<P> Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham (/ ˈtɒtənəm /) or Spurs, is a professional football club in Tottenham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League . Wembley Stadium will be the club's home ground for the 2018--19 season until the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opens in 2019 . Their former home of White Hart Lane had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same site . Their training ground is on Hotspur Way in Bulls Cross in the London Borough of Enfield . Tottenham have played in a first (home) strip of white shirts and navy blue shorts since the 1898--99 season . The club's emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football, with a Latin motto Audere est Facere ("To Dare Is to Do"). </P> <P> Founded in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888 . Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double, winning both competitions in the 1960--61 season . After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962, in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition--the European Cup Winners' Cup . They were also the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972, becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies . They have collected at least one major trophy in each of the six decades from the 1950s to 2000s--an achievement only matched by Manchester United . In total, Spurs have won two league titles, eight FA Cups, four League Cups, seven FA Community Shields, one European Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Cups . The club has a long - standing rivalry with nearby club Arsenal, with head - to - head fixtures known as the North London derby . </P> <P> Originally named Hotspur Football Club, the club was formed on 5 September 1882 by a group of schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle . They were members of the Hotspur Cricket Club and the football club was formed to play sports during the winter months . A year later the boys sought help with the club from John Ripsher, the Bible class teacher at All Hallows Church, who became the first president of the club and its treasurer . Ripsher helped and supported the boys through the club's formative years, reorganised and found premises for the club . In April 1884 the club was renamed "Tottenham Hotspur Football Club" to avoid confusion with another club, London Hotspur, whose post had been mistakenly delivered to North London . </P> <P> Initially, the boys played games between themselves and friendly matches against other local clubs . The first recorded match took place on 30 September 1882 against a local team named the Radicals, which Hotspur lost 2--0 . The team entered their first cup competition in the London Association Cup, and won 5--2 in their first competitive match on 17 October 1885 against a company's works team called St Albans . The club's fixtures began to attract the interest of the local community and attendances at its home matches increased . In 1892, they played for the first time in a league, the short - lived Southern Alliance . </P>

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