It’s a rum state of affairs when a footballer can almost completely drop from his club’s fans collective consciousness during the season after they voted him their Player of the Year. But let’s have a moment of honesty here- at times so far in recent months when Tottenham have been hitting the high notes so […]
Pitch glistening, mood set, the Yid army converse, Vocally fighting the sit down, be silent curse, Opposition’s chorus rife, hailing from Greece, You’ve shown us your repertoire, now comes our piece, Relentless chant warfare, with little to no lull, Jealous ears listen on, at the Woolwich soulless bowl, Park Lane and Shelf side reunite, concocting […]
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked by a colleague how I felt about the game against NK Maribor that night. To be honest, and for the first time I can remember, I was non-plussed about the result. Perhaps, at the time, this made me a philistine to the deep rooted beliefs that some […]
Sweden is a country that loves football and we’ve seen some truly amazing talents spring forth from this icy land. The most well known being the trio Gre-No-Li consisting of Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm who all played for AC Milan in the 1950s and wreaked havoc in the Serie A. They also […]
The award season is upon us and the worlds finest are preparing for their moment in the spotlight. The tuxedos have been pressed, the speeches prepared and that tactical nipple slippage from an actress destined to be critically over-looked has been perfected. Tottenham Hotspur enters this season of back patting after yet another tumultuous calendar […]
When The Fighting Cock launched an appeal to raise funds for a new microphone to record the podcast, we wanted to give you something in return. For your donation, Chicago Dan agreed to get The Fighting Cock emblem tattooed on his behind. One day The Fighting Cock will cease to exist, but we will live […]
As much as some of us will try to, there is little escaping the fact that Christmas is upon us. Yes, the tide of Yule is rolling in; bank balances will be squeezed, children everywhere driven to giddy distraction, while football fans are treated to a glut of games. For AVB and his charges this […]
I do so fondly remember that cold September evening 16 years ago. It was an introduction to something special, an introduction I would never quite fully understand for months afterwards – an introduction that, frankly, didn’t really make sense! For here, was I, a young 17 year old who hated football… walking through the turnstiles […]
The season to be jolly is on the horizon and Tottenham Hotspur are looking to cash in on the festive goodwill. After the critically acclaimed success of Celebrate Pippa Middleton’s book on how to throw the perfect party, Spurs marketing supremos have moved quickly to capture their share of the market. For the past year […]