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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: DonnyBazR0ver on September 23, 2025, 01:23:24 pm
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Worthy of a thread on it's own I think, separate from the match. A chance to record your experiences of the day from start to finish. The travel, the prematch and post match experiences.
Post your thoughts, feelings, photos and vids for one of our most rich footballing experiences.
Big shout out for the Supporters Club for the efficient organisation of the coach travel and good luck to everyone however you choose to get there.
Looking forward to seeing all those coaches lined up at the Eco already.
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What a beautiful day for it. Has anyone started their journey to White Hart Lane yet?
Hope the cookies don't prevent us recording this great day out.
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11:40 train out of Retford for me…
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Safe travels everyone.
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11:40 train out of Retford for me…
And 12:40 out of Retford for me
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I’m hoping to be able to follow this thread today but I’ve been plagued by the cookies bug on and off so far today.
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Are any fans heading to any particular pubs?
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The coaches are all now nearly full. Setting off soon.
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M1 b*llocksed around Mansfield so headed back towards A1.
Currently stuck on m18.
Today is going to rat shit already
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Bus 19 chugging down A1 nicely....
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On my way to Islington for a game of darts and couple of drinks with my Spurs supporting mate then will meet the rest of our group and aim to get into the ground for 7ish. Heard the pubs around the ground aren't great.
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Dumped car at digs at Southgate, quick spoons pint and now on the tube platform to Wood green.. come on!!!!
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Lefl home at 1pm. On the train from Edinburgh now approaching KX in 20 minutes. Found it strange to wizz past the Keepmoat at 120mph to go to a Donny game.
And then past the Peterborough stadium with all their flags flying. Have they won something? Err no!
Will post further updates.
My son is joining me in the Premier Seats around half way. For us it’s once in a lifetime - again. Took him to Wembley, Cardiff and Brentford. What a lucky pup! Mind you he’s earning and bought his own seat this time. Wonder what will happen when we get to the bar?
After KX Seven Sisters next stop.
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Whoever recommended Walsingham Road in Enfield, thank you. Parked for free. Overland train to white hart lane. Tapped in for me and took my boys through the family gate for free
Just sat in McDonalds down towards seven sisters but will be walking back up shortly
The stadium looks ace. Spoken to a few friendly spurs fans already
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My experience was in February 1956 the first game I was allowed to attend with friends and no adults, catching the bus at Askern and walking through town up to Belle View.
The walkways were packed with over 34,000 in attendance as were the special trackies and buses laid on for the match.
After getting our bag of humbugs outside the ground sold from an old suitcase we went in and booked our places on the wall on the main stand side, the who;e place was packed.
we knew the players like Smith, Norman, Blanchflower, Brooks, harmer, and Robb from cigarette cards and cards in bubble gum wrappers collected and swopped at school.
We lost 2-0 with goals from Smith and Brooks but the memories are still there all the friends I was with sadly passed away, but the happy yimes are still in my memory.
So have agreat day take in the occasion and hopefully we can do well if not win.
Moments like this don't come along often take it all in and enjoy.
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My experience was in February 1956 the first game I was allowed to attend with friends and no adults, catching the bus at Askern and walking through town up to Belle View.
The walkways were packed with over 34,000 in attendance as were the special trackies and buses laid on for the match.
After getting our bag of humbugs outside the ground sold from an old suitcase we went in and booked our places on the wall on the main stand side, the who;e place was packed.
we knew the players like Smith, Norman, Blanchflower, Brooks, harmer, and Robb from cigarette cards and cards in bubble gum wrappers collected and swopped at school.
We lost 2-0 with goals from Smith and Brooks but the memories are still there all the friends I was with sadly passed away, but the happy yimes are still in my memory.
So have agreat day take in the occasion and hopefully we can do well if not win.
Moments like this don't come along often take it all in and enjoy.
Great memories there Brian, thanks for sharing.
We get so much from football don’t we mate?
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I noticed plenty of you chaps around the Antwerp Arms earlier.
Free advice
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Beehive is open to us and loads of Rovers in there. No issue getting in. Decent beer prices.
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https://x.com/SpursOfficial/status/1970904500618608750
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Made it safely.
Parked up at Theobalds Grove, short train to White Hart Lane and now enjoying a beer in Antwerp Arms
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Why do we always gift Spurs an own goal? Very proud of the lads tonight, we were certainly not disgraced. Good to see Richarlison grabbing a souvenir shirt at the end! :rtid:
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Well done lads, glad you all had a good time.
I wanted to comment at half time but couldn’t get past the bloody cookie bug.
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Some proper d**kheads there tonight.
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Got the train from donny at 2.20. Tube and overland to Fore Street where we havea nice little flat booked. Nice italian then a couple beers. Proud of the lads. Best team in 2nd half. Back home tomorrow. RTID
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42.5k attendance for those interested.
Newcastle away next. Draw could have been kinder.
