'Lost in complete ecstasy' - An oral history of Ajax 2-3 Tottenham

From generation to generation, Tottenham Hotspur supporters have passed on stories of 'glory glory' nights.

Those tales were much more glorious in years past. The 1951 and 1961 Division One titles. The 1972 and 1984 UEFA Cups. The various FA Cups that Spurs used to win at a canter barely breaking into a sweat.

Tottenham in the 21st century have been known for their over-performance in the Premier League rather than their tangible success. Always good enough to compete, not good enough to get more trophies into the cabinet.

Qualifying for the Champions League became the obsession of modern Spurs. In recent months, former manager Mauricio Pochettino has revealed the club's prioritisation of that in order to make their billion-pound stadium transition smoother.

His first interview also wildly differed from that of his predecessors and successors.

«We will try to give everything to make you proud of this football club.»

No talk of trophies. No talk of top-four.

This sentiment fittingly summed up Pochettino as a man and what his five-and-a-half year reign at Tottenham represented, culminating in reaching the 2019 Champions League final after completing a 96th-minute comeback against Ajax.

Everyone connected with Tottenham — and Ajax, for that matter — remembers where they were that night, how they felt, the pain and the agony, the joy and the ecstasy.

exclusively spoke to those there in Amsterdam, those in the stadium, the pubs, cowering behind their sofas, and the last two players at Tottenham who were on that pitch when Lucas Moura sent Spurs through.

⚪️⚽️ — Son Heung-min, Tottenham forward
⚪️⚽️ — Ben Davies, Tottenham defender