Spurs Thread | 2025/26

[dennishasdoneit]

There'll be Spurs fans who got into football around the 60s and would have seen a fantastic Haringey side, and they can only be shaking their heads and wondering - "Are we gonna do a City and slip into the abyss and only come out when we've lost to York!"

The last time they went down from the top div they returned pretty quick.iirc

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The last time they went down from the top div they returned pretty quick.iirc

A fair number do - it's only 'certain' clubs who go down 'n sink a little further!

 

[jimharri]

There'll be Spurs fans who got into football around the 60s and would have seen a fantastic Haringey side, and they can only be shaking their heads and wondering - "Are we gonna do a City and slip into the abyss and only come out when we've lost to York!"

And the 70s. Coates (King of the combover), Gilzean, Peters, Chivers, Perryman, Jennings, England, Mackay etc etc. The current side wouldn't be fit to lace those lads' boots.

 

[KentBlue]

And the 70s. Coates (King of the combover), Gilzean, Peters, Chivers, Perryman, Jennings, England, Mackay etc etc. The current side wouldn't be fit to lace those lads' boots.

And I remember every one of them! Never liked White Hart Lane, don't know what it was but I always felt like I wanted to get out of the place as soon as possible.

 

[Vienna_70]

FOYS!

 

[manclad]

And the 70s. Coates (King of the combover), Gilzean, Peters, Chivers, Perryman, Jennings, England, Mackay etc etc. The current side wouldn't be fit to lace those lads' boots.

Dave Mackay transferred to Derby County in 1969.
So he wasn't a Spurs player in the 1970s.
(I watched The Damned United a few days ago,and his transfer was in the film).

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

A fair number do - it's only 'certain' clubs who go down 'n sink a little further!

Sheffield Wednesday

 

[jimharri]

Dave Mackay transferred to Derby County in 1969.
So he wasn't a Spurs player in the 1970s.
(I watched The Damned United a few days ago,and his transfer was in the film).

Fair enough. But my general point remains valid. This current mob are nowhere near the teams of that "era".

 

[Vienna_70]

Dave Mackay transferred to Derby County in 1969.
So he wasn't a Spurs player in the 1970s.
(I watched The Damned United a few days ago,and his transfer was in the film).

Cloughie's account, in his autobiography, of how he and Peter Taylor convinced MacKay to join Derby is very enjoyable and enlightening.

 

[meeesh]

Think they'll survive just, spirited last night anyway, but if West Ham swap positions with them, Forest or Leeds I'll be more than happy

 

[KentBlue]

A fair number do - it's only 'certain' clubs who go down 'n sink a little further!

Some clubs bounce back up almost immediately because they have the fire in their belly, the aggression needed to fight their way back up again. If they've never been relegated before they will be even more determined to go back up again once they've had a taste of playing in a lower league. To a lot of other clubs relegation is an occupational hazard: with the parachute payments and so on it's not such a big deal to them.
From the little I've seen of this current Spurs team I think they'd stay down for quite some time because none of their players are what you might call warriors, fighters - the type you need when your backs are against the wall.

 

[waspish]

It’s all positive now after a draw and a win but if Forest beat them they’ll be in big trouble

 

[manclad]

Cloughie's account, in his autobiography, of how he and Peter Taylor convinced MacKay to join Derby is very enjoyable and enlightening.

Yes, it's a great scene in the film when they both go to Dave Mackay's (played by Brian McCardie) house and really lay it on thick that they need him to captain their new look Derby County.

 

[Vienna_70]

Yes, it's a great scene in the film when they both go to Dave Mackay's (played by Brian McCardie) house and really lay it on thick that they need him to captain their new look Derby County.

I’ve not seen the film, but from what I read in his autobiography, they knew exactly what they were doing.

But, IIRC, they didn’t go to MacKay's house. Clough spoke to him at Spurs' ground, then the two of them convinced him that he was going to be their sweeper, when he came up to the Baseball Ground to sign.

When he was trying to sign Roy McFarland, Brian went to his house and did the washing up!

 

[manclad]

I’ve not seen the film, but from what I read in his autobiography, they knew exactly what they were doing.

You should really try a watch that film, Michael Sheen and Tim Spall are fantastic as Clough and Taylor.
It's over 50 years ago since it happened, but it's a very historically accurate film, I can't recommend it highly enough.

 

[Vienna_70]

You should really try a watch that film, Michael Sheen and Tim Spall are fantastic as Clough and Taylor.
It's over 50 years ago since it happened, but it's a very historically accurate film, I can't recommend it highly enough.

I’ll see if I can find it somewhere.

Young man.

 

[manclad]

I’ll see if I can find it somewhere.

Young man.

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I'm sure it was after the 1980 FA Cup Final, he called Trevor Brooking( who at that time was one of West Hams senior players) ,the boy Brooking.
Cloughie was a real character, as the saying goes - They broke the mould after Cloughie !!

 

[cityontheup]

You should really try a watch that film, Michael Sheen and Tim Spall are fantastic as Clough and Taylor.
It's over 50 years ago since it happened, but it's a very historically accurate film, I can't recommend it highly enough.

Try watching ‘I believe in miracles’ as well, it’s about Clough at forest and their European cup exploits

 

[normskih]

I’ll see if I can find it somewhere.

Young man.

It’s on Iplayer. The Damned United.

 

[Bald fraud]

They’ll stay up. I’m sure if they’re looking likely to go down they’ll get some help