Did Tottenham's Best Eras All Start Like This?

Tottenham have been here before — and it usually ends well. Author and White Hart Review editor Andrew Pettifer joins Jim to trace the pattern through fifty years of Spurs slow starts: the 1975 great escape against champions Leeds, relegation followed immediately by Ardiles and Villa and a golden era, bottom of the league in November 1988 with Gazza before finishing sixth, two points from eight in 2008 before the Redknapp lift-off, and Pochettino's own admission that one more defeat to Villa in 2014 would have cost him his job. Even 1912-13 obliges: no win until game 13, with Woolwich Arsenal relegated below us.

Then it gets personal: Andrew's extraordinary afternoon eating oysters with Ledley King at Sydney fish market, the club figure who revealed she didn't sleep for three months last season, and the trivia chain that runs from her to Liverpool's Craig Johnston to the invention of the Adidas Predator. Plus Osburs — the only nationally organised English supporters club in Australia — calling De Zerbi and Ange as their top two picks years early, birthday voicemails from Gary Mabbutt, and why none of this is really about football.

Andrew's books, with proceeds to charity:
When the Final Whistle Blows (Cancer Research): geni.us/Spursbook
Two Tribes (Choose Love): geni.us/twotribes
The White Hart Review — long-form Spurs writing: whitehartreview.com

Welcome to the OSoSpurs podcast — daily Tottenham Hotspur analysis and match reactions.

Chapters:
00:00 Open: a guest from a different era
01:07 The premise: Spurs have been here before
01:57 1975: Billy Nick, champions Leeds and the great escape
03:21 Relegation, then Ardiles and Villa: a golden era born
04:01 1988-89: bottom in November with Gazza, sixth by May
06:14 '92-93, 2008 and the Redknapp lift-off
07:28 Sepia-tinted glasses: your best era is about your age
09:22 The League Cup that hooked Jim (and ruined a Chelsea party)
10:25 Poch's confession: one Villa defeat from the sack
11:15 1912-13: no win until game 13, Woolwich below us
12:21 Osburs: Australia's only national supporters club
13:04 Oysters with Ledley at Sydney fish market
15:54 The club figure who didn't sleep for three months
18:13 Craig Johnston, Viv Lewis and the Predator boot
21:12 How Osburs called De Zerbi and Ange years early
23:39 Birthday voicemails from Gary Mabbutt
24:23 Two Tribes: the Spurs community vs Amazon
26:11 Which book to read first — both for charity
29:33 Why none of this is really about football
31:09 The White Hart Review: long-form Spurs writing
32:34 Outro

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