10 Players Who Have Played For Both Tottenham And West Ham
3. Teddy Sheringham
Tottenham – 1992–1997 & 2001–2003
West Ham – 2004–2007
London-born Sheringham began his career at Millwall, before a single-season stint at Nottingham Forest. Tottenham brought the striker back to the capital in 1992, with Sheringham going on to score 99 goals in 195 games.
He returned to White Hart Lane in 2001 after four seasons with Manchester United, netting 26 times before moving to Portsmouth two years later. Some of the above names quit West Ham when they went down, but classy striker Sheringham signed for them in the Championship in 2004.
At the age of 39, Sheringham still could not stop scoring, hitting 20 as the Hammers reclaimed Premier League status with promotion via the play-offs. He later helped the club consolidate their top-flight status.
2. Martin Peters
West Ham – 1959-1970
Tottenham – 1970-1975
Martin Peters is undoubtedly one of the greatest players who played for both Tottenham and West Ham. He was known as “the complete midfielder” as he could pass the ball well with either foot, was good in the air and difficult to mark because of his movement.
A West Ham Academy Product, Peters made his debut in 1962 and went on to play for 8 long years for the club. He made 364 apps for Hammers helping them to their first European trophy, the Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1965. He also won the World Cup in that period – the midfielder scored a goal in the final.
Tottenham paid a record £200,000 to sign the Essex-born creator at the start of the 1970s, with Peters going on to feature in 260 matches for the north Londoners. His five-year spell at the Lane brought two League Cup winner’s medals, with Spurs and Peters also triumphant in the 1972 UEFA Cup.
1. Jimmy Greaves
Tottenham – 1961-1970
West Ham – 1970- 1970
Jimmy Greaves is one of the best players who played for both Tottenham and West Ham. He is Tottenham Hotspur’s highest ever goalscorer with 266 goals, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football with 357 goals, and he has also scored more hat-tricks (six) for England than anyone else.
Jimmy Greaves finished as the First Division’s top scorer in six seasons. He is a member of the English Football Hall of Fame. The world Cup winner helped the north Londoners to two FA Cups, European Cup Winners Cup and second place in the First Division in 1963.
Jimmy Greaves made an unexpected departure from Spurs in March, 1970 as part of the deal for Peters. Greaves maintained his record of scoring on his debut when getting two goals for the Hammers against Manchester City. On the opening day of the 1970-71 season Spurs and West Ham met at White Hart Lane. The match ended in a 2 – 2 draw. Alan Gilzean scored both goals for Spurs but Greaves equalised in the first half for West Ham.
He spent 18 months with West Ham before retiring. The striker scored 13 goals in his 40 appearances in all competitions, as Ron Greenwood’s men avoided relegation to the Second Division in Greaves’ only full season with the club.
These players also played for both these teams: Matthew Etherington, Serhiy Rebrov, Bobby Zamora, Neil Ruddock, Mitchell Thomas, Les Ferdinand, Robbie Keane and Freddie Kanoute.
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correction defoe was not loyal at all put in a transfer within 24hrs,,,all though i suspect badly advised by his money grabbing agent at the time
Kanoute
You have left out Jimmy Neighbour. Why?