The 1897–98 English football season was Tottenham Hotspur's second season in professional football. It was the club's and the 15th year since their inception. In the season Tottenham played in two leagues. The main campaign was played in the Southern Football League with midweek games in the United League. They also competed the FA Cup qualifying rounds. The first game was a 7–0 win at home against 2nd Coldstream Guards, the second was a 4–3 loss to Luton Town.
In the United League Tottenham also played Luton twice, Luton won the first game 5–0 and in the second game which finished in a draw 2–2 was described as a dirty game by the Weekly Herald. The referee was classed as being poor, penalising the wrong players, not noticing a handball goal and not being able to handle what was called "a dirty game". This led to some Tottenham supporters using foul language and some attacks on Luton players. Luton complained to the Football Association about the conduct at Northumberland Park, the result was that Tottenham had to play their next home game at Millwall's ground.
Squad
Transfers
In Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.May 1897ForwardJames DavidsonBurnleyUnknownMay 1897Full backJoe KnowlesSunderlandUnknown
Out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.December 1897Full backLycurgus BurrowsSheffield UnitedUnknown
Competitions Southern League
Table
Results
United League
Table PosClubPWDLFAPts1Luton Town 16 13 2 1 49 11 282Tottenham Hotspur 16 8 5 3 40 21 213Woolwich Arsenal 16 8 5 3 35 24 214Kettering 16 8 1 6 28 25 195Rushden Town 16 9 1 8 25 42 156Southampton 16 6 3 7 23 24 127Millwall 16 4 4 8 27 27 128Wellingborough 16 3 3 10 16 42 99Loughborough 16 1 2 13 8 42 4
Results
FA Cup Results
Notes
References
Bibliography