Hometown Glory: Spurs x Culture
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Hometown Glory: Spurs x Culture
HG is committed to covering the Tottenham Hotspur men's and women's teams, and tapping into the Spurs fan experience. We're talking the grief and glory of being fully COYS: cult heroes; iconic shirts; comically miserable away days; everything from Amsterdam to Zagreb. The team are also dedicated to...
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“Cruel Intentions”
Johan and Vinai finally found the password to Fabio Paratici’s account, so welcome, Igor Tudor! And farewell Johnny Heitinga, we hardly knew you. Hist...
“Who’s That Girl”
This is your space for minimal chaos and maximum competence: our monthly Spurs Women deep dive. Have the new signings settled? How will we cope withou...
“Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”
Cuti Romero: hero, villain, both, or neither? Relegation: this season, next season, or the one after? It’s the end of everything and the beginning of...
GRACIAS POR NADA
“Unbelievable, but true and disgraceful”One weekend, two games, three golazos. Xavi has finally arrived. So has Matilda Vinberg? Things on the pitch a...
"UGH!"
Two games, one point, an utter debacle of a weekend. Lauren and Rosa debate strategies for getting through the rest of the season in the absence of a...
“Dead Certainties”
No, he hasn’t been sacked yet. Billie, Lauren and Rosa hit rock bottom (they hope). Breaking points, personal lows, Solanke vs Tel, potential Dortmund...
“The Weekend”
Ash, Lauren and Rosa discuss the diverging fortunes of Spurs men and women. On the one hand: the season is over. Injuries are piling up. No discernibl...
“Ladies Hit Squad”
New year, same old Spurs - at least as far as the men are concerned. For the women, it’s a bright new day with five - that’s FIVE - signings made this...
“Best to You”
Billie, Lauren and Rosa take the positive(s?) from the Palace win, and make their transfer wish lists (in AND out) and COYS resolutions for the year a...
“The Star of Davids”
It’s your very special, extra festive, no-current-football-referencing Hometown Glory Christmas Quiz! Quizmaster Tom oversees proceedings as Billie an...
“Up&Up”
It’s your mid-season Spurs Women deep dive: flowers for Martin, Toko, Olivia, Drew, Clare, Eveliina…you know what, flowers for EVERYONE. What a half s...
“Demon Days”
The office Powerleague team returns to get absolutely thumped by SEAN DYCHE’S Nottingham Forest. What is there even to say. Elsewhere, the women came...
“We Up”
Tottenham followed up their best result at St James’ Park since the halcyon days of Steve Bruce with a very sensible 2 nil win over Brentford. Ash, Bi...
“Stranger”
Following a spirited but ultimately futile showing against PSG, our extremely unmighty lilywhites crashed and burned against the mighty Fulham. At hom...
“Mayday”
We count the ways in which the team violated Lauren’s Rule of Three for derbies:
1) Don’t embarrass the shirt
2) Don’t embarrass the fans...
“GOOD FEELiNGS”
Your monthly Spurs Women deep dive is here, and in a truly serendipitous bit of timing, we’re bringing it to you right after a hard fought and well ea...
“We Is Us”
After a careful review of the evidence (tactics, team selection, results) and the mitigating factors (criminal squad building, increasingly surreal in...
“The Traitors”
The fans hate the players, the players hate the fans, we all hate the stadium. Journey with us into the dark heart of Tottenham Hotspur. Unless you’re...
“Thinking Clean”
The clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in, it is COLD…but we have the lovely glow of a 3 nil win at Everton to keep us warm and snuggly. Ha...
“50/50”
Another home league game, another defeat, just the start we wanted to our run of six games in two weeks. What went wrong (this time)? Is it the squad?...
“A Hopeful Transmission”
Spurs Women are still on course for 42 points AND they remain above Ballon d’Or team of the year. Lauren and Rosa review the loss that feels like a dr...
“I’M THAT GIRL”
Look at us! Welcome to your monthly Hometown Glory x Spurs Women deep dive. Lauren, Rosa and special guest Jacob discuss the new reality: competent de...
“Look At You”
Nearly two years and seven - SEVEN - games later, Tottenham finally broke the curse of the international break. Lauren, Rosa and Tom wonder just what...
“Somewhere in Between”
Wolves: a hall of shame performance? The curse continues, despite Palhinha’s best shirtless efforts. Spurs Women bounce back at Leicester as the Olivi...
“Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Saturday”
This week our theme is crime and punishment. For the men: a return to one of the scenes of one of the many crimes of last season: Brighton away. For t...
“Estamos Bien”
Two away wins, five goals scored, none conceded. Lauren, Rosa and Tom pick out the best bits from a delightful COYS weekend, including but not limited...
“It’s Over”
Where were you when you found out that Daniel Levy had left the club? Lauren, Rosa and special guest Gareth Dace absorb the aftershocks of this seismi...
“We Pray”
It’s time for another round of hope versus expectation. The WSL is back, Spurs Women are back, but has anything changed? Lauren, Rosa and HG cousin Ca...
“That’s All”
This week, Tottenham faced two of their most deadly enemies: the transfer window and the international break. Joining Ash, Lauren and Rosa to work out...
“Deja Vu”
Tottenham at the Etihad: different year, different manager, same result. How does this keep happening? Billie, Lauren and Rosa don’t care, because if...
"Good Days"
Cuti signs! So does Djed! We enjoyed a comfortable opening day win! The super cup left us devastated yet proud! SO much to get into this week, and we...
“No More Hiding”
We’ve had joy. We’ve had heartbreak. We’ve had nonsense. We’ve had heartbreak again. After a typical Tottenham summer break, the 2025-26 season is upo...
“The Greatest”
Lauren, Rosa and Tom bid a highly emotional farewell to the one who stayed: our captain, our leader, our icon, Son Heung-Min. The player who scored ic...
“Snooze”
This week, another farcical slash potentially criminal transfer saga comes to an end, with literally nothing else to replace it. Join us as we scream...
“Take Me Home”
Four podcasters but sadly only one bomba. Billie, Lauren, Rosa and Tom welcome Kudus and get somewhat angsty about the Gibbs White saga. We bid farewe...
“SUMMER RENAISSANCE”
Another week, another new manager! Spurs Women shock us all by acting reasonably swiftly to appoint Robert Vilahamn’s replacement. Rosa and Lauren dis...
“Victory Lap”
Bring your knowledge. Bring your vibes. Bring your calculators. It’s the return of the HOMETOWN GLORY QUIZ!
Round 1 - Younes Kaboulseye
Ro...
“Protector”
On today’s episode: where in the world is Thomas Frank? Rosa quizzes Conor and Lauren on their excitement levels (reasonably high!), their views on Fr...
“Same Sh*t Different Day”
Well, they did it. They sacked our most successful manager in 40 years. Two weeks exactly after Ange’s iconic season three is better than season two m...
“Not Like Us”
Adam (Bilbao), Lauren (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) and Rosa (behind the sofa) relive the glorious, unforgettable, terrifying night that saw us crowned...