Tottenham Transformed
Spurs 100% DeZerbi'd this
Aston Villa 1 Spurs 2 - May 3, 2026.

More fall-out: Monday May 4 - Chelsea players appeared to be going through the motions playing their league match against Forest, possibly more interested in doing a number on Spurs (and West Ham) than any interest in playing for the frayed, fading blue badge. Maybe they'll come alive again for the FA Cup, but why would anyone support them? The eternal mystery.

Reaction: Tottenham are transformed now that the new manager has had time to spend with the squad, as witnessed by a critically important and deeply impressive win at Villa Park, taking takes Spurs out of the relegation zone and giving us two consecutive Prem wins.

Tottenham Hotspur, in the first half, took complete control of the show, leaving Spurs fans gasping in admiration, whilst streams of Villa fans were shuffling shellshocked through the exits, many even before the half was over, and swaths of them never came back as their remaining brethren sat silent and forlorn amid empty seats. Poor sods. Always far preferred them over the Blue motorway hoolies across town and hope AVFC continue to do well (except against THFC of course) - and give your manager a break, he's successful, and he and the club have been on the right track since he joined a few years ago.

Our ability to stay in the top flight now truly rests in our hands and we are taking responsibility. We don't have to count on West Ham stumbling again, although that would be a kind gesture if they do, just to be sure. If, yes if we play like we did in this 1st half, then in the remaining 3 games make no mistake: we stay up.

What a breath-taking turnaround since the new manager came in and Spurs looked like a side transformed - good as we did at Wolves, this performance was unbelievably impressive. Top of the table level of play (especially in the first half) for a club that just a few weeks ago looked disastrous... doomed.

Scorers: Gallagher 12', Richarlison 25'. Stunning team cohesion and determination. COYS!

Props also to the traveling Spurs supporters, the continuous anthemic din from the away section added to the magic. So it's Leeds next on Monday May 11th. Let's finally win at home and get the more sober 'homies' off their seats!

Stay tuned for more reactions.

Preview: Spurs fans around the world erupted as brilliant Brentford dismantled a plucky West Ham side who showed themselves highly committed but surprisingly porous, leaving lots of space at the back at critical times throughout the game. These days, Brentford specialize in dazzling counter attacks and despite glaring misses (of which WHU were also guilty) the current version of the Bees just loved the gung-ho Hammers approach. And of course Spurs fans relished it too.

Which means of course that the spotlight falls on the Lilywhites to take full advantage of their visit to Villa Park. West Ham had to lose which they obligingly did, but equally essential is that Spurs have to win in order to have a realistic chance of avoiding relegation in this two horse race to avoid the dreaded 18th drop spot. This match is even bigger than the recent game at Molineaux where we eked out that brutally fought one goal win over the Wanderers.

Unsurprisingly Villa have better overall form than Spurs despite their loss to Forest in the Europa League play offs, and to Fulham in the league, defeated both times by the only goal of each match. Spurs by comparison have a win and a draw from their last two games. But looking at the 5 game timespan of Prem results Villa have done better, moreover the Brummie side has overpowered Spurs in recent league matches against each other. In the corresponding match at Villa in the Prem last season (May 2025) the London side was tamed 2:0 by the Villans.

To Dare Is To Do. To Not Do Is To Die. To Do Is To Dare To Stay in the Prem. Let's get it Done. Good-dye.

Check back very late on Sunday when the celebrations or commiserations have finally worked their way through the system.

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The Spur's Premiership
Spurs deZervi better
Tame Tottenham
April 12, 2026 (Ssn 2025/26)
Sunderland 1 vs. Spurs 0

Reactions: Reader comment from Just to say on BBC match report: "They'll have to invoke some of that magic from the other end of the Seven Sisters road. Get a politician owner, do a few off the pitch maneuvers and (happy days!) they'll escape 2nd tier obscurity. It's even better if you can trample all over other clubs and at a time of unprecedented national crisis. Forget "The Spurs Way" they'll be better off doing it "The Arsenal Way."

Preview: As one BBC Football reader wrote: "Spurs total misunderstanding of 'Manager of the Month'".

