No.7 White Hart Lane is central to the history of Tottenham Hotspur and was the first registered address of the Club. The ‘White Cottage’ was the childhood home of Club founder, Bobby Buckle. He, along with John Anderson and Hamilton Casey, formed the Club so that a group of childhood friends from ‘Hotspur Cricket Club’ could play sport during the winter months. It was Buckle who collected the first subscriptions from members of the Club on 5 September 1882, regarded since as the date was Club was formed as ‘Hotspur FC’. The Club was re-named Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in 1884.
Buckle (pictured above, back row, far right) was the Club’s first captain, first known goalscorer – scoring in a 3-1 loss against Grange Park on 20 October 1883 – and played in the Club’s first ever competitive fixture in an Association Cup win against St Albans on 17 October 1885. On 16 December 1895, it was Buckle who proposed the Club should turn professional and he played a huge role in the Club moving to White Hart Lane – the site which the Club continues to call its home to this day
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