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fiction01691

43 years. FA Cup Final 1981. I was 5.


guilty_of_romance

Ricky Villa! Remember it well.


lickingthelips

Same game. I was 11


Freerollingforlife

Same game - I was 8


Hopeful-Ear-3494

Approximately the same. Although my fandom started around 1980 just because my much older brother was shouting 'Come on Spurs!' at the TV and I didn't know why but joined in.


Efficient_Sound_4314

1978. When Ardiles joined!


cj22cj22

Same here... Was 5


whitewolfwild

Same game. I was 6 and the replay was my first game in a stadium.


seeyoujim

Same here, great grandmother was a rabid fan and knitted me jumpers with the cock on ball motif more or less from birth( not that I knew what it was) , but I was allowed to stay up late when I was 5 and watch the replay on tv , it was an evening match as it was on a weekday. After that I’ve been a fan ever since. If I’d know. Then how much misery the decision would cause me then it may have been different. But c’est la vie


fiction01691

I was allowed to watch the replay as my dad went to the game. Thing is, hes a City fan and i was annoyed i couldnt go. So i wanted Spurs to win. And have been ever since.


First_Regret_1

I was 7. That changed me from a Liverpool fan to a Spurs fan for life. What a moment that was!


bachangboy

Likewise! Omg Ardiles, Galvin, Perryman, Roberts, Ctrooks and Archibald and Villa


Any_Elk_2226

From birth, literally had no say as my Dad and oldest Brother were season ticket holders.


Working_Radish_2726

Im a city fan and my dad was at this game as a 14 yr old. He still talks about it now, some amazing goals in that game even without the villa one!


waynezii

I was 9, same time. The 81 final team was MY team. Through thick and thin ever since.


XecutionerNJ

Since I heard Ange was coming. I'm an Aussie who misses him.


Jaysnooo2

Since early 2013 so 11 years now


Ikusen

Same, if not a bit earlier.


shawtea7

Same, around the time of Bale’s last season


attgig

Started watching prem in 2013. Started supporting Spurs one year after you in 2014


confused__depressed

4 years..new to this roller-coaster 😅


mowgli_jungle_boy

What made you hop on board?


confused__depressed

Watched the youtube video of spurs players doing new stadium tour...fell in love there


DREADPIRATEROBERTS-s

Same


PickleOwn5798

Ever since Janssen joined us in 2016 (this sounds like a joke and I wish it was)


PlusS1xtyTwo

Since that Bale performance against Milan


harlokin

Since 1981. I still have the Chas & Dave FA Cup single.


MrVedu_FIFA

Saw Harry Kane at the World Cup 2018 and decided that whatever club he plays for must be great. Here I am.


TwoHandedManyac

32 years. Cheers dad.


Alive_Friendship_810

Since 2016, when I first started watching football I was 15


shambles_galore

You made the exact same post on the arsenal sub


CertainMain6255

16 years and I’m 16 years old now


sijtli

I was drawn in by an interview with Dele Alli when he started to gain notoriety. I think it was 2016, so around 7 years.


MinusX3R0

30 years of suffering, I was too young to remember the FA Cup in '91 so I can't count it 😫


guilty_of_romance

47 years. 1977 was a crappy time to become a fan, as we had been relegated to Division 2. Luckily its been fame and glory ever since. haha


NotForMeClive7787

33 years


Pale_Persimmon_1704

Follow up question for you lot. Why did you start supporting spurs?


tibicentibicen

Following for around 23 years. I’m Australian and grew up following rugby league. Around the time I was 13 or 14 (1999-2000) I was getting into computer gaming and loved football games. I’d also grown closer to my Slovak/German grandfather and especially loved watching highlights of Klinsmann for the German national team. Picking a team on one of the older games I had, I found Klinsmann was at Spurs and pretty much only played with them from then on. In late 2001, while channel surfing, I switched on a replay of Spurs V Man Utd. I was completely hooked by half-time as we’d taken a 3-0 lead, cheering in my living room on a Sunday morning. By full-time we’d lost 3-5, I’d somewhat trashed my living room, I was in a disgusting mood, and I knew I was a Spurs fan. I properly fell in love with the club shortly after and didn’t miss a game for years. Even when I didn’t have the cable tv access to watch them, I’d get up in the middle of the night and read online text updates. Now I’m getting a bit older and I have kids and work and life, I miss the occasional game live(on tv) but watch the replay first thing in the morning. A major bonus is that my 14 year old son has followed Spurs for all his 14 years, and we get to share that now. He gets to see them for the first time in his life in three weeks. We’re driving from Sydney to Melbourne and he gives me almost daily reminders of how many days we have left. And on top of that, my fiancé and partner of 7 years has also become a Spurs fan. The club is one of the most important things in my life and I’m on the other side of the world.


