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Tag: Spurs

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Price is only an issue in the absence of value

19 Jan 2021
There is an inherent jealousy in football. Fans will go to great lengths to disparage the supporters of rival, more successful teams. Many managers will use all the tactics in…
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More than just a game…North London prepares for a battle royale on Sunday

2 Nov 2016
In November 2017 it will be the 130 anniversary of the first meeting between the teams we know today as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.  Back in the Victorian age this…
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Post-season Blues….and Citizens and Spurs

27 May 201528 May 2015
A weeks after the end of the season used to be the reserve of testimonials for long-serving players and club officials. Football has moved on, and the likelihood of a…
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I heard it on the Twitter Vine

8 Oct 20147 Oct 2014
Football has much bigger things to worry about than six second videos being shared across Social Media hasn’t it?  Well not if you read some of the more recent news…
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AVB highlights Defoe importance

29 Nov 20122 Dec 2012
Jermain Defoe has often struggled to cement his place in the Tottenham starting line-up during his two spells with the club, but the striker has highlighted his importance to the…
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Arsenal’s defeat no laughing matter

19 Feb 201222 Feb 2012
As Arsenal stumbled at stuttered to their worst ever Champions League defeat last week, the medium of choice for the clinically insane, Twitter, light up like a flare launched from…
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Parliamentary privilages

14 Oct 201116 Oct 2011
The rise in profile of the women's game in England has been more noticeable in the past year than at any other stage in its history.  There are a number…
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Not all clubs are born to succeed

30 Jun 201130 Jun 2011
Pete South explains why not all clubs are born equal, and not all clubs are born to succeed. Whether that affects who you follow or not is up to you,…
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The proudest moment of my life…apart from the birth of my daughter

11 Mar 201113 Mar 2011
I may have seen the greatest football match of my life the other week. I have supported Tottenham Hotspur my entire life, not because of any family loyalty and definitely…
My First Game

My first game – Martin Searle

8 Mar 20118 Mar 2011
Crystal Palace 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Pearce, Chivers) Saturday 23rd August 1969 Selhurst Park Football League Division One Attendance: 39,494 First, a confession. This wasn’t my first game – that…

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