THSTOfficial's Podcast: Recent Episodes
THSTOfficial
The podcast of THSTOfficial - Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust. We are an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation run by fans for fans. We aim to ensure fans’ voices are heard at club and national level.THST is run on a day-to-day basis by an elected board of fans. We believe the issues we face are similar to fans everywhere. So we are committed to being part of a growing network of national and international supporter groups.This is a podcast for Spurs fans like no other - we don't discuss tactics or dodgy offsides, but talk about issues that have a direct impact on supporters.
Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin and Rob White are joined by THST Official secretary Steve Cavalier and new board member Koonal Shah. After basking in the glory of Tottenham's 5-1 demolition of Newcastle (and Crystal Palace's superb victory on Monday), they discuss important items including the Fan Led Review, potential reforms to European Competition, our catering survey while some of Glenn Hoddle's finest goals are mentioned in passing...
Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin and Rob White are joined by new THSTOfficial board members Simon Sullivan and Henry Ellis. They talk about our recent AGM, the Y Word, ticketing, up and coming THST social events and briefly mention that 'cruel' FA Cup exit...
The team are back and discuss everything from the transfer window, the fan led review, safe standing, to ticketing and catering updates and, of course, that Ledley King mural...
To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, the THSTOfficial podcast team, Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos and Rob White, welcome Flav Bateman from the Fighting Cock podcast and Tara Hancock, founder of Sport Against Suicide. This is such an important issue it deserves a long conversation...
THST Official board members Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos, Rob White and Martin Buhagiar meet to discuss plans of the 'Big 6' to set up a European Super League. We discuss what has happened so far, what the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust has done to fight it and, as we were recording, noted some of the dirty dozen were getting cold feet and were looking to withdraw.
Rob also falls up the stairs and Martin leaves too early - it's all going on...
Kirsty Johnson from Tottenham Foodbank and THST Official secretary Pete Haine join Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos, Rob White and Martin Buhagiar to discuss the incredible work that goes on at foodbanks and how we set up links with these fantastic volunteers during lockdown.
To donate:
Text COYSFOODBANK 3 TO 70085 to donate £3. Texts cost the donation amount plus one standard text message.
Donate directly: tottenham.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money
THST Official co-chair Martin Cloake joins Rob White, Anthoulla Achilleos, Rachel Martin and Martin Buhagiar to discuss governance. How involved can supporter trusts be with the day-to-day running of their clubs, why should football fans care about governance and what does it entail? Tune in and find out...
Tottenham On My Mind blogger Alan Fisher joins Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos, Rob White and Martin Buhagiar to discuss VAR. Alan virtually attended an FSA VAR session where Professional Game Match Officials Limited general manager Mike Riley also gave his views on the technology. The team also discuss their VAR likes and dislikes (mainly their dislikes) and also a year away from football stadiums.
Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos and Rob White are joined by Marine Football Club CEO James Leary to talk about our famous FA Cup tie, the idea to sell virtual tickets, the reaction by Spurs fans and a very funny anecdote about a certain player in Marine's very cold showers...
Podcast regulars Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin and Rob White are joined by THSTOfficial secretary Pete Haine to discuss our upcoming AGM, how you can get involved and what to expect.
THST Board members Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos, Rob White and Martin Buhagiar look back at some our key achievements in 2020 and look ahead to what could be in store in 2021.
The team welcomes THST co-chair Kat Law to discuss all things ticketing. From ballots, transparency of figures and season ticket deferrals to THST past successes and the conversations we've had with the club - it's all here in this bumper edition.
THST Board members Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos and Rob White chat to Kevin Fitzgerald - one of the lucky 2,000 supporters who witnessed our North London Derby victory.
Kevin discusses the atmosphere, entry and how easy it was to get a pie and a pint amongst other things.
THST Board members Martin Buhagiar, Rachel Martin, Anthoulla Achilleos and Rob White discuss what listeners can expect to hear in our new podcast series.