How come sometimes a spur fan is referred as a 'Jew boy' by other fans as a form of mockery? Are there a lot of Jewish spurs supporters?
Or 'Yid'. Hence Spurs fans using the insult as a badge of pride. If you listen closely to Spurs fans chanting, its usually about being a yid. That or Arsenal being shyte.
No-one said all Spurs fans are jews, just a significant number, but less than years ago. Most tend to use the Yid name anyway, good bit of solidarity.
Yids Tottenham and many surrounding areas of north (and northwest) London have traditionally had about quadruple the Jewish population (4%) than elswehere in the UK (1%). In places like South Tottenham and Stamford Hill you will see many residents who still wear all the traditional Jewish religious garb. Therefore when right wing nationalist fans like those of Chelsea would visit, their fans would sing "Tottenham Jew Boys" and "(swear word plus) Yids" at the Spurs fans on the terraces. As Jumhed said, eventually the Spurs fans took the insults on board and used it as a rallying cry. Current chants are clap, clap clap clap clap "Yids!" and "Yid Army". This does not mean all the people singing this are Jewish. It has become a name for the Spurs fans. I am in regular contact with half a dozen Spurs fans in London with whom I go to games or meet in a pub, and only one is (part) Jewish. I know about 15 Spurs fans in the States that I see on a regular basis, none are Jewish as far as I know. The modern Spurs fan base reflects the community in London and SE England. So you will see people of every imaginable ethnic make-up at the Lane, and everybody gets along. Arsenal reflects an equal diversity and an even larger Jewish support, by dint of the fact they (sadly) have more fans owing to their phenomenal modern day success. Yes, there are even Palestinian supportersof THFC. There are also many black fans (Tottenham is now predominantly an Afro-Caribbean community), Irish fans (always a huge traditional base as north London has a massive Irish community, including Tottenham and Edmonton), Greek fans, and a rapidly growing Asian and Indian fan base. The only criteria for acceptance is that you support the mighty Tottenham Hotspur and that the very mention of this name is enough to make your heart go wooooooooooooooooo. "All we know is that there's gonna be show and that Tottenham Hotspur will be there!"