Anyway, good luck for the rest of the season.
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I thought it was a great night- stadium was awesome, some of the play from Spurs was sublime but we played some decent stuff ourselves at times.
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We are on the coach currently driving on a small road with hedges either side of the road.
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What a fantastic day out, amazing stadium friendly staff and everything just flowed. Thought we were totally outclassed in the first half but gave it a good go in the second and didn’t disgrace ourselves. Gutted with the third goal for some reason.
Spurs are quality and their manager took the game seriously.
Only downside to the day was the trip home who in their right mind closes the A1,M1 and M25 at the same time
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Had a great evening out . Drove down to north London to stay at my youngest sons overnight . Walked to Newington Green and had some wonderful Lamacun and a few beers. Jumped on a lime bike to Tottenham and met up with dad and brother and a very healthy rovers crowd at the Antwerp arms. The ground . Well it’s pretty awesome on first sight but more on that later. The game, well I think GM summed it up well. The spurs fans we spoke to afterwards agreed the scoreline flattered them . With a quality striker up Front it may have been different but there you go. Molyneux not getting a shot on target cost me a nice big payout which wasn’t to be also. Second half I thought rovers equalled them across the pitch except for the sloppy late defending .
On the ground , walking away from it I got the feeling that while it is huge and expensive and impressive , I just thought it was “too much” . I didn’t think the place had any soul. More like an oversized amusement arcade than sports arena. Dare I say too “Americanised”
Anyway, the winners on the night were the club and the players and the fans. Well supported, well
Played esp second half and the club get rewarded with what should be a tidy pay day .
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We are on the coach currently driving on a small road with hedges either side of the road.
You were probably on the Hedgewhere Road.
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So did we ! Driver passed 2 Diversion signs and we dived down a small lane
Mumblings on Coach of the "where's he going" and mirrors scraping on a Cornish style Road it seemed endless then a light appeared in distance , then Red lights and we joined a queue of 20 or 30 cars and bizarrely an Artic and Trailer before emerging on to Redbourn Road somewhere St Albans
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What a fantastic day out, amazing stadium friendly staff and everything just flowed. Thought we were totally outclassed in the first half but gave it a good go in the second and didn’t disgrace ourselves. Gutted with the third goal for some reason.
Spurs are quality and their manager took the game seriously.
Only downside to the day was the trip home who in their right mind closes the A1,M1 and M25 at the same time
Agreed again roverdude . Stadium was amazing (far better than The Emirates) but as posted elsewhere the Concourses were not as big as I expected but massively bigger than ours lol
Disappointed with the Beer experience I had bulled up on the Coach and especially as Away Fans seemed not trusted to have one of the magic Glasses , so they were pulled bottom up and into flimsy plastic glasses. With hindsight I would have called at a real Pub for real Beer but my Madri drinking Mates were happy
I joked before going in to other Rovers fans , Im 70 plus and was 160 miles from home taking a Photo of my Teams name lit up in lights outside , and was trying to get a photo through the East Side doors of the biggest one but failed
In the Stadium the Light Show was impressive but if you didnt know there was one I wondered if there were warnings somewhere as they usually put on TV if there is flashlight photography ?
It looked like our plan to allocate Rows 1 to 6 for sitters and the rest for standers worked well just a few in the very corner by Corner Flag, however further back there were some of our Fans spending more time hounding some Spurs Fans for a lot of second half. I never understand that but maybe an age thing
Thanks Londoner for the tips along the way much appreciated by me and many many more I am sure
Agree rd .... that last goal flattened me and though NOTHING like it in its consequences I was reminded of the last few seconds at Belle Vue v Arsenal when we got the Free Kick in a similar position and instead of chipping it to the corner we elected to put it into Play and we all know what happened next. I was flattened then and I was flattened last night.
Ref was ready to blow time ... Spurs players had had enough and took ages to take a Throw in , they were happy 2 0 job done , added time was virtually up and I was ready to celebrate a 2 0 loss. We needed to use up 15 seconds and then chip the ball into their area or even over hit it for a goal kick. Either way the ref blows and we keep the score 2 0 . Like you I dont know WHY it mattered to me SO much but it DID and it DOES. Pleased GM gave it prominence in his post match comments
Coming back , yes the roadworks and so called diversions were annoying
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Great day!! I was on the magical mystery tour coach 8.. One so called supporter slagged off Every Rovers player, " the worst player ever in a Rovers shirt" at every player, until I told him to shut up, we were playing Spurs not Scunthorpe
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What a fantastic day out, amazing stadium friendly staff and everything just flowed. Thought we were totally outclassed in the first half but gave it a good go in the second and didn’t disgrace ourselves. Gutted with the third goal for some reason.
Spurs are quality and their manager took the game seriously.
