Off The Shelf this week is exploring something completely new and different as joining Daws and Milesy is the Club's Sport & Exercise Psychologist, Karl Steptoe. In this engaging episode, lifelong Spurs fan Karl shares his journey from how a professional golf career then stemmed into sports psychology and now working with elite sportspeople in football. We then discuss various topics around mental health & wellbeing within sport, in line with the Premier League’s Inside Matters...

"It's always nice to be important, but even more important to be nice" - this bonus episode is dedicated to life advice. Hear from our Off The Shelf guests as they share their pearls of wisdom and advice to help empower you on your journey in football or in life. From career decisions to personal growth, this special episode offers practical gems and insights from current and ex-professional footballers and elite level coaches to help you navigate life's challenges with confidence and...

This bonus episode is all about memorabilia 🏆💫 Those priceless items that our Off The Shelf guests have collected from encounters with football icons or those that hold sentimental value from precious moments throughout their careers 🤍 From football shirts, hat-trick balls, international caps, a coat hanger and Diego Maradona's boots and shirts... find out about all the paraphernalia our esteemed guests have as their prized possession 🤩 Watch on SPURSPLAY -...

In this bonus episode, we set our Off The Shelf guests a very tricky task: build an Ultimate 5️⃣-a-side Spurs team 💫 Hear from some of our esteemed stars as we put them on the spot to make the BIG team calls when selecting a five-man squad 🤔 Sounds easy, right? Well, as you'll hear in this special episode, it's anything but! Who would make your side? 🔢 Watch on SPURSPLAY - https://play.tottenhamhotspur.com/home For everything else, get your Tottenham Hotspur fix here: Club App -...

Yes, you read that right, the tables have turned as host Michael 'Daws' Dawson takes to the Off The Shelf hot seat 🤍 In our 3️⃣0️⃣th episode, the charismatic Yorkshireman takes us on a trip down memory Lane across his 324 appearances, like forging close relationships in a tight-knit dressing room that culminated in League Cup success 🏆 high praise for one of his elegant centre-back partners 👑 peaking under Harry Redknapp to secure Champions League qualification and then leading the side out...

Joining Milesy and Daws this week is Men's First Team assistant coach - Matt Wells! With Spurs royalty coursing through his veins from his grandfather, a certain double winner, Matt recounts the start to his Spurs journey which saw him signed at eight years old and progress through our Academy to earn a professional contract. Discussing his early years in Spurs Lodge, Chigwell, 'Wellsy' looks back on his memories in our youth system like the story of scrubbing Edgar Davids' boots 🧼 to then...

Joining hosts Milesy and Matt Tarr this week is our former Press Officer and *checks notes* pretty-much-everything-else-off-pitch-related - John 'Fenners' Fennelly 🗞 a particularly special person to Milesy which you'll discover why at the start of this episode 🤝 Born in Dublin, Ireland, John emigrated with his parents to England as a young child and spent his early years a stones throw away from our old training ground of 44 years in Cheshunt. In awe of the glittering lights of White Hart...

Joining Milesy and Daws this week is another Academy graduate and member of our Men's First Team squad - goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman! 🧤 A Spurs fan born and bred in Tottenham, Alfie joined our Academy at the age of just 10 before progressing all the way through our ranks before going onto make his senior debut in November, 2020. Discussing his childhood years in N17, 'Alf' reveals his first memories on Spurs including the story of the day he walked out with the team at the mascot away at West...

Joining Michael Dawson and Paul Miles is a UEFA Cup winner and prolific bagsman, Mark Falco! Growing up watching his Spurs idols Jimmy Greaves and Martin Chivers from the 'The Shelf' in the East Stand at White Hart Lane, Mark joined our Academy as a young teenager to work his way through the system to make his senior debut as an 18-year-old. A lifelong fan who went on to live his dream to play 2️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ times and score 8️⃣7️⃣ times in Lilywhite, uncover the tales of a player who lives and...

Blink and you'll miss him... joining Off The Shelf co-hosts Michael Dawson and Matt Tarr on the podcast this week is the lightning fast Aaron Lennon! Before signing for Spurs in the summer of 2005, Aaron charts his early playing days where he burst onto the scene at boyhood club Leeds United to become the youngest Premier League player at the time in 2003 when he made his debut away to Spurs in his future home of White Hart Lane aged 16 years and 129 days. Becoming teammates with fellow...

Joining Off The Shelf hosts Daws and Milesy is a gem of a midfielder and even better person, David Howells! Progressing through our Academy up to the first team, one of our own 'Howellsy' went on to make 3️⃣3️⃣5️⃣ appearances for the Club while helping us to glory in the 1991 FA Cup 🏆 From sharing a chateaubriand with our record appearance holder Steve Perryman on his first trip with the men's squad 🥩 to scoring the winner in his senior debut in arctic conditions at Sheffield Wednesday ⚽️...

Joining hosts Milesy and Daws on Off The Shelf this week is our Academy Director, Simon Davies! Growing up around Manchester, find out how Sir Alex Ferguson played his part in Simon's early career that led to him captaining Manchester United's Class of '92 youth side. Making 20 senior appearances for the Red Devils, scoring once, the midfielder spent the majority of his playing days in the English football leagues before embarking on a coaching career that has since developed an Academy...

