By now everyone who has any connection to Ireland has had their say about the handball. Prime Ministers, footballers including our own human wind turbine, and, on the Today programme yesterday morning, A Rich Irish Bloke Who No One has Heard Of. Â My neighbour's Irish setter is in mourning. That must be why he was [. Click to continue reading...

The slight air of unreality surrounding our season so far was further compounded by the sight of Jermaine Jenas and Tom Huddlestone in an England midfield, baking under a Middle Eastern sun as the whiplash gales destroyed my garden fence. Congratulations to all our internationals, especially to Tom on his debut. Click to continue reading...

Three points but complaints about our performance. Fourth in the league, yet harsh words for our manager. A strike force that sets up and scores a goal, but that's not enough. Yep, all the hallmarks of a Spurs fan's blog. The minute's silence for Poppy Day was respected by all except about a third of the [. Click to continue reading...

Looking forward, not back, so the visit of Sunderland to Tottenham tomorrow assumes a greater significance than might otherwise have been the case. Sunderland have quickly built a useful team under the experienced guidance of Steve Bruce but our attention will be focused firmly on the reaction of our own players to the events of [. Click to continue reading...

So how was it for you? The morning after is always worse than the night before, or in this case two mornings after. It's bad enough watching Spurs self-destruct, but the real impact is when you have to go work on Monday. My tried and tested method of dealing with football-related grief (hey, that's sounds good, [. Click to continue reading...

Defeat is always hard to stomach. Despite having had enough practice over the last 40 years or so of watching Spurs, I have never quite become used to it. There's nothing for it except to allow time to pass. Some people get angry, some just get over it, but I remain morose for however long [...] Click to continue reading...

A few continuity gaps in the blog over the past couple of weeks. Work is the curse of the blogging classes. Not that the net has been humming with dismay and angst. Bobby Gee, we salute you. Now the tenders are complete, the meeting over and the reports written, the important business of life has my [. Click to continue reading...

And so to the League Cup, in some ways a chance to put the Stoke defeat behind us but these days the midweek cup bears little resemblance to the issues facing us or any Prem team in the league. From Everton's perspective a kick-about in the Goodison car park has a greater priority than this evening's [. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham Hotspur did not play particularly well against Stoke City, but we played well enough to win. Whilst readily acknowledging our opponents' sterling defensive qualities and admirable teamwork, we dominated for long periods and should have put this one to bed long before Whelan's late winner. A bright start showcased Huddlestone's long range passing, spreading the [. Click to continue reading...

Although it's tempting to chart Spurs' progress against our performance in certain individual games, the season unfolds a series of little sequences of matches that provide a better guide as to how well we are doing. Today's contest against Stoke City marks the end of a four game run against teams lower down the league, [. Click to continue reading...

Sitting pretty in third without playing consistently well, the accepted view is that Spurs have developed the precious asset of being able to play below our ability and win, or at least not lose. Our last two games perfectly illustrate this. The emotional cocktail at the final whistle was a double shot of pleasure mixed [. Click to continue reading...

Three points, some nice attacking football, a good game to watch and third in the table. Put it like that, not a bad Saturday afternoon, but in truth, we got away with it. Emotions at the finish were a mixture of pleasure and relief. Saved by a couple of comedy misses. Like the Bolton game, [...] Click to continue reading...

Don't waste your valuable time reading this. Really, there's no punchline, not even a half baked joke or modestly amusing article. Feel free to let me know how much time you've wasted. You'll never get it back, you know. The news at Spurs is: nothing. England? Well, all power to them and good luck to Crouch [. Click to continue reading...

A version of this piece first appeared in My Eyes Have Seen The Glory Chris Parker, loving husband, doting father, loyal friend, died this time last year. A few weeks before his sudden passing, family and close friends gathered in a secluded pub garden to celebrate the christening of his first child. Click to continue reading...

Following Friday's headspinning crisis (what crisis?), the news that Harry Redknapp is being investigated for tax avoidance rather than fraud came as welcome relief for many Spurs fans. However, there's more than enough to suggest that a world of murky dealings and undisclosed payments are about to be exposed. Click to continue reading...