Tottenham Hotspur Fans: Are You Just Watching... or Actually Supporting?
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The social media shift Spurs desperately deed from fans |
From the Pub to the Public: How Spurs Fans Became the Voice of the Club
The Social Shift Spurs Desperately Need
When it comes to how Tottenham Hotspur fans show up for the club...
There are two clear types:
The ones who love to complain...
But never actually contribute.
And the ones who are all-in...
Who understand what real support looks like in the modern era.
Welcome to the Modern Era of Support
That phrase - the modern era - is key.
Because times have changed.
Supporting now is not like supporting in the 1970s.
Back then...
You went to a game...
Cheered for 90 minutes...
And during the week maybe had a chat with your mates in the pub.
And that was it.
Nobody outside your circle ever heard your opinion.
You had no effect on the players.
No impact on the manager.
And certainly no influence on what the media wrote.
Today… it’s different.
Today, you have an effect.
A big one.
Your tweet...
Your post...
Your comment...
It all feeds into the public image of the club.
And that image?
It affects everything:
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How we’re portrayed in the press
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How players feel when they open their phones
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How sponsors, agents and future signings view Tottenham Hotspur
Your online attitude either lifts the club or drags it down.
Whether you like it or not...
Your opinion helps shape the narrative.
Which is why fans need to realise:
We’re not just spectators anymore.
We’re part of the performance.
Let me explain further.
The Curious Supporters
These are the fans who:
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Moan after matches.
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Complain about transfers.
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Share clickbait negativity on social media.
They call themselves passionate.
But scroll through their timeline and you’ll see nothing but sarcasm, doom and blame.
They show up on match day...
Maybe...
Because a lot of them are still being negative even then.
Then they continue with negativity for the rest of the week.
No real understanding of the project.
No interest in the plan.
No desire to educate themselves on how football success is actually built.
They're stuck in the loop.
Blaming the chairman.
Mocking the players.
Waiting for someone else to fix everything.
They want success…
But they want it handed to them.
They don’t want to change their mindset.
They just want a scapegoat.
The Committed Spurs Supporters
Then there’s the other kind.
The ones who aren’t just reactive.
They’re intentional.
These are the fans who:
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Read what Ange Postecoglou says... and understand it.
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Defend the club when the media attacks.
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Talk tactics, youth development, long-term vision.
They don’t just show up for 90 minutes.
They support for the other 9,990 minutes of the week too.
They know how damaging negativity is.
They see how online abuse filters into press narratives, transfer sagas and even player confidence.
They know that real support means elevating the club’s image, not tearing it down.
They’re obsessed with improvement...
Not just in the team...
But in the fan culture too.
They see Tottenham Hotspur not just as a team…
But as a project worth backing all week long.
You look in the blogging space and I'm probably the only one with a winning mentality...
The only one educating the fans for the modern era.
Are You a Fan... or Just a Follower?
Let’s be honest.
It's easy to be angry.
It’s easy to pile on when things don’t go your way.
But it takes strength to be part of the solution.
It takes discipline to hold the line when things aren’t perfect.
This isn’t about blind faith.
This is about informed belief.
You either:
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Add energy to the system.
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Or drain it.
If you're on social media moaning every day, you’re not neutral.
You’re actively working against the success you claim to want.
The Real Fans Are Already Shifting
There’s a growing number of Spurs fans who are stepping up.
Not just cheering goals…
But pushing a positive culture.
They’re defending the badge in every comment section.
They’re sharing stories of youth development.
They’re challenging lazy punditry and rewriting the narrative.
Because they know this truth:
Support isn’t what you feel after a win.
Support is what you do all week long.
This Is the Fanbase the Club Needs
Tottenham Hotspur is entering a new era.
A smarter era.
A strategic era.
The football is changing.
The leadership is different.
The project is underway.
But unless the fanbase evolves too...
The energy around the club will keep dragging us back.
We need fans who get it.
Fans who are serious...
Not just curious.
This is your chance to be part of something.
To lead, not follow.
To become the kind of fan the club is proud to have representing them online.
Final Whistle: Choose Your Lane
So here’s the question:
Are you the fan who just reacts?
Who vents for likes and disappears?
Or are you the one building something better?
Because Tottenham Hotspur is more than a matchday.
It’s a story we’re all writing together.
And it’s time we told it the right way.
#COYS
#SupportAllWeek
#TottenhamHotspur
COYS
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4 comments
Another excellent article — thank you! I fully agree with your assessment of our supporters and it’s refreshing to read content that adds value to me as an individual as well as helping me to share well thought content with others in my circle of friends.
As I’ve checked Spurs content on line this week, the amount of “information” being shared on developments at and around Spurs has been staggering. I keep seeing people ITK like, an ex-scout, for example who has managed to give inaccurate reports time and time again. Clearly he is not only an ex-scout but an ex-ITK and an ex-fan!
TBC Andy McCarthy
Continuing…
All week I have read reports of Ange about to be replaced, and we’ve considered through your blog what supporters need to be like as if we were a strand of the magnificent Barmy Army. Today, I received an email from Tottenham Hotspur and it presented a contract between Ange Postecoglou and me where his thanks for my support precedes the fact we’re building something special at this club and challenging me to buy in fully to this.
Firstly, I like this. However, I can’t believe this would have been issued by the club unless Daniel Levy agreed to it and therefore Ange leaving is not negotiable… because the two alternatives would be: i) the account has been hacked into, or ii) what benefit would there be to Levy if Postecoglou was quickly removed?
Regards, Andy McCarthy
I wonder if any of the 'fan's who call for change have actually ever stopped to consider what they think would occur once either the ownership, the board, or the management (Ange in this case) were to be changed? Perhaps a nirvana where everything just magically falls into place? I don't suppose many realise that starting again from scratch, from the bottom, with all the existing encumbrances but none of the long-term plans, just puts as back to the end of the queue - years away from any chance of trophies.
I doubt they even realise that any new leaders would still have them to deal with, as they don't see themselves as representing a problem at all. I very much doubt they understand that the fan-base is even considered when purchasing a club. It's never quite as simple as this but fundamentally who wants to invest in a project where the supporters are known to be pretty toxic in & of themselves as a group.
TBC.
We all know people in our lives who choose to moan at every setback. They're generally the ones who never get anything done. Always much happier blaming someone or -thing & the last to come up with anything themselves - anything positive at least.
Back to the Spurs fanbase. Let's not forget that they can & do make the new stadium into a couldron when they're on song. My hope is that they, collectively & individually, focus more on that aspect than any feelings of disappointment. Remembering, as we must, that top-level sport is never a comfortable place to be. It's where only the courageous thrive.
Audere Est Facere!
COYS!!