60 years a Spurs fan

[midoshairband]

amazing thread, it's great reading how all of us got the life sucked out of us by becoming Spurs fans.

can't remember when my Dad forced me to being a Spurs fan, but my first memory is the 1991 FA cup season. I remember crying at half time of the cup final whilst in the garden, as i went outside in my full Spurs kit and kicked the ball around and pretended to be Gary Lineker scoring the winner.

My first memory of watching Spurs live was New Year's Day that year, away to Coventry at the old Highfield Road. Great atmosphere, spent most of the match on my Dad's shoulders as I was too small to see. We won 2-1, Lineker got the winner. Paul Walsh got subbed because he stubbed his toe. Great day.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

Anyone remember the old 'Football Specials' bus service which used to take us fans from Manor House straight to the ground on a match day? I think the fare was about a bob (5p)?

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I remember getting the Grey Green coaches from the Angel Edmonton and Tottenham Travel which was a Travel agents in Tottenham High Road to a few away games

 

[ralphs bald spot]

Glad the thread brought back good memories Yep flasks of tea, and sometimes coffee, so common then. Poorer times I guess, but made for a better game atmosphere in the 60s. Less drunken idiots more concerned about a half time top up than watching the game
Tea from a flask, as evocative as Prousts biscuit. That stewed taste, yet so welcome on a bitter cold day

really funny this came up my brother who usually sits with me is laid up at the moment i popped in to see him before the game yesterday and his wife was out he had a flask of Tea and we were talking about the same thing people taking flasks to the game plus the occasional hip flask for medical purposes only I assume.

Another thing that has disappeared are radios there used to always be someone with a radio around with the latest scores and standing in many queue when the music from Final Score came on the radio -

On a sadder note I will never forget coming back from Wimbledon on the day of Hillsbrough we were at one the tube stations it was above ground not sure which one, at the match we had heard there had been trouble at the Semi there was a bloke with a radio and a few people had gathered round to here the scores but instead we heard that people had died,
that station went absolutely silent I don't remember the score of the game or anything about it but I do remember that station and the train journey home being really silent I think a fair few of us would have been at the semi in 81 when but for the grace things could have gone badly wrong

 

[BuryMeInEngland]

How about the hamburger carts that used to be in the high road between WHL station and the ground? I'm not sure they were actually hamburger meat and they were always dripping with grease, so overall pretty healthy. I used to eat them fairly regularly and never got food poisoning, so they must have been ok.

 

[ShelfWatcher]

How about the hamburger carts that used to be in the high road between WHL station and the ground? I'm not sure they were actually hamburger meat and they were always dripping with grease, so overall pretty healthy. I used to eat them fairly regularly and never got food poisoning, so they must have been ok.

Yep, those and the hot dog carts. Maybe not 100 per cent health and safety ? but like you never got ill from eating them
As a child of the 50s and 60s I ate plenty of rubbish, as well as good food, so had a strong stomach ?

 

[longtimespur]

I always remember the jacket spud and roast chestnut stands outside the stadium. Lovely on a cold winters day having walked from the Great Cambridge Road junction with WHL.

 

[Meercat]

I think I’ve shared my way in before, but dad’s a Chelsea fan, as is my baby sister. He took me to see Chelsea, Arsenal, Palace, even Birmingham in the days of Francis, and Man City (he was close friends with Dennis Tuert) but it wasn’t until he took me to see Spurs, who happened to be playing away at Liverpool when we lost 7-0 in 1978 and I fell absolutely in love with Ossie and Ricky, Hoddle and Steve Perryman and that was that. I made my choice and one of the first things dad said to me when he realized he’d lost me to the enemy was, well, you won’t have many worse days than that…

 

[Houdini]

When I was about 11-13 I used to sell the Evening news & Standard at Hangar Lane traffic lights on a Saturday evening, the late & late extra edition with the late results in them.
That was before it was changed to what it is now, I used to run in and out of the traffic when they had stopped at the lights poking the paper through the window and getting 4d (I think).
Shouting out "EVENING NEWS & STANDARD"....I got away with a couple of half crowns and florins back then as well...?

 

[ShelfWatcher]

I was on Foxes talk to see how they are feeling about tomorrow's game, and someone had posted a brilliant video from 1962.
Leicester had a really good team then, with Banks in goal, got to the Cup Final that season
But we won 4 0 and Greavesies second is an absolute classic. Never seen it before, but needs adding to the show reels of Jim's goals
It's the earliest TV use of slow motion in a game I've seen also
At the end of the clip Kenneth Wolstenhome predicts we will win the league
Unfortunately the next month the worst winter of my lifetime moved in. Even in Essex where I lived the snow settled in December and stayed till March. Sometimes piled so high you could hardly get out of the door.
We went on to be the first British team to win a European trophy. But Everton without European football and being able to train on the Blackpool sands coped better with the cancelations and fixture congestion, to pip us to the title. What an amazing double that would have been
Sadly it was the last season in my lifetime we could realistically claim to be the best team in Britain
Next season Cantwell broke Mackays leg, Blanchflower got old, Smith lost his way and the heart brains and muscle plus incredible skill levels of the team was damaged irreparably
BTW this is all from memory, so open to correction for sure ?

