Fellow ATL Spurs –

Y’all have done an admirable job thus far in donating toys for our Toys for Tots toy drive. This Saturday is the last day of our toy collection. I’d LOVE to see the box overflowing. Please bring a toy this Saturday to the Tottenham v. Stoke City game. Help ATL Spurs give back!

New Board Make-up (passed without objection)

• Michael Constantinou, Chair
• Matt Gragg, Vice-Chair
• Larry Green, Treasurer
• Beth Davis, Secretary
• John Belfini, Community Outreach
• Jordan Yoss, Design & Merchandise
• Contact the board members at atlantaspursclub@gmail.com

Goals

• Provide an inclusive community for local Spurs fans to meet online and in person
• Attract new fans to Tottenham Hotspur
• Community Outreach
• Support the team and have fun!

Community Outreach

• Our new Community Outreach Officer is planning a number of events for ATL Spurs this season
• Tentative plans include Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army Angel Tree, among others
• If you have ideas for community outreach, please be in touch with John.

Design and Merchandise

• This year we introduce the new ATL Spurs Logo!
• T-shirts were available this week for pre-order, but if you missed the deadline, a variety of sizes and colors will be for sale throughout the year at matches.
• Additional items (scarves, new shirts, etc) will be available later in the year
• If there is merchandise you’d like to see, please contact Jordan.

Trip to White Hart Lane

• Because there will be high demand coupled with reduced capacity at White Hart Lane this year, the club cannot guarantee a large group of tickets.
• This means that a group trip will be difficult, but we are exploring some additional options. Keep an eye out here for more information as it becomes available.
• However, you can still try for tickets through the club as in previous years, if you are a Bronze or Lilywhite member.

Home Bar

• Meehan’s @ Atlantic Station will be our home bar for the fourth year running
• We plan to put up more decorations, to increase the homey feel of the pub. If you have anything you’d like to donate to decorate the bar, please let a board member know.
• We’ll host watch parties at Meehan’s for both Champion’s and Premiere League games.

Website

• We’ll be working this year to have a more active and dynamic website.
• Changes will include: regularly updated calendar, member profiles, Spurs songs/chants, member submitted photos/videos from trips to the Lane and our home pub, articles about ATL Spurs community outreach, etc.
• To that end, please send any photos/videos you take during the season to atlantaspursclub+content@gmail.com for inclusion on the website.

Chants

• During the meeting, we received a question about the possibility of having someone lead chants at watch parties at Meehan’s.
• We’ll be including more chants on the website, so that members can become more familiar with them.
• If anyone wishes to volunteer to lead the chants, let us know.

Give-Away

• Lastly, those who attended the AGM walked away with this limited edition vinyl decal!
• Thank you for giving us a couple hours of your time on a non-game Saturday and COYS!!

A couple of exciting pieces of news…

First and foremost, we now have our own web store and it’s open for business! The site maintains a live inventory, so if you’re still in need of an ATL Spurs shirt, click on over to grab your size (hopefully in your preferred color choice).

https://squareup.com/store/ATLSpurs/

At today’s Annual General Meeting, the brand new ATL Spurs’ logo was unveiled! We are now happy to offer ATL Spurs t-shirts! Please pre-order your t-shirt(s)  by Thursday, July 28th.  This will net you a shirt by the opening game!

We’re offering white, navy, and heather grey shirts in both men’s and women’s cuts. We’ll soon be offering children’s/youth’s shirts. Keep an eye out here for more information.

Although you don’t have to pre-order to buy a shirt, pre-ordering is the only way to guarantee we’ll have your size in stock. And at just $20, these shirts are a steal!

We’re very excited to announce the release of a new ATL Spurs scarf! The scarf commemorates the final season at White Hart Lane and follows the color palette of this year’s home shirt. Scarves will be $20 each, and are available at games and our online store.

This past Saturday, ten ATL Spurs’ members put in a few community outreach hours with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity.

To start the day, we were introduced to the delightful future homeowner, learned about her work with MS patients, and heard about her vivacious eight-year-old son.  Thanks to Atlanta Habitat, her own hard work, and the work of community volunteers, her family will move into their very first home early in 2017.

With projects including interior painting, base trim installation, soffit fitting, and exterior painting, boredom was nowhere to be found. As a group, we worked hard and had fun doing it. A few of us even learned new skills – like how to use a nail gun!

The atmosphere on the build site was one of teamwork and comradery. We walked away at the end of the day with full hearts. In fact, it was such a wonderful experience, that ATL Spurs will definitely be doing it again.  I hope more of you can join us next time, because we truly got more than we gave out of this service project. COYS!!

We are honored to have two Tottenham legends joining us in Atlanta.

Recently named the 27th greatest Spurs player of all time, Steve Archibald joined the club in 1980 and played a significant part in one of the most successful periods in our history. Winning the English First Division Golden Boot in his first season with the club he would go on to score 77 goals in 185 appearances over four seasons helping the club to victory in back to back FA Cups (1980/81, 1981/82) and the UEFA Cup (1983/84). After four successful seasons at Tottenham, Steve joined Barcelona in 1984 where he would go on to win La Liga in 1984/85.

A combative, energetic, and creative midfielder, Edgar Davids was nicknamed “the Pitbull” by Louis van Gaal because of his marking ability and his aggressive tackling. After beginning his career with Ajax, Davids subsequently played in Italy for Milan and Juventus before a loan spell with Barcelona. He went on to play for Internazionale and then Tottenham Hotspur from 2005-2007, before returning to Ajax. Capped 74 times by Netherlands at the international level, he was named to the 1998 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team and is one of the players chosen by Pelé to feature in the FIFA 100, his list of the world’s greatest living footballers.

Events

VIP Dinner with Steve Archibald

• Date: Friday, May 15 at 8:00 p.m.
• Location: 10 Degrees South, 4183 Roswell Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
• Cost: $150 per person, including food and drink. $100 from each dinner goes to Soccer In The Streets.
• Reservations: atlantaspursclub@gmail.com

Enjoy conversation with Steve in an intimate setting. Space limited to 20 people.

An Evening with Steve Archibald and Edgar Davids hosted by Darren Eales

• Date: Saturday, May 16 at 8:30 p.m.
• Location: Meehan’s Atlantic Station, 232 19th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30363
• Cost: $20 General Admission, $60 VIP Admission
• Tickets: https://www.freshtix.com/events/1-night-2-legends

Our good friend Darren Eales will host a Q&A session with Steve and Edgar. VIP gets you access to the front and an opportunity to meet the two Spurs legends for a handshake, photograph and autograph.

ATL Champions League

• Date: Sunday, May 17 at 11 a.m.
• Location: Grady Stadium, 929 Charles Allen Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30309
• Cost: $5
• Tickets: http://www.atlchampionsleague.com

Former pros Steve Archibald, Edgar Davids, Julie Augustyniak Tuff and Blake Brettschneider, along with Walking Dead star Steven Yeun turn out for Tottenham Hotspur in the ATL Champions League.

Proceeds from all the events will benefit Soccer in the Streets, a local charity organization who have made it their mission to “empower underserved youth through soccer, character development, mentoring, and employability programs”. They do fantastic work in the community and we support their cause wholeheartedly.

Freshtix offers easy event ticketing and registration. Free events are always free. There are no set up fees, contract or minimums! Your event will be included in their weekly newsletter to over 400,000 subscribers.

Fantasy League time is upon us! Here are the codes to join the ATL Spurs Classic and Head to Head leagues. Feel free to join both leagues. Your chosen squad will be used for both.

http://fantasy.premierleague.com/