I assume that this has been addressed with the new stadium plans, then? Hopefully that will mean that we'll start the season at home occasionally when it's finished.
I was born on the summer solstice and have made a bit of a 'thing' about being in certain places to celebrate the old birthday. In the arctic circle, Stonehenge and I am trying to work out how to get to the North and South Pole. Now, I have to get myself into a small corner of WHL next month to bathe in the mystical sunlight before it gets knocked down. Challenge accepted!
I always thought we like to start away so as to improve our already remote chances of being able to introduce a few new signings at our first home game
Here's an interesting story about stadium design http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...t-chelsea-liverpool-and-tottenham-to-shame-w/
Hmm...I dunno...the upper tiers on that beast look f***ing nauseating. I'm not a big fan of heights and just looking at that (which is probably where cheap stingers like myself would get tickets ) makes me break out in a cold sweat. I've sat at the top of the Nou Camp without any problem...I think it's that strange, inverted structural design that does it...
Hey guys do you reckon your tickets in Wembley will be cheaper then WHL wouldn't mind going to a couple of your champions league matches if you draw some decent teams
You will probably.have to be a member to buy a ticket via the club...and it's good to see you coming over from the dark side
Maggie. Love reading your ( or any of our more wizened posters ) anecdotes, keep them coming. Was thinking about starting a memory lane type thread for everyone to post their experiences, good or bad, from days gone by.
Thank you Bald Archie for your kind comment. Lovely idea to start an 'Old Timers' thread and I will join in when possible. I need something to trigger me off! Big Smithy often got my memory cells going but have not seen him for a while. Perhaps Audrey & Pabird would join in too. We're all in our 70's (I'm the youngest) but I don't know if anyone else is as ancient as us!
As a relatively young supporter (I'm still the sunny side of 30...just), that sounds like a fantastic idea, especially over the summer when we have nought but Wayne Rooney floating 60-yard diagonal passes out of play to keep us entertained. My Spurs journey began with the mess of 93-94, and it kind of went downhill from there until very recently. Hearing first-hand accounts of the golden era would be a privilege.
I wonder what we're getting paid for hosting the gridiron games? I'm betting we're due more of that gravy for 2 or 3 games than the London ratepayers are getting for an entire season of PL and some cup games out of Tory Hammers United FC London at the former Olympic Stadium. Still, I bet we didn't send a negotitator with less experience than Barry Hearn's dog? Could we get a percentage of any new franchise perhaps?
While Maggie's was particularly special, I almost invariably enjoy everyone's reminisces. And CK, I hope that you too may eventually think of the sunny side of 30 as the far side. While aging has its faults, the more practice you get learning to live with your own perfections and imperfections, the more comfortable you are in the knowledge that the imperfections are lies spread by jealous people. One summer solstice at midnight I went to the neighborhood cemetery to celebrate the birthday of a friend of mine. A half dozen of us camped out around the Heinz chapel (of ketchup fame--a convenience for me when I travel, since when I'm asked where I'm from I can often point at the ketchup). Rather to our surprise, the grass went up in flames around us. At midnight, in a cemetery, on the summer solstice. The flames rapidly reached a height of about six feet or so. For one longish second we wondered what a S'more feels like. Then the fire died down quickly, and I wanted to congratulate whoever had managed to pour gasoline around us and light it undetected. Or kill them.
That is an interesting story - would have been very suitable for a programme called the "Tim Vine chat show" that was recorded last month for Radio 4. Basically it was interviewing members of the audience for strange experiences and your story would have been perfect, and far more interesting than mine.
Interesting development regarding our CL games next season at Wembley. Apparently incessant pressure from Levy and various supporters groups has led to UEFA convincing the FA and Wembley National Ltd. to open up our CL home games next year to full capacity of 90,000! I must say this comes as a very pleasant surprise as initial reports suggested that we'd be allocated 50-60,000 and that the club seemed perfectly fine with that arrangement. Tickets are quite pricey but I've no doubt we'll fill them...what an atmosphere there will be http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/champions-league-ticket-announcement-130716/
