Spurs On This Day – Graeme Souness Makes His Debut
The 14th September has been an eventful day in the history of Spurs. On this day, Spurs played their first games in the UEFA Cup both seasons that they would go on to win the competition.
The 14th September was also the day that Graeme Souness made his one and only appearance for Spurs and the day that Christian Eriksen made his debut for the club.
Spurs 6-1 Blackpool, 14th September 1963
Division One
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 38,138
Goals: Jimmy Greaves (3), Cliff Jones, Bobby Smith, John White
Lineup: Brown, Norman, Mackay, Baker, Henry, Blanchflower, Dyson, Greaves, Smith, Jones, White
Keflavik 1-6 Spurs, 14th September 1971
UEFA Cup 1st Round, Leg 1
Keflavikurvollur – Keflavik, Iceland
Attendance: 18,000
Goals: Alan Gilzean (3), Alan Mullery (2), Ralph Coates
Lineup: Jennings, Kinnear, Beal, Knowles, England, Perryman, Coates, Mullery, Peters, Chivers, Gilzean
18 year old Graeme Souness came on as a substitute for Alan Mullery in this game, it was his one and only first team appearance for Spurs. This was the first game Spurs played in the 1971-72 UEFA Cup – a competition they went on to win.
Spurs 2-1 West Ham, 14th September 1974
Division One
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 27,959
Goals: Martin Chivers, Mike England
Lineup: Jennings, Evans, Beal, Knowles, England, Perryman, Coates, Neighbour, Peters, Pratt, Chivers
Frank Lampard (Snr) was the goalscorer for West Ham.
Drogheda United 0-6 Spurs, 14th September 1983
UEFA Cup 1st Round, Leg 1
United Park – Drogheda, Ireland
Goals: Mark Falco (2), Gary Mabbutt (2), Garth Crooks, Tony Galvin
Lineup: Clemence, Hughton, Roberts, O’Reilly, Price, Mabbutt, Perryman, Brooke, Galvin, Crooks, Falco
Spurs beat Drogheda 14-0 over two legs in the UEFA Cup 1st round in 1983. They later went on to win the competition, beating Anderlecht on penalties.
Gary Lineker Scores Twice in Victory over QPR
Spurs 2-0 QPR, 14th September 1991
Division One
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,059
Goals: Gary Lineker (2)
Lineup: Walker, Fenwick, Van den Hauwe, Bergsson, Mabbutt, Howells, Nayim, Samways, Stewart, Durie, Lineker
Southampton 0-1 Spurs, 14th September 1996
Premier League
The Dell
Attendance: 15, 251
Goals: Chris Armstrong
Lineup: Walker, Calderwood, Campbell, Wilson, Edinburgh, Anderton, Howells, Nielsen, Sinton, Allen, Armstrong
Slavia Praha 0-1 Spurs, 14th September 2006
UEFA Cup 1st Round, Leg
Evzena Rosickeho – Prague, Czech Republic
Attendance: 14,869
Goals: Jermaine Jenas
Lineup: Robinson, Chimbonda, Assou-Ekotto, Dawson, King, Zokora, Huddlestone, Jenas, Tainio, Defoe, Mido
#OnThisDay in 2013 Christian Eriksen made his debut for Spurs against Norwich at White Hart Lane 🙌
Spurs won the game 2-0 with Eriksen assisting the first goal 🇩🇰#COYS #THFC pic.twitter.com/Te7IxlpL3y
— Tottenham Hotspur Travel Club (@SpursVIP) September 14, 2018
Spurs 2-0 Norwich, 14th September 2013
Premier League
White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,952
Goals: Gylfi Sigurdsson (2)
Lineup: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Rose, Dembele, Paulinho, Townsend, Eriksen, Sigurdsson, Soldado
Christian Eriksen made his debut in this game and assisted the opening goal.
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