Tottenham Hotspuds

[Lord Buckethead]

5 Things about Spuds.

1) Tottenham Hotspuds got their derogatory nickname, 'The Yips' from their tendency to choke under pressure when through on goal with only the keeper to beat.
2) Chas & (the original) Dave, recorded a song for the 1981 FA Cup Final with fellow Spuds fan Bob Marley, called 'Get Up, Stand Up (Stand up for the Spuds)'. The Club however, preferred Chas & Original Dave's other song 'Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspuds' which went on to reach number 5 in the charts and is still sung to this day.
3)
4) Tottenham got their "Hotspuds" epithet due to their notoriously boggy pitch in the 1930's. Such was the state of the perpetually churned up White Hart Lane pitch, potatoes could be seen growing on it which when harvested were baked and sold at half times.
5) The day in 1919 that Arsenal grabbed Tottenham’s place in the First Division, the club’s pet parrot collapsed and died. The parrot had been a gift from a ship’s captain as the Spurs team returned from a 1908 tour of Argentina & Uruguay, and it lived a healthy and happy life on its perch at White Hart Lane for a full 11 years before its untimely end. Its sad demise is thought to be where the phrase 'as sick as a parrot' came from


Go!

 

[bicycleheader]

no

 

[degsy]

Didn't do much before Bill Nicholson...Except for being in London and having a funny name, didn't do much after Bill Nicholson.
...That London has a lot to answer for, says it all about them really.

Anywhere else and they would be just another team with a funny name...like Aston Villa or Sheffield Wednesday.

 

[chicoazul]

5 Things about Spuds.

1) Tottenham Hotspuds got their derogatory nickname, 'The Yips' from their tendency to choke under pressure when through on goal with only the keeper to beat.
2) Chas & (the original) Dave, recorded a song for the 1981 FA Cup Final with fellow Spuds fan Bob Marley, called 'Get Up, Stand Up (Stand up for the Spuds)'. The Club however, preferred Chas & Original Dave's other song 'Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspuds' which went on to reach number 5 in the charts and is still sung to this day.
3)
4) Tottenham got their "Hotspuds" epithet due to their notoriously boggy pitch in the 1930's. Such was the state of the perpetually churned up White Hart Lane pitch, potatoes could be seen growing on it which when harvested were baked and sold at half times.
5) The day in 1919 that Arsenal grabbed Tottenham’s place in the First Division, the club’s pet parrot collapsed and died. The parrot had been a gift from a ship’s captain as the Spurs team returned from a 1908 tour of Argentina & Uruguay, and it lived a healthy and happy life on its perch at White Hart Lane for a full 11 years before its untimely end. Its sad demise is thought to be where the phrase 'as sick as a parrot' came from


Go!

Lad?

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Lad?

What is it Sweetchics human?
Been doing these Football-lite previews since the start of the season.
Helps in preventing me getting a ban for writing utter piffle in the Match Thread.

 

[chicoazul]

What is it Sweetchics human?
Been doing these Football-lite previews since the start of the season.
Help preventing me getting a ban for writing utter piffle in the Match Thread.

Yours is a nobel cause sir.

 

[ToffeeDan]

Martin Chivers Marmalade

 

[Alan Whittle]

Alan Gilzeana Zavaroni
Ricky Villaarestillhopeless
Barry Dainestostoponeeverynowandagain
TonyWantofsomethingbettertodo

 

[Brendan Janus]

The Jellyman's thrown a wobbly !!

 

[verreauxi]

Tottenham Coldsore, I put them in the neutral-but-ignore category. Nothing more.

 

[mezzrow]

 

[Dharma]

5 Things about Spuds.

1) Tottenham Hotspuds got their derogatory nickname, 'The Yips' from their tendency to choke under pressure when through on goal with only the keeper to beat.
2) Chas & (the original) Dave, recorded a song for the 1981 FA Cup Final with fellow Spuds fan Bob Marley, called 'Get Up, Stand Up (Stand up for the Spuds)'. The Club however, preferred Chas & Original Dave's other song 'Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspuds' which went on to reach number 5 in the charts and is still sung to this day.
3)
4) Tottenham got their "Hotspuds" epithet due to their notoriously boggy pitch in the 1930's. Such was the state of the perpetually churned up White Hart Lane pitch, potatoes could be seen growing on it which when harvested were baked and sold at half times.
5) The day in 1919 that Arsenal grabbed Tottenham’s place in the First Division, the club’s pet parrot collapsed and died. The parrot had been a gift from a ship’s captain as the Spurs team returned from a 1908 tour of Argentina & Uruguay, and it lived a healthy and happy life on its perch at White Hart Lane for a full 11 years before its untimely end. Its sad demise is thought to be where the phrase 'as sick as a parrot' came from


Go!

So, is that the parrot on the Club Badge? I presume.

 

[SerenityNigh]

5 Things about Spuds.

1) Tottenham Hotspuds got their derogatory nickname, 'The Yips' from their tendency to choke under pressure when through on goal with only the keeper to beat.
2) Chas & (the original) Dave, recorded a song for the 1981 FA Cup Final with fellow Spuds fan Bob Marley, called 'Get Up, Stand Up (Stand up for the Spuds)'. The Club however, preferred Chas & Original Dave's other song 'Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspuds' which went on to reach number 5 in the charts and is still sung to this day.
3)
4) Tottenham got their "Hotspuds" epithet due to their notoriously boggy pitch in the 1930's. Such was the state of the perpetually churned up White Hart Lane pitch, potatoes could be seen growing on it which when harvested were baked and sold at half times.
5) The day in 1919 that Arsenal grabbed Tottenham’s place in the First Division, the club’s pet parrot collapsed and died. The parrot had been a gift from a ship’s captain as the Spurs team returned from a 1908 tour of Argentina & Uruguay, and it lived a healthy and happy life on its perch at White Hart Lane for a full 11 years before its untimely end. Its sad demise is thought to be where the phrase 'as sick as a parrot' came from


Go!

You're weird

 

[mezzrow]

So, is that the parrot on the Club Badge? I presume.

That's the one.

You're weird

Fits right in, eh?

 

[Eggs]

...I remember Dave McKay's tackle on Jimmy Husband, not sure if he was at Spurs then but I have fond memories of Alan Gilzean. I liked Gilzean, scored a fine header in Gwladys St End once.