YE1 Spurs: Recent Episodes
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We're a Tottenham Hotspur podcast which prides itself on regularly featuring Spurs fans in their teens, 20s, 40s, 50s & 60s, as we come together to talk - intelligently - about the football team we love!
Last weekend's bitterly disappointing North London Derby defeat might've been an unwanted bump in the road but with 11 games until the World Cup-enforced break Spurs sit 3rd in the Premier League and on course to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages.
Ian is back alongside four of the YE1 regulars, plus a contribution from commentary royalty! Listen to hear who, or skip to the final quarter-hour to find out instantly.
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YE1 Spurs is back for the 2022/23 season and with an unrivalled degree of optimism shared by almost every single Tottenham fan!
Ian, Sim and Peter begin by paying homage to the victorious Lionesses before forecasting Antonio Conte's first full season at White Hart Lane, fresh off the back of Saturday's opening day mauling of sorry Southampton.
Enjoy!!
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Ian, Casper, Peter and Sim revel in the joy of Tottenham's qualification for next season's Champions League, and a sixth consecutive season finishing above the Goons.
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It's crunch time! Five games to go in the Premier League, and it's a straight shoot-out for 4th between our beloved Spurs, and that bunch from Woolwich.
Ian, Sim, Casper, Peter and Fletch are in the chairs tonight to look ahead to a make or break few weeks.
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Thankfully the title of the podcast does not describe any of Spurs' current players as, at the moment, it is all smiles as far as the YE1 crew are concerned.
On this international break edition, Ian and the team assess the topsy-turvy form from our last pod up until back-to-back wins over Brighton and West Ham!
We also pay homage to Jermain Defoe after he announced his retirement at the age of 39, and look back at some of our club's greatest January signings, as well as players we wish had turned out in a Tottenham shirt, and have we progressed as a club since football shut down two years ago amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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YE1 is finally back for a first pod of 2022, as Ian, Sim, Peter and Fletch try to make sense of last week's consecutive home losses to Southampton and Wolves.
Tune in for Peter's appearance on national radio after Sunday's defeat, an assessment of Spurs' record so far at the 'new' stadium, and the debut of our new roleplay (not "foreplay") feature!
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What an honour to welcome Fabrice Muamba to YE1 Spurs!
This is a man whose affinity with Tottenham Hotspur, White Hart Lane, and the N17 fan base needs absolutely no introduction; Fabrice speaks excellently in this edition of the podcast on the appointment of Antonio Conte, his memories playing against Spurs, our beloved former stadium, a missed opportunity for England during Euro 2020 and much much more - enjoy!!
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Ian Wallis and the YE1 crew reflect on Nuno Espirito Santo's ultra-short reign as Tottenham Hotspur head coach, before attempting to forecast the roller coaster ahead under the undisputedly world-class Antonio Conte.
Listen for top notch analogies, intelligent comment and great chemistry from the most generationally mixed Spurs podcasters out there!
It's three wins out of three in the Premier League for Nuno Espirito Santo - quite the perfect start for our new gaffer - but what challenges will a trilogy of London derbies this month bring? And do Spurs have it harder than anyone else in the context of capital clashes?
Three really is the number, as father and son pairings Ian & Casper Wallis, Simeon & Peter Wright, and Lol & Arthur Hammond discuss those fixtures against Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Arsenal, plus we ask can the Conference League in fact be embraced? And what did everybody make of the transfer window just gone?
All that and more on September 2021's YE1 Spurs!
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Simple question to begin with! After Nuno Espirito Santo's reign as Tottenham boss got off to the perfect start with last Sunday's win over our transfer window tormentors Manchester City, YE1 asks whether Heung-Min Son's goal completed the best opening day in Spurs-supporting memory.
Elsewhere, Ian and the team assess which younger lads might have a breakthrough season, and attempt to forecast how the Harry Kane transfer saga might be resolved.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers fans Lee Price and his son Billy Price join Ian Wallis and the team for their insight into supporting a Nuno Espirito Santo team, as the Portuguese manager embarks on a first campaign in the Tottenham hot seat.
Also recently put into post at Spurs is technical director Fabio Paratici; we ask how he may or may not be different from previous incumbents to similar roles at the club, and there's also a look back at some projections made for the future in the first ever YE1 Spurs podcast, which was recorded two years ago this month.
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DJ Lol Hammond makes his YE1 Spurs debut as he joins regulars Ian, Simeon, Casper, and Peter following the close of an extremely underwhelming 2020/21 season.
