Boots22
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Cliff Jones article
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EastLondonYid
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Cliff used to live just before the great cambridge roundabout, next door to a reative of mine, always pleasant..i wonder if he still lives there?
before my time, but my old man tells me he was amazing.
before my time, but my old man tells me he was amazing.
SpurSince57
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He was, and a really nice bloke, too. A mate of mine used to teach with him at Highbury Grove in the 80s and I met him several times.
BringBack_leGin
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I always feel a little strange, in a good way, when reading articles like that one. I am just 25, so even the era of Burkinshaw, Hoddle and, in reality, Venables and Gazza, pre dates me and my memories, so the era of Nicholson and Jones seems almost like another planet. However, because of my upbringing by my father, and probably also because of the way our club never detatches itself from it's history (some may say living in the past is a bad thing, but I see it as a connection to our heritage), I actually get emotional reading tales of Bill Nicholson and that side.
I was on my way home from Uni on the morning of a Bolton game and, unlike my dad, I was unaware that Bill had been unwell. Then the news came on Talksport at the hour mark and they mentioned Bills passing. I was actually crying as I told my father when I walked through the door, crying about a man who my only experience of was through my fathers, and the club's, story telling, and through very old footage. Even the story telling from my father was second hand, he didn't come to this country until 1970 and was still not even a teengaer during the most glorious time between 60 - 64. He, of course, was stunned and distraught.
I believe our club has done a brilliant job (at least up until my generation, I can't speak about the next as I'm not in it) in keeping our history in the hearts of all Spurs fans and making sure that there's always a familiarity with our most important days. mil1lion, stoof, coyboy and the other mid twenties lads on this board may beg to differ, but I like to think I'm not alone in feeling like this.
Also, since Levy took over, it seems that our club does it's bit in trying to take care of the older boys, as many of them as they can at least. Games like the Bill Nicholson testimonial should perhaps be a more regular thing though, the raised money there was for ex players I believe and I though at the time it was a fantastic idea.
I was on my way home from Uni on the morning of a Bolton game and, unlike my dad, I was unaware that Bill had been unwell. Then the news came on Talksport at the hour mark and they mentioned Bills passing. I was actually crying as I told my father when I walked through the door, crying about a man who my only experience of was through my fathers, and the club's, story telling, and through very old footage. Even the story telling from my father was second hand, he didn't come to this country until 1970 and was still not even a teengaer during the most glorious time between 60 - 64. He, of course, was stunned and distraught.
I believe our club has done a brilliant job (at least up until my generation, I can't speak about the next as I'm not in it) in keeping our history in the hearts of all Spurs fans and making sure that there's always a familiarity with our most important days. mil1lion, stoof, coyboy and the other mid twenties lads on this board may beg to differ, but I like to think I'm not alone in feeling like this.
Also, since Levy took over, it seems that our club does it's bit in trying to take care of the older boys, as many of them as they can at least. Games like the Bill Nicholson testimonial should perhaps be a more regular thing though, the raised money there was for ex players I believe and I though at the time it was a fantastic idea.
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Great article. It's why I really like Harry at the helm too. He knows about Spurs in the 60s - mainly because he would be watching them or playing against them with West Ham. He knows the tradition and you can tell that in the way he sets his stall out (and to an extent what he did at West Ham).
The gesture for CJ is just the sort of bloke he seems to be. I really hope he doesn't get the England job - I hope he stays at the helm for a good number of years. Alas I fear either retirement, and unfortunately the national job will probably take him away from us and that will be a sad day IMO.
But back to Cliff: what a legend.
The gesture for CJ is just the sort of bloke he seems to be. I really hope he doesn't get the England job - I hope he stays at the helm for a good number of years. Alas I fear either retirement, and unfortunately the national job will probably take him away from us and that will be a sad day IMO.
But back to Cliff: what a legend.
Shepspurs
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A really good article but reading the rest of the comments makes me feel a bit old.
Cliff scored in my first Tottenham game (spectating of course) when we beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 towards the end of the 1959/60 season. What a season followed.
Also remember the semi-final second leg against Benfica when we had a perfectly good goal disallowed for offside.
During the seventies I took the FA preliminary coaching badge and Cliff Jones was on the same course. I dont know how he got on, but i failed
Cliff scored in my first Tottenham game (spectating of course) when we beat Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 towards the end of the 1959/60 season. What a season followed.
Also remember the semi-final second leg against Benfica when we had a perfectly good goal disallowed for offside.
During the seventies I took the FA preliminary coaching badge and Cliff Jones was on the same course. I dont know how he got on, but i failed
