As part of our activities, we are delighted to welcome 25 members of our Armed Forces Spurs Supporters’ Club – the official Supporters’ Club of the British Armed Forces – to today’s match.
Formed in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan in 2012, the club has grown to include over 200 UK service personnel worldwide, organising charity and community activities, social events and match tickets. Armed Forces Spurs is chaired by Flight Lieutenant Will Brooke, a lifelong Tottenham Hotspur fan and South Stand season ticket holder and this season, the branch has raised over £3,000 for the Poppy Appeal.
Ahead of kick-off, we shall be joined pitch side by Armed Forces Spurs members, representatives of the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Air Force and service veterans, who will form the guard of honour welcoming the players to the pitch.
Corporal Dave Thomson, British Army Veteran of the Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioners, Flight Lieutenant Will Brooke, and RAF Cadet Sgt Summa-Jo Bradley – representing the past, present and future of Spurs supporters serving in our Armed Forces – will then lay a Poppy wreath on the centre circle on behalf of the Club.
We shall then observe a period of silence that will start and end on the referee’s whistle, during which The Last Post will be played by a bugler from the Royal Air Force.
The team will wear special edition poppy shirts during today’s match, that will be signed and auctioned to raise money for the Poppy Appeal.
Tomorrow, Remembrance Sunday, we shall be represented by Club Ambassadors, Gary Mabbutt and Ledley King, who will lay wreaths on behalf of the Club at local Remembrance services being held in Tottenham and Wood Green.
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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
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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…
