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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

Spurs Benfica Preview – Can Tottenham bounce back?

Danny Blanchflower vs Benfica

Danny Blanchflower shakes hands with the Benfica Captain, 1962

Spurs return to Europa League action on Thursday night against Portuguese league leaders Benfica. It’s still only the round of 16, despite Tottenham having played 10 games in the competition to get to this stage. It’s at this point that all the effort begins to seem worthwhile, as we contemplate a knockout tie against one of the legendary names in European club football.

Benfica have a long Continue reading

Chelsea 4 Spurs 0 – punch drunk and on the canvas

Eto'o scores

Here we are again after yet another debacle. West Ham, Man City, Liverpool, Man City again and now Chelsea. Like a punch drunk fighter, we stagger from one knockout to the next, resigned to the beatings.

The first shock yesterday came with Continue reading

Chelsea Spurs Preview – can Tottenham end 24 year drought?

Hazard for Chelsea against Spurs

Spurs travel to Stamford Bridge this Saturday for the late kick off. Chelsea’s ground hasn’t been kind to Tottenham in the Premier League era, we haven’t recorded a single victory there in that time. In fact our last win came on Continue reading