I wish
You didn’t hear that from me and I don’t post anywhere else..
Must have been someone else
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Match The homecoming 3rd April Tottenham versus Palace
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You didn’t hear that from me and I don’t post anywhere else..
Must have been someone else
yep, the acoustics are obvs a bit weird - in the north we could hear Park Lane but not a peep out of Shelf Side and, apparently, vice versa.
Ah, that's a pity... because the main thing I wanted to say, much more important than whether you could hear which side or not, whether the beer ran out, or whether the toilets worked is....
I was surrounded last night on all 4 sides by real fans, ST holding Tottenham supporters, who knew what they were watching. Some were local, some, like me, had travelled hours to watch their team. I might not like all these people, but I will get to know some of them over the next few months/years and I see them over and again. And the contrast between last night and bloody Wembley, when I was always surrounded by an ever-weekly-changing busload of selfie-snapping texting foreign tourists wearing half scarves, was immense.
Lets hope you are right, its just around me there seemed to be loads of people who seemed uninterested and got the feeling it was their first visit to a game. I think the seat I managed to get late on was maybe kept back for Hospitality. Agree completely about Wembley and the "tourist" element.
Seeing my first half an half scarves being worn inside WHL was a bit disappointing, thought we had left that crap behind.
Palace fan here in peace..sort of.
Firstly congratulations on what is a magnificent facility and one you must be truly Proud of. Teething issues in our bit was the beer kept running out and the infrastructure getting away was fucking awful. Your noise level was excellent when you bothered to sing, but to have “ come on you Spurs” displayed on your electronic screen to encourage you to join in is truly gut wrenchingly embarrassing .
I don’t normally register of other fans boards but on this occasion I thought you would Like to hear what I’m about to say.
I’m sorry to tell you this but new stadium but still a segment of muggy fans. We left the stadium only came down the stairs at the back only to be attacked by some of your big hard lads. I am aware (and can provide photos) of a lady (I believe to be a spurs fan) to be knocked out of her wheelchair when your lot charged the Palace fans. The fighting broke out between both sets of supporters and a 15 school girl I know was taken to an ambulance with a shoulder injury (spoke to her this morning not serious) this injury was caused by the police on horseback trying to separate the two groups. Really Spurs? You have a great new stadium that will last you through to the next century, but some of your fans dragging your name back to the 1970’s.
That all said, on the flip side, I did meet a couple of older Spurs lads who we had a great chat/banter with. Someone will pick up on the “flair” in the Palace end, and before you say anything not acceptable I agree,
Come on Spurs this is 2019.
Firstly congratulations on what is a magnificent facility and one you must be truly Proud of. Teething issues in our bit was the beer kept running out and the infrastructure getting away was fucking awful. Your noise level was excellent when you bothered to sing, but to have “ come on you Spurs” displayed on your electronic screen to encourage you to join in is truly gut wrenchingly embarrassing .
I don’t normally register of other fans boards but on this occasion I thought you would Like to hear what I’m about to say.
I’m sorry to tell you this but new stadium but still a segment of muggy fans. We left the stadium only came down the stairs at the back only to be attacked by some of your big hard lads. I am aware (and can provide photos) of a lady (I believe to be a spurs fan) to be knocked out of her wheelchair when your lot charged the Palace fans. The fighting broke out between both sets of supporters and a 15 school girl I know was taken to an ambulance with a shoulder injury (spoke to her this morning not serious) this injury was caused by the police on horseback trying to separate the two groups. Really Spurs? You have a great new stadium that will last you through to the next century, but some of your fans dragging your name back to the 1970’s.
That all said, on the flip side, I did meet a couple of older Spurs lads who we had a great chat/banter with. Someone will pick up on the “flair” in the Palace end, and before you say anything not acceptable I agree,
Come on Spurs this is 2019.
didnt hear them in the ground- there were lows but we were singing more than them
‘Come on you spurs’ is a kind of tagline for the club, it’s plastered all over merchandise etc. Has nothing to do with trying to get the fans to sing
Nothing more cringe-worthy than watching 150 middle-aged men dressed in the same Marks and Spencer black hoody and chino combo thinking they are Italian ultra's, what a fucking cringe-fest, but please don't stop this as it's fucking hilarious. When oppo fans log-in to tell you how bad the transport links are (because getting in & out of Palace is a breeze ain't it!? even with less than 20k in attendance) then you know we have a winner. I'm sure Spurs will spend another billion on a new train line because that's what all Clubs are supposed to do. Dick.
The 'Come on You Spurs' is nothing to do with trying to get fans to sing, it is a THFC tag line.
As for Spurs fans attacking Palace may i draw your attention to Wembley when your (exceedingly) muggy ultras attacked some of our scarfers before being run all they way back to the station.
Having a drum going for 2 hours so you can remember the tune to your two songs? Gutwrenchingly embarrassing.
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And banging a drum to encourage you to drone out the same shite, like some pseudo bunch of middle aged ultra wankers isnt cringeworthy? Fuck off.
Wear black
Bang a drum
Bring a packed lunch
& a flask
Palace
Bang a drum
Bring a packed lunch
& a flask
Palace
Hes not being negative. Hes just asking where you got this information
"Spurs canvassed the local pubs and cafes after the two test events, overwhelmingly they fed back that business was very good"
Im sure he wants to read or hear about this too , so hes just asking for the source/link.