Only downside to the day was the trip home who in their right mind closes the A1,M1 and M25 at the same time
Agreed again roverdude . Stadium was amazing (far better than The Emirates) but as posted elsewhere the Concourses were not as big as I expected but massively bigger than ours lol
Disappointed with the Beer experience I had bulled up on the Coach and especially as Away Fans seemed not trusted to have one of the magic Glasses , so they were pulled bottom up and into flimsy plastic glasses. With hindsight I would have called at a real Pub for real Beer but my Madri drinking Mates were happy
I joked before going in to other Rovers fans , Im 70 plus and was 160 miles from home taking a Photo of my Teams name lit up in lights outside , and was trying to get a photo through the East Side doors of the biggest one but failed
In the Stadium the Light Show was impressive but if you didnt know there was one I wondered if there were warnings somewhere as they usually put on TV if there is flashlight photography ?
It looked like our plan to allocate Rows 1 to 6 for sitters and the rest for standers worked well just a few in the very corner by Corner Flag, however further back there were some of our Fans spending more time hounding some Spurs Fans for a lot of second half. I never understand that but maybe an age thing
Thanks Londoner for the tips along the way much appreciated by me and many many more I am sure
Agree rd .... that last goal flattened me and though NOTHING like it in its consequences I was reminded of the last few seconds at Belle Vue v Arsenal when we got the Free Kick in a similar position and instead of chipping it to the corner we elected to put it into Play and we all know what happened next. I was flattened then and I was flattened last night.
Ref was ready to blow time ... Spurs players had had enough and took ages to take a Throw in , they were happy 2 0 job done , added time was virtually up and I was ready to celebrate a 2 0 loss. We needed to use up 15 seconds and then chip the ball into their area or even over hit it for a goal kick. Either way the ref blows and we keep the score 2 0 . Like you I dont know WHY it mattered to me SO much but it DID and it DOES. Pleased GM gave it prominence in his post match comments
Coming back , yes the roadworks and so called diversions were annoying
I got a ticket on row 23 so I could stand ,for the first 20 minutes all we got was some woman moaning that they could not see and wanted everyone to sit down and even got the chief steward to come ,he then told her what do you want me to do it's an away game everybody stands up at the back and just walked off
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First chance I've had to talk about the ground due to the site being unusable last two days.
I posted on my Facebook about how the stadium from the outside looked like a massive transport Interchange.
I even joked with Gazlaz on the way in how it resembled a giant Tesco extra , like the big one in Sheffield.
For me, the stadium just doesn't fit in the area. It's lost its community feel.
Going inside was like going through airport security, ridiculous!
The inside of the stadium itself is for multi use, I get that but it just didn't feel like a football stadium.
Too gimmicky and too americanised and it's so centred towards the executive side of things.
The only things I did like was the safe standing rail seats, I wish we had those in the black bank.
The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
My 17 year old son, who i thought would love it said he prefers the old style grounds as they've got more character.
I know football is a business and it's very money driven, but I came away from White Hart Lane a bit deflated and disillusioned with football.
The Gulf in football now is ridiculously huge.
Give me Valley Parade, Meadow Lane and Prenton Park any day of the week.
I sincerely hope that the big EPL clubs f**k off and join a European super league, maybe then we can enjoy a proper football league for a while.
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Valley Parade is a great stadium.
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Nudga #34
The Stadium was given green light to become the Flagship of the area and which would drive it to total rejuvenation.
How's that going I wonder ?
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Nudga #34
The Stadium was given green light to become the Flagship of the area and which would drive it to total rejuvenation.
How's that going I wonder ?
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (THFC) significantly benefits Haringey through substantial economic contributions, generating millions in Gross Value Added (GVA) and supporting thousands of jobs, with an estimated £296 million GVA and 2,800 jobs in 2021/22, expected to grow to £549 million and 3,100 jobs by the 2026/27 season, alongside significant investment in local infrastructure and regeneration projects. Non-football events, such as concerts and the NFL, also drive considerable economic activity for the borough.
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Looking on the Spurs message board, there seems a lot of arrogance with the majority
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Looking on the Spurs message board, there seems a lot of arrogance with the majority
Because they beat a L1 team? Or something else?
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Looking on the Spurs message board, there seems a lot of arrogance with the majority
Because they beat a L1 team? Or something else?
Arrogance towards our L1 team, instead of giving us a bit of credit for our performance
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First chance I've had to talk about the ground due to the site being unusable last two days.
I posted on my Facebook about how the stadium from the outside looked like a massive transport Interchange.
I even joked with Gazlaz on the way in how it resembled a giant Tesco extra , like the big one in Sheffield.
For me, the stadium just doesn't fit in the area. It's lost its community feel.
Going inside was like going through airport security, ridiculous!
The inside of the stadium itself is for multi use, I get that but it just didn't feel like a football stadium.
Too gimmicky and too americanised and it's so centred towards the executive side of things.
The only things I did like was the safe standing rail seats, I wish we had those in the black bank.
The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
My 17 year old son, who i thought would love it said he prefers the old style grounds as they've got more character.
