great player hoddle for tottenham , most other fans admired his game , as a liverpool fan growing up i wanted us to sign him , cant remember anyone one else in the 80s that stood out in midfield , great goal at the end against oxford in the best home shirt tottenham have ever worn , bring back hummel , spurs would be minted !!
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.
Hod is the only player I can remember seeing that could regularly outpass Beckham. Not respected in his own country but worshipped on the continent. Like Bec'm the press seemed to concentrate on the gaps in his game, rather than looking at the things he did brilliantly (Becks was no dribbler but arguably the best passer/crosser/setplay taker of his generation) people just winged that Hod couldn't crunch-tackle a man/forget the magical technique, balance and vision. Brit obsession with work eth'c
Hoddle is the only player I can remember seeing (not live) that could regularly outpass Beckham. Not respected in his own country but worshipped on the continent. Like Beckham the press seemed at times to concentrate on the gaps in his game, rather than looking at the things he did better than anyone - not dis-similiar to Beckham (no dribbler but arguably the best passer/crosser/setplay taker of his generation) people just winged that Hod couldn't crunch tackle a man.
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.
@tantutotem lol if there has only been one English player with a magic touch you don't know your football that well.what about Bobby Charton{all time Man u scorer from midfield)Bobby More(great captain,footballer)Gazza(if not 4 injury+crazy could of been best midfielder in the 90's)Mattews(played 4 England at 42years)Greaves(great England forward ) i can go on and on owen,lineker,Banks,youtube john barnes! my idol was Maradona(greatest)one of his was Kevin Keegan.made Liverpool,Hamburg great.
@tantutotem lol if there has only been one English player with a magic touch you don't know your football that well.what about Bobby Charton{all time Man u scorer from midfield)Bobby More(great captain,footballer)Gazza(if not 4 injury+crazy could of been best midfielder in the 90's)Mattews(played 4 England at 42years)Greaves(great England forward ) i can go on and on Owen,Lineker,Banks,Youtube John Barnes! my idol was Maradona (greatest)one of his was Kevin Keegan.made Liverpool,Hamburg great.
England's best team was in the 80s when they had players like Hoddle, Waddle, Barnes, Beardsley and Gascoigne. These were all technically gifted players. Englands most technical player Rooney is not as skillful as these guys were. However at the start of his career Rooney did have some good skill but Ferguson has converted him into a penalty box poacher.
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 don't think i ever saw a bad pass from this kid... if it wasn't on he do simple thing and lay it off, set off to conspire an cause further nuisance. Oh a master ok with a + .
Does anyone remember the goal Hoddle (I think it was Hoddle) scored that used to be at the start of Big League Soccer in the 80's one year, where the ball was kicked out by the Tottenham 'keeper, was headed on and didn't hit the ground untill after Hoddle (I think?) volleyed it from a mile out into the far corner. Who was that against and is it anywhere on youtube?
Perhaps even better than George Best or Eddie Gray. I remember all his great goals. My favourites were the midweek one v MUFC in League Cup (everyone was talking about it in the school playground the following day), the stupendous dummy & chip v Watford; and the fierce volley off the crossbar v Forest on a live match (not shown here). Brilliant passer, elegant, and an intelligent reader of the game - his only weakness was heading. It's criminal that he had to fight so hard for his England place.
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.
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
@jibsmokestack1 They'd be absolutely priceless mate! Dalglish was/is my hero and Brady had a beautiful left peg. Unfortunately we'll never see their like again on these shores due to kids playing competitive, kick n rush football at 7 upwards and then being overcoached instead of playing for fun with their mates which gives them freedom to express themselves and hone technique.
@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!
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
as a West Ham fan i am used to grainy video images showing our glory years but glenn was a true great , an unbelievable talent, and perhaps a wee bit underrated
Incredible player, and i think he would have been pleased playing for one of the biggest clubs in england and his boyhood club along with his european and FA Cup medals he got there CardinalJim
@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.
The problem with Hoddle was that he spent most of his career with a midtable team. He went to Monaco and won a league title, late in his career. He should have tested himself abroad sooner. Hoddle is a classic case of an technically gifted english player who could have played for Barcelona, Real Madrid, whoever he wanted. He should have gone to a club like that and won league titles, Greenwood and Robson would have picked him then. He should have been England's main playmaker from 1978 to 1988.
