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"When the Year Ends in One" was a single released by the English football team Tottenham Hotspur, with uncredited accompaniment by Chas & Dave and former Lieutenant Pigeon manager David Whitehouse, to celebrate reaching the 1991 FA Cup Final. It reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart.[1]

The title of the song refers to the fact that during the twentieth century, the club won a number of major trophies, in particular the FA Cup, several times in years ending in 1. They continued the trend by going on to win the 1991 Final.[2] "When the year ends in 1" has become a general superstition for supporters,[3] although Tottenham have not won a trophy in such a year since 1991.

The major trophies to which the song and the superstition apply are:

• 1901 FA Cup
• 1921 FA Cup
• 1951 Football League First Division
• 1961 Football League First Division and FA Cup ("the Double")
• 1971 League Cup
• 1981 FA Cup
• 1991 FA Cup

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