Critical_Spur
Vital Football Hero
Also, good that they left the outside cams working. Nice to see a bit of buzz around the place.
The Stadium!
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Bow locks ! Never thought to look on there. As you say CS, the crowds outside would have been great to see.
Critical_Spur
Vital Football Hero
WW, I was wondering whether they'd treat us to a total blackout.
Forgot to check what time the event was, so never got to see the arrivals. The departures seemed quite civil with ONLY 30K making their way home. The usual mass exodus at the end. Was hoping some would add to our coffers in the bar post-match! May be they awaited an invite from Ex!!!
Forgot to check what time the event was, so never got to see the arrivals. The departures seemed quite civil with ONLY 30K making their way home. The usual mass exodus at the end. Was hoping some would add to our coffers in the bar post-match! May be they awaited an invite from Ex!!!
Critical_Spur
Vital Football Hero
Do we have the times for the next event...see if I can be 'part' of it from my armchair!
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CS. Game kicks off at 5-30 next Saturday. Klinsmann confirmed as part of the management team and Paul Gascoine has promised to make some sort of an appearance. Lord knows what he will get up to . The new cockerel ,that has been painstakingly copied from the original, even has the dent in it after Gazza hit it with a pot shot from an air rifle .
Dented the prized cockerel and bent the original FA Cup trophy from his hospital bed , what harm can he cause , now that he has grown up (!) ha ha
Spursex
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You have been telling a dozen posters that for the last decade. You bull shiter you.
A select few have been my guest. Let me know when you're free and I'll make you top of the list for next season!
Spursex
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47687411
Tottenham: A glimpse inside Spurs' new £1bn state-of-the-art stadium
By Simon Stone
BBC Sport
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: BBC Sport takes a look inside
It has cost £1bn. It has arrived more than six months late. But even the sun joined Mauricio Pochettino and 30,000 fans in coming out at their new stadium to 'Welcome Spurs Home'.
Fittingly, J'Neil Bennett, brought up in Camden, six miles away, scored the first goal. At half-time Pochettino came down from his seat, next to chairman Daniel Levy in the directors' box, to say the occasion made him feel like crying and gave a short speech, sounding very much like a man who will be here next season too.
There were some minor teething problems. Not all the 1,800 high-definition televisions worked, for instance. This is nothing to stress over. Tottenham are back.
There was a 3-1 win for the Under-18s over Southampton on Sunday. Inter Milan will visit for a legends game next Saturday. Then Pochettino will be in the dug-out as Spurs take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League on 3 April and Manchester City in the Champions League six days later.
"It is unbelievable," he said, surveying the scene. "I have the same feeling as the last day at White Hart Lane, when we were crying. The first day here is the same emotion. Our dream has come true."
Pochettino thanked Levy and the Tottenham board for their vision. He thanked the fans for their patience.
In truth, he has needed both during a tortuous process that Tottenham were not expecting last summer when they believed Liverpool would be the first visitors in September.
Pochettino is confident Spurs will hit the ground running.
"This is one of the best stadiums in the world and I hope, and wish, the future of this club will be fantastic," he said.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as it will be called until the club concludes a naming rights deal
"We had all the problems but now all the effort has paid off and it can have a massive impact on players.
"We are in a very good place in the Premier League and while we have a massive challenge in the Champions League, with 62,000 here behind us, it will be fantastic to play in it. It is our dream to be in the semi-final. Why not?"
Tottenham have not been shy in proclaiming their new stadium to be the best. With a capacity of 62,062, it is the biggest club ground in London and second only to Manchester United's Old Trafford in the Premier League.
But whereas Old Trafford, which reached its present capacity in 2007, is looking a bit frayed around the edges, the wonderful Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as it will be called until the club concludes a naming rights deal, is state of the art.
Indeed, it mixes the best of the sports it has been built to host. It has the NFL's comfort, sight lines and numerous food outlets - plus the biggest stadium screens in Europe at 325 sq m. It also has the atmospheric seating arrangements of a typical Premier League ground.
No front-row seat is more than eight metres from the touchline and the acoustics have been taken into account during construction to ensure the atmosphere is as good as it can be.
On a beautiful sunny afternoon, even the half-hour walk from Seven Sisters tube station up Tottenham High Road to White Hart Lane is a pleasure.
It might not be as picturesque as Putney Bridge to Craven Cottage but with its cosmopolitan mix of greengrocers, clothes shops, kebab shops and old-school pubs, it is a hive of activity.
On Sunday, though, there was an additional verve. Families marched north with an extra spring in their step, individual fans stopped regularly to mark each stage of the journey with another picture to do justice to the occasion, groups of lads talked about the Champions League quarter-final draw and the forthcoming first-leg tie against City: "I wish we'd got Porto or United instead."
