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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. No shouting. Just decades of Spurs love, nostalgia and nonsense. Funny, heartfelt, and just Spursy enough to hurt.
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No boring 'End of Season Review' here. We all suffered that nightmare. Does anyone need reminding? Instead, Simon Lipson, the luxuriantly thatched Julie Welch, and the balding duo of Kev Acott and Dave Bradshaw hand out end-o...
Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Kev Acott and Eady Hurley process the sheer, unadulterated ecstasy of Premier League safety. We break down a nerve-shredding afternoon at the Lane, Palhinha’s clutch winner and Kinský’s heroic late ...
We break down the Chelsea fallout and examine what it means for our Premier League survival. How do we solve a problem like Richy and Muani? Will RDZ make changes for Everton? Will Solanke be back? Inside the Episode: The Rom...
It wasn’t the Villa masterclass but, in the cold light of day, it might yet be the point that saves us. We’re diving into the manic, slightly misdirected energy of the Leeds draw, Antonin Kinsky’s physics-defying heroics, and...
We’re breaking down a surreal afternoon at Villa Park where Spurs didn't just win, we actually played football. In this episode: The Stand-outs: "Three-Lungs" Gallagher’s relentless engine, VDV’s return to godhood, and the su...
We started with 30 minutes of actual football and ended with a casualty ward and a goal so ugly only a mother could love it. But, hell, it's three points! On the Menu: The Injury Curse: Solanke out, Xavi out. Is the medical t...
Spurs looked like a real football team against Brighton, led by a midfield that actually did its job and a Xavi Simons masterclass. But between Pedro Porro’s positional amnesia, the threat of a Flappy return and the ongoing M...
*Impossible One point from twenty-four, a squad that treats a football like a live wasp, and a new manager already looking crestfallen. We dissect the Sunderland disaster, ponder the Muani prank, revisit Lange’s January negli...
Is Roberto De Zerbi a tactical genius or the world’s most expensive flight risk? This week, we dive into the Italian’s arrival at N17 — bringing high-energy Rondos, a fiery temperament and a salary that laughs in the face of ...
With Roberto De Zerbi imminent, we ask the tough questions here on Nice One Cyril: Is he a Poundshop Conte? What about the baggage, the tantrums, the flouncing out? And has he got decent hair?We discuss Ange revisionism and the board's troubling naivity. Plus Room 101 and our brand new and slig…
Just when we thought it was safe... Simon Lipson, Julie Welch, Kev Acott and Barry Graham talk “nothing” goals, baffling substitutions, Porro’s positioning, Romero’s shuffling and whether Micky has lost a yard. There’s also t...
Kevin Acott & Simon Lipson discuss: - The Atletico masterclass - Imperious Archie - Tricky Tel, rock-solid Radu, sparkly Simons - Bergvall back and firing - Forest six-pointer Quick therapy for Spurs fans. COYS THFC
The Habit of Losing: How Tottenham's Culture of Defeat Became IngrainedIn a particularly poignant moment during the latest Nice One Cyril podcast, Free Hit, Same Shit, guest Rob White shared a quote from legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi that sho…
Have Spurs Players Downed Tools? The Motivation QuestionOne of the most fascinating debates in the 'Welcome To Omnishambles FC, Igor' episode centers on a question that's plagued Tottenham all season: have the players simply given up? Or is there …
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Simon is an ex-solicitor. Moving swiftly on...he was a stand-up comedian and impressionist from 1993, becoming a regular at The Comedy Store, Jongleurs and comedy clubs across the UK and abroad. He appeared on countless BBC Radio shows including Dead Ringers, Week Ending, Loose Ends and The Game's Up and had his own Radio 4 sketch comedy show, Fordham & Lipson. His TV appearances included Celebrity Squares, The Stand Up Show and Talking Telephone Numbers.
He created and hosted the popular Making An Impression podcast, interviewing top impressionists from the UK, Ireland and the USA including Rory Bremner, Jon Culshaw, Alistair McGowan and Christina Bianco. He set up Nice One Cyril in August 2025. Simon works as a professional voiceover artist. His all-time hero is Glenn Hoddle (the player, not the whatever).
Julie Welch is a legendary sports journalist, author and screenwriter who in 1973 became Fleet Street's first female football reporter. As a screenwriter she writes both screenplays and scripts for television, while as an author she has written both fiction and non-fiction. Some of her most notable works include the 1983 made-for-television film Those Glory Glory Days, which was inspired by her childhood love of football, and the books The Fleet Street Girls, the story of her experiences as a football reporter, Too Marvellous For Words, which describes her education at an all-girl boarding school, Felixstowe College, in the 1960s.
She is the author of the best-selling The Biography of Tottenham Hotspurvand The Ghost of White Hart Lane (with Rob White). Julie's hero and best mate is Steve Perryman.
Kev Acott is a grumpy, eternally optimistic writer, photographer, health inspector, university lecturer and therapist who wishes he didn’t have to support Tottenham and is haunted by the fact they haven’t won the league in his lifetime. His father was a Charlton fan who made the twin mistakes of moving to Enfield and not insisting his son follow his lead in supporting a less-traumatising team.
He is a music reviewer and biographer, has had several short stories, articles and poems published and is currently working on a second novel, in which key scenes include a drunken fight at the 1921 FA Cup Final and Jayne Mansfield’s visit to White Hart Lane in 1959. His favourite all-time player is Graham Roberts.
