In the shadow of the billion-pound golden cockerel atop Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, an old ghost is beginning to stir.
Following yesterday’s 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur have officially equalled a record that has stood for over a century.
With just 30 points from 31 matches, this is statistically the club’s lowest tally at this stage of a season since 1914–15, when adjusting historical records to the ‘three points for a win’ system.
Spurs are now on a 13-game winless streak in the Premier League— the club’s second-longest drought in top-flight history, eclipsed only by the 16-game horror show of 1934-35. Since the turn of the year, they are the only team in the division without a league victory.
Only three teams have recorded longer winless runs at the start of a calendar year: Derby (2008), Sunderland (2003), and Middlesbrough (2017)—all of which were relegated.
The irony of Tottenham’s current position lies in the stark contrast between infrastructure and output. In 1915, Spurs played at a developing White Hart Lane with meagre resources.
Today, they have the worst home record in the Premier League, with just two wins from 16 matches at their state-of-the-art stadium.
Spurs’ new home has become a pressurised vacuum, where the weight of £1.2 billion in debt and 61,000 expectant fans seems to paralyse a squad lacking a defensive spine.
Under interim manager Igor Tudor, they have conceded 20 goals in just seven games.
The mathematics of 2026 is starting to look eerily similar to the heartbreak of 1915. If there is no late-season surge, the most expensive stadium in the world will be hosting Championship football by August.