The North London Derby - January 2025
The North London Derby for me is one of the highlights of the season. The North London Derby Not because of the excitement, nor the quality of the game, but that Tottenham aka Spurs aka Vermin, are the nearest neighbours haling from the former Middlessex borough and now the London Borough of Haringey. Until the expansion of London and the destruction of Middlesex as anything other than a postal county in 1965, Tottenham was in Middlesex. Not London. Anyway. The day game-day started for me at 1625 when I set off for the four mile journey to Folkestone West train station for the 1657 high speed train to London. I arrived just in time to park and rush across to the platform. Why does it take 20 minutes to go four miles? You'd have to ask the clowns in front of me that go 24mph (indicated) through the fixed speed cameras that are set to 30mph! I got a seat and that can be a miracle some times. We arrived on time at 1754 and I met up with friend Helen and ...