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• ProQuest dissertations & theses global ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. Over 2.1 million titles are available for purchase as printed copies. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content.

Finding and accessing UK theses

• Electronic Theses Online Service (EThOS) EThOS is the UK’s national thesis service which aims to maximise the visibility and availability of the UK’s doctoral research theses. EThOS aims to provide a national aggregated record of all doctoral theses awarded by UK Higher Education institutions and free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by all researchers. There are approximately 440,000 records relating to theses awarded by over 120 institutions of which around 160,000 are available as full text. Requests for many of the remainder can be ordered for scanning through the EThOS digitisation-on-demand facility. You can download digitised PhD thesis from across the UK for free once you have registered on the website. Records are held for all UK PhD-awarding institutions, but EThOS does not yet hold all records for all institutions. This is constantly updated as more theses including University of Manchester outputs from March 2013 are submitted solely in electronic form.

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Most major research universities use institutional repositories to store records of their scholarly work. Institutional repositories are sometimes also used to disseminate research. They are valuable to researchers for various reasons:

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Pure  is our institutional repository. For other repositories search the Directory of Open Access Repositories .

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Submission pending.

If you cannot submit your thesis by the end of the standard period of the degree programme, you need to apply for a period of submission pending for the purpose of preparing the thesis for submission. A fee will be payable for any such submission pending registration that is granted by the University.

Thesis presentation

Your thesis should be presented in accordance with University of Manchester guidelines. The University has also prepared a statement on proofreading and some useful information about writing your thesis.

Thesis submission

It is expected that you will complete your PhD within the standard length of the programme. However, the University recognises that there may, on occasion be justifiable reasons for early or indeed late submission. You can also ask for permission to submit your thesis in the non-traditional format (eg three papers tied together).

Thesis submission and open access

Thesis examination.

You can expect your viva examination to take place around six to eight weeks after submission. To find useful information about your viva, tips on how to prepare and examination policies, please visit:

Results and award

The Doctoral Programmes Office will write to you with the outcome of your viva examination, along with the required next steps.

Thesis extensions

Please visit the 'Policies and guidance' section for more information about extending the 'Prescribed Period of Programme':

• Extension to thesis deadline

Registration on Submission Pending Period

You are expected to complete all research degree work, including the writing up of the thesis, within the standard period of the degree programme.

If you cannot submit your thesis by the end of the standard period of the degree programme, you need to apply to register for a period of submission pending for the purpose of preparing the thesis for submission.

To check eligibility and apply for the registration, please refer to the Faculty Guiding Principles and for the Submission Pending Period and the University Submission Pending Procedure for PGR Students and submit the application to the School PGR Office.

• Faculty of Humanities Guiding Principles for the Submission Pending Period
• Submission Pending Procedure for PGR Students

You are required to submit the thesis no later than the end of Submission Pending Period, providing six weeks notice is given and should follow the usual thesis submission procedures.

Progress will be monitored via eProg during the Submission Pending period. Students and supervisors should meet prior to the Submission Pending year to formalise the timetable for thesis writing and to agree on a schedule for supervision during this period. Students who have not submitted their thesis by the end of the Submission Pending period will have their automatic right to submit withdrawn.

To apply for registration to the Submission Pending period, please complete the Submission Pending Application form  in liaison with your supervisory team and send it to [email protected] . 

A £225 fee will be payable for the submission pending period registration. 

The thesis must be presented according to the University’s ‘Presentation of Theses Policy’. The document can be found here: 

• Presentation of Theses Policy

Theses that do not adhere to the University’s ‘Presentation of Theses Policy’ may not be accepted for examination. You must submit an electronic version of your thesis through the My Manchester portal .  We recommend using Firefox or Chrome for submissions. Please also ensure that your ‘pop up blocker’ is turned off.

Standard of written English and proofreading information

Theses must achieve a universally acceptable standard of writing. Prior to submitting your thesis, you are advised to have it professionally proofread and corrected. You can find more information about this in the following document:

• Guidance on Proofreading Your Thesis .