I know football is a business and it's very money driven, but I came away from White Hart Lane a bit deflated and disillusioned with football.
The Gulf in football now is ridiculously huge.
Give me Valley Parade, Meadow Lane and Prenton Park any day of the week.
I sincerely hope that the big EPL clubs f**k off and join a European super league, maybe then we can enjoy a proper football league for a while.
Were you listening to our conversations after the game as they mirrored this, particularly the super league points. Spurs are a bit different they've never been anything but that top level so their fans don't understand lower league football as much as some of the other premier league clubs. But every time I come accross anything premier league as a fan I dislike it. Over 40k in attendance yet places like Burton or Tranmere are much more atmospheric for sure (yes I know it wasn't a big game for them). Maybe I'm nostalgic that football shouldn't have to be all nice and sanitised.
I thought as an away fan it was a bit of a pain, the area makes parts of Donny look like paradise and I thought the distance the coaches parked away was a joke, quite sad seeing the less able having to get taxis back even though we weren't on one.
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Looking on the Spurs message board, there seems a lot of arrogance with the majority
Because they beat a L1 team? Or something else?
Arrogance towards our L1 team, instead of giving us a bit of credit for our performance
"Doncaster were no pushovers, played quite well and gave us a couple of scares"
"We didn’t dominate the ball as much I’d thought we would. They had a number of shots and touches in our box"
"Fair play to Doncaster who played some very nice football"
That's from a cursory look.
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First chance I've had to talk about the ground due to the site being unusable last two days.
I posted on my Facebook about how the stadium from the outside looked like a massive transport Interchange.
I even joked with Gazlaz on the way in how it resembled a giant Tesco extra , like the big one in Sheffield.
For me, the stadium just doesn't fit in the area. It's lost its community feel.
Going inside was like going through airport security, ridiculous!
The inside of the stadium itself is for multi use, I get that but it just didn't feel like a football stadium.
Too gimmicky and too americanised and it's so centred towards the executive side of things.
The only things I did like was the safe standing rail seats, I wish we had those in the black bank.
The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
My 17 year old son, who i thought would love it said he prefers the old style grounds as they've got more character.
I know football is a business and it's very money driven, but I came away from White Hart Lane a bit deflated and disillusioned with football.
The Gulf in football now is ridiculously huge.
Give me Valley Parade, Meadow Lane and Prenton Park any day of the week.
I sincerely hope that the big EPL clubs f**k off and join a European super league, maybe then we can enjoy a proper football league for a while.
Were you listening to our conversations after the game as they mirrored this, particularly the super league points. Spurs are a bit different they've never been anything but that top level so their fans don't understand lower league football as much as some of the other premier league clubs. But every time I come accross anything premier league as a fan I dislike it. Over 40k in attendance yet places like Burton or Tranmere are much more atmospheric for sure (yes I know it wasn't a big game for them). Maybe I'm nostalgic that football shouldn't have to be all nice and sanitised.
I thought as an away fan it was a bit of a pain, the area makes parts of Donny look like paradise and I thought the distance the coaches parked away was a joke, quite sad seeing the less able having to get taxis back even though we weren't on one.
If you think it is rough now you should have visited in the 70s and 80s....even into the 90s.
Before Spurs started the slow gentrification of the area it was more akin to Beirut or the Gaza strip.
On another note, the atmosphere was pretty poor but it can be absolutely incredible at times.
"The former Manchester United defender (Neville) stated that the Arsenal players ‘were brutalised’ by Spurs fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the North London Derby last week"
Horses for courses.
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First chance I've had to talk about the ground due to the site being unusable last two days.
I posted on my Facebook about how the stadium from the outside looked like a massive transport Interchange.
I even joked with Gazlaz on the way in how it resembled a giant Tesco extra , like the big one in Sheffield.
For me, the stadium just doesn't fit in the area. It's lost its community feel.
Going inside was like going through airport security, ridiculous!
The inside of the stadium itself is for multi use, I get that but it just didn't feel like a football stadium.
Too gimmicky and too americanised and it's so centred towards the executive side of things.
The only things I did like was the safe standing rail seats, I wish we had those in the black bank.
The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
My 17 year old son, who i thought would love it said he prefers the old style grounds as they've got more character.
I know football is a business and it's very money driven, but I came away from White Hart Lane a bit deflated and disillusioned with football.
The Gulf in football now is ridiculously huge.
Give me Valley Parade, Meadow Lane and Prenton Park any day of the week.
I sincerely hope that the big EPL clubs f**k off and join a European super league, maybe then we can enjoy a proper football league for a while.
Were you listening to our conversations after the game as they mirrored this, particularly the super league points. Spurs are a bit different they've never been anything but that top level so their fans don't understand lower league football as much as some of the other premier league clubs. But every time I come accross anything premier league as a fan I dislike it. Over 40k in attendance yet places like Burton or Tranmere are much more atmospheric for sure (yes I know it wasn't a big game for them). Maybe I'm nostalgic that football shouldn't have to be all nice and sanitised.
