I saw a game from the mid-80s on ESPN. Hoddle was a completely different class to every other player on the pitch. He looked like he had the ball tied to his foot when other players were just booting the ball around a muddy pitch. Graceful and an unbelievable footballer.
Never seen these goals before. Great chip against Watford. I just love footage of old goals. It's great to see old stadiums too! Fantastic! Thanks for posting.
Adam, Thx for posting this superb tribute to one of Spurs' finest. I, too, find it appalling that he did not represent his country more often. A previous poster said GH was injury prone: don't recall that myself (might be getting old) but for those who weren't there, be assured that Glenn's passing was better than his scoring - and there are some belters here! particularly like the look on Clemence's face after 2nd goal vs Pool - him again grrr!! my fave goal vs Forest at WHL not here. Tony
MAGNIFICENT PLAYER!!! The goal against Watford shows what Hoddle was about, his awareness, he knows where the keeper is, and (watch it slowly) he doesn't even look up to see where the goal is! Hoddle knew. I grew up watching hoddle, simply brilliant. BTW I support Ipswich.
at last, finally! An English player with the magic touch. Im Argentinean, with all that that implies regarding England...but I congratulate you people. Thought there had never been a player like this one in there. Delicious.
I'm a Gooner till I die, but Hoddle was for me, the most gifted English player I've seen. In terms of technique, only Barnes and Gazza compete. And along with Brady & Dalglish, the most intelligent player in the English game. Class!! How much money would players like this be worth today?
as a liverpool fan, who went to a lot of games in the 70s & 80s, got to admit, hoddle was the best passer of a ball, ive ever seen, and very underated. nobody could tell weather he was naturally left or right footed. and some fantastic goals too.!
Absolute Genius in my opinion. He is the best and most gifted player I've ever seen. He was ahead of his time and deserved far, far better at international level.
Was a regular at the lane in his playing days and he's the best ive ever seen. England should have built the team round him but greenwood/robson wanted work horses instead. Absolute pure quality and so glad i saw this genius at work.
I have seen all the spurs players over the last 40+ years,Hoddle didn't have everything but he had a gift the the rest could only dream about......Genius.
We used to get to White Hart Lane early just to see him warm up, he was that good. Chanted his name...he always waved back. Most skilfull player I've ever seen in 50 years of watching football.
The other thing you have to remember is that Hoddle was injury prone too. A part of that is that you had players like Micky Droy kicking him off the park, but still I remember him being hurt quite a bit....he was an amazing coach for England though. That 1998 World Cup team was amazing. It is a shame he had to go.... Also, he started the Chelsea revolution. No matter what anybody says, it was Hoddle that started turning Chelsea around.
I am so lucky to have seen him at the Lane in 81,82,83 and even a reserve game against Swindon and he scored a brilliant goal,the crowd was 30,000 cause he was playing.Ok he fluffed it as a manager but my god was he great to watch in action.We love you Glenn.
So, there are two French men who admires Hoddle : Wenger and Michell Platini. I remember Platini's complaint about France team in Euro 1996; he said then : "If Hoddle were French man, he would be the first player that I recrcuited in my national team".
When Hoddle was England manager, Beckham was being interviewed and mentioned to the interviewer how the squad played "football-volleyball" in training and how important touch was to this game. The interviewer asked, "...so who has the best touch in the squad, is it you?" to which Beckham replied "No, the boss does". Hoddle = Legend. Should have won far more than 57 caps, the whole of the team should have been built around him. Still, 2 FA Cups and a UEFA Cup for us. COYS!
He was dropped from the next England squad after that dazzling debut v Bulgaria! Pedestrians like Wilkins and McDermott always seemed to be ahead of him, a symptom of the prosaic negativity and distrust of genius that beleaguered England managers at that time - even Greenwood. Best English player of his - and pretty well every other - generation, but largely wasted by his country. Scandalous.
You can forget how good he was. 57caps is a travesty. I don't care that his tackling was average at best, I would've told him to stay in the opposition half and do what you do best. His dribbling skills were exceptional, his range of passing was world class and his long range shooting was awesome. Power and accuracy. One of the all time great midfielders.
