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| Unity sells. Mutiny doesn’t. — Tottenham Hotspur Blog News |
They said they wanted ambition…
They said they wanted success…
But when it finally arrived, they tore it down.
This is the story of how Spurs fans lost the plot — and proved they never really wanted to win at all.
It’s not Friday… it’s not quite five to five… and we’re back for another Jackanory.
So boys and girls…
Are you sitting comfortably?
Just a spot of housekeeping – a big thank you to those who left intelligent comments, I did write a response to the gentleman from 1957, you’ll find that in Jackanory Part 3, then further comments which we continue to discuss in Jackanory Part 4, which I’m about to tackle.
OK, now that that is out the way, are we all ready?
Good. Then let’s begin… again!
Last time, we told the story of a brave captain steering his ship toward silver seas…
Only to be overthrown by a mutinous crew who couldn’t see the treasure right in front of them.
Today’s story is about what happened next.
About how that same crew, now gripping the wheel with trembling hands, told the world they were right all along…
Even though all the facts said otherwise.
It’s a tale of tantrums dressed as truth…
Of trophies being rejected…
Of fans who said they wanted success — but then booed it out of the building the moment it didn’t come wrapped in league position.
This is not just a recap.
This is a reckoning.
A story about who really got it right, and who just made the most noise.
Because when the smoke clears…
And the silver’s in the cabinet…
Only one thing really matters.
Trophies.
And in this story…
the fans didn’t win one. But they lost one.
Chapter 1: They Said It Wasn’t Working — But the Club Delivered
Once upon a time, a club won something.
Not just a nice day out…
Not a good run…
But a proper major European trophy — the UEFA Europa League — in a season ravaged by probably the worst injury crisis any club have seen since the Munich Air Disaster destroyed Manchester United and the Busby Babes in 1958, fatigue, and unrelenting criticism.
It should’ve been a moment of celebration.
It should’ve been a vindication of the vision.
Of Ange.
Of Daniel Levy’s long-term model.
Yes, we finished 17th in the league.
But the reasons were obvious to anyone willing to apply even an ounce of football intelligence.
No senior left-backs.
No fit centre-backs.
A teenage Championship midfielder forced to play in central defence for months, a position he had never played.
A squad so battered that Dejan Kulusevski admitted they were playing at “40–50% energy” each week.
That wasn’t a failure of coaching.
That was survival through crisis.
And while the league season collapsed, Spurs pivoted and delivered something the fans have supposedly wanted for decades:
But not any trophy, no a major European trophy.
And yet — the fanbase rejected it.
They said it didn’t count.
They said it was a distraction.
They said we should have done better in the league — despite all context.
Spurs have just won our 4th.
As I wrote at the time in Ange Wins in Europe — So Why Are Spurs Fans Still Angry?:
“We finally did what they said we never do — we won something. And they still weren’t happy.”
They weren’t looking for success.
They were looking for a reason to complain.
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| They didn’t care about the crisis. They didn’t care about the context. They didn’t even care about the cup. — Tottenham Hotspur Blog News |
Chapter 2: The Fanbase Rewrote the Mission — Then Blamed the Map
Once upon a time, the mission was clear.
Build something.
Play brave football.
Compete for trophies.
Create a winning culture.
That’s what they said they wanted.
But the moment things got hard — the moment the seas turned rough — they rewrote the mission, then blamed the captain for following the original map.
They acted like we were chasing 17th on purpose.
Like the league finish was evidence of managerial incompetence rather than an injury-ravaged campaign from hell and a successful short-term readjustment of priorities.
Instead of asking why we finished 17th, they pretended there was no explanation at all.
But as I laid out clearly in Why Spurs Finished 17th in the Premier League, there was an answer — and it had nothing to do with system, effort, or coaching.
We played a large chunk of the season with:
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A patched-up back line
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No rotation
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Youth players out of position
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A gassed frontline running on fumes
And still…
We won Europe.
The league campaign became collateral damage in a war of survival.
It was the right call to shift focus.
It was smart.
And 41 trophyless years in Europe prove that.
But the fans?
They didn’t care about context.
They didn’t care about crisis.
They didn’t even care about the cup.
They celebrated…
Which was pure hypocrisy…
And then said, “Now get out.”
Chapter 3: The Real Divide — Spurs’ Global Future vs the Local Mob
Once upon a time, Tottenham Hotspur was a North London club with local fans who paid at the turnstile and cheered whatever came next.
That time is gone.
Today, Spurs is a global brand.
A club with millions of supporters across continents —
Fans who don’t care what block they’re sitting in…
They care what direction the club is heading in.
They care about trophies.
They care about culture.
They care about growth.
But in this story, it’s the loudest voices at home — the local mob — who shouted the ship into a storm.
The fans who claim to be the soul of the club…
…but treat the club like it’s their personal therapist.
They want Levy gone.
They want “real ambition.”
But the moment the project gets painful — they want it stopped.
And here’s the delusion:
They genuinely believe they are the only fans that matter.
Match-going supporters.
Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust (THST) think the same.
They don’t contact supporters groups around the world in an age of instant communication.
They are not even living in the right century?
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| What year do these people think they’re living in? 1974? They’re not even in the right century. — Tottenham Hotspur Blog News |
Tottenham Hotspur is not a corner pub club anymore.
It’s a global sporting enterprise followed in Lagos, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, and Seoul.
And those fans?
They understand the bigger picture.
