It just had to happen. We were all prepared for the sheer inevitability that at some point, given enough games over enough years, even Spurs just HAVE to win one. And we did. Furthermore; it was at home!!! The place where most teams do a high percentage of their winning. But not us. No. We wouldn’t want fans leaving the most magnificent stadium in the world with a smile on their faces. And we all know the horrible statistics. Which, in this instance, were credible.
Yesterday morning we were the only team in the top SEVEN leagues without a win this season.
We’d won just 5 matches at home since 2024.
We were shit. Statistics, or league position, don’t lie.
And then Coventry came. A team riding high after 2 consecutive wins. Otherwise a team no-one cares about. Unloved. Always have been. Since Lady Godiva nothing good has come from that City. Other than James Maddison…
Our manager set an unusual line-up. But what the hell; he was desperate, like the rest of us. And really, nothing mattered because in that line-up, Maddison was back. And he makes such a massive, positive difference, every time he touches the ball. And his presence lifts the others. Firstly because of his energy, but also because they don’t to be losing their place in the squad due to his return.
And he scored a wonderful goal. 1-nil to the Spurs. Early. Too early. We’re the only supporters who get in a panic when their team scores. And inevitably, Coventry equalised. Oh no!! Not again!!
But, like Gloria Gaynor, we didn’t crumble. We didn’t lay down and die. Oh no, not them. They uncharacteristically hoisted themselves up by their bootstraps and played their little hearts out. And eventually it paid off, and we scored another. But wait! Its still early!!! We can still lose!!!
We held off and we pushed and defended and hit the ball over the bar and into the stands and round the corners and then… in the dying seconds of the game, we scored again. Oh no! Its too late!!! Hold on; that’s a good thing, ok, phew. 3-1, 42 seconds left, I’ll take that and… in 42 seconds, relax.
AND WE WON!!!!
The league title is surely ours now.
Happy, deluded, ecstatic Tuesday
A xxxx