If only Tottenham could find another player like him. It was that kind of stylish Football that made me support Spurs in the first place. That goal against ManU was an absolute dream.
I am SO lucky. I lived in Tottennham and grew up with the team of the 80's. I bunked off school for the 81 replay and in the 86/87 season (the best Spurs team IMHO) I followed them home and away. Me and my mates used to get to The Shelf way before kick off, just to see Hoddle warm up. How much would he be worth today? More than Kaka (the closest player to him since). Under used for England and there best manager stastically sine 66. All round Tottenham legend.
People are always comparing this player or that player to Glenn Hoddle. Those people have never seen Glenn Hoddle play. He was in a top class of his own :o)
Glenn Hoddle was Maradonna without the pace. Hoddle had great ball control, fantastic dribbling ability, could pass the ball the whole length of the pitch, but he only played 57 times for England. Players like him deserve to be part of Englands pantheon of 100 caps. How someone likes Beckham can earn 100 caps and Glenn Hoddle can't really amazes me.
In the heart of every true Monaco fan's! World greatest players with Platini in that period. I could not understand how come you didn't win any title with this wonderfull generation: Keegan, Lineker, Waddle...
remember this was the 70's..80's and we only got the televised games so these highlights are probly a 10th of his quality on show...now we get every second of every game on tv back then we didnt...remember when he destroyed Ajax hame and away in the UEFA cup in 84 and Cruyf personally came in after and told him he was the dogs bollox?
Great hughlights of a great player. The Watford goal is amazing. Only caught the end of his career as a young Spurs fan. Hugely disappointed when they sold him to Monaco.
Hod is God,remember him as the player and not our mananger,a true legend,i am privaliged to have seen him play for us at the lane and wembley,a Spurs man through and through...long live the king
The God! Saw him play with Maradona at Ossie's testimonial...class all round! Cryin' shame he was ignored as a luxury by the England manager's of his time
I became a Spurs fan in 90 thanks to the likes of Gazza and Lineker, but oh my god... I really wish i had the chance to see this magician in action. They ruin players with the 5th of his talent today. Those were the glory days.
last goal worthy of Socrates. But Hoddle only played a handful of games for Eng. Apparently, he did not get involved enough. 2 goals on his debut., I think. What could we do with him now.
"sixmilliondollarbass", I absolutely agree with you and this is coming from a Nigerian and Liverpool fan. I've always considered him the most naturally gifted, English player I have ever seen. It's a pity he was never really appreciated in Engalnd.
Dont know abt that one, but you cld be right! Did you notice how similar the Hod's goal against Watford & Bergkemp's goal against the Argies are? Both players with a twitch & turn,lost their marker & scored a right foot chip past the keeper. Simply brilliant technique.
i dont think he ever scored a simple goal, evrything he touched was a goal, a true legend and a football genius, Messi is as close as u can get to true genius. COME ON U SPURS
You want to see composure ? check out 3.30 on that break - he was Mr Cool on the ball; such vision, touch and technique, what an English talent, one of footy's great players
ah the quality of this video directly matches my memory of football in the early/mid 80's, I had an uncorrected astygmatism in my right eye and am quite short sighted in my left. If you want to know what uncorrected astygmatism looks like for me when I take my glasses off. watch this video and squint.....ah the halcyon days !
@ruttle67 But Le Tissier was a Spurs fan who grew up idolising none other than Glenn Hoddle. Le Tissier dreamed of playing for Spurs & came within an inch of signing for us but changed his mind last second over a disagreement. Of course, he loves the Saints now, but back then he was deffo a Yid.
Yup - give me a david roecastle anytime.Hoddle was a luxury player. Rocky was just as skillfull but could mix it in the midfield as well. Scared the crap out of brian mcclair at the battle of old trafford.
The goal v Watford at 1:30ish is quite simply, sublime.... I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but everybody praises Bobby Robson's legacy-his biggest crime during his tenure as England manager was not building a team around Hoddle...should have got twice the amount of England caps that he did!!
@Mozndon You're right. Also the lack of playing football on the street must have something to do with the lack of players of the caliber of these one's we've mentioned. I look around today in England and hardly ever see kids playing in the streets like I used to every day, practically, in my childhood. On the streets you hone your technique and learn to beat players for fun. Only Messi of today's crop, excites me like the 'fancy-dans' of previous eras!
