The GLENN HODDLE thread

[Archibald&Crooks]

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Glenn Hoddle, widely regarded as the finest post-war Spurs player, joined the club as a schoolboy apprentice in April 1974 following the recommendation of another Tottenham legend, Martin Chivers.

He successfully overcame knee problems in his early teens and collected England Youth caps prior to making his first-team debut as a 17 year old substitute against Norwich City in August 1975. Spurs drew 2-2.

Hoddle was forced to wait until February 1976 to start a First Division match and immediately announced his arrival with a spectacular strike past Stoke City and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/forums/imagehosting/364645b5b71a2c5c4.jpg
The talented playmaker flourished under the management of Keith Burkinshaw and despite the club's relegation to the Second Division in 1976/77 after 27 seasons of First Division football, a Hoddle inspired Spurs side won promotion to the top flight at the first attempt. As Tottenham's transitional phase continued, Hoddle's enigmatic and often controversial international career began in December 1976 against Wales in an Under-21 fixture. He would collect another seven caps at that level and play twice for the England 'B' team prior to scoring on his full international debut against Bulgaria in November 1979.

The 1979/80 campaign heralded the emergence of Hoddle as a top-class player, the 22 year old midfielder scored 19 goals in 41 league appearances and was deservedly awarded the PFA Young Player of the Year award at the end of the season.

http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/forums/imagehosting/364645b5b71a34e78.jpgCritics of Hoddle questioned his stamina and willingness to defend but his natural attacking skills were simply breathtaking and often at odds with the ingrained British football philosophy of tireless running and a strong work ethic. His sublime balance and close control, unrivalled passing and vision and extraordinary shooting ability, both from open play and set pieces, made Hoddle the most gifted English player of his generation.

In 1981, he starred as Spurs won the FA Cup for the sixth time, defeating Manchester City in a memorable replay and the following season Tottenham retained the FA Cup (Hoddle scored in both the Final and Final replay) and finished the League campaign in fourth place, the club's best league position since 1971.
Hoddle performed as the midfield fulcrum in many of these successes and also contributed magnificently as the team reached the final of the League Cup, losing 3-1 to Liverpool, and the semi-final stage of the European Cup Winners Cup. During the summer of 1982, Hoddle played in two of England's matches in the opening group phase of the FIFA World Cup, starting against Kuwait after a substitute appearance in a 2-0 victory over Czechoslovakia.

Unfortunately for Tottenham Hotspur and their star player, Hoddle's involvement in the following three seasons was limited by a number of niggling injury problems (he started only 76 of a possible 126 league matches) but nevertheless, Hoddle proved to be the architect behind the team's 1984 UEFA Cup triumph despite missing the Final due to fitness concerns. In October 1983, he dazzled the White Hart Lane crowd with a phenomenal second-round display as Spurs won 6-2 on aggregate against a Feyenoord Rotterdam side containing the legendary Johan Cruyff. Such was the quality of his perfomance in both matches, the Dutch legend entered the Tottenham dressing room and offered Hoddle his shirt as a sign of respect. http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/forums/imagehosting/364645b5b71a5e66c.jpg

Spurs came close to further honours in the next three seasons, reaching third place in the First Division and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1984/85 and another FA Cup Final in 1987, losing 3-2 to Coventry City, the only time the North London club has experienced defeat in the final of the famous knock-out competition.

The unexpected loss to the Midlands side was Hoddle's last match for Spurs as newly-appointed AS Monaco manager Arsene Wenger brought him to the principality for a fee of £750,000. Between 1975 and 1987, the gifted playmaker scored 110 goals in 490 first-team matches in all competitions, only four players (Steve Perryman, Pat Jennings, Gary Mabbutt and Cyril Knowles) have made more appearances in a Spurs shirt. At international level, Hoddle won 44 caps for England during his Tottenham career, an inadequate return for such a skilful and charismatic footballer.

A video of Glenn Hoddle goals can be viewed here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a2pX6_rCfY) :bowdown:

One of the greatest ever players to play for Spurs, I remember watching him score that volley against Man Utd (See video clip) from the shelf and what sticks in my mind was the buzz going around the ground as the game restarted. His best ever goal? My vote goes to the Watford turn and chip (Again see video clip) but there were just so many to choose from.

