Shirts, Shorts and Spurs

From Gazza to Ginola - My 29 Years as Kit Man at the Lane

Roy Reyland

• Publisher: John Blake
• eBook ISBN:
  9781843587729
• Year: 2011

This hilarious romp charts the dramatic ups and downs of Tottenham Hotspur, as seen through the eyes of one of its most unlikely heroes: Roy Reyland, the loyal kit man who has served Spurs for thirty years. Outlasting no less than 18 managers, Roy has seen it all and worked with some of White Hart Lane's biggest stars -- from Ardiles and Gazza to Klinsmann and Ginola. As the club's unofficial agony aunt, Roy has seen the tears and the triumphs, the dressing-room pranks, and has a unique insight into the inner-workings of the legendary Premiership side. He has visited Wembley more times that many top players have, and his story is one of total devotion to the club. A revelatory and heart-warming book, Shirts, Shorts and Spurs is a highly original, alternative account of the amazing history of Tottenham Hotspur FC.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Table of Contents
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• PROLOGUE
• CHAPTER 1 : ‘MR GREAVES, MR GREAVES!’
• CHAPTER 2 : THE GOING GETS TURF
• CHAPTER 3 : LEARNING THE ROPES
• CHAPTER 4 : ‘WHERE’S YOUR HOLSTEN?’
• CHAPTER 5 : GAZZA, GUNS AND GOALS
• CHAPTER 6 : A BITTERSWEET VICTORY
• CHAPTER 7 : SPURS IN… BERMUDA?
• CHAPTER 8 : THESE COLOURS DON’T RUN
• CHAPTER 9 : MANAGERS, MANAGERS, MANAGERS
• CHAPTER 10 : SUPERSTITIONS OF THE STARS
• CHAPTER 11 : EARNING THEIR SPURS
• CHAPTER 12 : LEGENDS AT THE LANE
• CHAPTER 13 : TOUGH GUYS AND HARD MEN
• CHAPTER 14 : CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD
• CHAPTER 15 : SCORING FOR SPURS
• CHAPTER 16 : IT’S A HARD LIFE
• CHAPTER 17 : FAREWELL, BILL NICHOLSON
• CHAPTER 18 : THE DREAM IS OVER
• CHAPTER 19 : ODD-SHAPED BALLS
• Plates
• Copyright