Spurs & The Y-Word
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Hosts Dan Bardell and Flo Lloyd-Hughes are joined by The Athletic's Tottenham correspondent Charlie Eccleshare and News Editor Amitai Winehouse, to discuss Spurs' complicated relationship with an antisemitic slur - The Y word...
The panel delve into this nuanced debate, reflect on the origins of its association with the North London club, how it continues to divide the fanbase and even the wider Jewish community. Plus, how the heart-warming story of a lesser-known, Leeds-mad Jewish community in Yorkshire factors into this enduring debate.
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| 0:34.1 | The Athletic. |
| 0:48.6 | Yeah. The Athletic Hello, I'm Dan Bardell And I'm Floil Lloyd Hughes |
| 0:49.8 | And welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:52.2 | It's Wednesday, |
| 0:53.1 | which means we'll be picking out some of the best work available on the Athletic right now and putting the authors under the spotlight. |
| 1:03.3 | There was a word beginning with N that some football fans used to shout at players like me. |
| 1:08.2 | They don't do it anymore. |
| 1:09.5 | There was a word beginning with P that some football fans used to shout at players like me, |
| 1:13.6 | but they don't do that anymore either. |
| 1:15.6 | But for some reason, a lot of fans still shout this word, and it begins with why. |
| 1:20.6 | What they're chanting is a racist word for Jews, the Y word. |
| 1:33.6 | This week, two guests, one theme. |
| 1:36.6 | As Spurs correspondent for the athletic, Charlie Eccleshare, joins us to discuss the amazing article on Tottenham, |
| 1:41.5 | and it's weird and outdated relationship with the Y word. An |
| 1:45.0 | important topic, one which is of course not limited to the N17 Postcode area. And conveniently |
| 1:50.0 | enough for us, news editor Amitye Winehouse has been working on a fantastic article of his own |
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