The Fighting Cock by Martin Cloake
There are some great independent Spurs blogs and podcasts being produced at the moment and I always try to make my small contribution to raising their profile when I can. Lately I’ve been picking up on The Fighting Cock and the 1882 movement. I’ve followed a couple of the lads involved on Twitter and recognise some names from back in the day on the old TopSpurs message board, and there’s a real energy to what they are doing.
I’m going to sound as old as I feel when I’m listening to the podcast now but it’s really encouraging to hear what sounds like a new generation creating something and questioning the blandification of modern football. The Fighting Cock is above all passionate about Spurs, but there’s a recognition of the bigger picture that chimes with a growing feeling that’s coalescing around the Stand Against Modern Football initiative. Having come from a generation at Spurs that, despite our fanzine experience and efforts with various independent supporter initiatives, has not really made the impression we once thought we could, what’s most encouraging is the can-do spirit that pervades The Fighting Cock crew. They are a reminder of what football supporters are capable of, and of a spirit that is, in one of the great Steve Perryman’s favourite words, “proper”.
Forget the Hyperbole; The Truth about Yesterday
It’s early days yet. Let’s hope that ten games in, which is probably the earliest you can begin to pass judgement with any fairness, I’ll be eating my words. However it is impossible to be anything other than disappointed with four and half hours of premier league football which have not yielded a single goal in open play. Yesterday for all our possession in the second half we never really looked like scoring and had it not been for Hugo they could well have had their usual 5. We’re closer to them than we have been, true. We’d never have […]