EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN,AS HE REVIEWS THE LAST 12 MONTHS AND LOOKS AHEAD WITH ANTICIPATION TO 2017.
There’s no question that 2016 has been a good year for the club. Admittedly, we weren’t able to add any silverware to the cabinet but the progress made under the guidance of Mauricio Pochettino has been clearly evident and, most importantly, shows no signs of letting up anytime soon.
Eriksen played his part as much as anyone as we spent the first half of the year challenging for the Premier League title before ultimately falling short in the final few, dramatic weeks of last season, while we’ve continued to impress so far in the first five months of the 2016-17 campaign and enter the New Year full of hope and optimism.
In the 37 league matches that we’ve played in 2016, we’ve lost just six times – four of those coming last season against Leicester City, West Ham United, Southampton and Newcastle United, while we’ve suffered defeats to tonight’s opponents Chelsea and Manchester United this term. We’ve collected a club record 71 points over the course of the last 12 months, finished in our highest ever position in the Premier League and have a squad full of hungry, ambitious players who are eager for success.
There has been plenty for Christian to smile about when asked for his memories of the year, during which he started in all but one of our league games and chipped in with nine goals from midfield.
“I would have to say it has been a good year for me personally and also for the team,” said the 24-year-old Danish international. “Of course it had its ups and downs as every year does, but what springs to mind first when I look back is that we achieved our goal of finishing in the top four last season and securing a place in the Champions League.
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OBITUARY – JOHNNIE HILLS
We were saddened to hear of the passing of John ‘Johnnie’ Hills, a defender who spent 11 years at the Club as an amateur and professional between 1950-61. He passed away at home in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, 26 November, aged 87.
PAPER CHASE
Club historian John Fennelly looks back at what supporters were reading on their way, at half-time and heading home afterwards when NORWICH CITY visited in March 1938.
RIDE FOR UGO
Laurence Gant, Head of Academy Sports Medicine and Science, is set to take part in a five-day charity cycle in memory of his friend, and our former Under-23s coach Ugo Ehiogu.
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
BIG WIN OVER EVERTON
SPURS WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL ROUND
GAME ZERO ACHIEVES NET ZERO CARBON STATUS
Sky this week published a case study revealing that Game Zero, our Premier League match against Chelsea here in September, achieved net zero carbon emissions.
LIVING IN THE MOMENT
Exclusive interview with our young midfielder OLIVER SKIPP, now an established member of our first team and also a familiar face to today’s opponents, who is enjoying every moment in the Premier League spotlight.
MEET OUR FIRST-YEAR UNDER-18S PLAYERS
TOUGH DAY AGAINST COTTAGERS
TREBLE TOP
Looking back at Spurs hat-tricks scored against tonight’s opposition.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
A creative midfielder who was full of heart and desire, LEWIS HOLTBY made his Spurs debut against this afternoon’s opposition back in January 2013 and went on to make 42 appearances in our colours, scoring three goals. We caught up with the Germany international to discuss his time at the Club and find out what he is up to now…