What would he be worth today?

[spud]

There are many words that I could use to describe Glenn Hoddle the footballer. I think that this nicely sums it up:

Glenn Hoddle was a bona fide fucking genius.

[TheChosenOne]

Great to have watched nearly all his games, thrilled to the core every week.

Skill and vision on a different level.
Tact not best personal skill however I put this down to him being a working class boy done good.

Thanks for the memories Glenda

Didn't half hurt when he managed Chelsea at the time though

[Davey-O]

Thats shimmy that leaves the 3 defenders for dead at the half way line is amazing...

[Sanj]

Quite simple the most talented English player in my living memory.
LEGEND.

[Sanj]

and as for greatest goals, 3 really stick out in my memory:
The crufy turn and chip from inside the area against watford.
The shimmy, run from halfway, dummy on the keeper against Oxford.
A freekick in a 2-0 win against Wimbledon in a cup competition. 25-30 yards out and absolutely hammered into the top corner.
There were so many more fantastic goals, but those are teh 3 for me.

[CosmicHotspur]

There have been some great partnerships in football and especially at WHL but the Hoddle-Waddle combination was superb.

[chinaman]

Just how many of Clive Allen's goals happened like: someone wins the ball, gave it to Hoddle who hit a 60 yard pass down the wing with Waddle chasing it down just before the by-line and crossed first-time for Allen to score.

Before Waddle came to Spurs, he was just a dribbler running into blind corners all the time. But Hoddle was smart enough not to let him have time to settle on the ball and muck around with it. Hence all those diagonal long passes out well in front of Waddle, but always landed right for Waddle to cross first time. What a magnificent player. Never one like him before and there'll be none like him after.

[DC_Boy]

My fave ever spurs player - he played in an era where the ball didn't move like it did today - where the tackles were much cruder, the pitches much muddier and yet still he delivered works of art on a regular basis

[Hoddle_Ledge]

:dance: Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[The_Blue_Rooster]

I don't think words can say how great he was, his football did all the speaking for him. Favourite goal for me was v Notts Forrest, superb volley on the edge of the box. It won ITV's goal of the season. Although I did enjoy a header v Coventry, his only one I believe.

[stakesishigh]

the last goal on that comp maks me chuckle every time...

makes the goalie and the three defenders on the halfway line look very stupid.

[rigg the yid]

I hear he's still handy on the training ground, d'ya reckon he'd fancy polling on the shirt again

[Chuba]

A Legend to none, Hoddle the KING of WHL certainly did dazzle us, i am amongst the lucky ones being able to have watched this magician work his spells on opposition midfields and defences alike, a player that could make a pass from one side of the field to the other without having to look, a player that could turn a game on its head, a player of intelligence which is rare in todays football of athletes.

I enjoyed so much watching him week in and week out that when it came for him to leave spurs (the famous Oxford game goal) i actually cryed my eyes out at WHL with half of the other supporters aswell.

My last siteing of Hoddle as a player was the final of the "coupe de france" at the Parc des Princes in Paris, a certain Marseille v Monaco.

A French spurs fan friend and myself were standing in the middle of like 4000 Marseille supporters Eek (wouldn't do that today) singing "Hoddle, Hoddle, born is the king of WHL" (i was well pissed that day too), the match finished 4-3 to Marseille but it was fantastic to have seen him play again.

A Legend in his own right, and the only Spurs player to be crowned KING of WHL.

Thanks Hod the God... sniff im gonna cry.

[jondesouza]

I always distinctly remember a game in the 86/87 where a corner came into the Spurs box, Hoddle chested it up and volleyed a pass 60 yards directly into the path of Nico Claesen. It didn't lead to a goal, but I'll never forget that piece of skill.

[DC_Boy]

Hi Chuba :-) I went to Monaco to see Hod clinch the championship by beating Nice - c'etait formidable :-)

then I went next year to try to get in to see that final - apparently usually it was fairly easy to get tickets but because Marseilles were playing - I just couldn't get one - saw the game on TV - t'was a great game - wrong result though ;-(

[Teddy10]

Hoddle makes the heart sing. God love you.

[2bearis2do]

Genius pure genius.
Video clip was well worht a visit!

