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And what ever happened to Andy Turner...
Jimmy Saville done in his backdoor
And what ever happened to Andy Turner...
While I agree there were dark moments, I wont condone the bashing of past players (Sol Campbell excepted for different reasons). Those players might not have been very good but they were ours and we all cheered them come win lose or draw. They all wore our shirt and fought for the cause despite their limited ability. We were never relegated! Now to turn and dis these players is both hypocritical and pathetic. You all remind me of someone living a humble and simple life, then win the lottery and turn into snobs (I was tempted to use c**** which would have been more apt)
You obviously have missed the point.So you are supposed to buy a season ticket or follow the club but say nothing about the player on the field? Have you never passed judgment on a spurs player. Sorry but everyone has the right to their opinion.
You obviously have missed the point.
Ah Gerry Francis, the man who preferred to sign Chris Armstrong instead of Denis Bergkamp... a confessed spurs fan who was dying to join us.Oh Lordy...its the 90s . A lot of the horror is already covered here .
The wild change of course between Ossie and Francis .Traumatised Sugar announcing famously ' No more Carlos kickaballs' at exactly the moment foreign players were starting to be really successful in the Prem .
Mebbe the ugliest part of the SoS (save our spurs) organisation's campaign vs Sugar was just after the turn of the century so we'll leave that out. The forlorn cry 'We want our Tottenham back' . We simply didn't recognise our club simple as that .Difficult in these sunny times to adequately describe the turmoil back then .
When Francis was eventually sacked and made his final statement he said Spurs fans were a deluded lot .He went on to recall the craziest fan moment of all . He was driving home listening to Alan Mullery's radio show . Spurs were third (briefly) and a 'complete idiot' fan came on to complain about the (turgid long-ball )football Spurs were playing .
That complete idiot is writing this ...
And also I must say what a pleasure to read everyone else's memories of spurs in the 90's. As a fairly young kid throughout the decade, I look back on most of our players of the time with a certain gloss that only the memories from a 10 year olds mind can have. You might say Dozzell was shite (and watching old videos he was), but I only remember an equaliser away at St. James Park to grab a 1-1 draw. And if Dominguez is a clown to some, to me he will always be a hero after the Southampton 3-2 !
I had Iversen on my shirt for years and if I were to see him today I would break down in tears I expect.
Mate, that's possibly one of my favourite moments from that era. I was sat in a working men's club in Newcastle with my Geordie family watching that game... they needed to win to stand a chance of winning the title. As it happens Dozzell of all people scored first, we drew, and Man U twatted Middlesbrough 3-0 or something anyway.
Brilliant. Have enjoyed beating that lot ever since.
And also I must say what a pleasure to read everyone else's memories of spurs in the 90's. As a fairly young kid throughout the decade, I look back on most of our players of the time with a certain gloss that only the memories from a 10 year olds mind can have. You might say Dozzell was shite (and watching old videos he was), but I onlyremember an equaliser away at St. James Park to grab a 1-1 draw. And if Dominguez is a clown to some, to me he will always be a hero after the Southampton 3-2 !
I had Iversen on my shirt for years and if I were to see him today I would break down in tears I expect.
Being born in 1981 meant that I grew up with the team of the 90's and the famous five under Ossies simplistic if they score 5 we'll score 6 mentality but the darker memories looking back are still tinged with an element of charm and the thought of
- Anthony Gardener as a first choice centre back...
- Our best option to change a game was to put the 'Ginger Pele' upfront
- Being genuinely excited that we'd signed Jose Dominguez... and then watching him play
I remember seeing him in his Spurs tracksuit at Liverpool St station in 1998. I believe he was catching a train to East Anglia as he was banned from driving.
Jimmy Saville done in his backdoor