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I don't mean how exciting they were on the pitch after they'd signed I mean the most excited you've felt when you learned the player had signed.
Mine Jurgen Klinsmann
During the summer of 1994 my father and I watched quite a bit of the 94 world Cup together several times we both commented what a great player Klinsmann was and marveled at his talents over various matches, he scored 4 or 5 goals during the tournament.
At the time the PL wasn't the obvious destination for the world's finest players especially for a lower mid table train wreck like Spurs were at the time, Dad and I had various discussions about how great it would be if Klinsmann played for Spurs and both agreed it was, about as likely as winning the Lottery(which was due to launch later on that year) . Dad jokingly said if we do sign him I'll buy you the shirt with his name in the back.( a gift this magnificent only usually reserved for birthdays and Xmas)
A couple of weeks later during my morning routine of playing bamboozle on c4 then checking ceefax and teletext sport i saw an article on teletext that Spurs were going to put a bid in for Klinsmann!
Excitedly I went to inform my dad who dismissed it out of hand as more pie in the sky from teletext ( I had bought some pretty ridiculous teletext articles to his attention in the past) a couple of days later it had been picked up by the sun and over a few days the story had legs, dad still dismissed the idea, then the Sun got a picture of Sugar lunching with Klinsmann in Monaco! This was happening, a few days later we had signed him.
Dad bought me that shirt complete with Klinsmann 18 on the back, it was that horrible purple one and I loved it, we could sign Messi in this window and I wouldn't be as excited as I was back then, a real cherished memory and by Jove he didn't dissapoint(until he left)
Mine Jurgen Klinsmann
During the summer of 1994 my father and I watched quite a bit of the 94 world Cup together several times we both commented what a great player Klinsmann was and marveled at his talents over various matches, he scored 4 or 5 goals during the tournament.
At the time the PL wasn't the obvious destination for the world's finest players especially for a lower mid table train wreck like Spurs were at the time, Dad and I had various discussions about how great it would be if Klinsmann played for Spurs and both agreed it was, about as likely as winning the Lottery(which was due to launch later on that year) . Dad jokingly said if we do sign him I'll buy you the shirt with his name in the back.( a gift this magnificent only usually reserved for birthdays and Xmas)
A couple of weeks later during my morning routine of playing bamboozle on c4 then checking ceefax and teletext sport i saw an article on teletext that Spurs were going to put a bid in for Klinsmann!
Excitedly I went to inform my dad who dismissed it out of hand as more pie in the sky from teletext ( I had bought some pretty ridiculous teletext articles to his attention in the past) a couple of days later it had been picked up by the sun and over a few days the story had legs, dad still dismissed the idea, then the Sun got a picture of Sugar lunching with Klinsmann in Monaco! This was happening, a few days later we had signed him.
Dad bought me that shirt complete with Klinsmann 18 on the back, it was that horrible purple one and I loved it, we could sign Messi in this window and I wouldn't be as excited as I was back then, a real cherished memory and by Jove he didn't dissapoint(until he left)
I was working nights at the time and was moving that day.My brother came round to help me move and the first words he said when i answered the door was " We've signed Jurgen Klinsmann". As i had been asleep all day i was totally in the dark about it all.A very exciting signing,agreed but overshadowed by Ossie and Ricky for me.Possibly an age thing as i was 10 when we got them.Was on the settee at home ill with tonsillitas and my Mum brought the paper in saying this might cheer you up.
It was totally unique at the time.
So yeah, felt very special.
Was Billy Nicks last signing for us. Brought us that glamour we had been missing. Scored a hat trick on his debut away at Newcastle. He single handedly relegated chelshit in front of 50,000 baying Spurs fans in 75. What a day that was and what a player. He played for Rangers and celtic too and when asked who his favourite team is he always replied 'Tottenham'.
The next one
We did yes! We were in the Park Lane and the Paxton was filling up and we thought it would be them but it was all Spurs. The whole ground was us and at the end there was a resounding bye bye Chelsea. One of the best days at WHL.
Thanks for making me feel even older than I already do!
Yup. There wasn't that much live football on the telly back in those days.
And yet we'd been able to watch an amazing World Cup in Argentina in colour :lamelashock: , and a wiry little dynamo named Osvaldo Ardiles linking it all together for the new World Champions.
There also wasn't any interweb thingy, and newspaper transfer gossip columns barely existed.
1978 was an ITK free world and all the better for it.
Then, entirely out of the blue, Ardiles rocked up to join the famous Spurs, along with some big bearded guy named Ricardo Villa that we'd hardly seen play, apart from one match where Menotti put him on as the enforcer when Brazil tried to kick the home nation out of the tournament.
I vaguely remember some hypocritical kneejerk punditry saying Villa was a filthy player who shouldn't be allowed to grace the English game. This was in the era of Norman Hunter, Chopper Harris and Tommy Smith, who made Ricky look like an angel.
Anyway, I remember standing on the Shelf amidst a cloud of white ticker tape as Ossie and Ricky joined Glenn Hoddle in our pure footballing midfield.
Amazing days.
Remember seeing "Alfie Conn is God" daubed on one of the walls around WHL.
Giovanni Lo Cels... oh fuck never mind
Good call.
I don't recall us signing him, but remember him being a big favourite of the chaps.
I only saw him play once for us,but so glad i saw him.
Yes those were the North End Road ones that did turn up. They are to be seen getting kicked all over the pitch when they attempted to escape later.I was in the corner of the Shelf adjacent to the Paxton and a fair few of them were in there
Their leader appeared to be a fat cunt in a light blue cardigan who looked remarkably like this
When I first saw this emoji I thought it was him but apparently it’s a Dipper
That's probably the player i was most pissed off about us selling.As an adult anyway. Jennings as a kid was heart breaking. But i loved watching Waddle for us.I remember a midweek game v Villa and him ripping them a new one.Superb player
