Greatest ever spurs team (venables).

[Lilbaz]

Remember buying this as a kid and watching it loads of times. Surprised it only has 91 views.

 

[Krule]

Remember buying this as a kid and watching it loads of times. Surprised it only has 91 views.

Sometimes with videos the length of them puts would be viewers off...I watched it...fascinating and so many memories.

 

[Lilbaz]

Sometimes with videos the length of them puts would be viewers off...I watched it...fascinating and so many memories.

The best thing was that he was a spurs fan as a kid. So less of a modern bias than anyone that would do it today.

 

[onthetwo]

heard Gary Neville saying that he was the best tactician he played for by far...

 

[hellava_tough]

Remember buying this as a kid and watching it loads of times. Surprised it only has 91 views.

Thanks for that LB

I'll be watching it after work this evening

 

[gushayes11]

Still got this on VHS somewhere in the house.

 

[ernie78]

I reckon my old VHS tape of this is still in a box in my mum’s basement

 

[longtimespur]

Remember buying this as a kid and watching it loads of times. Surprised it only has 91 views.

I remember seeing all of those play apart from Ramsey and Burgess. Can't argue much with TV's choices either.
What tremendous memories that video brought back to me. Tears of joy in abundance.
Thanks for posting Lilbaz

 

[knowlespurs]

i watched that, think he picked Ditchburn over Pat

 

[WorcesterTHFC]

i watched that, think he picked Ditchburn over Pat

Ditchburn must have been a heck of a player to keep Jennings out of the team.

 

[RichieS]

My dad has that on VHS. I watched it loads of times when I was a kid. What changes would El Tel make to his team if he did it again now, I wonder.

 

[Lilbaz]

My dad has that on VHS. I watched it loads of times when I was a kid. What changes would El Tel make to his team if he did it again now, I wonder.

Bale, modric, king, kane and campbell (ducks). Might have a shout. But it is not just a question of ability but also achievements with the club, longevity also.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Cheers Baz, just watched it. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[RichieS]

Bale, modric, king, kane and campbell (ducks). Might have a shout. But it is not just a question of ability but also achievements with the club, longevity also.

It's funny because Bale is probably the best player most of us have seen play for Spurs (it was Messi, Ronaldo and Bale that last season) but would anyone want to replace Cliff Jones with him? Would it be romanticism over reality to keep Jones in? Has Kane (or Keane) surpassed Chivers (where was Gilzean, Terry?!)?

 

[Lilbaz]

It's funny because Bale is probably the best player most of us have seen play for Spurs (it was Messi, Ronaldo and Bale that last season) but would anyone want to replace Cliff Jones with him? Would it be romanticism over reality to keep Jones in? Has Kane (or Keane) surpassed Chivers (where was Gilzean, Terry?!)?

I never saw jones play. At that time though many thought he was world class.

I can't say.

Juventus tried to get him by offering a world record fee. But we turned it down.

 

[Krule]

We had a midfielder/inside right that my Father used to say was one of the best he had ever seen...and God knows he'd watched a few. He was known as The Ghost and tragically killed by lightning in 1964 at the age of just 27.......John White.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_(footballer,_born_1937)

I was only 9 when he died but if half of what my Dad said was true then he deserves his place as one of the greatest.

 

[edson]

We had a midfielder/inside right that my Father used to say was one of the best he had ever seen...and God knows he'd watched a few. He was known as The Ghost and tragically killed by lightning in 1964 at the age of just 27.......John White.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_(footballer,_born_1937)

I was only 9 when he died but if half of what my Dad said was true then he deserves his place as one of the greatest.

 

[Krule]

Thank you for that...I remember his son Rob (who was just six months old when John died) being interviewed and telling the story of a man he met once in a pub. They got talking and the guy suddenly realised who Rob was. He told him how John had been his idol at White Hart Lane and he was one of the best footballers to ever grace a pitch. A few more beers and the conversation turned to working professions....when Rob asked the guy he went very quiet. "I was dreading you asking me that question" he said...."I sell lightning conductors"
Apparently Rob smiled and they both laughed at what could have been a most embarassing moment. Lovely tale....

 

[edson]

A player

Thank you for that...I remember his son Rob (who was just six months old when John died) being interviewed and telling the story of a man he met once in a pub. They got talking and the guy suddenly realised who Rob was. He told him how John had been his idol at White Hart Lane and he was one of the best footballers to ever grace a pitch. A few more beers and the conversation turned to working professions....when Rob asked the guy he went very quiet. "I was dreading you asking me that question" he said...."I sell lightning conductors"
Apparently Rob smiled and they both laughed at what could have been a most embarassing moment. Lovely tale....

 

[spud]

Thanks for posting that Lilbaz, I hadn't seen it before. Most enjoyable, and made moreso by featuring the late, great Brian Moore. Not only his narration but also some of his incomparable match commentary.

Venables knows his shit, so it's hard to disagree with him, but I'm going to on one point. I'm not having the great Dave Mackay at centre back when he played most, if not all, of his career with us in midfield. He gets in the team without question - in my view he's our greatest ever player - but in midfield, not at the back.