Incredible to randomly pick a previous review of a Sunderland vs Spurs premier league match, from the relatively distant distant 2016-17 season (Jan 31, 2017), and read the opening paragraph of The Spur's reaction: "The away draw means most of the talk is about the other clubs' matches and at least we got a point more than Arsenal managed, losing 1:2 at home to Watford, allowing THFC to swap positions and jump into the number two position behind Chelsea."

De Zerbi can turn around clubs, but not within a handful of games. The Spurs cockeral is cooked. We might beat Wolves but that's about it.

"The draw at Anfield obviously meant only two points shared between Liverpool and Chelsea so not too bad from a Lilywhites perspective."

Mauricio Pochettino was at th helm for that one. Great season for Spurs with Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son among a star studded line-up for this one but we failed to pierce the Wearsiders' amour.

Sunderland fan's view from [then active] salut sunderland: "Our best chances came in the first half. In the second half Spurs turned the screw a bit more and made it difficult. We wanted to win, but we also had to make sure that we didn't lose, so it becomes a fine balance."

Back to the present moment. Roberto de Zerbi seems a bizarre choice and the top brass at Spurs may have made a longer the choice, but at the almost guaranteed cost of relegation. High price.

Yes, de Zerbi can turn around clubs. But not within this super tight turnaround time. In his most famed rescue it took seven matches to show significant signs of pulling out of the nosedive. That was very impressive. He has the potential to "do and dare".

But by the time he makes enough difference, we'll be on our way to Lincoln City on a cold wet Tuesday winter night. And a couple of seasons later, who knows, Braintree Town in League Two. Not ideal. Avoiding this nightmare before getting this desperate would have been, literally, a "no Brainer".

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Premier league
Outclassed
Spurs on the brink
Tottenham Hotspur 1
Arsenal 4
Feb 22, 2026 (Ssn 2025/26) @ TH Stadium

Reactions: Decent first half by Spurs, with a glimmer of hope the new manager could perhaps save the season, and then Arsenal took almost total control for the second, with Tottenham in collapse by the end.

So now the question rapidly becomes: is there a third club that sucks more than Spurs? It's looking like a four way battle to avoid 18th place and the beckoning final relegation spot: West Ham, Forest, Spurs or Leeds. All three are about level in ability, so there's theoretically around a 25% chance of being blown out of the Premiership, but it's much worse than that because Tottenham's recent form is truly abject, even in comparison with the fellow strugglers listed above.

Spurs in deep trouble   Next: Fulham on Sunday

Plus, Spurs have Fulham next and they've just pulled out of their tailspin to convincingly beat Sunderland away. At the time of writing, BBC's premier league form table for the last 8 games show Tottenham Hotspur rock bottom with Forest picking up over twice as many points, and Leeds 2.5 times as many. Meanwhile, West Ham are out of sight they're so far above us in the same form period.

But, as Irish Spur has pointed out, a diabolical and subjective decision to disallow the second Muani 'goal' was either straight out corruption or..... well, er, that's the only explanation to be honest. The home players seemed like no matter what they did was not going to count. Shouldn't really be like that, but that was the turning point in a side where morale is almost terminally low.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Kolo Muani, on loan from PSG, took matters into his own hands and reminded fans of what it's like to see some real magic in a white shirt. Sadly, that was it for Spurs.

Preview: All to play for whether it's the title for Arsenal or staying in the premiership for Spurs.

It's a "Cup Final" for both sides says Scarlet Roberts in the BBC Football preview build up ticker, adding that "anything is better" for Spurs fans than being totally outclassed as they were in the reverse encounter at the Emirates in November which the Lilywhites lost 1:4 including an Eze hat trick. Very impressive Richarlison goal however.

Here's a much watched Igor Tudor pre-match interview on Sky Sports.

Meanwhile, George Achillea asks "What should Tottenham fans hope for from Igor Tudor's first match at Spurs?"

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Prem 2025/26 Season
Spurs 1 Wolves 1

Spurs, in the final moments, saved themselves from an embarrassing home defeat to the West Midlands visitors who ended up putting their very first point on the board, six games into their hitherto calamitous start to the season.

