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Press photo taken before the Benfica game at the Lane in April 1962 - a game we won but lost on aggregate in the European Cup semi finals.
I remember it well...
I remember it well...
What a great photo, there is just something about these old black and white photo's that capture the immagination.Press photo taken before the Benfica game at the Lane in April 1962 - a game we won but lost on aggregate in the European Cup semi finals.
I remember it well...
I think we're making our own OPUS here - only better!
We might be able to publish it as a book one day (obtaining permission to use the copyright photos of course) or just using our own pics. Could raise some nice cash for the site so get posting your own memories, photos, etc. and let's see what happens some time down the line.
Now, that is a thought worthy of serious debate and consideration! :up:
While waiting for responses, I'm posting a short film of what was undoubtedly Terry Dyson's finest game as part of the first British team to win a European trophy - the European Cup Winners Cup final against Atletico Madrid at the Feyenoord stadium in 1963.
I knew all the Spurs team on the pitch that day so it brings back some superb memories for me. I was at school and couldn't afford the trip but I had seen all the home games leading up to the victory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MxZ-dlrnXs&feature=relate
Cheers mate!Lovely photos Phil.
I had programmes going back to the early 50s, many of those really early ones given to me by a generous middle-aged chap who stood on the centre line with me and with other "regulars" week in week out through the '60s.
I passed all the programmes on to a nephew but I suspect he sold them when he hit hard times some years back, along with many autographed pics I gave him and my rattle, which was beautifully made by a schoolfriend's brother when we were about 12 years old. I wish I hadn't given them to him as I trusted him to keep them and look after them. I'm so glad I still have some of my autographs but they weren't the best of the collection, unfortunately.
I do have a 14th May 1981 Cup Final replay ticket stub (we beat Man City 3-2 of course). I didn't go but it was given to me by a friend.
Cheers mate!
The 81 final was funny, my two younger brothers went to the Wembley dog meeting the night before, they hid in the stadium over night only to be caught and thrown out in the morning.:razz:
In those days we had the terraces of course and the trick was to ask for the ticket stubs of those who had already gained entry.
Once you got one you would try and get in yourself, there was always at least one turnstyle operator that would let you through.
I gained entry that way along with hundreds of others in 81 and 82!:razz:
There is something about that Mr John Ripsher here,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2321886/Why-Tottenham-Hotspur-owe-it-all-to-a-pauper.html
A memorial to the man who founded the London football club Tottenham Hotspur is being unveiled in Kent.
Tottenham Hotspur in 1885 before their first competitive match
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7010079.stm