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On This Day in Football: Arsenal humiliate Spurs, Real recognised by FIFA

Related Topics: Osvaldo Ardiles, Alan Sunderland

On this day in 1978, Arsenal thrashed Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 at White Hart Lane in a First Division fixture.

Spurs were back in the top flight after a year in the Second Division and had bolstered their ranks with the remarkable signings of Argentina’s World Cup winning duo Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricky Villa. But it was the Gunners, Liam Brady in particular, who provided the entertainment as they demolished their local rivals.

Alan Sunderland scored a superb hat-trick feeding off Brady. Frank Stapleton scored one and Brady capped off an incredible Arsenal performance by curling one in from the edge of the box.