High Scoring Tottenham Score 7 (Seven) Against Burnley Know Your Tottenham History
By Logan Holmes
7th September is a day in Tottenham’s history with many high scoring games but not all in Spurs’ favour:
1963 v Blackburn Rovers (a) Lost 2 – 7
1974 v Liverpool (a) Lost 2 – 5
1985 v Newcastle united (h) Won 5 – 1
7th September, 1968
Tottenham Hotspur 7 Burnley 0
Scorers: Greaves (3, 1 pen), Jones (2), Robertson, Chivers
This was Tottenham’s seventh League match of the season, played on 7th September and they scored seven goals with number 7, Cliff Jones scoring seven – no – two goals. It was only Spurs’ second League win of the season but marked the was the start of a successful three month period when they suffered only one defeat in 18 League and Cup games – this included seven League wins and four in the Cup.
Tottenham’s older players were having a successful period – Jimmy Greaves was in a prolific scoring spell which saw press calls for his return to International duty and Cliff Jones was enjoying a ‘swansong’ prior to his departure to Fulham. The goals were scored by Jones (2), Jimmy Robertson, Greaves (3, 1 pen) and Martin Chivers.
Team: Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles; Mullery, England, Beal; Jones (Robertson), Greaves, Chivers, Bond, Gilzean
#knowyourtottenhamhistory 5th September, 1882