Yeah i think so. It's likely that the new stadium will not be called White Hart Lane due to the inevitable naming rights sale so perhaps this is an attempt claim some permanent mark in area? If they could rename Tottenham Hale or Seven Sisters then I could see the point but the name WHL is such a big part of the club.
I would say that people around the world are more familiar with the name Tottenham Hotspur than White Hart Lane in my opinion. If fans from Germany or wherever play Spurs in London they will look at their tickets,if it says to Tottenham Hotspur they will know where they are going.If the train ticket says White Hart Lane,they may know the name but not where it is. Anyway,I'm prejudiced.I just love the name....TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR.......TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR! .......and,we had our first club meeting under a lamp post in Tottenham. Something romantic about that! ......and,we are the only non league club to win the FA Cup since the formation of the Football League.Something romantic about that too!!!!
All very good points. If the name of the stadium does change, and let's imagine it's never called WHL again, after the current generations pass (as in the ones who will always remember that name) WHL will have less relevance, it'll just be the name of a road near the ground. Claiming the station as Tottenham Hotspur certainly makes a mark for the future. That's the thinking I imagine anyway.
But if that's the case, Holloway Road will have to be renamed Nomads Halt or Woolwich Wanderers, is that acceptable? Parsons Green would have to be renamed Rouble Scumbag and Hackney Wick would need to be renamed Pornographers Dick.
Okay, sure... talking of the nomads, Aresenal station used to be called Gillespie road no? Until the built Highbury. There is a precedent for such a thing.
I was at that game, sitting behind the goal. I was utterly gobsmacked - just frozen in awe of what I'd just witnessed. It's frightening to think how good he would've been if he'd had a working pair of knees.
Indeed, possibly one of the greats. England haven't been lucky in that respect. Who was the defender during the 70s who was absolutely brilliant but you never saw him because he was injured so often, Ipswich player I think, perhaps Kevin Beattie? Whoever it was also didn't get half as many England caps as he should have.
It was also the occasion of 1 of Spurs' legend, Alfie Conn's, 2 caps and also the last international appearance of a member of the heroes of '66 - Alan Ball, who was captain on the day. Good fun too!
£900 million kit deal for Nike for Chelski. I want to say something about it, I think it needs discussing but I'm lost for words!
"What is the point of Chelsea these days?" A decade ago they were the richest club in England. They bought the best mercenaries in the world. Now, the Manchester clubs spend much more. The players they bought this summer were overpriced rubbish. There's no doubt that Chelsea wanted Guardiola. He wouldn't go there. Would Pochettino or Koeman or Klopp? It's hard to see that they can attract the best young managerial talent given their terrible record for sacking managers without giving them a chance to do what is desperately needed. They had a top manager in Mourinho (version 1.0) and what he put in place, Drogba, Lampard, Terry, Cole and Cech won them everything. Now, they appoint a succession of sitting ducks who buy awful replacements and can't motivate them or build them into a functioning unit. Also, someone's out there buying Rahman and Djilibodji and loaning in Falcao and Pato. It's just a matter of months until Gus Hiddink's back at the Bridge and another victim is appointed. They spend a fortune on youth team players to let them rot on the tree because no manager has any time to get to know how good they could be and they prefer to buy Luiz and Alonso as they don't trust the kids enough to give them a shot because a few bad results means it's time to collect your P45. Mad Dog Abramovich is just warming up, as well. Loonies don't become more reasonable as they age. He is going to become increasingly mental and over time, the sane people he surrounded himself with are starting to melt away. That means more sackings and more weirdness. Less trophies and less Champions League. Good luck to Nike but that looks a pretty poor investment from here.