@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.
"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.
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.
Not the most gifted of his generation... the most gifted player this country has produced... my opinion of course, maybe a bit biased but what a player!!
taught beckham every thing he knows.. but not everything hoddle knows..like scoring on the run and volleying from outside the box!! makes beckham look like a rookie.THE pass master.and no i`m not a spurs fan
@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.
No matter how many times i watch that goal against Watford it never gets boring. Sheer class!!! Glad i got to see him play, albeit for Swindon, but a quality player. Wish England had made more use of his sublime talents
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.
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.!
Hoddle was such an artist, I dont think there will ever be a player like him again - it was disgusting that the england team wasn't built around him at the time..
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.
Look at the profile Beckham, Rooney and Gerrard have got - what a fucking joke compared to this fella and not anywhere near comparable to Waddle, Gascoigne, Barnes or Le Tissier. Kids today have got no fucking idea and wouldn't know a great player if they kicked em in the bollocks!
I am stunned. not just by that Glen Hoddle is one right winger of his own. I love football, and I love it to death, But every time i see a compilation of my all time favorite players, i have to see it with the mute button on.. Always this shitty techno crap! That's not football music.. Football is a beautiful sport! and techno is sure as hell not beautiful.. So i love the choice of song almost as much as i love Glen Hoddle.. So thank you very much for this compilation, the best one on youtube!
Re the Argentina 1998 game. Does anyone remember the ball being punched by an Argentina defender from off Shearer's head ( an incident that the officials obviously missed?)
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.
One of the most gifted english players ever. Maybe one of the few english players with the level of technique that Brazilians and south Americans posses.
When he was England manager he was still more skilful than any of the players in that squad. They couldn't match him in training and it pissed a few of them off bigtime !! I'd say it shows modern players up when hodd in his 40's is still better than them technically.
I'm a Fiorentina fan, when I was a kid my idol was Giancarlo Antognoni. I used to love watching Tottenham and England play because Glenn was so much like Giancarlo. Great player.
Great video and great memories. Think I was at most of the Spurs matches as well. Bergkamp and Rocastle nowhere near as good as Hoddle. Hod and Brady? now that is a tough one.
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!
yep, the goal at 1:40 is unique. I'm old, and ive never seen anyone do that before or since. The chip in i can understand, but the turn is technically brilliant.
1.40 is simply incredible. i had no idea he was this good, maybe im too young or something. iv only ever really known him as the crap england manger who got sacked because he said soething about the disabled.
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.
clockend63, you fucking idiot, rocastle was not in the same league as hoddle, the only filth player to come close was bergkamp but even he wasnt a patch on the most skillful player this country has ever seen.
Two diffrent players Hoddle was the champagne playmaker who strolled through games like a socrates or Gerson the player England needed and wasted and rocky was a wing wizard who was the best right sided midfelder in the contry on his peak who England ignored for different reasons.
calm down mate. No body, least of all me, gives a stuff about you or your deluded opinions. yeah hoddle was a good player, but there were lots of other good players too. get over yerself willya.
i'm not a spurs fan but rocastle was not as skillful as hoddle- only an arsenal fan would say otherwise. bergkamp however was as skillful as hoddle, if not more.
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.
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.
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.
I think england managers have always had trouble knowing what to do with flair players like hoddle, take for instance gasgoine,Le Tissier and barnes all players that showed the same promise as hoddle but ultimately didnt quite reach the heights they should have due to the english(no thrills safety first) style. hopefully capello will change things and give similar players like walcott greater prominence, like he showed against croatia.
It is so sad that he wasn't an England regular. He was easily the best English midfieder of his generation. It was all about Brian Robson, what a joke. Captain Cripple never had a quarter of the talent Glenn possessed. England wasted genius and should have built the team around him.
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.
Este hombre lanzaba unos trallazos lejanos realmente imparables.
