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From footy365 mailbox ('shame it's too late to change allegiances, ollie my boy):

I Still Love The Spurs

I know today's mailbox is going to be full of whining Spurs fans and every other club mocking us. Quite rightly as well. However, as I watched the inevitable balls-up by my beloved Spurs last night I started to think.

Now, I am 30 years old and started seriously following Spurs in the mid-80s, so aside from 1987 when we had a good, although trophyless season, I have never seen much glory. However, I have seen Gazza at his prime, Ginola dazzling, the great attacking Ossie team of 1994/1995. I have also seen Justin Edinburgh, Jason Cundy, Stuart Nethercott, Ian Walker, Ramon Vega, Sergei Rebrov, six 0-0s in a row and numerous 5-1 and 6-1 thrashings by other teams.

I saw Spurs go 3-0 up against Man Utd and lose 5-3 and I saw us go 3-0 against Man City and lose 4-3 against ten men. I saw us in Europe 1-0 up after two legs with a minute to go and still manage to lose 2-1 in Germany. I went to the hell hole that is Grimsby last year and watched us lose.

And you know what? I loved it. I love the inevitability that we will mess things up. I am not one of these dull, boring Spurs fans who claim they would rather lose 7-4 and 'entertain' like "...the good old days...". To me, there have been no 'good old days'. Just, what I guess, can only be called gallows humour.

I love my Spurs, with all their errors, mistakes and general comedy mess-ups. So, to Spurs fans who are definitely going to be moaning today - don't. Remember why you love Spurs - it can't be for winning stuff so why moan when we don't win stuff? And to all the other fans who are laughing at us - enjoy it cos we are...well I am...sometimes.

*weeps*

Andrew Binns, Spurs

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Things are turning around Jerry!

Spurs get bye to Uefa Cup last 16

Tottenham have been given a bye into the last 16 of the Uefa Cup, subject to a possible appeal from scheduled opponents Feyenoord.

The Dutch club were kicked out following crowd trouble earlier in the season against French side Nancy.

Feyenoord look certain to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Spurs testimonials

'hope you've already eaten

'English soccer ace David Beckham has spent a staggering $1.8 million on the world's most expensive sex toy as a present for his pregnant wife Victoria. The platinum vibrator, with a 10-carat diamond encrusted base linked to a 16-carat diamond necklace, is one of only 10 in the world - and was created by London strip-club owner Peter Stringfellow' - The San Francisco Chronicle.
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Whoa-oh! Cracker on saturday:

Sat Feb 03 07:30AM Eastern

Sat Feb 03 08:30AM Atlantic

Sat Feb 03 09:00AM Newfoundland

Length: 2 hr 30 min LIVE

Rogers Sportsnet - ALL REGIONS - Canada

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[color:red]Liverpool vs [color:blue]Everton

Then it's Spurs-ManUre on Sunday

Wonder if there'll be any last minute trades- the transfer window closes on Jan 31

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This game will end up being played in an empty stadium. Feyenoord is too big a club to go out like that.

CAS RECEIVE FEYENOORD APPEAL

Posted 29/01/07 16:19EmailPrintSave

Feyenoord have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against their exclusion from the UEFA Cup.

The CAS ruling will be of particular interest to Tottenham, who had been granted a bye to the last 16 of the competition after being pitched against Feyenoord prior to their exclusion.

The Dutch side were thrown out of the competition by UEFA following a major crowd disturbance during their group phase match away to French club Nancy.

The CAS said in a statement released today that their final decision will be announced on February 9 at the latest.

The statement read: "Feyenoord Rotterdam has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the decision of the UEFA Appeals Body of 25 January 2006.

"UEFA has excluded the Dutch club from the UEFA Cup 2006-07 and has fined the club following the incidents which occurred during the UEFA Cup match AS Nancy v Feyenoord Rotterdam on 30 November 2006. The Dutch club has requested the annulment of the UEFA decision.

"The CAS has proposed to both Feyenoord and UEFA to conduct an expedited procedure in order to render a final decision on 9 February 2007 at the latest.

"A procedural calendar will be established very shortly. The date of the hearing will be fixed later this week as soon as the three arbitrators (judges) constituting the Panel have been appointed."

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That was the worst January transfer period ever. One of the best moves was Ronaldo to AC Milan. Glad Edgar Davids went back to Ajax to finish it all off, he was one of the greats for sure. I thought there would have been more of an exodous from Real than there was...watch out in the summer.

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fackin disgusting...

FIGC SUSPENDS FOOTBALL IN ITALY

Posted 02/02/07 23:07EmailPrintSave

Football in Italy has been indefinitely suspended after a police officer was killed during serious trouble at the Sicilian derby between Catania and Palermo.

The policeman, named as Filippo Raciti, was 38.

According to reports, he was struck in the face by a small explosive while attempting to deal with fighting outside the stadium. He was taken to hospital but died from his injuries.

The Italian football federation (FIGC) held an emergency meeting on Friday evening, and commissioner Luca Pancalli then announced an immediate suspension of football.

"I have demanded a stop to all activity of football in Italy," Pancalli said in a statement. "Enough is enough.

"It's a situation that I cannot speak of. To lose your life at 38 is incredible. This is not a sport."

Speaking at a hastily-arranged press conference in Rome, Pancalli said the suspension would remain in place indefinitely.

"The football tournaments will remain suspended until we solve the violence in our football," he said. "It's unacceptable that such incidents happen in a country like Italy."

Italy were hoping to host the European Championships in 2012.

"At this moment I'm not thinking about [the bid] but should we lose our Euro 2012 bid because of this situation, we would deserve to lose it," Pancalli added.

Italy's national team was due to play Romania in Siena on Wednesday but that game - and the under-21 fixture against Belgium in Chieti on Tuesday - will not go ahead as things stand.

The president of the Italian Olympic Committee, Gianni Petrucci, has backed the FIGC's decision to suspend all football activity, and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi added his voice to those calling for action to be taken to stop the trouble.

"After the serious incidents that occurred tonight in Catania, my first thought is for the people that have been affected and for their families," he said.

"I feel a duty to say that we need a strong and clear signal to avoid the degeneration of this sport which we are seeing more dramatically and more often."

Around 100 people were reported to be injured - some seriously - after fighting erupted in the build-up to the game at the Angelo Massimino Stadium.

Trouble continued throughout the evening, with the game suspended for around 30 minutes at one stage.

Palermo won the match 2-1 but players and staff were held in the stadium by police after the game while the area was secured.

They reacted with disgust to the news that the officer had died.

Palermo coach Francesco Guidolin said: "I am extremely disappointed. Things cannot continue like this.

"We didn't know anything. We had to go back to the changing rooms because we couldn't breathe. If we cannot get into our heads that football is a sport we cannot live in the world of football.

"What has happened tonight offends sport and a beautiful city like Catania."

Club president Maurizio Zamparini added: "This evening no one has won. We have all lost. These people are not fans, but are delinquents that in other countries like England would have been arrested and seriously punished.

"Unfortunately in Italy these things are still allowed to happen. We need more severe laws."

Prior to kick-off a minute's silence had been held following the death of a club official from lower league club Sammartinese at a game last weekend.

Catania club executive Pietro Lo Monaco reacted to news of the officer's death by announcing he would leave football.

"I've heard that a policeman has died," he said. "To speak of football right now seems useless. For me this is the end. I will leave the football world.

"I don't recognise myself in this world anymore.

"I have loved football intensely but after this right now it seems absurd."

The Catania prosecutor's office has announced an investigation into the incident.

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