There was plenty of tittering when Tottenham let it be known they would rather not be known as just Tottenham anymore.
They wanted to emphasise the Hotspur, they told broadcast partners in February, because they were the only hot spurs in the world.
The only problem was that at the time they were hardly on fire.
Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs have been ice cold for weeks and the mood around N17 had shifted accordingly.
The Europa League, however, has set the temperatures rising.
First in Frankfurt, with a gutsy win in the quarter final and then this, back to something close to full power against Bodo/Glimt depleted foes from the Arctic Circle in their first major European semi-final.