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Having coerced 6 friends to join me on the arduous trip from Bristol to London to watch a football game that they virtually had no interest in, (two were Liverpool fans and the rest were more interested in rugby or cricket), there was a great deal of pressure on the game. Many had argued that […]
I’ve only travelled to Kings Cross three times in order to watch Spurs, twice for League Cup finals (Chelsea 2008 and United 2009) and once to break my 1882 duck, the later was undoubtedly the best. With every passing mile my expectation and anxiety grew, and despite being alone for the journey I was still […]
It was a glorious seven minutes of pure unadulterated glory. White Hart Lane basked in sunshine; a sea of white and blue were bouncing across each stand. Grown men previously strangers embraced, ears rang with Spurs anthems and Man City wilted; it was a reminder of what it means to be Tottenham and what the […]
Even Mila Kunis would struggle to provide seven minutes of such mind-blowing pleasure. Spurs’ late, three-goal salvo against Champions Manchester City touched the realms of fantasy and provided the best happy ending available on a Sunday afternoon in North London. This was one of those rare, great days for Spurs fans to savour. A past […]
As Chelsea prepares to spend £20million on Bayer Leverkusen’s André Schürrle, Spurs must brace themselves for tough times ahead. Despite not being guaranteed Champions League football, the Russian backed club are signalling their intent for next year early. Whether or not they finish in the top four will have no bearing on their ability to […]
After months of toiling, sweating, panicking, pondering, mass debating, we’ve only gone and done it. The first ever issue of The Fighting Cock fanzine is nearly there. So we haven’t actually gone and done it but we’re close. So close that you can now pre-order it (link at the bottom of the page!). And only […]
When spring decided not to show up in March and early April I took this as a good sign. Spurs over the last few years have always functioned better in the cold. Tottenham playing in the sunshine generally leads to only one thing, disaster. This year with winter still in full flow when the Easter […]
The mad cocktail of Spurs offers a necessary diversion from the freefall of our lives. But if you boo or abuse a player in a Tottenham jersey, you are hating the shirt. Loving the shirt, for me at least, means supporting the person in it through ninety plus minutes of pleasure, pain and misfortune. A […]
It was 12 yards, but it might as well have been a thousand. The moment the referee signaled the end of a desperate 30 minutes of defending in extra-time, the tie was up. It’s been close to 20 years since Tottenham won a penalty shoot-out, is it a lack of belief? Technique? Or is it […]