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Welcome to the Plus Dave Podcast - a Tottenham Hotspur themed show, brought to you by an assortment of Spurs fans... and a Leeds fan called Dave. We will be bringing you our in-depth thoughts looking back on each week‘s game as well as a look forward to our upcoming fixture and a series of discussions about all our favourite Spurs players, goals, matches, teams and moments from years gone by.
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Friday Jun 07, 2024
Episode 119 - Blessed and Cursed, with Special Guest, Simon Yemane
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Gimme gimme gimme a Spurs fan from Sweden!
On the first of our Spurs Summer specials, we were delighted to be joined by the brilliant Simon Yemane (@SimonYemane) - one of the shining lights in the dark web of Spurs Twitter and a shining example of Spurs' legions of committed fans based overseas.
Joining us from Sweden, Simon gives us his unique perspective on becoming a Spurs fan from afar, supporting the team from another country and how the lens of Twitter can skew all of our perceptions and make us reconsider our perspectives.
Charming, insightful and sincere from start to finish - we thoroughly enjoyed Simon's company and hope you will too.
If you don't already, please give him a follow on Twitter at @SimonYemane and be sure to look out for some further upcoming exciting Plus Dave specials as the Summer progresses.
Thursday May 23, 2024
Episode 118 - Season Finale and the Daveys
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Please join us for one more scheduled episode where we do our best to pack a whole load of chat into one feature length episode to wrap up the season.
The full team is here to look back on the last two games - that bizarre match with Man City and all the surrounding subplot, the comfortable final day in Sheffield and of course our look over the season as a whole.
We pick our player, goal, match, disappointment and thunderbastards of the season (and more) in our Official Plus Dave Awards (The Daveys).
We also take a quick look back at some of our pre-season predictions and how they played out - you won't want to miss that!
Let us know your final thoughts on the season and any questions for the Summer specials (message us @PlusDavePodcast on Twitter or email plusdavepodcast@gmail.com)
Stay tuned for some Summer content but for now - a well-earned break for us all. Best of luck to whoever you support in the Euros (but it's coming home) and we can't wait to have you all back soon. Stay classy - love the Plus Dave team.
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Episode 117 - Blue Moons and Manoeuvring Balls
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Spurs finally win! A long-awaited stumble to the finish line sees Spurs all but secure themselves a spot in 5th and an automatic Europa League placing.
With Dave off watching Leeds in the playoffs, us Spurs fans take a look back on a well-needed victory with a couple of goals from unlikely sources, before turning our attention to our 'title decider' with Man City and discuss the ethical dilemma it presents.
Should we actually want Spurs to lose? There's a Pyliotis family feud as the two cousins give their opposing views on this contentious subject and we look forward to the rest of the season's scheduled matches, before what will be our season finale after the Sheffield Utd match.
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Episode 116 - Supernoodles
Wednesday May 08, 2024
Wednesday May 08, 2024
It's more pain for Spurs as two defeats leave us clinging on to that 5th spot.
Elio rejoins the team to look at both the Chelsea and Liverpool losses and help work out what we can take from both performances and we take this opportunity to look at the larger picture and what these poor performances tell us about what needs to change for next season - as well as what positives we can pull from the wreckage.
There's also the usual preview of upcoming games and the expected amount of foul language!
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Episode 115 - Playing Uphill
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Yes, it's the Arsenal one. Sadly, despite a wild 5-goal extravaganza, Spurs could not overcome their own shortcomings as a painful defeat to the enemy leaves us analysing our various issues.
Dags, Socs and Dave are on hand to sift through the wreckage and look back on all 5 goals as well as countless incidents, controversies and a couple of good performances shining through the darkness.
We also have a brief preview of upcoming games and the usual bits and pieces on the side. Hope you enjoy this slightly more than you enjoyed the match itself!
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Schoolboys' Own Stuff! Spurs in the 90s (Part 2) - with Special Guest, Gareth Dace
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
(Part 2 of 2)
Is Gareth back for a second half of our nostalgic 90s adventure? He is you know...
Picking up right where we left off with the dawn of the Gerry Francis era and running all the way through to ending on a high with that second trophy of the decade, we hope you enjoy this second instalment of Spurs in the 90s with special guest, author of Is Gascoigne Going to Have a Crack - a new Spurs book available to buy now.
To order the book for yourself, for UK listeners, please order from Gareth's site at:
https://90sspursbook.square.site.
For all you outside of the UK, you can order from Amazon at:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gascoigne-going-have-crack-mediocrity/dp/1801507023
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
(Part 1 of 2)
We travel back in time this week as we are delighted to be joined by Gareth Dace, author of the brand new Spurs book, 'Is Gascoigne Going to Have a Crack?' a tale of the 'Magic, Mayhem and Mediocrity' that was Spurs in the 1990s.
In this two-part special, we take a trip down memory lane (as far as our young-ish memories will allow for some of us) and get stuck into a decade that holds a special place in the hearts of many fans.
Despite Spurs generally failing to dazzle in the league, the decade was bookended by a couple of trophy wins - a rare and sought-after commodity in the eyes of the modern Spurs fan - including our last FA Cup triumph, thanks in no small part to the efforts of the titular Gascoigne and his Wembley free kick that spawned the iconic commentary itself.
We talk cup runs, the dawn of the Premier League, financial irregularities, protests, multiple sacked managers, world class foreign imports, glory and heartbreak... and that's only the first half!
Gareth is kind enough to walk us through, season by season, in fascinating detail, leaving no stone unturned, and whether it's a dose of nostalgia, a history lesson or a bit of both, we hope you enjoy taking it all in as much as we did.
To order the book for yourself, for UK listeners, please order from Gareth's site at:
https://90sspursbook.square.site.
For all you outside of the UK, you can order from Amazon at:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gascoigne-going-have-crack-mediocrity/dp/1801507023
Part 2 will be up and available shortly taking you through the second half of the 90s, we hope you enjoy!
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Episode 112 - Painful Rebuild-up
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Enough time has passed that we can look back over the Newcastle thumping without crying and look at it with a level head. Join a full team as we force ourselves to consider the big picture but also what weaknesses this performance illuminates with the future in mind.
That future hopefully ends with Spurs finding a real rhythm under Ange but starts with the nail-biting prospect of welcoming recent Champions League departees, Arsenal to our ground in a hope to slash their title hopes and keep our top 4 chase alive (coefficients be damned).
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Episode 111 - The Thunderbastard Adjudicator
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Spurs go marching into fourth with a convincing victory over struggling Nottingham Forest and the full Plus Dave team is here this week to look back over it, taking great pleasure in discussing a number of great goals and moves and a win that puts us firmly in the driving seat for our Champions League destiny.
We also have the usual look ahead to our next fixture - away at Newcastle as well as some more general discussions around the shape of the club and team.
We hope you enjoy!
If you like the show, why not follow us on Twitter @PlusDavePodcast or email us at plusdavepodcast@gmail.com
Dags' article mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2024/04/05/tottenham-hotspur/1178656-how-do-tottenham-become-title-contenders.html
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Episode 110 - Playing Chess with Garbage
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Thursday Apr 04, 2024
Two games to look back on this week as the Easter schedule fills up. 4 points from 6 for Spurs as a win against Luton and a draw with West Ham see us in pole position for 4th place heading into the last couple of months of the season.
Dags, Dave and Elio take a good look at both games, analysing a few performers who have been on the receiving end of criticism lately as well as the bigger tactical picture - does Ange have a 'Plan B'? Are we improving?
There's also a look ahead to Forest, some chat about the financial results and the usual other Spursy business.