Which of the London papers covers the Spurs best? Yesterday, I looked at the story in the Times. It included the following. What do the numbers after the players mean? And, what does Anelka 11 mean after "Offsides"? He wasn't off that many times. Dick. Manchester City (4-4-2): K Stuhr-Ellegaard 3 Sun Jihai 6, R Dunne 6, S Distin 6, M Tarnat 5 T Sinclair 6, P Bosvelt 5, C Reyna 6, A Sibierski 4 (sub: S Wright-Phillips, 69min 6) R Fowler 6 (sub: J Macken, 69 4), N Anelka 6. Substitutes not used: D Sommeil, S McManaman, A Arason. Booked: Reyna, Bosvelt Tottenham Hotspur (4-4-2): K Keller 5 S Carr 6, G Doherty 6, A Gardner 6, M Taricco 5 (sub: J Jackson, 46 6) D Anderton 3 (sub: S Dalmat, 46 6), M Brown 6, L King 6, S Davies 6 H Postiga 4, R Keane 6. Substitutes not used: B Bunjevcevic, R Zamora, L Hirschfeld. Booked: Anderton, Carr Shots on target: (h) 6 (a) 6. Fouls: (h) 10 (a) 15. Offside: (h) 1 (a) 2 Anelka 11 Referee: S Dunn 6. Attendance: 34,000
Welcome aboard dmonahan! I'm sure sendorange, Danners9 or TheDouble will come along and give you a better list, but to begin with, here are a few sites that will keep you up with Spurs. They're not newspapers, but it's a start. http://www.spurs.co.uk/index.asp http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/default.stm http://www.glory-glory.net http://skysports.planetfootball.com/ http://www.soccer365.com/ http://www.football365.com/ -Digital
Welcome Dick (that didn't sound right, did it?). When you say "which London paper covers London the best" that's a a broad question. Do you mean actual print versions obtainable in London itself, or on-line coverage? Do you mean London specific papers, or papers produced in London, the majority of which are actually nationally targeted? So many questions. So little wine. In addition to the fine links provided by our very own Digital, I find myself, when on-line, looking at the (not a newspaper) BBC site (which Dig mentions) for quick news updates and match reports on Spurs, but enjoying the greater depth that the following electronic day brings with the on-line Guardian and Independent (both national newspapers) reports and articles. The Times is good but having to register each time (it seems) puts me off, so I visit there about once every 3 months these days. The only on-line London specific "papers" that I know of that report on Spurs are This Is London (London Evening Standard), which is good for Spurs news, and This Is Haringey & Enfield (part of the same newspaper group), whose on-line coverage of their big local team is hopelessly out of date for an on-line source, where news travels at light speed. With the advent of the on-line world the concept of "London papers" almost becomes meaningless, but those above suggestions should keep you busy for a while. I haven't linked all these sites here, but you can get to them on page two of my fanzine site via http://www.thequake.com/spurpg2.html which also has links to other Spurs supporter sites and othe stuff. Regarding the numbers behind the players in The Times report, it looks like the reporter has given each player a grade (or "mark" in UK parlance), a popular thing in the UK media, and preceding the grade is the time in which that player came on as a sub. The 11 after Anelka is the time he scored, but the Spurs equalizer from Doherty appears to be missing from the equation. Oh well. Can't win 'em all, as Kevin Keegan might say lol.
Thanks. Since I'm not in London, I'm going to read them via the web, but since the writing in print papers is usually much better than the writing in web-only sites, I'd like to read their match reports. I'll check out the Guardian and Independent.
For the latest news on major articles published on the web about the club, use this NewsNow link: http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Tottenham+Hotspur As soon as a major newspaper, official site or fansite puts an article up about Tottenham, it appears on NewsNow. It's a fantastic thing and I use it all the time.