In light of all the speculation, I decided to take matters into my own hands, and apply for the job. Sent the email to customer services earlier today, because believe it or not, I didn't know who else to send it to. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Bill Nicholson Way 748 High Road Tottenham London N17 0AP Dear Mr Levy. As of the 14th of June, it has come to my attention that you have relinquished the services of Harry Redknapp as Tottenham manager. This would suggest to me that you are hiring for the role, and I would like to make you aware that I am available for hire at very reasonable rates. I have been a Spurs supporter since I was 8, which is to say 10 years, or upon the arrival of Robbie Keane. This however should not be interpreted as if to say that upon my ascension to the management role that I would re-sign Keane, it is merely to show you a little of my background. I have always had a keen desire to be involved at some level with Tottenham Hotspurs, and although prior to this letter I have never followed up on this interest, with your good grace my dream could become reality. I have always envisioned myself as a tactically astute and aware person, who can both think ahead and react to the current situation I am in. I loath to mention my Football Manager experience, but I would like to make you aware that you hired me after 4 successful seasons, promoting Solihull Moors, winning the Irish League twice and running up once with St Patâs Athletic, as well as a season in the group stages of the Champions League (it was a difficult group, it pains me to recall the results, but in fairness the group contained Real Madrid, Fenerbache and You). I then went on to win the premier league with you twice until a controversial decision at the Emirates Stadium caused me to launch the laptop at the wall. Outside of that, I did play real football for Tonna AFC (Reserve side) in the Neath league. I have not enjoyed a successful career as a player, but upon my travels up and down the touchline with the coach John Amos (who I would be obliged to consider bringing with me as part of my backroom staff) I believe I have picked up an astute knowledge of the game and a tactical nous that could only be of benefit to the current Tottenham squad. Besides from this, I now have a deep knowledge of the Neath League Reserve Divisions, which could save you time and money in relation to scouting in this locality. I also hold a Door Supervisor Certificate, which you would not suspect to look at me. This could come in handy with keeping certain players in the clubs grasp, and allowing us to advance further. Luka Modric and Rafael Van der Vaart would possibly require me to use these skills I have acquired as a guard, although in relation to Gareth Bale the fact that both of us have lived in Wales and therefore can share some friendly rivalry and banter could possibly persuade him to stay. In relation to education I regret to inform you that I do not hold the UEFA Pro Licence, and would therefore require you to put me onto the course as soon as I am appointed. This should not cause too much issue, especially considering the precedent of Gareth Southgate, who was allowed to continue without his licence under a grace period. I am also in the process of waiting for my History A level exam results. I will also sit Law, but in fairness I think Iâve done so badly that Iâd rather focus on the History. I expect a good result from it, and I hope you will consider this. A lot of the Tottenham Hotspur players give off the aura of being historians, so this will allow me to emphasise with them upon another level, and perhaps allow me to give them career advice post-football. Thank you Mr Levy for taking the time to read this letter, and I shall be expecting your reply as soon as is humanly possible, due to other openings currently at premier league squads. This is not an ultimatum, as you are the only club I have applied to at present, but in the future, should I lack a positive reply, I will unfortunately have to look elsewhere for employment. Yours Sincerely Sundance Yid.
Sundance Yid, March 2013: "These fans are idiots. You know, when I came here we had 0 points from 0 games, they've never had it so good"
"Mr Yid, Many thanks for your letter. To be quite frank with you, we feel that you are too qualified for this job. Yes, we would have been interested, but we need someone far thicker than you, so we have decided to let your application pass, and we will appoint Queen Kenny. We shall, if we may, keep your application on our files, in case it doesn't quite work out with the Queen. Yours sincerely, Mr Levy"
This reminds me of my old house mate during my student days who applied for the Saints job in 1996. He sent them a letter and to their credit, he got a "thanks but no thanks" letter back on Saints letter-headed paper. It made his year. I believe he framed it. Well it's about as close to a trophy as a Saints fan will get. Bless him.
Bewildered Hammer here that still can't believe that prat Levy actually axed the best manager Spurs have had in what, the last 20 years? Harry dragged you from the brink of relegation to finishing 7th (I think) then 4th, 5th and 4th again in consecutive seasons! If it wasn't for the fact that Chelsea against all odds and with their incredible luck somehow won the CL you would be there again, two times in just three seasons. I think the overall feeling is that Spurs will massively regret this. As for Harry, well I am just waiting to see where he will end up. Heard a few whispers about him coming back home but that just won't happen (and probably for the best). He is a great manager and talent like that can't be kept down.. where do you guys see him going?
Lee263... Redknapp has told the media that his sacking was inevitable, whether or not we got CL football. This leads some of us to believe that there is more to his sacking than his performances with the squad. Some of the more intelligent professional pundits have suggested that there was a power-struggle going on between Redknapp and Levy, and Redknapp put Levy in a position where it was a case of "let me do it my way, or let me take the highway," that ended in Levy giving Redknapp a map showing the best roads to take back to Dorset.
