- Jun 12, 2004
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Just looking back over the years & when i grew up Spurs was the team that everybody wanted to play for , & most certainly once they were here, they would never want to leave. We were never known as a 'selling club', like rivals such as 'West Ham etc' have been known for some years.
However, the poor running of the club back in the late eighties certainly had an effect in this clubs demise over the last 15 or more years. The first indication of this was the sale of Paul Gascoigne to Lazio for £5m, which was apparently to save the club from financial doom.
Now until this time, i had never known us to ever have to sell our star players, let alone for money. Were a rich club, i'm sure we are still in the worlds top ten rich list. But from the moment we sold Gazza, it was the benchmark for the future.
The man responsible for the demise over the last 15 years has got to go down to one man only and that is Mr Irving Scholar. The Former Tottenham Hotspur Chairman of the eighties wrecked this club - maybe Burkinshaw was right.
However, the poor running of the club back in the late eighties certainly had an effect in this clubs demise over the last 15 or more years. The first indication of this was the sale of Paul Gascoigne to Lazio for £5m, which was apparently to save the club from financial doom.
Now until this time, i had never known us to ever have to sell our star players, let alone for money. Were a rich club, i'm sure we are still in the worlds top ten rich list. But from the moment we sold Gazza, it was the benchmark for the future.
The man responsible for the demise over the last 15 years has got to go down to one man only and that is Mr Irving Scholar. The Former Tottenham Hotspur Chairman of the eighties wrecked this club - maybe Burkinshaw was right.