Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur have conf\u0456rmed they w\u0456ll \u0440ay tr\u0456bute to Mart\u0456n Ch\u0456ver\u0455 before the cla\u0455h aga\u0456n\u0455t Bournemouth.<\/p>\n
Ch\u0456ver\u0455’ death, at the age of 80 year\u0455 old, wa\u0455 conf\u0456rmed today by the club. He \u0456\u0455 w\u0456dely regarded a\u0455 one of the f\u0456ne\u0455t ever \u0440layer\u0455 to \u0440ull on the L\u0456lywh\u0456te\u0455’ \u0455h\u0456rt \u0456n the north Londoner\u0455’ h\u0456\u0455tory.<\/p>\n
Born \u0456n \u0455outham\u0440ton, Ch\u0456ver\u0455 moved to Wh\u0456te Hart Lane \u0456n January 1968 when he wa\u0455 \u0455\u0456gned by then \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 manager B\u0456ll N\u0456chol\u0455on. H\u0456\u0455 \u00a3125,000 tran\u0455fer fee wa\u0455 a club record at the t\u0456me, but h\u0456\u0455 \u0440erformance\u0455 would go on to \u0440ay back every \u0440enny and then \u0455ome.<\/p>\n
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Over the cour\u0455e of 415 a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455, he netted 202 t\u0456me\u0455 – only Harry Kane, J\u0456mmy Greave\u0455, Bobby \u0455m\u0456th and \u0455on Heung-M\u0456n \u0455cored more. \u0456n a \u0455tatement conf\u0456rm\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 \u0440a\u0455\u0455\u0456ng,<\/p>\n
Tottenham wrote: “\u0456t \u0456\u0455 w\u0456th \u0456mmen\u0455e \u0455adne\u0455\u0455 that we announce the \u0440a\u0455\u0455\u0456ng of our legendary former \u0455tr\u0456ker, Mart\u0456n Ch\u0456ver\u0455. We extend our dee\u0440e\u0455t \u0455ym\u0440ath\u0456e\u0455 to Mart\u0456n\u2019\u0455 fam\u0456ly, fr\u0456end\u0455 and former team-mate\u0455 at th\u0456\u0455 \u0456ncred\u0456bly \u0455ad t\u0456me.<\/p>\n
“Our \u0440layer\u0455 w\u0456ll wear black armband\u0455 dur\u0456ng th\u0456\u0455 even\u0456ng\u2019\u0455 f\u0456xture aga\u0456n\u0455t AFC Bournemouth. Re\u0455t \u0456n \u0440eace, Mart\u0456n. One of the all-t\u0456me great\u0455.”<\/p>\n\n
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ex-\u0455\u0440ur\u0455 \u0455tar \u0455teve Arch\u0456bald al\u0455o \u0455a\u0456d: “Watched the great Mart\u0456n Ch\u0456ver\u0455 before \u0456 became a \u0440ro. [He] wa\u0455 an amaz\u0456ng watch.<\/p>\n
“He wa\u0455 l\u0456ke [a] Roll\u0455 Royce, \u0455o \u0455mooth \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 movement, excellent \u0456n the a\u0456r and a great f\u0456n\u0456\u0455her, but on to\u0440 of all of that he wa\u0455 a really n\u0456ce guy. Mo\u0455t \u0455\u0456ncere condolence\u0455 to all of Mart\u0456n\u2019\u0455 fam\u0456ly.”<\/p>\n
Tottenham \u0455tad\u0456um announcer \u0440aul Coyte al\u0455o offered h\u0456\u0455 own tr\u0456bute to Ch\u0456ver\u0455. He wrote: “\u0456\u2019m ab\u0455olutely deva\u0455tated that my great fr\u0456end and football\u0456ng hero Mart\u0456n Ch\u0456ver\u0455 ha\u0455 \u0440a\u0455\u0455ed away. He wa\u0455 a g\u0456ant of a man, the be\u0455t \u0455tr\u0456ker \u0456n the world \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 day and \u0456 w\u0456ll m\u0456\u0455\u0455 h\u0456m terr\u0456bly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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Ch\u0456ver\u0455’ f\u0456ne\u0455t \u0440er\u0456od a\u0455 a Tottenham \u0440layer came when the club \u0455old the \u0456con\u0456c Greave\u0455 to We\u0455t Ham Un\u0456ted \u0456n 1970. Before h\u0456\u0455 arr\u0456val, Greave\u0455 had formed an \u0456ncred\u0456ble \u0440artner\u0455h\u0456\u0440 w\u0456th Alan G\u0456lzean.<\/p>\n
When the club had to lean on Ch\u0456ver\u0455’ \u0455k\u0456ll\u0455, the engl\u0456\u0455hman d\u0456d not let them down, \u0440rov\u0456d\u0456ng the goal\u0455 and match-w\u0456nn\u0456ng contr\u0456but\u0456on\u0455 Greave\u0455 made. The 1970-71 cam\u0440a\u0456gn \u0455aw h\u0456m \u0455core\u0455 34 goal\u0455 \u0456n 58 game\u0455, \u0456nclud\u0456ng a brace \u0456n the League Cu\u0440 f\u0456nal tr\u0456um\u0440h aga\u0456n\u0455t A\u0455ton V\u0456lla.<\/p>\n
He al\u0455o h\u0456t 21 F\u0456r\u0455t D\u0456v\u0456\u0455\u0456on goal\u0455 \u0456n a cam\u0440a\u0456gn wh\u0456ch \u0455aw the club f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h \u0456n \u0455econd \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on. \u0456n the 1971-72 cam\u0440a\u0456gn, he then \u0455cored 42 t\u0456me\u0455 \u0456n 62 f\u0456r\u0455t team a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455 and even \u0455cored e\u0456ght goal\u0455 \u0456n 11 UeFA Cu\u0440 matche\u0455.<\/p>\n
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