@daz70den Hoddle was 1 of the classiest players I've ever seen but like many players with such god given talents, team work & doing the ugly but necessary things were never particularly high on his list of priorities. I think you do Beckham a great disservice. His performance for Beckham against Greece in the 1001 world cup qualifier was little short of superhuman. If Hoddle had played in that side instead of Beckham, I doubt we'd have qualified. I'm no fan of Beckham but credit where it's due.
As for David Platt, I agree with you. I remember in WC 1990, in my opinion, Bobby Robson should play Neil Webb more often that Platt, as Webb was a playmaker.
@CardinalJim mid-table team? In them days the FA Cup was far more important anyway & Spurs won it twice & were runners-up in 87 too, not to mention the UEFA Cup in '84. In the 80's we were 1 of the best in the country. We were in touching distance of an unprecedented domestic treble in 86-87 but just fell short in the last month of the season. We finished top 4 in 4 out of 6 seasons in the 80's whilst Hodd was at the club.
He really looked like a good player, Probably the best English player of his day. I also admire his honesty about the recent England lacking technical ability. Then opening up academy in Spain, Taking on English players rejected from the Premiership clubs for some stupid reason, Then offering them to 4 division Spanish side Jerez industrial CF for free. It's a man with a plan pioneering a different way if getting English talent to start playing proper football. All I can say is fuck the F.A!
He truly was a magnificent player... But I guess not one of you ever heard about Nicolae Dobrin... He maybe was even better the Pele... just search on the web for "Nicolae Dobrin" and you will find a story about a very talented romanian player who wasn't allowed to play for Real Madrid... Respect!
It as an absolute disgrace that Hoddle, easily the most gifted player of his generation, won fewer England caps (53) than the likes of Phil Neville (59). Platini put it best, saying that if Hoddle had been born in France 'he would have won 150 caps'. The stubborness and rigid nature of English management is the main reason for England having only ever won one major international tournament - although recently the foreigners haven't fared much better.
That last goal against Oxford always brings tears to my eyes. Best British footballer I've EVER witnessed...
There have been many gifted english players in history, but Hoddle and Le Tissier had the uncommon traits of pure class and elegance.
Best player I have ever seen. Simply magnificent, now where did I put that cloning machine?
I saw a game from the mid-80s on ESPN. Hoddle was a completely different class to every other player on the pitch. He looked like he had the ball tied to his foot when other players were just booting the ball around a muddy pitch. Graceful and an unbelievable footballer.
BEST PLAYER I SAW TO
My favourite English player of all time, he puts the keeper on his backside without touching the ball in the last clip
Pure Class!
Never seen these goals before. Great chip against Watford. I just love footage of old goals. It's great to see old stadiums too! Fantastic! Thanks for posting.
Glenn Hoddle was is a class of his own!
Adam, Thx for posting this superb tribute to one of Spurs' finest. I, too, find it appalling that he did not represent his country more often.
A previous poster said GH was injury prone: don't recall that myself (might be getting old) but for those who weren't there, be assured that Glenn's passing was better than his scoring - and there are some belters here! particularly like the look on Clemence's face after 2nd goal vs Pool - him again grrr!! my fave goal vs Forest at WHL not here.
Tony
MAGNIFICENT PLAYER!!!
The goal against Watford shows what Hoddle was about, his awareness, he knows where the keeper is, and (watch it slowly) he doesn't even look up to see where the goal is!
Hoddle knew.
I grew up watching hoddle, simply brilliant.
BTW I support Ipswich.
Best ambidextrous football player ever and one of the most talented. Criminally underrated.
at last, finally! An English player with the magic touch. Im Argentinean, with all that that implies regarding England...but I congratulate you people. Thought there had never been a player like this one in there. Delicious.
WHAT a PLAYER!!!!! The goal against Watford is one of the best goals ever scored!
As a Spurs fan I loved you Glenn.
I saw that volley from the Shelf.
You are one of Englands greatest.
