Spurs’ message to fans on their 125th anniversary match. With explanatory commentary in italics

Fans are advised to arrive as early as possible as we celebrate 125 years of Tottenham Hotspur against Aston Villa on Monday night. It promises to be a memorable and historic night as we celebrate both our glorious history and the man who helped define that history - Bill Nicholson. For those fans who've not had their brain removed at birth and can remember the days of Black and White pictures. The film of their one great season has been captured on DVD - running time 12 seconds.

We recommend that fans attending the match take their seats by 7.30pm, wear their favourite shirts and simply enjoy the occasion! . Any of them still possessing shirts from the glory year would surely not fit into them nowadays.

The Jumbotrons inside the Lane will screen a 125-specific pre-match show and you won't want to miss the opportunity to show your appreciation to one of the largest gatherings of Spurs legends that will be introduced to the crowd in the build-up to kick-off. Apparently, Alan Gilzean turned up and was nominated as one of the eleven starting stiffs!

Here are some highlights from the planned schedule:__6pm: The lightshow begins - White Hart Lane will be illuminated with lights and projections while searchlights will be beamed in the sky to herald our anniversary. Impeccable timing, - see what time the gates opened below!

6.30pm: Gates open. They let the crowd back out.

7.15pm: Pre-match programme begins on the Jumbotron screens inside White Hart Lane. Black and White offering, sprinkled between adverts for their disgusting food

7.45pm: Parade of legends. The twelve minutes it took to wheel Alan Gilzean around the pitch!

7.57pm: Minute of applause for Bill Nicholson. The most noise the crowd made until Spuds went one up, or equalised in the last minute

8pm: Kick-off. Shshshshsh!

Half-time: Interviews with four legends. Willie Young, Pat Jennings, Jimmy Robertson and David Jenkins (for those old enough to remember - all played for The Arsenal as well as Spuds)

Half-time: Glenn Hoddle draws the winning raffle ticket to win a Tottenham Hotspur Opus. Nobody claimed the prize - it was thinner than the anorexic’s cookery book!

8.55pm: Legends kick 125 balls into the ground. 8.56 The crowd (what was left of them) kicked them all back!

As the evening is in celebration of Bill Nicholson as well as the history of Tottenham Hotspur, we would like to remind supporters of some fund-raising activities for the Bill Nicholson Memorial Fund. This fund, set up in Bill’s memory, aims to help grass roots football and community projects. It had to be Bill Nicholson, because he's the only bloke that was in charge when they won the league. Hardly going to include Gerry Francis, Kerb Crawler Pleat, Christian Gross - (hey we had a manager with a similar name to our club - Arsene, they had one similar to theirs - Gross), Hoddle, in their list of glorious under achievements are they?

You can support the fund raising by buying one of our special edition souvenir programmes. This prestigious, commemorative programme is A4 in size, has 148 pages and is perfect bound. It includes features on many of the great names of the Club's past including John Cameron, Eddie Baily, Dave Mackay, Alan Mullery, Steve Perryman, Gary Mabbutt, Ossie Ardiles and current captain Ledley King. The programme is priced at £10 and all profits from the sale of the programme will be donated to Bill’s Memorial Fund. Fans not attending the game can pre-order this special programme online. £10! As if their prices for tickets to watch that drivel aren't ridiculous already!

You can buy a raffle ticket for the chance to win a Tottenham Hotspur Opus. This highly esteemed item of Tottenham Hotspur memorabilia, personalised with your name, could be yours. The draw will take place at half-time at the game. Tickets will be available to purchase for £2 each from all retail outlets and sellers situated near to the programme sales points. Again, the proceeds of raffle ticket sales will go to the Bill Nicholson Memorial Fund. The other key fund raising activity is the opportunity to purchase a souvenir t-shirt of the evening from our retail outlets. These are priced at £10 and are available to purchase online by fans not attending the game.

Meanwhile, don’t forget to wear your favourite Spurs shirt from whatever season you like the most or simply Club colours. This is the perfect opportunity to show your pride in our great Club. And they were leaving in their droves before they went on and drew the game!