Spursy

[PhillyHotspur]

Carlito getting some press

The history of 'Spursy,' and how Ange's Tottenham can shed the unwanted tag

When fans call Tottenham Hotspur "Spursy" it isn't a compliment. What does this term mean, where did it come from and can Spurs consign it to history?

www.espn.com

 

[NorthernSpur]

TFC started it? Is that true? If so you’re a bunch of cunts.

 

[John Thomas]

Carlito getting some press

The history of 'Spursy,' and how Ange's Tottenham can shed the unwanted tag

When fans call Tottenham Hotspur "Spursy" it isn't a compliment. What does this term mean, where did it come from and can Spurs consign it to history?

www.espn.com

Ha ha!!! Good ol' Carlito. Surely deserves a reprieve for gaining TFC such great publicity!

 

[Sean]

TFC started it? Is that true? If so you’re a bunch of cunts.

go to Spursy.co.uk

 

[NorthernSpur]

go to Spursy.co.uk

I was hoping it would take me to images of naked women. So disappointed.

 

[Sean]

I was hoping it would take me to images of naked women. So disappointed.

Some might say it is full of Tits and Cunts?

 

[Tomo]

When a fellow Spurs fan finds out you post on the fighting cock.

 

[Tomo]

Did you defend our honour Admin ?

 

[Tomo]

Nailing my colours to the mast

I fucking am. No you're not... you're from fucking Aberdeen! (just kidding, love you lots really... sorta)

thefightingcock.co.uk

Based on the oldest posts with the word Spursy. The term didn’t mean soft underbelly or bad luck but rather how much a Spurs fan your where. I.e hardcore Spursy.

Must have just morphed into something else.

 

[Spursindevon]

27 March 1990, when what is now sky sports launched

 

[Admin]

Someone contacted Flav about it. We said "fuck knows". They did an article.

As I understand, Carlito used to say the term had more positive connotations than it does now.

Eg...

Quite the opposite. The author has it spot on. When I INVENTED the term it meant the flair players, the none functional, maybe a bit lightweight but with a touch of class. Maybe, just maybe a SPURSY player will go missing at Stoke on a cold February evening but with a silky touch at the lane he will mug of a gooner left back and leave him for dead with a deft touch.

The Spursy support, dressed nines yet ready for a tear up if it happens. Groups of lads determined that the football wasn't going to ruin a great day out and an evening of snorting a line off of a strippers backside.

Spursy has been misused on here for years. I used to care.....now I dont......

Why because Spursy isn't a word.....its a state of mind xx

 

[Tomo]

Someone contacted Flav about it. We said "fuck knows". They did an article.

As I understand, Carlito used to say the term had more positive connotations than it does now.

Eg...

Article - We want our Spursy back

There is a word out there which is slowly but surely becoming part of everyday football vocabulary, Vass Koni takes a look at the term “Spursy” and shares his thoughts. Read article

thefightingcock.co.uk

Yeh certainly don’t want the Spursy back now given the current meaning.

 

[simon j]

Surely the term spursy can now be attributed to something one thinks to be true but is actually false?
They say it was “spursy” to blow the league against Leicester when we were never once ahead of them in the table so we could not have actually blown it.

 

[SpiderSpurs]

TFC started it? Is that true?

No.

It was being used on other forums, long before it was ever used on here.

If so you’re a bunch of cunts.

That is true.

 

[PhillyHotspur]

What happened to good old Carlito ? Lifetime ban ?

 

[1882]

Surely the term spursy can now be attributed to something one thinks to be true but is actually false?
They say it was “spursy” to blow the league against Leicester when we were never once ahead of them in the table so we could not have actually blown it.

...and yet 'Arsey' never caught on! ...yet it was they who ultimately lost out to Leicester....

3rd in a 2 horse race, my Arsey!

 

[Matt1882]

Surely the term spursy can now be attributed to something one thinks to be true but is actually false?
They say it was “spursy” to blow the league against Leicester when we were never once ahead of them in the table so we could not have actually blown it.

Technically we did blow it, as we could and should have overtaken them by beating Woolwich and west ham, but only took 1 point from the 6. It was, at that point, in our hands.

IIRC, Woolwich had 10 men at one point too.
We also blew a 2-0 lead against Chelsea and drew at home to an awful WBA. All games that we were more than capable of winning.

And to compound it, we got destroyed by a relegated Newcastle and blew 2nd to Woolwich when we were well ahead of them.

But what I would say, is that like this season title narrative, nobody can accuse us of bottling that title and not accuse arse of bottling it last season. And that is exactly what happens.

 

[Spaniel]

Spursy' was an addition to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016. OK, it wasn't really – but there was a spoof story saying so which, in the manner of the finest parodies, felt plausible enough to fool some. Certainly, Spursy feels part of the footballing lexicon.Jan 2, 2019

 

[Raf]

Carlito getting some press

The history of 'Spursy,' and how Ange's Tottenham can shed the unwanted tag

When fans call Tottenham Hotspur "Spursy" it isn't a compliment. What does this term mean, where did it come from and can Spurs consign it to history?

www.espn.com

Fucking hell I thought you were joking but they actually mentioned him by name.

I’d like to know where this consensus came from that the term was invented on here.

 

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