There is a Swedish sports journalist. Erik Niva. One of the best. That has created a podcast about football. He's also a Spurs fan.
I wish there were a direct translation feature on Spotify. Because this episode is great. The text is translated.
"You realized, didn't you, that this anniversary episode could never be steered in any other direction?
A season-long dance on a tightrope. A dent way over there on the other side of the ravine – but the whole time just one wrong step away from a fatal plunge straight down into bankruptcy.
And when the situation is at its most exposed, when the margin for error is at its absolute minimum – who you gonna call?
Paul Gascoigne.
Pumped up to superstar level by a summer fairytale at the World Cup, "Gazza" returned to White Hart Lane, high as a kite and daft as a brush.
It was either/or.
Would he drive the season, win trophies single-handedly, and save the entire club? Or would he press the self-destruct button and drag us all down into the abyss?
It became both.
1990/91, the season when everything was pushed to its limit, the season when everything happened.
Tottenham Hotspur had never seen a football year like this – and around Tottenham Hotspur, we didn't know if we would ever see a single football year again."
I wish there were a direct translation feature on Spotify. Because this episode is great. The text is translated.
"You realized, didn't you, that this anniversary episode could never be steered in any other direction?
A season-long dance on a tightrope. A dent way over there on the other side of the ravine – but the whole time just one wrong step away from a fatal plunge straight down into bankruptcy.
And when the situation is at its most exposed, when the margin for error is at its absolute minimum – who you gonna call?
Paul Gascoigne.
Pumped up to superstar level by a summer fairytale at the World Cup, "Gazza" returned to White Hart Lane, high as a kite and daft as a brush.
It was either/or.
Would he drive the season, win trophies single-handedly, and save the entire club? Or would he press the self-destruct button and drag us all down into the abyss?
It became both.
1990/91, the season when everything was pushed to its limit, the season when everything happened.
Tottenham Hotspur had never seen a football year like this – and around Tottenham Hotspur, we didn't know if we would ever see a single football year again."