Did you inherit or to support Spurs??

[Fidget]

I caught it from my dad and I’ve never been cured. Find myself refusing any other footballing medication, even though this one generally makes me feel very, very ill. I think it may be because, when I was born as a carrier in 1961, there was a particularly virulent form of it going around, even though I was too young to experience the symptoms.
I remember Greaves, Coates, Peters, Chivers, Perryman, Gascoigne, Sheringham, Hoddle, Waddle, Clemence, Jennings, Van Der Vaart, Klinsman, Bale, King, Campbell, Ginola, Lineker, Sheringham, Berbatov, Defoe, Modric, Barmby, Poyet, Lennon, Kinnear. Blimey loads of great players.
C’mon you bloody Spurs lets get over this plague of disaster and embarrassment.

 

[barrowboy]

I was born on the Broadway, Edmonton. All my family where Tottenham fans. At the age of 7, I would jump on a bus and be at the ground in 10 minutes, under the turn stile and in to the ground. I did it for a long time, never failed. I was at the old Tottenham Town Hall to see Danny Blanchflower lift the double trophies on the balcony. My uncle then started taking me with all his mates, I was getting too big to sneak in. We stood on the half way line in the East stand season after season. I've been in the states now for 40 years and just as passionate for the team as I was then.

 

[Tottenham_God]

I was born on the Broadway, Edmonton. All my family where Tottenham fans. At the age of 7, I would jump on a bus and be at the ground in 10 minutes, under the turn stile and in to the ground. I did it for a long time, never failed. I was at the old Tottenham Town Hall to see Danny Blanchflower lift the double trophies on the balcony. My uncle then started taking me with all his mates, I was getting too big to sneak in. We stood on the half way line in the East stand season after season. I've been in the states now for 40 years and just as passionate for the team as I was then.

Took me a while to digest this, thought you found a way to teleport from Edmonton, Alberta CA.

Good that you've carried the passion over the Atlantic. How's football growing over there in your estimation?

The A League will never be any good down here

 

[0v3rl0r9]

My old man gave me a choice; Support Spurs or get out.

 

[Chadeq]

Was living near Chelmsford when at the age to pick a team happened… Leeds were huge but ‘cloggers’, Chelsea were good but ‘cloggers’, Spurs were decent and didn’t rely on maiming their opponents. lol.
I guess I could have chosen Chelmsford… but, well, yeah…
Almost fifty years now and I still haven’t learned my lesson!

 

[Insomnia]

Born in Hornsey, Mum's side of the family all gooners, my Dad Spurs, ,my Dad won. I've passed this curse onto all 5 of my kids, I figure if I'm going to have the hump at the weekend they might as well join me

 

[elfy]

My Aunt used to run the creche at the stadium for players children on matchdays in the '80s, she also used to occassionally babysit for Hoddle's children and a few other players. She also used to run the creche at Selhurst Park, Palace nearly bankrupted her by not paying her invoices so she gave it all up completely.
When she left Gary Mabbutt phoned her at home to ask her to reconsider, thank her for her work and wish her well for the future. I didn't fully comprehend this at the time, but as years go by I am still stunned at what a classy move that was - for the club captain to phone what was in essense a babysitter like that is immense and I have so much respect for that.
So, Spurs were my club but I wasn't really that interested in football until Italia 90. Even then, I wasn't really very interested. Until, my mum decided to visit some friends in London for the day.
Her eldest child was a couple of years older than me and a gooner. It just happened that it was the day of the '91 FA cup semi.
He spent all day trying to wind me up about how Spurs were going to get a spanking. We all watched the match together (at his insistence.)
I got to see two of the greatest things I have ever experienced as a football fan - Gazza's free kick, and seeing a gooner cry.
That was it, I was hooked.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

My family are half Manchester United, half Glasgow Rangers.

Dad is a season ticket holder at Ibrox, my mum at Old Trafford.

I’m the only one who supports Spurs.

How did that come about?

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Inherited.

I was intrigued as a very small child with how my dad could get so absorbed and passionate about watching a grainy black and white image (it was the very early 80s) of a group of men running around on some grass.

Then, and without becoming conscious of it, I got drawn in to the football itself until I was as passionate as my dad, and my commitment to the club was finalised when my fierce Irish nan bought me a home kit from the 1982/83 season. Never looked back. I love this club and have tried to dissolve my interest at certain times over the years but it’s too big a part of me. And I think this has rubbed off on my youngest child, who has a severe disability and struggles to communicate. I caught them watching highlights of the Brentford game on their kindle the other day, even though they can’t read or write. It’s funny how this club has a way of finding people

 

[Tonio]

Mum and dad both Gooners having both lived in Islington before i was born. Brother Chelsea and sister Liverpool. Luckily a friend of mine went to Spurs regular with his dad and brought me along. I was hooked ever since. The first whiff of the burger vans and the madness of shitloads of people in the streets around WHL was like nothing I'd ever experienced. Miss the old WHL badly. COYS.