That volley against Man U...genius.

Great days and what a great team, puts the current team to shame. Roberts, Archibald, Crooks, Ardiles, Villa, Hoddle, Waddle, Perryman
Who can we neam in the same breath now? And we moan about the Sheff Utd pitch.

Waddle was simply class too, when he went to Marseille, he became an absolute legend. There is a video compilation of his time at Marseille where he became arguably the best player in Europe for a couple of seasons. He became less of a dribbler and more of a Hoddlesque type player, taking all the freekicks and nailing them in the back of the net. Well worth checking out the video if you are a Waddle fan.

[OneGrahamRoberts]

I'll tell you a side of Glenn that only a few of us witnessed first hand.

It was the day we lost to Everton in the FA Cup in 1983 after winning the Cup 2 years on the trot. We took about 10.000 fans up to Goodison and lost for the first time in 3 years. On the way back, we stopped at a service station for something to eat. There was about 20 of us.

As we got back on our minibus, the Spurs Team Coach pulled in and Glenn Hoddle and the rest got off. One of our mates brother, who was 16 and a little retarded ran over to Glenn and started hugging him. Glenn, turned to us and said through all his dissapointment if he could take our mates' brother on the Team bus and we could collect him at WHL.

The sight of seing this young lad on the bus sitting next to Glenn and hugging him still as the Team bus pulled away will always remain with me. Glenn proved that night, what a great he was.

[chinaman]

It's really nice to know that there's also humanity behind his genius.

[Edgarsglasses]

Glenn Hoddle Was A Footballing Genius & The Real Reason Why I Became A Spurs Fan.i'm Born N Bread In Liverpool & Brought Up With Reds Success All Around Me Yet The First Sight Of Hoddle As A 10 Year Old Turned Me On To The Spurs & Never Looked Back Since.top 3 Goals For Me Volley V Forset.half Way Line V Liverpool At Anfield.chip V Watford.but So So Many To Choose From.glenn Thanks For The Memories You Are Simply The Best Ever Spurs Player Of All Time!!

[rooster1]

Watching Hodd warm up with all his superb tricks
before the match you already got your money's
worth, then KO time and how lucky we were to
witness such genius.

In that era I think Hoddle was behind
only two players Platini 2nd and Maradonna 1st, IMO.

There is alot to say about his talent, but I swear on
windy days he used to use the wind to put the ball
where he wanted, that's something I have never seen from
any other footballer, that's one of the reasons why we
called him GOD.

[sundancer]

Without a doubt the most talented, skillfull English footballer I have seen in over forty years of attending games, his passing of the ball was magical and he could stop a ball on a sixpence ( showing my age ), and for those who think Beckham could take a free-kick he was a novice compered to Hodd. I still have his picture on my wall today, thank you Glenn for ALL the great memories.

[chinaman]

For skills and creativity, Hoddle was even better than Bobby Charlton. What he lacked was Charlton's running power.

[don1]

hoddle could send a ball 100 yards and land it on top of your nob. pure class:bowdown: :bowdown:

[TheChosenOne]

I was driving along the Tottenham High Rd in the early 80's and let someone out of a right turn onto the main drag,
It was the boy/man God.. driving a lhasa green VW scirocco storm, a few years later he said that was his favourite car of all time. (Obviously before he moved into mercedes territory)

[eViL]

I can still remember chuckling to myself when reading about Hoddle correcting Beckham's free-kick technique at the England training camp and him slapping a couple into the top corner just to prove a point.

Quality.

[Chuba]

I still have his picture on my wall today

Do u still live at home aswell sundancer? Eek :wink: :roll: :razz:

[GlennHoddle]

Ur spurs and u know u are..........
Yiddo...

[sundancer]

Do u still live at home aswell sundancer? Eek :wink: :roll: :razz:


No mate but that poster always travels with me, you've heard the song were ever I lay my hat thats my home?, well in my case it's were ever I pin my poster that's my home. :wink:

[Chuba]

No mate but that poster always travels with me, you've heard the song were ever I lay my hat thats my home?, well in my case it's were ever I pin my poster that's my home. :wink:

:rofl: nice one :shake:

[pezinhoTHFC]

What can be said about Glenn Hoddle that hasn't been said so many times before? I seriously believe he is the finest player Spurs have ever had. We've had some greats, sure - but Hoddle was in a league of his own.

