Spurs given green light to bring back a piece of history outside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Tottenham Hotspur are set to bring back a part of their history outside their stadium after gaining approval from the local council

Spurs' iconic Cockerel Clock is set to return to the high street outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after Haringey Council approved its comeback this month.

The big clock, which dates back to the 1950s, is currently housed within the stadium's west atrium after being restored to its former glory, complete with 24 carat extra thick English gold leaf, by Gillett & Johnston, the company that manufactured it all those decades ago. Originally attached to The Red House, the clock is now ready to be displayed at its new home on the corner of the High Road and Park Lane, attached to a lamp post, similar to the one which Spurs as a club was founded at.

Hotspur FC was founded in 1882 by three schoolboys - Bobby Buckle, Hamilton Casey and John Anderson - under a gas lamp about 100 yards from where the stadium is located today. They were seeking a way to keep the school cricket club operating in the winter. It cost sixpence to join the team and the first subscriptions were collected on September 5 1882.

Within the club's application to Haringey Council, it states: "F3 (the architects) were asked to review the original Cockerel Clock as a reflection of the club’s rich history and create a feature out of this on the High Road, to become a new landmark within the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium campus.

"A number of possible locations were identified and proposed, however following feedback from various consultation meetings with the client and local authority, it was thought best not to mount this on an existing building so as not to confuse the public about the history of the clock.

"The proposed location, situated on the corner of the High Road and Park Lane, would see the clock mounted to a lamp post which would be a reflection of another historic moment which lead to the founding of the club in 1882.

"A plaque is proposed underneath the Cockerel Clock, with a brief informative description of this iconic landmark."

The clock is intended to form part of a wider heritage trail project which the club will later submit a separate application for to guide people around the historic buildings dotted around the stadium.

In order to prevent damage, the clock will be in the line of CCTV and the lamppost will be coated in an anti-climb paint, a petroleum-based paint that does not set, so remains slippery and difficult to climb.

The council granted approval this month based on the recommendation of their planning officers.