnitedLge | - | H | Rushden | W | 5 | - | 1 | Briggs, Newbigging, Milliken, Allen, Crump | ||||||
| 13-Mar-97 | UnitedLge | 7,000 | H | Luton Town | L | 1 | - | 2 | Devlin | ||||||
| 15-Mar-97 | UnitedLge | 200 | A | Kettering Town | X | 1 | - | 1 | Milliken (Abandoned 25 mins, Kettering Townplayer broken l | ||||||
| 03-Apr-97 | UnitedLge | 5,000 | H | Millwall Atheltic | L | 1 | - | 3 | Milliken | ||||||
| 10-Apr-97 | UnitedLge | 2,500 | A | Luton Town | L | 1 | - | 2 | Newbigging | ||||||
| 13-Apr-97 | UnitedLge | - | A | Kettering Town | L | 2 | - | 5 | Wilson, Draper og | ||||||
| 17-Apr-97 | UnitedLge | - | H | Kettering Town | D | 1 | - | 1 | Clements | ||||||
| 19-Apr-97 | UnitedLge | - | H | Wellingborough | D | 1 | - | 1 | Lanham | ||||||
| 24-Apr-97 | UnitedLge | - | A | Loughborough | L | 2 | - | 3 | Clements, Hobson | ||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup - Season 1896-1897 | |||||||||||||||
| 12-Dec-96 | F.A. Cup Q3 | - | H | Old St Stephen's | W | 4 | - | 0 | Clements (3), Payne | ||||||
| 06-Jan-97 | F.A. Cup Q4 | 2,000 | H | Maidenhead | W | 6 | - | 0 | McElhaney, Newbigging (2), Payne, Crump (2) | ||||||
| 16-Jan-97 | F.A. Cup Q5 | 5,000 | A | Luton Town | L | 0 | - | 3 | |||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur in the Wellingborough Charity Cup - Season 1896-1897 | |||||||||||||||
| 19-Nov-96 | WDCC P | 1,000 | H | Gravesend United | W | 3 | - | 2 | Almond, Fleming (2) | ||||||
| 16-Dec-96 | WDCC 1 | - | A | Wolverton | W | 2 | - | 0 | McElhaney, Lanham | ||||||
| 05-Apr-97 | WDCC SF | 1,000 | N | Rushden | W | 2 | - | 1 | (aet) McElhaney (pen), Clements | ||||||
| 29-Apr-97 | WDCC Final | - | A | Wellingborough | L | 0 | - | 2 | |||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur in Friendly Matches - Season 1896-1897 | |||||||||||||||
| 03-Sep-96 | Friendly | - | H | Rossendale | W | 7 | - | 0 | Crump, McElhaney, Newbigging (2), Clements (2), Payne | ||||||
| 10-Sep-96 | Friendly | - | H | London Caledonians | D | 3 | - | 3 | Devlin, Milliken, Clements | ||||||
| 17-Sep-96 | Friendly | - | H | Casuals | W | 4 | - | 0 | McElhaney, Newbigging (3) | ||||||
| 24-Sep-96 | Friendly | - | H | Luton Town | X | 0 | - | 0 | Abandoned 75mins, Rain | ||||||
| 26-Sep-96 | Friendly | - | A | Casuals | W | 4 | - | 1 | McElhaney, Newbigging (2), Clements | ||||||
| 01-Oct-96 | Friendly | - | H | 1st Coldstream Guards | W | 4 | - | 0 | Milliken, Newbigging, Clements (pen), Unknown | ||||||
| 08-Oct-96 | Friendly | - | H | Royal Scots Greys | W | 5 | - | 0 | Newbigging (2), Clements (2), Payne | ||||||
| 29-Oct-96 | Friendly | - | H | Southampton St Mary's | W | 3 | - | 1 | Brown, Newbigging, Crump | ||||||
| 16-Nov-96 | Friendly | - | A | Luton Town | L | 0 | - | 3 | |||||||
| 21-Nov-96 | Friendly | - | H | Blackpool | L | 0 | - | 2 | |||||||
| 19-Dec-96 | Friendly | - | A | Clapton Orient | W | 2 | - | 1 | Hunter, Payne | ||||||
| 26-Dec-96 | Friendly | - | H | Vampires | W | 4 | - | 0 | Montgomery, Clements jnr, Clements, Payne | ||||||
| 26-Dec-96 | Friendly | - | H | 3rd Grenadier Guards | L | 2 | - | 3 | Clements, Payne | ||||||
| 29-Dec-96 | Friendly | - | H | Northfleet | W | 4 | - | 0 | McElhaney (2), Milliken, Allen | ||||||
| 11-Jan-97 | Friendly | - | A | Chatham | L | 1 | - | 2 | Newbigging | ||||||
| 23-Jan-97 | Friendly | - | H | Aston Villa | D | 2 | - | 2 | Lanham (2) | ||||||
| 28-Jan-97 | Friendly | - | H | Chatham | D | 2 | - | 2 | Lanham, Clements | ||||||
| 06-Feb-97 | Friendly | - | H | 3rd Grenadier Guards | W | 9 | - | 3 | Almond (2), McElhaney, Milliken (2), Robertson, Clements, P | ||||||
| 10-Feb-97 | Friendly | - | A | Gravesend United | W | 3 | - | 1 | Gardiner, McElhaney, Robertson | ||||||
| 13-Feb-97 | Friendly | - | A | Northfleet | W | 5 | - | 0 | Milliken, Robertson, Clements (2), Unknown | ||||||
| 15-Feb-97 | Friendly | - | A | Southampton St Mary's | L | 0 | - | 2 | |||||||
| 09-Mar-97 | Friendly | - | A | Eastbourne | W | 1 | - | 0 | Allen | ||||||
| 25-Mar-97 | Friendly | - | H | Gravesend United | W | 3 | - | 2 | McElhaney, Wilson, Crump | ||||||
| 16-Apr-97 | Friendly | - | H | Nottingham Forest | D | 1 | - | 1 | Crump | ||||||
| 20-Apr-97 | Friendly | - | H | Blackburn Rovers | L | 1 | - | 2 | Lanham | ||||||
| 22-Apr-97 | Friendly | - | H | Everton | W | 2 | - | 1 | Lanham, Newbigging | ||||||
| 26-Apr-97 | Friendly | - | A | London Caledonians | X | 1 | - | 1 | Abandoned 45mins, Opponent Broke Leg - Newbigging | ||||||