 

[barrowboy]

Took me a while to digest this, thought you found a way to teleport from Edmonton, Alberta CA.

Good that you've carried the passion over the Atlantic. How's football growing over there in your estimation?

The A League will never be any good down here

The city in Alberta is named after two men from Edmonton in London who founded it back in the day. The premier league over here on TV is very popular. The MLS is crap though.

 

[Tottenham_God]

The city in Alberta is named after two men from Edmonton in London who founded it back in the day. The premier league over here on TV is very popular. The MLS is crap though.

I see the MLS and similar to the A League, nice retirement village for footballers to holiday as they wind down their careers

 

[Roberts84]

My dad use to go and watch Brentford most weeks and grew up supporting them and unfortunately he took me to Griffin Park as a very young kid. All my dads mates were Spurs supporters and if Brentford were away, he'd go to Spurs as they were his second team. I was leaning towards spurs after the 81 cup final but I do remember, (may be a blurred memory), Archibald hitting the post in the 82 cup final and laying on the ground with his head in his hands while wearing the yellow kit which i thought was the greatest kit ever - and became hooked. The kit looked silky and that was it. Fortunately my old man took me to my first game the following season, to a cup replay against Fulham (83/84 season) and the rest is history, something magical about the old WHL under flood lights that got me hooked. My dad then went full on Spurs crazy and got us season tickets taking me home away through the 80s.

 

[Terry & Terry]

Chose. I guess QPR and Brentford were closer to home but the year was 1961.

 

[asianspur]

Growing up in Asia in the 80s.. The only live matches we got was FA Cup sfinal and final.. 10 years old first match I watched was sfinal at wembley spurs vs arse.. Told myself will support who ever wins the match.. Gazza scored and rest is history.. So nearly could have been an arse fan.. Funny thing that time only relied on newspapers and me being a di**... was looking for Nottingham Hotspur in the standings... Got confused between the 2 clubs.. Thank god didnt go for Forest.. but anyhow its bad enough choosing Tottenham.. but its been a beautiful ride... its always me against everyone here.. defending my corner vs the big successfull club fans

 

[Fergus]

I blame Dave Mackay!
My Father (a lifelong gooner) and 6-year old me were on the train from Edmonton Green to Bethal Green one Sunday afternoon in December 1961. This smartly dressed, confident looking man got on in our compartment at White Hart Lane and my father let out a muffled sigh. I asked my father who he was and he replied "Dave Mackay", and mumbled "dirty bastard" so quietly he thought I couldn't hear him.
Being a curious 6-going-on-7, I trotted over to him and said "Excuse me mister, are you Dave Mackay?" He answered in this thick Scottish accent that absolutely charmed me, "Yes, how can I help you son?"
I replied quite innocently with "My dad says you're a dirty bastard!"
Instead of being offended, he just laughed, then showed his class and introduced himself to my dad with "You must be an Arsenal fan", then proceeded to happily discuss his admiration for Herbert Chapman as the father of modern English football, among various topics, with me sat on his knee.
After the sudden reward of the double for my new-found loyalty, it's been downhill ever since.

 

[Harrier]

My father was born in Ponders End, Enfield so supported Tottenham as a child.

I was suitably brainwashed, but witnessed some fantastic players in the 80’s as a result.

 

[Hot-Spur]

It was during the 1990 World Cup that I started to become interested in football, followed the England team, and had a bit of a crush on Lineker, of all the players. So I said whatever team he played for would be my team. It was of course Spurs and that was it, I have followed us ever since.

But I was so clueless on football back then I told a friend of mine that I supported Spurs, and she said oh right Tottenham, and I said no Spurs ?

 

[tiger666]

I don't even remember how I became a Spurs fan, my old man supported Liverpool. I had a Man U jumper as a kid that my mum knitted, I also remember buying a Notts Forest badge. At some point I settled on Spurs, maybe I just liked the name. I never was very smart as a kid..

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

I don't even remember how I became a Spurs fan, my old man supported Liverpool. I had a Man U jumper as a kid that my mum knitted, I also remember buying a Notts Forest badge. At some point I settled on Spurs, maybe I just liked the name. I never was very smart as a kid..

As a kid?