 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akatengeswa kuTottenham Hotspur muzhizha ra1980 nokuda kwemari ye650,000. Akahwina paakatanga kurwisa Nottingham Forest, uye akaumba kubudirira kunoshamisa kubatana naSteve Archibald. NaCrooks achitungamirira mutsara, Spurs yakakunda FA Cup muna 1981uye 1982, uye 1984 UEFA Cup Final vachipesana Anderlecht iye akanga asina kushandiswa chinotsiva ari yokupedzisira kuti danho rechipiri. VaCrooks vanonzi ndivo mutambi mutema wekutanga kuita zvibodzwa mufainari yeFA Cup nekuda kwechinangwa chavo chekubvisa mujaho weManchester City muna 1981, kunyangwe izvi zvaive zvakatangira Bill Perry muna 1953 naMike Trebilcock muna 1966. Akazoenda nechikwereti kuManchester United uye akaenda kuWest Bromwich Albion neCharlton Athletic asati akuvara ibvi rakamumanikidza kuenda pamudyandigere muna 1990. Basa rake rakapera pane chinyorwa chakaderera sezvo Charlton yakadzingwa kubva kuChikamu Chekutanga, sezvakangoita West Bromwich Albion divi raakanga atamba mumwaka mina yapfuura. 