cleavers
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....and we didn't do that every week either ;-)
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Spurs’ new stadium
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Chris Holmes
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i'm pretty sure that there was an attendance restriction in place, weeks before this fixture, i remember reading that weeks ago. God knows why though.
Attendance restrictions on events at Wembley led to numerous empty seats at Tottenham's Premier League win over Cardiff on Saturday.
The top tier of Wembley was closed for the match, which Tottenham won 1-0, and 43,268 supporters were in attendance. The capacity of Wembley is 90,000, but Spurs insisted almost all available tickets were sold.
Spurs issued advice on September 4, which read: "Given the restriction on the number of events that can be staged at full capacity at Wembley Stadium, and with our game against Manchester City on October 29 and all three of our group stage Champions League matches planned at full capacity, supporters are advised that our game against Cardiff City on October 6 will be limited in capacity."
Spurs have hosted home games at Wembley and in Milton Keynes this term as they await the overdue completion of their White Hart Lane home.
Mauricio Pochettino was unaware of the restrictions, and speaking after the game said: "Me? yes. I was little bit surprised it was empty.
"But I understand that this is so difficult. We cannot ask for more from our fans. Of course it was a difficult day, the weather and everything, it's not easy.
"But yes, I am always honest and I was a bit surprised at the upper tier being empty."
Cardiff manager Neil Warnock added: "I didn't really notice, I was focusing on our fans.
"I don't think we could have brought any more so you can't blame us."
cleavers
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Funny how they weren't restricted last season though ?Spurs issued advice on September 4, which read: "Given the restriction on the number of events that can be staged at full capacity at Wembley Stadium, and with our game against Manchester City on October 29 and all three of our group stage Champions League matches planned at full capacity, supporters are advised that our game against Cardiff City on October 6 will be limited in capacity."
Funny how they weren't restricted last season though ?
Might be because they wasn’t suppose to be playing there for that game and Levy being a Cheap skate didnt want to pay extra to open up the other stands.
cleavers
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Yes, that makes sense, wembley stadium area these days is a very residential area, so I guess they might have relaxed it last season as it was their "home" ground, but not this as they were supposed to have their new home. That said it certainly wasn't full in the lower tier either, plenty of empty seats when I saw the highlights.Might be because they wasn’t suppose to be playing there for that game and Levy being a Cheap skate didnt want to pay extra to open up the other stands.
It was caused by the Joshua boxing match.And did you see the squares on the pitch on the MOTD highlights of Spurs v Cardiff? That was from one NFL game! There are 3 back to back games coming up!
Silvercloud
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If the weather is wet, which considering the time of year it will be played in its pretty likely, that pitch will be one of the worst playing surfaces in the modern PL era.It was caused by the Joshua boxing match.
1.618034
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Wembley, like nearly everywhere else, has a Grass Master pitch, that AFAIK is resistant to divots.
All you get is scars on the surface, where the real grass comes off the top, which are mainly cosmetic.
The reason it looked like it did, after the boxing, is because it had been covered up, meaning the real grass part died. No light or water will do that pretty quickly.
It'll look a bit shit, but I reckon it'll be fine and almost as smooth as usual. It will not be like a ploughed field, that's almost impossible with these pitches.
When are they due to move in to WHL?
All you get is scars on the surface, where the real grass comes off the top, which are mainly cosmetic.
The reason it looked like it did, after the boxing, is because it had been covered up, meaning the real grass part died. No light or water will do that pretty quickly.
It'll look a bit shit, but I reckon it'll be fine and almost as smooth as usual. It will not be like a ploughed field, that's almost impossible with these pitches.
When are they due to move in to WHL?
lancs blue
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At the time I was working with a rag S/T holder and he also reckoned the actual attendance was closer to 17/18k.Just going back to that utd wimbledon game...i ve read a few times that it looked as thp there were under 18k there...season tics were automatically counted...not ununsual of course...but the 18k estimates were from utd fans who were there.
When are they due to move in to WHL?
15th of September.