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Premier League clubs' frustration grows over Tottenham stadium delays

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Spurs have been playing at Wembley, where the pitch has suffered from a packed schedule CREDIT:REUTERS

7 NOVEMBER 2018 • 10:30PM



Frustration is growing within Premier League clubs at Tottenham Hotspur’s ongoing stadium delay and the continued use of a Wembley pitch that was described on Tuesday night by PSV Eindhoven manager Mark van Bommel as “s----”.

The annoyance centres not just on a playing surface that has also been used this autumn for American Football, as well as how clubs may face away games against Tottenham at different venues, but a view that the schedule to re-open White Hart Lane was always overly ambitious.

The Premier League have allowed Spurs to play their home games so far this season at Wembley, but the sight of NFL markings and such a worn pitch in one of the prestige fixtures of the season against Emirates Marketing Project has deepened disquiet among some rivals.

Premier League rule K.20 states that, "that the playing surface must contain no markings other than the traditional horizontal and white lines", but Spurs were given permission to play the City game only a day after the Philadelphia Eagles had beaten the Jacksonville Jaguars.

It is understood that effectively washing out the markings with the heavy use of water risked further damaging the pitch.

No Premier League club has previously split home games at different venues and, in 2015, league chief executive Richard Scudamore said that Spurs must play the entire season at one venue when they moved stadium. He cited “the integrity of the competition” for that stance and said that it would be “completely unfair” to play at two different grounds when the idea of playing at both MK Dons and Wembley was debated. Spurs were also permitted by the English Football League to play a Carabao Cup match at MK Dons this season.

Spurs have said that they will remain at Wembley until at least January, meaning forthcoming fixtures against Chelsea, Inter Milan, Southampton, Burnley, Bournemouth and Wolves will also take place at the national stadium. They could then open their new 62,000 stadium in either the FA Cup or the match against Manchester United on Jan 13.

A further update is expected next month and, while other Premier League clubs are well aware of the huge challenge of moving stadium, much of the frustration is founded on a belief that the timescale always invited problems. In that context, there is a feeling that more could have been done to avoid all the knock-on uncertainties and problems.

Tottenham have blamed the delay on contractors missing deadlines and are remaining cautious about committing to a future opening date.

"We know the continued delay is a source of immense disappointment to everyone and I can only continue to apologise for this - it is a sentiment felt by all of us,” said chairman Daniel Levy, who also made a point last month of thanking both the football authorities and their rival Premier League clubs.

"This is a stadium for another century and a few months' delay will hopefully soon be forgotten when we proudly return home," added Levy.

Spurs fans' frustration grows over lazy, unsubstantiated newspaper articles.
 
Well its hardly an outrageous time frame is it? We definitely wont be in there until the New Year, so February is feasible. Its not like we have a load of test events announced and ready to go.....

Anyone know when the 2019/2020 fixtures are released?....
 
Premier League clubs' frustration grows over Tottenham stadium delays

TELEMMGLPICT000180013433_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpQ0vMMZu_p35I0xEFXLC8esABZALI9xB27mSuRuJI98.jpeg

Spurs have been playing at Wembley, where the pitch has suffered from a packed schedule CREDIT:REUTERS

7 NOVEMBER 2018 • 10:30PM



Frustration is growing within Premier League clubs at Tottenham Hotspur’s ongoing stadium delay and the continued use of a Wembley pitch that was described on Tuesday night by PSV Eindhoven manager Mark van Bommel as “s----”.

The annoyance centres not just on a playing surface that has also been used this autumn for American Football, as well as how clubs may face away games against Tottenham at different venues, but a view that the schedule to re-open White Hart Lane was always overly ambitious.

The Premier League have allowed Spurs to play their home games so far this season at Wembley, but the sight of NFL markings and such a worn pitch in one of the prestige fixtures of the season against Emirates Marketing Project has deepened disquiet among some rivals.

Premier League rule K.20 states that, "that the playing surface must contain no markings other than the traditional horizontal and white lines", but Spurs were given permission to play the City game only a day after the Philadelphia Eagles had beaten the Jacksonville Jaguars.

It is understood that effectively washing out the markings with the heavy use of water risked further damaging the pitch.

No Premier League club has previously split home games at different venues and, in 2015, league chief executive Richard Scudamore said that Spurs must play the entire season at one venue when they moved stadium. He cited “the integrity of the competition” for that stance and said that it would be “completely unfair” to play at two different grounds when the idea of playing at both MK Dons and Wembley was debated. Spurs were also permitted by the English Football League to play a Carabao Cup match at MK Dons this season.

