As self appointed President of the 'Enjoy it' campaign and the 'This could be the year' Fellowship I look on with a certain detachment at our new friends in the media who are climbing aboard the Tottenham bus. Hanson, Lawrenson, even Lee Dixon and of course ex players like Lineker and Ossie Ardiles who touchingly still refers to Spurs as 'we'. Click to continue reading...

Back in the day, when all I had to worry about was hiding my hickies in a rollneck top, Jolly Ranchers were poisoning us with water melon boiled sweets and a young Take That were barely a twinkle in the eye, a young man was trying to make his way in the hard knock world [...] Click to continue reading...

Both Ricky Villa and Ossie Ardiles spent time with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. Villa featured prominently in the 1983 NASL side alongside among others, Brian Kidd, Nene Cubillias and Ray Hudson. Villa was such a hero among Argentine fans, I can still hear the cries of "Villa!" from the stands at Lockhart Stadium over a quarter century later.

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Well we can call off the missing person's search. Head down to Deepdale tonight and you're likely to be treated to rare glimpses of Giovani and David Bentley, last seen being surreptitiously airbrushed into the background as 'Arry's favourites went through their pre-match warm-ups. There has been some clamour for Giovani's inclusion in recent weeks, and after the two woeful attempts by 'Arry to compensate for the absence of Modric, it would really warm the cockles tonight to see the Mexican put in a virtuoso performance on the left.

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Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa are to feature in Spurs' Cult Heroes, the forthcoming AANP book looking at players who achieved status amongst us fans for what they did at the club. You are most warmly invited to share any memories you have of one, other or both – first impressions, memorable moments or personal meetings you may have had.

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Glenn Hoddle recalls the moment when a drunk Ossie Ardiles dented the FA Cup. Relax though, Hoddle doesn't go on to claim that it was as a result of misdemeanours of a past life.

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Poor old Chris Hughton deserves a fair bit of credit for quietly taking over a job he doesn't want and just getting on with it. Ashley's dumped him in it a few times now but Hughton simply remains unruffled, appearing to treat his frequent calls to stand-in as manager of one the most media-exposed teams in [. Click to continue reading...

Three spaces left, but still a number of contenders for the list of 20 Spurs Cult Heroes. Still looking for the players who achieved legendary status amongst us fans for what they did at the club – so put forward your argument for (or indeed against) the inclusion of any of these:

Pat Jennings, John White, Alfie Conn, Bill Brown, Sandy Brown, Cyril Knowles, Ralph Coates, Gary Lineker, Steffen Freund, Teddy Sheringham.

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The clue is in the title - the first all-action book on Spurs is imminent, and all lilywhite fans are most warmly invited to pitch in.

A list of 20 fans' favourites is being compiled, and frankly, for a team as steeped in history as ours, there just ain't enough room for everyone. Some names effortlessly pick themselves – true Lane legends such as Blanchflower, Perryman, Mabbutt, Greaves and Bill Nick.

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Quite possibly! Okay - perhaps it's not quite as bad as Ossie Ardiles and "Tottingham's" cringeworthy collaboration with Chas and Dave, but it's close.
Incredibly, this reached number 3 in the singles charts in 1988. I still remember bopping along to this in my brand-spanking new shell-suit, thinking it was the coolest song in the world. Click to continue reading...

Ossie's dreaming of Inverness job We thought we would celebrate the news that Ossie Ardiles has applied for the vacant Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager's post by bringing you a bit of Chas and Dave's Ossie's Dream FA Cup song from 1981. Ardiles said: "I don't know a lot about them, but I've been in this kind of [. Click to continue reading...

Tim Vickery recalls when Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa blazed the trail to England.
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Two ex-QPR's Turn 55 today: Ron Abbott and Peter Eastoe. And tomorrow, two more QPR-connected players: Ossie Ardilles and Lee Cook...And then on Monday, Tony Roberts turns 29.
Ron Abbott Turns 55
Born August 2, 1953. Ron Abbott began as a "big/strong" center forward and there had been big hopes about his future (along with fellow forward, Alan Mayes). Click to continue reading...

The selección will play a friendly against Egypt, in Cairo, on the 26th March, and the AFA are also in talks with the FMF about a friendly against Mexico in February, to be played in Dubai. Domestically, the end of the championship - and the imminent re-opening of the European transfer windows - mean it's [. Click to continue reading...

The Apertura is over, then, and immediately the game of managerial musical chairs has started. Diego Simeone leaving Estudiantes was probably the least surprising development, whilst elsewhere Ossie Ardiles has walked out on Huracán. Gustavo Costas, recently relieved of his responsibilities at Racing, is set to take on a foreign posting. Click to continue reading...

After the week Huracán have had - losing their unbeaten record last weekend in La Bombonera, followed by the loss of their manager on Tuesday - it wasn't too surprising that they couldn't lift themselves in front of a home crowd, even in front of their new manager Ossie Ardiles. Gimnasia took advantage of the situation [...] Click to continue reading...