It was on this present day in 1960 that Crewe Alexandra had been walloped 13-2 by Tottenham Hotspur within the FA Cup at White Hart Lane.
It was fairly an unbelievable 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 residence.
Spurs would win the League and Cup Double the next season, however had been doing very nicely in 1959/60 and had been sat on the prime of the First Division desk. Crewe had been in sixteenth place within the Fourth Division.
The house aspect had been 6-1 up after simply half an hour and had 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 purpose 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 document win and Crewe Alexandra’s document defeat!
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