Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust

The 2026 Trust Annual Survey

As we approach the start of the new season, we’re asking all Spurs fans to complete our annual survey, whether they are THST members or not. We will be meeting the executives leading the club over the next few months, and it’s really important that we represent your views. The more supporters who complete the survey, the more the club will have to take notice, so don’t miss this once-a-year opportunity.

Once you’ve completed the survey, please share the link with a friend or two and ask them to complete it.

As before, the survey is divided into 10 sections and can be completed in under 10 minutes. The sections and themes of questions include these key areas:

Season Review

THST Five Principles

Club Ownership

Ticketing

Club Heritage & History

Matchday Experience

TV Scheduling

You can access the survey here, and it will close on 28th August, so don’t delay!

Club Photoshoot with Alfie Whiteman

The Trust has been contacted with a request for supporters to volunteer for a project to celebrate the fantastic support that our wonderful football club enjoys. The project will take place on short notice – 11, 12 and 13 August – and will primarily be a photoshoot with photos being turned into a mini film.

The producers are looking for a broad range of supporters and, in particular, want to ensure good representation from older supporters.

The photographer is well known to Spurs fans: our former goalkeeper, Alfie Whiteman!

Trust continues to press Club on future direction

The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust has continued to raise serious supporter concerns with Club leadership following its recent letter to Chairman Peter Charrington, which received a formal response acknowledging the strength of feeling among fans. The issues were also raised again at the latest Fan Advisory Board meeting, where discussions focused on football decision-making, leadership, recruitment strategy, and accountability. The Club has recognised the need for a “football reset” and has outlined a number of ongoing changes, and it is fair to say that the start of the summer transfer window has demonstrated a welcome level of activity and investment that is unprecedented in recent times. The Trust will continue to judge progress on visible action and results but it is apparent that the promised change in mindset is being delivered. Read the full article here.

Trust impact

We want to be transparent with our members about what we’ve been up to over recent years and the difference it’s made through our work representing Spurs supporters, engaging with the Club, and supporting a range of campaigns, community initiatives and charitable activity. To do that, we’ve pulled together an impact report covering recent years. See more here.

Thanks to Board Member Rachel Martin

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Rachel for her outstanding contribution as a Board member of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust over more than a decade. Her commitment, insight and tireless work have had a lasting positive impact on supporters and the Trust’s engagement with the Club. As she steps down, we are hugely grateful for everything she has done to strengthen the voice of fans and build meaningful change.

Here is some reflection from Rachel on why the Board is a rewarding and important space to get involved with:

‘Just over ten and a half years ago I took the decision that as a busy mother and headteacher I really needed another massively demanding role in my life…’(read more here).

Unveiling of the Bill Nicholson Plaque

Back in February we were delighted to receive an email from Scarborough Civic Council asking for our help in their bid to erect a blue plaque outside the childhood home of Bill Nicholson.

Thanks to generous donations from many supporters, ourselves and the club the funds were raised and on Wednesday 1st July the unveiling took place which you may have already seen across our social media pages.

On an eventful day it was an honour for us to attend the unveiling at 15 Vine Street, Scarborough alongside many local supporters and Bill’s daughters Jean and Linda.

We would like to thank all those in Scarborough who made the day possible and we would urge anyone who is able to visit and view this wonderful gesture to Mr Tottenham – never forgotten.

Dudley Spurs AGM

Trust Board member Tristan Foot attended the AGM of Dudley Spurs, an official supporters club, early last month. All official supporters clubs can become members of the Trust through their Chair and therefore access the benefit of full membership on behalf of their members.

Tristan explained details of the Trust’s work and its interaction with THFC through the last year. There was a lively debate about how the season has progressed, the various managerial appointments and transfer activity (or lack of transfer activity!)

It was great to see such a committed and active group of supporters at their very first AGM and Tristan was very grateful to have been invited.

