Arsenal V. Tottenham: The North London Rivalry Illustrated V2.0

» est 1913. « THE NORTH LONDON DERBY the world famous derby,C ARSENAL • VERSUS • TOTTENILA M THE RIVALR Y In addition to moving in on their territory, there was Arsenal The North London Derby has quite a long, dark history, with the first (friendly) meeting between Arsenal (called Royal Arsenal then) and Tottenham HotSpurs taking place at Tottenham Marshes on November 19, 1887. The game ended 15 minutes before fulltime due to darkness, with Spurs SINCE THEN A TOTAL OF 237 being appointed back into the First Division at the expense of Tottenham in 1919. Arsenal was relegated when League GAMES HAVE BEEN PLAYED Football resumed from being temporarily suspended because of the War. Yet interestingly enough, the Gunners were 'de-relegated' under 'questionable' circumstances while the Spurs had rightfully earned the right to stay up. BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS. winning 2-1. The rivalry and mutual dislike really began 26 years later when Arsenal moved to Highbury - just four miles from White Hart Lane - in 1913. That rivalry became more bitter in 1928 when Tottenham required a favour from Arsenal to avoid relegation. Arsenal was to play Portsmouth on the last day of the 1927-28 season THE RIVALRY HAS NOT DIED The two clubs had the first "North London Derby" (although it was only a friendly for the War Relief Fund) on August 22, 1914, and Arsenal smashed their new neighbours 5-1, despite being a division below them. and a win was needed. That said, Arsenal played a rather, which resulted in the Spurs AND CONTINUES TO LIVE ON. peculiarly poor match and lost getting relegated. THE STATISTICS LAST UPDATED 2012.11.1 2 VERSION The most goals in one game was 5-4 Arsenal Premiership victory at White Hart Lane on WINS, DEFEATS, DRAWS AGAINST THE SPURS : SUMMARIZED November 13, 2004. 237 GAMES' HAVE BEEN PLAYED. ARSENAL HAS SCORED 361 GOALS ? IN THAT TIME VS TOTTENHAM'S 336. o The biggest winning margin was a 6-0 away WINS 40% win at White Hart Lane by Arsenal on March (95 GAMES) 6, 1935. ARSENAL 66 GOALS o Tottenham biggest winning margin was at 37% 60% home win 5-0, twice (December 25, 1911 and April 4, 1983) at White Hart Lane. PREMIER FA CUP LEAGUE 5 GAMES 40 GAMES 12 GOALSS 43% 114 GOALS 20% 40% ARSENAL 7 GOALS WINS, SPURS SPURS 48 GOALS DEFEATS & DRAWS 5 GOALS ARSENAL HAVE BY MAJOR 2011 ARSENAL 19 GOALS ARSENAL 170 GOALS COMPETITIONS. 42% 2010 50% FINI S HED 2009 DIVISION 1 2008 LEAGUE CUP A BO V E 12 GAMES 110 GAMES 35 GOALS 212 3 26 GOALS 2007 25% 25% 2006 ABOVE SPURS 37% 2005 SPURS SPURS 2004 DEFEATS 35 % (84 GAMES) 16 GOALS 156 GOALS DRAWS 25 % (59 GAMES) 18 TIMES SINCE 2003 2002 THE ESTABLISHMENT 2001 NOJE: 2000 OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE ' TOTAL GAMES INCLUDES ALL MAJOR & MINOR EUROPEAN/ NATIONAL 1999 COMPETITIONS WHICH BOTH TEAMS PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER. INCLUDES 1998 (WINS/DRAWS / DEFEATS): THE PREMIERSHIP, FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1, FA CUP, LEAGUE CUP, COMMUNITY SHIELD (0/1/1), FOOTBALL LEAGUE SOUTH ( 4/6/4), LONDON WAR LEAGUE ( 2 /0/0), WAR LEAGUE CUP (1/1/0), 0/1/1), JUBILEE TRUST FUND (1/0/1), LONDON SPURS HAVE FINISHED 1997 ABOVE ARSENAL 1996 LONDON WA CUP COMBINATION (6/3/7), LONDON PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS CHARITY FUND (0/0/3), DAILY TELEGRAPH TITANIC FUND (1/0/0), SOUTHERN CHARITY CUP (1/2/2), SOUTHERN LEAGUE (1/0 / 1), UNITED LEAGUE ( 2/2/2) AND 1994 1995 T WICE 1992 1993 FRIENDLIES (1/0/0). 2 TOTAL GOALS DOES NOT EXCLUDE THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MINOR/ DISCONTINUED E UROPEAN/ NATIONAL COMPETITIONS. * DRAWN TO SCALE St Totteringham's Day TOTAL TROPHIES WON' The name/concept thought up by Julian PREMIER LEAGUE TITLES2 Shulam - is given to the day each season when 13 Tottenham can no longer finish above Arsenal (without us getting points deducted). 2 FOOTBALL LEAGUE SECOND DIVISION WESTERN LEAGUE AFC 39 HONOURS THFC 26 HONOURS SOUTHERN LEAGUE o Arsenal secured league titles at White Hart Lane in 1971 and 2004. Arsenal beat Tottenham in the F.A. Cup FA CUP finals in 1993 and 2001 and in 1991, Arsenal 10 was defeated in a F.A. Cup semi-final. Arsenal and Tottenham met in the League LEAGUE CUP Cup semi finals in 1987 and 2007. They met again in 2008 but Arsenal was defeated. The two teams have never met in a major cup FA CHARITY final though as yet. SHIELD 12 NOTE: UEFA CUP (AKA EUROPA/ UEFA WINNERS' CUP/ 'EXCLUDESA LOT OF MICKEY MOUSE CUPS TO BE FAIR, 'MAJOR CUPS' THAT BOTH TE AM HAS WON IS INCLUDED IN THE CHART. ARSENAL HOWEVER DID NOT PARTICPATE IN THE WESTERN LE AGUE AND THE ANGLO-ITALIAN LEAGUE CUP THAT TOTTENHAM WON. TAKING 2 INTER-CITIES FAIRS CUP) ANGLO-ITALIAN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, IT WOULD IN FACT TOTAL TO ARSENAL: 39 CUPS AND TOTTEN HAM: 2 4 CUPS. LEAGUE CUP 2 THE FIRST DIVISION WAS RENAMED TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE IN 1991. THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TITLE. SMALL DETAILS: 10 HTTP://wwW.MYFOOIBALLFACTS.COM/TOTTENHAMHOTSPURHOMESTRIPS1882- 2009. 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