Who cares if WHL is a soulless bowl? I do. I'm aware the Spurs can survive if the most vocal fans stop going, that much is obvious. It's about making a stand.
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I think there was something about how utterly shit we had been all season, the endless jokes about 2 points and points failures etc that made the 4-4 so very special. I was running around my parents' house screaming like I was having a fit - I'm 34 btw. Crouch at Eastlands and Kaboul at the Emirates are up there. I'd also throw in Staltieri at Upton Park. Hopefully this season's still got something special to come.
Flav
The Fighting Cock
The philosophy in British football is wrong, and it's nonsense, when 20 clubs will share £3bn from Sky Sports, that fans should bear the brunt of player wages and transfer fees.
The main point, which you seemed to have ignored, is that if prices continue to rise then everybody will be forced to miss certain matches unless they are very wealthy, which is in essence exactly what I'm having to do now. The only difference being is that mine is by choice and yours will be forced upon you.
And I've never demanded CL football or any kind of success. All Ive seen success do to football clubs is rot them. Increase in prices, fanbase increases in number, but corrodes in character. It's the fact that success has become so important to fans that they can't see the beauty in just loving the club that you belong to and being proud of be Spurs regardless of how good they are.
Come to any 1882 movement game and you'll realise that there is a lot more to gain from following Spurs than simply hoping we win.
The main point, which you seemed to have ignored, is that if prices continue to rise then everybody will be forced to miss certain matches unless they are very wealthy, which is in essence exactly what I'm having to do now. The only difference being is that mine is by choice and yours will be forced upon you.
And I've never demanded CL football or any kind of success. All Ive seen success do to football clubs is rot them. Increase in prices, fanbase increases in number, but corrodes in character. It's the fact that success has become so important to fans that they can't see the beauty in just loving the club that you belong to and being proud of be Spurs regardless of how good they are.
Come to any 1882 movement game and you'll realise that there is a lot more to gain from following Spurs than simply hoping we win.
The sort of people that will pay in years to come will probably be fans who aren't exactly vocal, it'll just be a league full of soulless bowls. The owners make their money but the selling point of passion and atmosphere will be gone.
Remember my 'Americans and Spurs' thread that went on and on? This is kind of what I was getting at, different type of people going to games nowdays, Tourists, rich kids who's parents pay, corporates....none of whom really contribute much to atmosphere.
Except I'm not a raging xenophobe
what were you saying again Mother fucking Teresa?
I will never let you forget.
It's too late, most of the old Skool have gone, I don't recognise our fan base any more.
I'm lucky that I'm minted and can put up with a piss taker like levy raping my ass
I'm lucky that I'm minted and can put up with a piss taker like levy raping my ass
I've only gone to 1 game in 21 years. AVE IT DANNYBOY! I've been taking a send against levy before he was even in charge.
I disagree with this entirely, specifically the highlighted section (hence why I highlighted it).
It is only in the past if it is allowed to become so. Sanitising football has become the MO for many clubs, and if that is the direction they are intent on, then the vocal section has a duty to remind the Club of the fibre which keeps Tottenham, Tottenham.
The past couple of years have seen me go less and less, and when I do go it is for the games which are more affordable. I have outgoings now that don't let me enjoy what for 20 years was a regular day out. I don't see it changing.
I hate Woolwich, but for the first time in my life I feel sorry for their fans. Their club, much like ours, is holding them hostage and demanding a ransom that for many has long since been unpayable. All football fans, from the League Two upwards are paying ticket prices that are unreasonable as they are offensive. It’s easy to blame football players because they’re paid an enormous amount for what they do, and to be fair, very few people [...]
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I agree, but with the current capacity and the waiting list (real or otherwise) we will always fill The Lane for the big games.
I don't even know how people can afford to sit in the West Stand every game?
I don't even know how people can afford to sit in the West Stand every game?
A couple of grand a year for a season ticket is pocket money for someone who earns millions in the City
Flav
The Fighting Cock
I have a knack for doing that to you
The Cowbell
The Cowbell
Most recent memories like that for me are...
Crouch at Eastlands 1-0
Crouch at the San Siro 1-0
Kaboul at Emirates 3-2
Full time at Old Trafford 3-2