Football Supporters Europe

Trust presses Club leadership as supporters demand action over football failings

The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust has voiced supporters’ concerns over the Club’s leadership and football decision-making after receiving a response from chairman Peter Charrington and raising members’ concerns directly at the latest Fan Advisory Board meeting.

The Trust wrote to Mr Charrington following a consultation involving 1,696 members, which revealed extraordinarily low levels of supporter confidence in the Club’s ownership and leadership. While welcoming recent acknowledgements from both Mr Charrington and the Lewis family that the past two seasons had been unacceptable and that football success had not previously been the primary driver of key decisions, the Trust maintained that there remained insufficient recognition of decisions taken during the 2025/26 season which contributed to the Club’s decline.

In its letter, the Trust stressed that supporters now wanted to see meaningful action rather than further promises and described the current summer window as both a critical opportunity and a significant challenge for the Club.

Responding on behalf of the Club, Mr Charrington thanked the Trust for sharing the consultation findings and acknowledged the strength of feeling among supporters. He pointed to recent comments in interviews from Chief Executive Vinai Venkatesham, who had addressed accountability, lessons learned and the need for significant change. Mr Charrington said the Club believed many of the issues experienced this season had developed over a longer period and would require systemic changes across multiple areas of the football operation. He also indicated that the Fan Advisory Board meeting would provide an opportunity for a fuller discussion of the concerns raised.

Those discussions took place at the June meeting of the Fan Advisory Board (minutes here), where Trust representatives again highlighted concerns around leadership, accountability, football decision-making, recruitment, January transfer activity, long-term strategy and the level of football expertise within the Club’s senior leadership structures. FAB representatives noted that many of these issues had been raised repeatedly in previous meetings and sought assurances that lessons had been learned and that the “complete reset” referred to by the Club would be reflected in future decision-making.

The findings of consultations conducted by both the Trust and Proud Lilywhites, which showed exceptionally low levels of supporter confidence, were also highlighted. Questions were raised about how the Club intended to demonstrate that change was taking place in practice.

Mr Charrington acknowledged that the 2025/26 season had been unacceptable and accepted responsibility on behalf of the ownership . He told representatives that governance, decision-making and operational structures had been reviewed and that future decisions would be judged against a single principle: whether they made Tottenham Hotspur a better football team.

The Club addressed the issues raised in relation to decisions taken during the 2025/26 season. The Club outlined a number of measures already underway as part of its football reset. These included placing football and performance considerations at the centre of decision-making, significant upgrades to first-team facilities at the training centre, further investment in the Academy talent pathway and the appointment of a new Performance Director following a global recruitment process.

The Club leadership also acknowledged that the men’s squad would require reshaping over multiple transfer windows, with a focus on improving quality, leadership, experience and alignment with the Club’s playing identity. Improvements to player trading, recruitment efficiency and wage structures were also identified as priorities, alongside efforts to increase transfer revenues in response to financial regulations. The Club also emphasised the importance of rebuilding the connection with the supporters, which requires honesty, clarity and visible progress.

While welcoming the Club’s acknowledgement of supporter concerns and the commitments outlined, supporter representatives made clear that confidence would only be restored through visible progress, improved football performance and evidence that lessons from recent seasons had genuinely been learned.

The Trust will continue to engage with the Club on behalf of supporters and closely monitor developments over the coming months. The THST annual survey will be conducted in August.

Meanwhile the message remains unchanged: the commitment to put football first must now become a reality.

A parting message from outgoing Board member and FAB Rep, Rachel Martin

Just over ten and a half years ago I took the decision that as a busy mother and headteacher I really needed another massively demanding role in my life. Actually, maybe it was more that I decided that despite how busy I was, the opportunity to work closely with the official supporters trust for the club I love, was simply too good to turn down. Spurs was in my blood, it was in my father’s, my grandfather’s and it’s now in my daughter’s and we will soon be bringing my granddaughter to the stadium for her first men’s game. It’s the thread that runs through our lives and I was massively excited at the prospect of learning another side of the club, and of the issues that affect supporters. Of course I had no idea what that would really look like, of how any of my skills might be relevant, and whether I could make a difference. I’m hoping that some of you reading this, might be tempted to put yourselves forward for a role on the Trust – and that you too can volunteer your time in an area that matters to so many, learn lots and have fun in the process.

