Off Topic Spurs new ground

Yup its likely to be a Liverpool type situation from 2 seasons ago. There must be a limit, number of games, or time, or both, that it can be accommodated for though, otherwise it will get ridiculous and probably cause issues for other teams fixtures.

 

Good article on it frommartin Samuel

Tottenham get very upset at suggestions that White Hart Lane will not be ready for next season. So would you if you had sold 40,000 season tickets for a ground that might not exist. That’s 40,000 very unhappy customers on line one.

The important date is Saturday, September 15 — the weekend after England play Switzerland on September 11. The Premier League can follow precedent and give Tottenham their first three fixtures away from home, everything before the international break on September 3.

After that, it becomes problematic. Not least because Premier League rules state that wherever a club plays its first designated home match must remain its home until the end of the season.

If there is a chance White Hart Lane might be unfinished in mid-September, Tottenham’s options are limited and mostly disadvantageous.

If they go to Wembley, they potentially make it their home for another year, unless Tottenham can persuade the Premier League board to grant special dispensation allowing them to switch mid-way. Daniel Levy is lucky his fate is not in the hands of fellow chairmen, given how few friends he will have made in boardrooms with his hard-nosed transfer dealing.

There is also the matter of six elite clubs chasing four Champions League places. Why would Arsenal, Chelsea or Liverpool, for instance, wish to help Tottenham? ‘The only place to watch the Champions League in London’, smirked an advertisement for Tottenham’s new ground.

So while the Premier League as a body might be sympathetic to an extra game or two at Wembley — after all, the new White Hart Lane is a fabulous facility, and investment of that nature should be nurtured and encouraged — Levy must hope the owners of his rivals in the capital don’t spend much time reading the hoardings from limousine windows. And, if they do, they don’t bear grudges and start applying pressure upstairs.

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If the stadium is unfinished in mid-September, Tottenham's options are disadvantageous

The alternative would be to ask for a longer run of away matches, but how many can be granted before it affects the dynamic of the league? Blackpool were given permission to start with two away games in 2010-11, but were at home to Fulham on August 28. Liverpool played three games away at the start of 2016-17, while work on the new stand at Anfield was completed, but hosted Leicester on September 10.

West Ham began last season with a trio of away fixtures while the London Stadium was converted after the athletics World Championships. Again, though, they were in after the international break for a September 11 game against Huddersfield.

So three is the maximum until now and there is no guarantee Tottenham would be well-received if asking for more. Half the league has to play two of their first three matches away, so an extra trip is not seen as greatly disruptive. But stretch that to four, or five or more and it could play havoc with the schedule.

The Premier League product exists on very precise lines. Even if they were successful, what effect might there be on Tottenham’s season? In April, Mauricio Pochettino admitted finally what others had suggested for several seasons: that Tottenham’s slow start to the campaign had cost them.

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Mauricio Pochettino admitted that Tottenham's slow start to the last campaign had cost them

He said next year must be different. But how difficult will it be if Tottenham have to play three away games, maybe more?

West Ham struggled to recover from three straight defeats by Manchester United, Southampton and Newcastle, while Liverpool’s away fixtures were against Arsenal, Burnley and Tottenham, and delivered four points from nine.

Pochettino’s point was that by the time Tottenham stabilised this season, Manchester City were as good as over the horizon, and there is no reason they won’t start that way again.

With three matches now looking the minimum absence, and the Premier League’s fixtures announced on June 14, time is not on Tottenham’s side.

Neither is next season’s schedule, unless Pochettino can reverse the habits of old.

 

Bit like the one on West Park then.

 

What's the capacity. Bigger than the Arse I'd guess, which will probably mean Arse will seek to increase the size of their stadium.

 

61k I think. Yes 1k bigger than the Arse.

 

I’m too cheap to pay for it, but don’t the rules mean that they would have to play all season there if they one home game there?

 

Hopefully it will be turned down!

 

It’s all agreed.

http://www.skysports.com/share/11404286

 

Pah
No bottle

 

I certainly think it’d have been a different story had it been a Burnley or similar.

 

On a different note Wolves have become my wish for relegation from the PL after “a Club our size” comments by one of the dick heads (MD) who work for them

What a ****. He should be at Leeds (scum) or Wednesday (the Massive - we lost 30k in North London, May 2016. If found please return to the chairs in front of their tellys) with overinflated opinions like that.

WOLVES CHIEF: FIXTURES BRING PROMOTION INTO FOCUS

Wolves are back in the Premier League after a six-year absence and they face an exciting start to the season, with Everton the visitors to Molineux.

The club's managing director Laurie Dalrymple told Alan Irwin: "A club of this size should be competing in the very elite of English football. This really brings into focus the task at hand and we're really looking forward to it.

"To have a home game first up, Everton are a massive football club who regularly finish in the top eight, so that's where we aspire to be.

"If we can take our form into the Premier League, I think we can do well. This will be a really good opportunity to see where the squad is."

 

Critical safety systems failure apparently.

 

Bet its 2019 before they get in there..Loads to do behind the scenes. Bogs, hospitality etc...

 

Bolton played Southampton Coventry and Barnsley in 1997 while they waited for the Reebok to open.

 

Wonder if they'll fill it?

Wembley less than half full sometimes when they play there