Spurs’ new stadium

[petrusha]

I’d missed the fact that we had Leicester away on Boxing Day. Looking more and more like it’ll just get called off and rearranged for later in the season which, if they are going to do that, should be done sooner rather than later.

The example you picked doesn't really work, but there's a precedent for them changing the fixture list after it was announced. It involves City, too.

The 2007/8 season was due to end on Sunday, 11 May. We were picked by UEFA to host the final of the UEFA Cup on 14 May, which meant we needed to finish with an away game because UEFA demand that the stadium hosting the final be handed over to them for preparations a week in advance. Owing to some fuck-up somewhere along the line, we were given a home game against Newcastle on 11 May.

They switched our home and away fixtures against Boro so we played the home game that should have taken place in May on the day of the scheduled trip to Teesside in October (giving us three successive home league games in September and October that season). And we ended the season with two away trips - the traditional defeat at Anfield followed by the game at Boro where we shipped eight.

Dunno whether it's possible to do something more wide-reaching this time so we and Spurs face different opponents on 28 October and Spurs v City thus takes place on a different weekend. However, it's surely worth exploring when the alternatives involve either making us play 4 of our last 5 games at home (were they to switch this fixture to the Etihad) or causing potential fixture chaos in the run-in should we and/or Spurs go well in the domestic cups and Europe.

But clearly the best and fairest solution is that Spurs have a home game and therefore it should be played on the scheduled date as a Spurs home game. If their first-choice stadium is still under construction and the owner of their second has a contractual commitment allowing someone else to use the venue that day, Spurs should supply an alternative ground.

They clearly don't want to - Pochettino has made that very clear. But it's the only solution that avoids damaging our prospects this season when we bear no fault for this whatsoever, avoids dragging in other teams, and avoids a risk of fucking up the fixture list in general towards the end of the season.

 

[BlueAnorak]

The example you picked doesn't really work, but there's a precedent for them changing the fixture list after it was announced. It involves City, too.

The 2007/8 season was due to end on Sunday, 11 May. We were picked by UEFA to host the final of the UEFA Cup on 14 May, which meant we needed to finish with an away game because UEFA demand that the stadium hosting the final be handed over to them for preparations a week in advance. Owing to some fuck-up somewhere along the line, we were given a home game against Newcastle on 11 May.

They switched our home and away fixtures against Boro so we played the home game that should have taken place in May on the day of the scheduled trip to Teesside in October (giving us three successive home league games in September and October that season). And we ended the season with two away trips - the traditional defeat at Anfield followed by the game at Boro where we shipped eight.

Dunno whether it's possible to do something more wide-reaching this time so we and Spurs face different opponents on 28 October and Spurs v City thus takes place on a different weekend. However, it's surely worth exploring when the alternatives involve either making us play 4 of our last 5 games at home (were they to switch this fixture to the Etihad) or causing potential fixture chaos in the run-in should we and/or Spurs go well in the domestic cups and Europe.

But clearly the best and fairest solution is that Spurs have a home game and therefore it should be played on the scheduled date as a Spurs home game. If their first-choice stadium is still under construction and the owner of their second has a contractual commitment allowing someone else to use the venue that day, Spurs should supply an alternative ground.

They clearly don't want to - Pochettino has made that very clear. But it's the only solution that avoids damaging our prospects this season when we bear no fault for this whatsoever, avoids dragging in other teams, and avoids a risk of fucking up the fixture list in general towards the end of the season.

If forgotten about that.
I totally agree with you about when it should be played.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

The example you picked doesn't really work, but there's a precedent for them changing the fixture list after it was announced. It involves City, too.

The 2007/8 season was due to end on Sunday, 11 May. We were picked by UEFA to host the final of the UEFA Cup on 14 May, which meant we needed to finish with an away game because UEFA demand that the stadium hosting the final be handed over to them for preparations a week in advance. Owing to some fuck-up somewhere along the line, we were given a home game against Newcastle on 11 May.

They switched our home and away fixtures against Boro so we played the home game that should have taken place in May on the day of the scheduled trip to Teesside in October (giving us three successive home league games in September and October that season). And we ended the season with two away trips - the traditional defeat at Anfield followed by the game at Boro where we shipped eight.

Dunno whether it's possible to do something more wide-reaching this time so we and Spurs face different opponents on 28 October and Spurs v City thus takes place on a different weekend. However, it's surely worth exploring when the alternatives involve either making us play 4 of our last 5 games at home (were they to switch this fixture to the Etihad) or causing potential fixture chaos in the run-in should we and/or Spurs go well in the domestic cups and Europe.

But clearly the best and fairest solution is that Spurs have a home game and therefore it should be played on the scheduled date as a Spurs home game. If their first-choice stadium is still under construction and the owner of their second has a contractual commitment allowing someone else to use the venue that day, Spurs should supply an alternative ground.

They clearly don't want to - Pochettino has made that very clear. But it's the only solution that avoids damaging our prospects this season when we bear no fault for this whatsoever, avoids dragging in other teams, and avoids a risk of fucking up the fixture list in general towards the end of the season.

They could end up in a bit of trouble with the PL over this. Condition K.4 states: “No Club shall have or enter into a ground-sharing agreement unless the agreement contains a legally enforceable provision to the effect that the playing of the Club's League Matches shall always take precedence over the activities of the other party to the agreement". The fact that they’ve not got Wembley for the season and have thus not enforced this condition, leaves them wide open. Mind you, after yesterday, docking points from other teams might be the only way to get the rags into the top 4!

 

[nmc]

It’s difficult to believe that the new Spurs stadium has become very delayed very quickly, the project must have had issues for some time and been slipping behind schedule. I’d love to know what Spurs told the FA back in June when the fixtures were being finalised - it’s obvious that Spurs must have stated that they could get away with just 3 fixtures at Wembley if the fixtures were kind to them. You have to question whether this was realistic or even honest at the time it was said. You don’t know what was said and what conversations were had but was three fixtures at Wembley ever feasible, did the FA set a limit at 3 and Spurs went along with it? Who knows. It probably shouldn’t come into it but we all know that if the roles were reversed and we were in the shit Levy would have his foot on our throat so we can’t be too predisposed to help the Spuds.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

What is the actual critical safety system problem that was discovered?

I vote for the home game for them at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium!

 

[Henkeman]

While it might be merely a matter of the wording the journalists have chosen, it seems that Spurs have only arranged to have Wembley for the rest of 2018. If it's really badly delayed (and looking more and more likely) they could have a major problem. If nothing else, Wembley and the FA have them over a barrel price wise.

 

[crazyg]

Question remains what happens to our game? These new articles coming out only confirms further delays are inevitable so they better decide quickly so we know what’s happening for our game ... we don’t want a forfeited 3-0 result as that could damage our goals tally and goal difference at the end of the season ;)

The only problem I see is that Harry Kane would claim a hat-trick!

 

[bluemc]

Spurs have agreed with Uefa to play their first Champions League home game at Wembley, the dates of the first two group games are:

September
18/19 September: Group stage, matchday one

October
2/3 October: Group stage, matchday two

 

[chesterbells]

What is the actual critical safety system problem that was discovered?

I vote for the home game for them at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium!

I cant see spurs or arsenal stomaching that, but I would instead suggest the London Stadium, which I think is free that weekend. It's their mess, they'll just have to deal with it.

 

[berryblue]

What is the actual critical safety system problem that was discovered?

I vote for the home game for them at Arsenal’s Emirates stadium!

Seeing that many of us have paid for transport and hotels I agree. Could also play at Stamford Bridge and keep the KO at 4pm.u