Irving Scholar - a boyhood Spurs obsessive - took over the club in 1982 with ambitions to make Spurs the best team in the country and to revolutionise English football. However, in 1991, having won the FA Cup the club found itself in a mountain of debt and fighting for its very survival. Scholar was forced to sell and give up his dream but he remains one of the most divisive characters in the club's history. To truly understand the neurotic state of Spurs during this period a proper exploration of Scholar's running of the club is needed. I was joined by the esteemed Sports and Finance writer Mihir Bose who co-wrote Scholar's revealing 1992 memoir Behind Closed Doors.

Mihir expertly discusses:

• Scholar's hopes and dreams for Spurs
• How and why he created a PLC
• His relationship with managers
• The controversial redevelopment of The Shelf
• How the club found itself in £12m debt and why he had to go
• Scholar's legacy for Spurs...and English football

Only Glenn Hoddle is mentioned more times than Scholar in my book about Spurs in the 80s. You can also read about the post-Scholar world in Is Gascoigne Going To Have a Crack? Spurs in the 90s - buy either or both directly from me here - https://90sspursbook.square.site/

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