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Disgruntled Gooner
http://angryofislington.com/2013/09/09/what-is-spurs-justification-for-taking-taxpayers-money/?
http://angryofislington.com/2013/09/09/what-is-spurs-justification-for-taking-taxpayers-money/?
Obviously I will be accused of being obsessed by Spurs by writing this, so Spurs fans please don’t bother as I’ve heard it before.
I would not have bothered with this topic but for two things:
1 – the number of indignant comments from Spurs fans on previous blog posts saying how public spirited their club is in building a new ground in an area that needs facilities, coupled with their bizarre insistence that Arsenal somehow fleeced the taxpaying public to build their own stadium (evidence please)
2 – being alerted on twitter to a paragraph in the Guardian pointing out the disparity between the wealth of Spurs’ owners and the threats to Haringey council to ship out if the little stadium project wasn’t subsidised.
So I did a quick search through the Guardian web archive and here’s what they’ve said:
Aug 2011:
Oct 2011
Feb 2012:
Mar 2013:
Apr 2013:
August 2013:
Over to you Spurs fans. Can’t wait for your justification.