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Nice One Cyril
Hosted by Simon Lipson · EN
A unique Spurs podcast from long-suffering fans who’ve seen it all and lived to tell the tale. Match chat, mullets and musings. No tactics boards. No xG. Just decades of Spurs nostalgia and nonsense. Funny, heartfelt, and just Spursy enough to hurt.
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Tel Tale
Dec 4Tap to summarizeThis week on Nice One Cyril, Simon Lipson welcomes debut guest Barry Graham of Glasgow Spurs, along with Dame Julie Welch and Kevin Acott. The gang dissect the gritty but grim Bodo performance, the Leeds takedown, and query why some Spurs fans continue to diss the manager of a team sitting 3rd. There’s praise for Van de Ven, concern for Vicario and a heartfelt detour into the golden age of Scottish Spurs heroes. Barry rages about that abomination, the 8pm Saturday fixture, Julie ponders “engagement” tweets by the club’s social media team, Simon gets het up about idiots in Gail's and Kev recounts the burger van insult-thrower at the old Lane. It’s football chat with humour, hindsight, and just the right amount of despair.
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Is Simons Just Timo With Better Hair?
Dec 4Tap to summarizeIn this week’s Nice One Cyril, Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, and Kev Acott deconstruct the Wolves debacle, address some fans' concerns that Simons is just Timo Werner with better hair, and grumble about buyout bollocks, Kane rumours and the eternal curse of Dr Tottenham. There’s nostalgia, rants about didactic tourists at the stadium, a look ahead to Bodo and Leeds, and whether optimism or pessimism is the right setting for Spurs fans right now. Warm, irreverent, and always a bit Spursy. Therapy, but with more swearing.
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Hammers Hammered
Dec 4Tap to summarizeWest Ham beaten. VAR maddening. Spurs fans…cautiously optimistic. In this week’s Nice One Cyril, Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Kevin Acott and Alan Fitter relive the win over West Ham, dissect player performances, and roll their eyes (again) at VAR. There’s tactical chat, transfer gossip, and predictions for Villarreal and Brighton — but as always, the real fun’s in the detours. This week’s? A poll to crown Spurs’ greatest useless hero, nostalgia for cult oddballs like Freund and Pavlyuchenko, and a debate about how long Xavi Simons has to prove himself before we decide he’s rubbish (spoiler: not very long). Add in rants about Alice bands and the ethics of booing your own players, and you’ve got another warm, irreverent slice of Spurs therapy. 🎙️ Nice One Cyril — Group Therapy for Spurs Sufferers.
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Who Do We Blame Now?
Dec 4Tap to summarizeDaniel Levy has left the building. After 25 years of blaming him for everything — dodgy transfers, managerial meltdowns, ticket prices, global warming — Spurs fans suddenly find themselves in crisis. With Levy gone… who do we scream at now? Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Kevin Acott and Dave Bradshaw gather for a lively, funny group therapy session, diving into: ⚪ Levy’s departure — why, how, and what it means for Spurs ⚪ 50 years of Spurs chairmen — Julie spills the secrets ⚪ Champions League - why we're winning it ⚪ Random rants -the stadium gets some stick - nostalgia & therapy for long-suffering Spurs fans ⚪ Predictions for the West Ham game It’s funny. It’s nostalgic. It’s different. And it’s Spursy to the core. Nice One Cyril — Group Therapy for Spurs Sufferers.
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Forever Spursy
Dec 3Tap to summarizeBournemouth misery, deadline-day drama, Xavi Simons hype, Wembley nightmares & a tribute to Cyril Knowles — all wrapped in Spursy laughs, rants & nostalgia. Spurs are back. Sadly, Bournemouth are also back — and they’ve ruined our weekend. In this episode, Simon Lipson, Kevin Acott, Julie Welch, and Lee Brown pick through the wreckage of the Bournemouth debacle, wonder whether Xavi Simons is the next Luka Modric or the next Tanguy NDombele, and we cover transfer deadline day as it happens. - Painful flashbacks to Spurs’s 23 months of Wembley exile - Kev gets nostalgic about a scarf and Lee demolishes ITKs - Julie's tribute to Cyril Knowles — the man, the legend, the name above the door - International breaks - who gives a shit? Plenty of laughs, moans, and memories for long-suffering Spurs fans everywhere. A warm, funny, irreverent dive into the daftness of following Spurs.
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