A great deal has been written and said about fans of the beautiful game, in recent times a lot of it not particularly positive. Since the dawn of time, expectation has been a millstone around the neck of the football fan. All we want our team to do is win every week, right? All while […]
Sitting pretty in 3rd in the Premier League, above all expectations, with the media and pundits purring over Gareth Bale’s recent performances, and beginning the New Year following a run of good results over Christmas. 2013 has started almost identically to 2012, yet despite the similarities, Andre Villas-Boas still struggles to gain the same support […]
It’s an alien concept for all folk accustom to supporting Spurs, being pleasantly surprised, or even over achieving. Born from years of mediocrity and mundane, monotonous mid table finishes the natural, the knee jerk reaction for a supporter of Tottenham is to view any good run of form with a degree of uncertainty, ‘I wonder […]
Tomorrow we play Coventry in the FA Cup. The 1882 will be there in block 30 of the Shelf Lower. The aim of the 1882 movement is to support our team and the shirt they play in as voraciously as our lungs will allow. We want to hark back to the days before the Premier League, when […]
Carlo Cudicini became the first player to leave White Hart Lane as the January 2013 transfer window opened. The Italian arrived at White Hart Lane when Tottenham’s Premier League existence was in question and departs with us settled nicely in third place. The change in fortune at Tottenham can not be pinned on his signature, […]
A colossal force of nature, Built to destruct and destroy, He’ll crush you in an instant, In a battle of beast versus boy, Chasing down all, He’ll leave you battered and bruised, The gargantuan man from Brazil, Proudly standing accused, Stand up and be counted, Responsibility he shan’t shirk Stalking in the shadows, The beast […]
The Fighting Cock’s Raj Bain’s looks at how we’ve done so far this season… What’s going right? The transition from Redknapp to Villas-Boas and steadily silencing the critics. The attacking football has been sublime at times and the signings all look to be finding their feet after shaky starts. It was a difficult summer full […]
It’s getting closer; it’s so close that grown men have been spotted unable to sit still. Its not Christmas though, New Year or even the thought of that special gift from the girlfriend that you’ve been promised all year, it’s the January Transfer window. As Tottenham fans, this time of year is extra special for […]
This article was first published by our friends over at Football Scores – please click here to see what they’re all about Harry Redknapp was a good manager for Tottenham Hotspur. At times during his three year tenure we played some of the best football I’ve ever seen from a Spurs side. We had Bale […]