Always a Yid

[themanwhofellasleep]

My family have always supported Spurs, but when I was five or six I went through a brief 6 month period when I supported West Ham. I'm Jewish and my extended family were all quite religious, so I thought I'd annoy them by supporting a team with "Ham" in the name (yes, I know that Tottenham has ham in it, but I was young). I grew out of it and have supported Spurs ever since.

 

[SpunkyBackpack]

my dad was a l'arse fan when he was a kid but after he spent a few years with lost interest i came along (in the form of a human baby) and turned him to the forces of good and pure

my uncle is a spurs fan but that was coincidence cos i chose them when i was about 4 for a reason that makes little sense.


You see some are born spurs fans, some have fandom thrust upon them (as many above did) whereas i acheived it, i worked hard for the past 19 years and feasted on the scraps they throw me (every 9 years or so), they might be infrequent scraps but they taste fucking sweet!

 

[domw001]

N.

Scousers ('77-'81).
Told my mates "If Liverpool win the European Cup tonight I'm going up The Lane next season"

Liverpool 1 - 0 Real Madrid


My eyes were opened and I've ridden the roller coaster ever since
:bowdown:

 

[paxtonyiddo]

Im 24 and no-one in my mum/dads side are into football. I just remember wen I was 8 watchin Norwich-spurs in the fa cup 4th round on TV and teddy popped up with 2 goals and was hooked on the lovely white shirts and players. I cried when we lost 0-1 to the scum and have never looked back since. Yiddo til I die!!

COME ON YOU SPURS!!

 

[Juande]

In the late 60's was when i was living in chingford i used to go to a few of the games, but that year i had the privilege of going to the Empire stadium ( Wembley to all the youngsters) to watch Spurs chelsea and Frank Saul scoring the winner, ever since then i have only ever been Spurs, but to this day i have a likeing for the Leyton Orient.

 

[fortworthspur]

Im a Yank who lived in London and Surrey from '78 - '83. Not long after moving there, I decided I supported Tottenham - looking back now I think it must have been the nickname "Spurs" that grabbed my attention.

In the last 18 months I've: 1) made my first trip back to the UK after 25 years, and 2)acquired satellite TV with access to most Spurs games. This has rekindled my love for The Beautiful Game. Before this, my biggest sporting passion was college football in the States. The funny thing is, and Im 42, in a short time Ive become much more emotional about Spurs than Ive been about american football in 15 years. Go figure.

 

[guiltyparty]

Always Spurs. As was my dad. As was his dad. As was his dad.

 

[Has1978]

I tried supporting Liverpool in the 88 season. Lasted about a week. Heart wasn't in it. So whether I like it or not I'm Spurs till I die.

 

[The Apprentice]

You make me sick.

No fan goes through a "stage" of liking someone else.

 

[Cicada]

You make me sick.

No fan goes through a "stage" of liking someone else.

you can tell yourself though...

the amount of times i've tried to stop supporting Spurs...

sick of the mediocrity and inconsistency, but i can't... it's in my blood wether i like it or not and thats never going to go away.

 

[worcestersauce]

I'm one of a long line dating back to whenever, even before we were Yids(which wasn't that long ago actually)! My dad followed the team all over the country after the war saw the 1951 title side, didn't live long enough to reach the double but left me and my brother to carry on.
Proudest day of my life was my son saying his first word; he said "SPURS" I swear to God that was his first word, I sat in front of him for weeks before saying Spurs over and over and it paid off.

 

[alfie103]

when i was younger i supported Man Utd because i liked kanchelskis (i think that is the right spelling) Also Newcastle and Man City for some reason but then i became a Spurs Fan at around 7 or 8.

 

[van_Pommel]

Never liked football at primary school, mainly cos I sucked at it! Despite this Spurs were my team ever since my Uncle took me to a game. My uncle supports Spurs and works for Lloyds of London. Bill Brown had a box in the ground and my uncle would take my cousins most weeks so one week he took me along. Not sure how old I was I think it was mid primary school. Only time I've ever been in box and I remember thinking the Stadium was the biggest thing I'd ever seen!

 

[paul_1979yid]

YID for all my 28 years. My old man is a YID so i did nt really have a choice. Would nt change it for the world though!!!

 

[Bingy]

I have been a Yid since 1960-61 but I was being influenced by my Dad who was a Real Madrid Fan (Di Stefano and Puskas etc). I was too young to really understand BUT in 66....during a visit to the WC....I happened to meet some of the England Team.....(long story) amoungst whom was J. Greaves (we shared a bottle or 2, mine being sida pop, his....I have no idea lol).
From that moment on I was a fully fledged Yid.....even being 'isolated' in Dublin, at times. ALL in ALL I have had a great time as a Yid.....the last 20 years largely excluded, but.....it makes it all the more precious when we progress....LONG may it continue.....COYS!:bang:

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I was born "within the floodlights", just around the corner to WHL in Tottenham, on a December Saturday morning when one of the first sounds I would have heard would have been the roar of the crowd that same afternoon, so it's definitely in the blood.

My dad first took me to my first game in the early 50s when I was five or six and sat me on a on a barrier on the terraces so that I could see. I started going to matches by myself (in the boys' entrance) when I was about ten, meeting up with a crowd of friends made on match days right on the centre line opposite the players' tunnel.

I was lucky enough to see the Double and European success - a wonderful privilege to see such a great team, although the players from the 50s "push and run" side were pretty damned good too.

My dad's dad was a talented athlete and although I don't remember him (he died when I was a baby) he was a good cricketer and also played with amateur status for Clapton Orient until he ran out in front of a horse and cart to save a toddler who'd strayed into the road in Stepney, where they lived then back in the early 1900s, and lost a leg as a result.

I could never have been anything other than a Spurs supporter.

 

[wojch]

I've become Spurs two years ago - time when I changed my life and came to England. The place I've worked for is owned by two Spurs fans - some say I didn't have a choice :wink: The truth is that those people became very good friends of mine and we talked about football - especially that it was WorldCup time. After that I started watching some games and when the 5th November came - I turned into Yiddo! :grin:

Thanks to those who lit Spurs Fire in me! You know I owe you... :wink:

forever coyS. :bigsmile:

 

[phil]

My father and elder brother were gooners. As a 4 year old I was taken to Highbury but it all changed when my father took me to the Lane in 1951. From then on I was a Spurs supporter although for a number of years I was still taken to Highbury.

I've failed as a father as my sons support West Ham and Manure. Suspect that is due to the fact that they never lived in North London.

 

[yiddobrett]

Spurs born and bred. My dad and granddad were Yids are still are, my granddad not so much but I go to every game with my old man. Born in 1992, first game was in 1998 against Chelscum at home (2-2, Iversen and Ginola).

I've lived in Ipswich my whole life and the year they finished 5th in their first year in the top flight for a while I was asked by my parents if I wanted a Ipswich shirt instead of a Spurs one the following season. No chance did I take them up on that offer.

 

[Blotto]

When I was young my uncle was a huge Leyton Orient fan and my dad a huge Spurs fan; my uncle took my to my first match and after I went to several matches with him so I guess from the time I was about 7 to 10 I was a Leyton Orient fan. Those were good times, but the first match I saw at the Lane with my dad and older brother (who was also a Spurs fan)--the atmosphere, the pitch, the football...I was hooked. It was Spurs from then on...and on and on...



(Though I still have a bit of a soft spot for Leyton Orient, good memories )