1901–02 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur
1901–02 season
Player-ManagerJohn Cameron
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
Southern League2nd
Western League2nd
London League2nd
FA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerAlex Brown (18)
Biggest win8–1 v Watford
26 October 1901
Southern League

The 1901–02 season was Tottenham's sixth season as a fully professional club and their 19th year in existence. They competed in three leagues and the FA Cup. The primary focus was the Southern League with a midweek feature in the Western League. The club also competed in the London League for the first time with their reserve players.

In the Southern League over the course of the first 11 games they had only lost to Northampton Town and drawn one. One of the most impressive wins was at home against Watford in which Tottenham had scored eight goals. Their form faulted in December but picked up again after that. Towards the end of the season their form faulted yet again and with it their chance to win the competition. In fact the winners of the league Portsmouth beat them in both home and away matches. In the end Tottenham finished in second place.

The Western League became a similar story to the Southern League. Tottenham had a seven game unbeaten run and came up against Portsmouth yet again only to lose. A big loss to Southampton and a draw away at Reading hampered their chance to win the Western League. They narrowly missed out here with Portsmouth accumulating more points winning yet another title, leaving Tottenham sitting in second place.

In the London League Tottenham reserve players managed enough to finish in second place.

In the FA Cup Tottenham were drawn against Southampton and it took three games to settle the score. A draw home and away and to settle the matter both clubs had to go to Elm Park in Reading. Southampton settled the matter by winning 2–1. They then went on a run to reach the FA Cup final against Sheffield United. Which had to be replayed after the first match was a draw, but lost the second match.

Squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG George Clawley
— GK Wales WAL Fred Griffiths
— DF England ENG John Burton
— DF Scotland SCO Harry Erentz
— DF Scotland SCO Sandy Tait
— DF England ENG John Stephenson
— MF Wales WAL Ted Hughes
— MF England ENG Tom Morris
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Jack Kirwan
— MF Scotland SCO Patrick Gilhooley
— MF England ENG Len Hyde
— MF Wales WAL Jack Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Scotland SCO James McNaught
— MF England ENG James Moles
— MF England ENG Thomas Soulsby
— MF England ENG Tom Smith
— MF England ENG Alan Haig-Brown
— FW England ENG John Barlow
— FW England ENG Vivian Woodward
— FW Scotland SCO Thomas Fitchie
— FW Scotland SCO David Copeland
— FW Scotland SCO Sandy Brown
— FW Scotland SCO John Cameron

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1901 MF England Thomas Soulsby Liverpool Unknown [1][a]
September 1901 MF Scotland Patrick Gilhooley Sheffield United Unknown [2]
April 1902 FW Scotland Thomas Fitchie Guest appearance [3][b]

Out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
March 1902 GK Wales Fred Griffiths Preston North End Unknown [4]

Competitions[edit]

Southern League[edit]

Main article: 1901–02 Southern Football League

Table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Portsmouth 30 20 7 3 67 24 2.792 47
2 Tottenham Hotspur 30 18 6 6 61 22 2.773 42
3 Southampton 30 18 6 6 71 28 2.536 42
4 West Ham United 30 17 6 7 45 28 1.607 40
5 Reading 30 16 7 7 57 24 2.375 39
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Results[edit]

7 September 1901 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Millwall Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
14 September 1901 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Queen Park Rangers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
21 September 1901 3 Reading 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Reading, Berkshire
Stadium: Elm Park
5 October 1901 4 Bristol Rovers 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Eastville, Bristol
Stadium: Eastville Stadium
12 October 1901 5 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 New Brompton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
19 October 1901 6 Northampton Town 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Northampton
Stadium: County Cricket Ground
26 October 1901 7 Tottenham Hotspur 8–1 Watford Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
2 November 1901 8 West Ham United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur West Ham, London
Stadium: Memorial Grounds
9 November 1901 9 Wellingborough 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
23 November 1901 10 Swindon Town 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Swindon, Wiltshire
Stadium: County Ground
7 December 1901 11 Kettering Town 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Kettering, Northamptonshire
Stadium: Rockingham Road
21 December 1901 12 Millwall 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: North Greenwich
25 December 1901 13 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Portsmouth Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
26 December 1901 14 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton, Hampshire
Wood Stadium: The Dell
28 December 1901 15 Queens Park Rangers 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur North Kensington, London
Stadium: Latimer Road
4 January 1902 16 Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 Reading Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
18 January 1902 17 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Bristol Rovers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
1 February 1902 18 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Northampton Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
8 February 1902 19 Watford 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Watford, Hertfordshire
Stadium: Cassio Road
15 February 1902 20 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 West Ham United Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
22 February 1902 21 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Wellingborough Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
8 March 1902 22 Tottenham Hotspur 7–1 Swindon Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
15 March 1902 23 Brentford 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur , London
Logan
Shanks 		Stadium: York Road
22 March 1902 24 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Kettering Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
28 March 1902 25 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Southampton Tottenham, London
A. Turner
J. Turner		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
29 March 1902 26 Luton Town 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Luton, Hertfordshire
Stadium: Dunstable Road
31 March 1902 27 Portsmouth 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stadium: Fratton Park
5 April 1902 28 New Brompton 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Gillingham, Kent
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
12 April 1902 29 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Luton Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
26 April 1902 30 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Brentford Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane

