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Stranded 6:33 Sat Jul 18
Spurs told to move in with Arsenal – not go to Wembley
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But Richard Scudamore acknowledges level of opposition this might bring
The Premier League will block any attempt by Tottenham to use Wembley and Milton Keynes while White Hart Lane is being redeveloped. They would also prevent Chelsea using Wembley during the three years it will take Stamford Bridge to be turned into what the Premier League champions are calling “a cathedral of football” if any fixtures are shifted from the stadium.
The Premier League’s executive chairman, Richard Scudamore, said the most logical place for Spurs to play the 2017-18 season was Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium – though he acknowledged the level of opposition this might bring.
In a meeting between the Spurs board and the Tottenham Supporters Trust in April the club stated that their preferred option was to move to Stadium MK, which is due to have a capacity of 32,000 when White Hart Lane begins its redevelopment in May 2017, and play the bigger fixtures at Wembley. Scudamore last night insisted this would be immediately vetoed by the Premier League.
“They would have to play in a single stadium for an entire year for the integrity of the competition,” he said. “You cannot have 19 home games with 10 at Milton Keynes and nine at Wembley. That is completely, completely unfair. That will not be allowed in our competition.”
He added: “They know the rules and what we require. They have to provide a stadium. We can’t have a fettered fixture list.
“Clubs have to be able to deliver 19 home games in the slots that are required. So, if they share with a rugby league club, we cannot be fettered as to when they can play.
“They have to work it out with Wembley or wherever they want to play, and decide if they could deliver that level of commitment to us.”
It would be difficult for either club to rent Wembley for a season because of the stadium’s commitment to staging NFL matches, cup finals and semi-finals. Brent Council currently limits the stadium to staging 37 live events a year.
Chelsea are reported to have offered the Football Association £11m to stage games there – substantially more than Spurs.
From the Premier League’s point of view, the most straightforward solution would be for the Tottenham board to ask Arsenal to play at the Emirates. The West Ham board has already rejected any suggestion of Spurs sharing the Olympic Stadium.
“You might very well argue that in some circumstances that would be desirable but I do know the reasons why it would be difficult.”
In a poll conducted by the Tottenham Supporters Trust, shifting all Spurs’ home games to Wembley while White Hart Lane is rebuilt was the overwhelming choice of the fans. Only eight per cent said they were “highly likely” to make the 48-mile trip to Milton Keynes, while 40 per cent said they would only renew their season tickets if Wembley were the sole venue.
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6:11 Sun Jul 19
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I think there's absolutely no chance of them sharing the OS. The same as the O's, the offer of one off games that don't affect WHU is possible, but as is said in the OP they can only play away games in one stadium.
As far as I can gather we have no veto but as anchor tenants we have exclusivity to the stadium during the football calendar, so shoe horning in another club that will affect our fixtures isn't going to be an option for Vinci.
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Lily Hammer
6:00 Sun Jul 19
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Johnson
True, I wasn't clear, but, though I know we don't own the stadium, it was more the principle of how much I don't want them in there at all, even if somehow we were offered 50 mill by thfc, I'd rather say fuck off. It was more in response to someone earlier ignorantly saying they would be up for letting them rent if we got only 10 million.
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cholo
4:37 Sun Jul 19
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If
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cholo
4:37 Sun Jul 19
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Of a spurs share with us war possible the media would be all over it surely?
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The Stoat
3:35 Sun Jul 19
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Let 'em share with Orient
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Johnson
3:34 Sun Jul 19
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Lily - Why on earth do you think the Ys would pay us £50m to play at the OS?
Do you understand anything about the deal? Fucking hell.
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13 Brentford Rd
3:32 Sun Jul 19
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That is my biggest concern about this news, don't want them sharing the OS even for a season.
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1964
3:04 Sun Jul 19
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Just let them share with us. Be freindly to your neighbour.
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Private Dancer
7:40 Sun Jul 19
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Agree with nomates, MK the most likely.
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Steve P
7:32 Sun Jul 19
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I don't care about what anyone else thinks, I just like to see them inconvenienced as much as is possible.
I think Croe's guesswork must have some real substance to it, otherwise it would say their options are MK Dons, Wembley and the Olympic Stadium. And Whole sums up the reasons why West Ham would object.
I thought there was an attempt to appear more amenable to groundsharing after Brady's quote, but I just felt that it was a political requirement from Boris not to fan any flames for the media to kick off again. Wasn't there an offer to Orient for 'temporary use'?
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Lily Hammer
3:01 Sun Jul 19
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MK Yids.
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Lily Hammer
3:00 Sun Jul 19
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Obviously I'm no business man, because even if they were to offer 50 million a year, I'd want us to take our chances without that extra cash and rather tell them to go sit and spin on a cactus.
Like it or not, we are moving to the OS, so as far as football is concerned, it has to be West Ham's stadium, as far as football is concerned.
World Cup and European Championships matches welcome, of course.
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normannomates
3:00 Sun Jul 19
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They will end up at milton keynes.
The OB will have a say in this ...those cunts at stratford every other week would be mayhem...wont happen....same reason gooners ground.
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Headtheball
2:47 Sun Jul 19
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JW - great post.
It is fundamental after all the crap they put us through that Spuds never set foot in the OS as a home team. It is really important that the Olympic Stadium and West Ham United are tied together. Overtime it will become one thought - a positive one.
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Joke Whole
2:27 Sun Jul 19
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If I were the West Ham board, and one of my tasks was to "brand" the Olympic Stadium as the "Home of West Ham United Football Club", one of the last things I'd want millions of viewers around the world to be doing would be for them to start making an association with the ground and Tottenham being the home team.
It takes years to build a successful brand and it doesn't help having people - especially your competitors - pissing on that process from day 1.
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whufcroe
9:25 Sat Jul 18
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Spurs would be pushing hard for the OS if it were possible, it would be ideal and the best option for them.
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stirlinghammer
9:20 Sat Jul 18
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Thanks mate.
Would personally love to see chelsea and yids revenues severely dented.
On a personal level, the FA have reduced Wembley to a soulless stadium.
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Norflundon
9:14 Sat Jul 18
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Sterling
I read they can only have 37 events over 60k but a way round it is to shut the top tier and legally they can use it if the FA let them
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stirlinghammer
9:12 Sat Jul 18
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Will the full capacity be available at Wembley for the potential cunts who want use it till their cunt grounds get completed?
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Norflundon
9:10 Sat Jul 18
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Croe
Tbf though that's absolute guess work nobody knows if we'd have a veto or any say in it whatsoever
And he is right Brady did make a bold statement and sullivan definitely backtracked a while later
But that's the whole problem with this being shrouded in so much secrecy I don't understand why they can't just lay their cards on the table
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Johnson
8:53 Sat Jul 18
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When Brady came out and said no chance Sullivan I think had to water down her words. And someone, Gavros maybe, last week posted some summary from the last big LOLC meeting and there was talk there of them being open to another football club from 2017-2018.
This would be AFTER our first season which I believe we may retain some influence over.
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