It felt very much like the first day of the season, when optimism abounds and everyone is keen to get started.
Underneath the grass pitch is an artificial surface that will be used for NFL games
When the stadium's 115 turnstiles were put to use for the first time at 13:00 GMT, there were hundreds in the queues, eager to get their tickets scanned, wanting to get their first glimpse of their new home.
The process was not a quick one, but they had been warned of that.
With test events, the clue is in the title. Everything has to be done thoroughly to make sure it works, so only handfuls of fans were let through at one go to climb the steps on the outside of the stadium to get to the concourses and their seats inside.
The eager will have ignored the kiosks and the toilet facilities and headed straight into the stadium bowl.
Anyone lucky enough to have been to Lincoln Financial Fields, home to the Philadelphia Eagles NFL franchise, would probably see a similarity.
Find out how to get into football with our special guide.
Yet unlike that stadium, this one is completely covered. And unlike that one, underneath the grass pitch here is an artificial surface that will be used for NFL games. The process, which involves the grass pitch being lifted and stored in a 'garage' for up to 10 days, is a feat of engineering. The surface can slide out in three sections simultaneously in just 25 minutes.
The South Stand, which holds 17,500 seats, is more than 34 metres high. That is around a third of the size of Big Ben and about the same as the BBC's Broadcasting House building in central London.
A Tottenham staff member climbed to the top. "If you need to know," he gasped, "it was 223 steps. I was knackered." If he had gone up and down four times it would be the equivalent of climbing to the top of the Empire State Building in New York.
In the concourses, there are 65 food and drink outlets, although, be warned, the stadium is cashless and, today, the one I went to had run out of pies an hour before kick-off.
Plastic straws have been eliminated, recycling bins introduced. On the walls there are heritage plaques, including one of the centre circle at White Hart Lane, and pictures of the club's heroes.
There are 65 food and drink outlets in the concourses but the stadium is cashless
For those who can afford it, there are 8,000 premium seats. The stadium has its own microbrewery which produces craft beer.
Underlining the extent to which Tottenham want to embrace an inclusive fan base, there are 265 wheelchair bays, areas for assistance dogs and three changing places for supporters with "complex care requirements".
For thinking of this, and doing something about it, Tottenham are to be applauded.
There is wi-fi - although, as with every other similar-sized stadium, trying to get a signal when it is full will probably not be a straightforward task.
And, as with the groundsman who would really prefer players not to be on his pristine pitch, the sight of a fan accidently tipping his beer on to the floor underlined the reality that nothing stays new for long once people are introduced.
That is for the future, though.
Today, the sun shone, the stadium opened and 17-year-old J'Neil Bennett has a memory that will last forever.
Spurs are home.
Tottenham: A glimpse inside Spurs' new £1bn state-of-the-art stadium
By Simon Stone
BBC Sport
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: BBC Sport takes a look inside
It has cost £1bn. It has arrived more than six months late. But even the sun joined Mauricio Pochettino and 30,000 fans in coming out at their new stadium to 'Welcome Spurs Home'.
Fittingly, J'Neil Bennett, brought up in Camden, six miles away, scored the first goal. At half-time Pochettino came down from his seat, next to chairman Daniel Levy in the directors' box, to say the occasion made him feel like crying and gave a short speech, sounding very much like a man who will be here next season too.
There were some minor teething problems. Not all the 1,800 high-definition televisions worked, for instance. This is nothing to stress over. Tottenham are back.
There was a 3-1 win for the Under-18s over Southampton on Sunday. Inter Milan will visit for a legends game next Saturday. Then Pochettino will be in the dug-out as Spurs take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League on 3 April and Manchester City in the Champions League six days later.
"It is unbelievable," he said, surveying the scene. "I have the same feeling as the last day at White Hart Lane, when we were crying. The first day here is the same emotion. Our dream has come true."
Pochettino thanked Levy and the Tottenham board for their vision. He thanked the fans for their patience.
In truth, he has needed both during a tortuous process that Tottenham were not expecting last summer when they believed Liverpool would be the first visitors in September.
Pochettino is confident Spurs will hit the ground running.
"This is one of the best stadiums in the world and I hope, and wish, the future of this club will be fantastic," he said.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as it will be called until the club concludes a naming rights deal
"We had all the problems but now all the effort has paid off and it can have a massive impact on players.
"We are in a very good place in the Premier League and while we have a massive challenge in the Champions League, with 62,000 here behind us, it will be fantastic to play in it. It is our dream to be in the semi-final. Why not?"