In this edition, the podcast gets into the mixed feelings in witnessing UEFA Europa Conference League qualification, as well as an assessment of Ryan Mason's seven-match tenure as head coach, winners and losers of the season, and where we go regards the next Tottenham manager.
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YE1 Spurs presents the second instalment of Spurs Over 34 Years, as we continue to round up almost three months-worth of Tottenham Hotspurs season review podcasts, each recorded during the first Coronavirus-induced UK-wide lockdown, and the suspension of English professional football between 13th May and 17th June 2020.
Part two is just as far-reaching as part one, but delves into much more detail regards the three ownerships the club has seen between 1986 and 2020; Irving Scholar, Lord Alan Sugar, and Daniel Levy/ENIC are all the subject of discussion and fact-recollection during this hour-long episode.
While on the field of play, things aren't too inspiring at times, but some major success is recalled, including Paul Gascoigne's legendary free-kick against Arsenal in the 1991 FA Cup semi-final, and an honourable inclusion - though out of the 34-year time remit - for Micky Hazard's man of the match displays to bring the UEFA Cup to White Hart Lane in 1984, with audio from the great man himself!
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Recorded immediately after Wednesday's narrow 2-1 home win over Southampton, which saw the Ryan Mason interim era begin positively, Ian, Sim and Peter spend the bulk of this edition of YE1 Spurs chewing over Tottenham Hotspur's attachment to the almost instantaneously defunct European Super League.
After losing leads against Arsenal and Dinamo Zagreb in successive matches, though we can't forget resurrecting some form at Villa Park on Sunday, YE1 Spurs anchorman Ian Wallis swore that this podcast must focus on positivity - Mainly, the battles left to fight in the Premier League's top four race and next month's Carabao Cup final against Manchester City.
Ian, Simeon, Casper, Peter, and returning guest Chris Smith of the BBC take a look at our chances heading into the season's final 10 fixtures - However, today's YE1 crew sadly could not resist a brief chat midway through about Gareth Bale's troublesome comments while on Wales duty.
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20 years ago this month, February 2001, Daniel Levy took his position as chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and has overseen five Champions League campaigns, including a final in 2019, and a historic move from White Hart Lane to the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Though there is margin for criticism, with more decades spent at the helm than major trophies lifted by the team.
Ian, Sim, Peter, and Fletch assess 20 years of Levy and ENIC, plus a special contribution by The Price of Football podcast co-host Kieran Maguire.
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YE1 Spurs (formerly The Year Ends In 1) enters 2021 with its original values well and truly intact - That being a broad age range, spanning from 12 to 63 years old.
Episode 18 assesses how much to make of our seven-match unbeaten run, which dates back to Leicester City's comfortable win at the Lane on 20th December 2020, what to do with Dele [?], plus five reasons why players commonly leave Spurs, and whether or not we're lagging behind our Premier League rivals in regard to youngsters breaking into the first team and impressing.
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After football had paused in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ian Wallis, Simeon Wright, and Peter Wright took on a challenge to review as many Tottenham Hotspur seasons as they could, until our beloved team were back playing.
YE1 Spurs began its descent on 23rd March 2020 with a summary of the, at the time, incomplete 2019/20 season, then did the same right the way back to 1986/87, published on 16th June - three days before the side returned to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium pitch to face Manchester United at the beginning of the Premier League's Project Restart.
Listen here to the first of two instalments we've worked extremely hard on, clipping up the best bits of our summer lockdown project to tell the story of Spurs Over 34 Years - Featuring a variety of Spurs-supporting guests, from journalists & broadcasters to ex-players and a current youth team coach at the club.
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Merry Christmas everyone! Part 3 of this year's YE1 Spurs festive trilogy is an opportunity to hear about just some of the incredible work Micky Hazard does to help so many people, as Micky speaks in depth about the campaign to give three-year-old terminal cancer sufferer Jayman a Christmas that he and his family will never forget.
You can find out more about this and more initiatives that Micky is involved with by visiting @1MickyHazard on Twitter, and by listening to this podcast.
The 1984 UEFA Cup Final was "my best night in football."
We continue our journey through the career of Micky Hazard with the Spurs legend himself, and learn about more of the characters he shared dressing rooms with, as well as the details surrounding his move across London to Chelsea, and how he was sought out to become the poster boy for Asics football boots.
