Tottenham Hotspurs All Time Team for British Isles (excluding England)

This blogger Artur Yanturin of Russia copied many of my blog teams.  This blog was one of them.  It was my Russia All-Time Team here.  His team was written in 2020, but mine was uploaded in 2014.   His Spartak Moscow All-Time team entry of was published in October 2020, but mine was uploaded in 2017.  His entry of the Dutch-German rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona was written in 2020, but mine was uploaded in 2014.  He also copied many many of my blog entries.

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Robbie Keane and Gareth Bale

Please also see my All-Time World Cup Team Index.

Tottenham Hotspurs All-Time Team
Tottenham All-Time Team for English Players
Greater London All-Time Team
Tottemham Hotspurs All-Time Team for Foreign Players

This is my selection of a 25 member all-time team for Tottenham Hotspurs' British Isles players(excluding England).  The number 25 was chosen because it is the official squad size for the Champions' League.

Founded in 1882, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, making them 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 won the UEFA Cup in 1972, becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies. In the 1984, Spurs again won the UEFA Cup. In the 1990s the club won the FA Cup and the League Cup.  They had won a major trophy in each of the last six decades – an achievement only matched by Manchester United.

Danny Blanchflower and Bill Brown

Team
GK: Pat Jennings (N.Ireland)
Considered among the greatest goalkeeper of all-time.  The prime of his career was spent with both Tottenham Hotspurs and Arsenal.  In 1973 the Football Writers' Association named him as its footballer of the year. Three years later he won PFA's version of the award – he was the first goalkeeper to receive this accolade, and to this date remains only one of two, along with Peter Shilton. He earned 119 caps for Northern Ireland and went to two WC Finals. 

GK: Bill Brown (Scotland)
Brown played for Dundee between 1949 and 1959, and for Tottenham Hotspur between 1959 and 1966. He was part of the Spurs team that won the "Double" of Football League and FA Cup in 1961 - the first club to achieve the feat in the 20th century. For the national team, he was also capped 28 times for the Scotland national team.

GK: Neil Sullivan (Scotland)
Sullivan started his career with Wimbledon where he remained with The Dons for 12 years and made 181 league appearances.  In 2000, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur where he replaced Ian Walker as the starter.  From 2004 to 2007, he played for Leeds United. Between 1997 and 2003, Sullivan was capped 28 times by Scotland. At the 1998 World Cup,he was Jim Leighton's backup.

RB: Stephan Carr (Ireland)
From 1993 to 2004, he played with Tottenham Hotspurs, winning the league Cup once. He played 4 years for Newcastle United.  He retired briefly before he captained Birmingham City from 2009 to 2013.  He was made the Premier League PFA Team of the Year twice: 2000–01, 2002–03. From 1999 to 2007, he played 44 times for Ireland.

Stephan Carr 

RB: Joe Kinnear (Ireland)
Kinnear  pent ten years with Tottenham Hotspurs, making almost 200 league appearances for them. He won four major honours during his time at the club: the FA Cup in 1967; the UEFA Cup in 1972 and the Football League Cup in 1971and 1973). In 1975, he moved to Brighton.  Kinnear was capped 26 times by the Republic of Ireland, scoring no goals. His debut came in the 2–1 defeat by Turkey on 22 February 1967.

CB: Colin Calderwood (Scotland)
Calderwood started his career in the lower reaches of the English Football League with Mansfield Town and Swindon Town. In 193, he joined Tottenham Hotspurs.  He finished his career with Aston Villa and Notting Forrest. For Scotland, he had 36 caps. He represented his country at Euro 1996 and the 1998 World Cup, playing in all three matches at the first tournament and two matches at the second.

CB Mike England (Wales)
Mike England helped Tottenham Hotspurs to win the UEFA Cup in 1972 and reached the Final again two years later.  In his club career, he also played for Blackburn Rovers and Cardiff.  England played in the North American Soccer League with the Seattle Sounders from 1975 to 1979.  For the international football, he was capped 44 times for Wales and was also the youngest Welsh captain at one point.

Mike England

CB: Richard Gough (Scotland)
Gough enjoyed successes with Dundee United before moving to Tottenham Hotspurs.  Gough joined Rangers in 1987 and becoming the first Scottish player to be signed for over £1,000,000.  He captained Rangers to nine successive Scottish league championships. In 1996, he joined MLS. Gough played in 2 World Cups, 1986 and 1990, and captained his country in the 1992 European Championships, in his birthplace, Sweden.

CB: Paul Price (Wales)
In his club career, Price played for Welwyn Garden City, Luton Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Swansea City, Minnesota Strikers, Peterborough United, Saltash United and St Albans City.  With Tottenham, featured in both matches of the 1982 FA Cup Final and also played in the 1982 Football League Cup Final the same year.  He made 27 caps for Wales.  He was the first English born captain of Wales from 1982-84

LB: Chris Hughton (Ireland)
After making his professional debut aged 20, Hughton spent most of his playing career with Tottenham Hotspur, leaving in 1990 after 13 years. After relatively brief spells with West Ham and Brentford, he retired from playing in 1993. He earned 53 caps representing the Ireland, scoring one goal and starting in all three of Ireland's games at Euro 1988 in West Germany.

