Marinos, before defying sceptics to excel in Scotland. The 57-year-old Australian looks set to be named Tottenham Hotspur boss, having won five trophies in two seasons at Celtic including the Scottish treble this year.Īthens-born Postecoglou may represent a disappointment to Spurs fans demanding a “bigger name', but he knows what success is, having lifted league titles in three different countries.Ĭhampionship glory first came with South Melbourne and Brisbane Roar in Australia, then Japan’s Yokohama F. By the end of the decade, Tottenham had been reborn and were ready for more glory, glory days.Ange Postecoglou has come from humble roots and arriving in Australia by boat as a little boy to stand on the brink of one of the Premier League’s biggest jobs.

The sun rose again as that same maligned Burkinshaw built an exciting team around the young Glenn Hoddle and World Cup-winning duo Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa. But, as in Wagner's Ring, there was also a renaissance. This book explores Tottenham's place in that unfolding drama, the club's own G tterd mmerung.

The defining images of the decade were violent ones, both on and off the terraces.

Social and economic malaise both informed and fed off a blooming culture of football hooliganism.

Nicholson's exit, the loss of legendary players and the club's eventual relegation all took place during a defining decade for British sport, painted against a backdrop of dramatic change for society at large. From the 'team of the century' to relegation, from Feyenoord to Field Mill, from trophies under the iconic Bill Nicholson to relegation under former Zambia coach Keith Burkinshaw - all in a little over three years.

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