West Ham United host Tottenham Hotspur at Upton Park on Saturday 3rd May 2014 KO 12:45, in the 37th round of 2013-14 Premier League matches.
The Hammers come into the game in 14th place on 37 points with Spurs in 6th place on 66 points. This will be the 244th time the two clubs have met.
The first meeting came in the Thames and Medway League in September 1898 when West Ham were known as Thames Ironworks. That game at Northumberland Park resulted in a 3-0 home win for Spurs. Thames Ironworks won the return fixture 2-1 at the Memorial Grounds in East Ham.
The teams met again in the Southern League the next season with Spurs running out 7-0 winners at Northumberland Park and the return fixture ending in a 0-0 draw at the Memorial Grounds.
The 1900-01 season saw Thames Ironworks become West Ham United and the Hammers and Spurs played each other in both the Southern League and the Western League. By now, Spurs had moved into their new ground at White Hart Lane but it would be another four years before West Ham moved to their current home at Upton Park (or more correctly, the Boleyn Ground). Spurs won three of the four matches played that season against West Ham with the remaining game being drawn.
Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United continued to meet in both Leagues up to season 1907-08, when Spurs switched to the Football League.
The teams didn't play any more competitive matches against each other until after the First World War. During the War, several games were played in the various competitions organised to maintain the morale of the public.
Spurs beat West Ham 3-0 in the first FA Cup match played between the teams in February 1920. To date, the clubs have played against each other together 11 times in the competition with Spurs winning 6 games to West Ham's 3 and 2 drawn games.
The first Football League meetings came in the Second Division in season 1919-20 with West Ham winning 2-1 at Upton Park and Spurs winning 2-0 at White Hart Lane. Spurs regained their top flight status that season, which had been taken away in very contraversial circumstances.
Spurs and West Ham played their first match in the Top Flight of English Football in February 1924 with the Hammers drawing 0-0 at the Lane but winning the return leg at Upton Park 1-0.
The clubs met for another four seasons in Division One from 1924-25 to 1927-28. From 1932-33 until the outbreak of World War Two, the clubs met in the Second Division.
During the Second World War, Spurs and West Ham played 20 games which often featured 'guest players' as many of the club's regular footballers were called away on National Service.
Regular football resumed in season 1946-47 and the teams played four seasons in Division Two before Spurs won the title in 1949-50 and were promoted to Division One, where they won the first of their two League Championships the next season.
West Ham United were themselves promoted to the First Division for the 1959-60 season and they enjoyed a lengthy spell in the Top Flight which lasted until 1978.
West Ham United beat Spurs in the first Football League Cup meeting in 1966 and to date the clubs have met 7 times in the competition with Spurs winning three games, West Ham two games and two games drawn.
Spurs were founder-members of the Premier League in season 1992-93 and have been ever present in the competition. West Ham won promotion to the Premier League for the 1993-94 season and lost to Spurs 3-1 at Upton Park that season. The Hammers beat Spurs 4-1 in the return match at the Lane.
West Ham won the 2010-11 match in September at Upton Park 1-0 with a Frederic Piquionne goal while the game at White Hart Lane in March 2011 finished in a goalless draw. The Hammers were relegated at the end of that season finishing bottom on 33 points.
The match at White Hart Lane in November 2012 resulted in a 3-1 win for Spurs with Jermain Defoe scoring just before half-time and adding a second after 64 minutes after Gareth Bale had put Spurs 2-0 ahead after 58 minutes. The Hamers goal came from on-loan Andy Carroll.
The game at Upton Park in February 2013 was won 3-2 by Spurs. Gareth Bale put Spurs ahead after 13 minutes but an Andy Carroll penalty levelled things up after 25 minutes. Joe Cole put the Hammers ahead after 58 minutes before Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the equaliser after 76 minutes. The game looked like ending as a draw until Bale scored a second stunning 90th minute goal.
West Ham had a memorable 3-0 win at White Hart Lane in October 2013. Winston Reid opened the scoring in the 66th minute before Ricardo Vaz Te struck six minutes later and Ravel Morrison added a third ten minutes from time.
The clubs met at the Lane in the 5th Round of the Football League Cup in December 2013 with West Ham progressing to the Quarter Finals after a 2-1 win. Emmanuel Adebayor put Spurs ahead after 67 minutes but late goals from Matt Jarvis and Modibo Maiga secured the victory.
To date, there have been 35 matches played in the Premier League with Spurs winning 17, West Ham winning 11 and 7 matches drawn. The clubs have met in two foreign venues, firstly on tour in the United States in May 1969 where Spurs beat West Ham 2-1 in Baltimore, USA and more recently in the Barclays Asia Trophy in July 2009 in Beijing, China with Spurs winning 1-0.
Overall, Tottenham Hotspur have won 100 games, West Ham United have won 83 games and the remaining 60 games have been drawn.
Clive Allen
Paul Allen
Charlie Ambler
Eddie Bailey (Spurs player & asst manager, West Ham scout)
Peter Barnes (Secretary with both clubs)
David Bentley
Len Bolan
Mark Bowen
Ronnie Boyce (West Ham player, Spurs scout)
Harry Bradshaw
John Burton
Chris Carrick
Michael Carrick
John Chiedozie
Roger Cross (West Ham player, Spurs asst manager)
Harry Crump
Calum Davenport
Jermain Defoe
Terry Dixon
David Dunmore
Ilie Dumitrescu
Jack Eggett
Matthew Etherington
Les Ferdinand
George Foreman
Jimmy Greaves
Fred Griffiths
Albert Hall
Trevor Hartley (West Ham player, Spurs asst manager)
Pat Holland (West Ham player, Spurs reserves manager)
Percy Hooper
Chris Hughton
Johnny Jordan
Bill Joyce
Bill Kaine
Frederic Kanoute
Robbie Keane
Steven Kelly
Paul Konchesky
Peter Kyle
John Lyall (West Ham player & manager, Spurs scout)
Ken McKay
Percy Mapley
Hossam Mido
Fred Milnes
John Moncur
Roger Morgan (Spurs player, West Ham development officer)
Jimmy Neighbour
Bill Nicholson (Spurs player & manager, West Ham scout)
Scott Parker
Tony Parks
Martin Peters
Sergei Rebrov
Harry Redknapp (West Ham player & manager of both clubs)
Jimmy Reid
Mark Robson
Neil Ruddock
Teddy Sheringham
John Smith
Perry Suckling (West Ham player, Spurs goalkeeping coach)
Mauricio Taricco
Mitchell Thomas
Walter Thomas
Jack Tresadern (West Ham player, Spurs manager)
Steve Walford
Jimmy Walker
Simon Webster
Charlie Whitchurch
Bobby Zamora
