- Sep 21, 2005
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Yes, but it is very much a Shakespearean reference too, which would have been much better and more widely understood in 1882 than it is now.
By the way, when the club was formed there was already a London Hotspur already in existence, which also demonstrates the romantic power of the "Hotspur" reference.
Yes we were founded as Hotspur FC, I believe. The Hotspur came before the Tottenham