I thought as an away fan it was a bit of a pain, the area makes parts of Donny look like paradise and I thought the distance the coaches parked away was a joke, quite sad seeing the less able having to get taxis back even though we weren't on one.
If you think it is rough now you should have visited in the 70s and 80s....even into the 90s.
Before Spurs started the slow gentrification of the area it was more akin to Beirut or the Gaza strip.
On another note, the atmosphere was pretty poor but it can be absolutely incredible at times.
"The former Manchester United defender (Neville) stated that the Arsenal players ‘were brutalised’ by Spurs fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the North London Derby last week"
Horses for courses.
No disrespect intended londoner, just didnt hit the spot for me.
I actually enjoyed having a few pints the Antwerp, a bit rough and ready but locals were sound with us.
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I thought when they scored, it was incredibly loud.
So I can only imagine how incredible the atmosphere is when full and for example in a north London derby.
I think it’s a bit petty to be knocking their atmosphere at home to a L1 club, especially when they scored two early goals. Yes we played ok but they didn’t get (or need to get) out of 2nd gear.
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First chance I've had to talk about the ground due to the site being unusable last two days.
I posted on my Facebook about how the stadium from the outside looked like a massive transport Interchange.
I even joked with Gazlaz on the way in how it resembled a giant Tesco extra , like the big one in Sheffield.
For me, the stadium just doesn't fit in the area. It's lost its community feel.
Going inside was like going through airport security, ridiculous!
The inside of the stadium itself is for multi use, I get that but it just didn't feel like a football stadium.
Too gimmicky and too americanised and it's so centred towards the executive side of things.
The only things I did like was the safe standing rail seats, I wish we had those in the black bank.
The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
My 17 year old son, who i thought would love it said he prefers the old style grounds as they've got more character.
I know football is a business and it's very money driven, but I came away from White Hart Lane a bit deflated and disillusioned with football.
The Gulf in football now is ridiculously huge.
Give me Valley Parade, Meadow Lane and Prenton Park any day of the week.
I sincerely hope that the big EPL clubs f**k off and join a European super league, maybe then we can enjoy a proper football league for a while.
Were you listening to our conversations after the game as they mirrored this, particularly the super league points. Spurs are a bit different they've never been anything but that top level so their fans don't understand lower league football as much as some of the other premier league clubs. But every time I come accross anything premier league as a fan I dislike it. Over 40k in attendance yet places like Burton or Tranmere are much more atmospheric for sure (yes I know it wasn't a big game for them). Maybe I'm nostalgic that football shouldn't have to be all nice and sanitised.
I thought as an away fan it was a bit of a pain, the area makes parts of Donny look like paradise and I thought the distance the coaches parked away was a joke, quite sad seeing the less able having to get taxis back even though we weren't on one.
If you think it is rough now you should have visited in the 70s and 80s....even into the 90s.
Before Spurs started the slow gentrification of the area it was more akin to Beirut or the Gaza strip.
On another note, the atmosphere was pretty poor but it can be absolutely incredible at times.
"The former Manchester United defender (Neville) stated that the Arsenal players ‘were brutalised’ by Spurs fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the North London Derby last week"
Horses for courses.
No disrespect intended londoner, just didnt hit the spot for me.
I actually enjoyed having a few pints the Antwerp, a bit rough and ready but locals were sound with us.
No offence taken mate. Glad you enjoyed the Antwerp.
Decent little boozer.
We are generally sound with away fans. Its only really Arse, Chelsea and West Ham where it might get ugly. I say Arse but they generally stay in their lane.
At my age I have enough trouble fighting to open a packet of ham to even consider fisticuffs at football.
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The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
ive touched that large golden bird, boy is it high!! :-(
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The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
ive touched that large golden bird, boy is it high!! :-(
You can abseil down from there. If you are insane.
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Looking on the Spurs message board, there seems a lot of arrogance with the majority
Because they beat a L1 team? Or something else?
Arrogance towards our L1 team, instead of giving us a bit of credit for our performance
"Doncaster were no pushovers, played quite well and gave us a couple of scares"
"We didn’t dominate the ball as much I’d thought we would. They had a number of shots and touches in our box"
"Fair play to Doncaster who played some very nice football"
That's from a cursory look.
59 pages and you picked 3 posts, I did say the majority, not all
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I DID the skywalk then the absail in March
its brilliant, and im scared of heights lol
great experience
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Flew into Stansted from Alicante after an hour drive down from Denia on Wednesday. Stansted Express to Tottenham Hale. Dead easy and the reverse back on Thursday.
Good pre match beers in Wood Green and then Antwerp (thanks for the tip Londoner).
Thought the Stadium was fabulous. Nice touch with the refurbished Bill Nicholson Gates and the gold cockerel on the old Tottenham Hotspur clock. I hope the money generated really does help the area and some of the old buildings are regenerated etc.
