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electrobanana

Hatch99 wrote: »

All the sweeter when you do finally collect it

your right hatch..maybe a nice little xmas bonus would be nice

Hatch99

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/09/27/mb-idUKL5E7KQ2HN20110927?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyOutlooksNews&rpc=401

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Thudd isn't cutting his hair until he scores a goal. To raise money for charity apparently. I'm fully expecting him to have an afro in a month or two!

Lemag

So I've just joined the land of twitter... are there any particularly interesting Spurs related twits to follow?

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Lemag wrote: »

So I've just joined the land of twitter... are there any particularly interesting Spurs related twits to follow?

@SpursOfficial
@TomHuddlestone6
@LedlyKingPFA (all the accounts with PFA at the end are run by the same person, e.g. GarethBalePFA)
@29_JL

They're all the one's that I follow anyways, there's probably more, SpursOfficial is the only you really need though, the rest are just social accounts. I also follow @OptaJoe among others, he/they give plenty of *interesting* stats.

richardjjd

Two others to consider in addition to Spurs Official and OptaJoe - @PaulHayward_gnm (chief Guardian sports writer) and @HenryWinter - football correspondent for the Telegraph. Two intelligent commentators.

ziedth

I'm seriously hungover today

tippspur

Well done Ireland and well done Keano,54 international goals he's some Legend.Euros here we come :cool:

mushykeogh

Gary Speed dead. An awful shock. What a waste.

terrymccarthy05

He was on football focus on saturday RIP. Gary

keane=cock

always like gary speed.

rip gary

on a selfish note i hope this doesnt affect gareth bale too much being welsh and all

jiltloop

I spotted Bale on BBC2 in the crowd watching the Federer tennis match so he must be alright.

But yeah terrible news about Gary Speed.
RIP

Leinstersqspur

What a waste of a life, leaving two kids behind you.
Always dreaded seeing his name on the opposing teamsheet as he always had a great eye for goal.

Strange that he had just appeared on FF yesterday.
Very sad.

4th goal in this vid was a peach!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd2l7UdUc7M

tippspur

RIP

bogtreader

Very sad to hear about Gary Speed may he rest in peace

galwayspur

RIP Gary, awful for his family & friends to deal with. He's a sad loss to football.

ruiseal

Not Spurs-related but worth a read.

http://www.cartilagefreecaptain.com/2012/6/15/3090125/all-sports-for-all-people-addendum-the-fields-of-athenry-ireland-euro-2012

Hatch99

Lads, can anyone recommend a good family orientated hotel that you have been to, has to have good facilities for kids ! Cheers

Leinstersqspur

ruiseal wrote: »

Not Spurs-related but worth a read.

http://www.cartilagefreecaptain.com/2012/6/15/3090125/all-sports-for-all-people-addendum-the-fields-of-athenry-ireland-euro-2012

Brilliant, that's me in the front row, bodhran in hand, sporting a tricolour afro, doing the Poznan when we equalised against Croatia! The best supporters in the world!

flyswatter

Van Persie. :P

Leinstersqspur

flyswatter wrote: »

Van Persie. :P

If last season thought me anything it was that premature gloating is not wise!

KingdomYid

Leinstersqspur wrote: »

If last season thought me anything it was that premature gloating is not wise!

Well said, have we not learned anything from last season?

larry1

flyswatter wrote: »

Van Persie. :P

http://youtu.be/My7hevrK6G8

2nd Row Donkey

^^^ Crazy. Worth a look just for a laugh at around the 30-50sec mark.

2nd Row Donkey

2nd Row Donkey

Seems the most appropriate thread.


Missus VDV

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/4418986/WAG-Sylvies-new-swimwear-shoot.html

Antisocialiser

Is football racist? on now on BBC3. Jenas interviewed amongst others.

WHL

Antisocialiser wrote: »

Is football racist? on now on BBC3. Jenas interviewed amongst others.

There was also an interview with David Baddiel on this programme saying that, as a Jew, he did not feel comfortable with the anti-Semitic chanting that his fellow Chelski fans aimed at Tottenham. He then went on to attack Spurs fans for describing themselves as "yids" and the club for refusing to stamp it out. He made a good point though in claiming that if there was a Premier League club from Brixton it would be inconceivable for their predominately white male fans to describe themselves as "n******. I've never really thought about it to be honest. Can't remember when we started to chant this

Antisocialiser

WHL wrote: »

There was also an interview with David Baddiel on this programme saying that, as a Jew, he did not feel comfortable with the anti-Semitic chanting that his fellow Chelski fans aimed at Tottenham. He then went on to attack Spurs fans for describing themselves as "yids" and the club for refusing to stamp it out. He made a good point though in claiming that if there was a Premier League club from Brixton it would be inconceivable for their predominately white male fans to describe themselves as "n******. I've never really thought about it to be honest. Can't remember when we started to chant this

Yeh i meant to revisit this thread. I thought Jenas spoke openly and honestly and came across as quite an intelligent chap... not sure about him being described as a england international and premiership star though :P

Alot of tottenham's jewish fans would consider the term "yid" as a badge of honour (allegedly at least) but Baddiel made a very good point as you rightly said. If it's a derogatory and racist word then we shouldn't be using it. How to enforce such a ban on the terraces is another thing though.

2nd Row Donkey

Sure them black gangsta lads like 'Icy tea and scoopy dog dog' use the N word to refer to themselves and eachother all the time. Spurs fans chanting 'yiddos, yiddos, yiddo's' is not a whole lot different.