The Fiver | A reminder of Lads It's Tottenham Hotspur FC's saddest hour

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The Fiver is the most woke teatime football email in the world, and not only because it’s probably the only teatime football email in the world. We pride ourselves on being acutely aware of the extent to which social injustice can be used to make us look virtuous on social media disgraces. And that’s why we’ve been weeping all morning – literally – for the plight of Lads It’s Tottenham Hotspur FC. Just when Spurs were getting back on their feet after a tragifarcical start to the season, with a rousing 1-1 draw against Watford and a 5-0 defenestration of Red Star, the fixture computer has dealt them the sickening blow of a trip to Anfield. Not only is it a ground where Spurs have won only one league game since 4 Non Blondes and Urban Cookie Collective were in the top 10 of the pop charts, it is also a right-in-your-grille-sahnshine reminder of their saddest hour: the tame Big Cup final defeat in June.

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