David Puckridge @davidpuckridge wants Spurs to repay Interim Manager, Vicky Jepson, for her work in keeping the club up. Bear with me, there is a point to the following autobiography. Between 2005 & 2007 I worked in Hamleys Toy Store on Regent Street. I would help out the manager of the Lego department because Lego …
This one matters.
In this blog @rachellaracohen reflects on Spurs Women's crucial upcoming game. If Spurs Women win against Reading this Saturday we are safe in the WSL for another year. Lose or Draw and, depending on goal difference and how Reading perform against Chelsea in their last game, Spurs may require a point away at West Ham …
Five Questions
Five things @davidpuckridge would like to ask Spurs Interim Manager Vicky Jepson before this weekend's crucial game against Reading. Whenever I watch Vicky Jepson talk I’m impressed with her communication skills; I may not always agree with her but she explains her decision making well. But one of my plaintive cries in regards to the …
The Buck Stops… Over There Somewhere
By @davidpuckridge Having drawn the short straw, I am contractually obliged to tackle the elephant in the room. Yes, that’s right: Andy Rogers, Spurs’ Head of Global Football Development. Okay, not really. And frankly all I can find of Andy Rogers is his comments accompanying the announcement that Rehanne Skinner had been sacked. No, I …
I don’t need to be inspired
The focus of women’s football on inspiring young girls limits the growth of the game. When Usain Bolt ran the 100 meters in 9.58 seconds. I was mesmerised. It was spectacular. It did not mean my own 100m speed increased. When Jessica Ennis got an Olympic gold in the heptathlon or Beth Tweddle a long-deserved …
It’s the hope that kills you
A personal reflection on Spurs 1 Arsenal 5 (Brisbane Road) Last time out I was arguing that the North London Derby didn’t mean so much in the WSL given it the gulf between the sides, so I can only imagine how those who really hate Arsenal in whatever form must be feeling. But whichever way …
That winning feeling
Sometimes you have to lose a lot of games to properly relish a win. And we waited for this one a long time: nine games or 136 days. Spurs’ last win – that eight-goal false-dawn at Brighton – was back on the 30th of October: Rishi Sunak had that week taken office, England had not …
Spurs Women: What went wrong?
At the time of writing, March 15th 2023, Tottenham Hotspur Women have beaten Leicester City WFC 1-0, in what was being termed as a “Relegation 6-pointer”. On Monday, March 13th, their manager, Rehanne Skinner, was sacked after the club lost their 9th consecutive Women’s Super League (WSL) game. The club finished 5th in the WSL …
The demise of a manager in 9 games.
Spurs lost their 9th straight game on Sunday at Liverpool. The next day the manager, Rehanne Skinner, was removed from her post. Skinner had led the team to its highest ever WSL finish (5th) last season and had done a lot behind the scenes to professionalise and resource the women’s team, but no-one’s going to …
Spurs Women’s baffling injury silences
Working out which Spurs Women players are injured has been turning the club’s fans into detectives. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Other clubs provide detailed updates. For instance, following the press conference with Liverpool manager, Matt Beard, Emma Saunders of the BBC reported that: “Leanne Kiernan is "at least 10 weeks away" …
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