Enjoyed the game, clearly Spurs way ahead in athleticism, speed of thought and so on. As I said to Owen Baileys dad on the tube ‘Tell the lads they did alright tonight’
Sadly the downer was being situated one row behind a group of youths who for the last 15 mins hurled abuse at a Spurs fan in the tier above, with their backs to play and pretty much nose to nose with me. Outside 2 similar youths abusing a steward. Embarrassing for the club, sadly that’s my outstanding memory of the night.spurs fans were great taking photos of us and chatting. Hope Spurs go and win it.
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Flew into Stansted from Alicante after an hour drive down from Denia on Wednesday. Stansted Express to Tottenham Hale. Dead easy and the reverse back on Thursday.
Good pre match beers in Wood Green and then Antwerp (thanks for the tip Londoner).
Thought the Stadium was fabulous. Nice touch with the refurbished Bill Nicholson Gates and the gold cockerel on the old Tottenham Hotspur clock. I hope the money generated really does help the area and some of the old buildings are regenerated etc.
Enjoyed the game, clearly Spurs way ahead in athleticism, speed of thought and so on. As I said to Owen Baileys dad on the tube ‘Tell the lads they did alright tonight’
Sadly the downer was being situated one row behind a group of youths who for the last 15 mins hurled abuse at a Spurs fan in the tier above, with their backs to play and pretty much nose to nose with me. Outside 2 similar youths abusing a steward. Embarrassing for the club, sadly that’s my outstanding memory of the night.spurs fans were great taking photos of us and chatting. Hope Spurs go and win it.
Cheers mate.
Glad you had a good experience.
Good luck for the rest of the season.
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Second time I've been. Once in home end and on Wednesday in the away end. Completely different experience, the home end is far nicer with loads more room and better food options.
Drive down from Donny and parked at Edmonton Methodist Church. Only had to quicken my stride a couple of times walking up the road to the ground, took 15 minutes ish. Loads of "fresh" fish shops if that is your thing.
Got back out of town quite quickly only to be stitched up by road closures and diversions.
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I noticed plenty of you chaps around the Antwerp Arms earlier.
Free advice
Had 3 or 4 in the Antwerp!
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42.5k attendance for those interested.
Newcastle away next. Draw could have been kinder.
Anyway, good luck for the rest of the season.
Cheers Londoner & thanks for the tips for match day
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I pretty echo what everyone has said about the stadium. Impressive, but with an american feel to it.
Spurs fans who i saw around the ground and on the train were all very complimentary and helpful. Fair play to them.
Funny moment getting the train back to Broxbourne. Was on the platform at Northumberland road, and some spurs fans around 18 years of age were chanting to some fans on the opposite platform train, that they had got on the wrong train.
The same fans got on our train and realised, that it didnt stop at Cheshunt and had to get off at Broxbourne. They were not happy!
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There must have been quite a few that post on here in or outside the Antwerp Arms on Wednesday. The beer garden was full when we got there so we were outside just opposite sat on the wall. It was a good atmosphere and decent beer at a fair price for down there. Well worth the walk. Living in Bradford we were tempted to try a Pako Taco but when the son-in-law saw £14 for a wrap decided against it. Queued for ages in the ground for cheeseburger fries and a pint. £37.80 for that round. Disappointed with the lack of room on the concourse especially trying to get to the toilet at half time. Got to bed at 4.30 am after our tour round Bedfordshire to get back on the motorway. I think that coach 20 was the last one back although there were 4 or 5 other coaches that can’t have got back much earlier still in the car park.
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The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
ive touched that large golden bird, boy is it high!! :-(
You can abseil down from there. If you are insane.
lol, I'm insane then lol, it was horrendous , what possessed me ill never know. :-)
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Nudga #34
The Stadium was given green light to become the Flagship of the area and which would drive it to total rejuvenation.
How's that going I wonder ?
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (THFC) significantly benefits Haringey through substantial economic contributions, generating millions in Gross Value Added (GVA) and supporting thousands of jobs, with an estimated £296 million GVA and 2,800 jobs in 2021/22, expected to grow to £549 million and 3,100 jobs by the 2026/27 season, alongside significant investment in local infrastructure and regeneration projects. Non-football events, such as concerts and the NFL, also drive considerable economic activity for the borough.
I was only saying to our kid at the match there must have been over 1000 people working for Spurs in and around the ground on Wednesdy night. There can't be many larger employers in that area.
Thanks for your advice and tips Londoner. I used the shuttle to & from Wood Green which was simple even with my Rovers colours on. Had a bit of a chat with a Spurs fan on the way back who said he was impressed with us and our support & wished us well for the rest of the season.
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Such an incredible experience.
