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Surely we couldn't do it again... could we? After the 120 minutes against Pompey, and epic win on Wednesday night, I'll be impressed if half of them even make it through the warm-up, but yet another Herculean effort is required today if we are to take advantage of the last-minute defeat of Man City this lunchtime.

A theory doing the rounds in some quarters is that the crunch games in our push for fourth is not the quartet against the big boys (Man Utd-l'Arse-Chelski-City) but the four against the less glamorous mob – Pompey, Sunderland, Burnley and Bolton. Anything less than three points against each of this lot, so goes the theory, and we really will throw away fourth spot.

The response to our current blip has included a vitriolic chorus from some quarters for the sacking of ‘Arry. Having dragged us from the relegation zone to contention for the top-four – via Wembley – in little over a year, it seems a slightly disproportionate reaction, but defeat in the Cup today would not go down well amongst already restless natives.

(Yes yes, it's about a year late. Sorry. Finishing touches being applied to the opus Spurs' Cult Heroes)

It appears that "Just one of those days" is lined up to become ‘Arry's Triffic Phrase of the Season 2009/10, following the success of "Two points, eight games" last year. The official company line at least appears to be that the blank drawn against Hull is not something about which to get too worked up, and in a sense one can appreciate the point – we may not have been at our fluid best, but Gomes spent most of the game in smoking-jacket and slippers, puffing contentedly on cigar and squinting down the far end of the pitch.

(Apologies for the tardiness – deadline week on the book Spurs' Cult Heroes)
The FA Cup? Why not? The only team that ever seems to beat us in knock-out competitions has itself been knocked out, and for our part we look capable of despatching anyone on our day. This is not a reaction to our win on Saturday, far from it, but rather a reaction to the exit of Man Utd.

It's a chipper and optimistic AANP that will go traipsing along the High Road tonight. While it is too early to bleat on about our name being on the Cup, having done the hard part of emerging unscathed from the Reebok stadium our name really ought to be in the Quarter-Final draw without too many alarms.

Paul Gascoigne is one of those to feature in AANP's forthcoming book Spurs' Cult Heroes, detailing the glorious history of Tottenham Hotspur FC by examining players who achieved legendary status amongst us fans. AANP warmly invites you to leave any memories you may have of the man – favourite moments from his career, or personal meetings off the pitch.

David Ginola is the most recent player to feature in AANP's forthcoming book Spurs' Cult Heroes, detailing the glorious history of Tottenham Hotspur FC by examining players who achieved legendary status amongst us fans. AANP warmly invites you to leave any memories you may have of the man – favourite moments from his career, or personal meetings off the pitch.

It's tempting to imagine that after the Wolves debacle, the visit of Manchester City will herald a vastly more palatable performance from our heroes. Unlike Wolves, City will not cram every man, woman and child behind the ball – they'll come and have a stab at us, and we'll have a bit of greenery to exploit.

Roll up, one and all. Tickets are now available for the Tottenham Hotspur bandwagon, which rolls into town once again on Saturday. Come the final whistle against Wolves we can all get a little too carried away once again, on a wave of euphoria/doom (delete as appropriate). The only question regards the direction in which we head.

Having appeared for Tottenham more often than any other player, Steve Perryman is quite aptly the latest to be featured in forthcoming book Spurs' Cult Heroes, detailing the glorious history of Tottenham Hotspur FC -� by examining players who achieved legendary status amongst us fans.

Alan Gilzean is the latest player to be featured in forthcoming book Spurs' Cult Heroes, detailing the glorious history of Tottenham Hotspur FC -� by examining players who achieved legendary status amongst us fans for what they did at the club. AANP warmly invites you to leave any memories you may have of the man – favourite moments from his career, or personal meetings off the pitch.

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It's competition time at AANP Towers, you lucky things. In preparation for the launch of AANP's own book (Spurs' Cult Heroes – out three months today), we've got our paws on a couple of brand spanking new copies of the corking The Pocket Book of Spurs to give away.

Pat Jennings is one of the players to be featured in forthcoming book Spurs' Cult Heroes, detailing the glorious history of Tottenham Hotspur FC by examining players who achieved legendary status amongst us fans for what they did at the club.

AANP warmly invites you to leave any memories you may have of the man – favourite moments from his career, or personal meetings off the pitch.

Martin Chivers is one of the players to be featured in forthcoming book Spurs' Cult Heroes, tracing the glorious history of Tottenham Hotspur FC by examining players who achieved legendary status amongst us fans for what they did at the club.

AANP warmly invites you to leave any memories you may have of Chivers below.

A gentle public service announcement, for those who might be interested – a team of Spurs veterans is in action on Sunday 15th November, 2pm at Wadham Lodge, Walthamstow.

The Spurs team in action will include legendary Uefa Cup-winning captain (and featured player in Spurs' Cult Heroes) Graham Roberts, as well as Tony Galvin, Gary Stevens, Mark Falco, Micky Hazard, Steve Sedgely, Clive Wilson, Garry Brooke and Mark Stimson.

Double-winning captain Danny Blanchflower is one of the players featured in forthcoming book Spurs' Cult Heroes, and AANP warmly invites you to leave your memories below, of one of the club's greatest ever players.

As ever, all are most welcome to leave memories - and browse those of others - regarding some of the other featured players: Dave Mackay here, Cliff Jones here, Glenn Hoddle here, Chris Waddle here, Ossie and Ricky here, Gary Mabbutt here, Graham Roberts here, Jimmy Greaves here, Clive Allen here, Jurgen Klinsmann here

You can become a Facebook fan of Spurs' Cult Heroes and AANP here, or follow on Twitter here

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Ahoy-hoy. If you're in two minds about the new AANP book Spurs' Cult Heroes, have a listen to this little nugget from the always excellent Spurs Show Podcast - and win one of two signed copies:spurs_cult_heros1

You can listen to the full podcast from this – or any other week – right here.

Parish noticeboard – for those who fancy meeting Gary Mabbutt, the last man to lift the FA Cup for Spurs (although not for long...) he will be signing copies of AANP's new book Spurs' Cult Heroes, on the following dates:

Waterstones Riverside Hemel Hempstead; Easter Saturday 3 April, 12 noon�

Waterstones Leadenhall Market, City of London; Thursday 8 April 12.

What ho. If I've been doing this right seasoned visitors to AANP Towers should know that as of this Saturday the book "Spurs' Cult Heroes" becomes available to buy in shops. To mark the occasion and whet your appetite, I have posted a world exclusive no less – below, for your visual delectation, is the Introduction to Spurs' Cult Heroes.

In the past few years the Seattle Sounders have taken Sporting Kansas City through a variety of late winners. Games went from well in the hands of the Midwesterners to become talismanic performances by men who become cult heroes. Fucito, Parke, Rosales and Neagle all overcame odds and finished off a challenging side.

The cult hero, every club has them. They are not always the best player to turn out for your team, indeed sometimes they can be among the worst. But they had that little something that meant they were held in the highest regard by the fans. Sometimes there is a personal reason why a supporter has a particular affection for a player.