After 53* games, 216 different voters and 18012 votes I give you the ratings for the season from the Glory Glory and The Fighting Cock forum members. *no votes for Carlisle in the League Cup The Team Many would say that the first half of the season was better than the second and with an […]
The Fighting Cock podcasts very own Ricky goes back to our fateful trip to Lyon, and doesn’t like what he remembers. As I lay in bed during the still of the night nothing can be heard; no birds, people, or cars, just the gentle tones of my partner exhaling next to me. On the contrary […]
Glyfi Sigurðsson arrived at Spurs in a cloud of mystery. Poached from under Liverpool’s noses, he was initially seen as direct competition for fan favourite Rafa Van der Vaart, but as the year progressed so did his role. Players left White Hart Lane, but more significantly for Siggy, players arrived. Mousa Demebele, Clint Dempsey and […]
It hurt like hell for a few days, but now my sun burn has started to peel. Is there anything more satisfying than peeling away dead skin? Women’s Football, Two and a Half Men and even an in-depth report on the Ashes all become far more enjoyable as you attempt to peel off a large […]
Monday 8th July marked a commercial blitz of excitement around Tottenham Hotspur as the new team kits for the upcoming season were unveiled in a typically dramatic fashion. While social media and online Spurs forums focused obsessively throughout the day on what the new kits looked like and which one was the nicest, the powers […]
I tentatively make my way across a row of seats. Fumbling through the dark, I settle myself down just off centre stage. As we wait in the dark listening to pumping house music, set to volume 11, my eyes acclimatise and I can make out the silhouettes of the other attendees. My eyes dart from […]
The message as the Spurs models burst through the wall was dramatic, even if a little cheesy. What exactly Under Armour wants us to do though remains opaque. #IWILL what? Pull my greying hair out and scream? Or hope that Spurs know what they are doing and enjoy the rest of summer. Either way, #IWAS […]
We all know the story, and it starts with greed. Our antagonist in this story, Henry Norris, acquires a club in crisis and wants to buy success. Despite staunch local and League opposition, his new investment is transplanted into the backyard of Tottenham Hotspur in search of new fans in a more densely populated north […]
I’ve been scouring websites and newspapers. I’ve read blogs galore. I’ve been typing 303 into Teletext – am I the only person left in the world who does this? I’ve even tuned into TalkSport once. Basically I’ve been doing all the things I promised myself I wouldn’t, and I’m going slowly mad. The transfer window. […]