Levy, the board of directors and club staff: Spurs fans are ‘plebs’
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 2:00PM Yes. That’s right. Much like the tabloid press inform you of exclusives and cite ‘club insiders’ as the clandestine source of the information when in fact there is no actual evidence to support the alleged facts and therefore can not be proved or disproved either way, I’m going to do the exact same thing here because regardless of how much (or little) truth or exaggeration exists in the rumour, the fact that it’s made it to the internet means where there is smoke, there's fire. It's the journalistic code that our tabloid newspapers have built their cultured reputations on.
Someone, formally, in the employment of Tottenham Hotspur FC has revealed that a running gag between the Great Bald One and his minions is to refer to the White Hart Lane faithful as ‘plebs’. Now this may appear tame to what the rest of the country calls us, but the rest of the country matters as much to me as Danny Dyer finding himself in a norty situation. It's not my problem. What is my problem is when the people representing Tottenham display a lack of respect for the people who are, in essence 'Tottenham'. The fans. What is my problem is when our esteemed chairman (allegedly) has little respect for the common man who lives and breathes Spurs. I’m certain West Stand ticket holders are not singled out for this blatant social abuse. We all know how la de da they are affording £1000+ seats and leaving home games 10 minutes early to avoid the traffic.
Next time you – the common man – purchase a replica kit, or forks out £14 for a dvd of a score-draw or happen to buy a programme or dine on a pre-match bagel – take into consideration that those extra notes of sterling go towards the overly expensive wine served up in the board room and the Caviar consumed during their lunch hour. Because if it’s not enough that we spend hundreds of pounds on season tickets, loyally following the club home and away…we are considered a soft touch…by the ‘men at the top’. A cash cow supporting their lavish life-styles, unquestionable emptying our pockets for all things Lilywhite.
Now do you see why I do what I do? The handcuffed naked to the turnstile protest outside the West Stand entrance. The frozen shit pellets aimed at Levy’s car. Following Chirpy home and throwing eggs at his front door (and Chirpy, if you’re reading this – 1pm, Saturday, The Corner Pin, I’ll end you). The water balloon attack on the Lodge when we sold Robbie Keane. The water balloon attack on the Lodge when we re-signed Robbie Keane. I do what I do because nobody else will. We – not the suited money men – are the ones that make this club tick. Without us, without our commitment, the club would not exist.
Where is the respect? Where is it?
Well, it's probably marked up in the club shop at £99.99. No discount available.
So are we still plebs? Are we? Well I tell you what, you corporate loving SOB's (yes, you...board of directors and club staff) …you just watch what I’m going to do. I’m going to speak up for the common man in the Park Lane and the Shelf Side. I'll even speak up for the Paxton (someone has to).
Daniel - me and you are going to have this out once and for all. No letters. No correspondence of any kind. Just a good old fashion face to face. And when we do, I’m gonna shake my fist so vigorously in your direction from my seat in the Park Lane that you will squirrel with fear in your directors box. And you’ll know, you’ll know that the common man is a prince not a pleb. And you'll understand our worth as the true shareholders of this great club.
You will need almost 58,000 of us to fill up that brand spanking new stadium where no doubt we’ll have to fork out more money for the privilege of doing so.
Plebs? Nah, we're not plebs. More like mugs.
Reader Comments (73)
Yeah, you can tell the people who post 'fuck off' have not bothered to take a look around.
Only 3 Spurs blogs worth reading and this is one of them.
I like Spooky, like his blog. But didn't get the meaning behind the Levy Pleb article.
When he writes serious, its insightful and funny. When he goes with satire its completely misunderstood. The fact is, he won't ever conform to one or the other. So either take it or leave it.
It's a tame article compared to his proper rants, but it's better than anything the Daily Mail have to offer.
:p
My first dump of the morning is better than anything the Daily Mail has to offer.
Fanboys v Traditionalists.
I like it.
Spooky, I wont tell you to fuck off, but I guess if people do not know the style of some of your work then their reaction is always going to be one of rejection. Just my two cents on it. Your letters are very funny though.
*Spelt my name wrong.
Sticks and stones
Get over it. When I was in the forces I overheard the Officers referring to us non-officers as "smellies" and "Oiks". We called them Grunters and Pigs. It's classism and it's Great Britain today - you need look no further than the Labour Party faux socialist elite who are leading by example on that score.
It's funny how some people post on this blog for the first time, and tell Spooky to fuck off etc and that he isn't a real fan and yet you never see these people comment on any of the other more down to earth serious commentary he does on Spurs, a lot of it very PRO Tottenham.
Selective criticism or what?
We have all seen the efforts of Mr. Levy from the time of the Jol fiasco.Just because he managed to get one thing right by appointing Harry, does not make him any more trustworthy.Remember a stopped clock is right twice a day.May be Levy is learning !! I will never become a Levy worshipper.His philosophy that the end justifies the means is a doubtful one at best.The fact that it has taken him so long to even get an idea how to attain that end is even more disconcerting.
I thought it was a funny piece.
You're really getting a hate club together........some might say your encouraging it now to keep the hits up.....you'll be selling out soon!!
Hate club? Already got me one of them based on my opinions on ITK club insiders who post on forums, never getting anything right.
I think News Now removed the link to this article, no longer in the top stories section where it's say for an age.
You've been censored.
Spooky will sell out one day, mark my words. Money talks.
I have read a few of your rantings as they apeer on news now & I can really only conclude that you are a goon in disguise. Why would anybody put so much effort into disrupting our club????
A whole artical based on what? some other idiot who's much like yourself banging on about nothing.
I tell you what, here's one for you, DML is a gooners attempt to disrupt Spurs.
There you go, it must be true it's written on the net.
Muppet
i couldn't give a flying fuck, as i'm drawing a line under my days of paying rip off prices for mediocre performance & shabby treatment from a club that has become like so many.
ie dripping with greed & a total lack of respect for the people that helped build what was once a football club, but now i'm afraid has become a money whore.
my heart will always be spurs, but my head tells me to spend my money elsewhere.
football is dead as i once new it.
Sid - you fucking balloon, please tell me you are joking right? Or are you another idiot Spurs troll who doesn't bother to do his research before posting? You've read some of his rantings??? Most of them are pro-Spurs you fucking loon. Tell you what, how about you trot off to one of the safe message boards or blogs that never have a bad word to say one way or another about Spurs in case little girls like you burst into tears because your brain capacity can't register anything slightly left field.
:)
Twat.
Yet again, another short-sighted scared boy who suffers from tunnel vision. Funny how you've managed to randomly read all of his 'rants' but make no comments on his serious articles. Who cited selected criticism the other day?
It still amazes me that people take these type of articles at face value. Can you honestly read that and believe it to be true in its entirety? Handcuffed naked to a turnstile?? You're willing to take that as being serious? You must have if you're going to have a go at the author. Which makes you a fucknut of epic proportions.
I'm talking about anyone who took it seriously.
Personally, don't think its one of Spookys finer moments. But fucking hell do I know when I read a piss take.
Is Sid from the official Spurs forum? He must be. Only someone from the official Spurs forum can be that daft.