Tottenham Hotlinks & Football links

Supporter sites, forums, podcasts

BBC football & BBC tottenham hotspur, BBC women's football incl. spurs women

Guardian football and football weekly podcast

Twitter spurs official

LA Spurs los angeles

Alasdair gold of [football.london] new channel for spurs; gold twitter

Last word spurs podcast with ricky sacks

George achillea

Hotspur america

Chris cowlin, tottenham supporter

We are tottenham tv

the hotspur podcast became sporadic, then disappeared, now back, but always a worthwhile listen

Spurs odyssey by longtime loyal lilywhite

Cartilage free captain

Fighting cock forum

The spurs show podcast

Glory glory forum

not 606 spurs forum

Who scored Tottenham page

TV & radio

BBC radio five live homepage, audio, bbc five live podcasts

Talksport

BBC radio london

General footie

At a glance premier league fixtures and results

Tifo football

Total soccer show podcast

Premier league injury table and results

Is the resurgence of football hooliganism in the UK real? [features spurs fan dante hawkins]

football grounds guide great ground and stadium site, updated link as of 2017

QPR fan James, formerly of late lamented Ball street

Smiv happens to be a spurs fan

Football insider

Britain's most atmospheric derby is in glasgow

Misc.

Al Jazeera net losses

Swiss ramble the biz of football

Prem action 2020/21
Spurs fans shell shocked
2 ace crosses & headers share spoils
Jan 13, 2020
Tottenham Hotspur 1
vs Fulham 1
More reactions to follow with Rob Francis

Guardian football weekly podcast reaction.

BBC football daily on-air reaction. Host: "One win in six premier league games, to win the league you don't feel that is going to be enough."

Rolling Reactions: Tottenham fans are shocked by the propensity of Spurs to, as Lanespurs [Guardian reader] describes it: "Go 1-0 up, miss a few chances to make it 2-0, sit back, invite pressure, concede, panic at the end to try and get the winner." This is not right for a team of such talent. We gotta get out of our mindlessly defensive shell whose meagre spoils are not putting enough food on the table. George Achillia: "Where was the passion?"

Son Heung-min hit the upright in a chance that, had it gone in, would have seen Spurs squeeze out the win. As it was, Fulham finished the stronger side and this match continues the arguments over whether Mourinho's "defend one goal and counter when possible" philosophy is really the right approach for Spurs to truly reach for the stars.

"Yet more points chucked away. Like Palace, Fulham showed us how to play with purpose. We have an embarrassment of riches up front and they look completely impotent thanks to Jose's set up. We rely on picking the opposition's pocket then become a sitting duck. It's a dreadful spectacle and we've managed to come unstuck time after time with it this season." -- Harry. "Cue Mourinho saying 'I didn't tell them to sit back and defend a 1-0 lead, I've no idea why they do that over and over again'. Excruciating to watch." -- Clive [BBC reader match report comments].

"What does it say of Fulham this season that we can draw a game away to Mourinho led Tottenham Hotspur and I am disappointed that we weren't able to take the victory?" ZeeZeeTop Fulham [Guardian reader match report comments]. And what does it say of Tottenham not so Hot Spur?

Results by the end of the season in the all-important prem [not so much the cups] will determine the outcome, and drawing at home, albeit to a Fulham side that actually played well and certainly with more purpose than the home side, is not enough of a dividend to ultimately keep ownership and management happy, fans likewise.

Second Half: We're underway with the second half. 75th minute Fulham equalize with a header similarly brilliant to the Reguilon/Kane move that gave Spurs the lead way back in the 1st half.

First Half: We're underway. Should be able to eke out three points. Watching on delay owing to other commitments. Still 0:0 in my parallel universe.

COYS. Spurs had the best early chance with a Reguilon effort but Fulham actually more on the front foot early doors. Spurs central full-back Eric Dyer hobbling.

Cameroonian star Zambo Anguissa comes close for the SW London visitors, then in the 18th minute dynamic Anguissa in action at the other end denies a Son Heung-min shot from going in. Now Harry Winks needing treatment.

24th minute superb Fulham save from Son's header, but one minute later Reguilon's sublime cross from the left flank finds Kane's scoring header for game's first goal.

Please check back.

---

Up for the FA Cup
Alfie's Devine!
Brazil 4, Alfie won
Jan 10, 2021 [Season 2020/21]. US=ESPN+. Highlights
Marine FC 0 Tottenham Hotspur 5

Both Marine & Spurs fans, and doubtless many other footie fans as well, shelled out to help the Crosby club, as The Guardian's Andy Hunter describes: "Marine launched a virtual ticket appeal to compensate for [GBP] 100,000 [pounds] in commercial revenue that stood to be lost when the game was moved behind closed doors. When the final whistle blew on Spurs' professional victory over 30,000 tickets had been sold and over [GBP] 300,000 raised."

It was a brilliant coming together of those who love the beautiful game but also prompts us to wonder what in the heck is gonna happen to hundreds, even thousands, of clubs around England and Wales [and elsewhere in the globe's lower leagues] who aren't so blessed? Yes, Marine did incredibly well to get this far and did not embarrass themselves, but only a very few "non-league" clubs can get themselves into this position per season. The fallout's gonna be frightening. Daunting.

On the field Carlos Vinicius was for many the star of the show with a hat trick. It was like watching Brazil with Lucas Moura also notching one to make it 4 "Brazilian goals" for Tottenham before the young Warringtonian from England Alfie Devine nabbed #5 for his new club. And along with these two let's also give props to out of favor Dele Alli who nonetheless showed he's not to be counted out, when he's in gear he's still got the flair and a canny knack for the game.

