ROBERT O’CONNOR on how Tottenham Hotspur’s Europa League trip into Eastern Europe shone a light on a small club swimming among big political sharks 

Had Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Moldova’s eastern city of Tiraspol for their recent Europa League fixture by road rather than by air they would have been greeted by an almost unique phenomenon in international diplomacy. Travelling from the Moldovan capital Chisinau to the city that houses league champions Sheriff requires visitors to cross perhaps the only international check-point in the world that brings you out ...