 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kutungamirirwa kwechikwata kwakapfuudzwa kune aimbova mutambi weTottenham Glenn Hoddle, uyo akatora mumavhiki ekupedzisira emwaka wa2000-01 kubva kumutariri wevatariri David Pleat. Mutambo wake wokutanga wakanga uri kukundwa neArsenal mu2001 FA Cup semi-fainari. Zhizha iroro, kaputeni wekirabhu Sol Campbell akabatana neArsenal paBosman kutengeswa kwemahara. Kurasikirwa kwemari yekuchinjisa neSpurs, kuenda kune vakwikwidzi vavo vakaipisisa, uye nzira inonzwisisika yaakakurukura nayo kufamba kwake inonzi ndeye rekodhi 100,000 pasvondo yakatungamira kuhondo yenguva refu yakanangana naCampbell kubva kuvateveri veSpurs. Hoddle akatendeukira kune vamwe vatambi vane ruzivo vakaita saTeddy Sheringham uyo akadzokera kuSpurs muna Chivabvu 2001, pamwe nekusaina kutsva Gus Poyet naChristian Ziege. Spurs yakatamba nhabvu inokurudzira mumwedzi yekutanga yekutungamira kwake, asi vakapedza mwaka wa2001-02 vari pachinzvimbo chechipfumbamwe. Vakasvika mufainari yeLigi Cup, kwavakarasikirwa neBlackburn, kunyangwe vaionekwa sevanofarira mushure mekukunda kwavo 5-1 kweChelsea mumutambo wapfuura. 