Right you whippersnappers. I went to my first game on Boxing Day '62 as I posted before. I was 7 but had my ideas about how the game should be played.
I remember the excitement of 60/61 as we came flying out of the blocks and won the first 10 games I think. I'm doing all this from memory so indulge me. When the Cup came around in January, and it was THE cup, the anticipation was palpable.
With each round the media asked 'can they do it?' But there was nowhere near the coverage of today. Make no mistake, the Double was the most fantastic achievement as we had a very small squad and no subs back then. There was just the radio and the papers, no television coverage except for the Cup Final. and no highlights. Probably why attendances were so high.
With Greaves joining, Sir Bill firmly believed that we would win the European Cup and break Madrid's monopoly, and we would have if it wasn't for a bent fucking referee.
I remember the atmospheric photos of the glory glory nights at the Lane in the morning papers. The fore ground was all you could see with everything else pitch black. State of the art photography.
The march to Rotterdam was electric and humbling the holders in the final was rightly acclaimed as we became the first British club etc. Imagine if that had been achieved by Liverpool today. The beatification of Klopp would be nauseating.
However, this was an ageing team and it started to break up as other teams came to prominence, an 8-2 defeat at Blackpool was an ominous warning.
By 67 the game had changed radically and whilst we gave Chelsea a lesson in the final, our days as a serious league challenger were on the wane. A couple of League Cups and top 4 finishes in the early 70s was our level.
But as a youngster, for me that period is indelibly etched on my soul. It was Spurs at their stylish best, in a 1st Division where every club had stars.
Accessable, affordable and free of terrace violence, every home game was a fantastic experience and getting to an away game, a complete adventure, and yes the grounds were basic, the facilities primitive and the toilets ? Let's not go there (unless you are desperate.)
But as nostalgia is the last refuge of old gits, I wouldn't have missed it.