Tottenham to ask Premier League if they can play opening games away
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Tottenham are "likely" to request that their opening few Premier League games next season are away fixtures while they complete the redevelopment of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Chairman Daniel Levy told a meeting of club officials and members of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust that the £800m stadium remains on course to be completed this summer.
However, with season tickets going on sale soon, the club expect to enact a long-standing contingency plan to guard against any unforeseen hitches.
Tottenham are playing their home games at Wembley this season while the building work has been going on.
Speaking at the meeting on 20 February, Levy said there have been no discussions about extending that agreement.
The Premier League has recently asked clubs to notify it of any dates that are potentially problematic because of transportation or policing issues, or a clash of events.
The deadline for those to be submitted is next month.
There have been three previous instances of the Premier League agreeing to clubs' requests to play opening games away from home, which involved Blackpool, Liverpool and West Ham.
The Spurs situation is complicated by the fact they are 'paired' with Arsenal to ensure the north London rivals are not given home games in the same round of fixtures.
Any move would also require the agreement of the club Spurs are scheduled to face.
In addition, the Premier League would not allow Spurs to play home matches at more than one venue in a season, so there is no option to use Wembley as a short-term measure.
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It's there for the benefit of ALL isn't it?
Levy, and other board members, are business people. During a huge project they've initiated a contingency. They'd have been negligent if they didn't.
I think the snow has got in some people's brains ( and I use the term loosely).
Prudent move by Spurs and so please that toilet in Stratford was passed up.
BBC employee #2: Errr... why? Its a hardly a big story is it?
#1: I know but it will be funny watching all the muppets giving the Spuds a load of abuse.
#2: Yeah, go on then, might as well - got nothing better to do!
Spurs' new stadium is primarily funded by the taxpayer, via Haringey Council's very generous donations of permission for some unrelated property developments in the area.
14m grant to improve transport infrastructure out of 850m to 1billion project?
Are you a chief dipstick or a treasury worker?
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So Tottenham are asking for run of home games at the end of the season to give them an unfair advantage over rivals !!! The solution is simple If their home ground is not fit to play in Fine them and Deduct points
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Liverpool have done the same within the last two seasons and I didn't see you complaining about that! And they were only extending one stand.
(The name is ironic, by the way).
I will help.
If Tottenham request it, the Premier League will allow Tottenham Hotspurs to play its first few Premier League matches away from home, during the 2018/2019 season.
That is to say, they would not play a home fixture for the first 3-5 fixtures in the forthcoming season.
Does that help, or shall I draw a picture?