Olympic Stadium.

[spurfect]

It is reported today in some newspapers and websites,that AEG Promotions have joined Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in a joint bid

for the new Olympic Stadium.

Their first proposal was to do away with the Athletic's track.

Tottenham have become increasingly frustrated with Haringay Council for their stalling over the last 4 years,for the new

Stadium at Tottenham.

They now see a clear oppurtunity to have a 60'000 seater Stadium with no running track,and will not have to wait 6 years

for the rest of the red tape and building work to see it completed.

You can all guess what my feelings are.

What would you do if your club had a oppurtunity,to move away for a new stadium.?

[BewdleySpur]

A new stadium musn't be away from a clubs spiritual home.

[Nemesis]

Spurs take the mick out of Arsenal for being a South London club who moved North. Smacks of double standards if the Yids move East, give it to Orient being the closest club, Quuens Park play at Hampden !

[hammers]

West Ham have also put in to take over the Stadium,

& I believe that they should have first choice,

Because when London got the Olympics for 2012 West Ham were the first club to be offered the chance to take it over,

but they were unable to say yes at that time under the old ownership,

But things have become much clearer since,

Hammers :c:

[cornishbaggie]

Never understand why anyone wants to move to a new ground, it would finish me if we left the Hawthorns.

All the memories rolling back the years gone in a flash and having been to quite a few of these souless piles they call stadiums, i cant see many more advantages except more seats.

Finally to me it will always be a football GROUND !! Rant over :)

[BewdleySpur]

Never understand why anyone wants to move to a new ground, it would finish me if we left the Hawthorns.

All the memories rolling back the years gone in a flash and having been to quite a few of these souless piles they call stadiums, i cant see many more advantages except more seats.

Finally to me it will always be a football GROUND !! Rant over

Spot on. :clapper:

[spurfect]

I still think Daniel Levy's priority is to develope White Hart Lane,and is just using the Olympic Stadium to twist the

arm of the powers to be.

A plan B,if White Hart Lane goes tits up.

Make no mistake ,West Ham fans,pray to god,plan A goes ahead for Spurs.

If it dont,you will not get your Olympic Stadium.

You only have to see the reaction of Gold/Sullivan,to realise that if Spurs go for it,West Ham will shit out.

[Guest]

Keep your Tottenham tanks off West Ham's manor, Mr Levy

Manchester United are slightly to the south of town, Manchester City are to the east, but it doesnt really matter. To the rest of the world they are the Manchester clubs, and never more specifically defined.

Nobody but a local could identify Birminghams Premier League duo as being from the north (Aston Villa) or south-east (Birmingham City) and the same goes for Bristol (City to the southwest, Rovers to the north) and Sheffield (United south, Wednesday north). Liverpool and Everton are separated by a communal park, Nottingham Forest and Notts County by the river Trent.

So there is only one city in England in which the specific locales of football clubs matter and it is London. The north London derby, the fact that supporters of West Ham United sing specifically of love for east London, grudges to the west, hostility to the south, beyond the capital there is no equivalent of this precise division.

So Tottenham Hotspur might as well move to Stratford-upon-Avon as Stratford, east London. As if using the Olympic Stadium as a back-up option in case the redevelopment of White Hart Lane falls through is not insult enough, chairman Daniel Levys idea of invading the territory of a rival London club shows contempt for the dynamic of football in the capital and the history of its teams.

Not least his own. There may be irritant value in parking Tottenhams tanks on West Hams lawns and nobody blames Levy for having a plan B, but why would the chairman of Tottenham wish to surrender 128 years of history from beginnings on Tottenham marshes to move to a part of the city where his club would feel alien?

Tottenham have been at White Hart Lane since the end of the 19th century, longer than Manchester Uniteds tenure at Old Trafford. More significantly, anyone who has visited the vicinity recently will have noticed that its rundown appearance suggests a major building

project is coming soon.

High street shops are shuttered or empty, leases are running down. This is the proposed site of the new White Hart Lane, making Tottenhams capacity a match for Arsenals 60,000, and propelling the club further towards the elite.

It may one day be that, with Roman Abramovichs legacy at Chelsea, and a super-sized Tottenham and Arsenal, London will have three strong clubs with Champions League potential to challenge the traditional powerhouses in the north. Good luck to them all. Nothing wrong with making Tottenham strong in Tottenham. Not Stratford; because Stratford is in east London and Tottenham are a north London club.

This may seem strange to outsiders but Tottenham could move halfway to Cambridge and still be within their traditional boundaries, but roughly six miles down the road to where the Olympic park is located and they may as well be on the moon. That is West Ham country as indisputably as Tyneside belongs to Newcastle United. One might as well attempt to parachute Leeds United into the stadium at Gateshead.

