(So called Entertainer) Ramin Karimloo However, I think it’s fair to say that as celebrity fans go, Tottenham are well represented…, Give us feedback on your Football FanCast experience. J. K. Rowling Jude Law (Peru's most famous writer) Danny Nazareth FOLLOW. James Righton in the 1960's and a local lad) Gary Olsen Bruce Forsyth CBE Aaronovitch (Times journo) http://timesonline.typepad.com/david_aaronovitch/sports/index.html In 2007, 30% of Spurs supporters earned more than £50,000,[5] and the average wage of the supporters was £45,000[6] (the median average yearly salary for the country as a whole at that time was around £20,000). For example, fans in the 1960s sang "Jennings is better than Yashin, Greaves is better than Eusébio", but as players moved to other clubs and the context no longer relevant to fans in later eras, it stopped being sung. A close school friend of Bernie Weinstein was Danny Sewell, brother of actor George Sewell, the actor and another famous son of Tottenham, Mike & Bernie formed their comedy double act in the early 1950’s and changed their surname to Winters. Pearson - star of Drop the Dead Donkey and other stuff - sits on the lower (Singer with Tight Fit) (Thinking man's Sport Journalist) the dark days and deserves his position at the top of the tree google_ad_client = "ca-pub-1624066848071517"; dc.cookie='he=llo; path=/; expires='+ date_ob.toGMTString();} // --> Believe it or not, Tottenham … Michael Brunson It initially supported the youth-team and under-21 fixtures, but later extended to the main senior matches. However, without photographic evidence, or a quote coming straight from the horses-mouth, those guys are not going to make it onto the list. (Quality Cricketer) A new sound was heard in English football in the 1961–2 season. by mark turner share . If you happen to have hard evidence that there are even more famous people missing from the list, feel obliged to leave a comment. Claude Littner [128][129][130][131][132] The adjective "Spursy", and its derived noun "Spursiness",[133] denotes a certain fragility in the team that consistently fail to live up to expectations and crumble within sight of victory. Adam Richman Lupe Fiasco google_ad_width = 728; //--> Six times Tottenham have defined exactly what being Spursy is all about", "Tottenham fans bask in afterglow of a defiantly un-'Spursy' denouement", "More 'Spursy' than Spurs — but Inter Milan are on the rise again", "Tottenham are not 'Spursy' anymore, says Mauricio Pochettino", "Tottenham discover clinical edge to banish talk of 'Spursiness, "Tottenham have become genuine title contenders, but can they shake off the 'Spursy' curse? google_ad_client = "ca-pub-1624066848071517"; Lomas Brown Jr. Arsenal fans celebrate St Totteringham's Day, a term believed to be first used in 2002, which is the day when it became mathematically impossible for Tottenham to finish above Arsenal in that season. It also organised social outings and published a magazine The Lilywhite. For proof of the fact, links can be accessed from the name of the fan. Immortalized in the book Barry Norman The resentment over Arsenal's move to North London has led to Spurs fans continually referring to Arsenal as being from Woolwich to stress that Arsenal were from South London. and sometime reader of TOPSPURS [114][115][98][116] The Prime Minister David Cameron argued that there is "a difference between Spurs fans self-describing themselves as Yids and someone calling someone a Yid as an insult" as its use by the Spurs fans is not motivated by hate and therefore cannot be considered hate speech. Derek (Philosopher & fellow Leeds Why Tottenham may struggle to fill 62,062 capacity at £1bn new home", "When is a capacity not a capacity – Ask Spurs or Arsenal! best ideas) [105][106] A survey commissioned by the club in 2013 showed that the majority of the club's supporters, both Jews (73%) and non-Jews (74%), approved of its use by their own fans, with 67% regularly chanted the word. Tottenham might have left the old White Hart Lane behind, but Spurs fans have taken their favourite terrace songs with them. on TV for much of his life. I was one of those kids who had a brick of stickers in the playground – got, got, need, need badly – and I think I’d pretty much completed the album when my Dad suggested I get a football kit for Christmas. google_ad_width = 728; McIntyre (Estate agent looking smarmy comedian of sorts), And [92] Many songs have been used over many decades as chants; for example "Guantanamera" which has been used for numerous players including Paul Gascoigne ("There's only one Paul Gascoigne") and Gary Stevens ("There's only two Gary Stevens" since there were two players of the same name active at the same time), and "Land of Hope and Glory" (most recently used for Eric Dier). google_ad_width = 728; Sugar regularly gets involved in a Twitter feud with Piers Morgan who is a fan of Tottenham’s bitter rivals Arsenal. The angels were allowed on the perimeter of the pitch and their fervour whipped up the home fans who responded with a rendition of "Glory Glory Hallelujah", which is still sung on terraces at White Hart Lane and other football grounds. google_ad_width = 728; in the 1960's and a local lad), before THFC's Cup Final with Chelsea in 1967 As a result, the club has acquired some rather high-profile supporters over the years. David Nobbs (creator of Reggie Perrin etc) Bernard Bresslaw (Capital Gold DJ) /* TOPSPURS 728banner */ Mike was the straight man to the mildly gormless and goofy character played by Bernie. [46][47][48], An early fan club was the Spurs Supporters Club, formed independently by fans in 1948 but became officially recognised by Tottenham in the early 1960s. Nicholas Kyrgios SHARE. Annie Mac at matches in the 1980's, (Former righthandman to the useless Gordon Brown) - Has strong Spurs & favourite of Joe Thornton) Leslie Phillips Famous Tottenham Hotspur Fans Lyrics. (Singer) [97], [98](Sung to the tune of "Tom Hark" by The Piranhas), Due to the club's historical association with Jewish supporters, Tottenham is identified as a Jewish club by rival fans, even though it no longer has a greater number of Jewish fans than other major London clubs. In their first few years in the league, the attendance averaged at around 2,000. Abou Diaby Gabriel Garcia Marquez credentials and earned his place at the top table by citing Pratt's 30 yarder The song has also been adapted for use by other clubs such as Manchester United since. (Actor) (Cricketing legend and fellow Mill Hill Village and Colindale old boy) (England wicketkeeper) [38] Their highest home attendance figure was recorded at the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen, when 85,512 attended, a record for any English club. google_ad_width = 728; at Notts County in 1978 as his favourite Spurs goal in a recent programme, (Golfer),