My first few years were spent developing my knowledge of the minutiae of club policies and how they impacted fans. I led on food and beverage provision, which came to be an important area when we moved into our new stadium. It was important to ensure that it was affordable, good quality, diverse and met a range of dietary needs. We conducted regular supporter surveys and I fed these back at monthly meetings with club staff who I always found to be incredibly receptive and welcoming of our data and feedback. Ray Watson, in particular, was an absolute diamond to work with.

Over the years, and once I had retired from my full time professional role, I had many opportunities to broaden my experience. Here are just a few, maybe some of these would appeal to you:

Meeting regularly with Daniel Levy, Donna Cullen and other senior club figures to bring supporter concerns directly to the top.

Fighting the Club’s decision to join the European Superleague debacle

Representing the Trust in a government consultation on fan engagement – which eventually led to the creation of an Independent Football Regulator and Fan Advisory Boards, amongst many other things

Working with reps from other Trusts via the Football Supporters Association, attending meetings to try and affect policy and decisions with the government, Premier League, PGMO, and broadcasters

Working on the huge amount of issues in ticketing: pricing, loyalty points, seat relocations, mis-selling of tickets eg away fans in home areas, erosion and latterly, thank goodness, some expansion of concession provision, and many, many individual queries and difficulties eg accessibility, diet, stewarding

Communicating with the wider fanbase and general public on TV, radio and podcasts. Probably my favourite being able to record our thanks to Pochettinho on his departure, on BBC and ITV News – I’ve since been wheeled out an alarming number of times as various managers have come and gone. Let’s hope this doesn’t again become a regular feature for Trust colleagues!

Working closely with many Spurs journalists including the wonderful Ali Gold, George Sessions, Michael Bridge, Jay Harris, Jack Pitt Brooke and all at The Athletic

Meeting Spurs fans from all over the country and around the World. I even watched Spurs v Leeds with Rajasthan Spurs while on holiday in Jaipur last year! Everyone has their own interesting story to share but the one thing we all have in common is our love of Spurs

Addressing groups of Spurs fans to promote and explain the work and remit of the Trust – including supporters clubs and, most recently, Spurs’ Youth Forum

Arranging and hosting many social events for members and raising funds for important charities like Studio 306 Collective, Legend on the Bench, Pancreatic and Prostate Cancer UK, and Enfield and Tottenham Foodbanks

Working with the Club to try and honour our legends eg getting the Bill Nicholson Gates installed, murals created, beginning the process of having statues erected, continuing to lobby for a museum

Attending many other meetings eg with various club staff, police groups and neighbourhood groups

Planning for European away trips and domestic trips to new stadia to ensure our supporters are treated well. Compiling reports for the club and UEFA when there are problems eg most recent trip to San Siro

Not everyone wants or needs to take on senior leadership roles within the Trust but I chose to stand and was elected to be a Co-Chair of the Trust with my colleague Steve Cavalier. We later stood down to become the two Trust reps on the newly formed Club Fan Advisory Board. This gave me loads more opportunities to really understand the ethos of the club, its priorities and motivations as well as use my influence and the huge voice that the Trust has, to remind the Club that without fans, football is nothing. They should value supporters and hold them at the heart of every decision made.

Steve and I make a great team with his eye for detail, sense of humour and strategic vision, and my ‘big picture / vision’ mindset and enjoyment of team building and empowering others. Obviously we don’t agree on everything but what would be the point of that anyway? As a member of the FAB I was able to give the verdict of our members on these past two seasons, directly to Peter Charrington, Vinai Venkatesham and senior footballing figures at the club. This was cathartic and a privilege – not something I could have imagined really, as a young Spurs fan. I can’t claim sole responsibility for our dramatic start to the transfer window but I’m sure our survey feedback throughout the season was accepted and helped!

