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As Tottenham succumbed to their third Premier League defeat in four games I had to ask myself: “Why am I in IKEA instead of watching Spurs’ best laid plans unravel at the Etihad?” The truth is that reality sometimes calls, life or moving house takes precedence over everything, even football. Reality usually turns up when […]
Spurs songs sung loudly. So loudly that they can be heard far, far outside the realm of The Lane, or even your country. I say this because I’m an American. If that disqualifies me from participating in this conversation, then I apologise for overstepping my bounds. Further, I have to preface my remarks by stating […]
I’m 53 years old and have been supporting and watching Spurs since the late 60’s. I cannot remember the first time I heard use of the term ‘Yid’ either directed at me as a Spurs fan, or sung by Spurs supporters. It was sometime back in the bad old days for football, the 1970s. It […]
We realise that us publishing this is a little self-indulgent, but The Spurs Poet did such a cracking, goosepimple inducing, job that we couldn’t not share it with you. Now and then we get a buzz Of something in the air We really let the world pass by We do not have a care But […]
The next seven days of football are sure to serve up a footballing feast of which could leave us chowing down on fillet steak or a rustler burger. A rustler burger may have its merits to some but all too often in Premier League years gone by we have been served up this savoury microwavable […]
Even within the first few minutes of, the frustration in the stands at the Lane last Saturday was palpable. The lack of movement, backwards passing, and predictable forward play served as a stark reminder of just how different this Spurs team is to the (often but not always) dynamic blitzkrieg of football we saw under […]
Having been brought up in the 1970s and 1980s in Hackney in east London, it was easy to get caught up in racism. Skinheads, Punks and rude boys were the main groups to become a part of and these all had their own set of beliefs that you had to support. I was a scrawny […]
A Thursday night fixture against the champions of Slovenia would not, these days, exactly get everyone’s pulse racing. There is a comedown from Champions League football whether we like to admit it or not and the failure to sell out this fixture is perhaps testament to that. Despite the post CL hangover, there is (to […]
Tomorrow night we play Maribor at The Lane. The 1882 movement will be up in Block J of the Shelf stand. We expect a night of fantastic atmosphere in a battle of noise with the passionate Slovenian support. We hope to match them song for song in an attempt to drive the team forward to […]