With other of THFC's big rivals Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd all flopping miserably in previous games of the day, the Lilywhites missed a golden opportunity to take advantage and stake claim to the number two spot in the table (at least, for a while - a win for Arsenal on Sunday would have bumped Spurs back down). But, alas, third place it is on Saturday night.

At the other end of the table we see West Ham mired in what looks like an early relegation struggle. But, no disrespect, some of the comments under a BBC article on the dire plight of the Irons, and the club's subsequent managerial change, did amuse. Such as this reader exchange:

Wembley1966: "Sullivan, Brady and Gold need to depart asap. The fans deserve better."
Antonio: "Hold on a minute: one of them is dead."

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League Cup 2025/6
Nice goal, Pal
Tottenham H. 3, Doncaster Rov. 0
Spurs downed Doncaster and are "rewarded" with a trip to Newcastle in the next round of the League Cup.

Interesting match actually, with the icing on top: arguably goal of the season so far for Spurs - the Palhinha overhead kick that wowed the entire crowd for the first goal.

An own goal put THFC two up.

The third, scored by Brennan Johnson from a superb Lucas Bergvall assist, sealed beyond doubt the Lilywhites passage to the next round. The Swedish midfielder Bergvall is surely the most improved player since the new manager took over, becoming a quality talent.

Great job blending some younger talent into the equation: Luca Williams-Barnet made his 1st team debut (age 16), and Archie Gray, a few years "older", played well enough to rival Palhinha for Tottenham's best outfield player of the evening. Between the sticks, Antonin Kinsky was amazing to watch.

Ultimately, two stellar goals by Spurs, and even the second, albeit an own goal, was the result of consistent Spurs pressure.

The draw for the next round could have been a lot better - a trip to distant Newcastle United. Not what the doctor ordered. Let's hope the Geordies continue to have teething problems getting into top gear this season, but don't count on it.

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Premier league
Mentality
Brighton 2 Spurs 2
Spurs manager Thomas Frank said, after the game: "I think the headline for me is mentality" and that was also the main theme of several other pundit reactions expressed online.

Alice reacts.

Tottenham didn't give up, and had the talent, but also the mental strength, to come back. Click Spurs player in white for link to Guardian report.

Brighton are a very decent outfit, good at creating space in front of goal (though not taking full advantage) and seeming to outnumber Spurs with their perceptive positioning. But it's an early showing of Tottenham's character that they ultimately made it a tough game for their opponents who somewhat ran out of steam towards the end.

click pic for guardian reaction

2nd Half: The equalizer! Spurs snag a point. Not much in it between the two sides, but Spurs probably the happier club given the comeback to leave them in an upbeat mood, whereas Seagulls fans must be disappointed to see their players create yet miss so many chances during the game.

1st Half: Richarlison finds the net after a rarely impressive THFC build-up, gets the VAR nod as Tottenham get back into the game 2:1.

Angeball is back? Spurs defence AWOL early doors. Bri 2 THFC 0. Counter attacks by Brighton are decimating the visitors.

Previously: An insanely busy schedule with a win over Villareal in the Champs league and the consensus is.... not a stunning performance but a win's a win and there's reason to believe that the side is on track. Brighton away in the league next and then the midweek League Cup fixture home to Doncaster is followed by another homer to Wolves on the 27th.

Wrapping up the month is the first Euro journey of the season featuring a group stage visit to Bodo/Glimt, with a trip to lovely Leeds as October's first THFC fixture.

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Spurs 0-3 WIN at WHU!

Big change
Levy leaves
Daniel Levy is relieved of his position, though stays involved with the club's company, including as part owner. Independent.co.uk: "Tottenham Hotspur's executive chairman Daniel Levy has stepped down from his role with immediate effect, after nearly 25 years at the helm of the London club".

Reaction from Ben Bowman.

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Transfer deadline closes
Muani from PSG
A versatile forward including out and out striker is drafted in for a season [without an included option to buy] namely French international and World Cup finalist Randal Kolo Muani from PSG who were loaning him to Juventus where he was doing well, seemingly scoring regularly, and occasionally being hailed as Juve's next super hero of Roberto Baggio proportions. Detractors say he peaked at Eintracht Frankfurt.

