David Pleat steps back from Tottenham scouting duties after two decades

Long-time Tottenham scout David Pleat is stepping backmost from his duties astatine nan nine aft complete 2 decades of relation pinch nan club.

The 79-year-old first joined nan nine successful 1986 erstwhile he was appointed caput coach.

And having led Spurs to a third-placed decorativeness and an FA Cup final, he departed conscionable complete a twelvemonth later.

But Pleat returned successful 1998 arsenic nan club’s first head of football.

The domiciled led to him becoming caretaker head 3 times betwixt 1998 and 2003, but erstwhile again, he left, this clip successful 2004.

In 2010, he came backmost to North London again arsenic portion of nan scouting department, wherever he has remained until 2024.

After much than 2 decades of relation pinch nan Club, David Pleat is stepping backmost from his scouting duties.

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 29, 2024

Following nan announcement that he would beryllium stepping back, Pleat said: “Football is my life and continues to be.

“Spurs has been a immense portion of that. However nan crippled and its methods alteration and it’s clip for maine to now measurement backmost from my scouting role.

“I look guardant to watching nan Club person awesome occurrence successful nan coming years. I dream to proceed my relation pinch nan game.”

Chairman Daniel Levy added: “I should for illustration to convey David for his publication complete truthful galore years and successful truthful galore ways.

“He had, and continues to have, an encyclopaedic knowledge of nan crippled and players.

“I cognize he will proceed to bask watching our games astatine each levels.”