FA Cup Winners

Lore & Background

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur's emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football, with the Latin motto Audere est Facere ('to dare is to do'). The team have traditionally worn white shirts and navy blue shorts as their home kit since the 1898–99 season. Their training ground is on Hotspur Way in Bulls Cross, Enfield. After its inception, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888. Tottenham was the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960–61 season. After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962, in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition – the European Cup Winners' Cup. They were also the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972, becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies. They collected at least one major trophy in each of the six decades from the 1950s to 2000s, an achievement matched only by Manchester United.

In Their Own Story

The air hung heavy over Wembley's old concrete terraces in 1961. Inside the dressing room, tension mixed with the scent of liniment. Bill Nicholson didn't shout; he simply looked at his men, from the legendary Dave Mackay to the young Jimmy Greaves. 'Play your game,' he murmured. When they walked out onto the pitch against Leicester City, the roar of the crowd was a physical force. As the final whistle blew and the net rippled one last time, the players didn't just lift a cup; they lifted the entire North London onto their shoulders, proving that on this day, Tottenham Hotspur were not just a club, but a dynasty.

Reader's Guide

In domestic football, Spurs have won two league titles, eight FA Cups, four League Cups, and seven FA Community Shields. In European football, they have won one European Cup Winners' Cup and three UEFA Cup/Europa League titles. Tottenham were also runners-up in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. They have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Arsenal, with whom they contest the North London derby, as well as a contested rivalry with Chelsea. Tottenham is owned by ENIC Group, which purchased the club in 2001. The club was estimated to be worth £2.6 billion ($3.2 billion) in 2024, and it was the ninth-highest-earning football club in the world, with an annual revenue for season 2024–25 of €672.6M (£585.56M), as ranked by accountancy firm Deloitte.

Did You Know?

• Tottenham won the FA Cup in 1901 as a non-League club, the only such club to do so since the Football League formed in 1888.
• They were the first British club to win a European trophy, the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.
• The club's nickname 'Spurs' comes from Harry Hotspur, a famous member of the Northumberland family.