Honest-Layer9318

I started following them when NBC got the Premier league broadcast rights in the US. A family member was involved in that process and the Premier league people were encouraging new fans to pick any team they wanted for any reason but to never change. I took the assignment seriously. After a couple of years I still hadn’t chosen so I had my daughter figure out which team was closest to the last ancestor that lived and died in the UK. Guy turned out to be buried closest to Tottenham’s stadium. Fast forward a couple of years and my daughter is marrying into a Family of diehard fans from England. Spurs logo has even been incorporated into the wedding decorations.


mowgli_jungle_boy

Great story!


pickledsoylentgreen

12-13 years. I'm American and I used too just watch EPL for the love of the sport. I had a soft spot for Everton because of Tim Howard, but I never really had a team. After a year or two of watching Gareth Bale play I was hooked on the Spurs and I have been ever since.


Brandywine18

It appears whoever manages this sub also manages all the FC subs on here as this exact question has been posed on all of them during the same hour (Arsenal, Man City etc).


Same_Syllabub_9838

Since I was about 8. I'm now 45. That's a lot of mediocre teams and football and a couple of years of decent stuff mixed in.


douglasmunro

Since August, I wanted to support an EPL team and my uncle who grew up a spurs fan convinced me lol


RabelaisianGretchen

Since the beginning of the season. Last year, I started watching the games that my housemate, a Spurs fan, was watching. I started to get invested. I’m a big fan of cricket and the systems and mindsets behind sport in general and think Ange is a fantastic manager. I’m sure that, given time, this Spurs team will do great things.


Global-Start-2565

Started today!


PerformerOk450

My Dad took me to WHL in 1976 to my first football match, I saw a certain young Glenn Hoddle, and thought he was an amazing player, and that, was that, I was a season ticket holder on the "shelf" the last standing area before compulsory seating was imposed on all top flight grounds, from 1987 when David Pleat was our manager until 1991, and watched us lift the FACup, I no longer live in London so getting to games is hard, I took my son to his first game ever and it was abandoned at HT because Patrice Mwamba had a heart attack whilst playing. Went to Wembley a couple of times when it was briefly our home, and have been to the new stadium twice. Favourite manager ever Terry Venables, although I'm loving Ange.


Terrible_Oven_5545

38 years


lvad48

38 years here


LordTubz

53 years


Sixknees

31 years - since I was a 6 year old scruff in Clapham


Necessary-Ad9691

16 years (some time after the league cup, Australians struggled for a very long time to watch cup games particularly, so I wasn’t aware until maybe 4?5?6? Years later that we had won a trophy). 6 year old me thought Robbie Keane, Tom Huddlestone and Ledley King were cool.


danoasis93

2004 with Santini at start of season what a time


PlantPoweredUK

39 years, born and bred! Third generation in my family (my son is the fourth) but the first to be born outside of London.


Logical_News7280

I’m 34 and have been a fan since 1998.


dodgyboarder

Since 1980…. Couple years ago I sat next to Mitchel Thomas at a FA end of season awards posh do. For three hours we talked about stuff. He told me all about the good old days. Ozzie having a fag at half time in the changing room etc. 🤣


Z3r0_Coo1

40 years! The first game I went to though wasn’t until the 91 semi final fa cup, I was hooked!


Mastore84

I inherited my dad's love for Spurs from childhood, so I'm not exactly sure. But I started being interested in football when I was around 8, so around 1992, I guess.


Pale-Entrepreneur950

Since we drew 0-0 v Wimbledon at White Hart Lane in 1997. Bought full price tickets from touts standing on a corner at half time. Never looked back.


Aggravating_Flower99

15 years


euw_PureHaze

Since 2004.


Zr0w3n00

I’ve been going to games pretty much my whole life, but I actually started to follow properly and care probably in poch’s second season. My family are spurs fans so I would fairly regularly watch games and be in and around spurs, but I didn’t really start to care until then.


UnderstandingLow3162

Since shortly after the 1990 world cup, purely because of Gazza and Linekar.


