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Legend Glenn Hoddle

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Mrs Perryman said:
That's how I feel about the players of the Double side, I devour anything about that era, be it books, limited filmed footage or interviews with the players.
Hod was one special player, and we were lucky to have him at his peak for as long as we did. It was a pleasure just to watch him warm up.
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Mrs B used to like his legs!
 
Ulrika Jonsson said:
We sold Greaves when he was on a downward trajectory, with alcohol taking over his life. Hoddle went in his prime
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Hoddle wanted to go to play abroad. He was 30 which at that time was considered the twilight of a football career.
Waddle a few years later was a massive fuck up. He had just had one of the best virtuoso seasons and we’d hit solid form to finish 5th or 6th. We had lineker about to sign in the summer and we sold waddle.
Imagine lineker, Gazza and waddle in 89/90. We finished 3rd - I think waddle would have given us a chance of the title .
 
1chriswaddle said:
A fair few on here will remember the Feyenoord game from season 83/84-their team containing an ageing Johan Cruyff.
We won 4-2 on the night (having blitzed into a 4-0 lead by halftime) and it was an absolute Hoddle master class, arguably his finest ever performance in a Spurs shirt. I remember that after the game Cruyff was glowing in his appraisal of Glenn’s performance.A truly special European night.
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I was at the game. It was one of the finest 45 minutes of football I have ever seen, Hoddle was sublime. When the whistle went for half time, the whole ground stood and applauded the players off. They had witnessed something extremely special.
 
El flaco said:
Hoddle wanted to go to play abroad. He was 30 which at that time was considered the twilight of a football career.
Waddle a few years later was a massive fuck up. He had just had one of the best virtuoso seasons and we’d hit solid form to finish 5th or 6th. We had lineker about to sign in the summer and we sold waddle.
Imagine lineker, Gazza and waddle in 89/90. We finished 3rd - I think waddle would have given us a chance of the title .
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Waddle is my favourite footballer ever
 
meaningless-friendly said:
To my dad, almost every midfielder who plays for us is shit because they ain't Glenn Hoddle. I grew up with this man being the benchmark for what a Spurs player is, even though his playing career was before my time.

I'm exagerrating of course, my dad didn't think Modric etc were shit. But whenever anybody asks him who the best player he has ever seen live is, the answer is always "Hoddle." Technically I saw him live, but I was only about 4 years old at the time and don't remember the game at all, but I do have a vague memory of the crowd and being amazed by all the people there. I think it might have been his last season for us.

It's funny in a way, some of these old players - when Spurs are in your blood, your dad was watching before you were even born, feels like you know the career of players you never really saw play. I've seen the highlights, but I know the greatness of Hoddle through the story told by the fans who were there before me, especially my dad. The stuff of legend, a player for whom the term absolutely applies.
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Son, is that you?
 
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