1901–02 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
1901–02 season
Player-Manager	John Cameron
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Southern League	2nd
Western League	2nd
London League	2nd
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	Alex Brown (18)
Biggest win	8–1 v Watford ; 26 October 1901 ; Southern League
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	← 1900–01 1902–03 →

The 1901–02 season was Tottenham's sixth season as a fully professional club and their 19th year in existence. They competed in three leagues and the FA Cup. The primary focus was the Southern League with a midweek feature in the Western League. The club also competed in the London League for the first time with their reserve players.

In the Southern League over the course of the first 11 games they had only lost to Northampton Town and drawn one. One of the most impressive wins was at home against Watford in which Tottenham had scored eight goals. Their form faulted in December but picked up again after that. Towards the end of the season their form faulted yet again and with it their chance to win the competition. In fact the winners of the league Portsmouth beat them in both home and away matches. In the end Tottenham finished in second place.

The Western League became a similar story to the Southern League. Tottenham had a seven game unbeaten run and came up against Portsmouth yet again only to lose. A big loss to Southampton and a draw away at Reading hampered their chance to win the Western League. They narrowly missed out here with Portsmouth accumulating more points winning yet another title, leaving Tottenham sitting in second place.

In the London League Tottenham reserve players managed enough to finish in second place.

In the FA Cup Tottenham were drawn against Southampton and it took three games to settle the score. A draw home and away and to settle the matter both clubs had to go to Elm Park in Reading. Southampton settled the matter by winning 2–1. They then went on a run to reach the FA Cup final against Sheffield United. Which had to be replayed after the first match was a draw, but lost the second match.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	George Clawley
—	GK	WAL	Fred Griffiths
—	DF	ENG	John Burton
—	DF	SCO	Harry Erentz
—	DF	SCO	Sandy Tait
—	DF	ENG	John Stephenson
—	MF	WAL	Ted Hughes
—	MF	ENG	Tom Morris
—	MF	NIR	Jack Kirwan
—	MF	SCO	Patrick Gilhooley
—	MF	ENG	Len Hyde
—	MF	WAL	Jack Jones


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	James McNaught
—	MF	ENG	James Moles
—	MF	ENG	Thomas Soulsby
—	MF	ENG	Tom Smith
—	MF	ENG	Alan Haig-Brown
—	FW	ENG	John Barlow
—	FW	ENG	Vivian Woodward
—	FW	SCO	Thomas Fitchie
—	FW	SCO	David Copeland
—	FW	SCO	Sandy Brown
—	FW	SCO	John Cameron

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1901	MF	Thomas Soulsby	Liverpool	Unknown	^[1]^[a]
September 1901	MF	Patrick Gilhooley	Sheffield United	Unknown	^[2]
April 1902	FW	Thomas Fitchie		Guest appearance	^[3]^[b]

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
March 1902	GK		Fred Griffiths	Preston North End	Unknown	^[4]

Competitions

Southern League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Portsmouth	30	20	7	3	67	24	2.792	47
2	Tottenham Hotspur	30	18	6	6	61	22	2.773	42
3	Southampton	30	18	6	6	71	28	2.536	42
4	West Ham United	30	17	6	7	45	28	1.607	40
5	Reading	30	16	7	7	57	24	2.375	39

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Results

7 September 1901 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Millwall	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

14 September 1901 2	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Queen Park Rangers	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

21 September 1901 3	Reading	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Reading, Berkshire
				Stadium: Elm Park

5 October 1901 4	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Eastville, Bristol
				Stadium: Eastville Stadium

12 October 1901 5	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	New Brompton	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

19 October 1901 6	Northampton Town	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Northampton
				Stadium: County Cricket Ground

26 October 1901 7	Tottenham Hotspur	8–1	Watford	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

2 November 1901 8	West Ham United	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	West Ham, London
				Stadium: Memorial Grounds

9 November 1901 9

Wellingborough

0–1

Tottenham Hotspur

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

23 November 1901 10	Swindon Town	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Swindon, Wiltshire
				Stadium: County Ground

7 December 1901 11	Kettering Town	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Kettering, Northamptonshire
				Stadium: Rockingham Road

21 December 1901 12	Millwall	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Isle of Dogs, London
				Stadium: North Greenwich

25 December 1901 13	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Portsmouth	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

26 December 1901 14	Southampton	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton, Hampshire
	Wood			Stadium: The Dell

28 December 1901 15	Queens Park Rangers	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	North Kensington, London
				Stadium: Latimer Road

4 January 1902 16	Tottenham Hotspur	4–2	Reading	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

18 January 1902 17	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

1 February 1902 18	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Northampton Town	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

8 February 1902 19	Watford	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Watford, Hertfordshire
				Stadium: Cassio Road

15 February 1902 20	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	West Ham United	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

22 February 1902 21	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Wellingborough	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

8 March 1902 22	Tottenham Hotspur	7–1	Swindon Town	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

15 March 1902 23	Brentford	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	, London
	Logan Shanks			Stadium: York Road

22 March 1902 24	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Kettering Town	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

28 March 1902 25	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Southampton	Tottenham, London
			A. Turner J. Turner	Stadium: White Hart Lane

29 March 1902 26	Luton Town	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Luton, Hertfordshire
				Stadium: Dunstable Road

