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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand
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parklane1
Tony Galvin
But its swings and roundabouts Steff, we have a mate who lives in Bedford who we pick up when we travel north for the games. If you use the same instance you suggest it takes him around two hours to get to the Lane so he misses the mid week games, now if we go to MK it will only take him 30 minutes max so he will be able go to them.
Was thinking that there'd be plenty of MK fans to make up the numbers midweek who'd want to see some European football should we be getting some unfashionable group game stage games
Gazzasrightboot
Pascal Chimbonda
Well I guess this is a wait and see job. Truth is that I have not decided. I know my nephew will not be able to go to as many games, so I'm at a loss to work out what the best thing to do is. I will need to find someone else to take my second season ticket! I think the truth is that it will depend on how I feel about the team and if I can find another person to take with me!
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
And it isn't me
The key is surely that if people can't go to !K because if their circumstances then that's fair enough and as long as that gets recognised in a fair way when moving back so be it
What a move there would do is open they door to plenty of fans who are hardcore Spurs in surrounding areas (we had over 250 from Bedford in our fan club and at its peak had about 100 going down on the train at an agreed time). But more importantly for the club it opens doors to marginal fans and new supporters plus of course a different corporate market with all the companies that are moving to MK (plenty are moving from London to MK)
It's short term pain for some but for long term gain.
Wembley could come off but I doubt it personally. MK is they most likely in that they would bite out hand off to get us in.
What we do know is that we as fans have no control over what will be available (please don't mention the THST) and what will happen will force us all into making short term decisions
Baleforce
Arthur Rowe
I'm sure the club will allow you to park your season ticket for the away season
Gazzasrightboot
Pascal Chimbonda
I'm sure they will as well, but I'll only end up buying tickets to matches anyway!
I'd much prefer Wembley. Just as easy to drive to (as long as you avoid all the IKEA tossers), but it's got a hotel right on its doorstep.
Would make my life much easier.
Would make my life much easier.
mudshark
Chris Armstrong
It has little or nothing to do with extra costs for me personally. Time's an issue, because it would mean I'd have to get to work earlier so as to be able to leave in time for evening games (and hence travel closer to peak times, which I'm not willing to do unless I absolutely have to). It would be doable, but enough of an irritation that I'm not realistically going to want to bother.
I just can't be аrsеd with the travelling and I'm disinclined to put myself through it. I'd dread the packed tube journey to Wembley every game; I'll do it on special occasions, but the thought of enduring it every other week? Forget it, and MK would almost certainly be even more onerous, even if I went in the car. Anyway, I'm not about to pay the congestion charge, so for evening kick-offs, that would mean I'd have to make a detour home first if I wanted to do that.
I could kid myself I'll just go on the motorcycle, but that's not going to be fun in ѕhіt weather either, plus I'd be lumbered with all my gear. Basically, if it's not practical for me to walk or push-bike it, and it takes more than 20 or 30 minutes, it ain't happening.
I'm not bіtching in the slightest, by the way; I'm quite happy to take a sabbatical and forego all that grief. It also means I don't have to care what the final decision is on the venue.
I just can't be аrsеd with the travelling and I'm disinclined to put myself through it. I'd dread the packed tube journey to Wembley every game; I'll do it on special occasions, but the thought of enduring it every other week? Forget it, and MK would almost certainly be even more onerous, even if I went in the car. Anyway, I'm not about to pay the congestion charge, so for evening kick-offs, that would mean I'd have to make a detour home first if I wanted to do that.
I could kid myself I'll just go on the motorcycle, but that's not going to be fun in ѕhіt weather either, plus I'd be lumbered with all my gear. Basically, if it's not practical for me to walk or push-bike it, and it takes more than 20 or 30 minutes, it ain't happening.
I'm not bіtching in the slightest, by the way; I'm quite happy to take a sabbatical and forego all that grief. It also means I don't have to care what the final decision is on the venue.
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LutonSpurs
Eric Dear
I don't mind MK purely because its 16 miles up the road from me, very quick up the A5 via Dunstable and through Bletchley. But it will be a nightmare for anyone from London. Anyone who thinks otherwise is being disinginueos. Some of the die harders will still make the effort but the cost and time impact is a real issue for them. How being worried about cost and time is a sign of not being a proper fan is beyond logical.