GuitarMaster2410 6 months ago
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
mufc99ok 6 months ago
"I don’t think I could’ve ever worn an Arsenal shirt. " - G. Hoddle
supahdupahguy81 9 months ago
ardiles opened hoddles mind and showed him how football should be played. GREAT midfield partnership :)
LaTasmash 9 months ago
great player hoddle for tottenham , most other fans admired his game , as a liverpool fan growing up i wanted us to sign him , cant remember anyone one else in the 80s that stood out in midfield , great goal at the end against oxford in the best home shirt tottenham have ever worn , bring back hummel , spurs would be minted !!
roxywhit 10 months ago
1:09 Goalie fingers up to the crowd, haha!
lifeafter3pints 10 months ago
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.
Hicksie52 10 months ago
Hail to the playmaker!
dawatcher88 11 months ago
english football style
mrsinclairful 11 months ago
Hod is the only player I can remember seeing that could regularly outpass Beckham. Not respected in his own country but worshipped on the continent. Like Bec'm the press seemed to concentrate on the gaps in his game, rather than looking at the things he did brilliantly (Becks was no dribbler but arguably the best passer/crosser/setplay taker of his generation) people just winged that Hod couldn't crunch-tackle a man/forget the magical technique, balance and vision. Brit obsession with work eth'c
ohmyspacecadet666 11 months ago
Hoddle is the only player I can remember seeing (not live) that could regularly outpass Beckham. Not respected in his own country but worshipped on the continent. Like Beckham the press seemed at times to concentrate on the gaps in his game, rather than looking at the things he did better than anyone - not dis-similiar to Beckham (no dribbler but arguably the best passer/crosser/setplay taker of his generation) people just winged that Hod couldn't crunch tackle a man.
ohmyspacecadet666 11 months ago
Glenn Hoddle was is a class of his own!
samluke8121 1 year ago
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
heartbreaker790 1 year ago
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.
tantutotem 1 year ago
@tantutotem Look at chris waddle also matt le tissier and also even paul gascoine and more just cant think of them all at the momment
1gadena 11 months ago
@tantutotem lol if there has only been one English player with a magic touch you don't know your football that well.what about Bobby Charton{all time Man u scorer from midfield)Bobby More(great captain,footballer)Gazza(if not 4 injury+crazy could of been best midfielder in the 90's)Mattews(played 4 England at 42years)Greaves(great England forward ) i can go on and on owen,lineker,Banks,youtube john barnes! my idol was Maradona(greatest)one of his was Kevin Keegan.made Liverpool,Hamburg great.
kcspurs76 11 months ago
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@tantutotem lol if there has only been one English player with a magic touch you don't know your football that well.what about Bobby Charton{all time Man u scorer from midfield)Bobby More(great captain,footballer)Gazza(if not 4 injury+crazy could of been best midfielder in the 90's)Mattews(played 4 England at 42years)Greaves(great England forward ) i can go on and on Owen,Lineker,Banks,Youtube John Barnes! my idol was Maradona (greatest)one of his was Kevin Keegan.made Liverpool,Hamburg great.
kcspurs76 11 months ago
You should have used Diamond Lights in the background.
LachlanRFC 1 year ago
COYS!
jafsil 1 year ago
who is that sublime final goal against?
morphybum 1 year ago
@morphybum Watford, I think.
lexsoft 1 year ago
@morphybum Actually, it was against Oxford Utd. Despite of all his long-range spectacular goals, that was the sweetest of them all!
printjon 1 year ago
legend ! LOVE the music !
krishiyer1989 1 year ago
That goal at 1.40 was nothing short of sublime. Supurb player.
OurManInMarrakessh 1 year ago
England's best team was in the 80s when they had players like Hoddle, Waddle, Barnes, Beardsley and Gascoigne. These were all technically gifted players. Englands most technical player Rooney is not as skillful as these guys were. However at the start of his career Rooney did have some good skill but Ferguson has converted him into a penalty box poacher.
thrillamf 1 year ago
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!
manhead3 1 year ago 2
Magnificent player. He would get into my all time England team.