The final draft of the thesis should be submitted to your supervisor(s) before forwarding to the proof-reader.

University statement on proofreading

If a student chooses to approach another person to proofread their written work or seeks to use the services of a proofreading service or agency, they must take account of the following principles:

• It is the responsibility of students to ensure that all work submitted is their own, and that it represents their own abilities and understanding. Any proofreading of work that is undertaken by a third party must not compromise the student’s own authorship of the work
• Proofreading undertaken by a third party must not take the form of editing of text, such as the adding or rewriting of phrases or passages within a piece of student’s work
• Proofreading undertaken by a third party must not change the content or meaning of the work in any way.

No allowance will be made for English not being the first language in the examining of the thesis.

Notice of submission

To prepare your thesis submission, you must give at least six weeks’ notice through eProg. A ‘Notice of Submission Form’ must be completed six weeks prior to your intended submission; this is the first stage in the examination process. Please log in to eProg to give notice of submission.

Please read the University policies related to the thesis examination carefully before submitting your thesis.

• Examination of Doctoral Degrees Policy
• eProg Student Guide

Also, we recommend that you prepare for your eThesis submission in advance by:

• Familiarising yourself with the University's  Presentation of Theses policy
• Considering any third-party claims on the Intellectual Property (IP) and  copyright  of your thesis
• Considering and discussing with your supervisor the appropriate access level for your final thesis

Submitting a journal format thesis 

There is no requirement to request permission to submit in journal format. However, it is important that you discuss the relative merits of this format with your supervisory team, and ensure that you pick the right format for you and your project. Further guidance is available in  Journal Format Theses - Guiding Principles for Students and Staff .

Early submission or deadline extension

If there are mitigating circumstances that prevent you from submitting the thesis by the deadline, you must apply for permission to extend the deadline. Please contact your School PGR office for advice.

If you intend to submit your thesis early (three months before your programme end date for a full-time student or six months for part-time students), please contact your School PGR office to apply for special permission to submit early.

All applications for early or late submission need to be formally considered by your school office.

• Change of Circumstance Application Form

You should seek the advice of the Doctoral Academy when the thesis is nearing a standard suitable for submission and when to give notice of submission in eProg. You should also seek your supervisor’s opinion on your proposed submission date, though please note that whilst this is advised, you may decide when to submit and if to follow the advice of your supervisor(s). Equally, the agreement of the supervisor(s) to the submission of a thesis does not guarantee the award of the degree.

Submission  

The University of Manchester requires the mandatory submission of electronic theses for all PhD, Professional Doctorate and MPhil degrees through the University eThesis system. The Doctoral Academy has responsibility for the handling and processing of PhD theses. For further information on how to submit your thesis electronically please visit: 

You will need to upload to eThesis – Go to ' My Manchester ' and log in using your usual University username and password. We recommend using Firefox or Chrome for submissions. Please also ensure that you ‘pop up block’ is turned off.

Thesis binding

Bound copies of the thesis are not required. However, if you require your own copy, binding services include:

• U-Print.com
• MuPrint.com
• The Document Centre

Guidance for resubmission 

Resubmission procedures are identical to those for first submission except that you must pay a fee, when you submit your Notice of Resubmission form. You must submit a Notice of Resubmission form in eProg at least six weeks before you wish to resubmit. 

It is important that candidates who are required to resubmit their theses will be made aware of any points which the examiners require to be covered in the resubmission. Candidates are expected to liaise with the supervisor(s) regarding the nature of the revisions required. Should any of the points raised by your examiners be unclear you may ask for clarification from your internal examiner. When conducting the examination for a resubmitted thesis, examiners will pay particular attention to the manner in which the candidate has revised the thesis in response to their original report

Open access

What is open access.

