Tottenham Hotspur football club (Spurs)

Founded:	1882
Manager:	Harry Redknapp
Division:	Premier League
Address:	Bill Nicholson Way 748 High Road Tottenham London N17 0AP
Website:	www.spurs.co.uk

"The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It is nothing of the kind. The game is about glory, it is about doing things in style and with a flourish, about going out and beating the other lot, not waiting for them to die of boredom."

These words of Tottenham Hotspur's 1960/61 captain, Danny Blanchflower capture the way most Tottenham sides have played.

Nicknamed Spurs, their history sprang from a youth church cricket club, named Hotspur, who played their matches at the Tottenham marshes, one mile away from where they eventually settled.

As the main club in north London, until the then named Woolwich Arsenal moved north of the river, Spurs won their first of 8 FA Cups in 1901, the only non-league club to achieve this feat.

In 1950 and 1951 Spurs won the Second and First Divisions in successive seasons introducing Arthur Rowe's push and run style of play, winning many admirers.

Ten years later Tottenham recorded Bill Nicholson's first achievement as Spurs manager, becoming the first team in the 20th century to win the League and Cup double.

During Nicholson's reign the club won the League Championship, three FA Cups and two League Cups.

In European competitions Spurs became the first British team to win a European trophy, winning the UEFA Cup Winners Cup with a 5-1 score line, which still remains the joint record winning margin. Nicholson also won the inaugural UEFA Cup in 1972.

Spurs continued their attractive brand of football in the 1980s, with the likes of Hoddle, Villa, Ardiles, Allen and Gascoigne, winning two more FA Cups and an UEFA Cup.

Even though the 1990s began brightly for Spurs, during the Premier League years they have been less successful, winning only two league cups, but have recently had a resurgence under the astute management of chairman Daniel Levy, making their first Champions League appearance in 2010 and going on to reach the quarter finals.

Tottenham's many ups and downs fittingly prove the wisdom of record goalscorer Jimmy Greaves famous words:

It's a funny old game.