This final import is receiving mixed response from random online fans, but more positive than negative. His eye is perhaps more on the Champs league than specifically Spurs themselves, and seems to have wanted to stay at the Turin club.

Kolo joins Tottenham Hotspur. Compilation.

Alice reacts.

Oh so Spurs reacts.

Meanwhile Gil departs.

Tottenham Champs league group mates: Dortmund, PSG, Villareal, Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Copenhagen, Monaco, and minnows Bodo/Glimt the chilly carrot!

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Prem 2025/26 Season
Spurs 0 B'mouth 1
Xavi Simons joins Tottenham Hotspur. Compilation.

Full time. Second Half over. Bournemouth still in total control. Spurs shockingly inept, giving the Cherries free run of the park. Only Vicario saved the home side from a cricket score.

Spurs morning brew reaction.

In the first half, Bournemouth effectively snuffed out any Tottenham cohesion or intent, reducing the home side to zero shots.

Preview: "How Thomas Frank fixed Spurs" in just two games. Spurs home to Bournemouth (TBR Football) on Saturday.

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Prem 2025/26 Season: 1st Away day
Man City 0 Spurs 2
The roller coaster ride continues. From the massive downer of losing Eze as an addition to the Spurs line-up of talent, and of all people to Arsenal who blew him out as a kid, now we suddenly enjoy the intense high of another almost impossible to dare to believe away victory at the Etihad. We'll take it for sure.

Goals by Johnson (assist Richarlison) and Palhinha sink City

"Why Thomas Frank could be the best signing of the summer for Spurs (new link).

The Guardian: "City were just not allowed to enjoy any rhythm. Instead they were a discordant bunch who kept finding a Spurs player rushing up to undermine their composure."

Spurs Morning brew podcast.

Meanwhile Tottenham Hotspur's cockerel perched proudly atop the league table listings around the world for the brief time it took Arsenal to lambaste Leeds. But beating City on their patch (again) sure takes the sting out the Eze nightmare, though the alarm of the latter event remains an issue that will keep our brains blown for a while to come.

Bournemouth at home on Sat.

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Prem 2025/26 Season opener
Spurs 3 Burnley 0
Stellar Kudus crosses from the right wing, brilliantly weighted, to set it up for former Everton striker Richarlison who shows he's still got the killer instinct. His former club must wish they'd been able to re-sign him for this new. Right now, he's a Spurs hero with that early season goal, and a superb partnership demonstrated between the two Tottenham talents.

Arse swoop to steal Eze from Spurs. Say what? Embarrassing.

Second half. Former Spur Kyle Walker, who received an ovation on appearing back at the Lane, is one of Burnley's players now causing the home side some serious problems, but it's Kudus and Richarlison combining again for a Brazilian Golazo!

A third, this time from Brennan Johnson, assist: Pape-Sarr

Ovation for "2 goal brace" Richarlison and Durham UK born Archie Gray who are subbed, and with minutes to go, a standing ovation for Kudus (pictured) - what a memorable league debut he just had for the Lilywhites. Great to see Spurs getting a clean sheet at the back, too.

Full time. Wow. What a start to the campaign. A bit more demanding in the second Prem game of this brand new season - away to Man City this upcoming weekend.

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Super Cup 2025
PSG 2:2 Spurs (PSG win shoot-out)
Spursy is as Spursy does. But hey, its' PSG bro. Based on this outing, Thomas Frank looks like he knows what he's doing, but, when PSG needed to (and two!), they turned on the burners and fried the Lilywhites good 'n pwopa.

While The Spur predicts between a 7th to 9th place finish [unless we do some stunning transfer biz at the last minute. A lot fans would love to nab Palace striker Eze]. The Pitch Side also made some predictions a while back and discussed the Lilywhites outlook with a guest Spurs fan Danny Aarons the gamer.

Famous quote from somewhere on the (Aug 2025) pre-season web, reflecting the underwhelming THFC activity in the transfer window: "Nothing says Spurs like joy comes with suffering."

