Football has always been a game for the people. At its simplest, some say it is a just a game; just 22 players running around, kicking a ball. Yet, if 2020 has taught us anything about the beautiful game, it is that football, with its power to connect and unite, plays such a focal point in our lives.
This year has been a turbulent and distressing one after our world was turned upside down following the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus thrived off social contact, so we had to adapt to a new normal to prevent its spread. To protect life.
The change saw the football season initially suspended as we went into a national lockdown. After three months away, it then returned for a restart in June, but it wasn’t quite the same as there was a fundamental element missing – the fans.
Football is a storied game but it is one that has developed from the people. The game continues to evolve and reach new heights, but its roots will always be embedded in local communities as people are its lifeblood. The sport’s success is down to the emotions that it imbues – a fierce passion that comes from a unique connection to a club, an identity.
It induces a sense of belonging. For our supporters reading this, your club is your community and, therefore, it becomes a vital part of your identity and it is passed from generation to generation. It’s not something that is forced upon you, instead, the emotion of it all just sucks you in, whether you like it or not. It then brings you together with others, unites you all with that one common love; all from different backgrounds and walks of life yet purely connected by a cockerel upon a shirt.
And those that play in front of us, who wear that crest with honour and pride, feel it too.
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OBITUARY – JOHNNIE HILLS
We were saddened to hear of the passing of John ‘Johnnie’ Hills, a defender who spent 11 years at the Club as an amateur and professional between 1950-61. He passed away at home in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, 26 November, aged 87.
PAPER CHASE
Club historian John Fennelly looks back at what supporters were reading on their way, at half-time and heading home afterwards when NORWICH CITY visited in March 1938.
RIDE FOR UGO
Laurence Gant, Head of Academy Sports Medicine and Science, is set to take part in a five-day charity cycle in memory of his friend, and our former Under-23s coach Ugo Ehiogu.
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
BIG WIN OVER EVERTON
SPURS WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL ROUND
GAME ZERO ACHIEVES NET ZERO CARBON STATUS
Sky this week published a case study revealing that Game Zero, our Premier League match against Chelsea here in September, achieved net zero carbon emissions.
LIVING IN THE MOMENT
Exclusive interview with our young midfielder OLIVER SKIPP, now an established member of our first team and also a familiar face to today’s opponents, who is enjoying every moment in the Premier League spotlight.
MEET OUR FIRST-YEAR UNDER-18S PLAYERS
TOUGH DAY AGAINST COTTAGERS
TREBLE TOP
Looking back at Spurs hat-tricks scored against tonight’s opposition.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
A creative midfielder who was full of heart and desire, LEWIS HOLTBY made his Spurs debut against this afternoon’s opposition back in January 2013 and went on to make 42 appearances in our colours, scoring three goals. We caught up with the Germany international to discuss his time at the Club and find out what he is up to now…
