In 1892 three schoolboys from the Hotspur Cricket Club decided that playing football in the winter might be a good way to keep fit. So, after a meeting under a lamp post about 100 yards from where White Hart Lane stands today, they formed Hotspur Football Club. Players paid sixpence to join up, and the club played its first match in a dark blue strip with a red ‘H’ badge. Now Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is one of the greatest names in the greatest games of all, with an illustrious history of footballing firsts including having become the first non-league…
Author: Harry Hotspur
Good afternoon fight fans. The weekend is upon us. Once again, here are my lopsided, off-beam and wide of the mark predictions. Enjoy. Manchester United vs Arsenal This could well end in Gooner tears would be my gut reaction. Arsenal ‘languishing’ in 6th place have strong enough form but Manchester United know that Spurs are the only recent blip on their record and the corresponding fixture last season finished 8-2. On an upbeat note, this Manchester United side are shipping in – by their own standards – a whopping amount of goals. So Arsene needs to abandon any plans to…
Good afternoon? Well I’ve had worse I suppose. The game itself wasn’t our finest hour nor was it quite self harming territory. The bottom line is that this competition was the last of our priorities. Nice to win a pot but for those believing we ought to have gone all out …I’ve two names for you. McLeish & Dalglish. The appearance of Bale was a welcome surprise and had he not featured it’s a cheerless exercise to dwell on how we would have performed. He was the spark, the drive, the creative. The young guys given a chance did their…
Wotcha. Something’s gotta give. Three games in 7 days and an physio room with standing room only this is no time to be sending out a full strength side. What I would like is a the following with a few gems on the bench if we look like we’re making a meal of it. Clipboard Chris will himself be making a few changes: “There will be changes – how many I don’t know yet,” he said. “I have to say that where I am fortunate is that I’ve got good options and we are not the type of squad that…
Good morning. Chelsea fans have a proud history of racism. I say proud because when something as rotten and miserable as race hate is associated with such a significant number of a group then it’s pretty obvious they aren’t actually resisting the association, rather embracing it. For those seeking to contest this assertion then I could supply a full list but I was planning to get a few other things done this week. But to whet your appetite here’s some a couple of recent examples. Please note in the interests of fairness I have discounted the fact that John Terry…
Good evening. Was it majestic? Perhaps not entirely, but how many times have the sides that have supposedly kept us in our place nipped of with ‘just the points?’ I was slightly wary watching the game at the time of the celebration by the boss. After the game. It wasn’t lunatic, rather a ‘measured’ punched fist but he made a point of congratulating the lads and thanking the travelling support with the old ‘shirts into the crowd’ thing. This says to me he’s genuinely appreciative of the support from fans – that ‘AVB’s Blue & White Army’ chant is one…
Good morning. Boy there really is an attitude out there that we need to beat everyone 8-0 or it’s open season to groan. 3 points and the job done. Bill Nicholson did say it wasn’t just about winning but winning well. I one hundred percent agree with him. But that’s in an ideal world and we don’t live in one. A game of two halves indeed. The issues are pretty straightforward. We dominated the first half and the second half was a joint effort of the Saints giving it their upmost and our lot wanting to get in out the…
I’ve a confession to make. I haven’t always really supported Spurs. Damn forgot the italics. What I meant to say was I haven’t always really supported Spurs. Properly. By which I mean there have been distractions. Women, children, that lifeboat time share thing, temporary incarceration due to a misunderstanding with the Basij-e Mostaz’afin, lines of cocaine up to foot in length, stints in repertory theatre. Okay I may have made up some up there but you get my point. My point being that this book is perfect for the lifelong fan who has had a life. It fills in the…
Good morning. Match of the day? Well we can live in hope. The Saints sit a point ahead of QPR having won just one game for far this term and that was at home against Villa who they managed to beat 4-1. Now what Southampton have managed to do is score. They’ve won naff all but they have scored against everyone. Arsenal, Everton, Manchester United…So we need a defense Based upon his last two games alone (for England and us) Walker needs ‘a rest’. To regroup and refocus himself before it all goes horribly wrong for all of us. So…