White Hart Lane were suggested. In its early day it was normally referred to as the Hotspur's or Spurs' Ground by the club or the High Road Ground by the public, in time it became popularly known as White Hart Lane, which is in fact the name of the street on the western side of the High Road, away from the ground. It is however unclear how it became so-named; some thought that it acquired the name because spectators would first meet up at the White Hart Lane railway station, another suggestion is that it referred to the lane leading to the stadium
Barnes Football Club Barnes Football Club Barnes Football Club was an association football club of great importance in the development of the game in the nineteenth century. According to most sources, Barnes Football Club was founded in 1862 by Ebenezer Cobb Morley, who became the club's first Captain. The first known rules of the club, dating from 1862, ban running with the ball and "holding" or "hacking" an opponent. They specify that the "place for play" should be Barnes Green, and that the "balls and other property of the club" should be kept at the "White Hart" public house. Barnes FC's earliest recorded