presunto | Football (238)

*whose aim was to promote ‘indigenous’ sports to counterbalance ‘foreign’ ones such as association football and rugby

* In the following match, Alli had an incredible performance with 1 assist and 1 chance which led to goal created, even better than in his better days.

“I thought I knew what the group might need, that we didn’t need a big team talk,” said Keane. “It was Tottenham at home. I thought please don’t go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham is about, they are nice and tidy but we’ll fucking do them. He came in and said: ‘Lads, it’s Tottenham’, and that was it. Brilliant.”