28th August 2013 - 11 Reasons why Spurs are bigger than Arsenal A late friend of mine once said to me that “it is the worse kept secret in football that Spurs are the biggest team in London”. Although he used to say this with a grin on his face, he meant it. His evidence being that we are the historic London football entertainers, have the most loyal London fan following, have history of trophy success dating back over a one hundred and ten years, have regularly been involved in big money transfers and perhaps most importantly to him; Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham all appear to hate us more than any other side in London. Clear evidence of our biggest club in London status! However to put more meat on the bones of my dear friend’s case and to help ram home his point in this NLD week, here are eleven reasons (one for each of whatever no-mark turns out for them on Sunday) why we are bigger than north London’s third team; 1. Tottenham have won a major trophy in each of the last full decades dating back to the 1950s (only Man U can equal this). 2. Tottenham were the first London club to win the FA Cup in 1901 and when were still the only London club to have won it, when we lifted it again 20 years later. Indeed it took until 1930 for Arsenal to finally capture the cup, for what was to be their first major trophy, some 44 years after they had been formed (it took us just 19 years after our formation to lift our first trophy by comparison). 3. Tottenham were the first London club to win a European trophy (indeed first British club). 4. Tottenham have won three UEFA European trophies, Arsenal just the one. 5. Tottenham were the first London side to win the double in 60’61, doing it in style, unlike the anti-football of Arsenal ten years later. At the time, we had most points, most goals, most points and most wins. We still hold most wins in top flight from this memorable season as well as most wins from start season in the top flight. By contrast Arsenal did not even score the most goals of that particular campaign when they sneaked their way to the double in 70’71. 6. Tottenham record’s transfer fee paid (as of August 27th at least) is £25.8 million, Arsenal’s just £15 million. 7. Tottenham’s record attendance 75038, Arsenal’s 73707. 8. Arsenal recorded just 4,554 supporters in a top flight match v Leeds in 1966, just four months later Tottenham recorded 43,844 in the equivalent fixture, nearly ten times as many fans, watching the same opposition in the same completion, when our grounds were of very similar size. 9. Since the war, six times Tottenham have been the best supported club in England, Arsenal just twice (Tottenham were even the best supported in the country as a second division side – once again showing that even when the chips are down Spurs supporters turn out in droves). 10. Tottenham’s lowest ever average league crowd 13,370, Arsenal’s 4,460 (indeed 14 seasons in total Arsenal have averaged worse crowds than Tottenham’s lowest). 11. Tottenham have provided 70 representatives for the national side (the second highest of all time, just one player behind Villa), Arsenal have provided just 57. Enjoy the game and Up the Spurs.
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 22:44:02 +0000
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