Legend of White Hart Lane, Micky Hazard, treats Spurs fans and the YE1 members to three wonderful podcasts worth of memories between today and Christmas Eve.
Part 1 of the trilogy focuses on Hazard's experiences as a Sunderland lad, who quickly turned North London into his spiritual home.
Enjoy, and be sure to tune in tomorrow for part 2!
Long-time Spurs TV commentator, Daniel Wynne, and the voice of White Hart Lane, Pete Abbott, make a very special appearance on YE1 to talk in-depth about their wonderful experiences working at the club they love, with stories spanning from the days of the old Spursline, to stepping around the perils of broadcasting amid VAR.
With Gareth Bale potentially in line for his second Tottenham Hotspur debut at home to West Ham on Sunday, the YE1 crew put forward their suggestions as to how Jose Mourinho should line the side up.
Ian welcomes Casper, Simeon, Rikki, Peter, and Bob back to the YE1 fold for an international break assessment of Tottenham's season so far, as Jose Mourinho's Spurs side continue to score for fun.
Part two of this extended chat will land as a seperate podcast in the coming days. COYS!
YE1 joins the host of newly-qualified film critics and gives its own positive verdict on All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur.
After Sunday's slow start to the 2020/21 Premier League campaign, our crew of five Spurs-supporting pundits, aged between 12 and 63, plot how José Mourinho might achieve success this season, as the Europa Conference League (a.k.a. Europa League 2), the new standard for mediocrity, launches next season.
Portuguese football expert Aaron Barton, founder of Próxima Jornada, gives Spurs fans fresh hope that loanee Gedson Fernandes may begin to find his feet at White Hart Lane next season, and really show what he can do.
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Richard Savva of A Spursy Podcast returns for an early forecast of next season, with it clear that Jose Mourinho will need a host of reinforcements if he is to deliver Tottenham Hotspur a first trophy since 2008.
Richard Savva chats to YE1 about his show, A Spursy Podcast, which divides opinion on Twitter in particular due to "staunch" views regarding the Tottenham Hotspur board, as well as simply having the word "Spursy" in his title.
That before he, Ian, Sim, and Peter reflect on those final nine Premier League fixtures, which saw us secure European football for next season.
30 years of hurt... "try 60!"
YE1 picks apart the last six years, at the end of which Liverpool, who Tottenham had been on an even keel with and more often than not better than for many seasons, have become English, European and world champions.
After three months spent reviewing past Tottenham seasons, YE1 returns in its classic format to assess our restart to the Premier League season, with fresh reflection on Monday night's unimpressive win at home to Everton, and considered build-up ahead of tomorrow's trip to AFC Bournemouth.
talkSPORT presenter Paul Hawksbee is the guest for the last of our season review series, and joins Ian, Sim, and Peter in recalling a vintage campaign of "heroic [Spurs] failure".
The 1986/87 team, managed by David Pleat, is widely regarded as one of the best White Hart Lane has seen since the great Bill Nicholson's era, but was sadly unable to pair some scintillating football and a historic 49-goal haul from striker Clive Allen with neither a league title nor one of the domestic cups, all of which we were in the running for.
Having reviewed each Spurs season from the current incomplete 2019/20 campaign back to today's reassessment of 1987/88's disappointing yet clear "rebuilding" season, YE1 will be pausing its descent down White Hart memory Lane at 1986/87 in the coming days, as we are now expecting to see our beloved team back out on the pitch in just over two weeks.
After a poor start, Terry Venables' first full season at White Hart Lane began to project some of the promise which would eventually turn to FA Cup glory in 1991, as future Wembley linchpins Paul Gascoigne and Paul Stewart arrived to add much needed firepower.
Eric Wolton is today's guest, and begins the show from the angle of Spurs goalkeepers, in light of Erik 'The Viking' Thorstvedt's arrival in December '88, as well as 1984 UEFA Cup hero Tony Parks' departure.
"Walking Spurs encyclopedia" Kevin Hill joins us on our latest step back towards season 1986/87, the last of our chronological descent.
Italia '90 stars-to-be Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker starred during a season which saw us finish as top dogs in London, achieving a 3rd-place First Division finish under Terry Venables.
We would also claim our last wins at Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge for over two decades.
Ian Wallis and Peter Wright reminisce about our 1991 FA Cup journey, when Gazza's iconic free-kick in the all-North London semi-final, and an impressive turnaround from Terry Venables' wounded side in the final, both at Wembley, brought an eighth and most recent FA Cup back to White Hart Lane.
