Under Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur have not exactly been shy in dishing out some extrem..."/> Under Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur have not exactly been shy in dishing out some extrem..."/> Under Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur have not exactly been shy in dishing out some extrem..."/>
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5 Reasons to Dislike Spurs

By David Crook

FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: GRADIENT ADDED - COMPOSITE OF TWO IMAGES - Image numbers (L) 904524422 and 900015442) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur (L) and Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City. Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City meet in a Premier League match at Wembley Stadium on April 14, 2018 in London. ***LEFT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 13: Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur looks on prior to the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at Wembley Stadium on January 13, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 31: Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City look on prior to the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City at Selhurst Park on December 31, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: GRADIENT ADDED - COMPOSITE OF TWO IMAGES - Image numbers (L) 904524422 and 900015442) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur (L) and Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City. Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City meet in a Premier League match at Wembley Stadium on April 14, 2018 in London. ***LEFT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 13: Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur looks on prior to the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at Wembley Stadium on January 13, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 31: Josep Guardiola, Manager of Manchester City look on prior to the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Manchester City at Selhurst Park on December 31, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /
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3. Winning the FA Cup in 1981

1981: Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan celebrates during the FA Cup semi-final against Ipswich Town at Maine Road in Manchester, England. Manchester City won the match. \ Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport
1981: Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Corrigan celebrates during the FA Cup semi-final against Ipswich Town at Maine Road in Manchester, England. Manchester City won the match. \ Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK /Allsport /

Back in 1981 we played in the 100th FA Cup Final at the old Wembley stadium against Tottenham. I was 14 years old and went to the game. I don’t want to get all nostalgic here but this was when the FA Cup really mattered as a competition, when there were still over 90000 fans squeezed into Wembley behind those newly erected steel fences and when most of the tickets still went to the fans rather than lost in some corporate entertainment freebie to companies no one has ever heard of or cared about. Supporting City at the time felt a little like the glory days were in the past – but we still hoped they would return. After an indifferent start to the season we were in a Cup Final and even now I find it hard to describe exactly how excited I was. Two goals from Tommy Hutchinson ended all of that pretty much and i remember the long hard drudge back North.

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Somehow we were forced into a replay at Wembley just 5 days later and thats not a game we could get to. Even during the replay all our hopes and dreams were alive when a penalty put us into the lead but then Spurs equalized and Ricky Villa scored that goal where he went on a jinking run to give the game to them.

If that wasn’t enough to crush the aspirations of a 14 year old we then had to listen to one of the worst songs of all time – the Tottenham Hotspur Final song called Ossie’s Dream on the radio for months.

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