COYS
I'm a Gooner till I die, but Hoddle was for me, the most gifted English player I've seen. In terms of technique, only Barnes and Gazza compete.
And along with Brady & Dalglish, the most intelligent player in the English game. Class!! How much money would players like this be worth today?
as a liverpool fan, who went to a lot of games in the 70s & 80s, got to admit, hoddle was the best passer of a ball, ive ever seen, and very underated. nobody could tell weather he was naturally left or right footed. and some fantastic goals too.!
Absolute Genius in my opinion. He is the best and most gifted player I've ever seen. He was ahead of his time and deserved far, far better at international level.
Was a regular at the lane in his playing days and he's the best ive ever seen. England should have built the team round him but greenwood/robson wanted work horses instead. Absolute pure quality and so glad i saw this genius at work.
I have seen all the spurs players over the last 40+ years,Hoddle didn't have everything but he had a gift the the rest could only dream about......Genius.
We used to get to White Hart Lane early just to see him warm up, he was that good. Chanted his name...he always waved back. Most skilfull player I've ever seen in 50 years of watching football.
The most naturaly gifted English player ive ever seen, Legend
The other thing you have to remember is that Hoddle was injury prone too. A part of that is that you had players like Micky Droy kicking him off the park, but still I remember him being hurt quite a bit....he was an amazing coach for England though. That 1998 World Cup team was amazing. It is a shame he had to go....
Also, he started the Chelsea revolution. No matter what anybody says, it was Hoddle that started turning Chelsea around.
I am so lucky to have seen him at the Lane in 81,82,83 and even a reserve game against Swindon and he scored a brilliant goal,the crowd was 30,000 cause he was playing.Ok he fluffed it as a manager but my god was he great to watch in action.We love you Glenn.
I've been going over there for 30 years. Simply he is the best player I have ever seen in a Spurs shirt
As the legendary Danny Blanchflower once said..."Hoddle a luxury?...It's the bad players who are a luxury"
Hoddle is God, end of story!!
So, there are two French men who admires Hoddle : Wenger and Michell Platini. I remember Platini's complaint about France team in Euro 1996; he said then : "If Hoddle were French man, he would be the first player that I recrcuited in my national team".
i was in the crowd for a few of those goals at White Heart Lane, brilliant! Nice to hear the voice of commentator Brian whatsisname again!
"I hear Glenn Hoddle has found God. That must have been one hell of a pass." - Bob Davies
Takes my breath away... thank you :o)
When Hoddle was England manager, Beckham was being interviewed and mentioned to the interviewer how the squad played "football-volleyball" in training and how important touch was to this game. The interviewer asked, "...so who has the best touch in the squad, is it you?" to which Beckham replied "No, the boss does".
Hoddle = Legend. Should have won far more than 57 caps, the whole of the team should have been built around him. Still, 2 FA Cups and a UEFA Cup for us. COYS!
He was dropped from the next England squad after that dazzling debut v Bulgaria! Pedestrians like Wilkins and McDermott always seemed to be ahead of him, a symptom of the prosaic negativity and distrust of genius that beleaguered England managers at that time - even Greenwood. Best English player of his - and pretty well every other - generation, but largely wasted by his country. Scandalous.
You can forget how good he was. 57caps is a travesty. I don't care that his tackling was average at best, I would've told him to stay in the opposition half and do what you do best. His dribbling skills were exceptional, his range of passing was world class and his long range shooting was awesome. Power and accuracy. One of the all time great midfielders.
If only Tottenham could find another player like him. It was that kind of stylish Football that made me support Spurs in the first place. That goal against ManU was an absolute dream.
im a man u fan and i have to say he was one of the best ive seen players like him are just gifted skill coming out of his arse classic
Great ol` times.
Amazing Glenn Hoddle
My favourite player along with Ledley King.
That last goal is the greatest, single man counter-attack!
Just one word describes Glenda.....Magic.
Absolutely Sublime!! The first and third goals are my fave of all time (v Chelsea in FA Cup 6th round and v Man U in League Cup)
Amazing. What a talent he was. Cheers!