31 March 1902 27	Portsmouth	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Portsmouth, Hampshire
				Stadium: Fratton Park

5 April 1902 28	New Brompton	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Gillingham, Kent
				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

12 April 1902 29	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Luton Town	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

26 April 1902 30	Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Brentford	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

Western League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Portsmouth	16	13	1	2	53	16	3.313	27
2	Tottenham Hotspur	16	11	3	2	42	17	2.471	25
3	Reading	16	7	3	6	29	22	1.318	17
4	Millwall Athletic	16	8	1	7	25	29	0.862	17
5	Bristol Rovers	16	8	0	8	25	31	0.806	16
6	Southampton	16	7	1	8	30	28	1.071	15
7	West Ham United	16	6	2	8	30	20	1.500	14
8	Queens Park Rangers	16	5	1	10	17	43	0.395	11
9	Swindon Town	16	0	2	14	8	53	0.151	2	Left league at end of season

Source: ^[5]

Results

9 September 1901 1	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Reading	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

28 September 1901 2	Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Southampton	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

30 September 1901 3	Queens Park Rangers	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	North Kensington, London
				Stadium: Latimer Road

7 October 1901 4	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Millwall	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

14 October 1901 5	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	West Ham United	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

21 October 1901 6	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Bristol Rovers	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

11 November 1901 7	Tottenham Hotspur	6–0	Swindon Town	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

16 November 1901 8	Portsmouth	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Portsmouth, Hampshire
				Stadium: Fratton Park

18 November 1901 9	Bristol Rovers	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Eastville, Bristol
				Stadium: Eastville Stadium

9 December 1901 10	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

11 January 1902 11	Southampton	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell

15 January 1902 12	Reading	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Reading, Berkshire
				Stadium: Elm Park

17 February 1902 13	Millwall	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Isle of Dogs, London
				Stadium: North Greenwich

10 March 1902 14	West Ham United	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	West Ham, London
				Stadium: Memorial Grounds

17 March 1902 15	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	Portsmouth	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

9 April 1902 16	Swindon Town	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Swindon, Wiltshire
				Stadium: County Ground

London League

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	West Ham United	8	5	1	2	18	9	11
2	Tottenham Hotspur	8	3	3	2	15	13	9
3	Millwall	8	2	4	2	9	13	8
4	Queens Park Rangers	8	2	2	4	11	14	6
5	Woolwich Arsenal	8	2	2	4	9	13	6

Results

16 September 1901 1	Woolwich Arsenal	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Plumstead, London
				Stadium: Manor Ground

4 November 1901 2	Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Woolwich Arsenal	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

16 December 1901 3	West Ham United	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Canning Town, London
				Stadium: Memorial Grounds

6 January 1902 4	Millwall	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Isle of Dogs, London
				Stadium: North Greenwich

10 February 1902 5	Tottenham Hotspur	1–5	Queens Park Rangers	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

24 March 1902 6	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Millwall	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

14 April 1902 7	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	North Kensington, London
				Stadium: Latimer Road

21 April 1902 8	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	West Ham United	Tottenham, London
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

FA Cup

Results

25 January 1902 Round one	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Southampton	Tottenham, London
	Copeland		Bowman	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 25,000

29 January 1902 Round one replay	Southampton	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton, Hampshire
	Chadwick J. Turner		Hughes	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 10,000

3 February 1902 Round one replay	Southampton	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Reading, Berkshire
	A. Turner Brown		Kirwan	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 10,000

Notes

^ Thomas Soulsby was signed from Liverpool who had played in the reserves. He only made two appearances for Tottenham, one London League match and one friendly.
^ Thomas Fitichie who was an amateur was free to play for any club. He chose to play for Tottenham Hotspur in April 1902 playing in one Southern League game against Luton Town. This game occurred on 12 April 1902 which ended in a 0–0 draw. He played in one other friendly game for Tottenham against Sheffield United, which occurred on 1 April 1902 which finished 3–2 in Spurs favour, with Fitichie scoring one of the goals.

References

^ Goodwin 1992, p. 338.
^ Goodwin 1992, p. 149.
^ Goodwin 1992, p. 135.
^ Goodwin 1992, pp. 160–161.
^ Phil Soar. Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882-1995. Hamlyn. p. 235. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.

Bibliography

Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.

[2] Thomas Soulsby was signed from Liverpool who had played in the reserves. He only made two appearances for Tottenham, one London League match and one friendly.

[5] Thomas Fitichie who was an amateur was free to play for any club. He chose to play for Tottenham Hotspur in April 1902 playing in one Southern League game against Luton Town. This game occurred on 12 April 1902 which ended in a 0–0 draw. He played in one other friendly game for Tottenham against Sheffield United, which occurred on 1 April 1902 which finished 3–2 in Spurs favour, with Fitichie scoring one of the goals.

[FOOTNOTEGoodwin1992338-1] Goodwin 1992, p. 338.

[FOOTNOTEGoodwin1992149-3] Goodwin 1992, p. 149.

[FOOTNOTEGoodwin1992135-4] Goodwin 1992, p. 135.

[FOOTNOTEGoodwin1992160–161-6] Goodwin 1992, pp. 160–161.

[7] Phil Soar. Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882-1995. Hamlyn. p. 235. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.

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