Complete Match Record: Tottenham Hotspur v Reading (1896-2025)
Tottenham Hotspur and Reading share a unique and sporadic rivalry dating back to 1896, spanning league matches, FA Cup ties, and pre-season friendlies. Below is a detailed timeline, including the full record of all head-to-head encounters between Tottenham Hotspur and Reading.
Tottenham Hotspur v Reading All-Time Record
Timeline of Tottenham Hotspur v Reading Results by Match
| Date | Competition | Attd | Ven | Res | Score | Tottenham Hotspur Goalscorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-1896 | Friendly | - | H | W | 2 - 1 | Lanham, Payne |
| 03-Apr-1896 | Friendly | - | A | W | 3 - 2 | Lanham, Hunter (2) |
| 05-Dec-1896 | Southern League | 3,500 | A | L | 1 - 2 | Payne |
| 20-Mar-1897 | Southern League | 4,000 | H | D | 4 - 4 | Almond, McElhaney, Wilson, Clements |
| 20-Oct-1897 | Friendly | - | H | W | 2 - 1 | Hartley, Black |
| 06-Nov-1897 | Southern League | 4,000 | A | D | 3 - 3 | Tannahill, Joyce, Black |
| 26-Feb-1898 | Southern League | 5,500 | Mil | D | 1 - 1 | Jones |
| 19-Apr-1898 | Friendly | - | A | D | 3 - 3 | Clements, Hartley (2) |
| 05-Nov-1898 | Southern League | 12,000 | H | W | 3 - 0 | McKay, Cameron, Bradshaw |
| 09-Nov-1898 | UnitedLge | - | A | L | 0 - 1 | |
| 23-Jan-1899 | UnitedLge | - | H | D | 1 - 1 | Bradshaw |
| 04-Feb-1899 | Southern League | 3,000 | A | L | 0 - 2 | |
| 23-Sep-1899 | Southern League | 4,000 | H | W | 2 - 1 | Smith (2) |
| 11-Oct-1899 | S&D Comb Lge | - | A | L | 1 - 2 | Morris |
| 30-Oct-1899 | S&D Comb Lge | 3,000 | H | W | 3 - 0 | Smith, Cameron, Copeland |
| 20-Jan-1900 | Southern League | 2,000 | A | W | 1 - 0 | Cameron |
| 10-Sep-00 | Friendly | - | H | D | 3 - 3 | McNaught, Smith, Cameron |
| 3-Oct-00 | Friendly | - | H | D | 1 - 1 | Smith |
| 24-Nov-00 | Southern League | 5,000 | H | L | 1 - 3 | Morris |
| 18-Feb-01 | Western Lge | 2,000 | H | W | 3 - 2 | Stormont, Smith, Copeland |
| 6-Mar-01 | Western Lge | 1,000 | A | D | 1 - 1 | Jones JL |
| 16-Mar-01 | Southern League | 5,000 | H | W | 1 - 0 | Hughes |
| 23-Mar-01 | F.A. Cup 3 | 14,417 | A | D | 1 - 1 | Kirwan |
| 28-Mar-01 | F.A. Cup 3 Replay | 11,600 | H | W | 3 - 0 | Brown (2), Copeland |
| 9-Sep-01 | Western Lge | 4,000 | H | W | 4 - 0 | Morris (pen), Cameron, Brown (2) |
| 21-Sep-01 | Southern League | 8,000 | A | D | 1 - 1 | Morris (pen) |
| 4-Jan-02 | Southern League | 8,500 | H | W | 4 - 2 | Hughes, Cameron, Copeland, Kirwan |
| 15-Jan-02 | Western Lge | - | A | D | 1 - 1 | Gilhooley |
| 29-Sep-02 | Western Lge | - | H | W | 2 - 1 | Cameron, Copeland |
| 29-Oct-02 | Western Lge | - | A | L | 0 - 3 | |
| 24-Nov-02 | S/CharityCup1 | 3,000 | H | D | 1 - 1 | Kirwan |
| 14-Jan-03 | S/CharityCup1 Replay | - | A | L | 2 - 3 | Houston, Quinn |
| 28-Mar-03 | Southern League | 4,000 | H | W | 2 - 0 | Warner, Copeland |
| 4-Apr-03 | Southern League | 5,000 | A | D | 0 - 0 | |
| 7-Sep-03 | Western Lge | 6,000 | H | W | 3 - 1 | Brearley (3) |
| 3-Oct-03 | Southern League | 6,000 | A | D | 2 - 2 | Jones J., Jones JL. |
| 14-Oct-03 | Western Lge | - | H | W | 2 - 0 | Cameron, Kirwan |
| 30-Jan-04 | Southern League | 8,000 | H | W | 7 - 4 | Warner, Jones J., Woodward (3), Copeland (2) |
| 7-Sep-04 | Western Lge | - | A | W | 1 - 0 | Warner |
| 1-Oct-04 | Southern League | 13,000 | H | L | 1 - 3 | Copeland |
| 7-Nov-04 | Western Lge | - | H | D | 2 - 2 | Berry (2) |
| 28-Jan-05 | Southern League | 1,000 | A | L | 2 - 3 | Brearley, Glen |
| 27-Apr-05 | S/CharityCupF | - | N | D | 0 - 0 | |