Even without fans inside, viewers watched worldwide

As MSN [via Liverpool Echo]'s Sam Carroll wrote regarding the 16-year-old former Liverpool FC youth player and Wigan prospect: "Alfie Devine was fast-tracked to first-team training by Mourinho and scored on his debut at the Marine Travel Arena on Sunday. He became Spurs' youngest scorer at 16 years and 163 days old."

Preview: So Tottenham are in a cup final, and this next match is another knockout encounter, this time in the other domestic one, the FA Cup, away to Marine FC from Crosby in Merseyside, NW England, about eight miles north of Liverpool city center and about six miles north-west of Everton FC and Liverpool FC.

Feel free to check back here at The Spur as on this particular occasion there'll be a delay in reacting due to another demand involving our ever popular Sunday shift lead operator.

Marine FC vs Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Build-up, coverage and reactions all here at The Spur of the FA Cup encounter that is being lauded for enhancing the romance of this tournament, with its propensity for brilliant match-ups pitting tiny local community clubs against some of the world's biggest and best known footballing sides. Including of course our very own THFC.

---

Citeh in League Cup final
Spurs 2 Brentford 0
LEAGUE CUP SEMI-FINAL REACTIONS: club site highlights

BBC match report: "Brentford had beaten four Premier League sides in a run to their first major semi-final but they were behind after only 12 minutes when Sissoko headed Sergio Reguilon's cross beyond keeper David Raya."

Guardian match report: "Son Heung-min's 16th of the season sealed Tottenham's victory and in the April final they will meet the winners of Wednesday's showdown between Manchester United and Manchester City."

So Tottenham are in a cup final, and the next match is another knockout encounter, this time in the other domestic one, the FA Cup, away to Marine FC from Crosby in Merseyside, NW England, about eight miles north of Liverpool city center.

Spurs fans had tried to snap up tickets [with Marine at one point offering also to give tickets to both club's season ticket holders] before the just announced latest England covid lockdown which now includes banishing supporters from the tiny club's ground, so all the excitement of an in-person away day dissolved. Game to be savored though for those who cherish an archetypal David vs Goliath cup match-up.

---

Premier action
Hooray for Jose
Spurs boss rises to the call
Tottenham Hotspur 3
Leeds United 0
US TV:NBCSN Net:Fubo,Sling,Hulu - Jan 2, 2021 (20/21). Highlights

Match: Well credit to Jose Mourinho who responded to the hailstorm of criticism after Tottenham Hotspur parked the bus against Wolves for almost the entire game after a very early goal only to let the win escape. This time his adjustments were perfect and the result was a professional enjoyable game that highlighted the natural talents of a top shelf cast of players whose skills were allowed to shine. And Leeds are at least as good as Wolves, perhaps better, at the minute.

Ater this result Tottenham are third on goal difference. The telepathic Son/Kane magic which resulted in the second goal caused the South Korean to celebrate 100 in the onion bag for mighty Spurs and set the two on their way to becoming the most prolifically dynamic duo in the all-time records of England's top flight. History will look back at the magical Son/Kane partnership the same way as Spurs fans look back at the likes of Greaves and Gilzean as magical experiences and yet this time it's happening again before our very eyes only on an even more successful scale.

On a note for far flung fans of the Lilywhites in different time zones, the moral of the story was that if, for example, you live on the US west coast and 4am is too early to watch "live", don't read the front page of The Guardian before watching the match on cloud DVR because, for better or worse, that august publication chose to make the Spurs result front page news as opposed to being tucked away in the football section. Still, it saved a bunch of stress knowing we would win before even finishing the first cuppa.

All is rosy again for the north Londoners on the field but off the field both clubs are trying to sort out unseemly PR shockers with several Spurs players partying through Covid -- and for Leeds much worse as misogyny was alleged to be running rife within the club, not just because of the alleged egging on of a tweetstorm against Karen Carney but that even the very top level of the controversial Yorkshire sporting institution appeared to laud the attacks on the former England international turned TV pundit before the club eventually sobered up and reigned in.

Women in Football post: "Whether you agree with the comment or not, singling out & ridiculing an individual on an official club account is not what we're here for. Karen Carney is a well-informed pundit. This tweet is inciteful & inappropriate. Not a good look now, or at any time."

Preview: Back in Aug 23 of 2003, Spurs, managed by Glenn Hoddle, started as below's line-up to beat Leeds 2-1 in the league at home:

              Tottenham Hotspur FC

                       Keller (GK)
Gardner (CB) -- King (CB) -- Richards (CB)
  Carr (RWB)                    Tarrico (LWB)
Davies (RMF) -- Redknapp (CMF) -- Ricketts (LMF)
            Postiga (S) -- Zamora (S)

The Spur reacted: "Of all the many elements to savour about this triumph, perhaps none was sweeter than watching Fredi Kanoute score with an acrobatic bicycle kick with one of his first touches of the game for his new club. Add that to Tarrico's spectacular equalizer, and Tottenham's extended periods of flowing football and superior possession, and it all added up to a team that we can finally be proud of."

The Spur's preview of that long ago match, before Leeds were relegated, said: "Three years ago Leeds were one of the big spenders, then the cash ran out and the debts mounted. Unlike Chelsea, they have no sugar daddy with unlimited resources, so big stars including Rio Ferdinand, Harry Kewel, and Oliver Dacourt have been sold. Despite shrewd freebie acquisitions like Morris, Camara, and Dodi, Leeds' days as shadow championship contenders, tucked behind Man U and Arsenal at the top, are over. Consolidation is the name of the game now.

---