How on earth do they get tickets so easily?
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Most have rich families that pay
Pay who
They don't have kids and are loaded!
They don’t support Spurs, they support Sonny.
Not true.
Man United are the second most popular team in Korea. Park Ji-Sung hasn’t played for them in 12 years.
*They have the lowest birth rate in the world.
Bloody hell, haven’t been on that site since the stadium opened.
The hours I wasted on there whilst it was being built!!!!
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Manu are the most supported club in Asia, Park Ji-Sung or no Park Ji-Sung.
That's a really good link - spent quite some time last evening, enjoying reading through that thread. Thanks.
How many South Koreans attended games before we signed Sonny? How many posters are long term season ticket holders and can shed some light on it?
Sorry to disagree with you, J, but I must admit that it's not my experience of the S Korean fans. The vast majority of the ones I see are either young couples or pairs of young girls and more often than not it's clearly their first time at the stadium (possibly their last too), by the way they're forever taking selfies. They're definitely football tourists. Not sure I've ever seen a family - maybe it's just where you're sat?
If Sonny being at Spurs is creating loads and loads of lifetime Spurs supporters, that's great - but I'm not convinced that they'll stay here when Son leaves. I think he'll take most of them with him.
Edit: Is there a S Korean fan on the forum who can provide an 'expert' view on the subject?
The big question will be how many attend after Sonny is finished at Spurs.
I suspect very few.
I suspect the Spurs stadium will be on a South Korean travel guide '20 things you must do when in London' because Son, greatest ever South Korean footballer, plays there.
When Son leaves probably back to SK or to another country, I guess the stadium will still be on the list with the narrative of 'where Sonnie' used to play. So I do not think its a sudden total drop, possibly a slow drop off over say 10 years. But if we sign another SK player ...... who knows
Its clearly on the 'must-do' list for South Korean tourists in London. They're not necessarily football fans, let alone Tottenham fans, but they come to see Son - who is one of if not the biggest sports stars in the whole of Korea.
Each tourist spends £££ in the club shop - minimum of a SON 7 shirt, plus scarves, program, whatever else they fancy. When you're on holiday money flows differently. A £100+ ticket ain't much when its a once in a lifetime trip and you're already paying for your flights and hotels etc. Agreed with above it's almost always young (20s/30s) couples. Rarely kids.
Personally I don't see them as taking tickets from other fans but would be interested to know exactly how they all get allocated. They never cause any aggro. The South Korean flags are as much a part of the stadium on matchday as Rainham Steel and Enfield Co-Op advertising boards were in the 90s. Incidently when I first started going you got loads of groups of Norweigen tourists, mostly due to Erik Thortsvedt I believe.
Each tourist spends £££ in the club shop - minimum of a SON 7 shirt, plus scarves, program, whatever else they fancy. When you're on holiday money flows differently. A £100+ ticket ain't much when its a once in a lifetime trip and you're already paying for your flights and hotels etc. Agreed with above it's almost always young (20s/30s) couples. Rarely kids.
Personally I don't see them as taking tickets from other fans but would be interested to know exactly how they all get allocated. They never cause any aggro. The South Korean flags are as much a part of the stadium on matchday as Rainham Steel and Enfield Co-Op advertising boards were in the 90s. Incidently when I first started going you got loads of groups of Norweigen tourists, mostly due to Erik Thortsvedt I believe.
Perhaps it is where I sit, I see loads of families. There were 2 sets of Korean families in front.of me on Sat.
I do also see young couples as well though.
How easy is it for tourists to get tickets?
Yep, many hours watching the build. Thanks Daniel for all the cameras.Bloody hell, haven’t been on that site since the stadium opened.
The hours I wasted on there whilst it was being built!!!!