Hometown Gory

We’ve had joy. We’ve had heartbreak. We’ve had nonsense. We’ve had heartbreak again. After a typical Tottenham summer break, the 2025-26 season is upon us. Lauren and Rosa reassess the transfer window in light of Madders’ devastating ACL injury, discuss their hopes, dreams and fears for the upcoming season, squint hopefully at the Super Cup, and ponder what Burnley will bring. Plus! Credit for Spurs Women, culture picks, and a new weekly feature: the adventures of Ryan Mason’s West Bromwich Albion. COYBaggies! 

Lauren, Rosa and Tom bid a highly emotional farewell to the one who stayed: our captain, our leader, our icon, Son Heung-Min. The player who scored iconic goals and the person who united our club. The hero who took us to Bilbao and brought us glory. The kid from South Korea who became Mr Tottenham. We love you, Sonny. Thanks for everything. 

This week, another farcical slash potentially criminal transfer saga comes to an end, with literally nothing else to replace it. Join us as we scream into the void of transfer nothingness, then let us soothe your frazzled soul with some joyous culture picks.

Four podcasters but sadly only one bomba. Billie, Lauren, Rosa and Tom welcome Kudus and get somewhat angsty about the Gibbs White saga. We bid farewell (in a manner of speaking) to Scott Munn, answer some lovely listener questions/moral dilemmas, and - most importantly - dish out our culture picks. Other pods could never. 

Another week, another new manager! Spurs Women shock us all by acting reasonably swiftly to appoint Robert Vilahamn’s replacement. Rosa and Lauren discuss new boss Martin Ho: expectations, hopes, dreams, and most importantly, considerable Man Utd headloss.

Bring your knowledge. Bring your vibes. Bring your calculators. It’s the return of the HOMETOWN GLORY QUIZ!Round 1 - Younes KaboulseyeRound 2 - Johnnie SacksonRound 3 - Maths TelRound 4 - Glory Allen

On today’s episode: where in the world is Thomas Frank? Rosa quizzes Conor and Lauren on their excitement levels (reasonably high!), their views on Frankball (tactically flexible!), which players they’re most excited to see (Archie! Brennan! A real 6????) and, naturally, their predictions for how long he’ll last in the job (hopefully more than the standard 18-24 months!). We also review the latest, strangest piece of Spurs content starring Daniel Levy and Vinai Venkatesham (did you guys know failure isn’t an option???), and Conor and Rosa convince Lauren to pause Love Island and give A Real Pain a go.

Well, they did it. They sacked our most successful manager in 40 years. Two weeks exactly after Ange’s iconic season three is better than season two mic drop, Daniel Levy killed off the main character. Ash, Lauren and Rosa ponder what this all means for them and for Tottenham Hotspur. Again. At least with Robert Vilahamn also getting his P45 they’re consistent?

Adam (Bilbao), Lauren (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) and Rosa (behind the sofa) relive the glorious, unforgettable, terrifying night that saw us crowned EUROPA LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. Sonny. Micky. Cuti. BRENNAN JOHNSON. The Ange mic drop. The agony. The tears. The incredible feeling of being changed forever. What a club. What a ridiculous, beautiful, magical club.