His play-making abilities are what inspired me to play - out in the streets, in the park with my mates, for my local boys team (which was coached and ran by my dad, another big Spurs fan!)

Naturally, I played centre-mid and wore my shirt out, trying to look the "Hoddle-part"!

He was truly brilliant.

Remember the back heel and the chip against Watford?
Remember the run from our box thru 4 Newcastle players in the centre circle and around the keeper?
Remember the pass from Hazard and his volley pass across the box to set up Falco?

Superb.

[shelfmonkey]

I was there for the goal at Watford and to this day I can honestly say it's the best goal I have witnessed in the flesh. The bloke must have been transported to us from somewhere in the distant future, just pure class and genius, the so-called superstars of our premiership today aren't fit to clean boots. Anyone else wish they could go back in time and watch it happen all over again ???


:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown: GLENN HODDLE

[Spursbabe63]

I'll tell you a side of Glenn that only a few of us witnessed first hand.

It was the day we lost to Everton in the FA Cup in 1983 after winning the Cup 2 years on the trot. We took about 10.000 fans up to Goodison and lost for the first time in 3 years. On the way back, we stopped at a service station for something to eat. There was about 20 of us.

As we got back on our minibus, the Spurs Team Coach pulled in and Glenn Hoddle and the rest got off. One of our mates brother, who was 16 and a little retarded ran over to Glenn and started hugging him. Glenn, turned to us and said through all his dissapointment if he could take our mates' brother on the Team bus and we could collect him at WHL.

The sight of seing this young lad on the bus sitting next to Glenn and hugging him still as the Team bus pulled away will always remain with me. Glenn proved that night, what a great he was.


Awwwww bless that made me go all goosepimply...what a man!!

Glenn was the reason I started supporting Spurs all those years ago...had the greatest pair of pins I've seen!! I still love watching him as a pundit on sky sports...the man is a legend!!

[mawspurs]

I'll tell you a side of Glenn that only a few of us witnessed first hand.

It was the day we lost to Everton in the FA Cup in 1983 after winning the Cup 2 years on the trot. We took about 10.000 fans up to Goodison and lost for the first time in 3 years. On the way back, we stopped at a service station for something to eat. There was about 20 of us.

As we got back on our minibus, the Spurs Team Coach pulled in and Glenn Hoddle and the rest got off. One of our mates brother, who was 16 and a little retarded ran over to Glenn and started hugging him. Glenn, turned to us and said through all his dissapointment if he could take our mates' brother on the Team bus and we could collect him at WHL.

The sight of seing this young lad on the bus sitting next to Glenn and hugging him still as the Team bus pulled away will always remain with me. Glenn proved that night, what a great he was.

That's great story, brought a lump to the throat.

I was lucky enough to see Glenn play many times and he truly was a fantastic player. It such a shame that his stint as our manager didn't work out but that should never detract from what he did for us as a player. He truly falls into the legend bracket.

[addlestonespur]

A level of skill that most footballers dream of having, I'll never forgive Pleat for cutting his Tottenham career short

Hoddle on the ball, Waddle on the wing cross comes over for Alllens head and then it's in the goal 1987.

just a shame the last performance in a Tottenham shirt at Wembley he didn't come of with a winners medal. That last goal against Oxford is just such a fond memory of the end of his Tottenham career at White Hart Lane

Glenda we salute you :bowdown:

[snake1]

He only got 44 caps for England?!!?:omg:
I honestly thought he had at least double that.

How the fuck did he only get 44 caps? When ****s like Ray Wilkins get 80+ caps??

[PT]

Watching The Hod commentating on the Estonia - England match tonight, he was asked if he would consider the England job again. He didn't say no.

[TheChosenOne]

He only got 44 caps for England?!!?:omg:
I honestly thought he had at least double that.

How the fuck did he only get 44 caps? When ****s like Ray Wilkins get 80+ caps??

IMO.
2 words
Bryan Robson

Workhorse vs Class

[cranester]

class,skill,vision,grace,legend,pure Tottenham, fucking genius.