 

[Spurslove]

Yeah, I remember the winter of 1963 was one of the worst and most longest lasting of my lifetime. I remember walking to school in mid July and still having to be really careful as there was still a good deal of ice on the ground. It probably lasted even longer than that, but I'll leave that to any older folks than me to confirm or deny.

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[CoopsieDeadpool]

Love reading this thread.

Every post I read, in my head they begin with the Uncle Albert "during the war" voice.

 

[ShelfWatcher]

Yeah, I remember the winter of 1963 was one of the worst and most longest lasting of my lifetime. I remember walking to school in mid July and still having to be really careful as there was still a good deal of ice on the ground. It probably lasted even longer than that, but I'll leave that to any older folks than me to confirm or deny.

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Amazing, certainly from memory the snow settled and stayed every day from December to March. And that was in the South East
As kids it was quite fun, with home made sleds, but must have been tough for the parents. Especially for my poor Mum having to do the shopping without a car. Waiting for a bus or walking, no fun in that weather

 

[wpmcg]

The Colonel's burgers! Wiv or wivout onions and bacon?

 

[Spurslove]

Amazing, certainly from memory the snow settled and stayed every day from December to March. And that was in the South East
As kids it was quite fun, with home made sleds, but must have been tough for the parents. Especially for my poor Mum having to do the shopping without a car. Waiting for a bus or walking, no fun in that weather

Exactly the same for my dear mum and many others. I remember seeing many people slip over on the remaining ice (although when I was 10 it was very funny). But when I think now of my mum trudging around doing the shopping for us, carrying those heavy bags in such dangerous conditions, it's quite horrifying.

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[Spurslove]

The Colonel's burgers! Wiv or wivout onions and bacon?

Not sure now if he was famous or infamous. You could hear him shouting soon as you got off the bus. Bless him.

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[Trent Crimm]

What a lovely thread.

I’m intrigued tho to find out what happened to Big Frank Taylor.

 

[Nice One Cyril]

I was on Foxes talk to see how they are feeling about tomorrow's game, and someone had posted a brilliant video from 1962.
Leicester had a really good team then, with Banks in goal, got to the Cup Final that season
But we won 4 0 and Greavesies second is an absolute classic. Never seen it before, but needs adding to the show reels of Jim's goals
It's the earliest TV use of slow motion in a game I've seen also
At the end of the clip Kenneth Wolstenhome predicts we will win the league
Unfortunately the next month the worst winter of my lifetime moved in. Even in Essex where I lived the snow settled in December and stayed till March. Sometimes piled so high you could hardly get out of the door.
We went on to be the first British team to win a European trophy. But Everton without European football and being able to train on the Blackpool sands coped better with the cancelations and fixture congestion, to pip us to the title. What an amazing double that would have been
Sadly it was the last season in my lifetime we could realistically claim to be the best team in Britain
Next season Cantwell broke Mackays leg, Blanchflower got old, Smith lost his way and the heart brains and muscle plus incredible skill levels of the team was damaged irreparably
BTW this is all from memory, so open to correction for sure ?

Found the game on YT. Thanks for sharing mate. Jimmy's goal at the end was superb. Thanks again.

 

[ShelfWatcher]

Found the game on YT. Thanks for sharing mate. Jimmy's goal at the end was superb. Thanks again.

It's amazing isn't it. That's two wonder goals v Leicester, one past Banks, one past Shilton
The guy who put it up there, the heavy roller. He has put an absolute treasure trove of our stuff up from the early 60s
Am so grateful to him, it really fills in a lot of history that might have been lost

 

[Nice One Cyril]

It's amazing isn't it. That's two wonder goals v Leicester, one past Banks, one past Shilton
The guy who put it up there, the heavy roller. He has put an absolute treasure trove of our stuff up from the early 60s
Am so grateful to him, it really fills in a lot of history that might have been lost

In that 1st half, Jimmy brought the ball from deep in our half, deep into the Leicester half. His turn of pace was instant. Amazing player.

 

[ShelfWatcher]

In that 1st half, Jimmy brought the ball from deep in our half, deep into the Leicester half. His turn of pace was instant. Amazing player.

So true,a lot of people never saw Greavesie in his prime which was probably about 1957 to 65
And because there wasn't wall to wall TV so much of his greatness is lost forever, except in a few fading memories.
But thankfully there is enough footage, often poor quality, to keep his memory
Of course Sky just concentrate on the Prem Era when looking back at games and players. Fair enough, but doesn't excuse the disgraceful truth twisting that means lots of people think Shearer is the top goalscorer. Whereas Greavesie outscored him comfortably
Notice BTW they never say Liverpool have only won one title, they always credit them with twenty or whatever.
But when it comes to goalscorers no it all started in 92
One of the many reasons I hate Sky