Tottenhams Olympic contingency plans may also be a non-starter for legal reasons. Premier League rules I5 and I6 deal very specifically with ground location. I5 states that any change of ground requires the consent of the Premier League board, while I6 says there must be a relationship between the locality and the name of the club or its traditional association.

Rule I6 (5) states that the move would not adversely affect clubs (or Football League clubs) having their registered grounds in the immediate vicinity of the proposed location. The Olympic Stadium is in the London Borough of Newham, as is West Ham. It is little more than two miles from Upton Park, and West Ham have registered an interest in relocating there. The facility needs a football club to maintain its regular use, but identification with the area is important, too.

If West Ham were not interested, perhaps there would be a case to entertain Tottenham for practical reasons in the national interest; as they are it seems wrong to encourage an interloper.

Tottenham, like every London club, are not actually a London club at all. They are a north London club, and Levy should respect that, even if he finds it hard to respect much else.

Written by Martin Samuel (Mail Online) Olympic Stadium

[Guest]

Live Nation back hammers bid

The world's largest live entertainment company have endorsed the club's Olympic stadium plans

West Ham United and Newham Council are pleased to announce global media giants Live Nation - the largest live entertainment company in the world - are supporting their joint legacy bid for the 2012 Olympic Stadium.

After a series of meetings, Paul Latham, Chief Operating Officer of Live Nation Entertainment, has written to West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady to pledge his backing for a state of the art stadium that will be a centre of sport, education and culture.

The statement included hope of "making the Olympic Stadium, the rest of the Olympic Park, and the surrounding area, a destination of worldwide significance". Unrivalled in staging major entertainment concerts and events, Live Nation are partners with Madonna, U2 and Jay-Z.

In his letter to West Ham, Paul Latham said: "Further to our recent meetings and discussions, I am writing to confirm Live Nation's support for the West Ham/Newham Council bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.

"As you know, Live Nation is the world's largest live events company. In 2009, Live Nation sold 140 million tickets, promoted 21,000 concerts, partnered with 850 sponsors and averaged 25 million unique monthly users of its e-commerce sites.

"We regard the Olympic Stadium as an exciting project which would be a superb venue for hosting major concerts and other events. We would be happy to continue working with you to ensure that we bring major concerts and other events to the Stadium on an annual basis."

Karren Brady said: "This fantastic support from Live Nation will take our legacy ambitions to another level. Over the past eight months ourselves and Newham have been talking to the biggest and best global names to ensure we can make the Olympic Stadium dream a reality.

"Live Nation immediately bought into our vision and see the potential in turning the world's spotlight firmly on to east London, and the determination we at West Ham and Newham have to regenerate this proud part of the capital - and preserve the Olympic ideals.

"We will create a busy, viable and sustainable stadium that will stand for generations to come. We will make a multi-million pound investment to make it suitable for the different uses we propose but we are adamant it will be free of ongoing public subsidy and gate receipts will be shared with Newham Council, ensuring financial benefits are passed on to the local community. The area will also benefit in many other ways such as employment, health and education."

Live Nation are the latest leading organisation to endorse the West Ham-Newham bid with those on board including: Westfield, HS1 Ltd, University of East London, Essex Cricket, ExCel London and London City Airport.

[spurfect]

West Ham really make me piss.

Your powers to be Gold/Sullivan/Brady and all the fans,having a go at Tottenham because we are invading your territory.

The Olympic Stadium is in Orient territory,and Barry Hearn isnt happy about it,and will fight you Irons right to the end.

Us Yids,dont want the poxy Olympic Stadiun any more than you wanting us there.

It is just a clever buisnessman putting pressure on a Council,to get the decision he wants.

As for Gold,Sullivan,and that tart Brady,I suggest keeping West Ham up is the priority.

I cant see you getting 60,000 every week,in the Premiership,let alone the Championship.

[Guest]

West Ham really make me piss.

Your powers to be Gold/Sullivan/Brady and all the fans,having a go at Tottenham because we are invading your territory.

Spurfect

Nobody is having a go at you or your club, You always have to read into things dont you?

I dont realy give a f**k who gets the stadium to be honest, I have been going to Upton Park since i was a kid and if we stay there i will be more than happy.

As for our powers that be having a go i agree that they are very quick at opening there mouths but nothing any West Ham fan can do about it because they hold all the cards and own the club so they can say what they like, You will also find that most West Ham fans do not like what they do or say but who am i to change any of it?

