- Aug 15, 2013
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I’m starting this thread ‘cause I was actually thinking about what it means to be a young Tottenham fan. I started supporting this club as a very young Greaves worshipper and enjoyed our successes as a Spurs fan. I’m actually proud of our young fans who have never really experienced or known what it was like for us to actually win things.
We won the Carling Cup a few years back, great day it was, but it became so big because of what we’d become. Truth...22 years since we’ve won a major trophy. FA cup ’91- the Gazza stretcher!
The League?? We know...’61. Everyone reminds us, but we need to remind ourselves! Since that time United won it 15 times, Liverpool 12 times, them across the road 6 times, Everton 4 times, Chavs 3 times, Leeds 3 times, City twice, Derby twice, Blackburn, Villa, Forest and...f-ing Ipswich all once. Read those stats again, and just think what each of those years meant for us. I wiki’d it, may have made an error somewhere, but I as an older fan know it’s the basic picture.
Even in the old days, I’m talking after the cup in ’67, we won the league cup a couple of times early 70’s. Late 70’ s and early 80’s ...magic time - Hod, Ossie and Ricky, FA cups in 81/82. Tony Parkes save for UEFA ’84! Magic nights! I feel for our younger fans that never experienced those magic times.
United, Liverpool, Forest, Villa, Chavs have all won European Cup/Champs League, some of them multiple times. Yet, despite that, we, Tottenham, have one of the strongest, most loyal fanbases in the country! Our club...our fans are a lesson in loyalty and support for the whole league, despite the lack of trophies!
My thoughts are that managers/coaches change and set the history and trajectory of a club - Liverpool had Shankly, Paisley, Fagin and basically faith! United had Ferguson, Arse have Wenger, Leeds had Revie, Forest and Derby had Clough. Chavs and City have money, which is different and horrible!
For us, I really hope we’ve got the backing of Lewis and Levy behind AVB, who’s young but dedicated with a vision. I have a feeling that this season is going to be, in typical uber- Spurs fashion, a rollercoaster ride of untold emotional swings. But, for me, whatever happens, we’ve got to keep faith with AVB; I don’t care if we have to wait one, two, three seasons...we can’t go another 22 for the cup, or another 52 for the league!
We won the Carling Cup a few years back, great day it was, but it became so big because of what we’d become. Truth...22 years since we’ve won a major trophy. FA cup ’91- the Gazza stretcher!
The League?? We know...’61. Everyone reminds us, but we need to remind ourselves! Since that time United won it 15 times, Liverpool 12 times, them across the road 6 times, Everton 4 times, Chavs 3 times, Leeds 3 times, City twice, Derby twice, Blackburn, Villa, Forest and...f-ing Ipswich all once. Read those stats again, and just think what each of those years meant for us. I wiki’d it, may have made an error somewhere, but I as an older fan know it’s the basic picture.
Even in the old days, I’m talking after the cup in ’67, we won the league cup a couple of times early 70’s. Late 70’ s and early 80’s ...magic time - Hod, Ossie and Ricky, FA cups in 81/82. Tony Parkes save for UEFA ’84! Magic nights! I feel for our younger fans that never experienced those magic times.
United, Liverpool, Forest, Villa, Chavs have all won European Cup/Champs League, some of them multiple times. Yet, despite that, we, Tottenham, have one of the strongest, most loyal fanbases in the country! Our club...our fans are a lesson in loyalty and support for the whole league, despite the lack of trophies!
My thoughts are that managers/coaches change and set the history and trajectory of a club - Liverpool had Shankly, Paisley, Fagin and basically faith! United had Ferguson, Arse have Wenger, Leeds had Revie, Forest and Derby had Clough. Chavs and City have money, which is different and horrible!
For us, I really hope we’ve got the backing of Lewis and Levy behind AVB, who’s young but dedicated with a vision. I have a feeling that this season is going to be, in typical uber- Spurs fashion, a rollercoaster ride of untold emotional swings. But, for me, whatever happens, we’ve got to keep faith with AVB; I don’t care if we have to wait one, two, three seasons...we can’t go another 22 for the cup, or another 52 for the league!