Open Access (OA) means that items of scholarly work are made available online, in a digital format, at no charge to the reader and with limited restrictions on re-use.  The University Publications Policy which applies to all research staff and students sets out to ensure that output arising from publically funded research is widely disseminated and made freely accessible. The Policy is based on the Open Access requirements of various research funders:  the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the UK Research Councils (UKRI) and the Wellcome Trust. 

• The University of Manchester Publications Policy

For you, making your research Open Access can support the development of a researcher profile by increasing visibility of your research and allows you to gain experience of OA without compromising future publication strategies (many publishers do not consider a thesis to be a prior publication).

Postgraduate research thesis

The University's Presentation of Theses policy requires that all final postgraduate research theses are made Open Access within 12 months of submission unless an exception to the policy is required. You will select your preferred access level for your final eThesis submission. This is subject to approval by your supervisor. Most students will be able to comply with the policy by selecting either immediate Open Access or Open Access with a 12-month embargo. It may not be possible for some students to comply with the policy, in which case an exception to the policy can be requested. More information on access requirements for your final postgraduate research thesis can be found via the eThesis Support Service webpages:

• eThesis Support Service

Final eThesis submissions are available via the institutional repository, Pure , and discoverable via the University’s Research Explorer and Library Search .

For students funded by UK research councils, their PhD theses must also be made open access through the University’s repository (eThesis). Please see more information in the UKRI Terms and Conditions of Research Council Training Grants.

• UKRI Terms and Conditions of Research Council Training Grants

As a PGR student, what output do I make open access?

If you are publishing research outputs during your time at Manchester, you need to make them Open Access. There are two ways of doing this and the best option for you will depend on your funding situation and output type.

You may wish to publish your work Gold OA, where it’s immediately available on publication via the publisher’s website and with limited restrictions on reuse. This method is required by certain funders. Some publishers levy an Article Processing Charge (APC) for Gold OA, so it is worth investigating your funding options.

Alternatively, most authors will be able to make their work Open Access via a repository, a method known as Green Open Access. The Library can advise you on depositing the appropriate version of your work, and setting any embargo required by the publisher. There is no additional cost associated with Green Open Access.

Further information regarding different types of Open Access, institutional and funder requirements, how to deposit your publication and funding for APCs can be found here:

• Open Access

Appointment of examiners

Examiners are appointed by the candidate’s School and approved by the Chair of the School PGR Committee. Two examiners (normally one internal and one external) will be appointed, their function being to make a recommendation to the Committee about the award of a research degree. Your supervisor(s) must not serve as the internal examiner.

Consultation in the appointment of nominated examiners

You should be consulted when deciding upon appropriate examiners. Although you do not necessarily have the right to veto any particular nomination, you can appeal against an examiner nomination. If you are unhappy with the choice of examiners you should put your objections in writing to the Doctoral Academy .

Substantial grounds for objecting to a particular examiner might be:

• That the candidate has had too close a connection with either examiner, on either a personal or professional basis.
• That there is felt to be too close a relationship between the examiners themselves (e.g. they are partners/relatives or they are directors of the same company).
• That there is evidence of dispute between an examiner and the candidate.

Oral examination

All candidates for the degree of PhD and MPhil will be required to attend an oral examination. (There are circumstances, however, where the internal and external examiners may agree to dispense with the oral examination for an MPhil thesis.) The oral must take place without undue delay, normally within 12 weeks. The external examiner should liaise with the internal examiner on the timing of the examination of the thesis. The internal examiner may also consult the candidate’s supervisor(s) and the candidate about the oral examination arrangements.

Through the oral, the examiners satisfy themselves that the thesis is the candidate’s own work, and clarify any ambiguities in the thesis. It also allows the candidate to relate the thesis to a broader field of study, and to demonstrate a knowledge and appreciation of adjoining fields which is up to the standard expected for the award of the degree.

