I'm struggling to get my head round this one. He looked so happy and healthy when Orient were promoted recently.
He was far from being a favourite of mine. For me the Austin/Edinburgh pairing at the back was part of the dreaded 90s and it’s associates memories. My avatar and other pics of the last day at the Lane with Poch, Hoddle and Jennings don’t tell you the tale of how I bumped in Edinburgh at the Lane gates and remained unimpressed while he chatted to fans and took pictures with them. He showed up for them. I didn’t stop for a pic. If not for Paolo Tramazzani I think he’d probably get into most Spurs fans teams of worst players. But it seems like there’s a lot of love. And thinking about it probably for the first time ever I can see why.
We hated a decade, but he showed up and put a shift in every week at a club that had bigger problems than who was playing left back. I only ever had his back for the Savage thing. But memory probably hated Savage more for it. The love Edinburgh must have had for Nielsen. Most decorated Spurs player in 35 years. A sad reflection on our trophy drought, but there he is again. Showing up. Didn’t he coach our under 9s at some point? Showing up. One of the last opposition managers at the Lane for Gillingham in the Cup? The fanzone last week, he showed up. I had already left.
He pulled on our shirt many times, clearly with obvious pride and he did get slagged for it. Like Richards, Bunjevevic, Fulop... Rest in peace to them all. And more importantly, respect to them all. They lived our dream, but also lived a day to day existence with wives, kids and all that encompasses. What a remarkable life, and such a desperately sad loss.
RIP Justin.
He was far from being a favourite of mine. For me the Austin/Edinburgh pairing at the back was part of the dreaded 90s and it’s associates memories. My avatar and other pics of the last day at the Lane with Poch, Hoddle and Jennings don’t tell you the tale of how I bumped in Edinburgh at the Lane gates and remained unimpressed while he chatted to fans and took pictures with them. He showed up for them. I didn’t stop for a pic. If not for Paolo Tramazzani I think he’d probably get into most Spurs fans teams of worst players. But it seems like there’s a lot of love. And thinking about it probably for the first time ever I can see why.
We hated a decade, but he showed up and put a shift in every week at a club that had bigger problems than who was playing left back. I only ever had his back for the Savage thing. But memory probably hated Savage more for it. The love Edinburgh must have had for Nielsen. Most decorated Spurs player in 35 years. A sad reflection on our trophy drought, but there he is again. Showing up. Didn’t he coach our under 9s at some point? Showing up. One of the last opposition managers at the Lane for Gillingham in the Cup? The fanzone last week, he showed up. I had already left.
He pulled on our shirt many times, clearly with obvious pride and he did get slagged for it. Like Richards, Bunjevevic, Fulop... Rest in peace to them all. And more importantly, respect to them all. They lived our dream, but also lived a day to day existence with wives, kids and all that encompasses. What a remarkable life, and such a desperately sad loss.
RIP Justin.
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