Slick Spurs wear down combative Wolves

PERHAPS it was fitting that on the day the great Bobby Smith passed away, discussions at White Hart Lane should centre on whether football is for the fearless or fainthearted.

Smith was the spearhead of Tottenham’s famous double-winning side 50 years ago, a striker of such physique and power the epithet ‘barnstorming’ could have been invented for him.

He would think nothing of barging an opposing goalkeeper or centre-half into the net, nor would he complain if he took one for the team. He gave as good as he got, scoring 176 goals in 271 games for Spurs, acquiring legendary status at White Hart Lane as one of the club’s greatest strikers.