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There have been some great moments for Spurs in their history in European competitions. Inspired by the likes of Jimmy Greaves and Glenn Hoddle, Tottenham have won the UEFA Cup twice and the Cup Winners’ Cup once. Important for Tottenham is their ability to play well at White Hart Lane. The fact that it is a fortress [...]

Today I am compiling a list of the Top TEN ‘please come back’ Tottenham players. These are players that Spurs might wish they had never let go in recent history. These players might have looked awful in a Tottenham shirt, but then were a different player at a new club, or they are players who were [...]

It is not just players who are bad boys in football. There are managers who have shown no loyalty to their clubs as well, doing things that no one would be proud of. Managers are often thought to get a bad deal, what with many chairmen eager to sack them after a couple of bad results. [...]

When looking into the history of the illustrious, handsome, and most stimulating club in British football, you would find many a hero. The double-winning side are all heroes, but success does not create cult heroes. Today I want to look at cult heroes. A cult hero is a maverick, one who is often idolised by little [...]

The reasons for a team losing a game of football vary. Sometimes a team does not play well, sometimes they lose to a better side. But usually the manager does not take the blame, instead an outside influence is ‘at fault’. Considering the amount of pressure managers are under these days, it is no surprise that [...]

The reasons for a team losing a game of football vary. Sometimes a team does not play well, sometimes they lose to a better side. But usually the manager does not take the blame, instead an outside influence is ‘at fault’. Considering the amount of pressure managers are under these days, it is no surprise that they [...]

Here is my list of the ten worst  rules in football. This week, we are looking to the future at Footballfancast.com. Amidst all the opinion of which players are going to be the next big thing, I thought about how the game might be different over the next ten years because of the rules. In 2015 new [...]

At FootballFanCast.com this week we are looking at legends of the game. One thing that springs to mind when I think of legends in football is celebrations. Celebrations might be becoming ridiculous with choreographed moves, somersaults and props. But there are still some iconic celebrations over the years that stick in my memory. I don’t think [...]

Commercial revenue is made up from sponsorship links with companies, deals with shirt makers (Liverpool with Adidas) and shirt sponsors (Manchester United with AON). This is a very good representation of a club’s ‘size’ as a commercial deal is reflective of a club’s historical achievements and present day success. For example, Liverpool who may have not [...]

Continuing with the theme on Football FanCast this week of misbehaving footballers, today I look at one of the more controversial sides of the game; diving. Diving has become more and more prevalent in football as ‘professionalism’ has become an important part of the game for many sides. The effects of professionalism extend beyond diving to [...]

Luka Modric might be playing very well this year, but if you cast your minds back to 2008, you might remember that Modric did not have the best of starts at White Hart Lane. In his first season at the club Tottenham won just two points from eight games. When Ramos signed the Croatian, there had [...]

Here are the total revenues of the top 20 clubs in Europe from 2010, 2008 and 2005. Looking at these, we can see which clubs have prospered and which clubs have floundered over the past 5 years. Why is revenue important? It is this figure (after costs) that will determine how much a club is able [...]

Last week I compiled my Premier League ‘Let down XI’. That included players who were not necessarily the worst in the League, but who did not live up to the expectations that many fans and managers would have had. It included Almunia, Konchesky, Heitinga, Evans, Dunne, Carrick, Cole, Poulsen, Ireland, Defoe and Torres. In reverse of [...]

At White Hart Lane on Saturday, Vedran Corluka found himself in the middle of a controversial situation which saw him exchange a series of heated back-and-forths with a home supporter. After the final whistle, Corluka confronted the fan who had been sending abuse at the Tottenham team throughout the match. Corluka said, “I told one supporter he [...]

It seems that in the modern game, money is everything. This fact is noticeable as the firing of managers has become more and more commonplace. Bosses, hungry to see their money turned into success, do not have the patience to wait for a side to develop. We saw this earlier in the season as Sam Allardyce [...]

It has come to that stage in the year, where fans can start to look back on their season and decide which of their players have done well and which were poor. Today I am creating a let-down eleven. I have had to exclude some pretty poor players. I think Manchester United players Gabriel Obertan and [...]

In a follow up to the TOP TEN Best moments of the season earlier this week, today I focus on the worst moments of the season, so far. These moments are the worst in the sense that I could not really believe what had happened – for negative reasons. These moments are sensational but are not [...]

Picking the ten best moments of the season so far is never an easy thing to do. ‘Best’ is such a subjective word to use in football, what I might have loved, you might have hated. So here are my most memorable moments. The media have a massive influence in such things as memorable moments. It [...]

In a follow up to the TOP TEN Best moments of the season earlier this week, today I focus on the worst moments of the season, so far. These moments are the worst in the sense that I could not really believe what had happened – for negative reasons. These moments are sensational but are not [...]

There have been some great moments for Spurs in their history in European competitions. Inspired by the likes of Jimmy Greaves and Glenn Hoddle, Tottenham have won the UEFA Cup twice and the Cup Winners’ Cup once. Important for Tottenham is their ability to play well at White Hart Lane. The fact that it is [...]