Stadium was absolutely amazing. Loved the bit before building atmosphere with their history reel and the lights dimmed, just a shame they spoil it with Barry Manilow :lol:
Some of our fans need to give their heads a shake though. One "fan" constantly shouting "kill him" any time our players were chasing down a spurs player, same fan and his mates shouting "she's got chlamydia" etc at female spurs fans and following up with "I'll rape your mum".
Apart from the numpties above stuffing coke in their noses and getting off their face, our fans were class, constant noise and didn't even feel like a real lost game for me.
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First chance I've had to talk about the ground due to the site being unusable last two days.
I posted on my Facebook about how the stadium from the outside looked like a massive transport Interchange.
I even joked with Gazlaz on the way in how it resembled a giant Tesco extra , like the big one in Sheffield.
For me, the stadium just doesn't fit in the area. It's lost its community feel.
Going inside was like going through airport security, ridiculous!
The inside of the stadium itself is for multi use, I get that but it just didn't feel like a football stadium.
Too gimmicky and too americanised and it's so centred towards the executive side of things.
The only things I did like was the safe standing rail seats, I wish we had those in the black bank.
The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.
My 17 year old son, who i thought would love it said he prefers the old style grounds as they've got more character.
I know football is a business and it's very money driven, but I came away from White Hart Lane a bit deflated and disillusioned with football.
The Gulf in football now is ridiculously huge.
Give me Valley Parade, Meadow Lane and Prenton Park any day of the week.
I sincerely hope that the big EPL clubs f**k off and join a European super league, maybe then we can enjoy a proper football league for a while.
Were you listening to our conversations after the game as they mirrored this, particularly the super league points. Spurs are a bit different they've never been anything but that top level so their fans don't understand lower league football as much as some of the other premier league clubs. But every time I come accross anything premier league as a fan I dislike it. Over 40k in attendance yet places like Burton or Tranmere are much more atmospheric for sure (yes I know it wasn't a big game for them). Maybe I'm nostalgic that football shouldn't have to be all nice and sanitised.
I thought as an away fan it was a bit of a pain, the area makes parts of Donny look like paradise and I thought the distance the coaches parked away was a joke, quite sad seeing the less able having to get taxis back even though we weren't on one.
If you think it is rough now you should have visited in the 70s and 80s....even into the 90s.
Before Spurs started the slow gentrification of the area it was more akin to Beirut or the Gaza strip.
On another note, the atmosphere was pretty poor but it can be absolutely incredible at times.
"The former Manchester United defender (Neville) stated that the Arsenal players ‘were brutalised’ by Spurs fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the North London Derby last week"
Horses for courses.
I’ve lived in quite a few different areas of London and I think Tottenham is about the worst area I’ve been to. I lived in Peckham as well!
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The ground is quality. Better than Wembley. Area was okay. Antwerp for us too on that wall outside.
Really impressed overall.
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Too ‘Americanised’ for me.
The big screens showing their first goal scorer coming ‘leering’ at you time after time…wtf!
Same with the match day man on the mic. Did we really ‘deserve’ to have his face & voice magnified as he ‘reminded us’ of the Spurs result when we last played them?
Nice light show…..unless you suffered from epilepsy (no warnings of flashing lights given).
And what were those scanners all about!
“Take everything out of your pockets, car keys, vapes, wallets (wallets! Mine ended up in a tray with two others!) belts off as well.” Why? A belts a belt. Way over the top. I didn’t take mine off & nothing alarmed as I walked through…….then ‘did off’ with 3 wallets!
Give me the Millenium Stadium any day of the week. A ‘proper’ football stadium.
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Too ‘Americanised’ for me.
The big screens showing their first goal scorer coming ‘leering’ at you time after time…wtf!
Same with the match day man on the mic. Did we really ‘deserve’ to have his face & voice magnified as he ‘reminded us’ of the Spurs result when we last played them?
Nice light show…..unless you suffered from epilepsy (no warnings of flashing lights given).
And what were those scanners all about!
“Take everything out of your pockets, car keys, vapes, wallets (wallets! Mine ended up in a tray with two others!) belts off as well.” Why? A belts a belt. Way over the top. I didn’t take mine off & nothing alarmed as I walked through…….then ‘did off’ with 3 wallets!
Give me the Millenium Stadium any day of the week. A ‘proper’ football stadium.
Were you catching a flight?
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Too ‘Americanised’ for me.
The big screens showing their first goal scorer coming ‘leering’ at you time after time…wtf!
Same with the match day man on the mic. Did we really ‘deserve’ to have his face & voice magnified as he ‘reminded us’ of the Spurs result when we last played them?
Nice light show…..unless you suffered from epilepsy (no warnings of flashing lights given).
And what were those scanners all about!
“Take everything out of your pockets, car keys, vapes, wallets (wallets! Mine ended up in a tray with two others!) belts off as well.” Why? A belts a belt. Way over the top. I didn’t take mine off & nothing alarmed as I walked through…….then ‘did off’ with 3 wallets!