FA Cup-winning manager Terry Venables had moved upstairs, leaving returning boss Peter Shreeves, who had previously managed Spurs between '84 and '86, to answer to new chairman Alan Sugar.
This was the final season of the old First Divison, as the FA Premier League waited in the wings to launch in the summer of '92, meanwhile, Paul Gascoigne missed the entire campaign as a result of injury sustained in last season's FA Cup Final, and Gary Lineker played out a farewell procession before his impending move to Japan.
Joined today by Matthew Fletcher-Jones of ENGINE Sport, YE1 looks back at the revolution English football underwent in 1992, as 22 clubs broke from the Football League to form the Sky Sports-driven FA Premier League.
This before Ian and the team complete another customary Tottenham Hotspur season review.
Legendary ex-midfielder and World Cup winner Ossie Ardiles' first and only full season as Tottenham manager did not go to plan, as a combination of inadequate boardroom backing, injury to main man Teddy Sheringham, and dire mid-season form meant we faced a do or die trip to Oldham Athletic's Boundary Park in May, for our Premiership status.
It was with a heavy heart that our Spurs-supporting chairman Alan Sugar fired legendary ex-player Osvaldo Ardiles, as Gerry Francis took over a side stacked with attacking firepower, led primarily by German goal machine Jürgen Klinsmann.
Today's guest is actor and director James Hillier, best known for roles in Eastenders and The Crown among other productions, while YE1 Daily ever-present Peter Wright shares an 'if only' moment, as semi-final defeat to Everton put pay to his virtually completed FA Cup Final song.
Ex-Spurs striker Steven Slade gives a refreshingly honest account on what it is like to play top-level football when you do not necessarily enjoy the game, and offers invaluable insight as to some of the elite characters he shared both the training pitch, and the White Hart Lane turf with, including Jürgen Klinsmann, Nayim, and Paul Gascoigne.
Steve also shares some immensely sad and distressing events which have occurred at different points in his life.
Spurs' 1995/96 campaign began with a bizarre Intertoto Cup escapade, as a squad made up of "the youth team, a couple of reserves, and some mercenaries" took to Brighton for two 'home fixtures', and succumbed to the club's heaviest ever competitive defeat out in Cologne, arriving home to news that UEFA had then banned us from Europe.
The ban was later lifted, while Gerry Francis' first full season played out solidly, though narrow failure to qualify for the 1996/97 UEFA Cup, and a disappointing FA Cup exit on penalties prevented the campaign from being anything exceptional.
Our review of this latest dogdy 90s season begins with Nicholas Frankel's account of the 7-1 debacle away at Newcastle in late-December '96.
From there, Ian, Bob, Sim, and Peter pick up the story of continued Spurs decline under Gerry Francis, who would not last much longer after a disappointing 10th-place Premiership finish, and poor domestic cup displays, including humiliation at the hands of First Division champions-elect Bolton Wanderers.
Bob Jordan joins our South East London Spurs entourage, as YE1 Daily turns its attention to 1997/98's relegation battle.
The blow of losing Teddy Sheringham, who had been leading goal scorer in four of the previous five seasons, was softened by the arrivals of marquee Newcastle pair David Ginola and Les Ferdinand, though boss Gerry Francis would resign in November, leaving unknown Swiss League marvel Christian Gross to steer us narrowly away from the drop.
Ian and the team take the opportunity to look over a trophy-winning season, for only the second time since beginning this YE1 Daily series at the start of Covid-19 lockdown.
With the Premiership campaign a draw-ridden borefest under the guidance of George Graham, 1998/99 would undoubtedly peak on Worthington Cup Final day against Leicester City, as Allan Nielsen's diving header was enough to win what was our last ever trip to the old Wembley Stadium.
Tottenham Hotspur entered the new millennium managed by former Arsenal boss George Graham, unaffectionately known to Spurs supporters as the "man in the raincoat", and modestly bankrolled by Alan Sugar, whose ten-year tenure was coming to a rather unhappy end.
Ian, Matt, Sim, and Peter are the pundits today, while Nicholas Frankel recounts his trip to Kaiserslautern for our dramatic and hugely disappointing UEFA Cup exit in November 1999.
Week seven of YE1 Daily begins on the border of the current millennium, and revisits the final months of both George Graham, as Spurs manager, and chairman of the day Alan Sugar, before he sold a controlling stake in the club to ENIC Group.
