Tottenham’s last home league game now feels like something from another era.It was only three months ago when the entire Spurs community filled the streets of N17 to welcome the team coach before their final game of the season, against Everton, needing a win to guarantee Premier League survival. Fans climbed onto bus stops, clambered up lampposts; children sat on their parents’ shoulders — all trying to get a glimpse of the team coach through the blue and white smoke.It was one of the most memorable occasions in Tottenham’s modern history, as Roberto De Zerbi’s side ground out a 1-0 win that kept them up at West Ham United’s expense. The relief at the end was palpable. As was the gratitude and love directed from the crowd towards De Zerbi, the man who had jumped aboard the sinking ship and steered them away from disaster. The sense of unity, of every single part of the Tottenham Hotspur universe pulling in the same direction for once, was palpable.The big question, almost 14 weeks on, is whether that unique magic is at all replicable in Spurs’ home form this season. No one is expecting them to be in anything like that situation this year, playing for their Premier League status. Playing, as De Zerbi memorably put it before the Everton game, for the “dignity” of the club. But they must hope that they can still build on something like that, harnessing the power of a unified, supportive fanbase again.Spurs fans take to the streets to welcome their team to the stadium (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)Because one of the most important tests of Tottenham this season, the only way they can start to become truly competitive again, is by fully resuscitating their home form in the league. One of the reasons why that Everton win was so significant is that Spurs had been so utterly miserable at home all year, as they had been for most of the season before that. There were certainly times last season when it felt as if playing at home was a burden rather than a benefit to Tottenham, and that they would have been better off playing all 38 league games on the road.Tottenham won only three of their 19 home league games last season. Only relegated Burnley — with two — won fewer.Over last season and the season before (2024-25), of the 17 teams to be in the Premier League both seasons, no single side won fewer than Spurs’ nine out of 38 home league games. Wolves, with 35 points, took one fewer than Spurs’ 36. Even West Ham (11 home wins, 42 points) had a better home record over that timespan.We could spend all day digging through the knotty weeds of this record and reminiscing over the worst home moments of last season.