Let's talk about our Tottenham experience

[Donnywolf]

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

[Donnywolf]

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

[Swifty62]

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

[rich1471]

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

[Nudga]

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.

[Chris Black come back]

Valley Parade is a great stadium.

[Donnywolf]

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 ?

[Londoner]

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.

[Filo]

Looking on the Spurs message board, there seems a lot of arrogance with the majority

[RobTheRover]

Looking on the Spurs message board, there seems a lot of arrogance with the majority

Because they beat a L1 team? Or something else?

[Filo]

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

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

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.

[Londoner]

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.

[Londoner]

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.

[Nudga]

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.

[mushRTID]

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.

[Londoner]

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.

[adamtherover]

The Cockerell stood high on the stadium roof was a good touch.

ive touched that large golden bird, boy is it high!! :-(

[Londoner]

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.

[Filo]

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

[retford rover]

I DID the skywalk  then the absail in March
its brilliant, and im scared of heights lol
great experience

[RoversInSpain]

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.

[Londoner]

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.

[5minstogo]

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.

[Bessie Red]

I noticed plenty of you chaps around the Antwerp Arms earlier.

Free advice

Had 3 or 4 in the Antwerp!

[Bessie Red]

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

[Prez]

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!

[idler]

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.

[adamtherover]

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.     :-)

[wilts rover]

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.