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Tottenham Hotspur FC and Arsenal's bitter relationship history explained

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Tottenham Hotspur FC and Arsenal dates back over 100 years.One of the most famous and eagerly anticipated derby fixtures in the Premier League calendar, the North London Derby, or NLD, is always a matter of huge debate and excitement.The match-up has been won by both teams in the past, with 68 league wins for Arsenal since 1909 to Tottenham’s 55.Harry Kane is the ties’ all-time top scorer, having netted 13 times, while the most recent 2021/2022 season has seen each team claim victory by putting three past their rival.

In the second NLD of the season, Spurs clinched a comfortable 3-0 win over the Gunners to go on and claim the final Champions League spot for the 2022/2023 season.But where did the two sides' long and famous rivalry come from, and how did events take place to brew up such bad blood?The Arsenal we know today began life as Dial Square, which morphed into Royal Arsenal and then Woolwich Arsenal after that.Arsenal was once based in south London, but was struggling for support and facing financial turmoil and so looked for pastures new.A local councillor by the name of Henry Norris proposed that the club move north of the river to merge with Fulham where there would be more fans and more potential players.The FA didn't like the plan for the merger and blocked Norris' vision for a super-club.

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