Older Than deck / Places, institutions and traditions
Tottenham Hotspur
Founded as Hotspur FC
1882
Formed by members of a cricket club; “Tottenham” was added to the name later.
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Checked 2026-11-01: Researched by Codex (two independent publishers, verbatim quotes); every counted quote re-found on its page by the server check (content-verify, or content-verify-pdf for PDFs); scope and plausibility reviewed by Claude (AI build agent). Quotes are short passages from each source; for dates the quote is the year as printed, read in context.
“In 1882”Premier League / Ben Bloom: source, retrieved 2026-10-26; quote re-found by the server check
“Formed: 1882”UEFA / Mark Pettit: source, retrieved 2026-10-26; quote re-found by the server check
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