Sorry mate but any criticism about singing from a team who's entire 90 minute repertoire is some inbred banging a drum? you've got no chance.
Not happy to hear about the goings on, but by all accounts your 'ultras' had a go at some scarves when we played at Wembley, didn't work out to well for them that day and I guess not so well yesterday either ...
As for transport ... yeah it's a pain ... but then Palace ain't no picnic either
Noted - must have been your better-looking multi
Ironically the only post I've read this morning was from the Middle age Palace fan dressed in black, so will take the time throughout the morning to trawl through them.
What a fucking stadium!!! I think by now we were all expecting something special, we've spent the last how many years ogling at what must be 10's of thousands of pictures but even that doesn't prepare you when you first walk up the steps to your entrance, then onto the concourses and that step out of the vomitory with the pitch coming into view. That feeling, seeing the pitch for the first time was, I'm not kidding, the same as my first visit to WHL back in the 70's!!!!
I'm delighted with my seat, been so nervous about where I should be and probably overthought the whole thing but what's most important is that I'm around a bunch of people that all seem decent and all sing!!!
The opening ceremony was perfect, nothing cringe, no open-top buses, no taxi's trying to convince everyone we are a "London" club, selling us a "London" brand. It was understated and more importantly about Tottenham, the link with the community is the DNA of this club, it requires a lot of work but I think so much is in place already (Foundation at Percy House) that will connect the club back with its community again. Because in 5yrs from now, when the paint fades along with the deep blue of the seats, it's the surrounding community that will provide the key to whether this stadium becomes a 365 day a year destination (earns the club money).
Looking almost over the South Stand, when a song is sung it puts the hairs on your neck to attention, I can only see this getting better when the new fans in their learn some other songs that those in the corner sung but didn't quite carry to the whole stand.
For those moaning about transport links = what the fuck were you expecting! Old Trafford is worse by miles. Welcome to the big time because this is what it looks like, you know with 60k fans, just as it was in the 60's, when we were big. BTW I had a mate who went to Tottenham Hale who said it was deserted.
What a wonderful problem for Daniel to sort out, we ran out of beer!!!!!!
As for the game: Palace did their best to stop us playing football, defending with 10 behind the ball and showing zero ambition to get into our final third. I thought we moved the ball well, could have been quicker and maybe lacked a bit of variety but was still good to see Eriksen having an influence on the game, he was finding loads of pockets and we were finding him, his control and the ball to him could have been better though. I thought Rose, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Davies and Son were all very good.
I'll leave it there as I wasn't as into the game as much as I was into the stadium, which only leaves me to say well done Poch and the boys for not getting caught up and distracted by the stadium and focus on the game which you absolutely dominated throughout.
So fucking good to be back, West London, East London, South London.......TOTTENHAM.
Up The Spurs!
What a fucking stadium!!! I think by now we were all expecting something special, we've spent the last how many years ogling at what must be 10's of thousands of pictures but even that doesn't prepare you when you first walk up the steps to your entrance, then onto the concourses and that step out of the vomitory with the pitch coming into view. That feeling, seeing the pitch for the first time was, I'm not kidding, the same as my first visit to WHL back in the 70's!!!!
I'm delighted with my seat, been so nervous about where I should be and probably overthought the whole thing but what's most important is that I'm around a bunch of people that all seem decent and all sing!!!
The opening ceremony was perfect, nothing cringe, no open-top buses, no taxi's trying to convince everyone we are a "London" club, selling us a "London" brand. It was understated and more importantly about Tottenham, the link with the community is the DNA of this club, it requires a lot of work but I think so much is in place already (Foundation at Percy House) that will connect the club back with its community again. Because in 5yrs from now, when the paint fades along with the deep blue of the seats, it's the surrounding community that will provide the key to whether this stadium becomes a 365 day a year destination (earns the club money).
Looking almost over the South Stand, when a song is sung it puts the hairs on your neck to attention, I can only see this getting better when the new fans in their learn some other songs that those in the corner sung but didn't quite carry to the whole stand.
For those moaning about transport links = what the fuck were you expecting! Old Trafford is worse by miles. Welcome to the big time because this is what it looks like, you know with 60k fans, just as it was in the 60's, when we were big. BTW I had a mate who went to Tottenham Hale who said it was deserted.
What a wonderful problem for Daniel to sort out, we ran out of beer!!!!!!
As for the game: Palace did their best to stop us playing football, defending with 10 behind the ball and showing zero ambition to get into our final third. I thought we moved the ball well, could have been quicker and maybe lacked a bit of variety but was still good to see Eriksen having an influence on the game, he was finding loads of pockets and we were finding him, his control and the ball to him could have been better though. I thought Rose, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Davies and Son were all very good.
I'll leave it there as I wasn't as into the game as much as I was into the stadium, which only leaves me to say well done Poch and the boys for not getting caught up and distracted by the stadium and focus on the game which you absolutely dominated throughout.
So fucking good to be back, West London, East London, South London.......TOTTENHAM.
Up The Spurs!
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