CHIVERS PRESERVED

When Tottenham won the two legged UEFA Cup Final in May (3rd and 17th) 1972 , Martin Chivers scored 2 and added to his impressive tally of goals in all forms of the professional game. He became the 3rd highest goal scorer for the Spurs signed by Bill Nicholson in January 1968 from Southampton for a sizeable £125,000. Chivers'place at Southampton was taken by Micky Channon and they also gained Frank Saul from the Spurs!

A schoolboy at Taunton's Grammar School (bright lad) in Southampton (also well known for its football prowess), he made his debut with his home club in 1962 and scored 97 goals in 174 appearances. He holds the honour of being the first substitute to score for the Saints, this against Newcastle in April 1963, when he came on and scored the only goal in a 1-4 defeat.

He joined Tottenham and played for 8 years scoring twice in the League Cup win over aston Villa in 1971. He went on to Servette in Switzerland in 1976 (33 goals in 66), Norwich (11/4), Brighton (5/1), managed at Dorchester, went to Frankston City in Melbourne, FC Vard (Norway) and Barnet.
He retired and runs a hotel in Hertfordshire and was found playing the legend in hospitality at White Hart Lane, when it was there.

His contribution to Spurs' success in that period involved 22 goals in 33 European matches, 118 goals in 278 league games, 11 in 24 FA Cup ties, 23 in 33 League Cup games (won two finals 1971 and 1973) and 13 goals in 24 international caps. So he was prolific wasn't he? Yes.

He was the top club scorer between 1970-1 and 1973-4, amassing a huge 42 goals in 1971-2.
Jimmy Greaves tops the all time list with 0.70 goals per game (266 goals), Bobby Smith second with 0.66 (208) and Chivers third 0.47 (174).

He held the highest goalscorer in European competitions for the Spurs for 39 years until Jermain Defoe overtook him in November 2013.