Official Site of the Spurs · May 18, 2018
2017-18 in numbers - successive top three finishes
We've had 24 top three finishes in the Premier League/old Division One/old Division Two since our first season in the Football League all the way back in 1908-09 - 18 of those have come in the top flight.
Arthur Rowe's pioneering 'push and run' team of the early 1950s were the first Spurs team to complete three-successive top three finishes, followed by Bill Nicholson's all-conquering team of the early 1960s that achieved it four times on the trot.
Below: Our 1950-51 title winners
TOP THREE FINISHES IN THREE-SUCCESSIVE SEASONS1949-50 - 1st in Division Two
1950-51 - 1st in Division One
1951-52 - 2nd in Division Two