25/26 Team Overview - Tottenham Hotspur

Spurs

Author

nick lochner
August 11, 2025

2024/25 Finish - 17th Place


Qualified to the Champions League (by winning the Europa League)

New Gaffer. Ange Ball came and went, with a trophy. Yet, at a big 6 club like Spurs a 17th place finish in the PL is no where near good enough. Ownership saw a chance to get Thomas Frank from Brentford and that was enough to sack Ange. If Frank can impact the Spurs like he did the Bee’s, expect big things. And big things are needed with a Champions League schedule and a 17th place PL finish talent level.

It’s Always Sonny. Two seasons ago Spurs saw Harry Kane head to Bayern Munich to start the season, this year its Son to LAFC. Spurs should have the money to acquire big talent, but is there enough to fill the gaps.

Measuring Success. Spurs have had a run of qualifying for 16 of 17 European competitions, with the best result coming in 2019 when they fell in the Finals of the Champions League. Three years ago, Spurs finished a disappointing 8th place in the PL with no Europe, so two years ago when they finished fifth place without Kane and with a new manager was a pleasant surprise for fans. And that Europa League turned into their ticket to another European qualification. How-ev-ah, with Arsenal’s resurgence the last three season, and challenging for the PL title, Spurs fans will not be satisfied with finishing behind the Gunners. In fact, when Spurs played City late in the season two years ago the home fans were vocal about their team losing so Arsenal would not win the league. That pissed off Ange, and he was vocal about it. It seems if Spurs win 36 of 38 matches but lose 2 to Arsenal the fans will not be happy.

The Club

Located in North London (Stratford)

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 63,000 capacity

Rough estimates

$810M Annual Revenue (4th PL)

$150M Player Payroll

History on the Pitch

  • 2 Titles, last in 1961

  • 8 FA Cups, last one in 1991

  • 4 Europe Cups, 2025 Europa, previous was 1984

Sponsorship

Home

Away

Ownership

Tottenham started as a Limited Company. In 1982 a fan bought 25% of the club for $700k and created Hotspur PLC that went to the London Stock Exchange and became the first European sports club to be listed on a stock market. Fast forward to the sale of the club to ENIC Intl Ltd in 2001, a British investment company run by Joe Lewis. Daniel Levy, Lewis’ partner at EINC is the Executive Chairman. In 2012 the club delisted from the stock market. The club is now valued close to $3.2B.

Biggest Rival-Arsenal(4 miles apart)

North London Derby

  • While other London rivalries exist, most notably with Chelsea and West Ham, to goal every year is to finish ahead of Arsenal.

  • 195 Matches with Tottenham’s record v Arsenal of 62W 84L 52D

  • First ever friendly against the two sides was won by Spurs in 2025 in Hong Kong.

  • Only 7 players have ever moved from Arsenal to Tottenham, and 8 from the Spurs to the Gunners.

The Culture

COYS - Come On You Spurs

Tottenham started out as a very traditional North London club. It was claimed in the 1920s that all Jews who attended soccer matches were Spurs fans, with approximately 35% of those attending a Spurs match Jewish. Fast forward to 2013 when survey’s showed Tottenham to be the most popular club in 11 London boroughs and 60 post codes compared to rival arsenal, 3 boroughs and 25 post codes. Today, Spurs fans are spread across England, and the world. Only 27% of the fans attending a home match are “local”, 73% travel at least 50 miles to attend a match. It is estimated Spurs fans earn more than 2x the average supporter across the PL, however the club is located in one of the most ethnically diverse and poorest parts of London. Spurs have really expanded internationally, in particular East Asia. Also of note, Spurs have the most TikTok followers in 2023, 24M.

Hotspurs & Cockerel’s

Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed Hotspur, or Harry Hotspur was an English Knight in the last 1300’s who fought several campaigns against the Scots and the French in the 100-year war. The Scots game him the nickname Hotspur as a tribute to his speed in advance to attack when it is said he wore riding “spurs”.

Why is the logo a Cockerel? Harry was a fan of cockfighting, a blood sport involving roosters’ “cocks”, a Gamecock. The Cockerel was adopted in the Spurs logo in 1921 in honor of Harry.

Supporters You May Recognize

  • Steve Nash

  • Mark Wahlberg

  • Spiderman (Tom Holland)

  • Adele

  • John Cena

  • Paul O’Keeffe

Song

Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur sung to The Hymn of the Republic with the chorus “Glory, Glory Hallelujah”

Found at the top of Hotspur Stadium

Motto

Audere est Facere - “To dare is to do”

Game Day Pub Guide

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium also hosts NFL games and No 8 is a GREAT place to stop!

Tottenham No 8

NFL at Hotspur Stadium

Fan Sites

Official Twitter

@SpursOfficial

High Follows on Twitter

@TottenhamLatest (45k)

@THFC_Spurs (60k)

Global Supporters

The Team

The Gaffer

  • Thomas Frank (Denmark), 51yo

  • Frank takes over this season after 6 seasons at Brentford.

  • Led Brentford to promotion into the PL in 2022 and achieved their highest ever finish at 9th.

ODDS

  • To Win League +4,600

  • To Be Relegated +7,500

Roster Notes

Full Roster click link

CS Projected to finish 7th

  • Dominic Solanke

  • Brennan Johnson

  • Dejan Kulusevski

  • Mohammed Kudus

  • Joao Palhinha

  • Micky van de Ven

  • Pedro Porro

Goalkeeper

  • Guglielmo Vicario - Top 5 in PL.

Hotspur Stadium

Reply

or to participate.