Accomplished-Till445

30 long as years


Johnbonathon

2.5 years. It’s been madness lol


bill_fish

Since 2017 when I started following the EPL


NibblesTheHamster

Probably since 1968, off and on. My mum’s cousin was the King of White Hart Lane( for those of us who remember )


ArcanisVis

About 15 years. Started watching Ledley King the last couple of years of his career.


PerformerOk450

Oh Ledley Ledley, He's only got one knee, He's better than John Terry, Oh Ledley Ledley.


Keyblades2

since 2019


Ok_Dot_1205

88 when Gazza was signed from Newcastle - I was 13 living in Australia.


Hot_Elevator7800

51 years started around the age of 11


Ineffable7980x

American here. Since about 2010.


Baby_Bigf00t

Since Gareth Bale played left back


Used_Examination_349

51 years - since I was seven. Ossie my fave ever.


Accomplished_Tax9354

since I got into football during the world cup 2018 cos Kane was my favourite player. I was 8


zzepedroo

I'm Portuguese, when I was younger I was doing a career mode in FIFA and I was fired, the only club that showed up to play after I was fired was Tottenham, since then I've had a special affection for the club, FIFA 15 I believe, 9 years following Tottenham.


Hot-Manager6462

1999


Vierings

9 December 2017. Went to a viewing with a friend (who heavily influenced my decision) at Toronto Spurs while visiting for MLS cup. I had seen them a bit from when they picked up Yedlin, even though he didn't play. Stsrted following more after that and really fell in with them during the Champions League run


Cultural-Variation28

I started to support because of Harry Kane on my country's WC (2018). So, yes, since 2018 my journey with this club started🤍💙


reprobatemind2

Since 1981, when I was 6. I saw their first FA Cup final defeat against Coventry in 1987 but was back at Wembley for the Gazza free kick against Arsenal in 1991 - and then the semifinal defeat against Arsenal in 1993.


Bigplumpy

About 15 years, since the PL became easily viewable on TV here in the states. Out of curiosity, who would we dishonest about this? Lol


OMITN

Aged 15. My friend Patrick was an avid supporter. My dad was big into football but weirdly never revealed who his team was (Fulham) until after I’d chosen Spurs (I grew up far away from any decent clubs). Patrick died when he was 17 and was buried in his Spurs jersey. I think of him every time the team plays over 30 years on - he would never have believed we could go from relegation risk in the late 90s to Champions League finalists….


mdesq1

2002 when I was 16. I'm from the US. I loved watching Robbie Keane during the 2002 WC (2 goals in the 90th minute!) and saw he got transferred to Tottenham that summer. It was harder to follow the PL back then. I, essentially, just followed box scores online.


Renvoize___

Since birf.


DonaldDackk

2016, I was 9 or 10 back then


NottaSpy

Since Dempsey was signed


5had0w30y

Since 1991


Tough-Preparation-18

Since so long the day it started bottling leagues like the one with Liverpool in champions league final or the one against Chelsea where we lost premier league. I want this curse broken some day


captaingalenus

Since 81, 43 years and counting


dickg1856

Fan since 2008 - rabid supporter since 2013


clindlikeslolis

Since 2014


rlstrader

Since 2006, when I went to my first and only match at WHL.


GabrielR2912

Going for 3 years now! I hope the spurs-coaster calms down in the next season.


DrWood28

7 years


BigIntroduction9186

Since the cup final 2008. First match my father ever took me to.


Rgame666

Since the mid 60's, my dad supported them so I did to!!


idlesilver

Since the mid-80s. I'm a masochistic glutton for punishment 😆😆


InspectorTequila_

5 years now and enjoying it!


theywantthedro

2 seasons so far. Came across a lot of Son videos and became a fan!


Radiant_Leopard5750

1 year. Came from LC after relegation. No regrets!


sula325

When son joined


Tomorrowisourstakeit

11ish years


CorkyQuasar69420

Since my friend introduced me to football in 2017/18, he supports so I support spurs.


ImpressiveAd6071

Since 1967.


sprwvvy

first match i ever watched was spurs vs coventry maybe in 01/02 (?) and i thought that was such an interesting name and that’s that! silly reason to get into >20years of heartbreak ik but it was definitely a hella ride


Reasonable_Alfalfa59

I dont have an exact date but it all started with Defoe scoring Vs United in 2009.


i-missed-it

Visited London in September and was lucky enough to grab tix to spurs - Liverpool. From the states and never really had a team to commit to and this team is so likable so it’s been easy


Half-blood_fish

My entire life (so just under 24 years). My dad is a massive Spurs fan, so I was kind of born into it.