Tottenham have not been shy in proclaiming their new stadium to be the best. With a capacity of 62,062, it is the biggest club ground in London and second only to Manchester United's Old Trafford in the Premier League.
But whereas Old Trafford, which reached its present capacity in 2007, is looking a bit frayed around the edges, the wonderful Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as it will be called until the club concludes a naming rights deal, is state of the art.
Indeed, it mixes the best of the sports it has been built to host. It has the NFL's comfort, sight lines and numerous food outlets - plus the biggest stadium screens in Europe at 325 sq m. It also has the atmospheric seating arrangements of a typical Premier League ground.
No front-row seat is more than eight metres from the touchline and the acoustics have been taken into account during construction to ensure the atmosphere is as good as it can be.
On a beautiful sunny afternoon, even the half-hour walk from Seven Sisters tube station up Tottenham High Road to White Hart Lane is a pleasure.
It might not be as picturesque as Putney Bridge to Craven Cottage but with its cosmopolitan mix of greengrocers, clothes shops, kebab shops and old-school pubs, it is a hive of activity.
On Sunday, though, there was an additional verve. Families marched north with an extra spring in their step, individual fans stopped regularly to mark each stage of the journey with another picture to do justice to the occasion, groups of lads talked about the Champions League quarter-final draw and the forthcoming first-leg tie against City: "I wish we'd got Porto or United instead."
It felt very much like the first day of the season, when optimism abounds and everyone is keen to get started.
Underneath the grass pitch is an artificial surface that will be used for NFL games
When the stadium's 115 turnstiles were put to use for the first time at 13:00 GMT, there were hundreds in the queues, eager to get their tickets scanned, wanting to get their first glimpse of their new home.
The process was not a quick one, but they had been warned of that.
With test events, the clue is in the title. Everything has to be done thoroughly to make sure it works, so only handfuls of fans were let through at one go to climb the steps on the outside of the stadium to get to the concourses and their seats inside.
The eager will have ignored the kiosks and the toilet facilities and headed straight into the stadium bowl.
Anyone lucky enough to have been to Lincoln Financial Fields, home to the Philadelphia Eagles NFL franchise, would probably see a similarity.
Find out how to get into football with our special guide.
Yet unlike that stadium, this one is completely covered. And unlike that one, underneath the grass pitch here is an artificial surface that will be used for NFL games. The process, which involves the grass pitch being lifted and stored in a 'garage' for up to 10 days, is a feat of engineering. The surface can slide out in three sections simultaneously in just 25 minutes.
The South Stand, which holds 17,500 seats, is more than 34 metres high. That is around a third of the size of Big Ben and about the same as the BBC's Broadcasting House building in central London.
A Tottenham staff member climbed to the top. "If you need to know," he gasped, "it was 223 steps. I was knackered." If he had gone up and down four times it would be the equivalent of climbing to the top of the Empire State Building in New York.
In the concourses, there are 65 food and drink outlets, although, be warned, the stadium is cashless and, today, the one I went to had run out of pies an hour before kick-off.
Plastic straws have been eliminated, recycling bins introduced. On the walls there are heritage plaques, including one of the centre circle at White Hart Lane, and pictures of the club's heroes.
There are 65 food and drink outlets in the concourses but the stadium is cashless
For those who can afford it, there are 8,000 premium seats. The stadium has its own microbrewery which produces craft beer.
Underlining the extent to which Tottenham want to embrace an inclusive fan base, there are 265 wheelchair bays, areas for assistance dogs and three changing places for supporters with "complex care requirements".
For thinking of this, and doing something about it, Tottenham are to be applauded.
There is wi-fi - although, as with every other similar-sized stadium, trying to get a signal when it is full will probably not be a straightforward task.
And, as with the groundsman who would really prefer players not to be on his pristine pitch, the sight of a fan accidently tipping his beer on to the floor underlined the reality that nothing stays new for long once people are introduced.
That is for the future, though.
Today, the sun shone, the stadium opened and 17-year-old J'Neil Bennett has a memory that will last forever.
Spurs are home.
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Nick Real Deal
Vital Football Legend
The shops are described as cosmopolitan. That means a mix of cultures I guess. The Greengrocers are not close to being Greengrocers. They are Asian grocers who display inferior quality produce outside their shops on the pavement. The produce is geared towards Ethnic tastes and when you look closely does not comply with EEC regulations both on quality or ticket descriptions. I have been in the Greengrocery trade at top level as a buyer, shop owner and manager, it is one of my areas of expertise and these shops I find embarrassing.
The Kebab shops I am guessing are run by Asians using Halal meat.
