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"Sadness or displeasure caused by the non-fulfilment of one's hopes or expectations." Above is the dictionary definition of the word 'Disappointment'. In any relatively normal season that would be my overiding feeling after the defeats at Liverpool and Aston Villa in the two domestic cup competitions. However, this is no ordinary season either on or off the pitch. The highs have been ridiculously…
The date is February 8th 2042 and the Chairman Of The Tottenham Football & Entertainment Ltd shuffles around his office at the stadium he personally built back in the 2010's to open the blinds and see how the preparation for the latest mega event is going. He then shuffles back to his desk where he slumps into his vast leather executive chair. Today is his 80th birthday. His children have had an…
I suppose its in keeping with the way this season is going that the team that has lost at home to both Ipswich Town and more recently Leicester City should go with a still depleted side to Brentford (the side who've scored the most home goals) and come away with all three points and a clean sheet. Of course the general narrative is that our defence is rubbish. They have kept more clean sheets than…
I'm trying to listen to as much new music as old these days.It suddenly occured to me early last year that I've, give or take, been listening to the same music since just prior to the Millenium. As I career through my fifties I feel I need to start keeping a record of this new this stuff. If for nothing else its because my memory is getting worse and I might end up listening to something thinking…
Lets be honest, there wouldn't have been many Tottenham fans thinking that the last fixture in stage one of this years Europa League was going to be straightforward. Certainly not when you think of what else has been going on this season, let alone during the Europa games. Still, a couple hours later and we were all wondering what the fuss was all about. Obviously it wasn't a run-of-the-mill 3-0…
Its a sad fact but my greatest night as a fan of Tottenham Hotspur happened nearly forty one years ago. Sometime late into the evening of Wednesday 23rd May 1984 a relatively unknown 21 year old goalkeeper Tony Parks saved a penalty in a shoot-out at the Paxton Road end of White Hart Lane to secure the victory in that season's UEFA Cup. This was not only the clubs third European trophy, it was the…
There's this really handy display option on the dashboard in my car that tells the driver approxiamately how many miles worth of petrol he or she has left in the tank. The risks of ignoring this information are two fold. Firstly, eventually you'll end up running out of fuel and be parked up on the side of the road while everyone else passes you on the way to their chosen destination. The second…
If this match turns out to be Tottenham Hotspur's final visit to Goodison Park (there's still a chance, albeit small that the sides could meet there in the next round of the FA Cup) then its one that will live long in the memory of both sets of fans. Everton, a side that had managed just 15 goals before the game, were 3 nil up at the break which I imagine made their fans half-time refreshments the…
Win, lose or draw I generally try to leave it at least 24hrs after the end of the match before jotting down my musings on the outcome. This means whatever happens I'm feeling like I'm allowing for a period of reflection and post Wednesday night thats certainly required. On the face of it what happened was completely predictable. A stereo-typical North London Derby if you like, certainly the ones…
Unfortunately, lots of travelling for family reasons over the past couple of weeks has meant that I haven't been able to keep up with my writing up of how I see things going on with Spurs as well as I would ideally like. Obviously the ramblings of a middle aged misery are not exactly important compared to the health and well being of those you love and hold great regard for but I do hope to keep…
