Harry Hotspur and the Percy lions - Tottenham Hotspur football club

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Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English professional football club, which plays in the Premier League. The club is also commonly referred to simply as Tottenham or Spurs, while their own fans also refer to them as the Lilywhites because of their traditional white shirts. Its home ground is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London.

In 1882 the
Hotspur Football Club was formed by boys from a local grammar school
and Hotspur Cricket Club.

It is thought that the name Hotspur was associated with Sir Henry Percy (Sir Harry Hotspur)
who lived locally in the 14th century.

The team later became Tottenham Hotspur to distinguish itself from another team called London Hotspur.

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Club crest


Since the 1901 FA Cup final the Tottenham Hotspur crest has featured a cockerel.

Harry Hotspur (from whom the club is said to take its name) was famed for his riding spurs
and fighting cocks were fitted with spurs which can be seen in the crests.[7]

Between 1956 and 2006 the Spurs used a coat of arms featuring a number of landmarks
and associations linked to local area.

The lions flanking the shield came from the Northumberland family's arms.
They owned large areas of Tottenham
and Sir Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) was a family member.

The castle alludes to Bruce Castle located 400 yards from the ground and which now houses a museum.
The trees are those of Seven Sisters which were planted at Page Green by the Seven Sisters of Tottenham
and after whom a Tube station and main road were named.
The arms featured the Latin motto "Audere Est Facere".

In 1983 to overcome unauthorised "pirate" merchandising the club's badge was altered
by adding the two red lions as heraldic and the motto scroll.

To rebrand and modernise the club's image, in 2006 both this club badge and the coat of arms gave way to a professionally-designed logo/emblem

(quotes, from)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.

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