North London derby
Gilberto Silva (far left) and Ledley King (far right), the captaining Arsenal and Tottenham respectively at White Hart Lane, on 21 April 2007. The match finished 2–2.
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| Other names | Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur |
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| Locale | London |
| Teams |
Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur |
| First meeting |
Arsenal 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur 1909–10 Football League (4 December 1909) |
| Latest meeting |
Arsenal 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League (6 November 2016) |
| Next meeting | Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal Premier League (29 April 2017) |
| Stadiums |
Emirates Stadium (Arsenal) White Hart Lane (Spurs) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 184 |
| Most wins | Arsenal (78) |
| Most player appearances | David O'Leary (35) |
| Top scorer | Emmanuel Adebayor (10) |
| All-time series | Arsenal: 78 Drawn: 51 Tottenham: 55 |
| Largest victory | Tottenham Hotspur 0–6 Arsenal 1934–35 Football League (6 March 1935) |
The North London derby is the name of the association football local derby between two north London based teams – Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. Both Arsenal and Tottenham fans have recognised each other as one of their biggest rivals and the derby is one of the fiercest in English football.
Arsenal play their home games at the Emirates Stadium in Islington, while Tottenham Hotspur play their home games at White Hart Lane in Haringey. However, the latter will play its UEFA Champions League home games at Wembley Stadium for the 2016/17 campaign.
The first meeting between the two teams was a friendly on 19 November 1887, when Arsenal were located in Plumstead (then part of Kent but now in Greater London), and known as Royal Arsenal. The match was abandoned 15 minutes before it was due to end "owing to darkness" with Spurs leading 2–1. The first League match between the clubs was in the First Division, on 4 December 1909; Arsenal won 1–0.
However, a proper rivalry between the two teams did not begin until 1913, when Arsenal moved from the Manor Ground, Plumstead to Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, just four miles from Tottenham's White Hart Lane; by doing so, they became Tottenham's nearest neighbours and thus began a natural local rivalry. The two teams first faced each other as "north London" in a War Relief Fund friendly on 22 August 1914 at White Hart Lane. Although Arsenal were in the Second Division and Tottenham in the First, Arsenal won 5–1. They would go on to meet regularly during World War I in the London Combination, the regional wartime competition of the time.
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