Joining the Off The Shelf podcast this week is an icon and Spurs legend... Peter Crouch 🤖 In true Crouchy style, one of football's most charismatic personalities takes us on a nostalgic journey starting with his memorable days in our Academy - forging a lifelong bond with his best friend and another one of our own, Ledley King 👑 - to moving away from Spurs to pursue a senior career spanning the Championship and Premier League before returning to the Club for a towering spell in our famous...

Joining Michael Dawson and Paul Miles is our legendary former midfielder, Micky Hazard! Hazard, a name etched in the annals of our storied history, embarked on his Spurs journey when he moved to north London from his hometown of Sunderland in his teenage years. Despite bouts of homesickness, he soon settled into his new home and went on to establish himself as a key player with technical prowess at a time when the likes of Glenn Hoddle and Ossie Ardiles were senior players to mentor and hone...

Off The Shelf is back with a brand new edition in 2024 as Daws and Milesy sit down with our summer signing Brennan Johnson! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 In the pod's 20th episode, Daws and Brennan reminisce on some of their playing days together at Nottingham Forest - after all, Daws was skipper on the day of Brennan's professional debut for the Reds in August, 2019 - as well as when the boot was on the other foot when a young Michael was cleaning Brennan's dad's boots at the City Ground 🧼 Capped 25 times by...

A Spurs legend and a man of a footballing dynasty joins us on the podcast this week 👨‍👦‍👦 Joining Michael Dawson and Paul Miles is our legendary former midfielder, Paul Allen! The youngest ever player to start an FA Cup final, Paul sign for us in 1985 and went onto make almost 4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ appearances for the Club while also helping us to our latest FA Cup triumph in 1991 🏆. Nephew of our former forward Les Allen, the midfielder is also cousin to our former striker Clive Allen with the Allen...

We have true Spurs and world football royalty on the Off The Shelf podcast this week 👑 Joining Michael Dawson and Paul Miles is our legendary former player and manager, Osvaldo 'Ossie' Ardiles! Ossie joined Spurs after winning the World Cup with Argentina in 1978, a pioneering move alongside compatriot Ricky Villa, going on to make 311 appearances between 1978-88 and achieved ‘Ossie’s Dream’ by winning the FA Cup at Wembley in 1981 and added the UEFA Cup three years later. Uncover the tales...

Joining hosts Paul Miles and former Spurs women's player Jenna Schillaci on the Off The Shelf podcast this week is... Robert Vilahamn! Growing up in the quiet seaside village of Skärhamn in Sweden, our Women's First Team Head Coach takes us on his football journey from his early days playing against his brother, onto his playing days with IFK Göteborg and Sweden Under-19 before discovering his true calling was to pursue a coaching career. A qualified teacher, Robert carved out a successful...

Joining Michael Dawson and Matt Tarr on the Off The Shelf podcast this week is... Steven Caulker! From his Spurs academy days, his surprise first team debut coming completely out of the blue to representing Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics - in the football team but it could've been 800m - 'Caulks' takes us through his journey at the Club and beyond. Uncover the challenges he faced under Andre Villas-Boas, his solitary cap (and goal!) for England and why he opted to play for Sierra Leone...

Goalkeeping royalty on the Off The Shelf podcast 👑 Joining Michael Dawson and Matt Tarr this week is legendary Spurs player, Pat Jennings. Pat was a special player and is regarded as one of the finest goalkeepers in history. The Northern Ireland stopper was our custodian for 13 years and amassed 591 appearances in perhaps the club's most successful period in history. During his time at White Hart Lane, the 78-year-old spent a glittering spell that brought four major trophies in the FA Cup in...

Our Off The Shelf podcast guest this week is our former captain and goalkeeper, Paul Robinson! Join us as the pod returns to Yorkshire as 'Robbo' takes us through his football journey from York City academy, seizing his opportunity at Leeds United to be their first-choice goalkeeper and his career-defining move to Spurs at 23 years old where his appearances in Lilywhite quickly established him as England's number one before concluding his four-year spell with Carling Cup success in 2008. This...

Joining Michael Dawson and Paul Miles on the Off The Shelf podcast this week is Danny Rose! Daws and Danny are in familiar territory as the pod travels north to Yorkshire, the county where it all started for both defenders, with our special guest having progressed through the youth ranks at Leeds United before moving to Spurs in the summer of 2007 at aged 16. From growing up in Doncaster to his youth academy days and becoming a mainstay in our first team, we chart Danny's football journey...

A player with a decade of top-flight experience under her belt, Amy Turner is a stalwart of the Spurs Women's squad who has proved people wrong throughout her career. Growing up in Yorkshire, Amy discusses being the only girl in the boys league before joining Sheffield Wednesday's academy - despite her allegiance to Sheffield United - and going on to make her FA Women’s Premier League debut for Doncaster Rovers Belles at just 16 years of age. In a fascinating career which started with a move...

Joining the Off The Shelf podcast this week is lifelong Spurs fan and Club legend... Les Ferdinand! One of the greatest strikers to grace the Premier League era, 'Sir Les' is a non-league success story who had stints at Southall and Hayes until his talents caught the eye of Queen's Park Rangers and, as they say, the rest is history. From growing up in Act... sorry, Ladbroke Grove, Les takes us on an incredible journey through his time as a goalkeeper - yes, you read that right - to his unique...