Tottenham fans rage at ‘Pathetic’ BBC jibe – ‘They hate us’
Tottenham supporters are furious with the BBC after an unnecessary jibe was made on Saturday.
Former Spurs defender Japhet Tanganga was involved in the FA Cup clash between Crystal Palace and Millwall (1 March).
The ex-Lilywhites star scored an own goal to give the Premier League outfit the lead in a 3-1 win for Palace and the broadcasting organisation could not resist taking a swipe at the North London club.
Tottenham subject to brutal BBC joke
In the BBC live coverage blog of the match, after Tanganga scored an own goal, an update said: “You can take the lad out of Tottenham but…”
This was a reference to the popular saying, you can take the man out of [insert place], but you can’t take the place out of the man.
It was a totally uncalled for dig at Ange Postecoglou‘s side in a match that they were not involved in and Spurs supporters did not think it was very funny.
Spurs supporters don’t see the funny side of BBC jibe
It is safe to say that Lilywhites supporters failed to see the funny side of the jibe and that is fully justified.
Fans are sick to death of seeing their club mocked in the media, for example, when Simon Jordan was given a community note on X for a factually incorrect tweet about Tottenham.
From the @BBCSport live commentary page. Real professional hey 🤦 this whole jumping on the bandwagon to constantly belittle our club getting really tiresome now pic.twitter.com/xvcGvqpY3D
— Don_Falcone200 (@Don_Falcone2) March 1, 2025
Typical snidey BBC re Spurs. They hate us.
— What’s Racing About Podcast #VoteAnyoneButLibLabCo (@RacingWhat) March 1, 2025
Who was it? Rostance? Begley? They are ‘haters in chief’
Yeah it’s weird other teams are congratulated when they get close to challenging at the top
— Benji Spurs (@Shadow210513) March 1, 2025
When Spurs came close to challenging for major honours it was used as a stick to beat us with, imagine if Brighton had got to a champions league final
From a so called respected media outlet, and tell me there isn’t an obsession with little Tottenham or bias, quite enjoy it now! Unprofessional but people just can’t stop talking about us 😆 https://t.co/av7QpUAi3b
— Nick Homewood (@Nickyh_yiddo) March 1, 2025
Take it as a compliment. No one does this for Villa, Newcastle, Everton, etc, who have all gone way longer than us without a trophy. They’re clesrly all big clubs. It means Tottenham are massive.
— J F. McManus (@JFMcManus1882) March 1, 2025
Spurs don’t even score that many own goals so what a cretinous comment from that tinpot establishment.
— Brian Fly (@ChadMcbuick) March 1, 2025
It’s getting boring when you remember how long other clubs have gone without winning anything
— TyroneTHFC🇦🇺 (@TyroneTHFC) March 1, 2025
Spurs need to say something tbh it’s pathetic from the BBC
— Dan (@Daniely79) March 1, 2025
So unprofessional but that is the modern media for you it’s sad to see a once great organisation as the BBC become just another Talksport
— David Carter ❤️🦊 (@DCfromN17) March 1, 2025
Daniel Levy’s Tottenham sadly. The laughing stock of football.
— Alex (@alexw2289) March 1, 2025
Constantly hearing and seeing uninformed pundits making up lies and unprofessional jibes from respected media outlets about the club is extremely frustrating.
There is a simple solution though, start winning more matches on the pitch, if Spurs were in good form and winning trophies, these silly digs would disappear.
| Spurs’ last six matches | Result |
| Brentford | 0-2 (W) |
| Liverpool (Carabao Cup) | 4-0 (L) |
| Aston Villa (FA Cup) | 2-1 (L) |
| Manchester United | 1-0 (W) |
| Ipswich | 1-4 (W) |
| Manchester City | 0-1 (L) |
Daniel Levy needs to back Postecoglou in the summer transfer market, so he can attempt to turn the club’s fortunes around and force the media to respect them.
The longer the North London outfit struggles and makes a mockery of themselves, the longer supporters will be forced to hear and see cruel jokes.
They could start by finishing the season strongly and reaching the Europa League final, putting themselves in a position to leave the detractors looking silly.