The clothes shops I will await confirmation but I doubt are the sort of clothes I would buy.
So the cosmopolitan mix is looking a bit biased, it just leaves the traditional pubs which if the national trend is representative are in serious decline .
The Kebab shops I am guessing are run by Asians using Halal meat.
The clothes shops I will await confirmation but I doubt are the sort of clothes I would buy.
So the cosmopolitan mix is looking a bit biased, it just leaves the traditional pubs which if the national trend is representative are in serious decline .
Spesh-Spur
Vital 1st Team Regular
Well I tried and failed to get a ticket - Really pissed off!
Sat watching the progress bar slowly creep up for an hour and a half only to find that there were no tickets to be had!
Sat watching the progress bar slowly creep up for an hour and a half only to find that there were no tickets to be had!
Critical_Spur
Vital Football Hero
Wait 'til 62,000 are in attendance, the micro brewery will have a meltdown!
rocketspurs
Vital Squad Member
Same here almost 2 hrs queuing and nothing left. Flights n all booked will grab two somewere hopefully.
Spesh-Spur
Vital 1st Team Regular
More go on sale tomorrow morning for One Hotspur members but I find it odd that if none were available when you or I logged on, then what is left?
Unless they are allocating blocks of seats to each on sale time and day to ensure a good spread of fans and members get tickets?!
10Hoddle
Vital 1st Team Regular
I just want to say how proud I am of Tottenham Hotspur FC. Watched our U18's play against Southampton and was so very impressed with our Stadium, and the fact that the young lads were the first to kick a ball in anger at what is the most beautiful facility for football I have ever seen.
Although I grew up in Scotland and moved to Australia at 15, in 1981, I was never blessed with seeing WHL from the inside. I did fly to London in Dec/Jan 2013/14 however we were playing away on NYD at OT. My wife and I were made so welcome by THFC and were driven to OT and back in the Spurs coach.
I did take 1 million photos of WHL on the outside and surrounding streets however the ground tours were cancelled due to rubbish weather. I also spent ridiculous money on merchandise in the Spurs shop both at WHL and Enfield.
Anyway, so proud of our Club and the U18's who are undefeated this season, scoring something like 67 goals in 17 matches and won the title 8 years running. Skipp was amazing to watch!
The future does seem bright...Lily white bright. Now..... if only our seniors can go close to emulating our juniors I'll be as content as i was watching the young un's.
Although I grew up in Scotland and moved to Australia at 15, in 1981, I was never blessed with seeing WHL from the inside. I did fly to London in Dec/Jan 2013/14 however we were playing away on NYD at OT. My wife and I were made so welcome by THFC and were driven to OT and back in the Spurs coach.
I did take 1 million photos of WHL on the outside and surrounding streets however the ground tours were cancelled due to rubbish weather. I also spent ridiculous money on merchandise in the Spurs shop both at WHL and Enfield.
Anyway, so proud of our Club and the U18's who are undefeated this season, scoring something like 67 goals in 17 matches and won the title 8 years running. Skipp was amazing to watch!
The future does seem bright...Lily white bright. Now..... if only our seniors can go close to emulating our juniors I'll be as content as i was watching the young un's.
10. I’ve said a million times it’s wrong to exaggerate about the amount of photos you took !
Great post mate There is a brilliant photo I’ve seen on another website of the surrounding streets and the stadium in the background . I will track it down and post it on here for you ASAP. It was the same road I used to walk along when my Dad parked up , not far from Tottenham Hale ,and we had to walk the last twenty minutes to the ground .
That is a brilliant story of you and your wife being treated like royalty by the club . What a wonderful memory.
Thanks mate
Great post mate There is a brilliant photo I’ve seen on another website of the surrounding streets and the stadium in the background . I will track it down and post it on here for you ASAP. It was the same road I used to walk along when my Dad parked up , not far from Tottenham Hale ,and we had to walk the last twenty minutes to the ground .
That is a brilliant story of you and your wife being treated like royalty by the club . What a wonderful memory.
Thanks mate
10 , you said you watched the game , Did you notice if there were any problems with the corner kick situation and the slope off the playing area . I’ve been really busy lately and not had chance to see any highlights anywhere .
SA-Spur
Vital Squad Member
Nick Real Deal
Vital Football Legend
Little or no angle seen on the run off area, looks to be astroturf type flap which lowers down to meet the turf.
muttley
Alert Team
I think you've all missed the point about the run offs....
On corners, Eriksen will now be running up hill which will create a slightly higher trajectory and start beating the first man.
The opposition will also hit their corners higher which will be easy for Lloris to catch.
Score more, concede less......sorted :-)
Thanks SA. Much appreciated
