Was just sent this from a friend who supports Arsenal
Wonder if there is any truth in it.
From the lively and excellent Come On You Spurs forum today, a potentially fascinating allegation in relation to our spiritual home...
" For those who don't know I work for a company (which can't be named) who have been a sponser of Tottenham for nearly 20 years. Yesterday our MD went up to The Lane to discuss the various packages we were looking to do this season, eg match day sponsers, how many places req'd in the Oak Room per match etc...It goes without saying that our MD gets on famously with the clubs commercial department. As per normal the minute my MD gets back I drive him mad for any info, being a fellow Spur and all that he's very obliging. Anyway,he found out yesterday that we are going ahead with building a 60,000 seater stadium at WHL, it should be ready by 2011/2012, because of the way they are planning the building work we will be able to carry on playing at the Lane for most of it, except for one season. For that season we have arranged to play our home games at the MK Dons ground, it apparantly holds 25,000 (which covers the season tickets allocation according to the commercial manager) it also has room for 2,000 corporates which should cover the demand.He told us that the club are going to be announcing this in the next couple of weeks."
Well, aside from anything else, THIS says that the capacity at MK Dons is 30,000. Which puts a slightly different spin on things, no?
Maybe you've been there? Maybe you're appalled at the thought of it, as you lack perspective and and have no appreciation of a concept we'll call 'the greater good'. Blimey, maybe you grasp the notion that slumming it with the Pikeys, the unmentionables at Les Emptycrates or some dingbat plan to rent an Olympic running track with 'some grass in the middle of it' are actually non runners.
BIOYC!
Wonder if there is any truth in it.
From the lively and excellent Come On You Spurs forum today, a potentially fascinating allegation in relation to our spiritual home...
" For those who don't know I work for a company (which can't be named) who have been a sponser of Tottenham for nearly 20 years. Yesterday our MD went up to The Lane to discuss the various packages we were looking to do this season, eg match day sponsers, how many places req'd in the Oak Room per match etc...It goes without saying that our MD gets on famously with the clubs commercial department. As per normal the minute my MD gets back I drive him mad for any info, being a fellow Spur and all that he's very obliging. Anyway,he found out yesterday that we are going ahead with building a 60,000 seater stadium at WHL, it should be ready by 2011/2012, because of the way they are planning the building work we will be able to carry on playing at the Lane for most of it, except for one season. For that season we have arranged to play our home games at the MK Dons ground, it apparantly holds 25,000 (which covers the season tickets allocation according to the commercial manager) it also has room for 2,000 corporates which should cover the demand.He told us that the club are going to be announcing this in the next couple of weeks."
Well, aside from anything else, THIS says that the capacity at MK Dons is 30,000. Which puts a slightly different spin on things, no?
Maybe you've been there? Maybe you're appalled at the thought of it, as you lack perspective and and have no appreciation of a concept we'll call 'the greater good'. Blimey, maybe you grasp the notion that slumming it with the Pikeys, the unmentionables at Les Emptycrates or some dingbat plan to rent an Olympic running track with 'some grass in the middle of it' are actually non runners.
BIOYC!