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Talking to Kay Dyson the other day brought home just how long it has been since Tottenham won the league. Her husband Terry, who remains the only player to have scored a hat-trick for Spurs against Arsenal, was a member of Bill Nicholson's double-winning side, but unsurprisingly few are old enough to truly remember either his achievements or those of that 1960/61 vintage. Sadly, many of the players themselves are struggling on that front. "Some of the old double-winners still do signings and that," said Dyson, "but unfortunately there are only a few left now that still have all their faculties intact".

Hopefully for Spurs fans, they will soon no longer have to delve back into the black and white archives of Danny Blanchflower, Dave Mackay and Cliff Jones or turn to the fading memories of the diminishing survivors of yesteryear to relive the glory days, because under Harry Redknapp's remarkably transformed side, glory is beckoning on the horizon.

The north Londoners are sitting pretty in third place after winning six successive top-flight fixtures for the first time in the Premier League. Indeed, since being trounced 5-1 by Manchester City in late August they have won nine of their last ten league matches, dropping just two points during that extraordinary sequence.

With unstoppable City, who are now just 1.74 to win the league, and crisis club Chelsea (who are now out to 16.0) stealing the limelight in recent weeks, little heed has been paid to the perennial underachievers who are quietly creeping up on the inside rail. But Spurs are just two points behind Manchester United, seven points off the Premier League summit and now 19.0 to do what Chelsea did in Jose Mourinho's first season at Stamford Bridge and win their first title in 50 years.

What Redknapp has achieved at Tottenham has been nothing short of miraculous. It seems surreal to consider that when he took over in October 2008 Spurs were four points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League and seemingly destined for a relegation dogfight. Indeed the 64-year-old's impact at White Hart Lane has not been dissimilar to that of Nicholson, who became manager in October 1958 with the club only a point clear of the bottom three. Three years later they had won the championship and FA Cup with a side playing free-flowing football. For omen seekers, Spurs are 12.0 to win the FA Cup.

This Tottenham also play exciting football and with Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon both fit, they can push and run with the best of them. Last season the Welshman won the PFA Player of the Year award with seven goals to his name - after 13 games he already has five and we all know that the 22-year-old is more than about just goals.

On the other flank Lennon has also made an impact since returning from a lengthy injury absence - and although there can only be limited value in judging Saturday's recent performance against ten-man Bolton, Lennon's goal, which stemmed from a Bolton corner reflects just how lethal this side can be on the counterattack. strong>Kyle Walker, who has injected pace, dynamism and attacking verve at right-back, picked up the ball in his own area, and within ten seconds Spurs had the ball in the net at the other side.

Redknapp loathes his reputation for being a wheeler dealer but there is no question that his summer transfer business was exemplary. As well as recognising Walker was ready for the Premier League, Emmanuel Adebayor's arrival was a shrewd loan signing. It was a brave move to swoop for a man with an Arsenal past and a reputation for destabilising dressing rooms, yet the former Real Madrid striker has already plundered seven goals in 11 matches - and City are even paying half his wages.

Brad Friedel has also brought assuredness, experience and reliability that had been sorely lacking in goal, but the best signing of them all was unquestionably that of Scott Parker. The England man's dogged determination in closing down opponents, his relentless pursuit of the ball his and die-hard midfield diligence has been an inspiration to his team-mates. At £5m he has been the bargain of the decade, let alone the year, and a lesson to those managers that feared he could not step back up from the Championship.

Alongside these excellent acquisitions Tottenham's decision to keep hold of Luka Modrić has also been rewarded. If Spurs do no other business in January - although a move for Gary Cahill would shore up their only remaining weakness - they should focus their resources on tying the gifted playmaker to a new deal. Money aside, Modrić can no longer be regretting having not moved to Chelsea now. Unlike, the Blues, Spurs look like they are on the brink of something special.

The Lilywhites will have a better idea of whether his side are or not on 22 December when they face Chelsea at home, but if as expected they go out of the Europa League and United reach the Champions League knockout stage, Tottenham will fancy their chances of at least finishing second 5.4 in the league. Redknapp certainly does, and full credit to him for admitting as much.

"I didn't say we would win the league, I just said it's not impossible and it's not impossible," he said yesterday.

"It's not impossible for Liverpool to win it, for Arsenal to win it, and it's not impossible for us to win it."

Kay and Terry Dyson are just two of those Tottenham fans hoping he is right.

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