Tottenham Hotspur Football Club was originally known as the Hotspur Football Club, which was begun by members of the Hotspur Cricket Club and men from the local grammar school.

They started playing on the Lea river marshes but moved to Northumberland Park so that they could charge admission to matches. In 1899 Tottenham Hotspur moved to 750 High Road, Tottenham owned by Charringtons the brewers, the name White Hart Lane may have come from the name of a local pub The White Hart whose landlord had been the previous tennant.