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I love this story. West Ham, who serve a useful function as the team to which Spurs ship players either too old to play for us any more, or who just can't hack it at a big league club (and who supply us with their talented junior players when they outgrow a minor Premiership team), have now had their status as the Spurs back-up team completed.
Eggert Magnusson is a fanatical Spurs supporter, who has been known to hire a private plane to bring him to White Hart Lane for a Spurs game, is now buying West Ham, presumably to formalise their status as our back-up team.
It's the sort of story that leaves a warm glow. I wonder if my Spurs season ticket will now allow me to watch the odd training match at Upton Park. it would be quite fun when they play the likes of Man U and Arsenal to see which of the West Ham (maybe they'll change their name to Spurs B, for the sake of accuracy) players we might want to transfer over to the proper club if they play well.
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I've said as much on my Blog too Stephen. I'm very concerned about the future of our national sport at all levels of the game.
One could understand Stephen's gloating if Tottenham Hotspur were anything other than a watery fart of the English game.
As even he admits, West Ham United have provided, directly and indirectly, significant talent to the English national team and other English clubs. What have Tottenham Hotspur contributed to English football in this period? Indeed, is it fair comment to say that if Tottenham Hotspur had ceased to exist 40 years ago, the history of the English game would be pretty much unchanged?