It was on today in 1960 that Crewe Alexandra have been walloped 13-2 by Tottenham Hotspur within the FA Cup at White Hart Lane.
It was fairly an unimaginable scoreline, made all of the extra wonderful as a result of the Fourth Division aspect had held Invoice Nicholson’s males to a 2-2 draw 4 days earlier at their Gresty Highway house.
Spurs would win the League and Cup Double the next season, however have been doing very properly in 1959/60 and have been sat on the prime of the First Division desk. Crewe have been in sixteenth place within the Fourth Division.
The house aspect have been 6-1 up after simply half an hour and have been main 10-1 at half-time. They took it simpler within the second half, solely scoring three extra and the guests additionally added their second aim of the sport.
Les Allen scored 5 for Tottenham, Bobby Smith grabbed 4, Cliff Jones bought a hat-trick and Tommy Harmer scored the opposite.
The result’s unsurprisingly Tottenham Hotspur’s report win and Crewe Alexandra’s report defeat!
The entrance cowl of the programme from the sport
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