On this day 10 July

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Spurs fans go mad today in 2001

 

He's up there with Luis Figo and Mo Johnston as one of the biggest turncoats in football, when he made the brave move from Tottenham to Arsenal today in 2001. What really irked Spurs fans, apart from being one of the best defenders Spurs had ever had, and apart from the fact he's been offered a new contract that would make him the club's highest paid player ever, and, er, apart from going to their biggest rivals across the road, was the fact Spurs weren't getting a single penny for him. And Mr. Bosman was the man to thank for that. Campbell maintained that he simply wanted to play Champions League football, and somewhat naively didn't see what the fuss was about. He soon would on his return to White Hart Lane though, we're he was abused with chants of "Judas". Original.

In India, on this day in 1925, Meher Baba began a 44-year silence. A normal child, he only turned to spiritualism upon meeting a holy woman aged 19, and embarked upon a seven-year transformation which, he claimed, including contacting the 'five perfect masters.' Though he remained silent until his death in 1969, he was renowned for his work with lepers, insane and the poor, and would often fast and seclude himself for months at a time.

Put down the flag and cry Moltes Felicitats! as they do in Catalonia to Raging Bull Jake LaMotta (87), John 'thank heavens he's gone' Motson (63), retro copper John Simm (38) and finally Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant (54).