Dear Mr Levy
A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to be able to spend a few minutes asking you some questions on the telephone after the EGM.
One of these was about the ground share rumours that you, as a club/company, were considering sharing West Ham's ground should you decide to rebuild White Hart Lane stadium.
Your reply was it was an option under consideration and you would notify all supporters of a final decision in June.
This, however, raises a minor hitch.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, as a general rule, expect all season ticket holders to renew before the end of MAY! In fact I just checked the News Archive on the website and in 2007 the renewals closed at 5pm on May 21st.
Is there to be any extension this year? Are we going to know where we'll be playing before we have to renew our season tickets?
This may seem premature but it is only 78 days to May 21st.
Obviously many of us travel long distances to get to home games already and should we be moving away from The Lane where ever we play next season will adjust the travel plans and timing of everyone but should we, for example, groundshare Upton Park with their even worse transport links to ours many of us would struggle to get to early kick offs and evening games. Missing more than 2 or 3 games a season pretty much negates any saving in ticket price compared to being a member and buying tickets online.
However most of us will still renew whatever but I feel that the club should consider the possibility of a ground move meaning a small number would find it too difficult to get to so many games that they may feel that renewing is not financially prudent. Have the club considered any form of "gap year" for these people or will they have to go to the back of the waiting list once we return to our permanent home?
You can see that all these points are what if's and maybe's but that is the whole problem. We don't know and are unsure if we will know before we're basically blackmailed into renewals without knowing where we'll be playing.
Renew by the deadline or someone else gets your seat. We'll tell you where you're playing after we've got your money and it's too late to change your mind!
I'd heartily suggest the club refrain from treating us like mushrooms and come clean before ST deadline day.
Yours Faithfully
Dazza London