[DC_Boy]

I'm pretty sure Hod got 53 caps - this is from memory - I'm certain he got over 50 - again from memory - of course quite a few were as sub

While Hod was treated unfairly by England managers - especially Greenwood who dropped Hod straight after his wonder debut - confidence building or what? - we must also remember injuries cut short his career - bobby robson had him ear marked as a key player sometime round 84 - again all from memory - but hod get horribly injured - I think by a foul tackle

Anyway I've probably said this earlier in thread but Hod is my fave spurs player ever - and I've seen Greaves Smith White Jones Blanchflower Mackay, not to mention Ginola Gazza Lineker Klinsmann and Berbatov and many others besides

[vitamin32]

any recommendaions of a dvd or video (i still have one) of hoddle history and goals?

[DC_Boy]

any recommendaions of a dvd or video (i still have one) of hoddle history and goals?

Not sure - but there's quite a lot on You Tube

[harrowspurs]

saw a lot of glenns playing days ..the man was different class.

still yet to see a player strike or pass a ball as sweetly as him..

a true tottenham legend.

[bill]

In his prime Glenda was probably the finest European footballer of his era.

If I was to try to compare him it could only be with the likes of Cruyff, Platini, Jozsef Bozsik, Ronaldinho and George Best, oh and Zizou of course. These were/are class players - untouchables.

Glenn was the sort of player you build a national team around. I bet he'd be first on Capello's team sheet.

Week-in, week-out I was lucky enough to watch a god play football. How many gooners can say that?

[thfcsteff]

I'll tell you a side of Glenn that only a few of us witnessed first hand.

It was the day we lost to Everton in the FA Cup in 1983 after winning the Cup 2 years on the trot. We took about 10.000 fans up to Goodison and lost for the first time in 3 years. On the way back, we stopped at a service station for something to eat. There was about 20 of us.

As we got back on our minibus, the Spurs Team Coach pulled in and Glenn Hoddle and the rest got off. One of our mates brother, who was 16 and a little retarded ran over to Glenn and started hugging him. Glenn, turned to us and said through all his dissapointment if he could take our mates' brother on the Team bus and we could collect him at WHL.

The sight of seing this young lad on the bus sitting next to Glenn and hugging him still as the Team bus pulled away will always remain with me. Glenn proved that night, what a great he was.

I remember that game so well, a steward up there on the day said it was the most away fans he'd ever seen including Liverpool. Amazing support. I went home and away for many of Glennda's seasons with us, and he was quite simply superb. Loved him.

The story you've told doesn't surprise me; I've met him a few times, and he always, always had time for you; a smile, a hello, a quick chat...

He will ALWAYS be MY King of White Hart Lane (more so then Gilly for obvious reasons I think!) and he REMAINS a legend that not even his failed managerial tenure with us can tarnish...

Had the press not ridiculed and taken him out of context, I believe England would've won a major tournament under his handling...

[monkeynick]

Hod is god, he and Tottenham were the perfect fit.

My first trip to the lane as a boy I saw him and Waddle warming up and it was beautiful, I'm convinced that ball was on string between them.

Cruyff, Maradona, Platini and others knew and acknowleged just how good he was yet the British media wouldn't see it and England management couldn't see it

[Liquidator]

Glenn certainly did get 53 caps, and as to why he wasn't capped more often, i think we need look no further than the famous Danny Blanchflower quote I see so often here (and quite right too):

"Hoddle a luxury? It's the bad players who are a luxury."

That would surely be a direct reference to the England set-up, as he'd hardly be talking about Spurs, would he?

I also think England palyed some of the best - and purposeful - football under Hod - taking Argentina to penalties with only 10 men? Puh-lease!!!

I thought the FA should have considered him again - when you consider why he was 'let go' and consider what Sven got up to - not to mention the spit-roasting habits of about half the England squad.

I'm not judging them - just saying Glenn was treated more than harshly - and he wasn't paid a billion a week like that priapic bald Swede.

Maybe he was a right git in a previouis life! (Sorry Mr H.)

[TheChosenOne]

On Sunday night I watched the highlights of the Chelsea vs Spurs FA Cup quarter final from 1982 (res.2-3) at Stamford Bridge.