Woodlander65 1 year ago
i don't think i ever saw a bad pass from this kid... if it wasn't on he do simple thing and lay it off, set off to conspire an cause further nuisance. Oh a master ok with a + .
nufclad147 1 year ago
Goddle
terrybakeruk 1 year ago
LIKE DRIVING A ROLLS ROYCE ON AN ALLOTMENT - IF ONLY HE HAD THE PITCHES OF TODAY. HOD - LIVING LEGEND
ROKKWILDER 1 year ago
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Peace be upon him....
zurameister 1 year ago
Just one word describes Glenda.....Magic.
Razamabaz 1 year ago
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
stonersid 1 year ago
I think you are missing the one against forest in the FA cup, Hoddle was a class act
MARTEEBABY 1 year ago
Technically no English player of the last 30 years could touch him, with the possible exception of Gascoigne/Barnes.
His left foot was as good as his right. He was a fantastic player.
aks73 1 year ago
@aks73 Peter Beardsley. Beardo and Hoddle are the two best for my money
...and Le Tissier when he could be arsed.
UnevenScrotum 1 year ago
@aks73 Le tissier?, i'm a lifelong spurs fan so to me hoddle is god but i'd have to add Le tissier to that list.
cassidybridie 1 year ago
You can tell that Matt Le Tissier grew up watching him.
tapiaassasin 1 year ago
Brilliant! Did he ever score a tap in!
osheasi1 1 year ago
Does anyone remember the goal Hoddle (I think it was Hoddle) scored that used to be at the start of Big League Soccer in the 80's one year, where the ball was kicked out by the Tottenham 'keeper, was headed on and didn't hit the ground untill after Hoddle (I think?) volleyed it from a mile out into the far corner. Who was that against and is it anywhere on youtube?
frankmachin 1 year ago 3
@frankmachin its vs forest, and it is somewere on youtube i just cant remember where
stonersid 1 year ago
this guy is one of the greatest, fantastic control
bancharoensook 1 year ago
What I meant really was Gerrard-esque Beckham-esque and cantona-esque.
You can see all three players qualities in Hoddles goals. ...Just getting carried away though!
NymphZoic68 1 year ago
Gerrard + Beckham + cantona = Hoddle
NymphZoic68 1 year ago
GLEN WE LOVE YOU HERE IN MEGARA GREECE
jimGGGGGGGGGG 1 year ago
Perhaps even better than George Best or Eddie Gray. I remember all his great goals. My favourites were the midweek one v MUFC in League Cup (everyone was talking about it in the school playground the following day), the stupendous dummy & chip v Watford; and the fierce volley off the crossbar v Forest on a live match (not shown here). Brilliant passer, elegant, and an intelligent reader of the game - his only weakness was heading. It's criminal that he had to fight so hard for his England place.
cheekyhamsta 1 year ago
he reminds me of gerrard
adamsthegrimiest 1 year ago
@adamsthegrimiest Gerrard + Beckham + cantona = Hoddle
NymphZoic68 1 year ago
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.
tomarmer 1 year ago
KEL JOUEUR!!!!!!!!
yabe84 1 year ago
That last goal was the best! Went through 3 players then finished.
COYS!
APOTH1021 1 year ago
un des meilleurs 10 des annees 80
yabe84 1 year ago
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
tristiano341973 1 year ago
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?
jibsmokestack1 1 year ago 3
@jibsmokestack1 They'd be absolutely priceless mate! Dalglish was/is my hero and Brady had a beautiful left peg. Unfortunately we'll never see their like again on these shores due to kids playing competitive, kick n rush football at 7 upwards and then being overcoached instead of playing for fun with their mates which gives them freedom to express themselves and hone technique.
Mozndon 1 year ago
@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!
jibsmokestack1 1 year ago
@jibsmokestack1 : AT LEAST 20million I think.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
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@jibsmokestack1 : AT LEAST 20million I think.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
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@jibsmokestack1 : AT LEAST 20million I think.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
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@jibsmokestack1 : AT LEAST 20million I think.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
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@jibsmokestack1 @jibsmokestack1 : AT LEAST 20million I think.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
APOTH1021 1 year ago
@jibsmokestack1 @jibsmokestack1 : AT LEAST 20million I think.
The closest thing to Glenn Hoddle that Spurs have is either Modric or Kranjcar. Both have excellent vision and dribbling ability with shooting capabilities.
APOTH1021 1 year ago
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.......
