Another Win, And Other Miracles!
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 surprising silkiness of the Bentancur-Palhinha pivot.
- RDZ's "Miracle" Speech: We discuss Roberto’s rallying cry to silence the "negative inner voice", avoiding medical team excuses, and how beating Villa would not be a miracle.
- Integrity or Insult? Was it a "lame surrender" from Villa, or are we finally seeing the brand-saving potential of players in the right positions playing with belief and confidence?
- Danso vs. Romero: We ask if Kevin Danso’s calm intelligence and brute strength are exactly what we need for the run-in, as opposed to the cultured chaos of Cuti.
- Transfer Cobblers: Sifting through the Robertson rumours; Vicario-to-Inter "agreement"; and why are we being linked with an out of contract Bournemouth player?
Plus: A trip to Room 101 for Joachim Löw's nasal habits and our search for the very essence of Spurs.
Next up: Leeds. If we win, dare we utter the S-word?
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Host
Simon is a former solicitor who saw the light and got the hell out of law before it broke him. He started a career as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in 1993, becoming a regular at The Comedy Store, Jongleurs and all major - and a few minor - comedy clubs around the UK and abroad. He has appeared on countless BBC Radio shows including Dead Ringers, Week Ending, Loose Ends and The Game's Up (lead impressionist) and also had his own Radio 4 sketch comedy show, Fordham & Lipson. His TV appearances have 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, Alistaie McGowan, Al Foran, Christina Bianco and Jim Meskimen. He was also the creator and host of The VARside Spurs podcast, before setting up Nice One Cyril in August 2025, which he continues to host.
Simon works as a professional voiceover artist.
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, the best-selling The Biography of Tottenham Hotspurand The Ghost of White Hart Lane (with Rob White).
Julie joins us every week on Nice One Cyril
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.
Rob White is the son of Spurs legend John White. Rob spent most of his working life as
a studio based commercial photographer but has
recently qualified as a Psychotherapeutic Counsellor. He is a self-confessed sports obsessive
with particular emphasis on the heritage, history, and community around sport. Rob still
regularly plays 6-a-side football and proudly represents the ‘Tottenham Hotsteppers’
walking football team.
Rob has co-written (with Julie Welch) a biography of his dad ‘The Ghost of White Hart Lane’
(2011) which has recently been brilliantly adapted as a one-man stage show.
This critically acclaimed production will be part of continuing to honour the
proud legacy of his father and the great Spurs side that John White was a part of.
Footballing hero: Dave Mackay