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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Sound the Football Banter klaxon: Tottenham have won something

Leicester manager Martin O'Neill (left) and Tottenham Hotspur manager George Graham in 1999, when Wembley had twin towers and Tin sponsorship reigned.
Simpler times: Leicester manager Martin O'Neill (left) and Tottenham’s George Graham in 1999, when Wembley had twin towers and Tin sponsorship reigned. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

REGULATORS, MOUNT UP

Lace up those whalebone corsets and sound the Football Banter klaxon. And if you happen to be surreptitiously reading this while attending an event such as a funeral where the prevailing mood is one of extreme solemnity, then we suggest you unhand your phone and return it to your pocket right now. Because in discovering that a certain top flight football club has been named England’s best-run men’s football club in Fair Game Index, Football Daily immediately came up with an extremely funny gag that we’re pretty certain won’t have been thought up or cracked by any other journalist, broadcaster, random social media disgrace user or Gooner in the hours since the announcement was made. You see, the thing is that Tottenham Hotspur … a-ha-ha … what we’re trying to say is … hoo-hoo … Tottenham Hotspur have final … tee-hee … comedy thigh-slap … what we’re saying is that … splutter-cough-splutter … Tottenham Hotspur have finally won something after not winning anything for a very, very long time.

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