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Every player who played for both Arsenal and Tottenham

Clubography connections · Arsenal and Tottenham

Every player who crossed North London, and how it went.

Fifteen men have made the most hostile short journey in English football, and lived to tell whichever half of it they ended up preferring. Some of them barely played for one side before the move. A couple are club legends at both. One, David Bentley, never got past Arsenal's academy; the other fourteen all played first-team football for both clubs. Here's every one, in order, and what actually happened.

Arsenal and TottenhamEvery player, in order

  1. Jimmy Brain

    Arsenal 1923-1931 (232 apps, 139 goals) → Tottenham 1931-1935 (47 games, 10 goals)

    The first to cross either way. Eight prolific years as an Arsenal forward, then closed his career at Spurs.

  2. George Hunt

    Tottenham 1930-1937 (198 games, 138 goals) → Arsenal 1937-1938

    Seven years and well over a century of goals at Spurs, then one closing season at Highbury.

  3. Freddie Cox

    Tottenham → Arsenal 1949-1953 (£12,000 fee, 79 games, 9 goals)

    Went the other way for a fee, and closed his career as an Arsenal regular.

  4. Vic Groves

    Tottenham 1952-1953 (4 apps) → Arsenal 1955-1964 (185 apps, 31 goals)

    Barely featured at Spurs before nine years as an Arsenal regular.

  5. Laurie Brown

    Arsenal 1961-1964 → Tottenham 1964-1966

    Centre-half, crossed at the height of his career rather than at either end of it.

  6. Jimmy Robertson

    Tottenham 1964-1968 (181 apps, 31 goals) → Arsenal 1968 (59 apps, 8 goals)

    Part of a straight swap that sent David Jenkins the other way in the same deal.

  7. David Jenkins

    Arsenal 1963-1968 → Tottenham 1968-1972

    The other half of the Robertson swap, same day, same paperwork.

  8. Steve Walford

    Tottenham 1975-1977 → Arsenal 1977-1981

    Defender, part of the same mid-70s traffic across North London as Willie Young.

  9. Willie Young

    Tottenham (64 apps) → Arsenal, from 1977 (237 apps, 19 goals)

    Barely played at Spurs before becoming a genuine Arsenal fixture.

  10. Pat Jennings

    Tottenham 1964-1977 (450+ apps) → Arsenal 1977-1985 (200+ apps)

    The standout name on this list. A goalkeeping great at both ends, let go by Spurs at 32 and still going eight years later at Highbury.

  11. Sol Campbell

    Tottenham → Arsenal, 2001 (free transfer)

    The most notorious crossing here. Left Spurs as captain and won the title with Arsenal inside a year.

  12. William Gallas

    Arsenal → Tottenham (free transfer)

    Arsenal captain before going the other way, a rarer direction than most names on this list.

  13. Emmanuel Adebayor

    Arsenal 2006-2009 → Tottenham 2011

    Arsenal's main striker for three years, with spells at Manchester City and Real Madrid in between before Spurs.

  14. David Bentley

    Arsenal academy (no senior appearance) → Tottenham

    Came through the Arsenal academy without playing a first-team game there. His career took off elsewhere, Spurs included.

  15. Rohan Ricketts

    Arsenal 2001-2002 (1 League Cup app) → Tottenham 2002-2005 (30 league apps, 1 goal)

    One League Cup game for Arsenal against Manchester United, then a first-team regular at Spurs in 2003-04.

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