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With the transfer window closed, Premier League clubs are turning to medicine to try and eke every single percent of performance from its stars. With Eufemiano Fuentes currently on trial for blood doping in Spain, perhaps it isn’t the wisest time for clubs to push the medical boundaries, but they are. Qualifying for the Champions […]
The Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) campaign, Safe Standing, aims to persuade the Government, football authorities and football clubs to trial limited standing sections at football grounds across the Premier League and Championship. In recent months, the campaign has gathered momentum after several high profile clubs gave their backing to the campaign, which in turn, attracted […]
I’ve been meaning to write this article for some time, and with goal nets in the Midlands and East Anglia still rippling from Gareth Bale wonder goals, when better to dissect the merits of our favourite Welshman? Still, part of me wonders if my timing is actually a bit off; I wouldn’t want this to […]
1. Your favourite Spurs game of all time is the 1-0 win away at the San Siro vs AC Milan. 2. Incidentally, this is the game when your favourite current Spurs player Sandro “landed on the world stage”. 3. Your favourite Spurs player of all time is Glenn Hoddle, and you refer to him solely […]
For those of you who’ve somehow managed to miss it, there’s been a bit of a furore over away match ticket prices of late, sparked by Man City fans not taking their full allocation at Arsenal after baulking at the £62 asking price. The issue has received a lot of attention and a problem that […]
Gareth Bale had been threatening to score all afternoon against a resolute West Brom team. However when he finally did, putting aside the media fanfare and the tabloid hyperbole, the goal had more to do with the team than the individual. The Welshman is without doubt in a rich vein of form. It is quite […]
The Fighting Cock is delighted to announce that there is to be another 1882 at a youth game at the Lane – almost a year since we attended our first game. Last September we played Barcelona in the NextGen Series and there was around 700 Spurs fans in the 1882 section. It was a brilliant […]
This is not an apology piece for the disappointing lack of courage, activity or balls demonstrated by Tottenham yesterday (or in the preceding 30 days) I am as frustrated, perplexed & baffled by the repeated lack of desire to speculate, to add that one extra player, the special ingredient that hopefully makes achieving our aim […]
Ah, transfer windows? Don’t you just love them? There I was, like many Spurs fans, biting my nails as the clock ticked towards 11:00pm on January 31st 2013. We’re going to sign someone! Yes! It has been foretold. The “In The Knows” have told us so! 95% chance! The Damaio deal is off, no it’s […]