Working on the Trust means I’ve worked with many excellent and totally dedicated club staff (many of whom are Spurs fans) including the late Jonathan Waite, and Levi Harris and Jake Heath, in supporter liaison, and Ian Murphy in ticketing, Tony Stevens in PR, Elaine Banks, Exec Asst, Dean Smith and his team at the stadium and so many more.

Throughout this time I have met some really wonderful and inspiring people. Many colleagues became dear friends, especially Pete Haine and Kevin Fitzgerald who both tragically passed, far too young, because of cancer. They were the best of men and I still miss them a lot. I thank my time on the Trust for the many friends I’ve made, especially Steve of course, but also Bren from The Cheeseroom who has been there for me in all the good times, but also when I’ve messed up. He will give me honest advice but knowing I have always tried to do the right thing. It’s just that we are all human so we all get it wrong sometimes. I hope that you all have a Bren in your life.

Now, after over ten years, I am standing down so that I can hopefully just enjoy being a Spurs fan again, without any of the other off pitch issues to worry about. I think that the change I am most proud of is my role in the ‘Fill Our Home Find Our Voice’ campaign which means that concessions are now available throughout the South Stand, and Young Adults now qualify for the discount until they are 25 (rather than 21).

I leave the Trust in the very capable hands of Michael, Tristan and Steve, who are leading THST with great integrity and commitment. They are knowledgeable, diligent, conscientious and kind. Our current Board is full of good people. Jo, Andy, James, Neil, Roy and Mark volunteer their time for all the right reasons and are driven by the desire to make life better for Spurs fans. There is always a need for fresh ideas, diversity of views and expertise and a willingness to put in the time to make a difference for everyone. If any of this makes you think that maybe this is something that could be for you, please get in touch – they would love to hear from you. And it could be the beginning of a major new part of your life. Come On You Spurs!

End of Season

Few supporters will be sorry to see the end of a season that has been one of the most disappointing in the Club’s recent history. For many, relief is probably the overriding emotion. However, while the season may be over, the important questions it raises cannot simply be put behind us. A second successive 17th-place finish is unacceptable for a club of Tottenham Hotspur’s stature, ambition and resources and supporters deserve clear answers about how we got here and, more importantly, what will change to ensure it does not happen again. You can read our statement here.

Thank you to everyone who completed our recent members’ survey on confidence in the Club’s leadership and ownership. The response was extremely strong and provides a valuable insight into supporter opinion at a critical moment for the Club. The results will help shape our engagement with the Club in the months ahead as we continue to represent supporters’ views and hold the Club to account for its performance and decision-making.

Read more about the survey findings and our response to the Club here.

Men’s Player of the Season Award

In a season as dire as the one we have just experienced, it wasn’t going to be easy to choose a player of the year. However, it would have been nice to have had the opportunity. Anecdotally, we know of very few supporters who were sent the email inviting them to make this choice. We raised the issue with the Club and were told that individual supporters were no longer subscribed to that specific email list. It seems unlikely to us that a large number of fans would have unknowingly unsubscribed from this list and chosen to no longer take part in this process.

To present accurate data as we pursue this, we’d be grateful if THST members would complete this very short survey to confirm whether they received the voting email. This way, we will know the extent of the problem and whether it’s an issue the admin team at Spurs need to look into.

Spurs quiz night: An Argentinian double act!

The Antwerp Arms was packed to the rafters for this year’s THST Quiz Night — and what a night it turned out to be. The event raised a brilliant £1,500 for Studio 306, vital funds that will help them continue their fantastic work in the Haringey community.

The atmosphere was buzzing from the moment the doors opened, with members, supporters and a few club staff all piling in, ready to do battle for serious bragging rights. Theo Delaney — host of the Spurs Show and Life Goals podcast — was back at the helm, keeping the evening sharp, funny and expertly paced. If you’ve been before, you’ll know Theo has a rare gift for making a quiz feel genuinely exciting rather than like a school exam.

