Sentence examples for last spur from inspiring English sources

The latest disaster may at last spur it into action.

Harry Redknapp believes that his current Tottenham Hotspur team would beat even the 1989-90 vinthee, the last Spurs side to finish third in the league.

Coincidentally, the last time Spurs visited Craven Cottage, in the fifth round of last season's FA Cup, Jol was reported to be a defeat away from the sack.

At Old Trafford United had been able to build on the desperately late but hugely welcome authority supplied by Paul Scholes the previous weekend against City, Nani's exquisitely weighted goal not only draining the last of Spurs' fight but also meeting perfectly the demand made on the last two standing in the title race.

However, Villas-Boas has wasted no time in bringing in new faces to his squad, signing Brazilian Paulinho, Belgian Nacer Chadli, Spaniard Roberto Soldado and Frenchman Etienne Capoue, and Huddlestone's notion is understandable given that the last time Spurs made a significant domestic signing was in 2011 when Scott Parker joined from West Ham.

Tottenham have won in Portugal before, they beat Sporting Braga in 1984 and 2007, winning 3-0 and 3-2 The last time Spurs were knocked out of a European competition by Benfica they went on to win the European Cup Winners Cup the next season.

The last time Spurs won at Manchester United in the league, Gary Lineker scored the winner, and Ferguson was still awaiting his first trophy, though the sharpness Redknapp's team showed in Edinburgh must be a worry for a home side with a goalkeeper under pressure and inexperienced defenders in front of him.

Window shopping: After signing so many people over the summer, the last thing Spurs need now is a lot more new players to bed in but what they do need is a new left-back so Jan Vertonghen can return to the centre of defence.

Ferdinand, who was a striker at the club for eight years, was part of Sherwood's coaching team at Spurs last season but left last summer and rejoined QPR in October 2014.

Winning the League and cup 'double' was Spurs' greatest moment, but the last club that Spurs fans wanted to emulate that feat was Arsenal.

Three years after its last attempt to spur legislation that would have empowered the Food and Drug Administration to regulate the marketing of cigarettes, Philip Morris is shopping around the contours of a bill that would, once again, let the agency limit the tobacco industry's reach.