Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City Match History 1896-2011

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Tottenham Hotspur host Stoke City at White Hart Lane on Saturday 9th April for Spurs' 31st Premier League match of the 2010-11 season (Stoke's 32nd match).

This will be the 80th time the two teams have met.

The first meeting came at the Victoria Ground when Stoke City were playing as Stoke FC in the old first round of the FA Cup in February 1896 in a match Stoke won 5-0.

Stoke became one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888 and the clubs were drawn together in the third round of the FA Cup in February 1899 at the Victoria Ground with Stoke winning 4-1.

The first match at White Hart Lane between the clubs was a friendly played in March 1900 with Spurs, then Champions of the Southern League, beating Stoke 6-0.

Spurs joined the Football League for the 1908-09 season but didn't meet Stoke in a League match until April 1920 in the Second Division with Tottenham winning 2-0 at the Lane and 3-1 at the Victoria Ground.

The first meeting in Division One came in March 1923 at Stoke which resulted in a 0-0 draw. Spurs won the reverse fixture at the Lane a week later 3-1.

The clubs met for five seasons in the Second Division between 1928 to 1933 and for two seasons in Division One from 1934 to 1935.

After the Second World War, the clubs met in the modern FA Cup third round in January 1947 at White Hart Lane which resulted in a 2-2 draw with Stoke winning the replay 1-0 thanks to a Stanley Matthews goal.

Three years later, Spurs beat Stoke 1-0 away in the third round.

Spurs were Football League Champions in 1950-51 and beat Stoke 6-1 at home but could only draw 0-0 away during that season.

Every League game played between Spurs and Stoke since WW2 has taken place in the Top Flight, except for season 1977-78 when Spurs spent a single season in Division Two, beating Stoke 3-1 in both matches.

The clubs met in the FA Cup in January 1976 with a 1-1 draw at the Lane followed by a 2-1 win for Stoke in the replay.

To date, the clubs have somehow managed to avoid playing each other in the Football League Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur were founder members of the Premier League in 1992-93 but Stoke City's first season in the competition came in 2008-09 with Stoke winning 2-1 at the Britannia Stadium and Spurs winning 3-1 at the Lane.

Last season Stoke won 1-0 at White Hart Lane with Spurs winning 2-1 at the Britannia.

Earlier this season, Spurs won the away fixture 2-1 with a brace of goals from Gareth Bale.

Overall, Stoke have won 17 games, Spurs have won 40 games and the remaining 22 matches of the 79 played have been drawn.

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Full history of Stoke City v Tottenham Hotspur matches 1896-2010

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They Played for Spurs & Stoke...

Paul Allen
Garry Brooke
Joe Brough
George Clawley
Garth Crooks
Matthew Etherington
Ray Evans
Márton Fülöp
Eiður Guðjohnsen
Ken Hancock
Archie Heggarty
Stephen Kelly
Fred Latham
Billy Leech
Gerry Mahon
Ian Moores
James Morton
Tony Parks
Jimmy Robertson
Hans Segers
Paul Stewart
Charlie Wilson

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Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Squad Numbers 1992-2011

Stoke City Premier League Player's Squad Numbers 2008-2011