Super cup preview:
Seb Martin preview.

BBC's Sami Mokbel previews the match from the perspective of Thomas Frank and his approach to the THFC hot seat and his football management style in general.

Anyway, kick off just moments away, in Udine, Italy. The Spur will react after the last suds have been drained and this glorified friendly, dolled up as a "super cup", is over. Then, of course, the "real" season starts in only a few days with the illustrious Lilywhites hosting Burnley, only days away, (Sat, Aug 16) in north London's finest stadium.

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Women's Euro Final 2025

England women vs Spain

For England!
The 3 Lions big final
Looking forward to the women's Euro final, only hours away. Stateside football enthusiasts abroad love our England (and Spurs) sides and are with you all the way, even from California. Should be a good 'un, with the lasses in some major spotlight for what is a very challenging match for them.

Result! Congrats to England - the Women's Euro 2025 Winners

At club level, Spurs have been late to the party regarding the women's game, seems the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City are way, way, ahead. But that does not diminish the support many of us THFC supporters give to the national side on a day like this. It's been a really interesting tournament so far, and (win or lose) may the Final be as good as the build up and it could be one of those life-long memorable events!

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Spurs' Managerial Search

Let's be Frank, Thomas is the man

All the best, Ange
Bees boss next
Ange was brilliantly true to his word of winning a trophy, which in turn, of course, propelled the Lilywhites into Europe's coveted top flight. But the league form was unacceptable, even with all the injuries, and, despite the likable Aussie manager being more flexible and creative (finally!) in the latter stages of the Europa Cup, it was too little too late to give him any real chance of convincing all but a romantic minority that we would have seen sufficient improvement in the upcoming campaign to avoid another serious league struggle, and getting relegated isn't on the bingo card of Tottenham Hotspur's future aspiration.

Fascinating season ahead.

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The Spur's Europa Cup Final
Spurs triumphant
Magnificent day for THFC

Massive day for Spurs & Ange

Tottenham Hotspur 1
Manchester United 0
by Rob Francis Match highlights
May 21, 2025

Guardian: "Yet again, Postecoglou won in his second season at a club. For the first time since 2008, Spurs got their hands on a trophy."

"Man City, Liverpool, and Man Utd losing finalists in cup competitions all in the same season. Am I dreaming? And their victors Crystal Palace, Newcastle and Spurs between them ending a combined trophy drought of 250 years - who could have predicted that at the start of the season? Absolutely thrilled for all their fans." -- Aniyha, Guardian reader in comments on final premier week of 2024/5.

ESPN UK reacts.

What a goal-line clearance by Spurs defender Van de Ven to stop ManUre from equalizing.

Match highlights.

CBS Golazo has their 'final full [post match] show'.

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Pre-match
Evr1, an online poster to BBC Football replied in a recent comments section: "If Spurs win, in the press conference, Ange should walk in, put the Cup on the desk and say the trophy speaks for itself, then just walk out. Job done." Okay, good 'un, we'll see. The gaffer might add: "And so does keeping this football club from being relegated, mate. I saved you a few quid. And, while we're at it, I bloody got you into the Champions league!"

A Guardian article by David Hynter was headlined: "Postecoglou adamant work at Spurs is not done but sounds resigned to his fate."

But hey, let's not forget, media stop a minute, this is about our club, this is Tottenham Hotspur with a chance to a win a CUP! Less of the Ange wind-up.

And Manchester United are just as bad as us and so we have this shiny golden opportunity.

"Just imagine the atmosphere at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium if Tottenham lose (the final). Postecoglou walking out, I suspect he might not be in charge if he loses the final as that will be as toxic as anything." -- Chris Sutton [BBC Football]

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Final's on Horizon

Eintracht Frankfurt 0
Tottenham Hotspur 1
Europa Lge. Quarter Final
Holy smokes. Did this club need a performance and result like this? Abso-bloody-lutely! Thru the quarterfinals we merrily went and into the Semi's. Brilliant.