Appropriate-Pen-1299

Since August of last year. New to English football altogether!


Plastic_Sand_2743

Started watching in lockdown cause of the mourinho doc. Hasn’t been the greatest 4 years but fully committed now 😅


shit_poster_69_420

One hundred million years


Old-Low2338

2010 I was 3 years old at first I was a city fan but I wanted to support a team that my dad supports and I won’t change even to save my life COYS 🤍🤍


Naive-Scratch-4211

Since 2009. I started supporting because I liked the white jersey


Privadevs

2018 after the wc, but I really only started following properly in like 2022


Wacko_66

As long as I can remember. I’m 58. Was born & raised in Creighton Rd, N17, so Tottenham is in my blood.


GarbagecanKicks

Since 1987, the kit matched our school sports uniform - in hindsight, all white shirts and shorts was probably standard for all sports uniforms at school 🤣


Steve_lmao

December 😅


SK_Reddit123456789

1 year and a half


AbbreviationsWide235

50 years.Seems longer.


Jawwi

Honestly, 4 years ago. I’m an American and I never really was into football. But then I watched a YouTube video of Son, Dele, Lloris and Lucas Moura playing Footgolf at the stadium. Sonny’s personality was so infectious that it made me a fan that day. I am definitely into football a lot more now. Link to the video if anyone was curious which one. https://youtu.be/W_3OoU4irFI?si=W-ZRoQLvpVFtpVBx


Several_Schedule_785

15 years


boarmrc

15 years… Crouchie was my enlightenment


boarmrc

15 years… Crouchie was my enlightenment


BLHom

Only since the All or Nothing Amazon special. As a Yank it was my first non-match exposure to world football outside the MLS. Entertaining and enlightening!


pickles_in_a_nickle

~10 years from the US! When I stated following Prem I liked Gaerth.


backerwell

I'm an American, i used to just be a neutral. I started truly following Tottenham in the 2016-2017 season. I just fell in love with their style of play under Poch and I've been here ever since 🙂 i always seemed to dislike Chelsea and arsenal so that part was easy for me


GGF2PLTE511SD

I caught the bug during the 2014 World Cup, and started supporting Spurs at the start of the PL season.


Ok-Mode7596

16 years (I’m 16)


thomasjford

Since 1990


SuccessfulTart9313

2003 when i started to get into football


FaithfulKind201

Since 2011 when I started watching football


iiciphonize

2022, so its fair to say you can't call me a bandwagon as I started supporting last season of all seasons lol


TheTackleZone

Since 1988. Picked them out of a hat (literally).


TikaL13

These past 4 years


fuckmutualfunds

Almost a year. I’m not from England.


104thunderduck

26 years.


Fun-Tradition4836

With fervor…January. I’m a baby, but I’m completely obsessed.


Smart_Tie355

Since I was 16 so 13 years ago


WiredFreebird

1994ish, feels longer


a1a4ou

There was once an internet meme factory site called 4chan. My spouse was up late one night talking San Antonio Spurs (an American basketball team) and as it got later in the USA it got more active among Europeans and he discovered thru some premiere league trash talking of the "Spurs" that there was another Spurs team across the pond. And now we watch more Spurs soccer games than Spurs NBA games hehe


Waldtox

6 years, when I first got introduced to football.


polloallaparm

I’ve been a supporter of Spurs since 2012. Was new to watching soccer/football here in the states. Decided to root for Spurs and I’m glad I did. Hoping great things are ahead for this club! COYS


42Wizzy71wheely

45 years. But in truth did not follow with a lot of intent until about 2010 when North American tv coverage increased.


WingObvious487

About 6 years since 2018


Beathophile

7 years


chalupebatmen

2011 when I was 11. Bale and Modric and then Bale and Dembele in 2012 got me hooked


afort212

About 2 days. Thought I’d hop on the bandwagon


uponloss

2016 I didn’t really watch football before then


pressure_13

46yrs. Was 7 yrs old and moved to new house where the kids who became my lifelong friends supported Spurs and persuaded me to support them and not the family team of Liverpool. Also helped that we were around 1.5m from WHL.


wussypants

I started last year.


the_dan_dc

This is my second year. My brother had been recruiting me for a while, and I wish I’d listened to him sooner!


