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Spurs fan's crazy name change

Cape Town - One obsessed Tottenham Hotspur fan has gone the extra mile to display his love for for his favourite football club. 

Read: Spurs held by Turkish giants

Do you love your football club? Are you their biggest and best fan? Can you match Gary Lane's passion?

According to getsurrey.co.uk, Garry Lane has officially changed his name to "Garry White Hart Lane".

“I’d been going for so long and my surname was already Lane,” the 55-year-old fan said.

“And I like a bit of banter."

"I know a lot of people at Spurs, some of them with stalls up there. That’s what happens when you’ve been going for 40 years.

“When I tell people my full name on the phone they can crack up.

“But if it’s an Arsenal or Chelsea fan they can get the hump. And when I told my mum I’d changed it, she nearly fell over.”

The inspiration:


Inspired fan: 

With Spurs intent on leaving their current home ground, one wonders what will happen to Garry White Hart Lane then.

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