Friday, February 23, 2007

9. Tottenham Hotspurs


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 has a long-standing rivalry with near neighbours
Arsenal and the series of matches between the two is known as the North London derby. 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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