He played in some classics at White Hart Lane. The 4-2 win over Newcastle in January 2001, where three players including our goalkeeper Neil Sullivan were sent off, the 4-3 triumph against Portsmouth in February 2004, when Gus Poyet struck an 89thminute winner and several others.
The only problem for legendary Premier League striker Lomana LuaLua was that those matches were all against us.
“People don’t know but I’m actually a Tottenham supporter!” smiled the acrobatically-gifted frontman, whose career encompassed time at Colchester United, Newcastle, Pompey and Blackpool, along with two spells at our opponents tonight, Olympiacos, where he attained cult hero status.
“I used to speak to Jermaine Jenas when he was at Spurs and I was telling him ‘please, please tell the coach to sign me’ because I wanted to play. I’m an east London boy, I grew up in Forest Gate so all my friends were either West Ham or Tottenham fans, but Tottenham had all the players that I loved and looked up to – Ruel Fox, David Ginola, Jurgen Klinsmann – so many players who were unbelievable. My friend Alton Thelwell used to play for them too. I just wanted to play for that badge because it meant a lot to me. I thought I was on my way to Tottenham after I left Colchester (in 2000) but Newcastle outbid everyone and I ended up going north.”
In addition to his time in this country, Lomana ended up playing for a host of clubs on the continent, spending time everywhere from Greece and Qatar to Cyprus and Turkey. Yet his Spurs dream finally came true earlier this season in the most unexpected of places – in front of 400 people in the West Sussex seaside town of Worthing!
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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…
