Is this NLD a free hit? + Tudor's backroom staff, AIA drama
The View From The Lane: The Athletic FC's Spurs show
The Athletic
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Host Danny Kelly is joined by The Athletic's James Maw and Dan Kilpatrick to discuss the weekend's huge game against Arsenal. What their result against Wolves means in terms of the balance of pressure, who Tudor has to choose from, as well as the backroom staff he'll have alongside him in the dugout. We also touch on Spurs' relationship with AIA and what it all means if we do in fact get relegated.
HOST: Danny Kelly
WITH: James Maw, Dan Kilpatrick
PRODUCER: Tom Fuller
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:07.3 | Hello everybody. welcome once again to The View from the Lane, the award-winning |
| 0:27.7 | Topmotspur podcast from The Athletic. |
| 0:30.5 | And with the North London Derby, that bison you can feel in the air, the electricity |
| 0:35.8 | you can feel around you is the coming of the North London Derby. |
| 0:40.0 | The calm before the storm. |
| 0:41.4 | As important a game of both clubs simultaneously, as I can remember in recent times. |
| 0:47.1 | And I was at the 1971 game at White Island where Arsenal clinched the double. |
| 0:52.0 | And of course, FAPA Cup semi-finals and much else besides. |
| 0:54.9 | As a result of that, we've decided to make the podcast today only Spurs fans. |
| 0:59.9 | So joining me, Danny Kelly, and our producer, Tom, also a Spurs fan. |
| 1:03.5 | I've got Dan Kilpatrick and James Moore, good bowling to both of you. |
| 1:08.0 | We will get onto the North London Derby, I promise you. |
| 1:11.8 | But I want to just preface that by doing a quick section on other things that are happening around the club |
| 1:16.6 | as this extraordinary season of people coming, people going, stuff happening, names changing, |
| 1:23.4 | car park passes being handed from one person to another. |
| 1:31.9 | The whole shifting of the deck chairs on the Titanic continues because this week we've had the first interview with Igor Chudor. |
| 1:36.9 | What do we make of it, Jason? |
| 1:38.9 | Obviously, it's a club, it's a club event, |
| 1:41.2 | but at least we got to hear his voice. |
| 1:43.5 | I found it quite reassuring, actually. |
| 1:45.7 | And I don't want to sound, I genuinely don't want to sound disrespectful to previous managers. |
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