Ricky, Ossie & Theo

But the night had a trick up its sleeve. When the legendary Ossie Ardiles walked through the door, the room lit up. And then — when everyone thought it couldn’t get any better — it became clear his “chauffeur” for the evening was none other than Ricky Villa. What had started as a brilliant quiz night suddenly felt like something much more special: two Spurs icons, lifelong friends, in the room together, clearly delighted to be there. Ricky, to his enormous credit, didn’t just hover at the edges — he threw himself into the spirit of the evening and became every bit as cherished a guest as Ossie.

The quiz itself was fiercely contested. Rounds ranged from deep-dive club history to modern trivia, with the ever-popular “Ossie’s Dream” category naturally taking on a whole new meaning with its namesake reading it out. In the end, the THFC staff team ‘Trembly Knees’ proved too strong for the field, clinching their third title in four years and firmly establishing themselves as the ones to beat. However, with only 4 points separating the Top 5 teams, there was some incredible Spurs knowledge on display!

Trembly Knees winning team

A huge thank you to everyone who came, donated raffle prizes and gave up their time to help on the night. Events like this are a reminder of what makes this club’s supporter community so special — and £1,500 for Studio 306 is a result worth celebrating. See you next year!

FSA AGM

The Trust was represented at the FSA’s AGM held on 6 June at Bush House in Central London, alongside fellow Spurs representatives FAB co-Chair, Chris Paouros and Proud Lilywhites’ Kyle Boyd. The all-day event kicked off with a keynote speech from David Riley, General Counsel at the Independent Football Regulator, who took the meeting through the key challenges facing the IFR in regulating the football industry. He was followed by a presentation by football writer and podcaster Paul Watson, who has also managed at various times to be an international football manager (of the Federated States of Micronesia), the co-founder, former co-owner, and coach of a top-division football club (in Mongolia), and the lead organiser of a football World Cup (for states and peoples not affiliated with FIFA).

A number of motions submitted by supporter organisations were debated on matters such as changes to competition structures (concerned most notably with promotion and relegation), sustainable financial models and improving facilities for supporters with food allergies at stadiums. The Trust supported all successful motions.

The day rounded out with a series of workshops on topics such as Football and Social Media, the FSA’s LGBTQ+ Hub, the Independent Football Regulator, Multi-Club Ownership, Safety Advisory Groups, Ticket Pricing, Young Supporters and Sustainable Transport. The workshops allowed supporters from across the country to share experiences and ideas for future campaigning.

Further details on the AGM can be found here. The FSA has also produced an annual review of its 2025-26 activity, available here.

Bill Nicholson plaque – Scarborough

We are now just weeks away from the blue plaque unveiling outside the birth home of Bill Nicholson in Scarborough, which we were honoured to be invited to by Scarborough & District Civic Society. You can still donate to the plaque by clicking here. We will provide further updates after what we hope will be an amazing day next month.

Is Gascoigne going to have a crack? – Podcast

THST member Gareth Dace has written two books about Spurs in the 1980s and 1990s, and he now has a nostalgia podcast that you may be interested in listening to over the summer. The podcast is called ‘Is Gascoigne Going To Have a Crack?’ (the same name as his 90s book) and provides a narrative that covers the Spurs’ journey through the 1990s. Gareth has so far been joined by ex-players, including Darren Anderton. Erik Thorstvedt, Nayim and Micky Hazard, as well as THST alumni Theo Delaney and Julie Welch, in addition to well-known Spurs podcasters and broadcasters.

The series has provided season reviews and explorations of some of the big topics – such as Sugar v Venables, the 1991 FA Cup Semi-Final and Jurgen Klinsmann’s shock arrival in 1994. It’s a must-listen for anyone around in the 90s who wants to remember a chaotic decade with a bit of historical context, but also for anyone new to Spurs who wants to delve into the club’s past that sets the context for where we are in the 21st century. All episodes are completely timeless and so never go out of date!