Tottenham began as a cricket club influenced by Percy's story, later transitioning to football. They won the FA Cup in 1901.

Smithson was the inheritor of the fortune and lands of the Percy family of Northumberland, whose ancestor, Sir Henry Percy, commonly known as ‘Harry Hotspur’, inspired Tottenham Hotspur’s name and its ...

The club is owned by ENIC Group. 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, ...