ENIC's first move was to reuinify a disillusioned fanbase by appointing legendary ex-player Glenn Hoddle as manager, whose opening match was an FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
With Sol Campbell having done the unthinkable, our first full season since both ENIC's takeover and club icon Glenn Hoddle's appointment as manager, was led on the pitch by veteran stars Teddy Sheringham, Gus Poyet, and Les Ferdinand.
2001/02 saw Tottenham Hotspur finish some way off European qualification in the Premiership once again, as well as fail at the final hurdle of the Worthington Cup, on what remains our only ever trip to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
As extra context for tomorrow's YE1 Daily review of Tottenham Hotspur season 2001/02, we are relaunching last month's discussion as to whether or not Sol Campbell may "ever be forgiven", or at least understood, for his controversial decision to move across North London in July 2001.
The second YE1 Daily of the week recalls Tottenham Hotspur's quintessentially "mediocre" 2002/03 season.
Assessment of Glenn Hoddle's second full season, the 10th-place Premier League finish, pathetic domestic cup campaigns, and our extremely ageing playing squad make up the agenda for Ian, Dan, Sim, and Peter.
YE1 Daily is back for its sixth week of Tottenham Hotspur season review podcasts, as the series enters the "turgid" era.
The biggest story of 2003/04 was the managerial sacking, after just six league matches, of club hero Glenn Hoddle, while our infamous 4-3 FA Cup exit to Man City, and a 14th-place Premier League finish made it a forgettable campaign for Spurs supporters.
However, as fortunes have improved significantly in the 16 years since, could our undeniable uplift be traced back to the very day that the Arsenal, who themselves have never hit anywhere near their heights of '04, secured the title at White Hart Lane?
Former Sweden left-back Erik Edman joins YE1 again from Helsingborg, to help review 2004/05, his only full season at White Hart Lane.
This was a formative campaign for Spurs, as the club began to alter its footballing strategy.
Erik's outrageous long-range effort at Anfield stands as a particular high point of that year, while Pedro Mendes' ghost goal at Old Trafford remains an injustice Tottenham fans still bemoan fifteen years on.
Listen now to relive it all through the eyes of a Spurs player.
Former Spurs and Sweden left-back Erik Edman reflects on an excellent club career, which saw him play in six countries across Europe, as well as his involvement at three major international tournaments.
Erik is back tomorrow to review the 2004/05 Tottenham Hotspur season, his only full season in North London, and, of course, talk us through that incredible strike against Liverpool at Anfield in April 2005; one of Spurs' best ever Premier League goals.
Our best league campaign for 16 years was marred by an aggressive bout of food poisoning, which made defeat to West Ham on the final day inevitable, and saw us leapfrogged into the fourth Champions League position by bitter North London rivals Arsenal.
Ian picks up the story, in the company of Peter, Sim, and Chris.
BBC Sport cameraman and Spurs supporter Christopher Smith trades the North West for N17, as YE1 learns what filming the biggest sporting events is all about, before Chris, Ian, Sim, and Peter delve into season 2006/07, which began with the loss of a world class midfielder, but did see the arrival of a Bulgarian superstar.
Jonathan Woodgate's extra-time goal against Chelsea on 24th February 2008 secured what remains, to this day, the last piece of silverware Tottenham Hotspur lifted.
Antony [Costa], Ian, Sim, and Peter remember that glorious day, though also bemoan the twelve trophyless years that have since passed.
Antony Costa joins Ian, Sim, and Peter again, as YE1 Daily begins its review of what was an unfortgettable season for many reasons, but a relatively poor one by our recent Premier League standards, as, first Martin Jol, then Juande Ramos, oversaw an 11th place finish.
However, this was of course a trophy-winning campaign, which the boys will be paying tribute to in tomorrow's podcast, remembering just how good it felt to watch Ledley King and Robbie Keane lift the League Cup at Wembley.
Antony Costa of famed UK boy band Blue joins Ian and the YE1 crew, to converse in depth about his life as a world-famous singer-songwriter, actor, celebrity jungle star, and, from as early as he can remember, an absolute Tottenham Hotspur fanatic.
Sam Cox goes into detail about how it felt to sit in Harry Redknapp's Tottenham dressing room, and provides a comical first-hand account of the gaffer's forgetfulness, as Redknapp mistook a young Spurs striker for an ex-Portsmouth one.
