Hometown Glory: Spurs x Culture

Rosa, Billie and Tom attempt to unpack two miserable defeats in the Cup and league. We then rouse ourselves (sort of) for previews of the Milan and Forest games, and (it’s that time again!) look ahead to a new manager—talking Poch and getting your alternative boss ideas in Rolling In the Tweets. Plus there’s a Spurs Women update and some uplifting (we promise!) TV and movie chat (Billie watched Co...

Like London buses… we bag a second, confident derby win. Billie, Rosa and Tom discuss unlikely goal scorers, Richarlison and Kane, Ben Davies reaching 300 games and marvel at how bad Chelsea are. The team also preview Sheffield United in the FA Cup, and reflect on the women’s Cup loss. And there’s culture! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choice...

Spurs might not be particularly good, but at least we’re not West Ham bad. Billie, Charlie, Rosa and (especially) Tom celebrate a nicely straightforward 2-0 home win full of heartwarming moments for Hometown Glory favourites—and give Cristian Stellini his tactical flowers. Attentions then turn to another big London derby at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as we wonder if we’ll ever have a better cha...

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! And YIKES. Billie and Rosa work through their feelings about our football club’s latest disaster(s) and try to find some reasons to be, if not cheerful, at least not totally depressed. Sure, we’re catastrophic on the pitch and we’re haemorrhaging first team players, but could this be The Chance for Sarr and Skipp? We shower affection on Beth England and Ash Neville...

Ah, Harry. Our Harry. What a man, and what a privilege to pay tribute here to our club's greatest goalscorer. Charlie, Rosa and Tom present H his flowers, and assess a masterful win over the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium's favourite visitors. There are fun redemption arcs for our guy Emerson Royal, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Gentle Ben as we dare to ask: Are we, finally, good again? We also, of course,...

Actual signings! Clean sheets! Goalscoring records! Criminal activity by our director of football! Billie, Tom and Rosa are joined by comedian David Alfie Ward to discuss the latest twists in the ongoing saga of our football club. Is a cup run on? Is Son back (again)? Does anyone know if Pedro Porro is actually good and does it even matter? The women get an important win and we marvel at the diffe...

Ash, Charlie and Rosa come together for a cathartic exorcism of the North London Derby. We dig deep to make sense of a day that felt off from the moment we took to the High Road, come to terms with the chasm that exists between Spurs and Arsenal right now and predict what happens from here. Does Antonio Conte survive the next few games? Why do Tottenham Hotspur keep finding themselves in these pre...

Another quiet week! Billie, Charlie, Rosa and Tom rattle through Qatar's flirtations with Spurs, two victories, the rise of Pape Matar Sarr, the awful treatment of Emerson Royal and outdated chants before steeling ourselves to preview a monumental North London Derby. We get deep in our feelings and pay tribute to the newly retired Gareth Bale before Billie throws to you, our glorious listeners, fo...

Well, it’s all kicking off, isn’t it? Ash, Billie, Charlie and Rosa convene to assess the Villa defeat and the civil war engulfing Spurs—how much blame should Conte take? Is it all on ENIC and Daniel Levy? What’s the plan for the club from 00here? Does it all just feel especially bad because of who's top of the league? Things get pretty passionate, and it was good to get a few things off our chest...

Welcome back to the chaos that is Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, who did not give us even one game before we had to ask yet again, why are you like this? Billie, Tom and Rosa sift through the good, the bad, and the Eric Dier of that draw at Brentford. We lift up our heartbroken hero Harry Kane, bask in the very grown-up brilliance of Ivan Perišić, and reflect on the latest round of Antonio Conte...

Deep breath, everyone: the Spurs rollercoaster has pulled in until Boxing Day! Billie, Charlie, Rosa, Tom and friend of the show Tara try and make sense of the barmy 4-3 win over Leeds—with Tara talking us through her experience watching the game with none other than Elisabetta Conte (Antonio's wife!). There's, of course, much love put in the direction of our flame-haired Swede, a chat around booi...

Charlie, Rosa and Tom strap in for the emotional aftermath of defeat to Liverpool, while clinging to certain positives. Positive number one: our glorious returning Swede. We ask if booing in the stadium is ever acceptable (and whether we as Spurs fans have gone a bit boo mad after Nuno's boo-aided dismissal) before reviewing the Champions League draw. There are also looks ahead to the Forest and L...

Love football, hate VAR. Ash, Rosa and Tom celebrate the joyous last minute winner at Bournemouth and try not to get TOO tinfoil about the disallowed goal against Sporting. We crown Rodrigo Bentancur player of the season so far and hope we don’t have to play another match without him, ever. There are nervous looks to Marseille and Liverpool, Rosa is made to look a right idiot by a glorious goalfes...