I was high up in the East Stand that afternoon, after a quarter of a century I still hold that day to be special (what with the yellow socks) as well.

6/3/82 vs Chelsea FAC 1/4 final 2-3 Hoddle Arch, Hazard
13/3/82 vs Liverpool LC Final 1-3 lost
17/3/82 vs E.Frankfurt 1-2 Hoddle**
20/3/82 vs Soton 3-2 Roberts(3)

So.back in them heady days it was - London SW6, Wembley, West Germany & WHL in the space of 14 days, saw them all, the Liv game was a travesty, 7 mins to go
Galvin had been "eliminated" by Souness early on, our first ever cup final loss, yet a few days later we were out in W Germany having travelled by coach (phew) to see a special Hoddle goal (well mine anyway) to see us through to the Cup winners cup semi against Barcelona who cynically beat us over two legs.

Them were heady days, Hodd made it all happen.

Thanks for all that Glenn. You were worth it.

[parklaneprince]

simply the KING OF WHITE HART LANE -
greatest player that i will probably ever see
gutted it never worked for him as manager
the club should produce a dvd with all his goals-
GOD

[thfcsteff]

I've seen a few threads discussing Spurs legends...well I know for generations before me we're talking about Eddie Baily (VERY UNDERRATED BUT VITAL LEADER OF THE ARTHUR ROWE PUSH AND RUN SIDE), DaveMcKay, Jimmy Greaves, Cyril and Stevie Perryman (a fucking lion)...but for me, the player who just fucking had EVERYTHING was Glenn Hoddle.

The best footballer I have ever seen. Two-footed, sublime short and long range passing, a goalscorer and also able to muck in with a tackle or three (note his leaving Waddock on the deck during the 82 cup final and advancing to receive a pass outside the box which he then slammed home)...

Has anybody really seen a better Spurs player than Hoddle? If so, let's discuss. And further, here's a few of my favorite Hoddle moments witnessed live in the flesh...

1) Sublime pass for Crooksie in the 81 semi-final replay.
2) Free-kick in the 81 Cup Final.
3) Bullet from 30 yards at Anfield 81/82
4) Goal against Chelski 82 QFs, fucking beautifulf beautiful team goal...
5) Sublime spin and chip against Watford 1983
6) That goal against QPR in 82 cup final
7) Masterclass against Cruyff when Feyenoord came to the Lane in 82/83


You can see where this is going...the man was simply a fucking football GOD!!!!!!!

[chinaman]

Had Alfie Conn stuck with us and developed his full potential, he would have been just a shade behind Hoddle.

[DC_Boy]

Has anybody really seen a better Spurs player than Hoddle?
You can see where this is going...the man was simply a fucking football GOD!!!!!!!

:-) Steff - I've seen all the Spurs greats 'live' from Blanchflower & Co up to Berbs today and Hod is still my fave - truly worth the admission money on his own - at a time when thuggery flourished and pitches weren't bowling greens, Hodd was a beacon of artistry in the English game -

the 82 'masterclass' at the Bridge in the Cup 6th round is another worth mentioning - what a day that was amidst the hate that was Fulham Broadway that afternoon

[TheChosenOne]

:-) Steff - I've seen all the Spurs greats 'live' from Blanchflower & Co up to Berbs today and Hod is still my fave - truly worth the admission money on his own - at a time when thuggery flourished and pitches weren't bowling greens, Hodd was a beacon of artistry in the English game -

the 82 'masterclass' at the Bridge in the Cup 6th round is another worth mentioning - what a day that was amidst the hate that was Fulham Broadway that afternoon

Although I was high up in the (then) new East Stand
that afternoon I didn't relive the goals at my leisure until a couple of week ago when ESPN showed the highlights.

Nice one.

[DC_Boy]

Although I was high up in the (then) new East Stand
that afternoon I didn't relive the goals at my leisure until a couple of week ago when ESPN showed the highlights.

Nice one.

It was wasn't it TCO :-) I remember going to see CFC play Arsenal in the 70s with my Dad, an arsenal fan, and we went into this terrifyingly high stand, that was just there bang on its own, I don't know if that was the same stand, but it was well scary to me who'd never gone higher han the Shelf before at football matches (well maybe a little higher, but nothing like that)

[shelfsideyid]

Nobody mention the Fairy Tale send off ?????