1970sman 1 year ago
As a Spurs fan I loved you Glenn.
I saw that volley from the Shelf.
You are one of Englands greatest.
COYS
1970sman 1 year ago
as a West Ham fan i am used to grainy video images showing our glory years but glenn was a true great , an unbelievable talent, and perhaps a wee bit underrated
Rungun5 1 year ago 4
Incredible player, and i think he would have been pleased playing for one of the biggest clubs in england and his boyhood club along with his european and FA Cup medals he got there CardinalJim
MrFindas 1 year ago
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MrFindas 1 year ago
two traction engines
p3t3tw10 1 year ago
@p3t3tw10 alan partridge quote?
cassidybridie 1 year ago
Fair comment but he loved playing for Spurs, same as Le Tissier for the Saints, playing for your boyhood club is enough for some players
ruttle67 1 year ago
@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.
secretspurs 1 year ago
The problem with Hoddle was that he spent most of his career with a midtable team. He went to Monaco and won a league title, late in his career. He should have tested himself abroad sooner. Hoddle is a classic case of an technically gifted english player who could have played for Barcelona, Real Madrid, whoever he wanted. He should have gone to a club like that and won league titles, Greenwood and Robson would have picked him then. He should have been England's main playmaker from 1978 to 1988.
CardinalJim 1 year ago
@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.
secretspurs 1 year ago
@CardinalJim 1981 FA CUP 1982 FA CUP 1983-1984 UEFA CUP and never out of the top 6 ! You dont know what your talking about mate
H6BTW 1 year ago
He's got a foot like a traction engine
mauriceminnifieldIII 1 year ago
@mauriceminnifieldIII Eat my goal.
cassidybridie 1 year ago
not a great goal scorer, but he scored some great goals
DrPhibes10 1 year ago
What ENGLAND would do, to be taking Mr HODDLE to SOUTH AFRICA ?
STANDREW2 1 year ago
Still the best player I've ever seen
wibble101 1 year ago
The best 2 footed English player i've seem.
aks73 1 year ago
"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.
oakjazz 1 year ago 3
Not the most gifted?
This man could put the ball on a sixpence at 70 yards.
He had everything...
KevBaz78 1 year ago 2
as a footballer.. fantastic. As a social commentator dire. Complete knob end. Should be banned from football for life.
swollenvulva 1 year ago
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.
TOMTHEBOMBER 2 years ago 7
Not the most gifted of his generation... the most gifted player this country has produced... my opinion of course, maybe a bit biased but what a player!!
sixmilliondollarbass 2 years ago 2
1:40 genius
stevelano 2 years ago
The BEST ENGLISH number 10 , by miles !
STANDREW2 2 years ago 5
Goddle
swingfest 2 years ago
I saw him there in 1986 World Cup,and
outstanding midfielder,pure class!!!1
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drumbeat01 2 years ago 2
taught beckham every thing he knows.. but not everything hoddle knows..like scoring on the run and volleying from outside the box!! makes beckham look like a rookie.THE pass master.and no i`m not a spurs fan
daz70den 2 years ago 19
@daz70den Frank lampard not even fit to tie hoddle's laces
BarcelonaCruyff 1 year ago
@BarcelonaCruyff: Why even bother to compare Hoddle & Lampard since they're actually completely different types of CMFs?
TheLegendfamily 1 year ago
@daz70den
I'm a west ham fan and it annoys me all the praise Beckham gets. Beckham was never in the same quality of players like Hoddle and Brooking.
JimmyL84 1 year ago
@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.
MisAnnThorpe 11 months ago
What a player he was .Spurs legend .COYS!!!!
IrishTHFCfan 2 years ago
technique at 0'30 is asgood as ive ever seen.
Rose3847 2 years ago
He could destroy a team soley through his passing. If he was at his peak today Real Madrid would pay 100 million for him.
DBMarcos99 2 years ago 5
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...
pleneuf 2 years ago 4
and they say beckham is class not fit to lace hoddles boots lol
travellingman1973 2 years ago 2
Fantastic dummy at 2:48!!!
Activsoul 2 years ago
No matter how many times i watch that goal against Watford it never gets boring. Sheer class!!! Glad i got to see him play, albeit for Swindon, but a quality player. Wish England had made more use of his sublime talents
mikehuntsbest 2 years ago 2
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.
