FA Cup 3rd Round – Margate v Tottenham Hotspur, January 13th, 1973
MARGATE 0
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 6 (Chivers 2, Knowles, Pearce, Peters & Pratt)
Saturday 13th January 1973
FA Cup 3rd Round – Hartsdown Park, Margate
Attendance: 14,169
Having beaten Swansea 1-0 at home in the 1st Round Proper, Margate won by the same scoreline at Walton & Hersham in the 2nd Round to set up a dream tie with First Division Spurs, the current UEFA Cup holders. After discussions about switching the tie to White Hart Lane, the club decided to keep the match at Hartsdown Park and a record crowd of 14,169 packed into the ground for the biggest game in the club’s history. Margate were only 1-0 down at half-time before Spurs ran riot in the second half.
MARGATE: Chic Brodie, Ray Summers, Alan Butterfield, Norman Fusco, David Paton, Davie Houston, John Baber (Pat Ferry), Eddie Clayton, Kevin Barry, Barry Brown, Bruce Walker
SPURS: Pat Jennings, Ray Evans, Cyril Knowles, John Pratt, Mike England, Terry Naylor, Alan Gilzean, Steve Perryman (Jimmy Pearce), Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, Ralph Coates
Press Build Up To The Big Match
Striker Barry Brown looks forward to the game after the draw is made
Young Simon Frampton was a regular at Hartsdown Park but was diagnosed with appendicitis two days before the match and ended up in Margate Hospital. He was sent photos of both teams and curiously in February 1994 Simon ended up playing against a Spurs veterans team in a charity match at Hartsdown Park. The Spurs team included Martin Chivers, Martin Peters, John Pratt and Ralph Coates who’d all played in the 1973 FA Cup tie.
A map showing the temporary traffic arrangements
Margate fans make their predictions
Sign outside Hartsdown Park
Match Programme
Tickets From The Match
A standing ticket for the match
A ticket for the main stand
The referee’s pass for the match
Supporters Arriving For The Game
Some of the huge crowd, future Margate first team player Marcus Newton is the blonde man sitting two seats to the left of the fence pole in the centre of the front row whilst the steward facing the camera is Gerry Collis who later served Thanet United as a committee member and managed United’s reserve side
The Game
Martin Peters leads the Spurs team out
Chic Brodie makes a save
Diagrams of three of the Spurs goals
Martin Chivers shoots for goal
Chic Brodie tries to block the shot
but the ball gets past him and it’s 1-0 to Spurs
Martin Chivers makes it 2-0 as David Paton challenges
Jimmy Pearce slams the third goal past Chic Brodie and Ray Summers as Martin Peters looks on
Cyril Knowles’ shot flies in for the fifth goal
he Spurs players leave the field, Mike England is on the right and the supporter on the left with the scarf is Julie Bell
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More From The Match
A letter of thanks sent from Tottenham to Margate’s club secretary Alan Kay.
An article from a Margate programme in January 2002 explaining the attendance figure
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