Embed from Getty Images

Go to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the famous homilies greet you wherever you turn. ‘The game is about glory’, they tell you. And ‘audere est facere’.

Generous Spurs fans sitting through the football served up by Antonio Conte may have shaken their heads ruefully at those words that are now mere marketing slogans. Others may have scorned them as a sick joke while they watched adventurous players, hidebound by caution, become tentative plodders, the atmosphere flat, the team unable to control a game.

Continue reading “Antonio Conte sacked as his honest words became too much for the trophyless Spurs establishment” →

Embed from Getty Images

It’ll now be at least 16 years since the club last received some winners’ medal, the most recent time being the 2008 League Cup. 

Hopes were high that Spurs could undo the 1 goal deficit they had against AC Milan, yet Conte’s side delivered a trademark performance bereft of quality and urgency. The club looks no closer to silverware than it did before the Italian’s arrival, and Conte himself hinted that his stint in North London could be coming to an end.

Conte was appointed in November 2021 and his transfer activity in the summer of 2022 was highly-lauded, with many saying Tottenham finally had the squad and manager to seriously challenge Manchester City and Liverpool.

Continue reading “Antonio Conte’s Tottenham have crashed out of the Champions League, condemning Spurs to yet-another season without a trophy” →

Embed from Getty Images

John Motson, the legendary BBC football commentator, has died at the age of 77.

The BBC reported his death on Thursday morning. It follows his 50-year career with the corporation as one of its most distinguished sports broadcasters.

In a statement, his family said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that John Motson OBE died peacefully in his sleep today.”

Known as “Motty” to his admirers, Motson was at the mic for 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals before he retired in 2018.

Continue reading “Legendary BBC Sport Commentator John Motson Dies at 77” →