During this period of Remembrance, the Club will honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country and show our support for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.
Poppy wreaths will be laid and Remembrance services observed at our WSL match with Liverpool Women on Sunday 2 November at Brisbane Road and our Men’s Premier League fixture with Manchester United on Saturday 8 November at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Ahead of kick-off at both fixtures, members of our Armed Forces Spurs Official Supporters’ Club, including representatives of the Army, the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, will be laying poppy wreaths on the pitch, followed by a period of silence during which The Last Post will be played by a bugler.
Our Men’s players will be wearing special edition poppy shirts for our League Cup game away to Newcastle United on Wednesday and our home Premier League fixture against Chelsea on November 1, as well as for the Manchester United game. Our Women’s players will wear their special edition poppy shirts during our WSL match away to London City Lionesses (November 9), as well as against Liverpool.
Fans will be able to bid for signed match-worn poppy shirts from all games via MatchWornShirt, with proceeds going to the Royal British Legion. Our ever-popular Spurs Poppy pin badges are now also on sale online and at the Tottenham Experience for a donation of £6 to the Royal British Legion.
To find out more about the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, and to make a donation, please visit britishlegion.org.uk
Meet our Armed Forces Spurs members
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Name: Kevin Holmes
Role: Wreath Layer
Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Service: RAF
Joined the RAF in 2001. Flew the C130 Hercules between 2005-23 and was recently selected to be a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Bomber Pilot. Attended his first Spurs game as a small child in the away end at Southampton with his dad in around 1982. His first game at White Hart Lane was in 1988 - Tottenham vs Monaco. Current season ticket holder.
Name: Hayley Johnson
Role: Wreath Layer
Rank: Corporal
Service: Army
Currently serves in the Royal Mechanical and Electrical Engineers (REME) in Essex and has represented both the Army and the REME in women's football. A passionate Spurs supporter since the age of 15, she has attended many matches for both the men's and women's teams.
Name: Tony Brown
Role: Wreath Layer
Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Service: Royal Navy
Joined the Royal Navy in 1999 as an Artificer Apprentice having spent the majority of his career as a Wrecker M on Trafalgar Class Submarines. First game as a fan was against Sheffield Wednesday in the early 90s, from where his love of Spurs began.
Name: Jonno Lawrence
Role: Bugler
Rank: Major
Service: Army
Commissioned into the REME since 2012, including stations across the UK as well as overseas in Germany and Kenya. He was also deployed to Somalia working with the UN and Iraq alongside the Combined Joint Task Force. An avid sportsman, he has represented the REME at Rugby and the Army at Judo.
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Name: Rob Lord
Role: Wreath Layer
Rank: Warrant Officer Class 1
Service: Army
Joined the Army in 2002 with the REME where he trained to become a Recovery Mechanic, deployed to Poland, Canada, Iraq, Afghanistan, Estonia and Cyprus. He has represented the Army at football and is the current manager for the Women’s REME Corps football team. This will be his last Remembrance Parade in service dress before he retires next year.
Name: Sam Auty
Role: Wreath Layer
Rank: Petty Officer
Service: Royal Navy
Joined the Royal Navy in 2014 as an Aircraft Engineer, spending much of his deployed time in the Middle East aboard HMS Ocean and HMS Montrose. Comes from a proud line of Spurs supporters, with brother Darren a lifelong season ticket holder.
Name: Georgina Lang
Role: Wreath Layer
Rank: Corporal
Service: RAF
Joined the RAF in 2021. Upon graduation of phase 2 police training, posted to RAF Honington on No.1 Tactical Police and Security Squadron. Lifelong Spurs fan, along with everyone in the family, with first home match vs Burnley at White Hart Lane in 2009.
Name: Andrew Lofthouse
Role: Bugler
Rank: Ex-RAF Corporal
Service: RAF
He joined the Force in 2010 and served for eight years, travelling the world including to the USA, Canada, India, Cyprus, Switzerland, Belgium and France. His career highlights include being a member of the Fanfare Trumpets for both the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey and for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebration at St. Paul’s Cathedral.