Favourite ever North London Derby?

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My favourite was actually a loss! But there is a reason. My first away game was in the 1996/1997 season and it was the 3-1 loss too the scum at the old cesspit library. It was cold and pissing down with rain. The match itself was a bit shit, but as a new fan the level and quality of support I was experiencing that day was second to none and so the day is still one of fondness for me.

That said, I have never been to a winning NLD, especially not away. All my others have been draws or losses and at WHL. I suspect there will be a game out there in the future willing to take it's place.
smokes was a great poster.
 
April 1982 at their place. 3-1 win. Micky Hazard's game. We had all of the Clock End and a good chunk of the left-hand half of the North Bank as you looked from the CE.

A couple of draws stick out too:

March 1982 we drew 2-2 at WHL after being 2 down at half time. I remember soul man Alton Edwards being introduced at half time and his song 'I Just Wanna' played over the tannoy with the pimps and prostitutes in the Park Lane clapping along to the tune thinking they had won the game. Cracking comeback in the 2nd half, and Chris Hughton decked Alan Sunderland with a well-placed upper cut. Got sent off for his trouble though (along with the drunk-driver).

Also, the 2-2 in 2016 for Kane's goal - along with Pavyluchenko's goal to make it 3-1 against Inter in 2010, it was the loudest I recall at WHL. Shame it wasn't a match winner but the game itself was fantastic.
 
Not necessarily my all time favourite, but my first.
Saturday 2nd May 1970, the final game of the season.
Woolwich had won the Inter-Cities Fair Cup Final the previous Tuesday. They had the nerve to ask Spurs if they could parade the cup in front of their fans before the kick-off. Needless to say what the reply was.

 
3-1 cup semi final, for many reasons not least of all walking past some woolwich opening a bottle of champagne pre-kick off. they were on course for the double
 
1: Woolwich 2-3 Spurs
2. Woolwich 4-4 Spurs (partly because, looking back, that was the match that began taking the club to where we are today)
3. Spurs 5-1 Woolwich
4. Spurs 2-1 Woolwich (2009/2010)
5. Spurs 2-1 Woolwich (2011/2012)
 
And the 5-0 was a great day and some revenge for the Brady game in 78.

What a shocker that was.

Remember pre kick-off team walkabout on the pitch, and Brady getting abuse so he motioned to the Gooners in the Park lane to "get" our lot. Upon which our old crew in the West Enclosure steamed towards him and he shit a brick.

And just to cap the day, I got nicked at Kings cross after fighting Gooners and Chelsea who had come to ambush us.

:parker:
 
The 91' semi I was 6 and it was the first game I remember watching. After Gazza's free kick I missed some of the game as I was trying to copy his free kick in my garden.

The best one I've actually been to was the 5-1. I was in Park Lane for it as it was before I got my season ticket. It was mental that night. The Danny Rose derby was also special. I remember seeing the ball go to him and thinking: "don't fucking shoot". Fortunately Rose and I don't have a psychic connection!
 
The 2-3 Kaboul goal. I just remember being really happy for days after the game!
I didn't see the game as I was in Hamburg and there were no bars near where we were staying that were showing it. Had a mate texting me updates and went fucking mental on the streets of Hamburg when we won and all these Ben Shermans were looking at me like I was nuttier than squirrel shit
 
My friend was at the 4-4 and at 4-2 shouted at some bloke leaving "we're still in this" to which he laughed and replied "yeah, OK mate". Says he's never celebrated a goal like it.
 
My favourite was actually a loss! But there is a reason. My first away game was in the 1996/1997 season and it was the 3-1 loss too the scum at the old cesspit library. It was cold and pissing down with rain. The match itself was a bit shit, but as a new fan the level and quality of support I was experiencing that day was second to none and so the day is still one of fondness for me.

That said, I have never been to a winning NLD, especially not away. All my others have been draws or losses and at WHL. I suspect there will be a game out there in the future willing to take it's place.
 
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