A 101-YEAR-OLD man from Poole was presented to the crowd at White Hart Lane during Tottenham Hotspurs game against Bayern Munich.

George Bristow was invited by Tottenham Hotspurs to be presented to the crowd at its game against Bayern Munich in the Visit Malta Cup on August 10.

A lifelong Spurs fan, George visited with his family, including his grandson, Glenn Bristow, 50, from Broadstone who arranged the trip for George. 

He said: "He turned 101 in April this year and we've been trying to organise it since the start of the year. We've been speaking to the club and then we managed to get some tickets for Bayern Munich. 

"I contacted one of the kit men via Instagram and he put me in touch with the PR guys at Spurs. Pat Jennings and Martin Chivers met us in the lounge and then we got the opportunity to go down the pitch."

George was born in Hackney, North London in 1923 and lived a mile from the ground in the 1930s. Both his parents are buried at Tottenham cemetery on White Hart Lane.

Moving to Parkstone in the 1960s, Glenn shared that this was George's first game in the new stadium but his grandad first attended matches as early as 1947/48.

He said: "His first memories of White Hart Lane was in 1947/48 and he said to us there were 70,000 people but everyone was stood up. 

"We've got a shirt that he will put on the wall. It was a long day and we didn't get back until midnight but he's relatively able. He's recently had covid so that didn't make it a huge amount easier."

George and Glenn were joined by George's nephew, Gary Bristow, and his son, Barry Bristow.

A 5-hour journey, George and Glenn weren't the only ones travelling from Bournemouth for the match with Dominic Solanke also announced to have signed for Spurs.

Glenn said: "It was a bit of a coincidence, he [Solanke] got announced before the game. He wasn't on the pitch but he was sat on the sideline.

"It was three generations of family together, it would have been lovely to take our kids but cost didn't quite allow for that."