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Ex Spur thread

Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by remembercolinlee, Feb 1, 2017.

  1. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Broken just like he broke Poch's heart by taking the money and slinking away
     
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    Extraordinary events at Crawley Town, where Matthew Etherington and Simon Davies are sacked after 34 days and 3 games in charge. Two decent guys with a great work ethic shafted by a little club who think they are bigger than they really are.
     
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    That is pretty much the Spurs team that I started supporting

     
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    Me too, although I had been taken to the Lane occasionally for about 3-4 years previous, this was time I started going every game. Loved these lads! :emoticon-0152-heart
     
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    This is the earliest team I was old enough to really remember. All seemed semi promising but went to total ****e within months. Pity me.

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  7. PleaseNotPoll

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    They won one of them, too. Bizarre.
    Some suggestion that this is because the club sold striker Tom Nichols to Gillingham.
     
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  8. Alfie Conn

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    No wide angle lens needed for squads in those days
     
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  9. Alfie Conn

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    Cundy and Campbell in the squad no wonder it went sour
     
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    Crawley have always been a grotty little operation ever since they returned to the league, be it a string of dodgy owners (current incumbents: a pair of crypto bros) and some pretty scummy managers, not least Steve Evans - and I am not touching the whole Dermot Drummy situation
     
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    Good film too. I must try to find it somewhere and watch again. Its nice to see the old players.
     
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    I will be very surprised if its not squeezed into the schedules this weekend.
     
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    The co- chairman stepped into the dugout with the assistant coach to give him support for tonight's game against Stevenage....... they lost 3-1 <laugh>
     
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    Can we be sure he wasn't trying to shill Doge Coin?
     
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    Pat Jenning has been awarded a CBE , well deserved and one of the nicest men I have ever met , what took them so long

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    Escape to Victory is on C.5 at 4.35 today.
     
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  18. Alfie Conn

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    Just a reminder that Pat's wife was talented as well
     
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