silverware

Tottenham finished fifth in his first season in charge before he kept his promise to provide silverware in his second year.

They have fallen behind in recent years with their lack of silverware but when they have a fully-fit squad, they have played some of the best football.

And it is the lack of silverware that will always cast a dark cloud over his chairmanship.

Ferguson had a sizeable straw to clutch at given his side had won silverware in three successive campaigns.

It is time for actual silverware after five years without a trophy.