Oral examinations must be held on University premises and will be attended by all the examiners. It is the internal examiner’s responsibility to book a room and to notify the PGR Office in eProg, at least ten days in advance, of the date, time and room for the oral. Oral exams are automatically open to University staff, PGR students and the supervisors, but the candidate has the right to exclude any individual.

Useful links in preparation for your viva

• Postgraduate Online Research Training - Preparing for your viva video
• Good Viva video
• Viva Survivor video
• Vitae - Your viva

Submission and confidentiality of examination reports

Examiners are asked to ensure that there is no unnecessary delay between the examination of a thesis and their submission of a report. Completed examiners' reports (pre-oral and joint Examiners Report Form) must be submitted to eProg within five working days of the oral examination and will be made available to you via eProg once the recommendation has been ratified.

Examination policies

• Examination of Doctoral Degrees Policy  - full details of the regulations for examination of a PhD thesis
• Examination of MPhil Degrees Policy  - full details of the regulations for examination of an MPhil thesis
• Resubmission and Re-examination of Postgraduate Research Degrees Policy  - full details of the regulations for the examination of a resubmitted PhD or MPhil thesis
• Nomination of Examiners and Independent Chairs for PGR Degree Examinations Policy  - the regulations governing the nomination of examiners for thesis.

Criteria for the award of the degree 

A successful PhD thesis must show evidence of originality and independent critical judgment and constitute an addition to knowledge (such as can reasonably be achieved within the period of registration). Original research is not a basic requirement for the degree of MPhil in the way that it is for the PhD, although naturally it is not ruled out, but the candidate must demonstrate full knowledge of existing scholarship in the field specified by the thesis title, show competence in the relevant methods of research, and present material with clarity and evidence of independent judgment. 

Details of the possible outcomes of your viva examination can be found in relevant Examination Policies .

The Doctoral Academy will write to you with the outcome of your viva examination, along with the required next steps.

When you have been recommended for award of the degree, you will be asked to submit a final version of your thesis through electronic theses submission. 

When you have submitted your final thesis into the eThesis window and it has been checked against the Presentation of Theses Policy, your student record will be completed and marked for graduation.

Appeals procedure

In accordance with the University’s Regulations XIX governing academic appeals, if you believe your case has not been dealt with properly or that the outcome is unreasonable, you may appeal against this decision by writing to the University Student Appeals and Complaints Coordinator .   

Examiners will be made aware, that, under the University’s Regulations Governing Academic Appeals at Postgraduate Research Level, in the event of an appeal, and notwithstanding their confidential nature, the examiners’ reports would be made available later to the Graduate Appeals Committee. 

Before initiating an appeal, you are strongly advised to discuss the matter with your supervisor(s), or the School PGR Director or any other appropriate person in the School. If the matter remains unresolved, you may invoke the formal appeal procedure. 

• A basic guide to academic appeals

Important note: access to your IT account following degree completion

You have access to IT facilities including email, eProg and personal storage space during the prescribed period of your programme, the submission pending period and the time leading up to and including your thesis examination. Access to these facilities is terminated on the date of graduation. We, therefore, advise you to ensure all data and files you wish to retain beyond the date of your graduation are safely transferred ahead of that date to prevent loss of work.

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In the UK, a thesis is a published piece of original research for the award of a higher degree from a university.  

This guide looks at various sources for finding theses.

Please note that in the UK the term dissertation generally refers to an extended piece of work for an undergraduate or taught masters degree, while a thesis is submitted for a research degree for example a PhD, MLitt, MRes. However, in many other countries the terms thesis and dissertation are used interchangeably for both undergraduate and postgraduate submissions. 

Finding Theses at Manchester Metropolitan University

From 2009 onwards, MMU theses have been added to the university’s online institutional repository, e-space.  You can search the repository or select Browse ,  Theses  and then select a level to see available examples.

Theses produced prior to 2009 are available in print.  They are listed on Library Search.  Search for a specific author and/or keywords and under Format select Thesis, Dissertation  which is listed under Book .  Please note that print theses are for use in the library only.  Titles are in store, speak to staff at the help desk to access a print copy.

