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What has all this meant to you???

NLS

NLS

Reto Ziegler
Following on from last Wednesday I feel the need to share my thoughts.....

I am an old boy who first went to see Spurs in 1967 when I was just 7 years old.....

I have been lucky to see us win a decent amount of trophies during that time but for most of the last 17 years it has been hard to take all the stick and abuse from the footballing world and even those not really into football....

In the last 5 mins of the game my son and I were sitting on the sofa holding onto another as if we were adrift in the Atlantic on a liferaft.... We were pleading with the referee to blow his whistle and we became ever more desperate.... The explosion of joy that then followed was just incredible. My son had only kissed me twice before as an adult ( when we were in Amsterdam when Lucas scored and at the final whistle) but I lost count this time....

Since the game I have hardly slept, had a pain in my chest and tingling down the arm and I have gone from smiling and singing to floods of tears.... That lasted 3 days but on Sunday I just felt really angry.

I was angry about all the abuse we have had to suffer;

the fact that most of my non Spurs mates didn't say a word to me including my best mate but he still managed to give me stick after we lost to Brighton;

the arrogance of chelscum supporters and personal abuse on a 'mates' WhatsApp group that goes back to schooldays - I have now left the group;

at my daughter who knew we had won it when I saw her on Thursday but pretended she didnt rather than just say ' well done dad I know how much this must mean to you'

So 17 years of hurt is now really starting to come out... I had even thought that if we had lost I may never had seen us win a trophy again.... The club could have entered a really bad period and at 65 I may not be here in another 17 years....

But now we can all be very proud to be supporters of the mighty and glorious Tottenham Hotspur and say ' Fudge off , we are European Champions' to anybody who wants to put us down.. I have never before felt these range of emotions for so long after a game of football.


For those that read to the bottom of this and are concerned about me , I am having an ECG tomorrow and seeing a therapist on Friday.....

Finally, as Sonny might say, " Come on you beautiful f...ing Spurs".
 
Year older than you and know what you mean. Two messages of congratulations from mates. One from one who's Spurs (and is always messaging) and the other a geordie, so knows exactly what it means.
To be fair I'm now on holiday in Norfolk so not seen any workmates. I suspect most will be congratulating me but then living in Leeds and having beat "scum", that would be expected. Also one of them is from Seven Sisters, whole family Spurs apart from him. Grew up in Croydon so he's Palace but his whole household will be buzzing!
Once the anger dies down you revel in your own smugness, like me 😉
 
NLS said:
Following on from last Wednesday I feel the need to share my thoughts.....

I am an old boy who first went to see Spurs in 1967 when I was just 7 years old.....

I have been lucky to see us win a decent amount of trophies during that time but for most of the last 17 years it has been hard to take all the stick and abuse from the footballing world and even those not really into football....

In the last 5 mins of the game my son and I were sitting on the sofa holding onto another as if we were adrift in the Atlantic on a liferaft.... We were pleading with the referee to blow his whistle and we became ever more desperate.... The explosion of joy that then followed was just incredible. My son had only kissed me twice before as an adult ( when we were in Amsterdam when Lucas scored and at the final whistle) but I lost count this time....

Since the game I have hardly slept, had a pain in my chest and tingling down the arm and I have gone from smiling and singing to floods of tears.... That lasted 3 days but on Sunday I just felt really angry.

I was angry about all the abuse we have had to suffer;

the fact that most of my non Spurs mates didn't say a word to me including my best mate but he still managed to give me stick after we lost to Brighton;

the arrogance of chelscum supporters and personal abuse on a 'mates' WhatsApp group that goes back to schooldays - I have now left the group;

at my daughter who knew we had won it when I saw her on Thursday but pretended she didnt rather than just say ' well done dad I know how much this must mean to you'

So 17 years of hurt is now really starting to come out... I had even thought that if we had lost I may never had seen us win a trophy again.... The club could have entered a really bad period and at 65 I may not be here in another 17 years....

But now we can all be very proud to be supporters of the mighty and glorious Tottenham Hotspur and say ' Fudge off , we are European Champions' to anybody who wants to put us down.. I have never before felt these range of emotions for so long after a game of football.


For those that read to the bottom of this and are concerned about me , I am having an ECG tomorrow and seeing a therapist on Friday.....

Finally, as Sonny might say, " Come on you beautiful f...ing Spurs".
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Good luck with the ECG I hope it all comes back as normal
 
We can’t worry what anyone else thinks. If we spend our lives worrying about other’s judgment then do we ever live our life? Enjoy our life, enjoy Spurs big moments amongst other like minded people. When the final whistle went, I headed straight from my neutral group to chat with other Spurs supporters. This moment is special to us, and to other Spurs supporters. That’s what matters, and it can be enjoyed for that.

And it is a special moment, long overdue and let’s hope that we can have many more special moments to come.
 
Thanks for your concern chaps but I didn't know how to put a smiley face on after the sentence.... I did have the pounding in the chest etc but I'm not really having an ECG and being angry now is letting it all out and calming me down....

You lot are my therapy (smiley face)....


COYS
 
NLS said:
Thanks for your concern chaps but I didn't know how to put a smiley face on after the sentence.... I did have the pounding in the chest etc but I'm not really having an ECG and being angry now is letting it all out and calming me down....

