With a cup semi-final in touching distance, Stephen Puddicombe wonders what this would mean for the club.
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As you say it's a tough one for all the reasons you give.it's a tough one really, after the Juve disappointment I kind of understood where Poch was coming from when he suggested we should be targeting the premier and champions league titles rather than domestic cups. The disappointment from that night was that having beaten the holders in the group stages we were almost toying with last seasons runners up when a mad three minutes extinguished all hopes of "glory". The common refrain from Spurs fans on the way home was that now we HAVE to win the FA cup. To me it paled into insignificance when as the late Jim Bowen may have suggested "lets look at what you could have won"
The narrative that we have to win something to be a good team will soon change to they have to repeatedly win things to be a great team so a FA cup win would at most provide temporary relief from a hostile press.
Of course on the other side of the argument, why bother at all if you are not going to try and win things? A great example of a winning mentality was the outpouring of joy from Man City when they won the Carabao cup this season. I know any win over woolwich, especially in a cup final is worthy of celebration but there was no hint of "its only the Carabao cup" as undoubtedly the best team in the country wildly celebrated winning a trophy.
The reason we need to win something is because the game as well as glory, is about being there, about having cherished memories of a fantastic day. In over 40 years of following Spurs the moments that still give me goose bumps and memories I remember both vividly and warmly are from 37 years ago. When as a 17 year old who didn't get a final ticket waiting outside Wembley until the gates opened and getting in just in time to see Hoddle's deflected free kick get us a replay in the rarified atmosphere of the old Wembley stadium. Then queueing up all night with endless singing and banter to get a replay ticket and then the despair of falling behind only to pull it back and to win it with "THAT" goal from Ricky Villa. That's what winning the FA cup would do - give a growing generation of Spurs fans the "glory" and memories that will see them still loving their club 40/50 years from now.
Agreed. 2008 was mad in the pubs around Wembley, and that was “only” the milk cup.I would feel as good as I would if we won the CL.....I didnt know I felt this strongly about a trophy until we got knocked out last week.
Was there also, couldn't get tickets through normal channels.Was at the game in 91
Would be MASSIVE
Good point.Domestic cups aren't import to clubs until they get near the final, they are important to the fans for the whole season though until you get knocked out.
I'm 29 this month so don't remember us winning anything other than the league cup, this year is the year!