Finding Theses

For UK theses a good place to start is EThOS.  This is the British Library’s digital repository.  You can search over 500,000 titles including those available for immediate download.  Please note to download, you will need to register with EThOS first, this is a free service.

For both UK and international thesis you can search ProQuest Dissertations and Theses A & I or Open Dissertations.  These resources list the basic details of published theses and dissertations.  Some titles are available in full text or link to relevant institutional repositories.  For others you may need to check to see if the full text is available online via sources such as EThOS for UK titles.

If a thesis is not available online, you can use the library’s Request it!  service to see if we can source a copy.

• ProQuest Dissertations and Thesis A & I
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Finding Theses from different countries

Finding theses in europe.

Below are some resources that list theses from different European countries:

• Dart Europe  - Lists over 1 million downloadable theses from 571 universities across 29 European Countries
• Theses.fr  - Listing of theses submitted in France since 1985 and theses in progress since 2001
• Système Universitaire de Documentation (SUDOC)  - SUDOC is a French collective catalogue covering PhDs in the sciences, humanities, social sciences, law, health sciences and veterinary medicine. 
• Dissonline - German online theses
• Texis Doctorals en Xarxa (TDX)  - A digital repository of doctoral theses from a consortium of Spanish universities
• TESEO  - Database compiled by the Spanish Ministry of Education listing theses awarded by Spanish universities since 1976. Full text is not available.
• Dialnet  - Theses from various Spanish universities which are available online
• DiVA Portal  - Portal for research publications and theses from over 45 universities in Sweden. 

International Theses

These isn’t one single source for finding international theses, but these sites may give a useful starting point

• Open Access Theses and Dissertations  - OATD aims to be the best possible resource to discover open access graduate theses and dissertations. It currently indexes over 2 million theses from around the world
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations  - Database provides full text access to thousands of international theses and dissertations
• Australian Theses  - Details of how to search for Australian Theses
• NZ Research - Covers all types of research from New Zealand 
• National ETD Portal  - South African theses and dissertations.

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An Investigation of Positive and Negative Sleep Appraisals along the Mood Continuum

Pearson, Lydia Eileen Mckenna

[Thesis]. Manchester, UK: The University of Manchester; 2020.

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This thesis investigated positive and negative sleep appraisals for excessively long and short sleep duration disturbances commonly experienced by those with bipolar spectrum mood swings. Chapter 1 provides a background of the literature and the proposal of the Integrative Cognitive Sleep Model (ICSM). The ICSM is a subset of the Integrative Cognitive Model and proposes that positive and negative sleep appraisals for excessively long and short sleep durations play a key role in the development and maintenance of insomnia, hypersomnia and reduced need for sleep. Specifically, endorsing more of these conflicting appraisals will drive sleep fluctuation. Chapter 1 outlines the aims and hypotheses designed to test this new model while Chapter 2 is a review of the methodologies undertaken in order to achieve the aims and hypotheses. Study 1 (Chapter 3) provides a scoping review of the literature to identify the available sleep cognition measures. This study highlighted a significant gap in the knowledge base since no measures were identified for hypersomnia or reduced need for sleep. Study 2 (Chapter 4) is a Delphi method study with research and clinical professionals in the field of BD to generate appraisal statements for a new measure that will aid in testing the proposed ICSM. The statements generated in Study 2 informed the new Positive and Negative Sleep Appraisal Measure (PANSAM). Study 3 (Chapter 5) is a series of validity and reliability statistical tests to establish initial psychometric robustness for the PANSAM. The results highlighted four expected subscales: positive and negative appraisals for both short and long sleep durations. Study 3 also evidenced good convergent validity with validated measures for mood, sleep, and mood and sleep cognitions. Study 4 (Chapter 6) was a clinical study with participants who met criteria for either bipolar spectrum, unipolar depression or were non-clinical. It was hypothesised the PANSAM would discriminate between all three participant groups, with higher scores for those in the bipolar spectrum group due to their increased vulnerability to mood and sleep disturbances. This hypothesis was only partially supported since there was no statistically significant difference between the clinical groups, but both had statistically significantly higher PANSAM scores than the non-clinical control group. Finally, the ICSM was tested more directly in several different ways. Study 3 (Chapter 5) conducted a hierarchical regression to test the incremental validity of the PANSAM on subjective poor sleep quality, over and above age, gender, bipolar tendency and a commonly used sleep cognition measure for insomnia. The results highlighted the subscale for positive appraisals for sleeping more (representing sleep as a safety behaviour) was significant. To test the ICSM more robustly, Study 5 (Chapter 7) was devised to test the hypothesis that the PANSAM would predict subjective (sleep diary) and objective (actigraphy) total sleep time variability. Additionally, a second hierarchical regression was conducted in this study to test the incremental validity of the PANSAM on the sleep variability variables over and above bipolar tendency and the same commonly used sleep cognition measure for insomnia. The results of Study 5 (Chapter 7) showed the PANSAM was statistically significantly predictive of objective total sleep time variability only but did not uphold incrementally. The findings from these studies suggest the PANSAM offers unique contributions to sleep cognition research. Clinical implications and future research ideas are discussed.

