"Born is the king of White Hart Lane..."
Tottenham and England's finest, at his finest. Sight and soundtrack, beautiful both...
posted by Aidan @ 1:37 AM
The Rainbow Connection
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Thems were the days, Le Coq Sportif team should have won far more
That volley against Manchester United is a perfect piece of art, isn't it?
Mind you, so is his last ever Spurs goal, the walk-through against Oxford...
And his debut England goal, sidefooted long-range into the net, after which Greenwood dropped Him for six months...
And that Watford backheel... And the rest...
Watchable, over and over and over again... The man is a woefully under-rated English idol...
Sigh... the greatest of my time, without a doubt. Sublime doesn't even get close. And I agree, unbelievably underrated, and not half the caps he should have had.
Hey - remember Alfie Conn?
Sadly, Alfie was a little before my time... Am an early-eighties-onwards kind of a fan...
Those heady days.
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