Spurs’ new stadium

[MAG]

Just decide now and announce ... whatever it is ... instead of the back and forth and speculation for a whole month or two and then they'd announce 10 days or two weeks before the actual fixture date.

 

[mat]

It'll be a 3 point deduction for each fixture they fail to fulfil. The precedent was set with Middlesbrough back in the 90s.

This is Spurs and with the added bonus of having Engerlands poster boy will be allowed to do what they want without sanction. They are gerrymandering the fixture lists.

 

[MAG]

Imagine they play Liverpool (game moved to Wembley) and win so Liverpool drop 3 pts there and then next morning they announce they can't fulfil our fixture (due to Wembley being only viable option but booked for NFL that day) so forfeit our game and 3 pts ... imagine the flooding the tears will cause on merseyside ... please please footballing gods, make this happen ...

 

[TonyM]

Exactly. Other teams have pulled the away fixture trick at the start of the season before but when they've had delays the projects due to finish early summer. You can't schedule a construction project needed ready for August 11th to be finished for the end of September (the very latest possible date it could be ready and used for the league) and not take full responsibility when it's delayed.

You can if you’re a media darling club.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Incidently as Spurs have never had a safety certificate for the stadium a "class action" to reclaim money lost due to train ticket and hotel bookings is a slam dunk - especially as the fixture date had been properly published - i.e.rearranged for TV - the sign that the match will actually take place.
(Note: There is in reality no such thing as a "class action" in the UK - though there are Group Litigation orders that apply here.)

 

[citizen]

Booked train tickets last week aswel, take it theres zero chance of fans getting refunded...

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Incidently as Spurs have never had a safety certificate for the stadium a "class action" to reclaim money lost due to train ticket and hotel bookings is a slam dunk - especially as the fixture date had been properly published - i.e.rearranged for TV - the sign that the match will actually take place.
(Note: There is in reality no such thing as a "class action" in the UK - though there are Group Litigation orders that apply here.)

I was seeing a deputy headteacher a couple of years back, so I can confirm there is such a thing as class action in the UK.

 

[BlueAnorak]

City will probably want the Spurs fixtures flipped if the game can't be rearranged elsewhere in London on the 28th October. Even if it gives us 3 away fixtures on the trot in April.

 

[allan harper]

Booked train tickets last week aswel, take it theres zero chance of fans getting refunded...

Same here mate, ****s!
Just booked Cardiff train tickets if you're going

 

[BlueAnorak]

I was seeing a deputy headteacher a couple of years back, so I can confirm there is such a thing as class action in the UK.

I bow to your more expert knowledge here but I thought they're called "Group Litigation" in the UK - not quite the sledgehammer they are in the US though.