from what i know of it, the old board got into financial difficulty with the west stand, rather than help out, scholer waited till they were skint then gaffed in with a consortium behind him, intending to float us on the stock market and essentially fucking the club up [imo] anyone could buy shares and we had to pay dividends to cunts who had no interest in football. many fans took up the offer as well, to own a bit of spurs, thats cool enough but it was the speculaters that made us sell waddle and a decent shot at the title with him.
the wale/richardson board werent perfect, few boards are, but the reason for building the west stand in the first place was because they felt the old wooden one wasnt safe, they intended to build a stadium quite similar to what we have now, this was 5 years before bradford. executive boxes are fuckers and the stands too small, but in those days, crowds were starting to fall throughout football, so it kinda made sense.
main reason the capacity shrunk is because sugar put boxes on the shelf and turned one of the best stands in football into one of the worst. you wont see him bring that up on the apprentice though, cos he never makes mistakes. thats also why he turned down bergkamp.
the wale/richardson board werent perfect, few boards are, but the reason for building the west stand in the first place was because they felt the old wooden one wasnt safe, they intended to build a stadium quite similar to what we have now, this was 5 years before bradford. executive boxes are fuckers and the stands too small, but in those days, crowds were starting to fall throughout football, so it kinda made sense.
main reason the capacity shrunk is because sugar put boxes on the shelf and turned one of the best stands in football into one of the worst. you wont see him bring that up on the apprentice though, cos he never makes mistakes. thats also why he turned down bergkamp.