Top five heaviest defeats in Tottenham Hotspur’s history

The Red Devils suffered a thumping at the hands of Newcastle recently

At St. James Park, after 21 minutes the scoreboard read Newcastle 5-0 up against the visiting Tottenham Hotspurs. The cameras were showing away fans leaving the stadium as Spurs were in shambles, and the goalkeeper, a World Cup winner Hugo Lloris was substituted at halftime which was a bit harsh on him since it was the whole team in front of him that collapsed.

It came as a surprise to even the home fans and players that every shot they hit at the goal was at the back of the net. Harry Kane got a goal back just for Callum Wilson to score the sixth and final goal of the game. Tottenham is having a decent season where they are fighting with Aston Villa & Liverpool for a spot in Europe but this collapse just showed how the management and the whole team need a reset. Let’s take a look at the top five instances and heaviest defeats in Tottenham Hotspur’s history:

5. Newcastle 7-1 Tottenham (28/12/96)

Newcastle did a double over the Spurs as they were put to shame twice by the Toons in the late '90s. First, a 1-7 defeat in 1996. Three years later, they suffered a 0-6 loss at St James Park in an FA Cup fixture. Tottenham boss Gerry Francis gave the understatement of the century when asked to describe his side's performance after December 1996's 7-1 loss to Newcastle: "It was not a very pleasant experience." Newcastle's 'Entertainers' were 2-0 up at half-time and added five mammoth goals after the break, only for Spurs to snatch a consolation in the 89th minute through Allan Nielsen.

4. Derby County 8-2 Tottenham (16/10/76)

Spurs won the UEFA Cup in 1972 but, just four years later, were losing 8-2 to Derby County en route to a shock relegation from the First Division - their first drop since 1935. Derby had been competing for the title in the previous seasons but arrived into this game in miserable form, and it looked like Spurs could get something out of this match when they were only 3-2 down at half-time.

Unfortunately, things went a little downhill after the break as five unanswered goals went flying past Pat Jennings as he and his team were too stunned to respond to this disaster.

3. Liverpool 7-0 Tottenham (02/09/78)

European champions Liverpool proved no match for newly promoted Tottenham, romping to a 7-0 victory in the old First Division and handed them one of their biggest defeats by Bob Paisley's Liverpool side in 1978. Tottenham were 3-0 down within half an hour thanks to a Kenny Dalglish brace and a strike from Ray Kennedy. Substitute David Johnson added two more goals early in the second half before Phil Neal's penalty made it six.

But the best was saved until last as Spurs were ripped apart by some wonderful one-touch football, the ball swept forward for Steve Heighway to cross and the arriving Terry McDermott to power a header beyond Barry Daines.

2. Tottenham 2 – 7 Bayern Munich (02/10/19)

In 2019, Spurs suffered a 7-2 home loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, becoming the first English side to concede seven goals in any European competition since…Tottenham lost 8-0 to Cologne in the Intertoto Cup in 1995.

The visitors ran riot as Ex-Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry hits four in the rout and produced a clinical performance after latching onto Thiago's through ball before Lewandowski added his second with an inch-perfect side-foot finish and then he went on to add 02 more. Tottenham concede seven goals at home for the first time in a major competition.

1. Koln 8-0 Tottenham (23/07/95)

We head over to the Intertoto Cup for the biggest defeat in the history of Tottenham. A UEFA competition that was held outside the regular season schedule, Spurs initially refused to field a team for the game but had to change their minds after being threatened with a European ban.

With star players like Teddy Sheringham, Darren Anderton and Nick Barmby already committed to the Umbro Cup, a side was thrown together mixing youngsters with a few journeymen - Alan Pardew being one of those brought in on a short-term deal. Perhaps this newly assembled team would be demolished as the German side Koln netted four goals in either half to secure a famous win. Tottenham became the first English side to concede eight goals after their biggest defeat in history.