How more ‘Spursy’ could it get? An entire 38 game campaign hinges on two results on the final day of the season. Win and hope that Arsenal don’t and we finish fourth, AVB is a hero, and the press dig into a slice of humble pie. Fail to win, or indeed win, and see Dial Square beat Newcastle and we finish fifth, AVB is crap, and the media sharpen their knives for an all together much different reason. Its that [...]
Mark Butcher aka Lustdoctor joins Flav, T, Ricky and engineer Al for the penultimate episode of the season. Bricking it. Stoke away, keeping the dream alive. Wigan. Points and form. Huddlestone. 1882 and the U21′s. Palace portaloos and Holmesdale fanatics. Moldova, little figures emerging from the woods and Pringles. Transformers. Prick of the week – guess who? Wigan/Newcastle Hotspur. Windy’s yoof update. Player(s) of the Year – get your vote in. Sunderland at the Lane, where the dream will either [...]
The Under 21′s Semi Final of the U21′s against Everton, offered me the perfect chance to experience 1882 for the first time. As an East Stand lower regular, who is used to getting looks for singing at games, I was looking forward immensely to getting involved in the singing aspect of 1882. My mood was dampened though by the fact that my 15 year old son had to stay at home due to his first GCSE exam the following morning. [...]
After attending and enjoying the 1882 experience at the NextGen series game against Barcelona last year, I vowed to return. When it was announced that our Under 21 Semi Final against Everton, was to be an 1882 event, I immediately contacted my 70 year old granddad and persuaded him to come along. My granddad has had a pretty tough year with his wife getting cancer, his son going through a messy divorce and a court case. To be fair I [...]
The die has been cast, the season has arrived at a climactic showdown and what better place to have it settled than at White Hart Lane? The grand old stadium has played host to some of the greats of English football, and still stands as a beacon to days gone by. This season frequenting Spurs its significance to me has been burned into my soul, I love the Lane. Stood at Mill Hill Broadway station on a gloriously sunny afternoon, [...]
After 37 league games last season I wrote an article called ‘What This Season Has Been Missing’. Now, due to a technical hitch somewhere along the line the article never saw the light of day, but I’ll briefly summarise: incredible as it was in many ways, the 2011/12 season seemed to be lacking something. Statistically, little or no new ground was broken. Whereas previous years had seen Spurs break hoodoos, break into the top 4 and break the spirits of [...]
More than anything else, I will remember the 2012/13 season for the biggest divide amongst supporters of Tottenham Hotspur I can recall in all my 25+ years of following the club. Whilst a large proportion of the fanbase have been won over by AVB’s passion and modern thinking, despite a sceptical start, there is still a prominent voice of resentment towards him following the removal of Harry Redknapp. Perhaps though Tottenham fans have always been this divided, and the growing [...]
ZoC of fanzine and feature fame joins Flav, T, Ricky and engineer Al for a post-Chelsea pod. We talk 2-2 and all the little slices of narrative that meshed a frantic derby together. There’s an 1882 announcement. Prick of the Week. Bale. Windy. Safe Standing. Question for Al. Football in the future. Stoke away. And the usual debacle of sordid and ridiculous questions. Thanks to Lee Perrault from North Carolina Spurs for their donation. Love the shirt. Listen now! Download [...]
Tottenham’s draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge keeps the Lillywhites firmly in the race for Champions League football. Despite being dominated at points, Tottenham kept believing and as the game wore on looked the more likely to claim the three points. Credit must go to Andre Villas-Boas for another crucial substitution, but surely there is more than just on the spot sharpness to AVB? What exactly goes on at that multimillion pound state-of-the-art training centre? How are Spurs trying to [...]
