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”.
Safe standing survey results
In October 2012, The Fighting Cock published a survey requesting that supporters of Tottenham Hotspur complete seven simple multiple-choice questions to gauge whether there is interest in a trial at White Hart Lane of the rail-seating system seen in Germany and proposed by the Safe Standing Roadshow and the Football Supporters Federation. The survey is especially relevant at this time as more professional football clubs are either declaring their support for a safe-standing trial, or are open to discussing its implementation should the Government relax laws on re-implementation of standing areas. We closed the survey on 19 December 2012 after […]
Only One Team in North London
When you collect three points from your nearest rivals it’s always a wonderful feeling, but on Sunday it was even sweeter thanks to the manner of our victory. Tottenham Hotspur exposed every thing that is wrong with the toothless, spineless and totally out of touch modern day Arsenal team. As Spurs fans we have endured many days where those adjectives could have applied to us, but no more. North London is ours and an automatic Champions League place, ours to lose. In recent times when Spurs have entered the derby with the favourites tag, it has been start of an […]