Andy Turner’s Spurs story captures the texture of early‑90s football: a 17‑year‑old winger unexpectedly breaking into Terry Venables’ first‑team plans, scoring a winner at White Hart Lane, and then finding himself part of the most unusual competition Spurs ever entered — the 1995 Intertoto Cup.
Andy only played in one of the four Intertoto games, but his memories of the trip to Cologne are rich and revealing: the intimidating atmosphere, the world‑class opposition, the makeshift Spurs squad, and the surreal feeling of being treated like a first‑team player in a competition the club didn’t take seriously.
Alongside that story, Andy reflects on his wider Spurs journey — the broken leg that nearly derailed his youth career, the thrill of his Premier League debut, the encouragement he received from senior players, and the injuries that shaped the rest of his footballing life.
This episode blends nostalgia, honesty and one of the strangest footnotes in Spurs’ history.
You can find my book Is Gascoigne Gonna Have a Crack? here:
https://90sspursbook.square.site/
And you can learn more about the documentary being made about Andy here:
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