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Measles cases in Manchester: what you need to do

We are writing to inform you about the recent increase in measles cases in England, including Greater Manchester. Measles is an infection that spreads very easily and can cause serious problems in some people.

After discussion with Manchester Public Health, we are advising all staff and students to:

• Check your vaccination status: You were likely offered the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine as a child. If you are not sure whether you received it, check with someone who has knowledge of your medical history. This could be a family member or caregiver, or your GP, who should have a record of your vaccinations
• Get protected: If you haven’t been vaccinated against measles, contact your GP to arrange vaccination. If you don’t have a GP, you can register at the on-campus GP practice or find a GP near to your home .

What is measles?

Measles is a very infectious viral illness that is spread by coughs and sneezes. If you are not protected and have even passing contact with someone who has measles, the chances are that you will be infected too. If you catch measles, you will probably feel very poorly and be away from your studies or work for around 10 days. There is no treatment or cure for measles.

What are the symptoms of measles?

Measles usually starts with cold-like symptoms, followed by a rash a few days later. Some people may also get small spots in their mouth.

The first symptoms of measles include:

• a high temperature
• a runny or blocked nose
• red, sore, watery eyes

A rash usually appears a few days after the cold-like symptoms.

What should I do if I think I have measles?

If you think you might have measles, it’s important to reduce the risk of spreading the infection to other people. You should:

• Phone your GP for advice, they may need to make arrangements for you to visit the surgery at the end of the day so that you avoid contact with people who are more vulnerable to the infection, such as young children and pregnant women
• Contact your Student Support Hub (if you are on taught programme) or Doctoral Academy (if you are on a research programme) to discuss how best to manage any impact on your studies
• Contact your ResLife team if you live in University accommodation
• Read the NHS guidance on preventing the spread of measles
• Avoid attending University for at least 4 days from when you first developed the measles rash
• Make arrangements to have any outstanding doses of the vaccine once you have recovered. This will protect you against the other infections

Where can I get more information?

More information about measles is available on the NHS website .

If you have any queries, you can contact the University’s Occupational Heath Team by telephoning 0161 275 2858 or emailing [email protected] .   

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By now you’ve probably read Ange Postecoglou’s comments in his post-match press conference after Tottenham Hotspur ’s 0-2 home loss to Manchester City . You probably already have an opinion about them one way or another, or about the “Spurphie’s Choice” put in front of Tottenham fans over the past two days.

