Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a North London football club. They are also known as Spurs, The Spurs and Tottenham, while their own fans also call them the Lilywhites because of their traditional white shirts. Tottenham's home ground is White Hart Lane in Tottenham. The club motto is Audere est Facere (lit: "To dare is to do").

Tottenham's Premiership Record

Tottenham have been members of the Premier League continuously since its creation in 1992-93, but have never made much of an impact. Performances have been truly mediocre: Spurs are the only Premiership team never to have finished in either the top six or the bottom six of the table. Their best finish came in 1995 when they finished seventh and there has been very little for the White Hart Lane fans to shout about in the last 13 years.

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Since 1992, managers Doug Livermore, Ossie Ardiles, Gerry Francis, Christian Gross, George Graham, Glenn Hoddle, David Pleat and Jacques Santini have all been unable to mount a serious challenge for even a UEFA Cup place. Having said that, some of the Premiership's finest players had appeared for Tottenham in the last decade or so. They include Jürgen Klinsmann, Les Ferdinand, David Ginola, Teddy Sheringham, Darren Anderton and the now derided Sol Campbell.

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In 2005-06, head coach Martin Jol is looking to get Spurs back into Europe after so many years of underachievement. The squad looks the strongest in decades with England internationals Robinson, King, Gardner, Carrick, Jenas and Defoe providing the backbone to the lineup with Irishmen Keane and Reid, Egyptian Mido, Dutchman Davids, Finland's Tainio, Korean Lee, Poland's Rasiak and Canadian Stalteri in support with English / Irish U21 stars such as Dawson, Routledge, Lennon, Davenport and Kelly all battling for a first team spot.

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There is even further talent in a squad which many pundits expect to be trimmed in the January Transfer Window.

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