1900–01 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
season of football team
The 1900–01 season Tottenham Hotspur competed in the Southern Football League where they finished in 5th place. They also entered the Western League for the first time where they finished 3rd. This was the season in which Tottenham, classed as a non-league club at the time went on to win the FA Cup and still are the only non-league winners of the competition to date.
The club reached the final where they played Sheffield United. The first match was played at Crystal Palace in London which finished in a 2–2 draw. The replay was moved to Bolton and Spurs won the game 3–1.
Squad
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Transfers
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Competitions
Southern Football League
Table
Results
Western League
In Tottenham's first outing in the Western League the team went on an unbeaten 11-game run, then on 27 March 1901 they sent their reserve team to play Bristol City in the league as the first team was to play Reading in the FA Cup the following day. A further two losses away against Portsmouth and Bristol Rovers, resulted in Tottenham finishing 3rd in the table.
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