| 2-Sep-05 | Southern League | 12,000 | A | D | 1 - 1 | Kyle |
| 4-Sep-05 | Western Lge | - | H | W | 5 - 1 | Chapman (3), Kyle, Berry |
| 11-Oct-05 | Western Lge | - | A | D | 0 - 0 | |
| 30-Dec-05 | Southern League | 12,000 | H | W | 1 - 0 | Glen (pen) |
| 3-Feb-06 | F.A. Cup 2 | 26,000 | H | W | 3 - 2 | Bull, Walton, Kyle |
| 1-Dec-06 | Southern League | 10,000 | H | W | 2 - 0 | Hewitt, Reid |
| 6-Apr-07 | Southern League | 8,000 | A | L | 0 - 2 | |
| 2-Oct-07 | Western Lge | - | A | W | 2 - 1 | Whyman, Seeburg |
| 14-Oct-07 | Western Lge | - | H | L | 0 - 2 | |
| 7-Dec-07 | Southern League | 5,000 | A | L | 1 - 3 | Middlemiss |
| 4-Apr-08 | Southern League | 8,000 | H | W | 2 - 0 | Minter (2) |
| 29-Apr-09 | Friendly | - | A | W | 3 - 2 | Tull (2), Minter |
| 1-Feb-13 | F.A. Cup 2 | 17,794 | A | L | 0 - 1 | |
| 23-Sep-16 | London Comb | 10,000 | A | W | 4 - 2 | Barton, Bassett, Potter, Bliss |
| 25-Dec-28 | Division 2 | 28,344 | H | D | 2 - 2 | O'Callaghan, Dimmock |
| 26-Dec-28 | Division 2 | 23,730 | A | L | 3 - 4 | Osborne (2), Dimmock |
| 12-Jan-29 | F.A. Cup 3 | 26,137 | A | L | 0 - 2 | |
| 7-Dec-29 | Division 2 | 11,522 | H | D | 0 - 0 | |
| 12-Apr-30 | Division 2 | 11,183 | A | L | 0 - 3 | |
| 30-Aug-30 | Division 2 | 25,484 | H | W | 7 - 1 | Harper (5), Cook, Dimmock |
| 27-Dec-30 | Division 2 | 16,571 | A | W | 2 - 1 | Davies, O'Callaghan |
| 14-Apr-41 | LonWarCup | 4,355 | H | D | 2 - 2 | Wallace, Duncan |
| 19-Apr-41 | LonWarCup | 4,000 | A | D | 2 - 2 | Duncan, Ludford |
| 4-Oct-41 | London WarLge | 5,000 | A | D | 1 - 1 | Gibbons |
| 10-Jan-42 | London WarLge | 4,418 | H | W | 2 - 1 | Broadis, Burgess |
| 21-Mar-42 | London WarCup | 6,000 | A | W | 2 - 1 | Ward (pen), Howe |
| 4-Apr-42 | London WarCup | 7,526 | H | W | 2 - 1 | Duncan, Ludford |
| 17-Oct-42 | Football Lge Sth | 5,000 | A | W | 6 - 2 | Beasley, O'Callaghan, Gibbons (3), Pattison |
| 23-Jan-43 | Football Lge Sth | 7,369 | H | D | 2 - 2 | Beasley, Gibbons |
| 13-Mar-43 | WW2 Lge Cup | 6,000 | A | D | 1 - 1 | Hall |
| 3-Apr-43 | WW2 Lge Cup | 21,755 | H | L | 1 - 2 | Broadis |
| 16-Oct-43 | Football Lge Sth | 10,000 | A | W | 3 - 2 | Burgess, Beasley, Jones |
| 5-Feb-44 | Football Lge Sth | 16,937 | H | D | 2 - 2 | Walters (2) |
| 9-Sep-44 | Football Lge Sth | 9,060 | A | D | 0 - 0 | |
| 16-Dec-44 | Football Lge Sth | 9,938 | H | W | 3 - 2 | Burgess, Gibbons (2) |
| 20-Apr-53 | Friendly | - | A | W | 4 - 0 | Duquemin (2), Baily, McClellan |
| 21-Oct-59 | Friendly | - | A | W | 5 - 2 | Brooks, Smith R, Jones (3) |
| 10-Aug-88 | Friendly | - | A | L | 1 - 2 | Gascoigne |
| 20-Jul-92 | Friendly | Chase Lodge | H | W | 2 - 1 | Anderton, Hendry (pen), Stewart |
| 11-Nov-94 | Friendly | 5,305 | A | D | 1 - 1 | Nash |
| 3-Aug-96 | Friendly | 8,293 | A | W | 1 - 0 | McMahon |
| 01-Aug-2001 | Friendly | 21,874 | A | W | 2 - 0 | Poyet, Rebrov |
| 30-Jul-05 | Friendly | 18,281 | A | W | 2 - 0 | Mido, Defoe |
| 12-Nov-06 | FA Prem | 24,110 | A | L | 1 - 3 | Keane (pen) |
| 1-Apr-07 | FA Prem | 36,067 | H | W | 1 - 0 | Keane (pen) |
| 29-Dec-07 | FA Prem | 36,178 | H | W | 6 - 4 | Berbatov (4), Malbranque, Defoe |
| 3-May-08 | FA Prem | 24,125 | A | W | 1 - 0 | Keane |
| 5-Jan-08 | F.A. Cup 3 | 35,243 | H | D | 2 - 2 | Berbatov (2, 1pen) |
| 15-Jan-08 | F.A. Cup 3 Replay | 22,130 | A | W | 1 - 0 | Keane |
| 16-Sep-12 | FA Prem | 24,160 | A | W | 3 - 1 | Defoe (2), Bale |
| 1-Jan-13 | FA Prem | 36,180 | H | W | 3 - 1 | Dawson, Adebayor, Dempsey |
| 19-Jly-25 | Friendly | 22,133 | A | W | 2 - 0 | Lankshear, Vušković |
