Spurs unsung heroes !

bobby slippery fingers mimms lol no thank you. im sure we only brought him as he played well aganst us when he was at everton

VisionarySound wrote:Anyone for 'Booby' Mimms lol . . . . . .

Or Ian Walker.

Willie Young?
Did'nt he defect to the Goons

The gooner is trying to wreck this thread now!

No, sorry max, it's not the case, another post has been removed and the idi amin one now has no meaning whatsoever.

no red cos it's pointless.

Well played Baz.
Remove my first post and then make out i've tried to hijack the thread by inserting something rubbish about Idi Amin.

Very clever, - a sure fire way to win.

Anthony Gardener was pants.

I'll give you an unsung hero that most of you would never heard of let alone see play. I can do this cos' I'm so ancient.

His name was Tommy Harmer and he was at Spurs in the early fifties. He was a great dribbler of the ball and could make the opposition at times look stupid. He was very slight and looked like the wind could blow him over but he was a magician with the ball.

There was one magical moment that has always stood out in my memory and sums up his skill perfectly.
It was a league match at WHL against Sunderland and their star player at that time was the great England star Len Shackelton who could also do great things with a ball.

This particular day Shackelton picked up the ball in his own half beat 4 Spurs players flicked the ball up and hit a ferocious shot that had the the Spurs goalkeeper, Ted Ditchburn beaten all ends up and hit the bar and bounced away.It would have been a great goal.

Seconds later Harmer picked the ball up from Ditchburn and went on this amazing mazy run across both sides of the pitch flicked the ball up played "keepy uppy" for a few seconds and hit the ball in the back of the net.
Me and the rest of the crowd went wild, even the Sunderland supporters. It was something straight out of Roy of the Rovers comic.I was only 9 or 10 but it has stayed in my memory all these years.


Mikey M

Never saw him play Mikey but I remember working with some older Spurs and Arsenal blokes when I was a young lad. They would wax lyrical about players and teams. They all said the same as you about Harmer. That he was precisely that.......an unsung hero. Very hard working and exceptional skill.

http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_harmer.htm

Mikey what about George Robb from the same era (me being an old fart as well). Probably the last amateur player in the top league