Published: 21 August, 2014

SPURS by Catherine Etoe

THEY were wearing ‘Treble’ celebration T-shirts in Green Street on Saturday. Dunno about you Spurs fans, but when I first spotted a bubble blower bumbling his way around Newham in one of these amazing outfits I scratched my head and wondered if I’d missed something. Treble what exactly? 

Hmm. Maybe they were antique shirts dating to 1989 when the Hammers recorded their fewest home wins of all time: three. That’s a treble. Though not one even Iron heads would boast about – so maybe not. Could it be the number of managers they had sitting in the Upton Park hot seat between 2010 and 2011? Zola…Grant…Big Sam. Eee bah gum, three blokes in 13 months is pretty trebletastic. 

But no. Turns out the T-shirts are celebrating the fact that West Ham beat Tottenham three times last season. A season during which we went through two managers ourselves. A season in which we finished sixth. Well done West Ham. 

You may not have won anything of note since the year David Essex was in the Top 10 with Silver Dream Machine  but you beat Spurs three times in one season and you jolly well deserve a T-shirt to prove it. 

Shame our boys went and beat you on Saturday to spoil the party. Ooh, late, late goals, don’t you just hate ‘em? 

Actually, I used to but I feel the tide is turning for Tottenham under the leadership of the charismatic Mauricio Pochettino. So what if he’s our third manager in less than a year; maybe we’re about to be third time lucky and if you ask me, that really would be worth bringing a T-shirt out for…

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