Dave Mackay is perhaps, along with Alan Gilzean, the most famous Scot ever to wear the Lilywhite shirt. Born in november 1934 in Edinburgh he would go on to sign for his boyhood heroes Hearts. He made his debut for the Tynecastle club in 1953 and went on to play 184 times, scoring 34 goals, for the Maroons.
 
 Whilst in Gorgie he won a Championship in 1958 as well as the League Cup in both 1955 and 1959 and the Scottish Cup in 1956. They were not to be his last.

  Dave left Scotland in 1959 to join Spurs, and its widely thought that he helped turn a good side into a great one. Within two years he had helped us win the double, a real feat at that time, indeed the first time in the twentieth century. More trophies would follow while at The Lane - two more FA Cup medals, in 1962 and 1967, and the 1963 ECWC, although Dave was injured for the final against Athletico Madrid in Rotterdam.

  Even after a double leg break he went onto win more trophies, picking up a Second Division winners medal whilst at Derby in 1969, the same year he was voted the Football Writer's Footballer of the year. As manager of The Rams he took them to Championship glory in 1975 as well as winning a host of honours whilst manging teams in the middle east.

  Dave won 22 caps for Scotland - a figure that would surely be at least trebled in modern day football - which he would tell later gave him enormous pride.

  He still attends games from time to time, and will surely always be a real legend of The Lane. We could probably do with him in the midfield now.

 

Over the years there has been some tremendous Scots played for Tottenham, some indeed legends,such as Alan Gizean, Dave Mackay and Steve Archibald. Neither should we forget John White,who was killed on a golf course, as he would have surely become a Tottenham great. In more recent times we have seen Richard Gough, Gordon Durie, Colin Calderwood and Neil Sullivan at the Lane. I am researching every Scot to have played at the The Lane at any levels and will be updating this page with a definitive list. It saddens me now that there is barely a Scot talented enough to play at Tottenham and i really hope this changes. At last we are seeing some promising young talent up here who might just do well in England. There is some great youngsters at Hibs for example and early impressions indicate they can progress to the next level.