Just over 10 years after our first meeting in European competition and nine after our first meeting in the UEFA Champions League, we're set to lock horns again with AS Monaco in MD3 of the league phase of the Champions League at Stade Louis II on Wednesday evening (8pm UK).
Here's a dip into our history against the Ligue 1 side, going back to the return of the 'King of White Hart Lane' in 1988...
Hoddle's return, an early goal for Kane - first friendlies vs AS Monaco
Our first friendly against AS Monaco was at the Lane in February, 1988 and featured the return to N17 of legendary former midfielder and later manager, Glenn Hoddle, who was tearing it up in France having moved at the end of the 1986/87 campaign. Another former England international, striker Mark Hateley, also played as the Ligue 1 side ran out 4-0 winners. The midfield maestro was back a year later, January, 1989, for another friendly. Monaco scored another four that night with John Moncur replying from the penalty spot in a 4-1 loss. Fast forward to August, 2013 and Harry Kane scored one of his early senior goals, albeit in a friendly at Stade Louis II. Only just turned 20, Harry was on the scoresheet alongside fellow Academy graduate, Andros Townsend. It was somewhat of a torrid afternoon on the Principality as Monaco, spearheaded by Radamel Falcao, who scored twice, ran out 5-2 winners. Less than two years later, Harry started for England, his second cap, and Andros scored the equaliser off the bench against Italy.
Lamela's treble, Monaco hit back in UCL...
Erik Lamela grabbed the spotlight in one of the last European ties to be played at White Hart Lane. The Argentina international, a cult hero and fans favourite in his eight years in N17, scored a hat-trick in our 4-1 win against the French side in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League on 10 December, 2015. Academy graduate Tom Carroll also scored his first goal that night. We'd earlier drawn 1-1 in France and progressed to the Round of 16, where we were beaten by Borussia Dortmund. The second leg of that tie was the final European tie at our famous old stadium - we played our Champions League fixtures at Wembley in 2016/17, 2017/18 and for the first part of 2018/19 before the first European tie at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - a 1-0 win against City in the Champions League quarter-final, first leg on our way to the final in 2019. Back to Monaco, and they were certainly building something special when we faced off in the group stages on our return to the UCL in 2016/17. Monaco beat us 2-1 in both matches at Wembley and Stade Louis II on their way to the semi-finals with the likes of Falcao, Joao Moutinho, Fabinho, Bernardo Silva, Thomas Lemar and a young Kylian Mbappe in the squad.