I am SO lucky. I lived in Tottennham and grew up with the team of the 80's. I bunked off school for the 81 replay and in the 86/87 season (the best Spurs team IMHO) I followed them home and away. Me and my mates used to get to The Shelf way before kick off, just to see Hoddle warm up. How much would he be worth today? More than Kaka (the closest player to him since). Under used for England and there best manager stastically sine 66. All round Tottenham legend.
People are always comparing this player or that player to Glenn Hoddle. Those people have never seen Glenn Hoddle play. He was in a top class of his own :o)
Glenn Hoddle was Maradonna without the pace. Hoddle had great ball control, fantastic dribbling ability, could pass the ball the whole length of the pitch, but he only played 57 times for England. Players like him deserve to be part of Englands pantheon of 100 caps. How someone likes Beckham can earn 100 caps and Glenn Hoddle can't really amazes me.
legend ! LOVE the music !
That last goal was the best! Went through 3 players then finished.
COYS!
In the heart of every true Monaco fan's!
World greatest players with Platini in that period. I could not understand how come you didn't win any title with this wonderfull generation:
Keegan, Lineker, Waddle...
Hoddle, my ultimate Spurs hero. This guy didn't score 'normal' goals. Every one was a peach.
remember this was the 70's..80's and we only got the televised games so these highlights are probly a 10th of his quality on show...now we get every second of every game on tv back then we didnt...remember when he destroyed Ajax hame and away in the UEFA cup in 84 and Cruyf personally came in after and told him he was the dogs bollox?
Glen Hoddle played for the SPURS.
What more coud anybody/player want?
Glen........you and Jimmy are in the SPURS hall of fame........the best.......
If Glenn was 25 years old today Real would have to find 150 million quid, but I like to think Glenn would turn them down ;)
Great hughlights of a great player. The Watford goal is amazing. Only caught the end of his career as a young Spurs fan. Hugely disappointed when they sold him to Monaco.
Hod is God,remember him as the player and not our mananger,a true legend,i am privaliged to have seen him play for us at the lane and wembley,a Spurs man through and through...long live the king
The God! Saw him play with Maradona at Ossie's testimonial...class all round! Cryin' shame he was ignored as a luxury by the England manager's of his time
I became a Spurs fan in 90 thanks to the likes of Gazza and Lineker, but oh my god...
I really wish i had the chance to see this magician in action.
They ruin players with the 5th of his talent today.
Those were the glory days.
The BEST ENGLISH number 10 , by miles !
great player great music
simply the greatest spurs player EVER!
Glenn Hoddle is a legend.
Glasgow Celtic Champions
last goal worthy of Socrates. But Hoddle only played a handful of games for Eng. Apparently, he did not get involved enough. 2 goals on his debut., I think. What could we do with him now.
"sixmilliondollarbass", I absolutely agree with you and this is coming from a Nigerian and Liverpool fan. I've always considered him the most naturally gifted, English player I have ever seen. It's a pity he was never really appreciated in Engalnd.
My sweet Lord indeed. No-one was anywhere near him. Shame succssive england managers didn't build the team around him....
my childhood hero, also with chris waddle!
How we could do with a midfielder like that now...Pure class
Pure class..
Glenn you are God and always will be....we love you
Underrated player
Dont know abt that one, but you cld be right! Did you notice how similar the Hod's goal against Watford & Bergkemp's goal against the Argies are? Both players with a twitch & turn,lost their marker & scored a right foot chip past the keeper.
Simply brilliant technique.
Tottenham played some good football ..respect!
yep, AS Monaco. it was Wenger's first coaching job. He still calls Hoddle the best player he ever managed.
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!
The man Ron Greenwood said was too skillful to play in his team!!! Pure genius!
i dont think he ever scored a simple goal, evrything he touched was a goal, a true legend and a football genius, Messi is as close as u can get to true genius. COME ON U SPURS
You want to see composure ? check out 3.30 on that break - he was Mr Cool on the ball; such vision, touch and technique, what an English talent, one of footy's great players
I fully agree my son hoddle was and still is the nuts
As a youngster I always heard about the mythe of Glenn Hoddle how great he was but seeing this footage makes me relise that they were right.
ah the quality of this video directly matches my memory of football in the early/mid 80's, I had an uncorrected astygmatism in my right eye and am quite short sighted in my left. If you want to know what uncorrected astygmatism looks like for me when I take my glasses off. watch this video and squint.....ah the halcyon days !
