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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club commonly referred to as
Spurs, is an English football club located in Tottenham, London, that plays in the Premier League. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane. Its newly developed training ground is in Bulls Cross on the northern borders of the London Borough of Enfield.
Established in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, making it the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League. Tottenham was the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double,tottenham win both leage and FA cup in 1960-61 season. After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962, in 1963 it became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition – the European Cup Winners' Cup.
In 1967 it won the FA Cup for a third time in the 1960s. In the 1970s Tottenham won the League Cup on two occasions and was the inaugural winner of the UEFA Cup
in 1972, becoming
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the first British club to win two different major
European trophies. In the 1980s Spurs won several trophies: the FA Cup twice, FA Community Shield and the UEFA Cup in 1984.
In the 1990s the club won the FA Cup and the League Cup. When it won
the League Cup once more in 2008, it meant that it had won a major
trophy in each of the last six decades – an achievement only matched by Manchester United.and its emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football. The club has a long-standing rivalry with near neighbours Arsenal, which is known as the North London derby.
Tottenham Hotspur
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Full name
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Nickname(s)
Spurs, The Lilywhites
Founded
5 September 1882, as
Hotspur F.C.
Ground
White Hart Lane,
Tottenham, London
Capacity
36,310
Owner
ENIC International Ltd.
Chairman
Daniel Levy
Manager
Tim Sherwood
League
Premier League
2012–13
Premier League, 5th
Website
Club home page
Current season
