Arsenal: 8 Reasons White Hart Lane Dies In Utter Shame

6. First Ever North London Clash At The Lane

Arsenal and the Spurs have met many a time, as mentioned earlier in this article. And while the Gunners have the dominant overall record, the Spurs have still had the better home record at the Lane, as any team should have at their own grounds.

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But that doesn’t mean it has always been that way. In fact, in the first ever “true North London” clash at White Hart Lane, after Arsenal moved into the neighborhood in 1913, the Gunners won in monumental fashion.

22 August, 1914. With World War I in full swing, football took a back seat, but that doesn’t mean that it ceased to exist altogether. In a friendly in 1914, Spurs welcomed their new neighbors to White Hart Lane for the first time. The Spurs were proudly in the First Division while the Gunners were, for one of the last ever meetings, in the Second Division.

Despite the gap in competitive leagues, Arsenal won convincingly, 5-1. Nothing like kicking off life at the Lane in positive fashion, right Spurs?

It was the first of many underwhelming match-ups at the Lane against their North London rivals. The fact that there was a split in Leagues just adds sweet, sweet icing to the cake.

But what is one day to… well, two decades?