Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a professional football club based in Tottenham, north London, England. Commonly referred to as simply Tottenham or Spurs, the club itself has stated that it should always be called Tottenham Hotspur or Spurs as Tottenham is simply the area of London. It competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The team have played their home matches in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium since 2019, replacing their former home of White Hart Lane, which had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same site.