North London giants. Detested opponents. 13 league titles. just two—and not since 1961! 1-0 Arsenal. Spurs have only won eight FA Cups, to Arsenal's 10, having been 8-5 ahead on wins in 1991. 2-0 Arsenal. The capacity 60,361. White Hart 36,534. Nearly twice as big! 3-0 Arsenal. You get the picture. But there are two sides to every story. founded 1882. 1886. First! 1-0 Spurs. And first to do the Double too, in 1961, 10 years before Arsenal! 2-0 Spurs. White Hart historic, spiritual home. started south of the river! 3-0 Spurs. You decide.
Tim has been writing professionally since 1985, when he became a wide-eyed journalist on a music magazine. He went on to work for various consumer magazines, including More, Auto Express, Top Gear and Match of the Day, which he launched as editor in 1996. He wrote his first book, A Game of Two Halves - Football Yesterday and Today, in 2002 and has since written over 30 non-fiction titles on everything from football to the English language. In 2018 he self-published Word of the Week: Volume One, his first foray into self-publishing.