completely forgot about the match thread. The season ended last week for me. This could be a drubbing. Spurs are still in the mood and we have players either scared of getting injured or not bothered anymore. If it was a Sunday league game our team wouldn't turn up and we'd give them the points. Oh it's tomorrow at, is it 3pm?? I've no idea what team we'll play, sorry. Might even be Marshall in goal, so it will be a drubbing...
The Tottenham pitch contains enough nylon twine to stretch around the world. For a brief period during the First World War Spurs had to play home games at Highbury as the Lane had been taken over as a gas mask factory. Similarly, for a short while during the Second World War, Arsenal used White Hart Lane whilst Highbury was commandeered as a First Aid and Air-Raid Precaution centre. Arsenal made the promise that, as a thank you to Spurs for accommodating them, they will always incorporate a tiny bit of blue somewhere in there kit. In 1910, Spurs player William James Scott crafted a cockerel which was mounted on top if the stand and became the club icon. The family of Henry Percy owned land in the Tottenham marsh's. Henry Percy was made more famous by Shakespeare as Harry Hotspur, hence the club name. In 1962 Tottenham became the first British team to achieve success abroad when they won the European Champion’s Club Cup, German Striker Max Seeburg joined Spurs way back in 1907 whilst still in the Southern League and became the first foreigner to play in the English Football League when Spurs were elected to join the Second Division in 1908. In 1901, Sandy Brown, is still the only player to have scored in every round of the FA cup netting 15 goals, itself a record that re-mains unbroken. Spurs hold the record for the most goals scored in a Premier League game - 9 (joint record) Tottenham was the first British club to win a major European competition - European Cup Winners Cup (1963) Ledley King scored the fastest ever Premiership goal - timed at 10 seconds in a 3-3 draw with Bradford in the 2000/01 season. Les Ferdinand scored the Premiership's 10,000th goal in Tottenham's 4-0 win over Fulham in December 2001. Andy Turner became the youngest Premiership goalscorer when he netted for Tottenham against Everton on September 5, 1992. He was aged just 17 years and 166 days old. Tottenham goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt became the first Premier League substitute when he replaced Ian Walker in the first Premiership season in 1992. Spurs were the first team to win the UEFA Cup, which was established in 1971. Tottenham is the only team to have won the FA Cup whilst still plying their trade outside of the Football League. Spurs also became the first team to tie their colours to the trophy in celebration, a tradition which has remained ever since. The very day in 1919 that Arsenal grabbed Tottenham’s place in the First Division, the club’s pet parrot collapsed and died. The parrot had been a gift from a ship’s captain as the Spurs team returned from a 1908 tour of Argentina & Uruguay, and it lived a healthy and happy life on its perch at White Hart Lane for a full 11 years before its untimely end. It’s sad demise is thought to be where the phrase 'as sick as a parrot' came from. It is believed that whilst a train crosses over a railway bridge, no manager of Tottenham Hotspur should pass beneath. The founders of Tottenham were a group of schoolboys, many as young as 12. Tottenham adopted the blue and white colours after being impressed watching Blackburn win the cup. This coincided with them moving to a new ground at Northumberland Park, and with the Percy family having links with Northumberland, they nearly changed their name from Hotspur FC to Northumberland Rovers, but chose Tottenham Hotspurs instead. Graham Souness came through the Spurs youth system. Spurs are the only English side Diego Maradona played for, when he appeared in Ardiles testimonial.
Experimental side please. Probably Dadaist in it's line up. Bringing the influence of the early twentieth century avant-garde movement out of the Cabaret Voltaire to our back four is worth considering imo. It'll certainly be more successful than zonal marking. I'd go all Bauhaus in midfield and upfront though. Innovative and creative, blending form and functionality together to create classic design masterpieces all over the pitch should be enough to see off Harry Kane and his so-called band of brothers. The score? Hull City two. Tottenham Hotspur a banana.
Ladies of the night who patrolled the area around White Hart Lane, incidentally named after the White Hart public house situated on the said lane, Were known as Totty's due to the location in which they worked. Hence the term "Totty" which is used today to describe a young lady.
I'm hoping Spurs's goal rush the other night was mainly a revenge task against Leicester for the title last season. Would be nice to bow out of the season with a bit of pride and fight after last week's defeat at the very least. I think they'll have too much for us regardless of who plays but it would be pleasing to see some fight and grit from us to not make it a walkover for them. 1-3 Spurs.
The boys were out training this morning till about 12.00 over the back fence. Sounded like a good laugh. 0-4 tomorrow.
We don't win in the league in May and I can't see us scoring this May either. Spurs could have a field day, but think they'll stop after 3.
0-3 Drab No atmosphere Some efforts to praise Silva Some minor echoes of Allam Out 376 people left in the stadium to watch the players saunter round at the end
4-0. I do not care what side he puts out, or how we set up. It had just better be 4 ****ing nowt. You Ull.