Likely 15/16th then.
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Likely 15/16th then.
Isn’t the NFL game scheduled for October? Think we should have at least got the safety certificate before October. So I’m going for 15/16th September.
I think Champions League will be more of a concern than the NFL game, as far as I'm aware you aren't allowed to move them.
So depending on the draw we would have our first game on either 18th/19th September or 2nd/3rd October.
If we aren't ready for those then I guess we could play Champions League at Wembley and still play league games at WHL.
Levy should be desperate to get Champions League at the new Lane as it’ll be a major selling point for naming rights.
Makes sense when you think of it that way, but you could also achieve the same thing by asking clubs to declare which time periods they will be playing at particular stadiums for before the fixture list comes out. That would prevent clubs from choosing a stadium to fit the opposition. But yeah, as
ArmadilloSackRace
says, it could give a bit of an uneven playing field. But that would just be from the luck of the draw of the fixture list, and there are plenty of other ways you can be lucky/unlucky with the fixture list.
Thanks, folks, for the replies and explanations. Like paddy, I too thought there ought to be some discretion given, as it’s quite clear we’re building a new ground and not trying to manipulate the competitive match experience or ground capacity.
2018/19 season starts on August 11 so I reckon we will request first 4 games away. Then we have international break so first home game could well be September 15/16. With this in mind I wonder if Woolwich have to agree for their first 4 games to be at home because later on in the season there will be gameweeks when we are at home together.
Probably two addresses.
Surely they wouldn't be selling season tickets if they weren't reasonably confident of completing by September?
Just make sure the pitch is laid, access routes are clear, seats are in place and entrances are up and working. All the rest is window dressing and shouldn't stop a game being played. We need to get back at the earliest opportunity as it will take a little while to settle in.
Just make sure the pitch is laid, access routes are clear, seats are in place and entrances are up and working. All the rest is window dressing and shouldn't stop a game being played. We need to get back at the earliest opportunity as it will take a little while to settle in.
fixture list isnt random anymore. never really was. there are so many parameters that are put in the fixture list :us home and gooners away etc, Tv requirements (any one that thinks that the old sky 4 grand slam sundays coming out randomly is an idiot) that its almost done by hand anyway. so for the spectacle (and to keep TV happy), you would have, for example, fulham (only as an example cos they have a small ground) ending up at wembley for the visit of man utd cos it would be close to a sell out.( just 50k of them man utd supporters), happening by "luck of the draw"Makes sense when you think of it that way, but you could also achieve the same thing by asking clubs to declare which time periods they will be playing at particular stadiums for before the fixture list comes out. That would prevent clubs from choosing a stadium to fit the opposition. But yeah, as
Ref: playing in two stadiums in the same season
There’s NO way West Ham, Chelsea or Woolwich would cast their vote to allow a change in the rules to allow spurs to play in two stadiums in the same season. No way at all. We will be in the new stadium next season either before or after the international break. Whether all fixtures and fittings are complete is another matter.
There’s NO way West Ham, Chelsea or Woolwich would cast their vote to allow a change in the rules to allow spurs to play in two stadiums in the same season. No way at all. We will be in the new stadium next season either before or after the international break. Whether all fixtures and fittings are complete is another matter.
Unless it’s a CL sponsor - won’t matter. UEFA would just call it Tottenham Stadium or similar during CL games
After today's news when is even September still in doubt
You fancy trying that again, but in English?!
When now?
Where's the "Fuck off, Levy" option?