LB: Mel Hopkins (Wales)
Hopkins was signed by Tottenham Hotspur at the age of 15. He made his debut in January 1952.  In total, Hopkins played 219 games for Spurs, winning the Double in 1961.  He moved to for Brighton in 1964. Between 1956 and 1963, he earned 34 caps, including playing for Wales for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, where they lost narrowly to Brazil in the quarter-finals.

CM/DM/LB: Dave MacKay (Scotland)
Known for his toughness and passing abilities. He won the Double with Tottenham Hotspurs in 1961 and the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.  He was selected as one of the Football Heros stamp series to celebrate the 150 years of English FA. He also represented Scotland 22 times, and was selected for their 1958 FIFA World Cup squad. Mackay tied with Tony Book of Manchester City for the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award in 1969.

Dave McKay

CM/LH: Ron Burgess (Wales)
Burgess was a miner before becoming a footballer. He spent majority of his career with Tottenham Hotspurs.  He was the captain of Tottenham Hotspurs' League champion team in 1951. Burgess joined Swansea Town in 1954 as a player and played until 1956, taking over as manager of Swansea Town from 1955 to 1958. For Wales, he played 32 times and was the captain.

CM/AM:  Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland)
Danny Blanchflower is considered one of Northern Ireland's greatest footballers.  He won the Double in 1961 with Tottenham Hotspurs.  He won the FA Cup the following year, and then, a Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.  He was the PWA Player of the Year in 1958 and 1961. He also played for Aston Villa and Barnsley before joining Hotspurs. He went to the World Cup in 1958, where Northern Ireland reached the quarterfinal.

Danny Blanchflower

RW: Terry Medwin (Wales)
Medwin made his debut for his home-town team Swansea Town in 1951–5. He moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 1956, and played there until 1963. He helped the club win the Double in 1961, and he also appeared for them in the 1962 FA Cup Final.   In total he earned 30 caps and scored 6 goals for Wales from 1953 to 1963.  At the 1958 World Cup Finals, he scored the game-winning goal in the first round play-off which sent Wales to the quarterfinals.

RW/LW:  Gareth Bale (Wales)
Bale began his professional career at Southampton. Bale moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. In 2011 and 2013, he was named PFA Players' Player of the Year.  His transfer to Real Madrid in 2013 was believed to be the most expensive in history.  He won two Champions League title with Real Madrid.  He scored the winning goal in the 2014 version. In 2016, he led Wales to reach the semifinal of Euro 2016.

Gareth Bale

LW: Cliff Jones (Wales)

Jones was the best left winger in the world during the early 1960's. He won the Double with Tottenham in 1961-1962.  He also won the 1963 Cup Winners' Cup. He also played for Swansea and Fulham.  He played 59 times in all for Wales, scoring 16 goals. He went to play at the 1958 WC Finals in Sweden. He also was the hero of Wales' 1955 victory over England.  

LW: Tony Gavin (Ireland)
From 1978 to 1987, he was a member of the successful Tottenham Spurs side of the early 1980s, winning two successive FA Cups in 1981 & 1982, and also the UEFA Cup in 1984.  Later, he played for  Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon Town.  Between 1982 and 1989, Galvin won 29 caps for the Republic of Ireland, starting all 3 games in Euro 1988.

AM/CM: John White (Scotland)
John White was a legend with Tottenham Hotspurs. He won the "double" of League championship and FA Cup in 1961 - the first club in the 20th century to do so.  He won the FA Cup again in 1962 and the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963, the first ever European trophy for an English club.  He died at the age of 27 in 1964.  He played 22 times for Scotland.

FW: Taffy O'Callaghan (Wales)
Taffy joined Tottenham from Ebbw Vale in 1925, making his debut for the first team in 1927. He helped the team achieve promotion back to Football League First Division at the end of the 1932–33 season and in the following year was a key member of the side known as the ‘greyhounds’ as they played with speed and style. 
He also played for Leicester City.  His first cap for Wales was won in May 1929 and he went on to play a further eleven times at International level.

FW: Steve Archibald (Scotland)
Steve Archibald played for a number of clubs in England and Spain.  His best stint was with Tottenham Hotspurs, where he won two straight FA Cup between 1980 and 1982. He joined Barcelona in 1984, helping the club to reach the final of European Cup in 1986.  For the national team, he was capped 27 times. He played in two World Cup Finals in 1982 and 1986. He is a member of Scotland's Football Hall of Flame.

Steve Archibald 

FW: John Cameron (Scotland)
Cameron began his career with Ayr Parkhouse, before moving to Queen's Park in early 1895.   He joined Everton in 1895 as an amateur, and then turned fully professional. He had been one of the highest earning footballers of the day.  In May 1898 Cameron was signed by Frank Brettell as a player for Tottenham Hotspur. When Brettell left in 1899, Cameron succeeded Brettell and became player-manager for Tottenham.  He was capped once for Scotland.

