I want to stay in Tottenham but this £40 million loan by the LB of Newham to West Ham really looks desperate and I'm surprized it's legal.
Or a bigger dividend.
Someone talking sense on another spurs site............
A few seasons ago Tottenham Hotspur proudly celebrated 125 years of history. In 8 days time a decision will be taken that could shape its destiny for the next 125. It will be taken behind closed doors, by people eminent no doubt in their field but who are wholly unknown to the the public, who have little interest in football and none whatsoever in the future well-being of our club. The closest we get to a football man is the former managing director of Arsenal. Certainly no one has bothered to ask the fans.Such is the changing face of football sadly. Fans have never (in recent years at least) been listened to. Nor will they. The Premier League Pound/Dollar/Yen/Juan/Euro/Rand ..delete as appropriate...is the over riding driver of anything football related at the moment.
The fans are the heart and soul of the club. We were there 125 years ago, we’re here now and we will be here for as long as our team pulls on the white shirt. Players and chairmen come and go, we hand down the white shirt to our children and grandchildren.Yet when it comes to this most momentous of decisions, we are the very last people to be consulted. We turn up through rain and shine, good times and bad, we pay our money and pay the wages. Right now, we don’t exist.As per my previous comment.
Levy apparently lacks the courage to appear in public to discuss his plans. It’s ironic that this furore comes at a time when he has largely won over our support by the way he has run the club.
He usually keeps a low profile in fairness, as he did over the Jol sacking debacle. He has other front men able to smooth things over better than he. He has seen his stock rise amongst spurs fans recently, but this could be a major backward step for him.
Either levy is playing an amazing and convincing game of brinkmanship or as is more likely in my opinion, he is counting on football fans to be consistent. By that i mean that all will be very quickly forgotten if success on the pitch continues and the OS keeps filling to capacity.
You're absolutely correct, we would be retaining a small part of the basement.Can I make one point on this. We are NOT going to knock down the new Olympic stadium should we get the green light - only a portion of it and what is knocked down will be reused for a new athletics stadium at Crystal Palace!
Financially, the OS looks the best option and as I have said elsewhere, for those of us who have to travel from outside London to get to games it's a bloody nightmare. Hard enough to get tickets at times and then, when you do, getting to the ground and home is ridiculous! If the OS changes that, I'm with that bid.
In addition, with the new Fair Play rules coming in, it makes financial sense to keep money pumping into the club on the pitch while ensuring we get cost-effectiveness off it.
Dear Dean,
Thank you for your email yesterday about the Olympics stadium, which you copied to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, the Rt HonJeremy Hunt MP. I am replying on his behalf.
I can assure you that the Government fully recognises that football clubs are much more than just a business – they are a way of life for many people and do have a massive influence on the financial, cultural and sporting environment in every town and city across the country. It is why the Government will be continuing its discussions with the football authorities on further governance reform and a greater involvement for supporters at their local clubs, with a view to setting out a way forward in these areas by May as agreed in the Department’s recent Business Plan.
As far as the Olympic Stadium itself is concerned, the Department’s main priority is to ensure a long-term, sustainable legacy. The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) is leading on determining the legacy use of the Stadium after the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and is currently negotiating with the two short-listed consortiums bidding to use the Stadium. OPLC expects to have reached a settled position on the Stadium legacy by the end of this financial year, but I hope you will understand that the Minister can neither prejudge the outcome of OPLC’s process nor comment on the merits of either bid.
The Department appreciates your concern about the possibility that Tottenham Hotspur may be the successful bidder for the Olympic Stadium. However, the decision to bid and any decision to move the club, should the bid succeed, is a matter for the club and we would recommend that fans should make their views known to its Board.
Yours sincerely
Colin
Colin Green
Public Engagement Team
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
This is the one reply, aside from automated messages, that I have received from all of the commitee who vote next week.
I think this article from today's ES pretty much sums up how I feel about Stratford. Infact it covers everything so prefectly, it's almost like the guy was inside my mind...mg:
...mg:I think this article from today's ES pretty much sums up how I feel about Stratford. Infact it covers everything so prefectly, it's almost like the guy was inside my mind
It covers it for me as well.
Just wondering, if spurs were to move, would a spurs museum (of some sort) on the Northumberland Park site, be, in any way, satisfactory to those looking to retain the connection to N17?
No offence mate but that is the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard. A club museum in the area? Yes, but only if the stadium was across the road.
Just wondering, if spurs were to move, would a spurs museum (of some sort) on the Northumberland Park site, be, in any way, satisfactory to those looking to retain the connection to N17?