MrGroover66 2 years ago
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.!
Trishy2141 2 years ago
Leg end!!! Awesome vid!!!
potter0067 2 years ago
Hoddle was such an artist, I dont think there will ever be a player like him again - it was disgusting that the england team wasn't built around him at the time..
Futura2500 2 years ago
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.
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forearthbelow 2 years ago
Look at the profile Beckham, Rooney and Gerrard have got - what a fucking joke compared to this fella and not anywhere near comparable to Waddle, Gascoigne, Barnes or Le Tissier. Kids today have got no fucking idea and wouldn't know a great player if they kicked em in the bollocks!
Mozndon 2 years ago
@Mozndon Never a truer word spoken mate!
jibsmokestack1 1 year ago
Glenn Hoddle = GOD
still8sole 2 years ago
Great ol` times.
Amazing Glenn Hoddle
majorglenn 2 years ago 2
before my time but what a player!
jboyjboy 2 years ago
I am stunned. not just by that Glen Hoddle is one right winger of his own. I love football, and I love it to death, But every time i see a compilation of my all time favorite players, i have to see it with the mute button on.. Always this shitty techno crap! That's not football music.. Football is a beautiful sport! and techno is sure as hell not beautiful.. So i love the choice of song almost as much as i love Glen Hoddle.. So thank you very much for this compilation, the best one on youtube!
Mattchko86 2 years ago 15
How we could do with a midfielder like that now...Pure class
jaythfc 2 years ago 4
0.24 ...Clearly Barry Davis was dating a Northern bird at this point, hence why he temporarily shortens the 'a' in 'class'.
0.32... Yeah, can it Van Basten, this was better than your volley
3.43...a farewell gift for every Spurs fan
HitMeQuick 2 years ago 3
BORN IS THE KING OF WHL!!
04carterg 2 years ago
Amazing player.
SpursYid74 2 years ago 2
great player great music
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miggum1997 2 years ago
My sweet Lord indeed. No-one was anywhere near him. Shame succssive england managers didn't build the team around him....
Hicksie52 2 years ago 2
100% right mate! Rone Greenwood and Bobby Robson ruined his international career! 3:49!!! lmao love it!
mattyn5150 2 years ago
how much would he be worth know
lamanac1234 2 years ago 2
Pure class..
tippspur 2 years ago
Re the Argentina 1998 game. Does anyone remember the ball being punched by an Argentina defender from off Shearer's head ( an incident that the officials obviously missed?)
keithmartinames 2 years ago
Hod The God!
GBtottenham 2 years ago 2
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.
Donalorudhain 2 years ago
My favourite player along with Ledley King.
That last goal is the greatest, single man counter-attack!
Tr33fiddy 2 years ago 4
Hoddle was a great player, no doubt; band this is from a Liverpool FC fan. Just wish he'd played for them (no disrespect to the LFC players)
JKNEVER69 2 years ago
One of the most gifted english players ever. Maybe one of the few english players with the level of technique that Brazilians and south Americans posses.
When he was England manager he was still more skilful than any of the players in that squad. They couldn't match him in training and it pissed a few of them off bigtime !! I'd say it shows modern players up when hodd in his 40's is still better than them technically.
aks73 2 years ago 4
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!!
andymads 2 years ago 5
I'm a Fiorentina fan, when I was a kid my idol was Giancarlo Antognoni. I used to love watching Tottenham and England play because Glenn was so much like Giancarlo. Great player.
hull4london0 2 years ago 3
what year did glenn waddle play for the mighty magpies of newcastle city united?
rednose21uk 2 years ago
Great video and great memories. Think I was at most of the Spurs matches as well. Bergkamp and Rocastle nowhere near as good as Hoddle. Hod and Brady? now that is a tough one.
MEHSTGOTCOWHL 3 years ago
beautiful song by george harrison for a video of one of the greatest and most elegant players ever
hoddle90 3 years ago 4
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.
marksims68 3 years ago 3
The man Ron Greenwood said was too skillful to play in his team!!! Pure genius!
classican 3 years ago
yep, the goal at 1:40 is unique. I'm old, and ive never seen anyone do that before or since. The chip in i can understand, but the turn is technically brilliant.
meisterly 3 years ago
1.40 is simply incredible. i had no idea he was this good, maybe im too young or something. iv only ever really known him as the crap england manger who got sacked because he said soething about the disabled.