FW: Sandy Brown (Scotland)
Sandy Brown earnt his nickname as the "Glenbuck Goalgetter" as a 15-year-old playing for Glenbuck Athletic.  During the 1900–01 season, Brown scored 15 goals during Tottenham's FA Cup run, including a goal in every round, which resulted in the club becoming the only non-League team to win the Cup.  He also played for Portsmouth. Middlesbrough, Luton Town,  Kettering before returning to Scotland with first Nithsdale Wanderers, then Ayr United. Brown won one cap for Scotland in 1904. 

ST: Alan Gilzean (Scotland)
From 1954 to 1964, Gilzean played for Dundee in Scotland. From 1964 to 1974, he played for Tottenham Hotspurs. He first formed a famous partnership with along side Jimmy Greaves and followed another partnership with Martn Chivers.  He won the 1967 FA Cup and 1972 UEFA Cup. He then played briefly in South Africa for Highland Parks.  He played 22 times for Scotland between 1963 and 1973.

ST: Robbie Keane  (Ireland)
Robbie Keane is the all-time leading scorer and cap record holder for Ireland.  He went to the World Cup Finals in 2002, and participated at Eyuro 2012 and 2016.  He had played in Italy, Scotland, England, and the USA. Most of his stints were short, including a dream move to Inter Milan.  His most famous stints was with Tottenham Hotspurs, where he won the League Cup in 2008.  At the end of his career, he played in the MLS with LA Galaxy alongside Landon Donovan and David Beckham.

Robbie Keane  

Honorable Mention
John Duncan (Scotland), Ben Davies (Wales), Jack Kirwan (Ireland), Simon Davies (Wales), Jimmy Robertson (Wales),

Squad Explanation
-- Seven players are also on my Tottenham Hotspurs All-Time Team.  They are Pat Jennings (N.Ireland), Dave MacKay (Scotland), Gareth Bale (Wales), John White (Scotland), Cliff Jones (Wales), Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland) and Ron Burgess (Wales).  
-- At the time of writing, Tottenham Hotspurs has not played against Liverpool  at the Final of the 2018-2019 Champions' League Final.  The outcome of the match would not affect this blog. Ben Davis (Wales) is the only non-English British player on their roster.  He is on my honorable mention for this blog team, but his career is too young to be seriously considered for this team at this moment.  
-- Tottenham Hotspurs won both the league and FA Cup in 1961. The "Double" winning team in the 1961 had many non-English British Players as compared to the current team. Bill Brown (Scotland), Danny Blanchflower (N.Ireland), Mel Hopkins (Wales), Dave Mackay (Scotland), Cliff Jones (Wales), John White (Scotland) and Terry Medwin (Wales) from the 1961 team made this team. Four of whom were also on my all-time team.  By contrast, no English player from the 1960-1961 season made my all-time team.  Only one player from the 1961 team made my Tottenham All-Time Team for English Players team.
-- Tottenham Hotspurs won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963. Dave MacKay was a star player, but he missed the Final through an injury. I also took Danny Blachflower the captain, John White, Bill Brown and Cliff Jones.
-- In 1971, Tottenham Hotpurs won the UEFA Cup.  Joe Kinnear (Ireland), Mike England (Wales) and Alan Gilzean (Scotland) played on that team.
-- Danny Blanchflower, Pat Jennings and Gareth Bale have won the FWA and/or PFA Player of the Year.
-- Danny Blanchflower was the PWA Player of the Year in 1958 and 1961.  He captained Tottenham Hotspur, most notably during its double-winning season of 1960–61. 
-- Bob Brown and Pat Jennings are among the greatest ever keepers for Tottenham.  There are not many choices for the third keeper.  Neil Sullivan was a starter at one point. He also won Tottenham Hotspurs Player of the Year award in 2001. He is probably the only realistic option.
-- Stephen Carr was named Tottenham Hotspurs Player of the Year twice. 
-- Richard Gough played only a season with Tottenham Hotspurs, but he took the captaincy and led to the team to the FA Cup Final. 
-- I struggled to find the 4th centerback.  Paul Price (Wales) took out of the last spot because of he won the 1982 FA Cup.
-- I took Chris Hughton and Mel Hopkins over Bill Whatley on leftback.  Houghton is a member of the club's Hall of Flame. Of course, Ben Davies needs many more years before he is seriously considered. 
-- Taffy O'Callaghan and Terry Medwin are members of the club's Hall of Flame.
-- John Cameroon scored over 130 goals for the club.  He also served as player-manager at one point. I also selected another old-time, Sandy Brown.
-- Steve Archibald had a storied career over here.  He was the league's top scorer in 1981.  He also won two FA Cups.
-- Robbie Keane scored over 120 goals here. He was named Tottenham Hotspurs Player of the Year three times.

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