The Chelsea F.C.–Tottenham Hotspur F.C. rivalry is a competition between London-based master association football clubs Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea play their home games at Stamford Bridge, while Tottenham Hotspur play their base games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium .

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While Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur never considered each early primary rivals, there has always been hard needle between the fans dating second to the 1967 FA Cup Final. Matches between the two teams would much attract bombastic attendances and would sometimes end up in violent clashes between supporters. A 2012 survey has shown that Chelsea fans consider Tottenham to be their main equal, above Arsenal and Manchester United. In the same surveil, it is shown that Tottenham fans even consider Chelsea their second rival, below Arsenal. [ 2 ]

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The first league meet between the two teams took target on 18 December 1909 at Stamford Bridge as Tottenham only joined the Football League in 1908 and won promotion to the Football League First Division in 1909. The match was won by Chelsea 2–1. [ 3 ] Both teams however struggled in the 1909–10 season, and they met again at White Hart Lane on 30 April 1910 in the concluding match of temper, with both fighting for survival in Division One. Spurs beat Chelsea 2–1, sending Chelsea down, with the winning finish scored by early Chelsea player Percy Humphreys. [ 4 ]

however, the competition itself dates back to the 1967 FA Cup Final, which was the competition ‘s first final examination to be contested between two teams from London, and is therefore often dubbed the “ Cockney Cup Final ”. Tottenham won the game 2–1 with over 100,000 people in attendance. [ 5 ] The competition was promote ignited during the 1974–75 season, one in which Tottenham and Chelsea fought out a bitter battle against relegation from the First Division. Before the match, Tottenham were in the delegating zone and Chelsea were one point ahead of them. The tension of the meet led to fans invading and fighting on the pitch before the game started. [ 6 ] After a check start, Tottenham won the game 2–0. [ 7 ] Chelsea failed to win either of their remaining two games and were ultimately relegated from the First Division with Tottenham staying up via a lone point. [ 8 ] Since the 1990s, Chelsea become prevailing in the meetings with Tottenham, and were unbeaten by their rivals for over a ten, culminating in a 6–1 win at White Hart Lane in the 1997–98 season. [ 9 ] On 5 November 2006, Tottenham beat Chelsea 2–1 on White Hart Lane, ending a 16-year period without victory against the Blues in the league. [ 10 ] Spurs did, however, beat Chelsea in 2002 during a 5–1 acquire in the second peg of the league cup after a 2–1 defeat at Stamford Bridge, resulting in an aggregate sexual conquest of 6–3. [ 11 ] On 11 March 2007, Chelsea and Tottenham met in the FA Cup quarter-finals, with Chelsea coming to 3–3 down from 1–3 and earning a replay. The adjacent day, hooligans of Tottenham and Chelsea clashed in the streets of London, a battle in which 10 fans were knifed. [ 12 ] Chelsea finally won the replay by 2–1, progressing in the semi-finals. In the future temper, the two sides met in the 2008 Football League Cup Final, with Tottenham winning the trophy after a 2–1 victory. [ 13 ] On 1 March 2015, Chelsea won the 2015 Football League Cup Final 2–0 against Tottenham, with goals provided by John Terry and Diego Costa. Chelsea fans made headlines for racist and anti-semitic chants on the Underground after the peer. [ 14 ] After this final, Chelsea surpassed Tottenham in issue of trophies won. [ citation needed ]
Scuffling between players in the match between Chelsea and Spurs dubbed the ‘Battle of Stamford Bridge ‘ on 2 May 2016. On 2 May 2016, Chelsea and Tottenham met at Stamford Bridge in an crabbed match that some would late call the ‘Battle of Stamford Bridge ‘. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The first two goals were scored by Harry Kane and Son Heung-min. In the second gear half, Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard scored the two goals for Chelsea. It ended as a 2–2 draw which mechanically gave Leicester City their first ever Premier League claim. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] This was arguably the closest Tottenham had ever come to winning the league since their last title in 1961 and since their survive third-place coating in 1990. The pit re-ignited the competition between the two clubs as players attacked each other on the pitch, resulting in nine yellow cards for Tottenham ( a Premier League read for any team ), another three for Chelsea, and Mousa Dembélé receiving a six-match suspension for fierce behave. [ 19 ] As a result, both clubs had to face three FA charges and they were fined for failing to control their players. [ 20 ]
Chelsea and Tottenham players before the FA Cup semi-final in 2017.

On 4 January 2017, Tottenham beat Chelsea 2–0 at White Hart Lane, ending Chelsea ‘s commemorate 13 game winning streak in the Premier League. [ 21 ] It brought Tottenham to within five points of Chelsea, who were leading the Premier League. Tottenham and Chelsea then went on to be the two style rivals in what was a two-horse subspecies for the championship, in which Chelsea finally prevailed with 93 points to Tottenham ‘s 86 points. [ 22 ] Tottenham besides lost to Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final in the lapp season. [ 23 ] On 20 August 2017, Tottenham and Chelsea met early in the 2017–18 Premier League temper, with Tottenham playing their first-ever home Premier League match at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea won the match 2–1 with two goals scored by Marcos Alonso, ending Tottenham ‘s 19-game home Premier League unbeaten run. [ 24 ] In the like season on 1 April 2018, Tottenham won away to Chelsea 3–1, with goals from Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen. This was Tottenham ‘s first win in 28 years at Stamford Bridge. [ 25 ] On 22 December 2019, Chelsea played their first meet at Tottenham ‘s new stadium. [ 26 ] The pit, which Chelsea won 2–0 with a brace by Willian, received wide media coverage due to allege racist behavior by Tottenham fans, aimed at Chelsea ‘s defender Antonio Rüdiger. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] A Chelsea assistant was besides arrested for allege racist pervert against Spurs player Son Heung-min, who was sent off for kicking Rüdiger after he fouled Son. [ 30 ] It led to a call for government action on racism in football. [ 31 ] however, no evidence of racist pervert against Rüdiger was found after a patrol investigation. [ 32 ]

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As of 11 August 2021[33][34]

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