José Mourinho was up to his usual tricks again. His underwhelming Manchester United were seventh in the table after 13 games and already 14 points behind league leaders Manchester City — and it was only November. Ahead of a trip to Southampton — a match they would go on to draw 2-2 — Mourinho’s deflection […]
Magic. The real trick to it is that they want you to look so closely that you don’t see how the trick is done Coming to the end of his fifth season at the helm at Tottenham Hotspur, “Mauricio Pochettino, he’s magic you know” still reverberates around the ground, whether it be Wembley or Tottenham […]
Lucas Moura’s final goal was one of the most important in our clubs history. Steve P revisits the moment.
The night is at its darkest just before the dawn. And the sun was setting on Tottenham’s European dream after only 35 minutes played. A flimsical Kieran Trippier was ousted out of possession by Donny van de Beek, the Dutchman feeding Tadic who in turn found Ziyech. The Moroccan wrapped his left foot sweetly around […]
Tottenham Hotspur have done the unthinkable – shattering European expectation to reach the biggest club football occasion on the planet, the Champions League final.This is a team ravaged by injuries to key personnel; the ‘Harry Kane team’ without Harry Kane; a squad that has had no investment in two consecutive windows and is low on […]
The dust has yet to really settle as Gavin Lewis looks back on one of the most glorious nights in our history.
We all know the story by now. Two transfer windows without a penny being spent, followed by years of relatively net neutral spending in the transfer market. That is the Levy approach to player recruitment, and it is a limitation Pochettino was well aware of before he took the Tottenham job. His willingness to embrace […]
Some brilliant saves, some calamitous moments. What next for our goalkeeper?
The last couple of days have passed in a blur of hazy joy. They are the kind of days that happen very, very rarely in football.