Big Pilot at White Hart Lane II

[i]Red Sox vs Yankees

Real Madrid vs Barcelona

Duke vs North Carolina

Dortmund vs Schalke

Celtics vs Lakers

Ohio State vs Michigan

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Few would argue that the English Football Premiership equivalent in London would be...
Spurs vs Arsenal.

Although truth be told for the longest time it’s been more than one-sided with our North London rivals finishing above us in the league for the last, um… 18 years! (It’s like being a pre-2004 Red Sox fan against the Yankees all over again).

Nevertheless… that’s the fun of sports… eternal optimism!

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Okay so the fussball DFB would be much more appropriate, but here’s his far east cousin (Big Pilot Tribute To Japan)...

Waiting for the train to cut across town. Sunny blue skies… could this be an omen?

Reading the paper on the train… (indeed after years of pain will this be the year?)

Arriving at Seven Sisters Tube Station, North-East London

Train, Tube, Bus…
yes I think getting to the Airport is quicker!

Outside the stadium – such a heated rivalry the Arsenal fans have to arrive under armed guard! LOL

And we have arrived at White Hart Lane… home of the Tottenham Hotspurs

The line-ups
(keep note of our No 11 Gareth Bale... a potential Jordan/Ronaldo/Ali/Brown/Federer in the making)

Mind you Language?
(at a football game? no chance...) =P

The teams lining up.

And we’re off!

And so what happened?

Well, let’s just say I’m keeping this programme as a souvenir:

Spurs win 2-1. Bale scores his 9th in 7 games. Spurs are 3rd in the table, top team in London above Chelsea & (7 points above) Arsenal. But still 10 games left… so we’ll see.

And let’s hope we stay up here, cause if we do you just might have to join me next year on some more Big Pilot adventures against the likes of Barcelona, AC/Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, ParisSG or Real Madrid…

Thanks for reading,
Thang
coys

Great report Thang. Thanks for sharing.

Well, Spurs vs Juventus, that would be a game. I would join you then in a "non-real" competition BP Tribute to Japan vs BP Tribute to Ali;-))

Thanks for the report Thang. We toured Chelsea stadium a couple of years ago -- it was very interesting. I think inside an EPL stadium is where you find some of the most manicured lawn in the world. Perhaps surpassed only by the greens on a US championship golf course. Glad to see that Spurs won.

Man City fan here but I'm not disappointed with the Spurs win. They deserve to be in the Champions League again.

I wish I had had Bale on my fantasy football team beginning seven matches ago.

To bring it back to IWC, I wish I had a DFB!

Todd

Thank you for the wonderful report and pictures Thang! You make soccer much more interesting to me ;-)

Kind regards,

Clemens

Nice Report Thang.

Vdv is still love sickness and is
playing real bad.

A white Big Pilot is the obvious watch to wear at a Spurs match. A good report.

Great report Thang and congratulations.

My Aquatimer Fanta is on the 13.00hrs from Euston tomorrow to you know where....

Only a rubber strap will survive the heat, sweat and tears or shall it be the 5001 07, which is lucky for me.

Decisions, decisions..........

Watched it last night - score went the wrong way from the Chelsea point of view :-(

That really is a beautiful watch, the photo at 4:00 is stunning.

Good luck for the rest of the season.

Graham

Thang, great report - handsome (and winning) watch!

Thang,

If anyone confronts you about wearing a German football team watch you can honestly say it is not a DFB.
LOL

Thang, this report brought back some memories. It was only 1.5 months ago that I was at White Hart Lane with my wife, at the stands braving the cold, snowy night. It was indeed an experience of a lifetime...

and what a watch...it does match the colour of your favourite team!

Great report Thang! The dial color is perfect connect with Spurs kit!
P.s. Premier League is the best league ever!