As surely as night follows day, this week the Tottenham rollercoaster took a real nosedive. Billie and Rosa cling on for dear life as they discuss what went wrong and try to work out if we’re heading back up any time soon. Listeners share their best (worst?) post-defeat tantrums, Rosa rants about Spurs Women having no money, and we get extremely hyped about the return of everyone’s favourite toxic...

We’re good! Right? Ash, Billie and Rosa revel in the professional win against Everton, and Sonny's spectacular goals in the…less professional win over Frankfurt. Höjbjerg Haters are dispatched to the dustbin of history, Doherty gets some extra love, we try to find some more superlatives for Kane, and look cautiously ahead to Old Trafford. Plus, Spurs Women get their first home win at the new groun...

Tom, Rosa and Billie reflect on the Brighton win and the emotional scenes after the death of Gian Piero Ventrone. Kane gets his flowers, not least for his CBeebies appearance, and the gang worry about German fans sneaking drums in on Wednesday. Your memories of underrated goals go to amazing depths before Tom and Rosa wang on about Strictly Come Dancing and Billie covers more meta TV. If you fancy...

The team contends with a tough COYS week—trying their best to keep level heads. In Antonio we trust. A tricky trip to Frankfurt is analysed, as our the issues facing the squad as they enter a big few weeks and, more importantly, the issues facing men's football at large. We examine the start Spurs Women have made to their season, and give up our latest culture picks.  If you fancy skipping to cert...

Cockerels > Foxes. Charlie, Rosa and Tom celebrate the weekend double over Leicester. There's plenty of Sonny joy to bathe in, a big, (accidentally) existential chat around "ConteBall", Rosa's valiant Davinson defence and a love letter for the incredible South Korean fans to get into from the Men's chaotic thrashing, before we dive into Spurs Women's 2-1 win at the King Power to kick off their WSL...

Charlie, Billie and Rosa are joined by Caroline Stefko of the N17 Women podcast as they mull over defeat in Lisbon and its rather outsized reaction online. How, we ask, does this team become properly fun? Rosa’s answer will make you feel better, we promise. There’s a look ahead to Antonio’s selection posers for the visit of Leicester, and Caroline helps us (quite magnificently) preview the 2022/23...

Still unbeaten and suddenly fun to watch? A good weekend to be Spurs! The full HG lineup toasts the entertaining Fulham win, with special mentions for Richarlison—WHL’s new "main character syndrome" king—and our impressive central midfield duo. Rosa, meanwhile, considers a French affair, we ask if Sonny is now back, remember to praise the perennially magnificent Harry Kane and review the stadium’s...

We’re back after a too-long break to talk about that draw at West Ham. What else did we learn from Wolves and Forest? How are we unbeaten yet playing badly? Are we actually playing that badly? 10 years in, why do we love Hugo so much? And is the Fulham match cursed? If you fancy skipping to certain bits: 00:00 — West Ham 14:20 — Hugo, our French king 19:40 — Wolves, Forest and how we’re feeling ab...

We pick the bones out of a raucous visit to Stamford Bridge: How did we manage to get out of there with a point despite that performance? (Spoiler: Richarlison and Perišić.) Are we sometimes too quick to absolve Antonio of blame? What worried us about the performance and why did so many of the players look spooked by the occasion? How impressive is it that they pulled themselves together for the b...

The team recounts a hot, hazy, Pimm's-fuelled day in N17 as Spurs thrashed a hapless Southampton. Which iconic artist does Billie compare Emerson Royal to? Has Rosa passed on her curse? Will Tom accept Charlie’s drink challenge? Are we into Enter Sandman becoming our walk-out music and will we miss Duel of the Fates? And which UKG MC was at the same wedding as Ash? We also, of course, count the wa...

We cannot wait for Saturday. To help get us in the mood, the team tackles 10 season-defining questions (including: first meltdowns, dream Champions League opponents, pre-match music revamps, favourite N17 pubs and the definitive take on the away shirt) before predicting how the opening game will actually go. Rosa speaks beautifully on women's football in a remarkable week for the sport, and gets u...

We’re back! The team reunites to each reveal our favourite summer signing (so far) and play keep/sell/loan with Antonio’s unfavoureds, while Billie hits us with his first Rolling In the Tweets (and thank you for all your entries on your favourite pre-season memories!). Elsewhere, we pick apart the "Spurs' transfer window is actually underwhelming" takes, Rosa powerfully calls for football to do be...