JONOCALDWELL 3 years ago
ROCASTLE.
appeedayz 3 years ago
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.
clockend63 3 years ago
clockend63, you fucking idiot, rocastle was not in the same league as hoddle, the only filth player to come close was bergkamp but even he wasnt a patch on the most skillful player this country has ever seen.
appeedayz 3 years ago
Two diffrent players Hoddle was the champagne playmaker who strolled through games like a socrates or Gerson the player England needed and wasted and rocky was a wing wizard who was the best right sided midfelder in the contry on his peak who England ignored for different reasons.
gammergq 3 years ago 2
calm down mate. No body, least of all me, gives a stuff about you or your deluded opinions. yeah hoddle was a good player, but there were lots of other good players too. get over yerself willya.
clockend63 3 years ago
i'm not a spurs fan but rocastle was not as skillful as hoddle- only an arsenal fan would say otherwise. bergkamp however was as skillful as hoddle, if not more.
maxfrasier 3 years ago
Bergkamp idolized Hoddle when he was younger.
hierchon 2 years ago
Smart guy. Hoddle was a god.
aks73 2 years ago
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.
jbdoggy 2 years ago
Maybe your name should be cockend? Rocastle better than Hoddle... oh how I laughed!
crazyteknohed 2 years ago
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL!
appeedayz 3 years ago
more like bellend63
madmatt 3 years ago
That was quite clever for a spud. well done.
clockend63 3 years ago
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.
mccstuff 3 years ago
HODDLE FOR BRAZIL !!!
magicmoss5454 3 years ago
the most skilled english player of all time.....
vikasronnie 3 years ago
Glenn Hoddle is a legend.
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yawateg 3 years ago
Even Wenger said Hoddle was ahead of his time, that's why Wenger signed him for Monaco where they won several championships.
Most of the press and other managers didn't like how unique and skillful he was compared to others, they prefered the rough and tumble of the game
mano3obe 3 years ago
WHAT a PLAYER!!!!! The goal against Watford is one of the best goals ever scored!
Jaap5tam 3 years ago
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patricktalpa 3 years ago
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
tomanar 3 years ago
My sweet lord - George Harrison
GaelicMagyar 3 years ago
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.
spurs5gooners1 3 years ago
There'll always be only ONE Hoddle! For England or Spurs, there's only one Hoddle..
acekandar 3 years ago
Legend.
HoddleWaddleArdiles 3 years ago
my childhood hero, also with chris waddle!
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gogojean 3 years ago
HODDLE IS A LEGEND
still8sole 3 years ago
SPURS ARE THE NUTS BABY
still8sole 3 years ago
I think england managers have always had trouble knowing what to do with flair players like hoddle, take for instance gasgoine,Le Tissier and barnes all players that showed the same promise as hoddle but ultimately didnt quite reach the heights they should have due to the english(no thrills safety first) style. hopefully capello will change things and give similar players like walcott greater prominence, like he showed against croatia.
Glinteye 3 years ago 2
Hoddle was the real deal.
Jorsalfar 3 years ago
It is a great player
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my666tube 3 years ago
I fully agree my son hoddle was and still is the nuts
still8sole 3 years ago
It is so sad that he wasn't an England regular. He was easily the best English midfieder of his generation. It was all about Brian Robson, what a joke. Captain Cripple never had a quarter of the talent Glenn possessed. England wasted genius and should have built the team around him.
mickeyleon123 3 years ago
Spurs' best. Ah...If only we had one like him again.
kswiers 3 years ago
One word: LEGEND!! We love you at Spurs hoddle, you are the messiah!!
Defoe9 3 years ago
Great player. One of the best English players in the past 30 years.
Cottager89 3 years ago
Ever apart from jimmy greaves
BERBKILLZ 3 years ago
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.
DingKong 3 years ago
Hoddle was and is still is one of a kind, technically gifted English player - yo