The year of the trophy-drought enders: Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Tottenham, Bologna

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The year of the trophy-drought enders: Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Tottenham, Bologna

Most recent trophy won: 2008 League Cup

Like Newcastle, Tottenham are another underachieving team who have flirted with major honours in recent years without quite being able to get over the line.

But Spurs –

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– ended their 17-year wait for a trophy when they beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League in Bilbao, with Brennan Johnson’s goal sure to go down in folklore.

It also meant Ange Postecoglou remarkably made good on his early season – and much-ridiculed – declaration that he always wins a trophy in his second season at a club.

It was only their second trophy since the turn of the Millennium and Spurs’ first in Europe since the 1984 Uefa Cup.

And it means that their worst season domestically since 1977-78 (when they were in the second tier) ends with a place in the Champions League, despite finishing the Premier League season in 17th, only one place above the relegation zone.

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