Golden Arrow
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First the stats, 29 won, 48 lost and 21 drawn with our first game taking place in 1908.
Over the years, there’s been some memorable games including a 6-2 win (Hartwill 3, Jones, Martin and Phillips) in 1935 and a 7-4 defeat (Buckley, kirkham, Mcllmoyle and Wharton) in 1965, but in cup competitions we’ve always come out second best with disappointment in the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.
Personally, I’ve never forgiven Spurs for what they did to my football club in 1972.
In May of that year, my heart was broken in the first leg of the UEFA Cup Final when their centre forward “Martin Chivers” scored 2 at Molineux to give them a slender lead with Jim McCalliog replying for us. A 1-1 (Wagstaffe) draw at White Hart Lane a week later would not be enough and the cup would go to North London and with it mine and the clubs dreams of European silverware.
During December of the same year, we would have the opportunity to get revenge, this time in a two legged League Cup semi-final. The first leg was almost a re-run of the UEFA final when again we lost 2-1 (Hibbitt) at Molineux.
The second leg took place the day before New Years Eve, and I remember hearing “I don’t believe in Miracles” by Colin Blunstone being blasted out over the WHL terraces before the game. I was hoping for a miracle, but suffice to say one didn’t turn up and that man Chivers did us again in a 2-2 draw (Richards, Naylor og) and with it exit from another cup competition.
I never wanted to play Spurs ever again after that especially in a cup competition but in 1981 we were paired together again, this time in a FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough.
As soon as the name Spurs came out of the hat the writing was on the wall, and although we earned a creditable 2-2 draw (Carr, Hibbitt) in the first game, we would not fair so well in the replay.
To this day I’ll never understand why the FA decided on Arsenal’s Highbury stadium to hold the replay as for Spurs it was almost a home tie for their supporters, but rallied on by their extra support they ran out 3-0 winners.
So putting cup competitions aside, and for us to come out with some credit here, let’s not forget our recent successes in London including 3-1 win (Boly, Jiminez and Costa) at Wembley in December 2018 and then a few days after returning from Barcelona in March 2020 we won 3-2 (Doherty, Jota and Jiminez) at their new stadium.
Contributions as always gratefully received.
Over the years, there’s been some memorable games including a 6-2 win (Hartwill 3, Jones, Martin and Phillips) in 1935 and a 7-4 defeat (Buckley, kirkham, Mcllmoyle and Wharton) in 1965, but in cup competitions we’ve always come out second best with disappointment in the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup.
Personally, I’ve never forgiven Spurs for what they did to my football club in 1972.
In May of that year, my heart was broken in the first leg of the UEFA Cup Final when their centre forward “Martin Chivers” scored 2 at Molineux to give them a slender lead with Jim McCalliog replying for us. A 1-1 (Wagstaffe) draw at White Hart Lane a week later would not be enough and the cup would go to North London and with it mine and the clubs dreams of European silverware.
During December of the same year, we would have the opportunity to get revenge, this time in a two legged League Cup semi-final. The first leg was almost a re-run of the UEFA final when again we lost 2-1 (Hibbitt) at Molineux.
The second leg took place the day before New Years Eve, and I remember hearing “I don’t believe in Miracles” by Colin Blunstone being blasted out over the WHL terraces before the game. I was hoping for a miracle, but suffice to say one didn’t turn up and that man Chivers did us again in a 2-2 draw (Richards, Naylor og) and with it exit from another cup competition.
I never wanted to play Spurs ever again after that especially in a cup competition but in 1981 we were paired together again, this time in a FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough.
As soon as the name Spurs came out of the hat the writing was on the wall, and although we earned a creditable 2-2 draw (Carr, Hibbitt) in the first game, we would not fair so well in the replay.
To this day I’ll never understand why the FA decided on Arsenal’s Highbury stadium to hold the replay as for Spurs it was almost a home tie for their supporters, but rallied on by their extra support they ran out 3-0 winners.
So putting cup competitions aside, and for us to come out with some credit here, let’s not forget our recent successes in London including 3-1 win (Boly, Jiminez and Costa) at Wembley in December 2018 and then a few days after returning from Barcelona in March 2020 we won 3-2 (Doherty, Jota and Jiminez) at their new stadium.
Contributions as always gratefully received.