The former Tottenham player and current club youth coach casts his mind back to last summer, when he represented Guyana at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in Jamaica, the proudest achievement of his professional life to date.
More priceless insight from Sam Cox, as we review the season which saw Harry Redknapp drafted in to replace Juande Ramos, after our worst ever start to a league campaign, and 2009 academy graduate Cox explains some of the things that changed for Spurs apprentices, when Ramos stepped into Martin Jol's position just one year prior.
A 2009 Tottenham Hotspur Academy graduate, Guyana international midfielder, and now a youth coach at Hotspur Way, Sam Cox joins YE1 Daily to remember his three seasons in the Spurs setup, where he developed alongside the likes of Ryan Mason, Tom Carroll, Danny Rose, and John Bostock.
Sam helps us to review the 2008/09 season tomorrow, before we bring you part 2 of his story on Monday, when he explains how it felt to represent Guyana at the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup in Jamaica.
Ian, Martin, Sim, and Peter relive the momentus 2009/10 campaign, tapping back into the ecstacy of Peter Crouch's winner away at Manchester City, which secured Champions League football for the following season, though also our disappointing FA Cup semi-final exit at the hands of relegated Portsmouth.
Spurs supporting author Martin Cloake is back to go over the historic 2010/11 season, which saw the club return to Europe's elite club competition for the first time since 1962, after finishing 4th in the 2009/10 Premier League table.
Simeon Wright and Peter Wright also join Martin, and host Ian Wallis.
Journalist and award-winning author Martin Cloake speaks merrily about his opportunities to comprehensively interview Spurs legends like Steve Perryman, Ossie Ardiles, and countless more, for the myriad of Tottenham-themed books he has written over many years.
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Sitting 3rd in the Premier League and arguably in the title race, Tottenham Hotspur began 2012 playing some of the best football in the country.
But a combination of intense England links for manager Harry Redknapp, not long cleared of tax evasion, substandard winter transfers, a "criminal" run of form after February, and a fluke Champions League success for Chelsea dealt Spurs fans perhaps their most painful recent conclusion to a season.
The 'Bale season'.
Spurs entered their first campaign under Andre Villas-Boas, after the sacking of Harry Redknapp.
White Hart Lane also said goodbye to legendary captain Ledley King, following retirement, as well as future Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modric, and two-season wonder Rafael van der Vaart.
It was all change at White Hart Lane in the summer of 2013, as Welsh talisman Gareth Bale made his world record move to Real Madrid, and was replaced by a mob of European recruits, for a combined total exceeding £100m.
The season would begin relatively well for Andre Villas-Boas, before results quickly took a turn for the very very worst.
Ian, Dan, Sim, and Peter pick up the story.
New boss Mauricio Pochettino embarked upon the challenging task of rejuvenating a bloated Spurs squad, still reeling from the loss of Gareth Bale one year prior.
But a 21-year-old Harry Kane would force his way into Poch's side, and begin a charge towards the higher reaches of the Premier League, in a transformative season at White Hart Lane.
Only Spurs could make their most successful league campaign in six years feel like a bitter disappointment.
That is perhaps a knee-jerk assessment of our bronze 2015/16 season, as a first 'title challenge' in decades, Poch's impressive second year, and the astonishing impact of teen star Dele Alli made this a memorable rewind for the YE1 Daily crew.
Mauricio Pochettino's best league campaign, and Tottenham's historic final season playing at White Hart Lane.
The YE1 crew remembers perhaps our most complete side since 1987.
Film director and co-host of The Spurs Show Theo Delaney reflects on what was the gig of a lifetime, as he produced The Lane, The Finale.
Delaney was appointed by the club as creative director for Tottenham's memorable farewell ceremony and film, which celebrated the end of 118 years at White Hart Lane.
Ian, Sim, and Peter reassess Spurs' first season at temporary home ground Wembley, as YE1 Spurs continues its daily descent backward through the annals of Tottenham time.
The virtual table is open again, as YE1 Spurs revisits 2018/19, and remembers:
- The unforgettable road to Tottenham's first ever Champions League Final
- Our move back home to White Hart Lane in its new state of the art form
- A truly pathetic top four race
With football postponed indefinitely, YE1 Spurs is going daily.
The podcast has committed to look back in descending chronological order, and review a different season each day, until Coronavirus is beaten and the Spurs are back on the pitch.
If football is off for 100 days, then we will be back revisiting 1919/1920.
Ian hosts the first remote YE1 broadcast, and is joined on the line by Sim, Rikki, and Peter.
