Founded: 1882
Stadium / Capacity: White Hart Lane, UK / 36,240 (all seats)
League Champions: 1951, 1961
FA Cup Winners: 1901, 1921, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981, 1982, 1991
League Cup Winners: 1971, 1973, 1999, 2008
European "Cup Winners Cup": 1963
UEFA Cup: 1972, 1984
Charity Shield Winners: 1921, 1952, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1982, 1992
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club are an English football club, which play in the
FA Premier League. The club is also known as Tottenham and Spurs, while their
own fans also refer to them as the Lilywhites because of their traditional
white shirts. Their home ground is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London.
Tottenham were the first club in the twentieth century to achieve the League and
FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960-61 season. In 1963, Spurs
became the first British club to win a European trophy - the European Cup
Winners' Cup.
The club enjoys a long-standing rivalry with near neighbours Arsenal, and
matches between the two are known as the North London derbies part of the many
London Derbies that take place during the season. The club motto is Audere est
Facere (lit: "To dare is to do") and their emblem is the cockerel and ball.
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