I have been wondering tonight why Tottenham chose to call themsleves "Hotspur"?

To me Hotspur means Harry Hotspur, aka Henry Percy, the son of the Earl of Northumberland, who helped Henry IV to depose Richard II, but then turned against Henry IV to help Owen Glendower.

So why should that name be applied to a London club? Did they like the traitor connotations?

Can anyone enlighten me?

Why Hotspur? The name was proposed at the inaugural meeting by the members, full of admiration for the prowess of that noble Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed Hotspur. The founders wanted to see their team emulating this hero’s fame. Sir Percy was a fourteenth century ancestor of the Northumberland family, a man with a fiery reputation who became noted for his valour in battle and enthusiasm when leading the troops, back in the Middle Ages. This gained him the nickname Hotspur and the admiration of the founder members. After all, they had been playing cricket for two years on a piece of land which was owned by the Northumberland family.

http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/tottenham-hotspur/

Ah, there is a connection then. So they named him after a man who betrayed one king, then went on to the betray the one he'd helped to the throne. Interesting...

He died at the Battle of Shrewsbury because he had to lift his visor in order to breathe (apparently breathing could be quite difficult when your visor was down). At the precise moment he lifted it, an arrow shot right into his mouth killing him instantly.

Edited June 23, 201214 yr by moi

At the precise moment he lifted it, an arrow shot right into his mouth killing him instantly.

That was one of Lampard's 30 yard specials ..

I just thought it was another word for c**ts.

Ah, there is a connection then. So they named him after a man who betrayed one king, then went on to the betray the one he'd helped to the throne. Interesting...

He died at the Battle of Shrewsbury because he had to lift his visor in order to breathe (apparently breathing could be quite difficult when your visor was down). At the precise moment he lifted it, an arrow shot right into his mouth killing him instantly.

Ah, so the lad bit off more than he could chew

The people didn't like him, so they gave him a mouthful

He shouldn't have mouthed off

Was he the one who invented tongue piercing?

Did it make him any visor....