GAMES OF THE DECADE

We’ve been involved in some truly great matches over the last 10 years, too many to feature here, so once again we’ve picked out 10 of our favourites and we think they will evoke some special memories…

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MANCHESTER CITY 0 SPURS 1 PREMIER LEAGUE ETIHAD STADIUM 5 MAY, 2010 The stage was set. We sat fourth in the table, one point ahead of Manchester City with two games remaining. We’d travel to Burnley on the final day, City to West Ham. But we didn’t want it to go to the last weekend – qualification for the Champions League for the first time was in our hands on a Wednesday night in Manchester.

We’d fought so hard to get to this position. A little over a fortnight earlier, we’d recovered from our FA Cup semi-final loss to Portsmouth to beat both Arsenal and Chelsea in electric back-to-back matches at the Lane. On a night where nervous tension was almost tangible, we delivered. The better team on the night, Ledley King had a goal disallowed, Peter Crouch hit the post and was denied by our former goalkeeper Marton Fulop, who also saved from Jermain Defoe.

But with eight minutes remaining, we scored the dream goal. Younes Kaboul bundled past Craig Bellamy, City didn’t deal with the cross and Crouch pounced to head home. The celebrations will never be forgotten.

Victory left us four points clear of City with one game left. Champions League, here we come!

SPURS 3 INTERNAZIONALE 1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP A WHITE HART LANE 2 NOVEMBER, 2010

Memories of the fabled ‘Glory, Glory’ European nights under the lights were rekindled as we produced a tantalising display to see off Champions League holders Inter Milan and take a huge step towards qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition for the first time in November, 2010.