It was 12 yards, but it might as well have been a thousand. The moment the referee signaled the end of a desperate 30 minutes of defending in extra-time, the tie was up. It’s been close to 20 years since Tottenham won a penalty shoot-out, is it a lack of belief? Technique? Or is it […]
“It’s magnificent to be in Europe and this club – a club like Tottenham Hotspur – if we’re not in Europe…. we’re nothing. We’re nothing.” No one should need telling who muttered these immortal words. And it’s equally safe to say that once this great man has spoken, his ideologies transcend time and set a […]
Question: Are we slumping/swooning/collapsing/running out of steam? Answer: No. First, have a look at our possession statistics: I include both BBC’s and Opta’s statistics, because while they’re often very similar, sometimes they’re not. But in both cases, the five-game trend is similar: we’ve dipped a bit in the past few weeks, but we’re still keeping […]
It was a game that Spurs needed to win, but even more importantly, they couldn’t afford to lose. West Bromwich Albion’s usual end of season surrender to Arsenal had amplified the tension in the ground, but for once Spurs didn’t crumble, they were merely unlucky. Everton arrived with a game plan, something along the lines […]
Time slows down and you feel your subconscious picking up on the more subtle aspects of White Hart Lane. The blue seat flexing under you as you strain forward, the faint whiff of coffee off the chap next to you and then bang, you come speeding back to a painful reality from which there is […]
We know the feeling, we’ve all been there many times – there’s no keeping it simple with our beloved Tottenham and all emotions must be visited. The joy of beating the old enemy and pushing them 7 points adrift, the joy of beating one of the power houses of European football and seemingly booking our […]
Spurs without Lennon is like The Beatles without Lennon; the balance is all wrong, they’re not the same, and they’re nowhere near as good. For years the light-footed winger has been twisting and turning his way past right backs and centre backs alike, his speed and low centre of gravity makes him an ideal man […]
It’s that time of year when people start to get twitchy at the Lane, with or without Harry Redknapp around, and if you’re like me, you’ll want to make sure that everything you contribute to the team at this nerve-shredding juncture is positive. For Spurs to avoid another season that ends in disappointment, not only […]
Late on Saturday night as a barman performed his party trick and set fire to my rum cocktail, I struggled to ignore the price I was paying for this slice of theatre. Rather like football tickets, the price of drinks in the trendy areas of London has gone through the roof. Their similarities do not […]