They understand the rebuild.
They understand the injury crisis, the silverware, the long-term plan.
As I explained clearly in Why Spurs Global Fans Matter More Than Local Ones,
the future of Tottenham Hotspur doesn’t lie in appeasing the angriest voices…
It lies in building for the millions who actually want this club to succeed.
But the local mob?
They want control.
Not success.
Control.
They want to feel like they’re running the club — even if it means burning it down when it finally starts doing the very thing they’ve always said they wanted.
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| Trophies became a problem. Because winning removes the excuses. — Tottenham Hotspur Blog News |
Chapter 4: They Say They Want Trophies — But Sack Every Manager Who Wins
Now, boys and girls, we’ve reached the part of the story where things start to get really confusing.
Because the fans told us — loudly, for years — that they wanted trophies.
They said we were “nearly men.”
They said they were tired of “Top Four FC.”
They said they didn’t want to be Arsenal in disguise.
But then… something strange happened.
We actually won something.
Not a pre-season cup.
Not a moral victory.
But a real, UEFA-sanctioned, Thursday-night-turned-glory-Saturday European trophy.
And do you know what they did next?
They turned on the manager.
Just like they did with Mourinho.
Just like they did with Conte.
And now — like clockwork — Postecoglou.
Three different styles.
Three different characters.
One shared outcome:
Trophies became a problem.
You see, winning something removes the excuses.
It leaves fans with nowhere to hide.
So instead, they create a new crisis.
“Yes, he won, but…”
They’re like toddlers throwing the toy out of the pram and crying because it’s broken.
As I explained in The Clueless Approach to Running a Football Club,
these fans don’t understand what building something looks like.
They think every manager should deliver instant success — and then have the gall to moan when their demand for instant success forces out the very man who was delivering it.
And yet, they’ll still chant “We want trophies!”
Now now, boys and girls, let’s not laugh too loudly — some people in the comments still think this all makes sense.
Chapter 5: Levy Had No Choice — The Toxicity Hurts the Club’s Image and Business
Now boys and girls, this is the part of the story where the captain can’t win.
You see, Daniel Levy isn’t just steering a football club.
He’s managing a global brand — a club now worth nearly £5 billion in the eyes of its chairman — and one of the most commercially strategic assets in world sport.
And when a portion of your own crew is constantly screaming mutiny —
abusing the manager, booing the players, turning every platform into a toxic public crisis…
Eventually, the captain must act.
Even if the ship is heading in the right direction.
Even if he knows they’re wrong.
Because it’s not just about results.
It’s about optics.
It’s about image, unity, investment confidence, and commercial appeal.
And like I detailed in When the Mob Becomes the Media,
the toxicity of the fanbase is no longer just noise — it’s a business liability.
What sponsor wants to see their brand associated with hostility, manager abuse, protests, chants and constant negativity?
What global investor looks at a fractured, bickering fanbase and says: “Yes, I’ll put my money there”?
The very fans shouting that Levy “only cares about money” are the ones costing the club the most of it.
They chant about ambition,
Then create the chaos that kills it.
They ask for change,
Then riot when change takes time.
So Levy had no choice.
He had to repackage the plan under a new name.
Start again — not because it failed, but because the fans couldn’t handle being part of the process.
He’s now forced to sail under a false flag — hiding the vision to protect it.
Chapter 6: What This Really Shows — The Fans Haven’t Been Vindicated. I Have.
And so, boys and girls, we reach the end of our story…
Or at least the part where the fog lifts and we can finally see things clearly.
The fans shouted.
They protested.
They booed, abused, demanded, and declared the season a failure…
Even as the manager delivered the very thing they’ve spent decades screaming for — a trophy, any trophy.
So what does that tell us?
That it was never about silverware.
Never about vision.
Never about the rebuild.
It was always about control.
They wanted to be proven right — even if it meant tearing the whole thing down.
Even if it meant pushing out a manager who delivered success against all odds.
They said they wanted trophies.
We got one.
They celebrated.
And then they turned around and said, “Now get out.”
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| They said they wanted trophies. We gave them one. They told the manager to get out. — Tottenham Hotspur Blog News |
What this shows — in the end — is simple:
They haven’t been vindicated. I have.
While they ranted, I laid it out piece by piece.
While they ignored context, I documented the facts.
While they spread chaos, I stuck to the truth.
As I explained in They Removed My Spurs Article for Telling the Truth,
even saying these things got me silenced — because the loudest people in the room don’t want truth.
They want agreement.
But when the smoke clears…
And the trophy still shines in the cabinet…
There’s only one side that was on the right side of history.
And it ain’t the toxic lot.
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| Some fans would rather control the story than win the ending. — Tottenham Hotspur Blog News |
Epilogue: The Moral of the Story
And so, boys and girls, we’ve come to the end of our tale.
The club won.
The fans lost.
But they were too busy shouting to notice.
They said they wanted glory.
But when it arrived, they didn’t recognise it — because it wasn’t wearing the shirt they imagined, or standing in the league position they expected.
They said the captain had no plan…
But when the treasure appeared on the deck, they threw the map overboard.
And that, children, is the lesson:
Some people would rather be right than be proud.
Some fans would rather control the story than win the ending.
But in football — as in life — it’s not the loudest voice that shapes history.
It’s the one that tells the truth.
Even when no one wants to hear it.
Now off you go, boys and girls.
We’ll tell another story soon.
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