You lot are my therapy (smiley face)....


COYS
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Mate if you have pains in the chest & tingling in your arm you should get checked out
 
Like everyone else I've been massively relieved to win something. It's been far too long since we experienced that feeling. But I read that Ange said he doesn't know why there is a question mark over his job after winning a trophy. Does he really not know the anger and hurt that this horror show of a league season has generated? Can he be trusted to organise teams to win games in this league? I don't envy the Board their decision!!!
 
NLS said:
Thanks for your concern chaps but I didn't know how to put a smiley face on after the sentence.... I did have the pounding in the chest etc but I'm not really having an ECG and being angry now is letting it all out and calming me down....

You lot are my therapy (smiley face)....


COYS
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Get a doctor’s appointment and a checkup. If it’s nothing then that’s great news, but in the low chance it is something best to identify it early. I’m pleased you’re feeling happier and life can be an emotions rollercoaster, sometimes have to settle in and ride it out. It’s all temporary, all the good, all the bad, so appreciate the moments.
 
NLS said:
Thanks for your concern chaps but I didn't know how to put a smiley face on after the sentence.... I did have the pounding in the chest etc but I'm not really having an ECG and being angry now is letting it all out and calming me down....

You lot are my therapy (smiley face)....


COYS
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One practical solution is to treat yourself to a Fitbit Sense watch or equivalent. They track your heart 24 hours a day. You can pop into the app on your phone and see for yourself what it's been up to. My dad has atrial fibrillation. We make sure he always wears his.
 
Great thread @NLS


I'm spurs because of my dad.
I won't go into again, but dad was a rangers man.
Despite a rocky relationship we bonded over spurs, he was proud that I didn't follow his footsteps to ibrox, that I absolutely hated all the bile that swills around Scottish football. But it annoyed him as well.
Dad passed away in January so it's a huge disappointment that we never got to share wedn night.

That's the downside.
The upside.
Well the upside the support of my brother, my mother in law, sister in laws but especially my wife who have all known how utterly fantastic this journey has been, but also how tinged with sadness it is.
They have been fantastic, the best of being that they are not just genuinely happy for me but for spurs fans in general.
MIL and SILs have absolutely no interest in football so it's quite something for them to do that.

I've a bad five or six years with one thing or another, spurs winning the EL takes a very small amount of that away, the response, the show of love, affection, the fact that family and friends have come together or taken some time to congratulate me and express that they are happy for me is very, very special to me.
Those bonds, connections and memories what it's all about.

Nobody can take that away from me.

COYS!
 
It meant that one of my best mates got to pass away today having experienced on the best mornings of his life as a Spurs fan. Something that no 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th or 12th place finish could ever have come close to giving him. The joy that only winning a competition can give you.

It gives me joy knowing that he got to go out on that high.
 
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So winning the Europa league means everything to me mainly because I am alive to see it.

On the 1st of February I went into cardiac arrest with a stemi my artery was completely blocked & my heart stopped I basically died. So began a battle between a paramedic & my heart he would bring me back & I would arrest again after saving me three times we arrived at a&E where they shocked me twice before finally getting the stents in. There is a lot more detail but that's for another day

I am 57 & have witnessed our other triumphs but this one meant so much more.As you can imagine watching my beloved spurs win on Wednesday morning bought me to tears. My daughter rang to check it wasn't to stressful I laughed not stressed I knew we would win.
 
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It meant that one of my best mates got to pass away today having experienced on the best mornings of his life as a Spurs fan. Something that no 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th or 12th place finish could ever have come close to giving him. The joy that only winning a competition can give you.

It gives me joy knowing that he got to go out on that high.
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I'm sorry to hear about your friend and its nice he passed happy. Let me clarify that it's sad he passed but good he got to see spurs win.
 
What has it meant to me.

Well I guess what it means to us all tells us a lot about the individuals mindset so from the following you can surmise who I am.

This season for me was an absolute disaster. Came to 9 games and saw us win once, 9 games for someone with increasing mobility issues is fairly impressive.

Our league performance was such that it took a massive amount of sheen off the win, had we won while finishing 10th I would be far happier. But I have serious reservations about our manager after the last 50 games of his tenure and winning a b rated competition against awful opposition does not paper over those cracks.

I fell the ones who are most ecstatic about winning are the ones who have brought into the nonsense rivalry with other fans that go on about us not winning anything. They now feel they can hold their heads high or whatever.

Personally I don't give a fudge about other fans I just want to spurs play well and maybe win something. This season we have played truly awful and won a competition that has been devalued.

We have a manager who think is utterly repulsive in his comments and deluded. Also saying he was focusing on Europa league while we flirted with relegation is pure nonsense.

I will hope we make the right decision and sack him now rather then in December. But our new policy or signing young players with potential and our own youth team doing better I have hopes for the future. If he stays next season will be a write off but we have had that before. I will be a Spurs fan to the last breath leaves my cantankerous grumpy body.
 
tommysvr said:
It meant that one of my best mates got to pass away today having experienced on the best mornings of his life as a Spurs fan. Something that no 4th, 5th, 8th, 10th or 12th place finish could ever have come close to giving him. The joy that only winning a competition can give you.

It gives me joy knowing that he got to go out on that high.
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I’m sorry to hear about your loss. Look after yourself.
 
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