Tottenham Hotspur, it's happened again

As much as I would love to write a blog about the pleasure of winning at White Hart Lane it has only been a few weeks since the last one, so forgive me if instead I simply share some photos and videos from Wednesday night's Capital One Cup quarter final with you.

This first one gives a glimpse of the atmosphere before the game. This tension was completely lacking from the league match a few weeks ago. On Wednesday night the police had their work cut out trying to keep rival fans apart outside the ground. You won't be surprised to hear that during the more tense moments I kept my phone in my pocket.

Anyway, on to the good stuff. I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with my fellow West Ham fans, but on Wednesday the support they gave the players was immense.

One of our fans' best traits is the ability to make up new songs at the drop of a hat. You've just turned the game round in the space of five minutes, can you think of a song to mark the occasion? Er, yeah we've got about twenty. Mr Maiga will feature prominently.

To the tune of the Rigoletto's 'La Dona e Mobile' (the Paolo Di Canio song to you and me):

"You let Maiga score, you let Maiga score, you let Maiga score ... "

To the tune of 'One-nil to the cockney boys':

"2-1 and Maiga scored, 2-1 and Maiga scored ... "

The whooaaa song:

"He scored at White Hart Lane, he'll never score again, Maiga, whooaaa ... "

"He scored at White Hart Lane, he's better than Jermaine, Maiga, whooaaa ... "

To the tune of 'Sloop John B':

"There's always next year, there's always next year, Tottenham Hotspur, there's always next year ... "

"You lost to our subs, you lost to our subs, how shit must you be, you lost to our subs ... "

"It's happened again, it's happened again, Tottenham Hotspur, it's happened again ... " 

Not every song is original of course.

The beauty of this game compared to the last one was that the Tottenham fans were all still there at the final whistle to witness our triumph. They left pretty sharpishly though.

It's so easy at the Lane.