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The spurs of medieval knights were gilt and those of squires were silvered. [citation needed] To "win his spurs" meant to gain knighthood, as gilded spurs were reckoned the badge of knighthood. [citation needed] In the rare cases of ceremonious degradation, the spurs were hacked from the disgraced knight's heels with the cook's chopper.
Spurs met Leicester City in the 1961 FA Cup final and won 2–0, with Smith scoring the first and setting up the second for Dyson, [127] helped in part by Leicester being effectively reduced to ten men owing to injury (no substitutions were allowed at that time). Spurs became the first team in England to win the Double in the 20th century, and ...
Spurs were relegated in the 1927–28 season after McWilliam left. For most of the 1930s and 1940s, Spurs languished in the Second Division, apart from a brief return to the top flight in the 1933–34 and 1934–35 seasons. [23] Former Spurs player Arthur Rowe became manager in 1949.
James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 at the ... the bottoms of the fruit baskets were removed. ... because of teams like the San Antonio Spurs and the ...
James Maddison appeared to hit back at criticism from Roy Keane as the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder scored the winner against Manchester United on his return from injury and shut down the ...
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. squad in 1909. This is a list of seasons played by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in English football, from the year they first began competitive play, in 1894 in the FA Cup, to the present day.
A smothering defense was the team's trademark, as they held opponents to less than 100 points in an ABA-record 49 games. The early Spurs were led by ABA veteran James Silas, and the team grew stronger by acquiring Swen Nater (who would go on to win the Rookie of the Year award) and George Gervin from the Virginia Squires in January. The ABA ...
The spurs are hollow and connected to a venom gland, allowing the platypus to deliver a very painful kick both in mating competitions and as a defense. [22] Similar, but non-venomous spurs are found in echidnas. [23] Similar spurs have been found in the fossils of several early mammals, and is possibly the primitive condition in mammals as a ...