Team photos and short biographies of the spurs double year team of 1960 1961. The 196061 season was tottenham hotspur football clubs 43rd of competitive football and 11th consecutive year in the english top flight. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Tottenham hotspur 100 facts available for download and read online in other formats. The lane book official spurs shop tottenham hotspur f. Take a year by year look in photos at the former teams that represented tottenham hotspur, with images dating back from 1901. During the 1960s his fierce determination and skill contributed to the team which won the double in 196061. In the football season of 196061, tottenham hotspur became the first team to win the double of fa cup and league championship this century. After scoring a typical wingers goal in the cup winners cup final against. At every level of english football there are clubs with these names manchester united, torquay united and sutton united, manchester city, bristol city and bath city, blackburn rovers, doncaster rovers. Sport football premier league new book reveals mauricio pochettino to be an idiosyncratic obsessive eager to lead tottenham to success.
Klopp has not come out on the winning side in a final since leading his brilliant borussia dortmund team to a german league and cup. Experience the passion of the spurs crowd and watch a match at tottenham hotspurs new world class stadium. When it is played at its best football remains the greatest game of all. When tottenham hotspur were revamping their members club for supporters a few years ago they used the tagline in a world full of uniteds, citys and rovers there is only one hotspur. John white, the stylish midfielder at the heart of tottenhams famous double winning team, was known as. Relive those glorious moments of your favourite team captured in newsprint. Keep up to date with the latest tottenham hotspur news, features and exclusives from football. My personal memories of white hart lane now that spurs will be using wembley for 2017 2018 season and the new stadium is possibly going to be re.
The double series was written by the eminent brian judson. As tottenham hotspur schedule, live score, latest news and. The deeplying midfielder made 337 league appearances in. Blanchflower represented tottenham between 1954 and 1964 and captained their historic double winning team of 1961. Packed with great photographs, memorabilia and the memories of spurs legends past and present who have graced the hallowed turf, this wonderful book was put together by the award winning publishing team behind the bestselling 61.
Tottenham hotspur 50 greatest tottenham players ever. Martin cloake is a writer, editor and tottenham hotspur seasonticket holder who has watched the team regularly since 1978. The double winning team in the 1961 had many nonenglish british players as. For other persons named cliff jones, see cliff jones disambiguation clifford william jones born 7 february 1935 is a welsh former footballer. They were the ultimate in that and they had the success of being a double winning team. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. The biography of tottenham hotspur book depository. Pdf a people s history of tottenham hotspur football. Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the league and fa cup double, winning both competitions in the 196061 season. Tottenham hotspur legend les allen talks about clubs.
Tottenham hotspurs reputation around the world was forged by the great double winning team fashioned by bill nicholson, and every spurs manager since then has lived in the shadow of the great mans achievements over the course of that amazing 196061 season from the foreword by martin jol when the legendary danny blanchflower climbed the. In defence of spurs, alan mullery, sportsmans book club, 1970. The inside story of spurs triumphant 196061 season mainstream sport by ken ferris isbn. Tottenham hotspur are also still to come, although that match will be at st james park and they won the reverse fixture in north london so will welcome jose mourinhos side with plenty of confidence. It was also the clubs most successful year ever up to that point, as they won the football league first division for the second time and the fa cup for the third time, thus completing the double. This article first published in 2000discusses the various members of the squad that made up the spurs 196061 squad. The opposition was sheffield wednesday who were the first team that season to beat spurs 2 1 on saturday november 12th 1960. The spurs double, consultant editor of the tottenham hotspur opus. He captained tottenham hotspur, most notably during its double winning season of 196061.
