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Tottenham: Spurs were last relegated in 1977 and it was a big shock when Keith Burkinshaw’s talented side went down – but will the current team avoid that fate? Here is Sam Cunningham’s verdict.
What happened to reach this catastrophic point? How had one of the country’s biggest clubs dropped out of the top flight? And can lessons learned from Spurs’ unlikeliest relegation help the current team, who are sucked into a struggle with Igor Tudor unable to halt the freefall?
“Sad Spurs hit rock bottom,” read a headline in the Sunday Mirror the day after relegation. Pat Jennings, considered the best goalkeeper in the world, told reporters: “Relegation has not just happened today – it’s been happening for three years.”
