Steve Perryman Is Here! Captain, Legend.
We're joined by absolute Spurs royalty, a man who doesn’t just know the history of this club—he practically built it. The ultimate captain, a club-record 866 appearances, and a man who lifted two FA Cups and two UEFA Cups in the lilywhite shirt: the one and only Steve Perryman.
We sit down with a genuine Spurs icon to look at what true stability and leadership actually look like. And trust us, the contrast couldn't be sharper as we pivot to the circus of the modern game. Incredible insights from a legendary captain.
Plus our usual cynical, therapeutic look at the beautiful, baffling world of Tottenham Hotspur, including - are we being Ezed again?, entitled young players and more daft transfer rumours.
With Steve Perryman, Simon Lipson, Julie Welch & Lee Brown
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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
Lee Brown is a professional actor known mostly for film and television. He trained at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, graduating in 1996 with one of the institution's acting awards. After several years as an actor, Lee began teaching Drama and Theatre Studies, directing many shows and guiding students into the industry. In recent years, Lee has returned to the acting profession and can be seen in a variety of short films and two feature films released in 2025. He is slated to film several new feature films in 2026.
Lee has appeared with actors such as Johnny Lee Miller, Jonathan Pryce, Patsy Kensit, Julian Glover, James Wilby, Dougray Scott, Julian Fellows, James McAvoy, Lorna Heilbron, Nicholas Clay, Helen Lederer. Check out his Instagram account @leebrownactor or Spotlight profile for more information.
Steve Perryman MBE is the ultimate Tottenham Hotspur legend. As Spurs' all-time appearance record holder, he pulled on the lilywhite shirt an astonishing 866 times across 17 loyal years.
A fierce, inspirational leader, Perryman captained the club during its glittering 1980s cup run, lifting two FA Cups and two UEFA Cups, to add to the League Cup triumphs of his early career.
Voted Footballer of the Year in 1982, he remains the very definition of a club icon—synonymous with grit, leadership, and the beating heart of White Hart Lane.