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likewiseAlready blocked off the 3rd from work just in case. No fucking way am I missing the opening match.
Well, obviously the thing about UEFA not being willing to have a CL fixture be the first game WAS true. Something had to give.
Felt a bit emotional reading that update. It's finally happening....
Throw enough shit and eventually something will stick mate. We've had months of people, the same sources that said UEFA didn't want to open the stadium within a Champions League night saying we couldn't open with a Prem game of a weekday. It's all clickbait and to sell papers with the occasional bit of luck you guess right
Delighted no more Wembley shiteIs this an announcement that makes you happy then, paddy spur ? Ha!
Oh I mean the bullshit has run twenty miles deep throughout, any and all of which could have been easily dispelled by the slightest bit of transparency from the club. But alas, we're here.
I think it will be, as it was mentioned here:Can they change games for television this soon?
If we play Palace, it won't be televised currently.
... Unless we fail the safety certificate!I have never been so pleased to be so wrong about the midweek match assumption! FUCKING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IN THE NEW STADIUM GUARANTEED.

A large brown envelope might of helpedSo all that talk about it having to be a weekend fixture was a load of old bollocks? Who'd have thought that most things online were complete lies!
Excellent news, we are literally weeks away from moving in. Fucking fantastic!!!
Ps big respect to Crystal Palace for not being wankers. It seems they did a fair bit of bending for us. Much respect
one dollar per day, you say...If Nike is our sponsor, our roster will soon feature a bunch of 13 year old asian kids playing for $1.00 per day.