Gazzasrightboot
Pascal Chimbonda
MK will be a pain, but I would say the silence means that other options are being looked at. I think @mudshark has hit the tickle my balls with a feather in terms of his view. Take it or leave it if it does happen, but we will be going into an absolutely awesome stadium. A small price to pay for the stadium, but let's hope we do get Wembley. I'm not sure how Chelsea will get their planning in place that early. I'm sure there are a lot of newts in that area!
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
My thoughts are that I am more than happy for THFC to spend a single season at Stadium MK if an alternative stadium in London is not an option. The problem is that we're unlikely to ever know the full story here in terms of whether other options were not available or were just too expensive (and if the latter then too expensive by how much exactly).
I'm sure we will find that our fans in the Midlands and locals around MK will ensure the stadium is full/close to full for each game. However there will be a reasonable section of our existing supporter base that will find it very difficult to attend. My sons for example are now at that age where they go to Spurs games with their friends from school, they have all been lapping up the Carling Cup and UEFA Cup games the past season or two due to the cheap and available tickets. They are still too young to drive so have to use public transport. I think both the cost and the sort of time they'd be getting home at night would put paid to them being able to attend. I know MK might end up being a necessary evil, but I hope that the club do all they can to avoid this even if that results in a negative impact on our finances.
I'm sure we will find that our fans in the Midlands and locals around MK will ensure the stadium is full/close to full for each game. However there will be a reasonable section of our existing supporter base that will find it very difficult to attend. My sons for example are now at that age where they go to Spurs games with their friends from school, they have all been lapping up the Carling Cup and UEFA Cup games the past season or two due to the cheap and available tickets. They are still too young to drive so have to use public transport. I think both the cost and the sort of time they'd be getting home at night would put paid to them being able to attend. I know MK might end up being a necessary evil, but I hope that the club do all they can to avoid this even if that results in a negative impact on our finances.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Well at least you are being honest about it, unlike some who use all the excuses going.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Yeah I never thought of that. I guess you could suck in a few neutrals if the price was not exorbitant.
You have to think though that this is plan C , with Plan A being Wembley and Plan B being the Olympic stadium. And with both of those other options Levy has leverage of one kind or another. I see MK as pretty unlikely.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Well if it gets rid of the brain dead macarons (who start to bitch the moment the whistle goes) that sit near me that"s a good enough reason to move to MK to start with.
Gazzasrightboot
Pascal Chimbonda
Completely understand that. It wouldn't surprise me if the club puts on some coaches or works out some help with travel arrangements. It's in their interests to as it would not be good to play in a neutral stadium with a neutral atmosphere. Having said that, some of our players may prefer that!
So your mate "cant be bothered" to support his team if his trip is too long?
Bullet
Andy Thompson
Thinking laterally, how about QPR, Charlton, Fulham, Millwall, Palace? Would that be easier to get to via tube etc?
Charlton have got a decent ground, 27k capacity, nearly in Woolwich!
http://www.myfootygrounds.co.uk/AreaMap.asp?view=ENGLAND
Seems to me like the Olympic Stadium is the obvious answer, it is in the correct vicinity, great transport links, taxpayer owned, desperate for cash (for the good PR) and those renters can't stop us if we get a groundswell of support from the public and politicians.
Charlton have got a decent ground, 27k capacity, nearly in Woolwich!
http://www.myfootygrounds.co.uk/AreaMap.asp?view=ENGLAND
Seems to me like the Olympic Stadium is the obvious answer, it is in the correct vicinity, great transport links, taxpayer owned, desperate for cash (for the good PR) and those renters can't stop us if we get a groundswell of support from the public and politicians.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
Read the post again the point is by the time he gets home from work he will not have enough time to get to the Lane for kick off for the mid week games. For you information "my mate" is a ST holder and hardly ever misses a game. Obviously you never read the post correctly.
I read your post fine, thank you.
You are not being consistent in your view.
Anyone else who can't get to a game for logistical reasons cant be bothered to support the Club, but if it's your mate, then then its because he simply doesnt have time to get there.