Western League[edit]

Main article: 1901–02 Western Football League

Table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Portsmouth 16 13 1 2 53 16 3.313 27
2 Tottenham Hotspur 16 11 3 2 42 17 2.471 25
3 Reading 16 7 3 6 29 22 1.318 17
4 Millwall Athletic 16 8 1 7 25 29 0.862 17
5 Bristol Rovers 16 8 0 8 25 31 0.806 16
6 Southampton 16 7 1 8 30 28 1.071 15
7 West Ham United 16 6 2 8 30 20 1.500 14
8 Queens Park Rangers 16 5 1 10 17 43 0.395 11
9 Swindon Town 16 0 2 14 8 53 0.151 2 Left league at end of season
Source: [5]

Results[edit]

9 September 1901 1 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Reading Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
28 September 1901 2 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Southampton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
30 September 1901 3 Queens Park Rangers 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur North Kensington, London
Stadium: Latimer Road
7 October 1901 4 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Millwall Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
14 October 1901 5 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 West Ham United Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
21 October 1901 6 Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Bristol Rovers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
11 November 1901 7 Tottenham Hotspur 6–0 Swindon Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
16 November 1901 8 Portsmouth 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth, Hampshire
Stadium: Fratton Park
18 November 1901 9 Bristol Rovers 0–4 Tottenham Hotspur Eastville, Bristol
Stadium: Eastville Stadium
9 December 1901 10 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
11 January 1902 11 Southampton 5–1 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton, Hampshire
Stadium: The Dell
15 January 1902 12 Reading 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Reading, Berkshire
Stadium: Elm Park
17 February 1902 13 Millwall 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: North Greenwich
10 March 1902 14 West Ham United 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur West Ham, London
Stadium: Memorial Grounds
17 March 1902 15 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Portsmouth Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
9 April 1902 16 Swindon Town 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Swindon, Wiltshire
Stadium: County Ground

London League[edit]

Main article: London League (football)

Table[edit]

Pos Club P W D L F A Pts
1 West Ham United 8 5 1 2 18 9 11
2 Tottenham Hotspur 8 3 3 2 15 13 9
3 Millwall 8 2 4 2 9 13 8
4 Queens Park Rangers 8 2 2 4 11 14 6
5 Woolwich Arsenal 8 2 2 4 9 13 6

Results[edit]

16 September 1901 1 Woolwich Arsenal 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Plumstead, London
Stadium: Manor Ground
4 November 1901 2 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Woolwich Arsenal Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
16 December 1901 3 West Ham United 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur Canning Town, London
Stadium: Memorial Grounds
6 January 1902 4 Millwall 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Isle of Dogs, London
Stadium: North Greenwich
10 February 1902 5 Tottenham Hotspur 1–5 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
24 March 1902 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Millwall Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
14 April 1902 7 Queens Park Rangers 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur North Kensington, London
Stadium: Latimer Road
21 April 1902 8 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 West Ham United Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane

FA Cup[edit]

Results[edit]

25 January 1902 Round one Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Southampton Tottenham, London
Copeland Bowman Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,000
29 January 1902 Round one replay Southampton 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton, Hampshire
Chadwick
J. Turner 		Hughes Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 10,000
3 February 1902 Round one replay Southampton 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Reading, Berkshire
A. Turner
Brown 		Kirwan Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 10,000

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Thomas Soulsby was signed from Liverpool who had played in the reserves. He only made two appearances for Tottenham, one London League match and one friendly.
  2. ^ Thomas Fitichie who was an amateur was free to play for any club. He chose to play for Tottenham Hotspur in April 1902 playing in one Southern League game against Luton Town. This game occurred on 12 April 1902 which ended in a 0–0 draw. He played in one other friendly game for Tottenham against Sheffield United, which occurred on 1 April 1902 which finished 3–2 in Spurs favour, with Fitichie scoring one of the goals.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 338.
  2. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 149.
  3. ^ Goodwin 1992, p. 135.
  4. ^ Goodwin 1992, pp. 160–161.
  5. ^ Phil Soar. Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882-1995. Hamlyn. p. 235. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.
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