A tiny fan seen from behind shelters a huge chalk-drawn 2-2 on a rainy floodlit forecourt with a big umbrella.

Match ReportThe High Road Herald

Supporter Chalks 2-2 On Forecourt After Five Games Preview Predicts Man United Draw And Defends It Against Rain

Desmond Parry · Chief Football Correspondent9 October · Reading time: one pint

A match preview on a Spurs news site picked five fixtures to define Tottenham's season and predicted a 2-2 draw at Manchester United, with the club winless and bottom of the Premier League after five games.

A Tottenham man spent the morning on the forecourt of the stadium, chalking a 2-2 scoreline onto the paving and standing over it, after a preview of the club's next five games predicted exactly that result at Old Trafford.

The preview, published on a Spurs news site, notes that the club remains winless after five matches and sits bottom of the Premier League with two points. It describes the coming month as one that could make or break the season. The man read the second part and stopped reading.

It says make or break. Somebody has to be here for the break.

The Herald understands the fixture is not until 5.30pm, is in Manchester, and is some distance from the forecourt, a point put to him twice by a member of the ground staff who was carrying a bin.

The preview names four further games: Coventry at home on Monday 19th, Chelsea away on the 24th, Crystal Palace at home on the 31st and Leeds away on 7 November. The man has chalked each date in a neat column beside the score, leaving space for the others to be predicted at a later stage.

He has also noted, correctly, that four of the next five matches are live on a Saturday, and has repositioned his flask accordingly so that it faces the direction of the television.

A light drizzle began shortly after noon. The man responded by holding a golf umbrella over the chalk with one hand and eating a sandwich with the other, in what witnesses described as a considered division of labour.

At the time of going to press the 2-2 was intact and he was awaiting the first goal.

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A supporter seen from behind sets off a long chain of giant dominoes running across a stadium forecourt.

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Supporter Lays Row Of Dominoes Outside Stadium As Spurs Web Links Kim Min-jae To Vuskovic Fee

Barry Napier · Transfer Correspondent9 October · Reading time: one pint

Spurs Web reports that a Tottenham deal for Kim Min-jae could indirectly fund a Bayern Munich move for Luka Vuskovic, from which Spurs would collect a 20 per cent sell-on, and the dominoes were bought on Thursday evening.

A Tottenham man has spent the morning on the forecourt of the stadium arranging dominoes in a line, after reading that a deal for Kim Min-jae could trigger a transfer domino effect involving Luka Vuskovic.

The report, published by Spurs Web, states that Vuskovic has featured in every Premier League match for Brighton, who have kept three clean sheets, conceded five goals and sit third. It adds that Bayern Munich are monitoring him, citing cfbayern.

The Herald understands the man read the word domino at 7:40am and the word effect at 7:41am, and had left the house by 7:55am with a set from the cupboard under the stairs.

It says it right there. Domino. You set one off and the next one goes. I'm not being clever, I'm just reading it.

By noon the row ran from the main gate to the edge of the paving, with a small gap at the drain that he described as the Bayern leg of the journey. A second, shorter line, labelled with a biro on a till receipt, represents the 20 per cent sell-on clause.

Spurs Web also notes that Aston Villa have interest in Kim Min-jae and that Spurs retain the option to match any bid for Vuskovic. The man has accounted for this by leaving one domino lying flat, on purpose, near the gate.

A passing steward said the row was not obstructing anything, and asked only that it not be knocked over before the afternoon, as he had not yet seen the end of it.

At the time of going to press the first domino remained upright.

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