The background to everything that happened yesterday was, ironically, mostly external to Tottenham and the way the club has conducted its business over the past season. Spurs, through a quirk of fate and Premier League scheduling crunches, was put into a practically once-in-a-lifetime situation where winning a football match would essentially hand the Premier League title to Arsenal, Spurs’ arch-rivals. As such, Tottenham fans were embroiled in a nightmare of the soul over the past two days, forced to confront the harsh reality that, for one match, success would mean giving prolonged joy to its most hated of neighbors. What’s more important — Tottenham’s success, or intensely directed schadenfreude towards Arsenal? What’s a Spurs fan to do?

Faced with such an agonizing choice, the fanbase has been forcibly ripped in two. Well, actually I’d argue three: one (small) part that was actively calling for Tottenham to lose this match, some going as far as to demand Ange throw the match or put out the U21s against the three-time defending champions. Another (small) part that can’t fathom ever hoping Tottenham loses a football match in any circumstances. And a third (a likely majority) that is deeply conflicted and hurting .

The first two groups are the ones most likely to chide everyone else for not believing the way they do, but I’d argue that third group comprises the majority of the fanbase, especially match-going fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday. For those fans, and I count myself among them, they loathe the idea of purposefully throwing games. They want the team to fight against a superior opponent, to try and win, to do their best, but in the end if the team happened to lose... well, there’s a pretty significant silver lining in that cloud, right? It’s the exceedingly rare time when Fuck Arsenal ever-so-slightly outweighs Come On You Spurs . That conflict directly contributed to an especially weird atmosphere in the stadium that you could even pick up on the TV coverage — each kick of the ball, Guglielmo Vicario save, or missed Son Heung-Min sitter contributed to the English football stadium crowd equivalent of the Larry David meme.

Those divisions I just outlined are pretty simplistic. It’s not as though Spurs didn’t have something to play for — Champions League qualification was at least mathematically on the line, and Spurs needed one point from the City and Sheffield United matches to clinch Europa League next season. There’s also quite clearly a big divide, as evidenced by the... let’s call it “robust” discussion on this blog yesterday, between British fans and American/foreign fans on this issue, with British fans more likely to be affected by 20 years of Arsenal dominance and the psyche-damaging banter that went along with that period. That’s a cultural issue as much as anything, something I’d love to see delved into more, but I’ll leave it to the social psychologists and academics writing dissertations on sports tribalism.

But here’s the thing — none, and I mean zero of any of the shit I just got done writing above means anything to Ange Postecoglou. Ange, upset after losing a hard-fought and frankly well-played match against the three-time defending champions, gave comments that appeared to call into question the motivation and commitment of some of Tottenham’s players and even the fanbase.

“No, I think the last 48 hours has revealed to me that the foundations are fairly fragile mate. That’s just what I think. I just think the last 48 hours have revealed a fair bit to me. That’s alright. It just means I’ve got to go back to the drawing board with some things. “Outside, inside, everywhere. It’s been an interesting exercise. It’s just my observations mate. I’m not going to tell you, because it’s for me. I’m the one who’s got to do it. You can make your own assessments of what’s happened. I understand. I probably misread the situation as to what I think is important in your endeavour to become a winning team, but that’s ok. That’s why I’m here. “I’m just not interested mate. Maybe I’m out of step, but I just don’t care, I just want to win. I want to be successful at this football club, it’s why I was brought in. So what other people, how they want to feel, and what their priorities are, are of zero interest to me. I know what’s important to build a winning team, that’s what I need to concentrate on. “It is what it is. I can’t dictate what people do. [The fans] are allowed to express themselves any way they want. But yeah, when we’ve got late winners in games it’s because the crowd’s helped us.”

Harsh words, to be fair. Ange wasn’t yelling while delivering these comments. He didn’t raise his voice. But it was perfectly clear that Big Ange is a guy who was seriously cheesed off by what he perceived as a failure to back the team, and by extension, his leadership of it.

