- May 7, 2004
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always wished i was 10 years older to of been able to witness the 60's
Saying that it must be good to be a new fan during this Pochettino era. With all this young talent and an amazing stadium on the way. Football tends to go through eras. Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City have all had theirs in the past 30-40 years. Maybe this is the start of ours again.The early 80s was a wonderful time. My old man had a mirror celebrating all our achievements in the hallway - UEFA cup winners, FA cup winners in consecutive years, four FA cup finals in a row, a league cup final, two 3rds and two 4th place finishes, all within six or so seasons.
As a late 70s kid, who missed the relegation year, I grew up expecting us to be competitive. We were the sexy team in white, the British Real Madrid who were up there in the league but always in for cups. I cried at the 87 cup final as I was genuinely stunned we didn’t win. It was expected, we held the record for FA Cup wins and everything.
I’m not the oldest fan by any stretch but sometimes I think younger fans don’t realise how big a deal we were in the 80s. The Europe ban, the then owner’s financial mismanagement and then the Premier League punched the gut out of the club and only in the last decade have we got back to what I see as Spurs’ natural place. While Poch is the end point of that, it’s undoubtedly Levy that’s made it happen - Spurs should never have been slumming it that way we were and he turned it into an actual business empire.
And while the 95-05 death decade is fresher in the memory, for me that will never define Spurs, as we were punching below our weight as much as we’re punching above now.
We play our 1000th Premier League game tomorrow along with 5 others. It's funny that even with those dark years we still hung in there. We never got relegated and we had some incredible legends. We might not have had great squads like we do now but it was a pleasure to watch the likes of Klinsmann, Ginola, Davids and Bale. So I'm certainly not complaining too much about my time as a fan. It's normal to always want more and be the best. Finishing 3rd tomorrow though would still be a great achievement and our first Champions League season at the new Stadium awaits. Exciting times. COYS!
Levy out!I know, much more of it and the padlock will come out