After announcing his move to Monaco, in league game against Oxford City ( it's true they were once in the 1st Div) which i'm sure was his last home game.......

Picking the ball up late on just outside our area, running the length of the pitch, beating two defenders, a magical dummy, rounding the keeper & walking ball into the net.......

With 35 thou' Yids singing " Don't go Hoddle.." turns to Paxton, then Shelf, saluting us adoring fans, blowing kiss's as a goodbye...................:bowdown::bowdown:

Was one of many fans in tears, priveledged to see the greatest Spur ever:bowdown::bowdown:

[shelfsideyid]

Ohh.... and soooooooo underplayed by a series of England boss's.............

[P-L-P]

My Dad always tells me about a goal he scored against Bolton that was never televised and so is lost for ever.

He says it was Hoddles best and the best he has seen for Spurs.

[DC_Boy]

My Dad always tells me about a goal he scored against Bolton that was never televised and so is lost for ever.

He says it was Hoddles best and the best he has seen for Spurs.

Yep PLP I missed that legendary goal too - it was in the Cup from memory -

apparently it was so audacious that some people thought he couldn't have meant it

such a shame it's lost to the world

it's a bit like Greavesie's goal v Leicester - but luckily I was there for that one :-)

[Rupstoh]

Hoddle's best goal ever -

This one - someone find the video quick, Brian Moore commentates.

http://www.mehstg.com/nottsformatch.htm

scroll down for...

27.10.1979 A stunning goal from Glenn Hoddle won this match for Spurs against a strong Forest side. On a sunny autumn afternoon at White Hart Lane, Milija Aleksic kicked the ball upfield, where Gerry Armstrong flicked it on. Chris Jones knocked the ball back into the path of Hoddle, who produced a stunning volley that flew past a helpless Peter Shilton to give Tottenham an early lead they held to the end of the match.
Featuring on The Big Match TV programme, the goal was hailed as the best that season, with the ball not touchng the ground until it nestled in the back of the net at the Park Lane end.

[Archibald&Crooks]

We had a poll (http://www.spurscommunity.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5849) asking which was Hoddle's best goal a while ago now.........

[yido16]

I Remember seeing him play on the artificial picth at Loftus road and after watching a majority of Qpr home games during 3 years in the eraly 80's only 1 player ever stood out and that was Hoddle with his awesome control and precision passing on the plastic pitch , he orchastrated a great 5-2 thrashing with crooks as well, i believe it was mainlt Bobby Robson who messed up Hoddles england carreer dropping him for Neil bloody webb !!!!!!should of and could of played over 100 caps for England

[DC_Boy]

I Remember seeing him play on the artificial picth at Loftus road and after watching a majority of Qpr home games during 3 years in the eraly 80's only 1 player ever stood out and that was Hoddle with his awesome control and precision passing on the plastic pitch , he orchastrated a great 5-2 thrashing with crooks as well, i believe it was mainlt Bobby Robson who messed up Hoddles england carreer dropping him for Neil bloody webb !!!!!!should of and could of played over 100 caps for England

yep i saw the 5-2 - Hod was amazing that day

actually I think the rot started with Ron Greenwood when after Hod's wonder debut, he dropped him immediately - great stuff there Ron

tho agree about Robson and Webb!!!!!

[yido16]

Yeah i heard a funny story about that game from John Lacy , i know he likes speaking alot lol but if true it was quite funny , the morning of that game lacey and another coach went in to see Jim smith in his office when he saw him drinking some whiskey, Lacey asked why and Jim reply was i have just seen Hoddle and crooks warm up on the oitch out side and it looks like they have been bloofy playing on the surface all their lives how ironic a few hours later we hammer them 5-2

[DC_Boy]

Yeah i heard a funny story about that game from John Lacy , i know he likes speaking alot lol but if true it was quite funny , the morning of that game lacey and another coach went in to see Jim smith in his office when he saw him drinking some whiskey, Lacey asked why and Jim reply was i have just seen Hoddle and crooks warm up on the oitch out side and it looks like they have been bloofy playing on the surface all their lives how ironic a few hours later we hammer them 5-2

:-) y16

have some rep for bringing back some good memories