About the book
The History of
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham’s story begins with boys organising a football club in 1882 and grows into a history of ambition, change and belonging. From the marshes and Northumberland Park to White Hart Lane, each move helped shape the institution that supporters came to know as Spurs. The familiar colours, symbols and matchday routines emerged through the choices of people who could not know what their club would become.
The final match at White Hart Lane offers a way into the wider story: a successful team preparing to leave a ground filled with generations of private memories. Paul A Leverell explores the work of building and sustaining a club, the demands of progress and the attachments that survive change. It is a history of Tottenham as both a football institution and a shared part of its supporters’ lives.