Spurs triumphed in a pulsating night at the Lane, scoring early and then withstanding a thorough going over in the second half from a rejuvenated and rampant Liverpool side. This was a full body search but after examining every nook and cranny, the Reds failed to find what they were looking for. Thrilling attacking football and redoubtable defence from two [...]
Posts Categorized: Season 2011-12
Do New Signings Signal a Change in Policy at Spurs?
Well no one expected this. Just when you think there’s nothing left at Spurs to surprise, we begin pre-season training with signings in the bag and more to come. The man whose transfer window brinkmanship is both loathed and envied in equal measure by his fellow chairmen has bought Vertonghen and Sigurdsson, lined up Adebayor [...]
New Guy At Spurs But Seen It All Before
And so it goes. Managers come and go but the club goes on. At times like this, you realise it’s all froth and foment that will soon subside. Maybe it’s because I’m getting on a bit now. I’m keen to see what he does and think it’s a good choice, although not without risk. It’s [...]
Spurs Future – A Leap Of Faith?
Spurs are interviewing for a manager. It’s hardly a level playing field – not as if the vacancy has been advertised down at the Job Centre. We’ll find out soon enough, next week in all probability but in the meantime we are left to consider the absurdity of the process upon which the short, medium [...]
Summer Reading For Spurs Fans. A Harry-Free Zone
Two e-books worthy of your consideration. And look, we’re all busy people, credit crunch and all, so what can I say – they’re cheap. Very good, mind. Have a look. Arthur Rowe – a Neglected Spurs Legend Whose Legacy Lives On We become Spurs fans via a variety of routes. Local team maybe or, more [...]
Redknapp Loses His Value To Spurs
So Harry Redknapp departs with my sincere gratitude but no tears. Tottenham Hotspur goes on, first, last and everything, as ever it will be. Those good players are still Spurs players. Daniel Levy is in charge, and he always was. As news of Harry’s dismissal leaked out last night, the social media debate raged over the rights and wrongs. [...]
Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing
‘Al Murray’s Sunday radio show on 5Live has a running gag called ‘Not News’ where he reads out items that have been splashed all over the media but aren’t in the least surprising. Kerry Katona puts on weight, the banks make lots of money, Kerry Katona loses weight or, to be topical, Camilla wearing a [...]
The End of The World But Nothing’s Changed
The dread anticipation of the Doomsday Scenario was hideous, elongated as it was over several weeks as first the semi-final and then the season’s final day played out. Goals and sendings-off that weren’t, the bitter tease of a former Spurs keeper throwing three goals into his net, yet another rearguard action, all of this involving not just any [...]
Too Late, Too Far Gone
Dear Ashley, Wise words, my friend. You’re right, so right, I shouldn’t get worked up. I paid proper attention to that comment in my last piece, because it was all getting out of hand, what with the tension of the last day of the season. I ate lunch during half-time of the Villa game and [...]
Spurs Are A’Coming! Circle The Wagons!
Tottenham Hotspur’s spring tour of the lower regions of the Premier League finished in the Midlands on a frustrating note as we hammered away at Villa’s massed ranks for 90 minutes without scoring from open play. Going down to ten men early in the second made only a momentary difference to the pattern of a [...]
Two Down, Two To Go
The pass sliced a clinical arc through the hapless defence. The ruthless beauty of the surgeon’s art won the game. If I could, I would. The dreams of a paunchy jowled man who is fighting off the strictures of middle-age are little different from those of an equally podgy fresh-faced only child pestering his hard-working [...]
One Down, Three To Go
Just what Spurs needed – three points. No alarms, a decent effort that lacked a cutting edge to convert our massive superiority into more goals but none was needed in response to opponents who reeked of the sickly unpleasant odour of apathy. And people have said our players don’t care. I’m surprised the Blackburn squad [...]
Sad Spurs Are The Ghosts Of Their Former Selves
Plenty of Spurs places on the web where you can find anger as we slip down the table. I’m fond of describing the significance not of individual matches but sequences that crop up as the season plays out. A combination of computer predetermination and evolving circumstances throws up intriguing little sets of fixtures. Take our [...]
Rookie Redknapp Wilts. Plus Win Exclusive T-shirt!
Unlike other games where the implications take time to sink in, losing at Wembley has its particular horrors. As the infernal shuffle towards Wembley Park tube grinds on, there’s nowhere to go. Nothing to do except look at the back of the head of the person who will be in front of you for the [...]
Spurs and Wembley. Nice Day, Shame About The Football
I’ve known worse times as a Spurs fan. Forgive me if for the moment I can’t quite name them. An afternoon so utterly dispiriting, the fans, the decisions, the outcome, that heart and soul are thoroughly drained. Not anger, though there’s just cause – the referee, the way we just slipped away without enough of [...]
Spurs Conform To Type
Look on the bright side. It’s a long time since I left the Lane so numb with disappointment and dissatisfaction, so it must mean that most of the time, we’ve been doing OK but frankly after watching this sorry mess of incompetence, I’m struggling with the optimist thing. Instead of reaching for the podium we’re [...]
Pay Now And The Club Will Pay For It Later. Price Hikes, Tickets and Alienation.
Easter is a time of custom and ceremony, and Tottenham Hotspur have entered into the spirit of the season with a tradition of their own. Booking office chaos as the tickets for a big match go on sale swiftly followed by season ticket price increases that cannot be masked even by the wave of excitement [...]
Been There Done That Do It Again
Scary huh? There’s no second chances any more. Whatever our opponents do, we have to at the very least win our home games, probably more in all honesty but that’s essential. When Swansea’s equalizer bounced into the corner, the tension slammed down like a 14lb sledgehammer on a melon. Scary. The final scoreline wasn’t the [...]