North London derby The highest-scoring game in the North London derby is the 5–4 win by Arsenal at White Hart Lane in November 2004. Emmanuel Adebayor who played for both Tottenham and Arsenal is the top scorer of the North London derby with 10 goals scored (8 in the Premier League). Arsenal play their home games at the Emirates Stadium in Islington, while Tottenham Hotspur previously played their home games at White Hart Lane in Haringey until the end of the 2016–17 season. Spurs played their home games at Wembley Stadium for the 2017–18 campaign and will move into their new home, the
Birch Lane of the rugby ground, home to Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club. This predates the rugby ground and continues in existence to this day. The four acre field at Birch Lane which was to become the rugby and football ground was originally leased by the Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club. The plot, which adjoined the cricket ground, was taken on at the start of the 1886/87 season as a home for their counterpart rugby club. Bradford F.C., the city's senior association football team at the time, spent a season at Birch Lane in 1898/99, when it was banished from its home