Why does Tottenham Hotspur have a rooster on their logo?

The cockerel is synonymous with the Hotspur part of Tottenham. Harry Hotspur was a character in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part One based on Sir Henry Percy, who was part of the Northumberland family. read more

The cockerel is synonymous with the Hotspur part of Tottenham. Harry Hotspur was a character in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part One based on Sir Henry Percy, who was part of the Northumberland family. Sir Henry was killed in the 15th century but his descendants owned land in the Tottenham area some 400 years later. read more

Harry Hotspur (from whom the club is said to take its name) was famed for his riding spurs and fighting cocks were fitted with spurs which can be seen in the crests. In 1909 a former player named William James Scott made a bronze cast of a cockerel standing on a football to be placed on top of the West Stand and since then the cockerel and ball have been the major part of the club's identity. read more