![]() ![]() Who doesn’t love to write about success? It’s significantly harder to chronicle a period of decline, and not have it read as a depressing slog of failure and mistakes. ![]() It’s easier to write a history about the 1960s, and many have. For Spurs fans, it’s worth reading, not just because of the light that Rooke shines on a time of Spurs history that many fans would just as soon forget, but because of what it might inform us about this current era of rebuilding in which Spurs finds itself now. It’s a book about hard times, but also about the long and sometimes fraught period of rebuilding that happens before any team can return to glory. Glory, Glory, Gone is a book about failure, but also about redemption. Rooke bravely dives straight into one of Tottenham’s most painful periods in its long history - painful not just because of the poor football and on-pitch results but because it shone an even brighter light on the era that had just passed, one which had established Spurs as one of the greatest clubs in England. ![]() This forgotten era is the subject of Samuel Rooke’s new book Glory, Glory, Gone: The Story of Tottenham Hotspur’s Regression, Relegation and Rebirth in the 1970s. ![]() During this era, Tottenham saw their beloved manager Bill Nicholson resign from the club, and its dominant grip on English football degrade under former Arsenal player Terry Neill to the point that the club was, unthinkably, relegated to the second division in 1977. The 1970s were not a pleasant time for Tottenham - it was an era of declining dominance on the football pitch that echoed the sociopolitical upheaval taking place within the United Kingdom at that time. The other names from that era are equally memorable: Garth Crooks, Paul Miller, Mark Falco, Chris Hughton, Micky Hazard.īut very little attention is paid to the period in between these eras. Spurs delivered back to back FA Cup titles in 1981 & 1982, as well as European glory in the form of a UEFA Cup, behind the charismatic and exotic skills of two Argentine imports - Ossie Ardiles and Ricardo Villa. Glory, Glory, Gone: The Story of Tottenham Hotspur’s Regression, Relegation, and Rebirth in the 1970sĪvailable now in the UK, available May 1 in USAĪvailable at Waterstones (UK), pre-order at (USA)Īlmost as heralded are the glory years of the early 1980s. ![]()
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