Soccer Fixture: Tottenham Hotspur Versus AFC Sunderland

Before the 2016-17 season, these two groups had met 116 times in all rivalries. Prior to the Second World War, Tottenham won simply under portion of the matches between the clubs in all rivalries though since 1945 they have prevailed upon only seventy five percent.

In the 'Cutting edge Era' from 1992 onwards, Tottenham have prevailed upon only 33% of the experiences and haven't lost to Sunderland since a Premier League coordinate at Sunderland's Stadium of Light ground on third April, 2010.

Tottenham Hotspur initially confronted AFC Sunderland in a moment round FA Cup tie on eleventh February, 1899 at the Northumberland Park ground. 'Goads' won 2.1 with objectives from Harry Bradshaw and John Cameron.

This would have been something of a steamed at the time as, while Sunderland were playing in the Football League's First Division, Tottenham were all the while playing in the Southern League. This thrashing of Sunderland was the first run through in the FA Cup that a lower-association club had ever fought against eminent loss to crush a best flight club from the Football League.

Tottenham embraced the white shirts and naval force blue shorts of Preston North End - the first 'Invincibles' who had won the 'twofold' of FA Cup and Football League First Division in the League's inaugural season ten years sooner, in 1888-89. The new pack clearly motivated them to more noteworthy things as they won the Southern League in 1900 and after that, in 1901, turned into the first and final non-League club to win the FA Cup, by beating Sheffield United in the last, after a replay.

In those late Nineteenth Century days, clubs would confront three qualifying rounds in the FA Cup before continuing to the first-round stage. Sunderland had won away at Bristol City 4.2 in their first round, while Tottenham had vanquished the Newton Heath club (which moved toward becoming Manchester United a little more than three years after the fact) at that point playing in the Second Division, 5.3 after a replay.

Tottenham lost away to another First Division side - Stoke - 4.1 in the following round and it would be nine more years previously they were chosen into the Second Division toward the beginning of the 1908-09 season (in which they completed second and were advanced).

Additionally in 1899, Tottenham moved to a bit of neglected land claimed by Charrington, the brewers, on the High Road, Tottenham, which had been produced and known as the High Road ground. George Beckwith had utilized the site which sat behind the White Hart open house, of which he was proprietor, as a garden nursery and the ground soon wound up known as White Hart Lane.

Sunderland had been shaped three years sooner than Tottenham - in 1879 - and joined the Football League about twenty years sooner - in 1890-91. They played in the best trip until 1957-58 when they were consigned without precedent for their history.

The principal group meeting between these two sides along these lines went ahead first September, 1909 at Sunderland's past ground - Roker Park - in a First Division conflict which Sunderland won 3.1.

Tottenham first confronted Sunderland at home at White Hart Lane in the alliance in the arrival apparatus that season, on 25th March, 1910 before a limit horde of 35,000. It ended up being Tottenham's first alliance prevail upon Sunderland as the match completed 5.1, with Percy Humphreys scoring two objectives for the home side. A previous Chelsea player, Humphreys scored 24 objectives in 45 group appearances for Spurs incorporating one in the last match of that season, which guaranteed Tottenham's survival in front of Chelsea who were consigned.

It wasn't until after the First World War that Tottenham beat Sunderland in the association at Roker Park; on 26th March, 1921 with Jimmy Seed scoring the main objective in a 1.0 win. Amusingly, Seed had been raised in the ocean side town of Whitburn, only north of Sunderland.

Tottenham have put five objectives past Sunderland on five further events since that first home win in 1910. They coordinated the scoreline in a First Division coordinate on sixteenth November, 1968 with incredible striker Jimmy Greaves scoring four of Tottenham's objectives that day and Wesh universal Mike England the other.

Another 5.1 triumph happened all the more as of late, in the Premier League, on seventh April, 2014 when Lee Cattermole put the 'Dark Cats' ahead following 17 minutes, before Emmanuel Adebayor balanced for Spurs and after that additional a moment as Spurs scored four objectives without answer in the second half.

Two of the five-objective pulls came in the FA Cup. On 28th January, 1950 Tottenham won a fourth-round tie at White Hart Lane 5.1 (once more) with striker Les Bennett and winger Sonny Walters getting two objectives each. Tottenham lost at Everton in the following round, while close opponents Arsenal went ahead to win the opposition that season, beating Liverpool 2.0 in the last.

Sonny Walters came up through the lesser positions at Tottenham and would go ahead to score 66 objectives for Tottenham. He was without a doubt one of the immense Spurs players of the mid 1950s. Playing nearby future administrative mammoths, for example, Bill Nicholson and Alf Ramsay, he highlighted in a well known Spurs supporters' tune of the time:

"We are the Spurs Supporters and we want to watch them play...

... The ref his shriek gladly blows the linesmen wave their banners,

The Duke is prepared to commence as he hitches up his packs,

We cheer Sonny Walters as he wanders down the line,

Furthermore, the ball like enchantment is in the net and makes every one of us feel fine."

'The Duke' alluded to focus forward Len Duquemin - likewise nicknamed 'Dependable Len' - who had touched base from Guernsey in the Channel Islands, having already worked in a religious community' He played nearby Walters in Arthur Rowe's well known 'push and run' side of the time which lit up post-war football in England and helped Tottenham to win the alliance title in 1951.

After eleven years, Tottenham were making the most of their own adventure to the FA Cup Final and furthermore First Division accomplishment as now director Bill Nicholson's group turned into the primary side in the twentieth century to accomplish the 'twofold' of FA Cup and League Championship wins. They confronted Sunderland in the quarter-finals and, after Cliff Jones had secured a 1.1 draw for Tottenham at Roker Park, they again scored five times in the replay with objectives from Les Allen, Terry Dyson (2), Dave Mackay and Bobby Smith. Smith would go ahead to score Tottenham's first objective in the last, where Tottenham beat Leicester City 2.0.

Tottenham have never put six objectives past Sunderland however - something Sunderland have accomplished twice against Tottenham.

On nineteenth December, 1914, three months into the First World War and in the last season before proficient football was suspended, Sunderland won 6.0 at White Hart Lane in a First Division coordinate played before a horde of only 5,000.

Sunderland rehashed the accomplishment on 21st February, 1934 with another 6.0 win - this time at Roker Park - and again in the First Division. The men from the destitution stricken north-east of England were, under Scottish administrator Johnny Cochrane, turning into a noteworthy footballing power. They would complete 6th in the alliance that prior year coming sprinters up to Arsenal the accompanying season and champions themselves in 1935-36, scoring a monstrous 109 objectives all the while. They additionally won the FA Cup in 1937.

The most astounding scoring attract between the sides to date was a 3.3 outcome at White Hart Lane on eighth December, 1990 with Gary Lineker scoring the first of Tottenham's objectives. A standout amongst the most exciting matches between the sides went ahead Halloween - 31st October, 1953 - at Roker Park, again in the First Division. Sunderland went behind twice before scoring three objectives in the initial seven minutes of the second-half. Sonny Walters again scored for Spurs in the 56th moment however there were no further objectives and the match finished 4.3 to Sunderland.

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