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