Tottenham players wore mismatched socks in training to raise awareness for World Down Syndrome Day ahead of their Europa League clash with AZ Alkmaar.

Originally played with some old socks or scraps crammed inside each other to form a ball, sock ball is likely to have been the first football played ... a sock player in the coastal city of ...

The motive for Spurs players' mismatched socks was to raise awareness for World ... the only opportunity for Spurs to enter European football next year. Tottenham currently sit in 13th place ...