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OUR cup final? West Ham’s, surely? Well that’s as may be, but we’re reaching that stage in a season where fingernails are in short supply and clichés are not. ‘Squeaky bum time’. ‘The business end’. ‘Every game from now on is a cup final’ – a must win. Those gigantic six-pointers against our top-four rivals […]
As Sam Allardyce faced the post match Sky Sports questions, the words: “We were beaten by Bale” slipped from his mouth. The West Ham boss had just seen his team lose 3-2 at home thanks to Gareth Bale’s two wonderful strikes sandwiching a Glyfi Sigurdsson bundled goal. Last night whilst basking in the Glory of […]
It may annoy most of the West Ham support, but unfortunately for them, tonight is just another Premier League match. There is no rivalry; there is no hatred, from our direction at least, it’s a game of football with three points at stake. It’s a big game for us, but then we have another 11 […]
When the second of Gareth Bale’s free-kicks whistled into the net, the stadium as one rose to applaud a fantastic player. The Welshman has been my favourite player for the last few years, his speed, skill and strength worth the entrance fee alone, there is no doubting he is a class act but: Is Gareth […]
Here’s some old news for you; Spurs collapsed last season, picking up 16 points from their last 13 games, having reached mid-February on 53 points from 25 games. All Spurs fans have been wary of the same happening again this year. Was the cause physical, psychological or a combination of both? A settled first XI […]
It wasn’t quite a heart beating Glory Glory night under the floodlights of White Hart Lane, but it was another example of the emergence of Gareth Bale. With two swishes of his thunderous left boot, Spurs head into the Europa League 2nd leg tie against Lyon holding a slim 2-1 advantage. The devastating effect of […]
When I see the name Hugo Lloris appear on my twitter newsfeed an hour before every match, a passive smile appears on my face, something I don’t get with many players at Spurs. The point is, Lloris is not like many players, at Spurs, or in the world. Come August, Brad Friedel was our regular […]
The moment Paul Gascoigne turned to celebrate with the Spurs fans, a new hero was born. To this very day it remains my favourite ever Gazza goal. It showcased everything that made him such a great footballer. It had skill, determination and above all the improvisation that only a real genius can muster at will. […]
It was a revelation to me quite recently to find that there was no representation for me as a young fan, officially or unofficially, at THFC. It seemed such an obvious and necessary thing to have, a group for younger fans to both stand up for their rights at the club and also act as […]