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Spurs make secret payment to the FA to play at Wembley until New Year

mawspurs

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Tottenham have made a secret payment to the FA to play at Wembley until the end of the year because of constructions concerns at their new stadium. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy activated an option with FA chiefs to use Wembley as their home stadium beyond this weekend’s clash with Fulham.

Source: Sun
 

fridgemagnet

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"The Sun" :ROFLMAO:
"Secret payments" sounds underhand and espionagy clickbaity, because "putting a deposit down to secure the venue dates in case of unforeseen problems" doesn't sell rags.

It would be far stupider to not provisionally book an alternate venue and not be able to fulfil our fixtures due to not having somewhere to host them.
 

Nebby

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Surprised the PL will let us switch from Wembley mid season. Thought the rules prohibited this?
 

Nebby

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They set a precedent with one, so why not 3, 5 or 10 I guess..

Because PL rules allow for 1 home game to be played at a different stadium. I believe the maximum is two. Any more than that and you have to remain at the alternate stadium for the season, unless special permission is granted. No guarantees we'll be granted that permission.
 

double0

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Surprised the PL will let us switch from Wembley mid season. Thought the rules prohibited this?
Rules are there to be broken.

Anyway it's not an every season thing a club builds a stadium
 

whitesocks

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Because PL rules allow for 1 home game to be played at a different stadium. I believe the maximum is two. Any more than that and you have to remain at the alternate stadium for the season, unless special permission is granted. No guarantees we'll be granted that permission.
Wow. No wonder they haven't bothered laying the pitch.
 
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