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Spurs Southampton Preview – Just pride left to play for

Tottenham Hotspur Southampton Preview

Southampton are the visitors to White Hart Lane this Sunday. The south coast side are having a good season after battling relegation last term. They currently sit eighth, eight points behind Tottenham. Mauricio Pochettino, Southampton’s Argentine manager, has Continue reading

Benfica 2 Spurs 2 – It’s not the despair that hurts, it’s the hope

Tim Sherwood in stands against Benfica

So near and yet so far.

For 78 minutes it felt like this tie was already over as a contest, a feeling strengthened by Garay’s 34th minute goal. This didn’t make a lot of difference to Spurs’ task – they still needed three – but psychologically it seemed to Continue reading

Spurs 0 Arsenal 1 – Painful Defeat but not Embarrassment

Spurs Arsenal

Defeat at home to our fiercest rivals – it hurts. But out of the pain comes a glimmer of hope. We may have lost, but only by a single, solitary goal and we had the chances to have taken a point.

I was at the match, seated extremely Continue reading

Spurs 1 Benfica 3 – Sherwood’s rant fails to invigorate woeful Spurs

Spurs Benfica

Beforehand, this fixture conjured up memories of 1962, Blanchflower, Greaves and Spurs’ high watermark in European competition. It didn’t live up to the billing.

The big story after the depressing defeat to Chelsea was Continue reading