Martin Jol, Clive and Robbo thrill fans in Amsterdam
Wed 08 May 2019, 11:11|
Tottenham Hotspur
Amsterdam Spurs, our official Supporters' Club in the city, hosted legends Graham Roberts and Clive Allen on Tuesday night ahead of tonight's Champions League semi-final, second leg against Ajax - with a surprise guest raising the roof.
Martin Jol, former Spurs and Ajax manager, received a standing ovation after taking the stage halfway through this special evening at the Boom Chicago venue on Rozengracht just outside the centre of Amsterdam.
FA Cup winner in 1981, 1982 and UEFA Cup winner in 1984, 'Robbo' (287 appearances, 1980-86) and prolific striker Clive (84 goals in 135 appearances, 1984-88) had already spent an hour on stage answering questions when they were joined by Martin, who managed the Club between 2004-2007 and led us back into Europe in 2006.
Members of Amsterdam Spurs were earlier at our training session at the Johan Cruyff ArenA and posed for photographs with Harry Kane and Davinson Sanchez.
Martin's surprise appearance capped a week to remember for our official Supporters' Club in Amsterdam with the teams meeting in such a huge fixture over two legs.
Chairman, Rob Ahlers, told us: "It's been fantastic. The best day of my life was probably the 1991 FA Cup Final. That's a long time ago - but this surpassed it by a long, long way.
"We're a Supporters' Club where around 60 per cent are Spurs fans who like Ajax and 40 per cent are Ajax fans who love Spurs, so we were all elated when this semi-final came together. We knew it was possible when the draws (for the quarter and semi-finals) were made a long time ago but for it to actually happen has been incredible. That's the wonderful thing about football."
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