Well off the field they took down the Champions League hoardings, the stewards wore their normal bibs and the match programme returned to normal size. On the field the team did nothing to make Twente Enschede worry overmuch let alone Inter Milan. For those who remember the defeats against Stoke and Wolves last season, this was more similar to the Wolves one in that we...

Wigan come to White Hart Lane on Saturday afternoon for what on paper should be another trouncing for the beleaguered Roberto Martinez & his sieve like defence. The Latics have shipped 18 goals in their last three Premier League games and scored precisely none. Wow! Even West Ham’s great effort of three successive four nil defeats of a couple of seasons ago is massively...

I missed the first leg of this tie and was quite surprised to be told by my spies that when brought back to WHL Young Boys would be there for the taking. I had my doubts. The reports on the internet suggested that Dawson and Bassong would’ve been better off herding the proverbial cats than dealing with the Usain Bolt like speed of the home team as they took advantage...

Wednesday night sees Spurs first home game in the European Cup (or that competition’s nearest current equivalent) since 1962. Thanks to the first half hour against Young Boys last Tuesday evening it also means we’re going to witness a ‘must win’ match a lot sooner than we hoped for. After being run ragged by a combination of speed and plastic in the former Wankdorf...

Expect that, anyone? A few weeks back, soon after the draw for this tie was made, a Spurs supporter posted on the BBC 606 online chatroom the following words: “We’re as good as through already.” Whoever and wherever that guy is now, I hope he feels suitably embarrassed. His words kept coming back to me, as I sat enduring Alan Smith’s dreary monotone on Sky Sports,...

The season hadn’t even kicked off before I had my first disappointment of the new campaign. After ten minutes standing in the queue watching fans get served with coffees and packets of crisps, I finally got to the front and was told that alcohol was no longer being sold – we were within 15 minutes of kick off. The people in front of me had bought bottles of cider,...

After being outplayed for most of the first half a very young Spurs XI eventually fought back to earn a 2-2 against Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road. We were 2-0 at half time and by then the O’s had also hit the woodwork three times. The teams competed with each other in a substitute free for all during a second forty five minutes that first saw Ryan Mason fire in a Jon...

The party started well enough as all the old songs were brought out “My name is Nicola Berti…” plus a few new ones “Kaboul! Kaboul! Kaboul is on fire!”. Each player was serenaded and the lads stoked the revelry with a couple of top quality goals. Bale sidefooted home Lennon’s cutback after a couple of minutes and then on the half hour Modric followed up a...

We visit Burnley on Sunday for our final game of the season. Our last trip to Turf Moor was for 2008/09’s League Cup semi final. It ended with Spurs fans in celebratory mood and after the result at the City of Manchester stadium on Wednesday, they can carry on where they left off. Since August everyone will have been looking at this game as a potential banana skin for...

A draw was a reasonable expectation, a win was beyond our wildest dreams. At the end there were grown men kissing, hugging and crying; the relief, tension and emotion  released by Stephen Bennett’s final whistle was palpable. As we stood outside after the game, cordoned in, waiting for Manchester’s finest to chase back into their holes any locals looking for someone...