Domination so complete, I have a crick in my neck from facing in the same direction for too long. Then, finally, Lloris’s bank holiday stroll around his green and pleasant area is rudely interrupted. He saves well, low to his right, two hands. Being alert after long periods of inactivity is another of his many [...]
Posts Categorized: Spurs fans
The Glory Glory Nights by Martin Cloake and Adam Powley
Order this book. As a Spurs fan, you must, or else drop so many hints to your loved ones that you wake up on Christmas morn to find ten coffee-table book sized parcels under the tree. Between now and then, listen to the radio, read the blogs, watch TV and make a note of how [...]
Review: The Biography of Tottenham Hotspur by Julie Welch
Why do we do it? The heartache and pain, the time, energy and money, the fury and frustration, all expended in support of a cause over which we have absolutely no control or influence whatsoever. Because we support Tottenham Hotspur. Read Julie Welch’s lovely, insightful and touching book and you will be inspired all over [...]
Villas-Boas and Spurs – Sit Back, Deep Breath, How’s It Going?
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has been charged with many failings during his relatively short career. These include being aloof and uncommunicative, out of his depth, obsessed with tactics and worst of all, not being Jose Mourinho or Harry Redknapp. Over the weekend came the ultimate condemnation – AVB, you were seen in possession of a notebook. J’accuse! [...]
Maribore
It’s half-time in a Europa League group that’s a marathon not a sprint. Two clichés for the price of one there. Full value from Tottenham On My Mind, as always. I’m sure you’re grateful. What the hell, let’s take this stuffed doggy toy of an analogy, sink in our jaws, shake it about and rip the innards right [...]
Kyle Walker: Victim of a Culture of Unrealistic Expectations
After the game on Saturday, Kyle Walker received several abusive tweets and deleted his Twitter account. This sorry episode followed what is fast becoming a depressingly familiar pattern: player joins twitter. Fans welcome this and follow. We can interact with our heroes. This temporarily bucks the trend of increasing separation between Premier League clubs and their supporters. Fan insults [...]
AVB’s Spurs. All In The Cut
Cut to fit mohair, deep blue not black, hand-stitched. Three button, bottom one undone, buttons on the sleeve, tapered trousers. AVB fits Spurs like a made-to-measure suit and we look sharp. Genuine silk lining, brushes against the skin as you put on the jacket. Can’t be seen but we know it’s quality. Run your fingers gently on your thighs, [...]
Reinvention Is Survival
Reinvention is survival. It’s one of the most often quoted aphorisms in business because complacency can be as fatal to any enterprise as a economic downturn. Any leader knows that change is necessary but painful. The best way forward is to establish a clear goal that’s mutually agreed by everyone and build on existing strengths so that [...]
Goodbye Luka. Remember The Good Times
Luka, goodbye and good luck. I’ll only remember the good times, and they were rich, plentiful and sweet. The finest midfielder to wear the shirt since Gascoigne, on his day he made the team hum with energy and purpose. He was the link between defence and attack, taking the ball from the toes of the back four [...]
An Unassuming Hero: A Tribute To Ledley King
He departed in the manner that befits the man. News of Ledley King’s retirement slipped out on the official site, no press conference or media blitz, just a few heartfelt words in tribute to the club he served with unswerving loyalty, tinged with unspoken regret at what might have been. King never sought to draw [...]
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. [...]
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 Writer Needed
Calling all Tottenham Hotspur fans! Are you a Spurs supporter that wants to write about your favorite team? Well here’s your chance. We are looking for an editor and multiple staff writers to add to our Tottenham Hotspur coverage here on … [vis…
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 [...]
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 [...]
A Bolton reflection on Saturday’s events
THFC is delighted to welcome back Bolton fan Dominic Walsh who reflects on the distressing events of Saturday and asked to write this article as a thank you to the Spurs supporters. After what has happened over the past few days I just wanted to write a few words echoing many sentiments that have already [...]