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Tottenham Hotspur F.C. is an English football club based in Tottenham, London. The club was formed in 1882, as Hotspur F.C., and played in the Southern League until 1908, when they were elected into the Football League Second Division. Before this promotion Tottenham had won the FA Cup in 1901, making them the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League. Since then, Tottenham have won the FA Cup a further seven times, the Football League twice, the Football League Cup four times, the UEFA Cup twice and also the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. The Cup Winners' Cup victory in 1963 made Tottenham the first English team to win a UEFA competition. In 1960–61 they were the first team to complete The Double in the Twentieth Century. In 2014 they sold Gareth Bale to Spanish club Real Madrid for a record £86m transfer fee. ==Formation== On Tuesday 5 September 1882,〔http://www.afordawards.co.uk/blog/post/2014/11/06/Tottenham-Hotspur-Club-History-Football-Trophies.aspx〕 the Hotspur Football Club was formed by grammar-school boys from the Bible class at All Hallows Church. They were also members of Hotspur Cricket Club. It is possible that the name ''Hotspur'' was associated with Sir Henry Percy, who was "Harry Hotspur" of Shakespeare's Henry IV, part 1, and who lived locally during the 14th century and whose descendants owned land in the neighbourhood. In 1884 the club was renamed ''Tottenham Hotspur Football Club'' to avoid any confusion with an already established team called ''Hotspur FC''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History: Year by year )〕 Originally, ''Spurs'' played in navy-blue shirts and white shorts 1882-1885.〔http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Tottenham_Hotspur/Tottenham_Hotspur.htm〕 The club colours were changed to light blue and white halved jerseys and white shorts 1885-1889 (inspired by watching Blackburn Rovers win the FA cup at the Kennington Oval in 1884), before returning to the original dark blue shirts for the 1889-1890 season. From 1890-1895 the club had red shirts and blue shorts, this was changed 1895-1898 to chocolate brown and gold narrow striped shirts and dark blue shorts. Finally in the 1899–00 season, the strip was changed to the familiar white shirts and navy blue shorts, as a tribute to Preston North End,〔Powley (2008).〕 the most successful team of the time. In 1888 Tottenham moved their home fixtures from the Tottenham Marshes to Northumberland Park, where the club was able to charge for spectator admission. An attempt to join an aborted Southern League, instigated by Royal Arsenal (later Arsenal), failed in 1892, when they were the only club of the 23 applicants to receive no votes. They turned professional just before Christmas 1895 and were then admitted to the Southern League and attracted crowds nearing 15,000. Charles Roberts became chairman in 1898 and stayed in post until 1943. In 1899 Spurs made their final ground move to a former market garden in nearby High Road, Tottenham. In time, the ground became known as White Hart Lane, a local thoroughfare. Tottenham were the considerable beneficiaries of the escalating unionisation of the northern professional game in the 1890s. Both John Cameron and Jack Bell, formerly Everton players, came to play for Tottenham as a result of the conflict caused by their organisation of the Association Footballers' Union, a forerunner of the Professional Footballers' Association. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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