Posts Tagged: Tottenham

Heading to Wembley Stadium doing the 92 league grounds

Tottenham v Bournemouth prematch in the Premier League at Wembley Stadium

It’s a big welcome back to the92.net blog to Tim Dove! The blogger from the East Midlands has been back on the 92 trail this season 2 years after first completing the 92… Ground: Wembley Stadium (91/92) Game: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 AFC Bournemouth Date: 14/10/2017 Thoughts about the ground: Having been to the old Wembley Stadium and having been on a ground tour of the new Wembley Stadium then at long last, the move of Tottenham Hotspur from White Hart Lane gave me a chance to see a club game played at the new Wembley stadium. It was an exciting… Read more »

Would Spurs be happy groundsharing Wembley with Chelsea?

White Hart Lane the home of tottenham hotspur

With the rumours showing no signs of dying down the possibility of Tottenham and Chelsea shacking up together at Wembley could be happening as early as next summer. We caught up with Spurs fan site The Fighting Cock to get some opinion on the matter… Groundsman: What do you think of the idea of moving to Wembley while the Lane is redeveloped? TFC: It’s a necessary evil. No one wants to leave White Hart Lane at all – and the original Northumberland Development Project plans were meant to allow the new stadium to be build around the current one meaning… Read more »

Thoughts on Tottenham Chelsea Wembley groundshare from Spurs News

Tottenham Chelsea at Wembley

With work due to begin on the redevelopment of White Hart Lane in the summer of next year Spurs fans still don’t know where they will be travelling to follow their side. With talk of a Tottenham Chelsea Wembley groundshare across the tabloids we caught up with MF of Spurs news to get his thoughts. Groundsman: What do you think of the idea of moving to Wembley while White Hart Lane is redeveloped? MF: I’d rather not thanks. The rake of the seats is too shallow until you get into the Gods, it’s predominantly red, the beer is rubbish, it’s… Read more »

Tottenham Chelsea Wembley groundshare – view from the Bridge

David Chidgey Chelsea Football FanCast

Chelsea and Spurs are set to start major ground redevelopment projects on their current sites which will see the clubs seeking temporary homes. Both sides have reportedly expressed an interest in using the National Stadium leading to talk of the possibility of a groundshare. We caught up with David ‘Stamford Chidge’ Chidgey from the Chelsea FanCast to get a view from Stamford Bridge… Groundsman: What do you think of the idea of moving to Wembley while your ground is redeveloped? David: Well obviously we’ll have to move somewhere. It’s not ideal but I think most supporters are prepared to put… Read more »

Dan White continues doing the 92 at Old Trafford

Old Trafford Manchester

Budding photographer and blogger Dan White took advantage of free admission to tick Old Trafford off his 92 and got to see the legend that is Falcao have a run out… Ground: Old Trafford 8/92 Game: Manchester United U21 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur U21 Date: 10/03/2015 Thoughts on the ground: I arrived at the ground and thought I would see a busy crowd outside the ground. Nope! It looked like a ghost town with two people selling scarves and the odd tourist taking photos outside the ground. I also thought that fans could sit anywhere in the stadium but it turns… Read more »

Countdown is on for White Hart Lane to exit the 92

White Hart Lane Tottenham

In the last few weeks Tottenham received the go ahead to start work on their new stadium. A completely new build in the same locality will see the end of White Hart Lane, one of the remaining larger grounds in the UK with genuine character. We catch up with Spurs fan Matthew Wojciow to get his thoughts on the new ground. Groundsman: With the news recently that plans for the new stadium have been given the green light how do you feel about leaving White Hart Lane? Matthew: As Spurs are only moving 100m away from the old ground there… Read more »

Spurs move a step closer to leaving White Hart Lane

Manchester United away at Spurs White Hart Lane 2012 by http://www.the92.net/user-profile?user=30#.U8I8kI1dVU8

Tottenham received a major boost this week with the news that work on their proposed new 58000 seater stadium can begin. The approval from the government now means that 95% of the planned development has given the green light and if all goes to plan Spurs should be kicking off the 2017/18 season in their new home. So it looks like we could have another new edition to the 92 league grounds. Spurs fans are you in favour of the new stadium or would you have preferred the club stay to redevelop and expand White Hart Lane? Let us know… Read more »

Taking a chunk out of the 92 League Grounds – 9 in 9 days!

When we caught a glance of Matt Libber’s tweet that he was over from America doing 9 of the 92 League Grounds in 9 days we had to find out more. The Groundsman caught up with Matt to find out more about this mammoth trip. Before we start, here’s Matt’s fixture list! QPR v Nottingham Forest FA Cup semi Wigan v Arsenal Swansea v Chelsea Reading v Leicester Arsenal v West Ham Blackburn v Yeovil Bradford v Peterborough Spurs v Fulham Chelsea v Sunderland The Groundsman: Firstly 9 games in 9 days is quite the effort! Have you recovered yet?… Read more »