1906–07 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1906–07 season was Tottenham's eleventh season as a fully professional club and the 24th year in existence. They competed in two leagues, the main being the Southern Football League with a midweek game in the Western League along with competing in the FA Cup.

Unlike the previous season the Western League was split into two groups and Tottenham played in the "B" league consisting of sixth teams and finished in fourth place.

In the Southern League Tottenham did enough to finish in the top half of the table with a notable 6–0 win against Northampton Town. On 12 December they played Plymouth Argyle in both the Southern and Western League on the same day. The first team went away to Plymouth and drew the game 2–2. While the reserves played at White Hart Lane in a game that finished 4–2 in Tottenham's favour.^[1]

In the FA Cup it took three games to get past Hull City and the same again to get past Blackburn Rovers. Then in the third round Tottenham were drawn away to Notts County, in Nottingham Spurs lost 4–0 ending their cup run.

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 Jack Eggett — GK  IRL Matthew Reilly — GK  ENG John Whitbourne — DF  ENG Walter Bull — DF  ENG Oliver Burton — DF  ENG Jabez Darnell — DF  SCO Danny Steel — DF  ENG John Wilkinson — DF  SCO Sandy Tait — DF  SCO Frank McDiarmid — DF  SCO John Watson — DF  SCO Jack Chaplin — MF  ENG William Jones — MF  WAL Ted Hughes — MF  ENG Alfred Whyman

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   William Dow — MF  SCO George Badenoch — MF  ENG Tom Morris — MF  ENG Robert Walker — FW  ENG Arthur Pickett — FW  ENG Harold Stansfield — FW  ENG John Brearley — FW  ENG William Berry — FW  ENG Herbert Chapman — FW  ENG Charlie Hewitt — FW  ENG Walter Eames — FW  SCO James Reid — FW  ENG Joe Walton — FW  ENG Vivian Woodward — FW  ENG George Payne

Transfers

May 1906 saw the arrival of multiple players to Tottenham, three from Watford, two from Middlesbrough and William Jones who had spent nine years at Bristol City with an England call-up during that time in March 1901 where he played against Ireland. His final season with Bristol was when they had won the Second Division, however they released him from his services at seasons end.^[2] In October Tottenham gave a trail to Irish international goalkeeper Matthew Reilly and were impressed and signed him for a year.^[3]

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1906	DF		Frank McDiarmid	Dundee	Unknown	[4]
May 1906	FW		James Reid	Watford	Unknown	[5]
May 1906	MF		George Badenoch	Watford	Unknown	[6][a]
May 1906	MF		William Dow	Bury	Unknown	[7]
May 1906	FW		Robert Walker	Middlesbrough	Unknown	[8]
May 1906	FW		Walter Eames	Watford	Unknown	[9]
May 1906	FW		Charlie Hewitt	Middlesbrough	Unknown	[10]
May 1906	DF		William Jones	Bristol City	Free	[2]
May 1906	FW		Arthur Pickett	Workington	Unknown	[11]
May 1906	DF		Danny Steel	Rangers	Unknown	[12]
May 1906	DF		John Wilkinson	Notts County	Unknown	[13][b]
October 1906	GK		Matthew Reilly		Free	[3]
November 1906	FW		George Payne	Barnet Alston	Unknown	[15]

Competitions

Southern League

Table

Results

Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur

13 October 1906 9	Brentford	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Brentford, London
	Greaves Underwood			Stadium: Griffin Park

Western League

Table

Results

FA Cup

Results

Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City

21 January 1907 First round second reply	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Hull City	Tottenham, London
	Chapman			Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 20,000

Blackburn Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur

2 February 1907 Second round	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Blackburn, Lancashire
			Walton	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 24,963

Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn Rovers

7 February 1907 Second round replay	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Tottenham, London
	Reid			Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 29,900

Tottenham Hotspur v Blackburn Rovers

11 February 1907 Second round second replay	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Aston, Birmingham
	Reid Walton			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 18,000

Notes

References

Works cited

• 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.