In July 2001, Sol Campbell did the unthinkable, as he ran down his Tottenham contract and joined our bitter North London rivals Arsenal on a Bosman (free) transfer.
This YE1 special glares back at that debacle, which sparked some pretty unsavoury scenes for several years, particularly when would Campbell return to White Hart Lane.
Ian, Sim, Rikki, Matt, and Peter consider, in a balanced fashion, whether or not the former Spurs captain can ever be forgiven, or his actions ever understood.
Ian invites Sim, 22, Rikki, 42, Matt, 46, and Peter, 62, to have their say on:
- Last Saturday's defeat at Stamford Bridge
- Sunday's tricky visit of Wolves
- Our chances of progressing past Leipzig
Though serious debate in itself, Episode 11 also signifies a warm-up for Episode 12, when the boys go face-to-face for huge Sol Campbell deliberation. Can his free transfer to Arsenal ever be forgiven, forgotton, or understood?
That before Manchester City's alleged FFP regulations breaches are explored in a Tottenham Hotspur context (also in Episode 12).
Sim, 22, and Peter, 62, go in search of pre/post-match Spurs fan opinion, as the Champions League knockout stages kicked off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a tough tie against German side RB Leipzig.
YE1 anchorman Ian Wallis and son Casper, 11, forecast prior to the match, as do Stuart, 22, and Clive, 61, with full-time reflections from Nicholas Frankel.
Ian assigns Casper, 11, Sim, 21, Matt, 46, and Peter, 62, the challenge of evaluating Spurs' bloated, underachieving squad; starting with our goalkeeping and defensive personnel.
Midfield and attack assessed in Episode 10 part 2.
Recorded days before our home fixture against Liverpool, Ian Wallis reflects on December's feast of action, as well as Spurs throughout the recently departed 2010s, accompanied by Casper Wallis, 11, Simeon Wright, 21, YE1 debutant Matt Bowers, 46, and Peter Wright, 62.
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Mourinho's reign is looking good after three wins, but what does the future hold? Ian, Casper, Sim, Matthew, and Peter dissect a tumultuous fortnight for Spurs Fans. Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Ian Wallis welcomes Engine Sport's Head of Communications Matthew Fletcher Jones, 42, to reflect on Mauricio Pochettino's exit from Tottenham Hotspur, with usual participants Casper Wallis, 11, Simeon Wright, 21, and Peter Wright, 62.
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Following the grim realities discussed in Episode 5, Ian's generationally divergent Spurs-supporting colleagues attempt to answer the title question, which may define the future of the club.
Plus, a hilarious lighter section regarding favourite Spurs chants.
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Joined by The Spurs Show co-host Theo Delaney, the usual team discuss how did we have fallen from May's Amsterdam euphoria to the recent drubbing at Brighton's AMEX Stadium.
Plus, Theo shares his experiences of stepping into the club's inner circle to organise The Lane, The Finale in 2017.
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Instant YE1 reaction to Brighton 3-0 Spurs from Simeon Wright, Rikki Swarbrick ,Peter Wright and our man at the game Nicholas Frankel.
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Ian gives Casper, 11 Sim, 21 Rikki, 42, and Peter, 62, their say on: * Players out of contract next summer * Funniest moment experienced at a Spurs game * What to expect in the Champions League group stage, following the recent draw
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Ian Wallis, 50, hosts Casper Wallis, 11, Simeon Wright, 21, Rikki Swarbrick, 42, and Peter Wright, 62, as five Tottenham Hotspur fans of broad generational span chat Spurs matters past and present.
Including:
- The recent transfer window
- The North London Derby on 1st September
- Performances against Top 6 rivals
- Favourite Spurs kits from down the years
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
Casper, 11, Sim, 21, Rikki, 41, Rob, and Peter, 61 share with Ian their favourite eras (including standout Spurs star), euphoric highs enjoyed while supporting the club, some crashing low points, and their hopes for the future. Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott
The inaugrual edition of new Tottenham Hotspur podcast The Year Ends in 1.
Anchored by Spurs supporter Ian Wallis, five fellow fans (Casper Wallis, 11, Simeon Wright, 21, Rikki Swarbrick, 41, Rob White, son of club legend John White, and Peter Wright, 61) discuss their generationally differing reasons for supporting Tottenham, as well as similarly varied club expectations.
Logo by Rikki Swarbrick Music by Peter Wright & Chris Elliott