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According to the Times the Premier League has told the club that the last 5 home must be played either at Wembley or the new stadium. If it’s not ready for the next game then we won’t move in until next season.
Because?..........................
If there isn't a rule stating that 25% of the league games need to be played at a chosen venue I don't think the Premier League will have a leg to stand on if this is the case.
There is a rule that all home games must be played at the same venue, which the PL has been open to waiving for Spurs' benefit. That patience has run thin, and indeed expired it would appear.
It's the business end of the season with very important places up for grabs up and down the table, they are looking to ensure the sporting integrity of the competition, as they should.
To say that we must come back from the final international break at NWHL or not at all is a very reasonable ask.
The other thing hanging out there is UEFA's apparent hesitancy to have a nighttime CL quarterfinal be the first competitive match, and the London police surely agree. Seems best not to discuss that unless and until we actually see our way past Dortmund.
People act like we'd be at an advantage, which is all well and good but very little is ,ace of the disadvantage we've had to endure whilst not being at the stadium.
If the Premier League dig their heels in based on opinion etc I don't think it's on. We've had a year and a half of every other team having a huge advantage over us, 5 games or 1 when the stadium is ready we should be allowed to open the doors
It's not so much an advantage or disadvantage for us as it is for the other teams.
Wolves beat us at a listless Wembley but West Ham have to play us in the utter cauldron of our first NWHL game? When both teams are fighting for the last EL spot?
An already doomed Huddersfield and a European game would be ideal from the EPL's perspective to get the new place broken in.
To be fair ours is always first week of Easter hols to take the kids skiing, so self inflicted was booked last April, just after the Chelsea game, as its same place as last yearThere's going to be loads of people in the same boat, as when holiday plans were made, we probably thought the first game was going to be in September.
The only place to see Champions League football in London.
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