Jack Pitt-Brooke

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jack Pitt-Brooke

This Tottenham Hotspur season has been defined above all by injuries, so perhaps it was fated that they would suffer another two right at the end, at the point when Spurs were just a few games away from writing their place in the history books. Losing Lucas Bergvall to an ankle injury the day before the Bodo/Glimt first leg was bad enough. Bergvall has been the surprise find of the season, arguably the best player since he broke into the Premier League side just before Christmas.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jack Pitt-Brooke

Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United have shared a particular, fierce, and very local rivalry for almost 130 years now. It started when Thames Ironworks, West Ham's forerunners, came to Tottenham in the Thames and Medway League in September 1898. They kept bumping into each other in the Southern League, the Western League, and the London League, before settling on the Football League and meeting there for the first time in 1920.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jack Pitt-Brooke

The longest, strangest and most-discussed anomaly in football is over. That space on Harry Kane's CV, where the trophies ought to go, is empty no more. Bayern Munich are the 2024-25 Bundesliga champions and Kane has the medal he spent so long striving for. The story of Kane's career had, right up until this weekend, been one with an unusual footnote. For more than a decade, he has been one of the best strikers in football, developing and perfecting his game, achieving something close to mastery.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jack Pitt-Brooke |Ali Rampling

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou says James Maddison's knee injury is "not looking promising" after he missed Sunday's draw with West Ham United. Maddison, 28, was forced off during the second half Thursday's Europa League win over Bodo/Glimt. Postecoglou had initially said after that game that the injury did not seem like "anything serious", before stating during Friday's pre-match press conference that it was more of a "concern".

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jack Pitt-Brooke

Tottenham Hotspur played out a 1-1 draw against West Ham United on Sunday. Spurs took the lead in the 15th minute courtesy of Wilson Odobert. Odobert was left unmarked in the middle of the box, with Mathys Tel providing the assist. But Jarrod Bowen levelled the game in the 28th minute, firing home from a tight angle. The score stayed level going into half-time. West Ham had the better of the second half, but Ange Postecoglou's side held out to secure a 1-1 draw.