White Hart Lane is one of the most magical venues in all of English football. And Tottenham Hotspur supporters are some of the most devoted followers of any club. Gary Lane has turned it up a notch conveying to the world that he is #1 Spurs supporter extraordinaire. Gary paid £100 to legally change his middle name from Mark to White Hart.
So now he will be now be known in the eyes of the law as Garry White Hart Lane. His name will be synonymous with the legendary North London grounds.
The man himself told the Surrey Advertiser: “I’d been going for so long and my surname was already Lane. 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.”
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