@ruttle67 But Le Tissier was a Spurs fan who grew up idolising none other than Glenn Hoddle. Le Tissier dreamed of playing for Spurs & came within an inch of signing for us but changed his mind last second over a disagreement. Of course, he loves the Saints now, but back then he was deffo a Yid.
2 of those goals are 2 of the best goals ever. englands best player ever.
and h e played on pitches that they now grow potatoes on, can you imagine his skills on todays pitches.....pure genius, a total one off
HODDLE IS A LEGEND
Yup - give me a david roecastle anytime.Hoddle was a luxury player. Rocky was just as skillfull but could mix it in the midfield as well. Scared the crap out of brian mcclair at the battle of old trafford.
The goal v Watford at 1:30ish is quite simply, sublime....
I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but everybody praises Bobby Robson's legacy-his biggest crime during his tenure as England manager was not building a team around Hoddle...should have got twice the amount of England caps that he did!!
@Mozndon You're right. Also the lack of playing football on the street must have something to do with the lack of players of the caliber of these one's we've mentioned. I look around today in England and hardly ever see kids playing in the streets like I used to every day, practically, in my childhood. On the streets you hone your technique and learn to beat players for fun. Only Messi of today's crop, excites me like the 'fancy-dans' of previous eras!
Glenn Hoddle = GOD
Este hombre lanzaba unos trallazos lejanos realmente imparables.
@daz70den Hoddle was 1 of the classiest players I've ever seen but like many players with such god given talents, team work & doing the ugly but necessary things were never particularly high on his list of priorities. I think you do Beckham a great disservice. His performance for Beckham against Greece in the 1001 world cup qualifier was little short of superhuman. If Hoddle had played in that side instead of Beckham, I doubt we'd have qualified. I'm no fan of Beckham but credit where it's due.
un des meilleurs 10 des annees 80
As for David Platt, I agree with you. I remember in WC 1990, in my opinion, Bobby Robson should play Neil Webb more often that Platt, as Webb was a playmaker.
Hail to the playmaker!
What. A. Player.
Like Johann Cruyf, hoddle was the complete footballer...I would’ve built that England team back then around him.
@CardinalJim mid-table team? In them days the FA Cup was far more important anyway & Spurs won it twice & were runners-up in 87 too, not to mention the UEFA Cup in '84. In the 80's we were 1 of the best in the country. We were in touching distance of an unprecedented domestic treble in 86-87 but just fell short in the last month of the season. We finished top 4 in 4 out of 6 seasons in the 80's whilst Hodd was at the club.
@morphybum Actually, it was against Oxford Utd. Despite of all his long-range spectacular goals, that was the sweetest of them all!
That was quite clever for a spud. well done.
LIKE DRIVING A ROLLS ROYCE ON AN ALLOTMENT - IF ONLY HE HAD THE PITCHES OF TODAY. HOD - LIVING LEGEND
The song is 'My Sweet Lord' by George Harrison
He really looked like a good player, Probably the best English player of his day. I also admire his honesty about the recent England lacking technical ability. Then opening up academy in Spain, Taking on English players rejected from the Premiership clubs for some stupid reason, Then offering them to 4 division Spanish side Jerez industrial CF for free. It's a man with a plan pioneering a different way if getting English talent to start playing proper football. All I can say is fuck the F.A!
I went to the home UEFA Cup game in 1983/84 but it was against Feyenoord, not Ajax.
before my time but what a player!
He truly was a magnificent player... But I guess not one of you ever heard about Nicolae Dobrin... He maybe was even better the Pele... just search on the web for "Nicolae Dobrin" and you will find a story about a very talented romanian player who wasn't allowed to play for Real Madrid...
Respect!
It as an absolute disgrace that Hoddle, easily the most gifted player of his generation, won fewer England caps (53) than the likes of Phil Neville (59). Platini put it best, saying that if Hoddle had been born in France 'he would have won 150 caps'. The stubborness and rigid nature of English management is the main reason for England having only ever won one major international tournament - although recently the foreigners haven't fared much better.