{"id":680506,"date":"2026-01-07T18:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680506\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T18:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:51:11","slug":"tottenham-and-england-hero-martin-chivers-dies-aged-80-as-tributes-pour-in-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/680506\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham and England hero Martin Chivers dies aged 80 as tributes pour in | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham<\/a> legend and former England<\/a> striker Martin Chivers has died at the age of 80. Chivers was one of Spurs’ greatest-ever players and sits third on their list of all-time top goalscorers. He scored 202 times in 415 appearances and also hit the back of the net on 13 occasions for his country in 24 caps.<\/p>\n

Chivers began his career with boyhood club Southampton<\/a> and helped guide them to the First Division, scoring 30 goals in 39 games in the 1965\/66 season. He scored 106 goals in 190 appearances in total before joining Spurs in 1968 for a club record fee of \u00a3125,000.<\/p>\n

Chivers helped Spurs to two League Cup<\/a> wins and also lifted the UEFA Cup<\/a> in 1972, scoring twice in the 2-1 first-leg win over Wolves<\/a>. During his time at Spurs, he earned his first call-up to England and went on to make 24 appearances for his country.<\/p>\n

He enjoyed a fruitful spell at Swiss club Servette, where he spent two years, before playing for the likes of Norwich and Brighton before retiring at Barnet in 1983.<\/p>\n

After hanging up his boots, Chivers commentated for BBC<\/a> Radio and was a host at Tottenham<\/a> matches. In 2007, he was inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Tottenham will wear black armbands in tribute to Chivers for their match at Bournemouth<\/a> on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a> issued a statement confirming his passing, which read: “It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of our legendary former striker, Martin Chivers.<\/p>\n

“We extend our deepest sympathies to Martin\u2019s family, friends and former team-mates at this incredibly sad time. Our players will wear black armbands during this evening\u2019s fixture against AFC Bournemouth. Rest in peace, Martin. One of the all-time greats.”<\/p>\n

Steve Archibald, who won the FA Cup<\/a> twice with Spurs, led the tributes to a club great. He wrote on social media: \u201cWatched the great Martin Chivers before I became a pro, was an amazing watch, he was like Rolls Royce, so smooth in his movement, excellent in the air and a great finisher, but on top of all of that he was a really nice guy. Most sincere condolences to all of Martin\u2019s family xxx.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former Spurs and Chelsea<\/a> midfielder Micky Hazard wrote: “Unbelievably sad news, a Legend of Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> Football Club, a Legend of the Game of football, a Legend full stop. Thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this very sad time. Rest in Peace Martin you will be sorely missed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham legend and former England striker Martin Chivers has died at the age of 80. Chivers was one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[180,206423,748,393,12632,4884,206418,206419,206420,206422,1368,206421,10652,68724,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-680506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-bournemouth","9":"tag-bournemouth-vs-tottenham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-england-football-team","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-martin-chivers","15":"tag-martin-chivers-dead","16":"tag-martin-chivers-tribute","17":"tag-spurs-black-armband","18":"tag-tottenham","19":"tag-tottenham-black-armband","20":"tag-tottenham-hotspur-fc","21":"tag-tottenham-news","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115855326461250823","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}