My friend Mark - seen in the photograph on the left - and I drove over to Esters Pub in Denver's Virginia Village neighborhood yesterday morning to watch Tottenham play Sheffield United with the Colorado Spurs supporters on the final day of the Premier League soccer season. Sheffield is in last place, and will be relegated to the Champions League next season, and so Tottenham had no trouble winning the match by a score of 3-0. The Colorado chapter of the Tottenham fan club was there in force for the match, with almost every seat filled. The fans at the bar were in full voice, leading the room in singing "When the Spurs Go Marching In," the Tottenham version of "When the Saints Go Marching In." They also kept up a chant that involved pounding on the table and shouting "Yeats" every few minutes. I think. It was hard to tell, and I have no idea what that means.
I am also still not sure why the Tottenham Hotspurs have such a large following here in Denver. Are most of them British ex-pats, here to avoid having to live with their horrible weather, or is it simply an excuse to drink beer at 9:00 in the morning? The game is, of course, taking place at 4:00 in the afternoon in the UK, which means it is the perfect time for a beer, right? In any case, I took the photograph on the right of the Tottenham group in Ester's event space, separated from the regular Sunday brunch crowd, who might not want to sing "When the Spurs Go Marching In" 10 or 20 times while they eat. And by the way, Manchester City finished 1st in the Premier League standings this year, while Tottenham finished 5th. Considering that there are 20 teams in the league, it could have been much worse, as we Chicago sports fans are always fond of saying.
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