Is Gascoigne Going To Have a Crack? The Spurs Nostalgia Podcast

This week, to round off the increasingly traumatic 2025/26 season I have a look back at all our final games of the season from the 90s and additionally our home matches against Everton.

The final day has an end of summer term feel to it...but only if there's nothing riding on it. In the 90s our competitive seasons had invariably long ended by May so games were usually only significant for our opponents aiming to win league title or to stay up. However, final day is also a time for farewells and I talk through some of the emotional send offs we gave to several Spurs legends.

As for Everton - lets hope our 90s form against them transcends into 2026 - if only Paul Allen or a rookie youth team midfielder were still about?!

This is the last of these BONUS episodes for this season. Next week I'll be trailing the much anticipated Season 2 of Is Gascoigne Going To Have a Crack which will cover the major events of the mid 90s. Make sure you subscribe to this podcast to receive automatically throughout the Summer.

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In this bonus episode, I look back at Spurs’ away days at Stamford Bridge in the 1990s — a decade when our rivalry with Chelsea completely changed shape. I walk through all eleven matches, but also the bigger story: how Spurs entered the 90s as the established force and Chelsea the chaotic underdogs, playing in a Bridge so run‑down you could still see cars parked by the corner flag and a greyhound track circling the pitch. As the decade unfolds, the stadium modernises, Chelsea reinvent themselves, and the balance of power shifts. These fixtures tell the story of a rivalry in transition.

What do you remember about Lineker's late winner, our coach being impounded, Andy Gray's penalties and Crimson Tide?? Please share your memories and recollections - find me on BlueSky @80s90sspursbooks.

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In this bonus episode, I’m diving back into one of the most chaotic, dramatic and narrative fuelled fixtures of the 90s: Spurs vs Leeds at White Hart Lane. Across eleven games — league and cup — the decade served up everything from Lee Chapman's handsome face being destroyed by the cinder track and Klinsmann farewells to late equalisers, dodgy back‑pass decisions and some absolute worldies from Sheringham, Anderton and Ginola.

I take you through the lot: the title‑chasing Leeds side of ’92, Teddy’s first Spurs hat‑trick, the emotional send‑off for Klinsmann, and the wild 3‑3 draw played under the shadow of George Graham’s imminent and controversial move to N17. There’s boardroom drama, touchline protests, cult heroes, villains, and the kind of narrative only 90s Spurs could produce.

If you remember these games, you’ll be nodding along. If you don’t, you’re about to discover just how much story was packed into Spurs vs Leeds during that decade.

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Statistically our worst fixture of the 90s! What do you remember about away games at Villa Park in the 90s? Apart from our failure to win once there was some drama with Klinsmann getting knocked out by Bosnich, Ginola winning a very rare penalty and Tim Sherwood scoring our final goal of the decade (and century) in style.

I'll guide you through all 11 fixtures played at Villa Park in the 90s in this bonus episode of Is Gascoigne Going To Have a Crack?

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Ahead of Season 2 that will cover Spurs from 1993 - 1997 I was joined by Pitch Publisher Author Rob Fletcher to discuss the macro football climate during that period and where Spurs fit into it.

We discussed Man Utd's dominance, their main rivals, the impact of the Champions League rebrand, rising transfer fees and wages and the influx of foreign players coming to the Premier League.

Season 2 of Is Gascoigne Going To Have a Crack? will be released in May and take you through Summer 2026.

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This week I talk you through our four away games at Sunderland in the 90s from the packed terraces of Roker Park in August 1990 where Gazza is booed to Niall Quinn's two volleys that beat us at the Stadium in Light in 1999.

In between we scored eight goals in two other games - an FA Cup demolition in 1995 and Steffen Iversen's hat-trick in March 97.

I also share my thoughts on the significance of this upcoming 2026 encounter in context of our two relegation scares of the 90s.

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Singer songwriter and 2000s Global superstar Antony Costa from Blue joined me to discuss his Spurs supporting experiences in the 90s.

Growing up in North London in the 90s Antony, like many of us, had to cope in an era where Arsenal had the better of the local banter stakes. We reflected on how supporting Spurs in the 90s hardened our experiences following the club ever since.

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In this episode I spoke to Spurs legend Micky Hazard mostly about his return to Spurs and brief second spell at White Hart Lane in the 90s. Micky is most synonymous with the 80s where he enjoyed a glittering career as part of the glory team that won 2 FA Cups and the UEFA Cup, but as he explains he was sold to Chelsea in 1985 very much against his wishes.

Micky was desperate to return 'home' but had to wait 8 years util his great friend Ossie Ardiles, now Spurs manager re-signed him. He returned to a very different club from the one he left but there was no lack of drama. We endured a terrible run of results and found ourselves in a relegation dogfight and Micky discussed why that happened. He, like us, then enjoyed the euphoria of Jurgen Klinsmann's shock arrival in Summer 94.

Listen now to hear Micky's take on:

Attending the 1991 FA Cup parade (as a Chelsea player!)

Relegation with Chelsea

Being coached by Ossie and Glenn Hoddle at Swindon

Returning to Spurs and the politically charged situation at the club in 93

Surviving relegation in '94

Klinsmann's arrival

Archibald x Crooks v Teddy x Klinsmann

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This week I talk you through our 11 home games against Nottingham Forest from the 90s which includes a bomb scare, a penalty shoot-out and Dean f****n Saunders again!

I also discuss some of the relegation six-pointers we played at home in 94 and 98 and conclude that this weekend's game probably wont be the final determining factor in whether we stay up or not. Bit of 80s nostalgia too for you.

I recorded this without making proper notes so there may be a couple of factual errors - if you identify them let me know! Comments always welcome on Spotify or find me on BlueSky @80s90sspursbooks.

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In this episode I take you back to the 90s to remember away games at Anfield. Through our history our results at Liverpool have been infamously bad but the 90s saw us record 3 wins - more than in any other decade since we were formed!

I'll talk you through all 9 league games, the results and key incidents plus our two cup wins - the first of which, from 1995, is perhaps, our biggest and most impressive away win of the era.

Stay tuned at the end for a 2-minute snip of my upcoming episode with Gerry Francis where he shares his memory of that aforementioned 2-1 FA Cup win from 1995. That full episode will be out later in 2026.

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