Tottenham doublewinning legend john white hits the silver. Julie welch is a top author and has been a top sports writer for many years. Tottenham hotspur made its firstever run to the champions league final last year. What is most fascinating is her own journey with one of the worlds most storied teams tottenham hotspur football club thfc. The best players ever to wear each shirt number at. Giller is busy preparing his next book which will focus on the double winning. Lifelong spurs fan, julie welch, calls this book her loveletter to the club takes fellow supporters on a beautifully crafted journey alongside the winding story of. Although spurs lost to liverpool, 20, the run helped the english soccer. Danny blanchflower was the pwa player of the year in 1958 and 1961. Winning their spurs the tottenham hotspur dream team, jeremy novick, mainstream, 1996. Les allen spoke to lee power about the historic double winning season for an article which first featured in marching on a magazine to celebrate the clubs move from white hart lane to. Pdf tottenham hotspur 100 facts download full pdf book. Tottenham hotspur football club, commonly referred to as tottenham. Tottenham hotspurs all time team for british isles.
Alan fisher was spellbound by flickering black and white television images of spurs in europe in the early 60s. Tottenham hotspur posts record operating profit thanks to. Saints were the better team for 75 minutes, but spurs came on strong late to book a fifthround tie with norwich city. A peoples history of tottenham hotspur is the story of how fans helped create. A peoples history of tottenham hotspur football club. Tottenham appointed jose mourinho as their new boss after sacking mauricio pochettino last year. Tottenham hotspur stadium has been the clubs home ground since april 2019, replacing their former home of white hart lane, which had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same. The incredible story of the world famous spurs sports publishing, vision on. I only took two f ullbacks because steve perryman and dave mackay c an be converted into backup fullba cks. Tanguy ndombele considering tottenham hotspur future amid.
A more difficult examination of tottenhams cup winning credentials was expected from this tie against 1st division opposition. Spurs double team of 1960 1961 with photos and short bios. Tottenham hotspur legend steve perryman has told football. Peter baker joined the tottenham hotspur youth team in june 1949 as a seventeen year old, signing a professional contract with the club a year. According to martin cloake and alan fisher, the coauthors of the superbly written and passionate new book, a peoples history of tottenham hotspur, spurs have actually never played a home match more than 600 yards from the second lamppost on the right down the tottenham high road the spot where members of the hotspur cricket club originally formed the club way back in the victorian era. It has been the official training ground for the first team and academy players since 2012. Tottenham came back from a goal down to beat brighton thanks to an outstanding winning goal from dele alli updated tottenham hotspurs dele. Based on interviews with players, director, managers and fans, this book tells the story of that double winning. This book is just fantastic and extremely well written. Henry played over 200 games for the club and was an invaluable member of the 1961 double winning.
White hart lane, there were already players on the books who would form part of the. Tottenham win the 1961 fa cup final to complete the double. Analysing newcastles runin manchester city, tottenham. Tottenham hotspur 19601961 the double year this page is devoted to the night spurs last won the football league as it was then, on monday april 17th 1961.
The book, as we all know, tells the story of tottenhams double winning side through interviews, newspaper reports and photographs. The inside story of spurs triumphant 196061 season. It was also the clubs most successful year ever up to that point, as they won. Researcher names tottenham epls most valuable soccer club. Download pdf tottenham hotspur 100 facts book full free. Text news to 07776197989 and then add the number to your phone contacts book as spurs dot london case sensitive, with spaces to receive daily updates and breaking news from alasdair gold on the team on spurs. He was also a crucial member of tottenham hotspurs 196061 double winning side. Based on interviews with players, director, managers and fans, this book tells the story of that double winning campaign. From the early 20th century to the recent past, each book affords a unique perspective on your team or sports colourful history. He is on my honorable mention for this blog team, but his career is too young to be seriously considered for this team at this moment. Tottenham hotspurs won bot the league and fa cup in 1961. All local kickoff times and channel information for when spurs are on tv in your country.
Bill simmons about how to pick an english premier league team, we picked tottenham hotspur as ours. Tottenham hotspur midfielder tanguy ndombele is reportedly considering his future at the club amid speculation linking him with a move to barcelona. The first choice team was bill brown, peter baker, ron henry, danny blanchflower, maurice norman, dave mackay, cliff jones, john white, bobby smith, les. During his career, he played as a winger and was capped 59 times for wales national team.
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