We've Turned A Corner (Pending VAR Check)
Simon Lipson is joined by Julie Welch, Kev Acott and Lee Brown to pick through another very Spursy week.
First up: the Atlético Madrid horror show, Kinsky's studless boots, Igor ’s icy touchline snub.
Then a look at the gritty draw with Liverpool — signs of life, or just another brief flicker?
With a huge game against Nottingham Forest looming, we ask whether Spurs can finally produce two decent performances in a row.
Plus: Vinai throws Levy under a fleet of buses, conspiracy theories, Room 101, and there are tales of mistaken identity to rival Igor's random bald man cuddle.
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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.
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.