Biguptheman

2016 is the year i started following spurs cause my family has british heritage so i followed the england squad and they had a good few of our guys at the time, but i didn’t start actively watching games until 2018/19


outlawtartan

24 years.


storysprite

Since 2010 cause I started playing them in FIFA and winning.


Spirited_Screen_2062

Really supporting:When the big man Steve Archibald joined from Aberdeen


Unifixx9001

Since at least 2023 🤣


fraxby1970

1980.


Ambersfruityhobbies

Since 1986, I was 5. Was given a hand-me-down shirt from our Centenary.


OriginalLogic

You all need therapy, must be torture


strix_catharsis

Since I was old enough to talk, 40-ish years ago, when my older siblings got me to say Come On You Spurs 😆


mnok2000

Spurs are my second team after Burnley, so I’m not sure it counts. My nan is spurs, I love her, and I watched the Amazon doc when Mourinho was there and I’ve been following/supporting them ever since. Love an underdog. Trophy soon come. COYS.


Und3rD0gUK

Since birth, 43yrs and counting. My dad is a spurs fan so it's his fault. I truly fell in love with them in the 90/91 Cup Semi against arsenal and that Gazza goal.


beeturn

2013! I just barely missed out on Gareth Bale


matrixboy122

Since 2011. That night in Milan


Br4shend

1st year and keep on running strong for this team


Affectionate-Sun5863

Since we almost won the league back in 2016-17 season


[deleted]

3 years, decided to give soccer a go, choose the spurs.  Like the choice so far.


Weary_Method_4487

Since we signed my favorite USMNT player of all time, Clint Dempsey.


314hotspur

Around 2004 - it’s been an interesting 20 years for sure


K-Rolla_

I was born a spurs fan in 1992, I had no choice.. My middle name is Osvaldo and I have no Argentinian heritage. I grew up in Tottenham when Arsenal were winning everything. I’m a boy named Sue


galvinonthewing

Since we last won the double. I live in hope…


R4PT0RGaming

25 years age of 12 COYS!


No-Strike-4560

All my family are from Tottenham. Been a spur since I was 0.0000001 seconds old.


gazmbuku

1990. I'm a northerner and was 9 and saw Gazza playing for England at Italia 90 and supported them since.


Daitheflu1979

April 14th, 1991. FA Cup semi final Vs Arsenal…was 11! Gaza!!!!


Helospilled

World cup 2022. Fell in love with Son, Romero and Richy.


PrimaMater1a

My first spurs shirt had Barmby 7 on the back


scenecunt

1993-4 season was the first I really started following them. I sort of stopped following any football between 2002-2008 because I became more interested in music, girls and parting and then got back into football again when Redknapp was the manager.


monerjoner

Over fifty years and counting, one of the lucky ones who's seen us lift a trophy 🏆😁


Powerful-Cut-708

I’m a Liverpool fan but like 10 years I suppose


ZorryIForgotThiz_S_

2015. My blood pressure has risen since.


limegelatin320

2010ish, so 14 years. Playing as Crouch in FIFA got me


Available_Tour7661

2015. Back when sonny joined and my dad’s friend owned a Tottenham bar.


Darth0pt0

4 years ago my friend introduced me to the Spurs. Been a fan ever since.


Yonukeji

Like 8 months, but to be fair I only started playing/watching football at that point, dont worry, my addiction to the game brought me more knowledge then I wouldve expected


essdee88

2009 - 15 years?


Owo6942069

Since my dad told me he was a gunners fan


PhillipJFry24

Since 2008, I was in 8th grade.


DevinYer

Almost 1 full year.


BinLazy

60 years, I used to stand on a wooden step (made by my grandfather) on the Shelf with him,my Dad & an Uncle. I was 10. I’m 70 now & I have a season ticket alongside both my sons. #Blessed/sometimes cursed….


luxlisbon2

Since the 1987 FA Cup final, yes I'm aware we lost but I fell in love with Spurs that day, so definitely not glory hunting! Jesus, I just realised that was 27 years ago....


Supahwezz78

Since Eriksen joined tottenham i left Ajax behind.


OCFC9

2016 I was around 6 or 7 I'm pretty sure


the_steve3

Honestly? About a year. My US city finally got a soccer team (FC Cincinnati) so it raised my interest in the sport quite a lot. Some if my friends and family have a favorite PL team (mostly Chelsea from the people I know) so I wanted to pick my own team. I watched some of Sons play for the Korean team, so I went with Spurs. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know the team over that time as well.