Tuesday, October 02, 2007
A day of contrasts - From a Succah to White Hart Lane
On Monday, October 1st, I went to visit my old friend Pinchos, formerly Tony. We came from similar families, but as I continued as a Secular Jew, he became Orthodox and joined the Lubavitch. Our friendship has remained strong and I love going round to his house, full of loud, usually happy playing kids – he has 11, aged from 3 to 17. Eeek!!
After spending time in his home, telling stories to and playing with his kids, and talking with him in his Succah, I went off to the Tottenham Hotspur 125th Birthday match with Aston Villa. It was wonderful seeing so many of my old heroes, dating back to the 1960’s – brought tears to my eyes and cheers and clapping mingled while tens of thousands of flags were waved – there was one at each seat.
The match itself left me hoarse! There was tremendous pressure from Spurs as we were so clearly the better team. But I liken Spurs to everyone’s favourite uncle; the one who slips kids a fiver or tenner while the parents aren’t looking. And from a position of superior play, the defence contrived so that we went in 3-1 down at half time. We were 4-1 down before a rousing comeback that had almost everyone in the crowd ecstatic and hugging complete strangers.
The half time chant came from Aston Villa fans. They were singing Happy Birthday Tottenham Hotspur. Yes, we were very giving birthday boys. The full time chant came from Spurs: “4-1, and you fvcked it up”, repeated over and again to the tune of The Pet Shop Boys song, Go West.
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After spending time in his home, telling stories to and playing with his kids, and talking with him in his Succah, I went off to the Tottenham Hotspur 125th Birthday match with Aston Villa. It was wonderful seeing so many of my old heroes, dating back to the 1960’s – brought tears to my eyes and cheers and clapping mingled while tens of thousands of flags were waved – there was one at each seat.
The match itself left me hoarse! There was tremendous pressure from Spurs as we were so clearly the better team. But I liken Spurs to everyone’s favourite uncle; the one who slips kids a fiver or tenner while the parents aren’t looking. And from a position of superior play, the defence contrived so that we went in 3-1 down at half time. We were 4-1 down before a rousing comeback that had almost everyone in the crowd ecstatic and hugging complete strangers.
The half time chant came from Aston Villa fans. They were singing Happy Birthday Tottenham Hotspur. Yes, we were very giving birthday boys. The full time chant came from Spurs: “4-1, and you fvcked it up”, repeated over and again to the tune of The Pet Shop Boys song, Go West.
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Oh dear, there we go again with the royal "we" ... Englishman and his soccer ... could have much more pleasant obsessions! Miss you English Andy. L, S
Ah, but all football fans talk of their teams as 'we'. At the ground, we were all 'we'.
Had you been there, and experienced the emotion of the equalising goal, you might just have understood where I'm coming from. You'd also have seen that I am not as fanatical as many!!!
And I miss you, too.
Had you been there, and experienced the emotion of the equalising goal, you might just have understood where I'm coming from. You'd also have seen that I am not as fanatical as many!!!
And I miss you, too.
FYI: This isn't a 'royal' we. I'm not referring to myself. When football fans talk about we, we/they are referring to the team, of which management, players and fans are all a part.
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