As it is the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Shrewsbury, can someone tell me why Tottenham's football team are named after the loser Harry Hotspur?

TabbyTom

According to Brewer's Dictionary of Names, the club was originally known simply as Hotspur. The name was appropriate not only because the kind of spirit shown by Henry Percy in Shakespeare's "Henry IV Part I" was a desirable quality for a football team, but also because the Percy family owned land in the Tottenham area when the club was founded in 1882. It became Tottenham Hotspur in 1885. Jul 21 03, 7:06 PM

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