Author's note: This is the start of a project to node
the entire history of my local soccer team. I understand that the vast majority of people on E2
not the least bit interested in soccer or boring factual nodes. I'm sorry. If you don't
want to know the result, please look away now.
Season 1882/83
Tottenham Hotspur was set up in 1882 in the Northumberland Park area of North
London. It takes its name from the Hotspur Cricket Club, whose land they used
to play on in-between cricket seasons, and who originally took the name from
Harry Hotspur, an ancestor of a local family who was immortalised in Shakespeare's
Richard II and Henry IV, Part I. Its early players were taken from two local
schools; St. John's School and Tottenham Grammar School, and applied to enter
the first football league when the association football rules were finalised
a few months later. Their first serious match took place in 1883, against neighbours
Latymer.
Results
30 Sep * Radicals L *
6 Jan A Latymer L 1-8
* Venue and score unknown, but lost by two goals
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