Good evening.
You know, I was trying to work it out. I mean, I’m Tottenham yet I don’t really feel that much animosity toward Arsenal. Now look, I’m 44 years of age so it’s not like I should be able to rustle up too many Aunty Wengeresque excuses. They are our supposedly immediate idiot neighbours. And that whole Sol thing.
But I think I’ve nailed it.
My ‘irrational’ contempt comes from my very first Spurs game. Bill Nicholson’s Testimonial at The Lane and bless the old man, he bought us a pair of seats in the West Stand Lower. We were living at the time in a place Bruxie knows well, Rhinedahlen, BFPO 4o if you please!
This wasn’t my first time at a football match, or indeed my first time at a large public event. But the West Ham fans were fierce. I mean proper fierce. Every moment of the bloke announcing various elements of the day’s celebration were marred by West Ham booing and screaming. Jumping up and down like the unwashed mentalists they still are today.
‘Good job they can’t get out’ I remember nervously saying to dad. He replied, ‘Oh don’t worry about them. Most of the stewards normally work full time at London Zoo, we’ll be fine!”
Warren Mitchell was the master of ceremonies that day. On TV, Alf Garnett was a bigoted, racist West Ham fan. But that was acting. Mitchell was in real life, Tottenham of course. As he tried to speak, the Upton Park animals barked in earnest.
‘Shhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadup!’
There was about 2 or 3 seconds of wonderful silence, then we – us – the Yids – the Tottenham laughed. The whole stadium laughed. Oh how I loved that moment. My tribe had scented it’s territory. I nearly cried with a mixture of pride and relief. How things never change, eh?
So I am writing in the morning to Peter Herbert asking him what he plans to do about today. Or does the plight of whitey not count?
Why do the other 3 main London clubs consider us their biggest game?
I actually consider the goons a worthy opponent.
Chelsea once passionate, raw and with a good away following are a complete embarrassment.
And this lot are totally insignificant, although they are a useful 3 points most years.
North London Giants
Lets see if the porn brothers slag Brady does anything about her fans chanting today?
Away fans are mostly season ticket holders, each seat has a number, each numbered seat has someones name on it as more than likely they are Pikey season ticket holders or Pikey members.
CCTV in the security box way up in the sky will be able to pick them out in full glorious HD with bells on……
Now lets get Mr Herbert to sit through the footage and pick out the seat numbers and hand them to Brady!! job done
Fat chance that the Brady Bunch will do anything about it. Do you not recall them predicting (encouraging) riots if the failed to get the OS.
been a spurs fan for about 60 yrs cant work up hate for west ham arsenal or chelsea it all goes to the shit manure cant bring my self to say there name
MU,Ch,LivP(still feel the 0-7,WHU,A**e.
I suppose once MC start trying to steal our players, they will enter the list also.
much as i hate A**e, I admire Wenger and the way they do not use the money cheat unlike ALL of the above (err WHU excepted but then pimping is cheating isn’t it?)
I think this goes way beyond football and into society in general, it makes me sad to be part of the football family and equally ashamed to say I share the same language and citizenship as these mindless idiots. At the end of the day it is just a game of football.
The first three words I could say were up ‘up the ‘purs’. As soon as I was old enough I went to every home game and most away matches. I simply fell in love with Spurs but now I feel like falling out of love with football in general and everything it represents. As a kid I was taken to watch Spurs train at Cheshunt. Ardilles and Villa had signed, I spoke to them, I couldn’t talk to Hoddle, the words wouldn’t come out I was so in awe. Today, you would have more luck breaking into the Bank of England than getting in to see the team train.
What has football really become, a microcosm of the worst part of society…
football is ill and doesn’t look like getting better. i fear it is terminal.
My grandparents lived near the old training ground at Chesthunt, my sister and I used to go and see the players there, Archibald and Crookes spring to mind mucking about in the car park. The squad used to jog past the ole dears as they went to get their pension and would all say hello to them. I met Hoddle when I was nine through his aunt, she worked with my dad, and I couldn’t say a word was just dumbstruck! Fast forward to now, took my 6yr old son to WHL and waited out side the gates to get him an autograph from one of his heroes and not one of them would even acknowledge anyone was stood there! The only signature he got was from Alan Mullery who was an absolute star. Haven’t been since then, it was the Blackpool game when C.Adam nobbled Bale, it’s a 200 quid day out for us plus a 4hour round trip! Funny I stopped watching F1 because it was getting so expensive!
Arsenal then Chelsea then West Ham. They hate us because we play fair and have morals. Proud to be a Spurs supporter, we take alot of crap.