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September 5, 1882

metalgear

Nayim
Knowledge alignment time !

On September 5, 1882, the English soccer club Tottenham Hotspur was founded. Not, on the face of it, an event of Jewish significance, except that in recent decades, the team’s fans have taken on a quasi-Jewish identity, calling themselves “Yids” or even as the “Yid Army.”

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It is true that the team’s chairman, Daniel Levy, is a Jew, and that a large number of its fans are Jewish as well. Nonetheless, there is no profound club connection with Jewish culture. What’s likely is that the club’s supporters began referring to themselves that way to disarm fans of rival teams who, decades ago, in a less politically correct era, thought they were insulting Tottenham by dubbing its followers “Yids.”

Which still leaves the question of why advocates of opposing teams identified the 'Spurs with Jews.
This part was interesting, any have pics of this match ?

... during a 1935 “friendly” match at White Hart Lane between the national teams of England and Nazi Germany, the swastika flag was raised above the pitch and left there for the entire game. (The match, which England won, 3-0, was followed by a Football Association dinner that included a toast to the Fuehrer and singing of the “Horst Wessel.”)...


read more: http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/this-day-in-jewish-history/1.740257
 
I can only think that away fans travelling to Tottenham may have had to go through Stamford Hill/Dalston area which in 50-70's had a large Jewish population.
 
Really interesting and a nice reminder of how we should think laterally about the things we support and engage with
 
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