Totally Extra: Tottenham’s trip to the Champions League final
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
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🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Jimbo is joined by Dan Kilpatrick, Duncan Alexander and Daniel Storey to discuss Spurs' journey to the 2018-19 Champions League final.
The season started with concern after the infamous summer of non-spending with Spurs making zero signings or departures despite Pochettino's remonstrations.
What came next was a dizzying run of improbable European wins, late comebacks, Lucas Moura hat-tricks and an unforgettable campaign resulting in a Champions League final against Liverpool in Madrid.
It wasn't to be in the final and 7 years on with Spurs now on the brink of relegation into the Championship, was this the moment it all began to unravel?
Plus Duncan's away-goals related quiz question.
Produced by Charlie Jones and Jesse Howard.
RUNNING ORDER:
• PART 1: Hello’s and Duncan’s quiz question (0:40)
• PART 2a: The Totally Extra Almanac (3:40)
• PART 2b: Spurs ‘no signing summer’ and buildup to the 18-19 campaign (6:20)
• PART 2c: The Champions League ‘group of death’ (13:40)
• PART 2d: The quarter final against Man City (20:10)
• PART 3a: The semi’s against Ajax (32:10)
• PART 4a: The final in Madrid (49:00)
• PART 4b: The aftermath (54:00)
• PART 4c: The answer to the quiz question (1:03:50)
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:08.7 | Totally extra. |
| 0:10.2 | Today, it's the history of the Tottenham. |
| 0:12.7 | Thank you, Jojo. |
| 0:13.6 | Yep, 2019 and all that. |
| 0:15.6 | The time that Spurs almost won the Champions League |
| 0:18.7 | and how that final in Madrid somehow led them to their current predicament |
| 0:23.3 | on the brink of the championship, |
| 0:25.8 | featuring Pocetino, Lucas Mora, a man from South Korea, |
| 0:30.2 | and several men whose careers went south. |
| 0:32.6 | It is the story of Tottenham, 2018-19, |
| 0:35.9 | and thereafter on this, Totally Extra. |
| 0:39.7 | Friday the 1st of May is a brand new Totally Extra. |
| 0:46.5 | On board today, we've got Duncan Alexander. |
| 0:48.9 | Hey, Duncan. |
| 0:49.5 | Hello, James. |
| 0:50.4 | Hey, he well? |
| 0:52.0 | Yeah, I'm right. |
| 0:52.8 | Nice. |
| 0:53.5 | Better than Spurs. |
| 0:54.4 | Well, here's top Spurs fan, Dan Kilpatrick. |
| 0:57.8 | Is that my, is that my sort of moniker now? |
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