On this day in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was founded as a subsidiary of the Hotspur Cricket Club.
But how did it all come about? And why are they called ‘Hotspur’? Here is a short summary…
In 1882, a group of students, mostly aged between 13 and 14, who attended the Tottenham Grammar School and the Saint John’s Middle Class School, decided to form a football club.
These young lads were part of the Hotspur Cricket Club that was formed two years earlier in 1880. As cricket was a sport for the summer, the students wanted to play a sport they could enjoy during winter.