Given who the semi-final opponents we face are (no disrespect, the Norwegian club was impressive dealing with Lazio): Bodo/Glimt provide Spurs the plum opportunity to be one of the Finalists.

Second leg: To Dare is to Do. To Not Do is to Die. Or something. Whatever, Spurs did it.

Drawing at home 1:1 in the first leg left the Lilywhites with a daunting task in Frankfurt on a rainy Thursday in Germany. Spurs did it. A win away at Eintracht. Tottenham fans worldwide tuned in to catch this one and we're still buzzing, probably until the Forest game at least.

Switching topics here. The value of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium includes the name itself. "In regards to naming rights, in Spurs' most recent accounts/annual statement, they found that having the stadium named after the club was actually more valuable to the brand than getting a sponsor for the stadium. I guess when Beyonce or whoever else posts about playing at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, that gives you a name recognition boost to those outside the football world." -- zo7034, poster on YT channel The Long Play.

Check back for continuing reactions to Tottenham Hotspur's last chance to save the club's season in the League.

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League match
That's 4 Ange!
Match of the season
Nov 23, 2024 [Season 2024/25]
Manchester City 0
Tottenham Hotspur 4
Peacock, NBC et al. @ 9.30a US/Pac.

Post Match: Holy smokes this was everything we hoped it would be under Tottenham Hotspur's Australian gaffer Ange Postecoglou, and indeed more than a wild dream. It happened! Incredible stuff from our keeper Vicario, performing near miracles, to the lads at the back, thru the midfield, and upfront. Vicario, Kulusevski, and two goal Madders arguably men of the match.

THFC keeper Vicario on top form

Meanwhile Man City seem to be affected by something and it could have a lot to do with their potential relegation regarding their alleged financial capers and the players wondering why bother when this all could count for nothing for us? Highlights.

Sky Sports: "Pep Guardiola suffered a fifth straight defeat for the first time in his managerial career as Manchester City's crisis deepened following an incredible 4-0 home defeat by Tottenham."

BBC Football: "It is City's worst home defeat since a 5-1 loss to Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal in 2003."

Please check back for more reactions here at your super soaraway Spur.

Check back for more as we move towards facing Fulham in the next league match.

TOTTENHAM TURFIE'S PREDICTION: I guessed wrong with a bold 2:2 prediction, the four goals predicted all went to Spurs. I'm well chuffed.

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League match

Spurs embrace a brace of losses

Spurs 1:2 Ipswich
Diabolical
Nov 10, 2024 (Ssn 2024/25) by Tad Harsh
Tottenham Hotspur 1
vs Ipswich Town 2
US Live: USA channel & online

Reactions coming in. Before the match both Tottenham and Ipswich fans seemed convinced that Spurs would score four goals with the only question being if Ipswich would score 1 or 2 goals.

That only meant one thing: Spurs would struggle, completely lost at the back, meandering aimlessly around in the midfield, and the front end ghosting the underemployed Town keeper. Spurs would of course start the game like they had no idea what they were doing or where they were, concede a goal (twice in this case), burst briefly into action to attempt a bounce back, and ultimately fall flat on their faces (against a side that hadn't won a league game all season), which the home boys dutifully did. Truly lame.

Spurs are now back to losing ways, stumbling at Galatasaray and now at home to unfancied Ipswich. Ipswich. Ipswich. Ipswich. Ipswich. It was Ipswich. Ipswich. Ipswich. Ipswich. Ipswich. "Ipswich Town are a goin' down, allelujah!" Right?

Ipswich fan on the Fighting Cock "MCKenna is the real deal. And he outthought Ange. I think McKenna will be your manager in 2-3 seasons."

Preview:
Opposition supporters on Tottenham fan Chris's channel.

Already big news this weekend: Man City lose yet again.

We are Tottenham TV looks at likely line-up.

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Jan 12, 2025: When Spurs beat Tamworth 0:3 in the [FA Cup]

Aston Villa 2025/6 ssn the shrieking thfc fan

Brentford fan braves corner of Goodison Rd and Gwladys St behind the chanting stand at Everton's old ground.

Oct 22, Spurs at Monaco in the 25/26 Champions league.

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