A number of players have represented both Spurs and Newcastle over the years, some with more success than others
Newcastle United will visit the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday evening, with several players having represented both sides in the Premier League era - including current Magpies right-back Kieran Trippier. Some have even moved directly between the two sides, though not all of them wanted to do so.
Les Ferdinand starred for Newcastle during two seasons at St James' Park in the 1990s as they twice finished as Premier League runners-up. His tally of 25 league goals - with no other Newcastle player managing double figures - saw Kevin Keegan's men run Manchester United close in 1995/96 before ultimately finishing four points adrift.
Alan Shearer joined Ferdinand in 1996 in a world record £15million transfer from Blackburn, though the strike partnership couldn't bridge the gap to United the following season. Newcastle's new manager Kenny Dalglish set out to balance the books in the summer of 1997 and Ferdinand was among those sacrificed when Spurs came calling with a £6m bid - not that he wanted to move away.
"I was [at Newcastle] for two years and I would have spent the rest of my career there," Ferdinand would later tell Sky Sports. "I thought it was a great club and thought we were on the cusp of winning something. But I think managers, and certainly British managers that I've come across, they like to change it because if they don't change it and that team goes on to be successful, everyone talks about it being the previous manager's team.
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Tottenham weren't the only club interested but the London-born striker knew that's where he wanted to go if he did have to leave Tyneside. However, things didn't go entirely to plan.
"I thought if I am going to leave Newcastle, Tottenham were my boyhood club so that was where I was going to go," he added. "I knew the club was in a bit of turmoil at the time, but after speaking with (chairman at the time) Alan Sugar he utterly convinced me to sign for Tottenham.
"People go through their careers and say they don't have regrets, but from a football perspective that was probably the worst decision I made (joining Tottenham). Tottenham were a club in unbelievable turmoil and I didn't realise how bad it was until I got there.
"In my first five years, I had four different managers and a change of board, so that tells you the type of turmoil the club was in. I made a decision based on pride rather than what was best for my football career."
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Ferdinand said he still enjoyed playing at White Hart Lane but his spell in north London was plagued by that off-field turmoil as well as some injury issues. He managed fewer goals during more than five years at Spurs than he had achieved in just two seasons in the North East, before seeing out his Premier League career with stints at West Ham, Leicester and Bolton.
Newcastle endured a challenging first campaign without Ferdinand, largely due to Shearer sustaining an injury that sidelined him until the new year. Spurs found themselves in mid-table or below during Ferdinand's five full seasons, though he was part of the team which won the League Cup final in 1999.