Give me the Millenium Stadium any day of the week. A ‘proper’ football stadium.
Schoolboy error. I wait until the stewards are busy/distracted and then walk around the side of the scanner. If they catch me I plead ignorance.
Tip tip for next time.
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Too ‘Americanised’ for me.
The big screens showing their first goal scorer coming ‘leering’ at you time after time…wtf!
Same with the match day man on the mic. Did we really ‘deserve’ to have his face & voice magnified as he ‘reminded us’ of the Spurs result when we last played them?
Nice light show…..unless you suffered from epilepsy (no warnings of flashing lights given).
And what were those scanners all about!
“Take everything out of your pockets, car keys, vapes, wallets (wallets! Mine ended up in a tray with two others!) belts off as well.” Why? A belts a belt. Way over the top. I didn’t take mine off & nothing alarmed as I walked through…….then ‘did off’ with 3 wallets!
Give me the Millenium Stadium any day of the week. A ‘proper’ football stadium.
Schoolboy error. I wait until the stewards are busy/distracted and then walk around the side of the scanner. If they catch me I plead ignorance.
Tip tip for next time.
Do you live in North London?
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He just waved us through and when I asked why he said we looked honest and he could trust us.
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The ground is quality. Better than Wembley. Area was okay. Antwerp for us too on that wall outside.
Really impressed overall.
You must have been sat near us then although we left about 6.15 I think.
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Several attempts to post my thoughts but echo alot of what's been said already, especially the Antwerp being a really good prematch pub, nice and relaxed, sat outside on the park wall on a lovely evening.
As incredible as that £1 billion stadium is, I think it makes me appreciate more what we have, along with our fellow provincial clubs of more modest size when our grounds are near full, we feel more part of the action and don't have to watch half the game on TV to see what's happening.
On the coaches, we were on coach 12 (Paul's coach) which was one of the last to depart the Eco, but our driver got across London well, so we were the 3rd of 4th coach to arrive, giving us plenty of prematch time to explore before settling into the Antwerp etc.
Unfortunately, the reverse happened thanks to The Highways Agency, we found ourselves snookered, and didn't get back to the Eco till 3am. I thought we were the last coach to get back.
A word on Paul Mayfield. The guy just doesn't stop doing so much for the benefit of the rest of us, plus keeping everyone entertained, fed and watered. He's a legend in his lifetime and one diamond that Spurs can't buy.
We've gone from White Hart Lane North London, to Drill Field, Northwich Victoria and back again, via Stoke, Cardiff and Wembley and much more in 50 years. Can Spurs fans claim such value for money?
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Too ‘Americanised’ for me.
The big screens showing their first goal scorer coming ‘leering’ at you time after time…wtf!
Same with the match day man on the mic. Did we really ‘deserve’ to have his face & voice magnified as he ‘reminded us’ of the Spurs result when we last played them?
Nice light show…..unless you suffered from epilepsy (no warnings of flashing lights given).
And what were those scanners all about!
“Take everything out of your pockets, car keys, vapes, wallets (wallets! Mine ended up in a tray with two others!) belts off as well.” Why? A belts a belt. Way over the top. I didn’t take mine off & nothing alarmed as I walked through…….then ‘did off’ with 3 wallets!
Give me the Millenium Stadium any day of the week. A ‘proper’ football stadium.
Schoolboy error. I wait until the stewards are busy/distracted and then walk around the side of the scanner. If they catch me I plead ignorance.
Tip tip for next time.
Do you live in North London?
Moved out a few years back to the Kent coast.
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Too ‘Americanised’ for me.
The big screens showing their first goal scorer coming ‘leering’ at you time after time…wtf!
Same with the match day man on the mic. Did we really ‘deserve’ to have his face & voice magnified as he ‘reminded us’ of the Spurs result when we last played them?
Nice light show…..unless you suffered from epilepsy (no warnings of flashing lights given).
And what were those scanners all about!
“Take everything out of your pockets, car keys, vapes, wallets (wallets! Mine ended up in a tray with two others!) belts off as well.” Why? A belts a belt. Way over the top. I didn’t take mine off & nothing alarmed as I walked through…….then ‘did off’ with 3 wallets!
Give me the Millenium Stadium any day of the week. A ‘proper’ football stadium.
Horrible complaints to be fair, I understand the pull of old school grounds but it’s not just a football stadium is it, it’s a multi use venue hence the difference with security, what happened at the arianna grande concert is the main reason for this and let’s be honest it could happen at any ground across the country on any given match day.
Nothing wrong with the screens, I actually wouldn’t mind having the gif of the player who scored on our screen.
The light show is fine, thought it was nice touch with the video that they played.
Nothing wrong with the stadium announcer on the screen, I mean some people are sat miles away from the ground high up so at least they can see what’s going on if they interview ex players etc.
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Also another thing. Went to the Red Cow just outside Cheshunt station and it was cheaper than my local up here.