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I remember right at the end of the 90's I actually thought we had dug ourselves out of the hole we'd been in since the early 90's ? View attachment 40611
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I remember right at the end of the 90's I actually thought we had dug ourselves out of the hole we'd been in since the early 90's ? View attachment 40611
Remember Notts County 3 Tottenham 0 in the League Cup
Bolton 6 Tottenham 1 in the same competition
Fucking hell we were absolutely shit
Whilst easy to blame Gross, in his defence, he did inherit some absolute shite bought by Gerry " The Mullet" Francis
Fox
Sinton
Nielsen
Dominguez
Vega
Wilson
Berti
Scales
Armstrong
Then we could be watching Tottenhamfan TV over the last few years as our decline really kicked in... oh to live in that parallel universe.Francis had one of the worst records in the transfer market of any manager we've ever had. In three years at Spurs, and this is in the days before transfer windows, his only really good signing was Ginola. I guess Armstrong had a couple of ok seasons when he stayed fit.
He inherited a squad that contained Klinsmann, Sheringham, Anderton, Barmby, Campbell, Popescu and Carr and then handed over the mess you mentioned above three years later. Sugar claims in his book (amongst many other things that I wonder how true they are) that he spoke to Wenger in 1994 and considered him for the job - with players like we had at the time then things could have turned out very differently indeed if he'd complimented them with some of the gems he ended up signing for that lot down the road in the mid to late 90s...
You must be a Northerner, with all that gravy on your chips!!This is my Christian Gross look, it took a while to get it perfect but I honestly think if he had stayed in the Spurs job for 25 years this is how he would have looked. PMSL ??? View attachment 40612
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Why am i thinking Grimsby. What dark thoughts am i suppressing?
You must be a Northerner, with all that gravy on your chips!!
Don’t even mention that one. ?That humiliation didn’t come until much later on in the 2000’s. Although I was really pissed off at that result at the time to put it in some perspective it was the league cup and every club has their fair share of cup giant killings.
Man City 4-3 on the other hand I still feel quite sick about to this day.
Sadly, I attended far more Spurs matches in the 90’s than I do now as I used to go to quite a few away matches then as well.
Fortunately I was taking quite a lot of illegal substances during this period which helped get me through it .
This has turned into a pain nostalgia thread.
Strangely I'm happy to join in
I was at that game. The worm turned that day.Me too. Me and my mates used to decide to go to the games on Friday night such was the low demand for tickets. We usually regretted it mind, the worst game I remember for that was a 0-3 drubbing at home to the mighty Sheffield Wednesday ?
I was at that game. The worm turned that day.
I was at that game. The worm turned that day.
Can you imagine match threads if there was an SC in 1991?
Jesus.
That 3-0 home loss was what got Gross sacked in the end, IIRC.Me too.
A Wednesday fan after the game said to me "If you're losing 3 - nil at home to our shower of shite you're in a world of bother"