3rd May 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
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30th April 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
Worst case scenario
Labeling Spurs’ close to the season as a disaster — which has involved pissing away a sizable third-place gap and free-falling all the way to our current position of fifth — would be a massive understatement. What a difference a few months of bad form can make. Back in January, I was filling this space with ideas on how Spurs should bolster their ranks in the summer to strengthen the squad ahead of our next Champions League campaign. Now, we’re staring headlong into another season in the perpetual wasteland that is the Europa League and facing the prospects of having... Read more »
26th April 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
Should I be feeling guilty?
As I sit in front of the laptop, concentrating, frantically and bravely fighting the battle between index finger and LiveJasmine pop-ups, something strange is happening in my head & heart, which, for once, has nothing to do with the questionable material on my internet browser. No, this is something else. For many years, I’ve hoped, willed and wished for nothing more than for Tottenham Hotspur to be successful. Having put up with the blinkered, glory-hunting, drivel spouted by Woolwich & later from the West London plastics, there were times over the years where I shamelessly ached to be in the... Read more »
25th April 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
The Referee’s a Pentium Quad-core Processor…
Back in 2009, a certain blogger on a Tottenham Hotspur site suggested that Football as an industry lags behind its competitors – if you can call American Football, tennis, cricket and both the rugbys ‘competition’ – in that they all have the benefit of some form of technology to assist the officiating members with their job. The piece was probably inspired by some form of injustice that occurred in a Spurs game, though the author denies this (“Video Referees: The Time Has Come“, have a look for yourself). Once again we find ourselves in the almost post-apocalyptic meltdown that follows... Read more »
24th April 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
Life as a Football Manager: Prologue
A Football League Trophy runners-up medal, a League 2 Playoff final runners-up medal, and voted 2nd in the League 2 Player of the Year competition. I was always the bridesmaid, and never the bride, but to be honest, it suited me. Expectations were always my biggest downfall, and experiencing gradual success, for it only to be punctured at the last moment has an allure, a fetishised excitement almost. I was no great shakes, but somewhat of a cult hero in my local town. I was club captain, and consistently scored and created goals as we climbed from the non-leagues to... Read more »
21st April 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
Presenting the all new Tottenham Soccer Club badge
From: Cameron Hall Sent: Saturday, 21 April 2012 8:52 AM To: ‘customer.care@tottenhamhotspur.com’ Subject: Presenting the all new Tottenham Soccer Club badge You will probably not read this and I almost guarantee that you will not reply because I do not have a customer number and I now live in Australia, far enough away for it to no longer matter what I think, however you should know that my opinion echoes the thoughts of many, many spurs supporters in the United Kingdom, Australia and around the world. To my beloved Tottenham Hotspur Football Club; In light of recent events, I would... Read more »
19th April 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
Coming Home
My love for Spurs was passed down to me from my Dad. When I started school at about 4 or 5 I got into football, like most boys that age do. Around this time my Grandad (on my Mum’s side) came round with an old West Ham kit that he’d got from a charity shop for me. A few days later this mysteriously went missing and my old man, who was working nights at the time, came home one morning with a new Spurs kit to take it’s place. In the next few years my obsession grew, until my first... Read more »
19th April 2012 | Blog, Never Mind The B*llocks
