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1949–50 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Tottenham Hotspur
1950–51 season
ChairmanFred J. Bearman
ManagerArthur Rowe
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
Second Division1st (promoted)
FA CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLes Medley (18)
Highest home attendance70,305
(25 Feb 1950 vs Southampton
Biggest win7–0
(12 Nov 1949 vs Sheffield United)

The 1949–50 season saw Tottenham win the Second Division and gain promotion back to the First Division. Spurs also completed in the FA Cup and made it to the Fifth round only to be knocked out by Everton at Goodison Park.

This was Arthur Rowe's first season after being appointed Tottenham manager. He used the push-and-run system which provided much success with a 23-game unbeaten run.[1]

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK England ENG Ted Ditchburn
DF England ENG Alf Ramsey
DF England ENG Sid Tickridge
DF England ENG Harry Clarke
DF England ENG Arthur Willis
DF England ENG George Ludford
DF England ENG Charlie Withers
MF England ENG Les Medley
MF Wales WAL Ron Burgess
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Sonny Walters
MF England ENG Bobby Cook
MF England ENG Tony Marchi
MF England ENG Bill Nicholson
MF Wales WAL Billy Rees
FW England ENG Eddie Baily
FW England ENG Les Bennett
FW England ENG Len Duquemin
FW England ENG Jimmy Scarth

Competitions

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Second Division

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Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 3 3 51 15 12 4 5 30 20 81 35 2.314 +46 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 42 12 7 2 46 23 6 9 6 21 25 67 48 1.396 +19 52
3 Sheffield United 42 9 10 2 36 19 10 4 7 32 30 68 49 1.388 +19 52
4 Southampton 42 13 4 4 44 25 6 10 5 20 23 64 48 1.333 +16 52
5 Leeds United 42 11 8 2 33 16 6 5 10 21 29 54 45 1.200 +9 47

Fixtures

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Source:[2]

20 August 1949 1 Brentford 1–4 Tottenham Hotspur Brentford, London
Bennett
Duquemin
Medley
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 32,702
22 August 1949 2 Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Plymouth Argyle Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 41,882
27 August 1949 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2–3 Blackburn Rovers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 53,716
31 August 1949 4 Plymouth Argyle 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Plymouth
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 24,828
3 September 1949 5 Cardiff City 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 42,649
5 September 1949 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 37,697
10 September 1949 7 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Leeds United Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 48,274
17 September 1949 8 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Bury Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 54,438
24 September 1949 9 Leicester City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 36,846
1 October 1949 10 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Bradford Park Avenue Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 54,905
8 October 1949 11 Southampton 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 30,240
15 October 1949 12 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Coventry City Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 54,375
22 October 1949 13 Luton Town 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Luton
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 27,319
29 October 1949 14 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Barnsley Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 54,856
5 November 1949 15 West Ham United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park, London
Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 31,734
12 November 1949 16 Tottenham Hotspur 7–0 Sheffield United Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 54,193
19 November 1949 17 Grimsby Town 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 22,482
26 November 1949 18 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 62,783
3 December 1949 19 Preston North End 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Preston
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 35,501
10 December 1949 20 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Swansea Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 50,758
17 December 1949 21 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Brentford Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 49,297
24 December 1949 22 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 33,078
26 December 1949 23 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Chesterfield Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 61,879
27 December 1949 24 Chesterfield 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Chesterfield
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 26,341
31 December 1949 25 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Cardiff City Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 59,780
14 January 1950 26 Leeds United 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 50,476
21 January 1950 27 Bury 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Bury, Greater Manchester
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 27,386
4 February 1950 28 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Leicester City Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 60,595
18 February 1950 29 Bradford Park Avenue 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Bradford
Stadium: Horsfall Stadium
Attendance: 20,287
25 February 1950 30 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Southampton Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 70,302
4 March 1950 31 Coventry City 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Coventry
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 36,320
11 March 1950 32 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Luton Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 53,145
18 March 1950 33 Barnsley 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Barnsley
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 22,346
25 March 1950 34 Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 West Ham United Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 51,124
1 April 1950 35 Queens Park Rangers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Shepherd's Bush, London
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 29,771
7 April 1950 36 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Hull City Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 66,889
8 April 1950 37 Tottenham Hotspur 2–3 Preston North End Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 49,710
10 April 1950 38 Hull City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Kingston upon Hull
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 38,345
15 April 1950 39 Sheffield United 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 41,419
22 April 1950 40 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Grimsby Town Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 46,423
29 April 1950 41 Swansea Town 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Swansea
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 16,417
6 May 1950 42 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 50,777

FA Cup

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Fixtures

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Source:[2]

7 January 1950 3 Stoke City 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Stoke-on-Trent
Baily Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 47,000
28 January 1950 4 Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Sunderland Tottenham
Walters
Bennett
Medley
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 66,245
11 February 1950 5 Everton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Wainwright Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 72,921

References

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  1. ^ Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. p. 65. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  2. ^ a b "Tottenham Hotspur football club match record: 1950". 11v11.com. Retrieved 21 September 2019.