Spurs have said that they will remain at Wembley until at least January, meaning forthcoming fixtures against Chelsea, Inter Milan, Southampton, Burnley, Bournemouth and Wolves will also take place at the national stadium. They could then open their new 62,000 stadium in either the FA Cup or the match against Manchester United on Jan 13.

A further update is expected next month and, while other Premier League clubs are well aware of the huge challenge of moving stadium, much of the frustration is founded on a belief that the timescale always invited problems. In that context, there is a feeling that more could have been done to avoid all the knock-on uncertainties and problems.

Tottenham have blamed the delay on contractors missing deadlines and are remaining cautious about committing to a future opening date.

"We know the continued delay is a source of immense disappointment to everyone and I can only continue to apologise for this - it is a sentiment felt by all of us,” said chairman Daniel Levy, who also made a point last month of thanking both the football authorities and their rival Premier League clubs.

"This is a stadium for another century and a few months' delay will hopefully soon be forgotten when we proudly return home," added Levy.
Just what DO those nincompoops in the media take us for?

Are we really supposed to believe that - far from busting a gut trying to get the stadium ready on time - Daniel has actually been playing one big hoax on us all along? That he thought what a hoot it would be to take on 3,500 workers including every electrician within 100 miles of London and demand that they work flat out 24/7 just to make it LOOK as though he was desperate to meet the PL's deadline?

Can just see him right now, chuckling uncontrollably and stabbing his fingers at us all as he lies back in his top-of-the-range Vitra Eames recliner going 'Ha-ha, fooled ya!'
 
They couldn't even get an anonymous quote. Every other club knows perfectly well that the precedent could be useful for them in future.

Besides which, if the pitch is so "sh!t", who suffers most, the team that rocks up once a season or the team that has to play there every other week?

If enough people on social media blame Spurs for late trains, Brexit, knife crime in London or the next virulent outbreak of the pox, somebody will write a "news" article on it. It's the world we live in unfortunately.
 
If enough people on social media blame Spurs for late trains, Brexit, knife crime in London or the next virulent outbreak of the pox, somebody will write a "news" article on it. It's the world we live in unfortunately.

One for the trust to sink their teeth into?
 
Besides which, if the pitch is so "sh!t", who suffers most, the team that rocks up once a season or the team that has to play there every other week?

If enough people on social media blame Spurs for late trains, Brexit, knife crime in London or the next virulent outbreak of the pox, somebody will write a "news" article on it. It's the world we live in unfortunately.
Obviously a team trying to use its own resources to legitimately improve the teams capability and the local area at the same time as a long term sustainable plan is much more upsetting than a nation with a questionable human rights record
using it’s unlimited wealth to dope a football club and disguise the source of funds to circumnavigate the sports own ffp rules.
 
That is impressive sound output for a stadium system - i read elsewhere that the speaker setup is good enough as it is to host music events, (but most likely those holding such events there would still insist onusing their own equipment)
 
Just what DO those nincompoops in the media take us for?

Are we really supposed to believe that - far from busting a gut trying to get the stadium ready on time - Daniel has actually been playing one big hoax on us all along? That he thought what a hoot it would be to take on 3,500 workers including every electrician within 100 miles of London and demand that they work flat out 24/7 just to make it LOOK as though he was desperate to meet the PL's deadline?

Can just see him right now, chuckling uncontrollably and stabbing his fingers at us all as he lies back in his top-of-the-range Vitra Eames recliner going 'Ha-ha, fooled ya!'

Am I missing something? Even as someone who hats the Daily Mail with a burning passion, I see no wrong in what they've wrote.

The grievance is about the uncertainty of where fixtures will take place which leads to hassle for supporters and club a like, as well as us having a pitch at Wembley which really is complete and utter brick.

Nobody is faulting us for effort, merely saying that the timescale was an extremely unrealistic one to punt for. There can be no doubting the truthlessness of that seeing as 'an electrical problem' turned our September opening into a January one despite guarantees over the summer that this would not be the case.
 
Am I missing something? Even as someone who hats the Daily Mail with a burning passion, I see no wrong in what they've wrote.

The grievance is about the uncertainty of where fixtures will take place which leads to hassle for supporters and club a like, as well as us having a pitch at Wembley which really is complete and utter brick.

Nobody is faulting us for effort, merely saying that the timescale was an extremely unrealistic one to punt for. There can be no doubting the truthlessness of that seeing as 'an electrical problem' turned our September opening into a January one despite guarantees over the summer that this would not be the case.
So you are saying the safety system issue is a smokescreen?
 
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