“The noise just grew louder and louder until I walked out into this blinding sea of white shirts and flags, the bright green pitch, and I could see the Tottenham Hotspur cockerel statue shining next to the same flagpoles where they’d pulled down that swastika flag in the 30s. The noise hit me, went through me and kept coming back over me in waves. It was overwhelming, incredible, and I immediately felt at home.”

@heiso untothefields.com/2023/04/12/t

@taalumot @heiso as an arsenal fan this is the most moved i’ve ever been by anything pro-spurs. G-d bless ‘em

@taalumot @heiso @taalumot @heiso i grew up equidistant to both the spurs stadium and emirates. one day, when i was 8, my best friend told me spurs had chosen him. naturally, this made me an arsenal supporter. i hope you can understand that there was no choice in the matter

@pujz @taalumot I understand, we've all made youthful mistakes that we continue to pay for although in your case it saved you from years of suffering.

Did you grow up down the Seven Sisters road?

@taalumot @heiso was slightly further out, in north west london, but both ended up being around 20 minutes by tube

@pujz @taalumot ah ok, I think I have a rough idea. There was a sort of backhanded compliment to your fans in the piece I wrote who I don't dislike anywhere near as much as I pretend to

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