The positivity thread - why you love Spurs

[Dougal]

Agree, its just not what I love about football.

The saddest thing is, when we walk away someone else will walk in, take our seats and shovel this shit in like it’s gold.

 

[Shadydan]

I love Spurs because of bat shit crazy times like these, only Spurs.

 

[buckley]

At this moment in time my love for spurs was waining but has been given a big boost with "Jose blame the players " being shown the way out door .

 

[daveduvet]

My old man (RIP) was a Wolves fan, but we moved from the Midlands to Seven Sisters in 1980, when I was 5.

I used to look out of our flat window & see loads of people setting off down the road each weekend, but wasn't sure why. My dad told me that they were all going to watch Tottenham, and that it was just a walk down the High Street to get to the stadium.

He'd often take me just down the road to Seven Sisters Market, where we'd watch the supporters steam by, singing, waving flags etc. The atmosphere in that High Street was amazing.

Then early in 1982 he figured he'd get me a late Christmas surprise, and informed me we were going to take that walk down to the market to watch the fans go by again. But this time we kept walking & before I knew it he was taking me through the turnstiles of White Hart Lane, to watch Tottenham play against his beloved Wolves. He didn't care that he was surrounded by Spurs fans, he was introducing his bit to the world of football supporting, and I was hooked from that day.

He never forced Wolves upon me, and told me that a true supporter follows the team that's local to them. So that was it, Tottenham became my team.

As for the game, let's just say my old man didn't enjoy the walk home as much as me. Tottenham won 6-1 thanks to a penalty from Hoddle, a hat-trick from Ricky Villa, and one each for Crooks & Falco. But the truth is, short arsed me only saw the Hoddle penalty & missed the rest because my dad couldn't hold me up for the entire game.

But it's a very positive memory , though its also the reason you poor buggers have to endure me on sites like this


Ps, I'm also positive that we're now shit. Does that count, too

Game me goosebumps about the bit where you kept on walking - good old dad. I was at that game too; my geography teacher, a wolves supporter, was there too: big ginger beard & hair. I wrote spurs 6 wolves 1 at the top of a geography test at school, and he docked me two marks!

 

[Gassin's finest]

The saddest thing is, when we walk away someone else will walk in, take our seats and shovel this shit in like it’s gold.

Good luck to 'em I guess. I can get a flight to Dusseldorf and watch Monchengladbach once a month for cheaper than a day out at Spurs.

 

[Dougal]

Similar for me. The whole experience is getting further and further away from what I signed up for. My Spurs are pretty much gone already. Easier now than ever to walk away, Burkinshaw-esque. I’ll kinda be glad not to put the burden on my kids.

 

[hughy]

For the first time since winning the semi-final I'm actually excited about Sunday's Final.

It reminds me a lot of when Poch got to the final in his first year. I'm not expecting anything and think we'll get smashed about the place, but in the unlikely even that we win it will be something I'll be able to celebrating knowing Mourinho wont still be lingering there in the background claiming it as his biggest achievement in management.

 

[ardiles]

Been supporting since 87, but I'll stop today if this Super League goes ahead.

Been supporting since 1970 so it’s going to be difficult not continuing the support. All I can hope is that it doesn’t take off or it’s a failure and we can go back to status quo.

 

[slartibartfast]

Was asking myself the same question lol.
Seriously though, its in the blood. Family history following Spurs so I'm stuck. Even now though there are still little moments when we do the unexpected, beating Man City for example, and those moments are fantastic.
It's a shame the other 95% is so shit at present.

 

[sidford]

If I'm honest it's because Mistress Midori is too expensive to go to on a weekly basis so Spurs give me the regular kick in the balls and humiliation that I crave

 

[crazyguitarman]

The first couple of comments in here since April says it all...

I'm glad that some can still find the positivity in it all though! Maybe I should read through this thread from the beginning.

 

[fingersinc]

It’s not always about the actual football although it helps. We got beat in Holland last week but I had a great time out there and another new stadium visited.

 

[bradfordspur]

Missed this thread first time round, but when you are bought up less than 800 yards from the old Lane (Northumberland Park) and your primary school (St Paul's) was opposite the Park Lane end, there really was no choice. First game proper was back in 1961 (snuck into loads of reserve team games before that) and too many memories over the years to list here. I miss when I could be at home 10 minutes after the final whistle, it is now several hours each way travelling when I do get to a game.

 

[spursfan77]

Can stop about thinking about anything else but the game for 90 minutes when actually at a match.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

I love the buzz of matchday, the pre-game beers and banter, the walk down seven sister high road, the atmosphere and buzz of the fans gathering and singing, hopefully we can back to a point where we enjoy the players and matches themselves again soon enough.

 

[cider spurs]

For the beautiful football they used to play.

Sigh...those were the days.

 

[lis spur]

Because everyone else hates us!!

 

[PaulM]

Have supported the club for 38 of my 42 years on earth for no other reason than my brother loved Glenn Hoddle. We're Irish so he chose Spurs because every other f**ker was supporting Liverpool or United. And for those 38 years it's been the one constant in my life and always will be. Even at the lowest ebb, 93-94 under Ossie or 97-98 under Gross, everything stopped for Spurs. And it always will because the few highs (91 FA Cup, League Cup wins, CL run) make all the shit worthwhile. And no matter how bad the defeat, within a couple of days, I'm back thinking "Well if we can just....then we'll be top 4 at least". Ridiculous optimism. You can get divorced, you can disown your kids but your football team is the one thing that's for life.

And it's more than just the games. A few weeks ago, after Chelsea dicked us 3-0 I came out of the ground utterly dejected. Went into one of the pubs by the ground and it was just Spurs fans singing Spurs songs. We got dicked but we were in it together. As bad as the game was, the sense of belonging afterwards meant a lot and is a big part of the reason why I'll endure whatever misery, underachievement and disappointment this club can throw at us. In the bad times, we'll all have each other and when those good times eventually come, they'll be f**king epic.

 

[sammyj]

1964 my dad took me too white hart lane, i was 6years old and have never stopped loving this shirt and this club of ours ????

 

[topper]

If I'm honest it's because Mistress Midori is too expensive to go to on a weekly basis so Spurs give me the regular kick in the balls and humiliation that I crave

Let's organise a crowdfund for Sidford so he can spend some time with his true love