When you strip football of its post-Sky razzmatazz, it’s still a simple game. A simple game which rewards simple passing and the occasional bit of a ingenuity. A cliche, I know. (Not a Gay Cliche as David Pleat refers to a certain full-back down the road.)

So SiHKFC really need to take a long hard look at themselves, because there was some odd on-ball decision-making during the course of this match. It ended 2-2 when really we should have been coasting. We’d taken the lead through BennyLee and a long-ranger from Craig. Bish, bosh. Should’ve been good night Judas (a.k.a. Defector Sam) and his Soldiers. Movement was scarce though. The simple act of passing it out from the back seemed physically impossible. Was it the evening heat? The glare of the lights? The dazzling showcase of impeccably-ironed kits that Edman had paraded before kick-off?

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SIHK Quiz Team will be hosting a Spurs-themed quiz in Delaney’s this Sunday before the Wet Spam game.

Please reply whether you can get to Delaneys for 8pm to join in this inaugral event!

A snapshot of the quiz: four rounds of 10 questions, each round contributed by the SIHK Quiz Team mid-table White Stag Quiz Team.

the Noughties - by young Danny
the 90s - by number 10
the 80s - by Chesney Jezza
the oldies - by ‘not a teacher’ John

I have that sick feeling again. Over the last two years we have been in a dreamland by comparison with todays complete and utter rubbish some have the nerve to call a football team. After a couple of seasons of staring at only the top half of the league table, I now find myself squinting at the wrong end with Tottenham Hotspur FC in dire, dire straits. This season has been nothing short of a catastrophe purely of THFC PLC’s making. Drunk on success and greed and not unlike a modern day Greek Tragedy our self appointed leaders are guiding us towards oblivion as the behemoth that was THFC disintegrates into a disparate bunch of separate entities hiding under the guise of a football club.

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In North London this week, it was all change as Tottenham took their first timid steps forward in the Ramos era. Across the other side of the globe, another manager was staking his own claim in his debut as a master tactician. Benched by a gruesome injury inflicted by an overzealous rucking Frenchman, our very own Number 10 took hold of the managerial reins in an attempt to steer us onwards and upwards. He inherited a squad short on players due to other injuries but high on spirit.

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Middlesbrough right-back Luke Young fired home from 25 yards to deny his former club Tottenham a win in their first league match under Juande Ramos. The hosts started brightly, with Gary O’Neill going close, but Darren Bent marked a rare start with a fine run and finish from range to put Spurs ahead.

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England goalkeeper Paul Robinson admits everyone at White Hart Lane is under pressure as new coach Juande Ramos assesses his squad. Robinson has suffered a dip in form and there have been claims Ramos is seeking a replacement for the 28-year-old.

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Goals from Robbie Keane and Pascal Chimbonda ensured Juande Ramos avoided a Carling Cup shock in his first game in charge at Tottenham. Keane lifted the ball over Blackpool keeper Paul Rachubka from Dimitar Berbatov’s flick-on after 18 minutes.

Blackpool striker Gary Taylor-Fletcher headed onto the bar after the break and then had a shot saved by Paul Robinson. But Chimbonda headed in Steed Malbranque’s corner to seal Spurs’ quarter-final place on 57 minutes.

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