Tottenham Hotspur’s quest for success this season is not going as planned in the English Premier League with Ange Postecoglou’s men maddeningly inconsistent and currently 10th with seven wins from 16 for a total of 23 points despite a 5-0 defeat. 0 away against Southampton. on Sunday. Things are a little brighter elsewhere with an EFL Cup quarter-final against Manchester United this Thursday and Spurs also on course for a place in the UEFA Europa League knockout stages – perhaps even a direct place for the round of 16 via a top eight. finish based on their two final results. With the FA Cup third round also taking place in early 2025, another potential route to silverware could begin there, provided the Londoners do not fall foul of potential National League giant-killers Tamworth.
So what does Tottenham’s trophy cabinet actually look like?
National titles
First Division (now EPL): 1950-51 and 1960-61 — Spurs are two-time top-flight winners, with those two titles being 10 years apart, which is obviously a long time ago but also intriguing as the 1951 success came a season later one of the club’s two second division titles. .
Second Division (now EFL Championship): 1919-20 and 1949-50 — The Lilywhites first reached the pinnacle of English football in 1920, over 100 years ago now, but their second return to the top level came in 1950, immediately followed by a first victory in the first division.
FA Cup: 1900-01, 1920-21, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1980-81, 1981-82 and 1990-91 – Tottenham won English football’s main domestic cup eight times, with their first triumph coming 1901 and the most recent in 1991. The 1921 victory was in the season following promotion to the First Division, while 1961 was a double league and cup year and 1962 represented a successful defense of the national cup. The 1967 effort was a third FA Cup victory in the same decade, while 1981 and 1982 were also back-to-back victories with a trend emerging in 1921, 1961, 1981 and 1991 that Spurs tended to win the title in the first season of a new decade.
League Cup (now EFL Cup): 1970-71, 1972-73, 1998-99 and 2007-08 — There is also another domestic cup record with four League Cup wins to their name which began in 1971 — continuing the aforementioned pattern of success . Tottenham failed to defend this title in 1972 but won it back in 1973 while 1999 brought a touch of silverware towards the end of the century, but 2008 represents their most recent triumph, which partly explains why Modern football fans do not consider Spurs to be a successful club.
FA Community Shield: 1921, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1981 and 1991 — For the record, the Lilywhites also have seven separate FA Community Shield titles, starting in 1921 until a success in 1991 and five of those seven came after the first season of a new decade.
European
UEFA Cup (now UEL): 1971-72 and 1983-84 – Tottenham won the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League) twice after triumphing in 1972 and 1984, so this season could see them win three UEL titles, just over 40 years on the greatest number. recent continental success.
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (now defunct): 1962-63 — Although it has limited modern value as it has been missing since 1999, Spurs also won this title which was essentially a European competition for winners of domestic cups — hence the name — which took place around the same title. position that the UEFA Conference League occupies today, although unrelated to the national cups.
