22nd January 2012
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13th January 2012
The Swagger of Spurs
By riksta71 It’s been written about before regarding Spurs sides of previous decades, but I thought I would apply ‘The Tottenham Way’ to our current side as I truly believe this is the best squad I have ever seen in my lifetime. It’s not the fact that we are currently joint 2nd in the best (and toughest) league in the world, or the fact that we are half way through January and we have only lost 3 games in the league. Audere est Facere and all that, and I too am starting to really believe we can emulate the great... Read more »
11th January 2012
Tottenham Haircuts FC
Jermain Defoe – he loves scoring goals, bangin’ hoes and slammin’ Cadallac do’s. Or something like that. One thing’s for sure though, he needs to switch hairdressers. The new Sisqo look Jay Dee is rocking is unanimously shit, and makes me wonder if our predatory striker has a thing for thongs. It also made me think who would make our all-time worst haircuts squad. Here’s my selection: Goalkeeper: Ian Walker Ian stood between the posts at White Hart Lane for most of the 90’s replacing Erik the Viking. It’s just a shame Erik didn’t leave behind his Viking helmet though,... Read more »
9th January 2012
THFC: Daring to Achieve
By ZoC I don’t want to come across as an old-fashioned, linguistic pedant but if I do, then frankly, I’m not bothered. Noel Gallagher made derogatory comments recently on television about the Spurs motto “To dare is to do”, as reported on a Fighting Cock forum thread by ArtyB. “It doesn’t make sense. You can do stuff without being daring,” said Gallagher. Clearly, as a City fan, he is concerned about the serious title threat Spurs are now posing and saw an opportunity to have a dig. However, Gallagher did have a point and it got me thinking about “To... Read more »
4th January 2012
The Emergence of Gareth Bale
By drwinston001 If you’re a Southampton fan you’d say Gareth Bale’s emergence onto the footballing landscape came in 2006 when he made his debut. I remember hearing about a young kid who was good at free kicks and I was lucky enough to be in Southampton (as it turned out although that’s not how I felt at the time) when they were playing Coventry and having never been to St Mary’s got myself a ticket and saw this simian looking left back score a fantastic curling set piece. Like many other non Saint’s fans I watched his development from a... Read more »
2nd January 2012
Update on our young players
Windy dropping more knowledge on the youth – this article was originally posed on his excellent blog WindyCOYS.com. You can also follow him on twitter @WindyCOYS (that’s COYS for ‘Come on you Spurs’) Goalkeepers Jordan Archer, 18, Professional – He only played in the first NextGen Series and FA Premier Academy League (FAPAL) matches owing to his loan at Bishop’s Stortford, where he has been performing consistently well. He is also a recent call up to the Scotland U21 squad, and will be looking for a league club to join on loan in January. Jonathan Miles, 18, 3rd year –... Read more »
30th December 2011
The Fab Five
A casual conversation online leads to a pub meet-up in the North of London, a nervous recording or two…then a big bang in the way of a website, the birth of a community, an iphone app and thousands of weekly downloads. Welcome to The Fighting Cock universe and thanks for your support. Here’s our Top Five choice picks from The Fighting Cock podcast season thus far. Enjoy. Especially if you’ve not done so before. 1 Episode #05 – Hayley McQueen Loves Us This is episode 5 of The Fighting Cock podcast, this week recorded (Wed 24th) at a secret location (ooh,... Read more »
29th December 2011
