A tiny supporter in a white shirt, seen from behind, drags an enormous highlighter pen across a stadium forecourt at night, leaving a glowing stripe.

Match ReportThe High Road Herald

Spurs 3-1 Coventry Highlights Send Supporter To Stadium With Highlighter Pen To Mark Up The Forecourt

Desmond Parry · Chief Football Correspondent19 October · Reading time: a half

Sky Sports published Premier League highlights of Spurs 3-1 Coventry, and a season ticket holder has taken the word literally, arriving at the stadium with two pens and a stepladder.

A Tottenham man arrived at the stadium forecourt early on a non-match day armed with a fluorescent highlighter pen, having read that Sky Sports had published highlights of Spurs 3-1 Coventry in the Premier League.

The Herald understands he watched the package once, noted the scoreline, and concluded that the club had left the remainder of the afternoon unmarked and in need of attention.

They said highlights. So I've come to highlight. Nobody else has turned up with a pen.

Our correspondent observed him begin at the base of the nearest bollard and work steadily upward, pausing only to check the cap, which he described as a bit dry.

By half past ten he had completed one stripe along a low wall, roughly the length of a hallway, which he confirmed was a fair representation of the 3-1.

Passers-by were invited to confirm that the stripe was clearly visible. Most did so without breaking stride, and one asked whether it was the way to the megastore.

The stadium was closed at the time of writing, as it had been the previous day, and the day before that.

He has since asked to borrow a ruler.

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Pavlidis €100m Clause Reported, So Supporter Lines Up One Hundred Jam Jars Outside Stadium

Sport Witness reports that Tottenham have made Benfica's Vangelis Pavlidis a priority target ahead of January, and that his contract to 2029 carries a €100 million release clause. The jars were washed first.

A Tottenham man has begun settling the €100 million release clause of Benfica striker Vangelis Pavlidis in instalments, outside the stadium, on a Tuesday with no fixture.

The move follows a report via Sport Witness that Spurs have made the Greek international a priority target as Roberto De Zerbi seeks to address attacking problems before the January transfer window.

The Herald understands the man read the word priority at about ten past seven, read the figure at a quarter past, and was at the cupboard under the stairs by twenty past.

One jar, one million. I've done the sums on the back of an envelope. Well, a different envelope, the first one got wet.

The report adds that the 27-year-old scored 30 goals last season and has 15 goals and four assists in 15 appearances this term, and that he is reportedly keen on the Premier League. The man has taken the last point as encouragement and the first two as terms.

Benfica, the same report says, are determined to keep him and may offer improved terms. The man has not allowed for this. He has allowed for the contract, which runs to 2029, and has marked the jars in sets of ten with a bulldog clip.

At the time of going to press he had filled one jar to the shoulder, chiefly with coppers, and was said to be comfortable with the pace.

Passerby enquiries were met with a request to mind the fourth row.

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