BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 04:12 PM

Here's a page about Walter Tull, who was the second professional black ootballer, who played for Spurs back in 1909, and was later killed in the Great War.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: autolycus
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 05:08 PM

Mackay was great. Tommy Harmer the greatest.

   Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: ard mhacha
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 05:15 PM

Tommy Harmer the 8 stone wonder was a wee cracker, but Mackay was the greatest battler, he won games for Spurs with his courage and great football ability, I was lucky enough to see both players and Dave Mackay would be my first pick of all the players I have seen.
All a matter of opinion, keeps the pot boiling.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: autolycus
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 01:51 AM

Mackay was the greatest tackler I ever saw. In hus first for Spurs, agin Man City if I remember aright, he won every one.

Harmer made more goals than you've had hot dinners, tho the others missed a lot of them.

He was a greater penalty-taker than Berbatov (and that's saying something) cos he tended to paralyse the goalkeeper into not actuallly being able to move.

I wrote to him just a few years ago and got a precious reply, from his home address, remembering what I remembered, like taking corners tapped to him up the goalline. Signed Tommy and addressed Dear Ivor. From my hero, grown-up hero!!!! Alas, he died last Christmas Day. RIP


Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: ard mhacha
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 04:07 AM

Sorry to hear of the wee masters passing, he was one of my late brothers favourite players.

Here is my team of players that I saw playing in der flesh,and the clubs they were with at the time,
Banks [Leicester] Cohen ;Fulham] McCreadie [Chelsea] Blanchflower [Spurs] Hurley [Sunderland] Mackay [Spurs] Matthews [Blackpool] Charlton [Man Utd] Osgood [Chelsea] Law [Man Utd] Best [Man Utd], likely there were better players, but at the time i seen them play they left a lasting impression.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: Rasener
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 04:22 AM

Ah, you are missing a few

Bobby Moore
Paul McGrath
Peter McParland
Jimmy Greaves
Billy Wright
Ronnie Allen
Ray Barlow

I better stop

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: ard mhacha
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 04:32 AM

Villan, yes all class acts, I only seen McGrath play on TV, the others I seen for their clubs and countries.
Shackleton, Mannion, Finney, John Charles, and and and, right better stop.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 01:46 PM

Pat Jennings

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: Schantieman
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 10:46 AM

Didn't Pat Jennings (another Irishman of course) score a goal once?

S

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 11:19 AM

As did Paul Robinson not so long ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: ard mhacha
Date: 02 Mar 08 - 06:55 AM

The goal was scored in the Charity Cup Final for Spurs against Man Utds Alec Stepney, a long punt up-field which bounced over Stepney`s head.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: Rasener
Date: 02 Mar 08 - 07:33 AM

How did spurs get on yesterday?
How could you do that to a Villa supporter. We do not like Birmingham City winning, even against Spurs.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: ard mhacha
Date: 02 Mar 08 - 02:22 PM

Villan, The bookies are very rich on results like this, nothing changes the great uncertainty of sport, and rich bookies. I wouldn`t call myself a supporter of any team in the Premier League. I support my local County in Gaelic Football, that is a big enough test of my nervous system.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: Big Phil
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 02:25 PM

Who's bothered over Soccer. Overpaid namby pambies, the whole bloody lot of them. Wish they would ban it.

Phil*

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: Rasener
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 02:41 PM

Boo give Big Phil the red card, ref.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: GUEST,JTS
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 03:20 PM

I somewhat envy the man who would find it worthwhile to debate that it should be called "football" and not "soccer". The problems, issues and choices in his life must be small indeed for this to have any import whatsoever.

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: autolycus
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 03:24 PM

See, both is possible. nalopkt

Ivor

Subject: RE: BS: Tottenham Hotspur win Carling Cup
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 06:53 PM

The other, famously supporting Spurs, Kevin has been conspicuously absent from this thread - is that because it's Lent, or because he's not reading below the line these days?

Kitty