A collection of Dispatches featured elsewhere across the web.
just-football.com
Striking A Chord: On Spurs, Modric and The Line
Other people can fight the bigger battles. My conscience is clear. As should Modric’s be if indeed he finds a new home in West London or Manchester in the coming weeks.
2nd July 2011
Tottenham Hotspur – The Day After The Night Before
There’s no silverware in this year ending in one, but what Spurs gave us is something a little more special. As Simon and Garfunkel once put it: ‘Preserve your memories, they’re all that’s left you.’
14th April 2011
Break-ups To Make-ups: On Rooney, Tevez And Letting Go
In the end though, fans have little power and are not subject to the manoeuvring and negotiating that goes on behind closed doors. Players must not use their elevated status with such calculating aplomb to conspire with their agents to take advantage of a situation and greedily take what they can, while they can.
24th December 2010
Not Supporting England
The question is always the same: ‘But if you were born in London and support Tottenham, why do you support Greece instead of England?’
26th October 2010
Taking Sides In Cyprus
The battlegrounds are drawn across a plethora of cultural pursuits, from wine-drinking to newspaper reading but it is within the country’s football stadia that the political sectarianism is most outwardly prominent.
7th October 2010
A Matter Of Opinion
The post-match interview, instead of shining any kind of light upon the ramifications of what has gone on on the pitch, has increasingly become a turgid trudge through a series of clichés and eulogies to victorious or vanquished opponents.
23rd September 2010
inbedwithmaradona.com
Chas ‘N’ Dave Revisited
My name is Greg Theoharis and I’m a Chas ‘n’ Dave fan
24th February 2011
Catching The Eye
The name of my first born, boy or girl will thus be Hotspur Galaxy United Thistle Theoharis. Should cover all the bases then. Now, I just need to get it by the wife…
5th January 2011
Citizen Cantona
Cantona’s pronouncements, in their simplicity, highlight a need to take responsibility for changing things that we don’t agree with, be that morally or ethically.
24th November 2010
A Special Day – El Diego At 50
What if you hadn’t made that monumental leap, one arm raised, hand outstretched, at six minutes past the hour of one on that sweltering Azteca day on June 22nd 1986?
30th October 2010
Matthias Sindelar And The Death Of Austrian Football
What truly marked out the ‘Paper-Man’ from his contemporaries, was his unshakeable belief in the notions of right and wrong which ultimately brought about the end of his career and some have suggested, his death.
29th October 2010
Facing Up To Gazza’s Death
My heart stops every time I switch on the news and hear the phrase, ‘Ex-England star, Paul Gascoigne…’
18th October 2010
Spurs, West Ham; Agree To Leave Stadiums Behind
The act of relocation is to be expected in most walks of life. If your needs outweigh your current place of residence or employment, you simply move house or change jobs according to your budget, qualifications and means of social advancement.
9th October 2010
twistedblood.wordpress.com
Through Gritted Teeth: Tony Adams
Like a new-age Cockney version of Jimmy Nail, his quixotic statements often jar because they sound as if they shouldn’t be leaving his lips.
June 20th 2011
sport.stv.tv
Spurs Can Lose Themselves And Dare To Dream
Football can seriously damage your mental health.
13th April 2011
northernleagueday.wordpress.com
What Has The Northern League Ever Done For Us? – Chris Waddle
Forget Fast Show catchphrases, Pizza Hut adverts, the mullet, that penalty and Diamond Lights, for this Spurs fan at least, Chris Waddle will always symbolise that slow, elusive bridge from childhood to adulthood.
30th March 2011
fiveinmidfield.com
My Five In Midfield
Franz Beckenbauer: Easily the greatest defender of all-time and captain of this side. Positional awareness was tantamount to his consistent domination of games and was blessed with that German inability to accept defeat. A powerful presence off-the-pitch too. When he speaks, you listen. Bears an uncanny resemblance to Robocop’s Kurtwood Smith. Which is no bad thing.
27th February 2011
twofootedtackle.com
Local Derbies: Pointless, Sterile And Anachronistic?
If the derby has any meaningful relevance in today’s footballing culture, it is usually evident in the perceived lesser club of the two.
12th November 2010
upper90magazine.com
It’s Lucky For Spurs
Life on earth is really just a series of happy accidents amidst a chaotic framework. The same goes for football.
31st December 2010
magicspongers.blogspot.com
Dickheads Series: The Crazy Gang
If there was an evolutionary scale for football whereby today’s Barcelona would represent fully evolved man, Wimbledon would be at the other end, with the apes, baring their arses and juggling their balls.
15th July 2011