And why wouldn’t he be? Postecoglou, like most football managers, is motivated by the pursuit of success. It’s what drives him. It’s what has gotten him from obscurity in the A-League to one of the biggest clubs in world football. All season we’ve known that Postecoglou is uncompromising in his methods — he knows the style of football he wants to play, and he will work tirelessly to implement that style because he believes completely that it is a path towards success. For Postecoglou, success means winning. It means titles and trophy-lifts, and he doesn’t understand anyone who isn’t in step with that line of thinking. So what else was he going to say?

I’m sure it didn’t help that Postecoglou spent a significant portion of yesterday’s match being heckled by a fan in the stands behind him (part of Group A, the Lose-The-Matchians) who was yelling at him to throw in the towel. Ange finally snapped and confronted the fan, which was caught on video.

Wow. pic.twitter.com/7J9ti4Q31e — The Spurs Watch (@TheSpursWatch) May 14, 2024

To be clear, that fan was an asshole. Yelling at a hyper-competitive football manager to throw a match is never going to go over well and that incident probably contributed to the overall tenor of his press conference comments. Ange is on record in saying that Spurs fans can fan in whatever way they feel like, but I’m sure it feels very different to him when fans fan their fandom directly in his face by asking him to lose a football match so that Arsenal fans are sad.

The counterargument to this is, of course, that Ange bears some culpability for putting the team in this circumstance. Spurs have, after all, lost five of their last six matches, the significance of which is surely not lost on Postecoglou. I get the sense that his comments on the culture of the club is partially directed at his own team, and we may see the fruits of those comments borne out in the upcoming summer transfer window .

Speaking of the players, they too are driven to want to win, for similar (if slightly different) reasons. This is a team of professional athletes whose job is to play and win football matches. They’ve had the pursuit of success in this sport drilled into their brains from an extremely early age. Sure, perhaps there’s the rare footballer who can sympathize with the complicated emotions and rationalizations that come with being a fan of the sport, but in the end they’re not going out there to try and lose. I’d wager the majority of the players on Tottenham’s team, while cognizant of the Arsenal rivalry, don’t feel it in the same agonizingly visceral way that supporters do. This was a complicated situation, and players are not going to pull their punches because of the feelings of another fanbase. It’s not how they’re wired.

So we have three distinct groups of people involved here — the fans, the manager, and the players, and none of them are currently on the same page. What do we do about all this? How do we square this circle?

In short, we don’t. We can’t, and probably shouldn’t even try. Think of it this way — the circumstances swirling around yesterday’s match are exceedingly rare, a perfect storm of existential suck. And strangely, perhaps the best possible scenario came out of it — Spurs went out and played, honestly, a pretty fantastic match against an excellent Manchester City team. Ange put out a surprising team that displayed some pretty interesting tactical tweaks that may (or may not) inform how Spurs might play next season. Tottenham lost the match, not because they wanted to or because the fans demanded it of them, but because City are just flat-out a better team. Spurs missed out on Champions League qualification which they were extremely likely to do anyway after losing four out of their past five ahead of yesterday, and now only need a draw against the worst team in the league to finish fifth and play in the Europa League. Arsenal fans are sad.

Everybody wins! By losing. I guess? Maybe?

In the end, I think Max Rushden has the best take on this whole situation, the one that most closely matches how I feel about the last 48 hours and the resulting Dark Night of the Hotspur.

Ange has to say 'we want to win'. He should come across as someone who wants to win at all costs. The players all want to win because they're competitive elite footballers. The Spurs fans don't want Arsenal to win the league. All these things are totally fine. — Max Rushden (@maxrushden) May 14, 2024

That’s it. Football, and football fandom, is messy and ugly and complicated. There’s no right or wrong answer. Sometimes you encounter situations that you just have to endure, move past, and forget. That’s where Tottenham Hotspur and its fans are right now. The match is over. Let’s go out on Sunday, beat Sheffield United, buy and sell a bunch of players this summer, take a break, and forget this whole week ever happened.

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