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Not surprised really, it’s a brand new stadium for things more than just football, not a refurbishment. Paxton Road is gone. The train main station entrance is also moving from White Hart Lane itself, it will have a direct pathway to the new gaff IIRC. Also when you pass by the area through that train line (I take it occasionally) the stadium completely dominates the skyline and area in the way the old ground just didn’t. The club want it to be a landmark 24/7, 365.
Gillespie Road, Wembley Hill, these were stations once upon a time as well. My main feeling is that I’m glad that Spurs are still going to be in Tottenham N17, all this other stuff is just cosmetic griping. We are still home.
Gillespie Road, Wembley Hill, these were stations once upon a time as well. My main feeling is that I’m glad that Spurs are still going to be in Tottenham N17, all this other stuff is just cosmetic griping. We are still home.
The station is on WHL, leave it be!
Yeah, saw this last night. It's an odd one tbh, as White Hart Lane is already synonymous with the club - so the cynic in me wonders this is about 'debranding' WHL as a new stadium name and sponsor comes in.
Posted this on the stadium thread.
Will 'White Hart Lane' be gone forever from Tottenham?
Stadium will be the XYZ Tottenham Stadium and the nearest station will be renamed. I know the fans will call it WHL but the media won't I don't think.
I think it's quite sad to be honest.
Will 'White Hart Lane' be gone forever from Tottenham?
Stadium will be the XYZ Tottenham Stadium and the nearest station will be renamed. I know the fans will call it WHL but the media won't I don't think.
I think it's quite sad to be honest.
I’ll be honest, White Hart Lane was better
For me, this is an example of us over thinking the potential commercial benefits of a rename, especially around stadium sponsorship.
Burying WHL as purely history is not right. I love the unique name. It rekindles the feelings and emotions of the excitement and anticipation from my first visits.
The XXX arena or stadium at White Hart Lane would still be a hugely lucrative asset, and would gain additional goodwill from supporters.
Burying WHL as purely history is not right. I love the unique name. It rekindles the feelings and emotions of the excitement and anticipation from my first visits.
The XXX arena or stadium at White Hart Lane would still be a hugely lucrative asset, and would gain additional goodwill from supporters.
Will never forget my first time going to a Spurs match and the excitement I remember feeling when the train announcement said, "the next station is: White Hart Lane." Pure goosebumps!
"Tottenham Hotspur" will be pretty damn cool as well, but don't think anything will beat the Lane...
"Tottenham Hotspur" will be pretty damn cool as well, but don't think anything will beat the Lane...
Surely if other fans complain it doesn't change then it remains White Hart Lane. A good result!
Will always be "the Lane" to me because as a small boy every other Saturday my dad said goodbye with a "see you later son I'm off down the Lane." So it was and always will be "the Lane" to me. Bit sad to see the White Hart Lane go but that's progress and over time the Lane will disappear totally but will always be in the history of the club.
It ain't broke, don't fix it.
And we're closer to the road White Hart Lane than we've ever been before...
Just as Woolwich have a station named after the club — aptly dubbed Woolwich — so too will Tottenham. After much pressure from the club, Overground station White Hart Lane looks set to be renamed Tottenham Hotspur.
According to The Guardian, Spurs are acting as if the name change is a done deal, whereas TfL says its still subject to a consultation. Is it just us who foresee a lot of prankster Woolwich and Chelsea fans writing all manner of complaints into the consultation to try and throw a spanner in the works?
According to The Guardian, Spurs are acting as if the name change is a done deal, whereas TfL says its still subject to a consultation. Is it just us who foresee a lot of prankster Woolwich and Chelsea fans writing all manner of complaints into the consultation to try and throw a spanner in the works?
White Hart Lane Station To Be Renamed Tottenham Hotspur
If you're a multi million sponsor and you're forking out silly money for naming rights, really you'd want control of what that stadium is called completely. The nostalgic romantic in me would love the White Hart Lane name attached to the new place but a blank canvas for any sponsor to choose from automatically increases our potential revenue streams.
Apart from St James Park, I can't think of many new stadiums built that have kept elements of the clubs original grounds name, even if it's been built a little further away from the original grounds to where ours is.
It makes sense for the club to play it safe on this one, even if the heartstrings say otherwise
Its business.They want the name WHL to go,so the rebranding of the stadium will be easier.I don't like it,and it will always be WHL ,but...
Not happy, but then again, "Change at Tottenham Hotspur for Champions League football" rolls off the tongue nicely
Who is going to stop you
I feel like it garners more importance now tbh - whenever I have imagined the first game back at the new stadium I have thought of that song being belted out just as it was against United two years ago