The articles that i posted were from the daily mail and WHUFC website so i did not say any of it.

For once it would be nice if you could have a decent opinion about something instead of putting us down, I congratulated your team on getting to the champions league group stages and what do you do THROW IT ALL BACK IN MY FACE

One word for you mate and it is what i think of you (I could get banned for this but) you are a right roger hunt

[Anita]

Spudfect,

anyone can see that cokerkneeboy got that from a paper(papers website) and was just joining in on the discussion.

It is after all a forum and thats what happens on forums.

since you first joined this site all you've done is abuse people.

your always right.

no one else is aloud an opinion.

no one can say anything in reply to you.

because you jump down their throats.

a few members have thrown you life lines.

tried to include you in banter.

but you just dont get it.

the one person on here whos tried again and again you just have digs at.

think you should grow up and learn to read others comments before opening your mouth.

:angry2:

[spurfect]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha,

Diddum,s.

Spurfect dont play fair.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.

[BewdleySpur]

A lot of Spurs fans on here seem to get a bit tetchy, don't they?

[Guest]

A lot of Spurs fans on here seem to get a bit tetchy, don't they?

I would not say all mate just 1 and as stated he is a first class proper roger hunt

Coopsie is a spuds fan who loved nothing better that a bit of banter and a good laugh (Top bloke)

It will not be to long before spud u like is posting messages to himself

Wait for it you just know that roger is going to spout some more sh*t

wait

wait

wait for it

after 3

[Anita]

wait

wait

wait for it

after 3

1 :rolleyes:

[Guest]

wait

wait

wait for it

after 3

1

2 :rolleyes:

[Nemesis]

wait

wait

wait for it

after 3

1

2

May have to wait til next year as it ends in a 1

[hammers]

I was advised by a few of the members on this Forum not to reply directly to Spurfect because of his evil attitude,

By all means make comments to his stupid & nasty remarks but make it a general comment ,not to him if you like more about him rather than to him,

He is just not worth it,

90% of members on this forum like a bit of banter with no harm done, but Spurfect, just cannot have friendly banter,because

he has a evil mouth on him,

Hammers :c:

[BewdleySpur]

A lot of Spurs fans on here seem to get a bit tetchy, don't they?

I would not say all mate just 1 and as stated he is a first class proper roger hunt

Coopsie is a spuds fan who loved nothing better that a bit of banter and a good laugh (Top bloke)

Yes, you're right on that one.

[Peck1961]

Crikey!

It has all got a little bit tetchy in here for a Sunday morning!

In an attempt to bring a semi-educated Spurs view on the subject, here's my thoughts.

A move to the Olympic Stadium would be considered by the Tottenham hierarchy as a complete last resort, and the reason why they even put a bid in for the Olympic Stadium was that if they hadn't done it by the deadline that has since passed, they could never have been considered in the future should anything go wrong with the proposed site at White Hart Lane.

The officals inside the club are 99.99999% sure that the proposed new stadium in Tottenham will get the go-ahead, in fact, I noticed last week at the Villa game that on the proposed site of the new stadium, properties are already being knocked down (maybe they were falling down anyway... Tottenham is not the most high-class of areas!). Also, a work colleague (who is an Everton fan, so wouldn't be bullsh*tting) was lucky enough to use family connections and attend the Tottenham v Wolves game a couple of weeks ago in Peter Crouch's exec. box. Me mate said that he was talking to Crouchie's Dad about the new stadium and he also confirmed that everyone inside the club is highly confident the new stadium will be built at White Hart Lane.

Unfortunately, because of the way of the world nowadays, the media decided to run the story about Spurs' 'bid' for the Olympic Stadium because it sells more newspapers (given they're going 'head to head' with West Ham), when ironically the night before the 'bid' came out in the media, Tottenham were granted planning permission from Haringey Council for the new stadium! Just think the whole thing has been poorly reported by the press and media, but as I say, Tottenham building a new stadium at White Hart Lane is not as news-worthy as them potentially trying to get the Olympic Stadium at the expenses of West Ham, or vice-versa.

As for Spurfect..... C'mon big man, life is not all about belittling our fellow London clubs. I don't like Arsenal, Chelsea or West Ham as much as the next Spurs fan, but Spurs are in the Champions League, we are realtively debt-free, we are progressing as a club and starting to challenge at the right end of the table. We really don't have to worry about other clubs, just enjoy what's happening at our own.

[spurfect]

:clapper:

:thumbsup:

[hammers]

Crikey!

It has all got a little bit tetchy in here for a Sunday morning!

In an attempt to bring a semi-educated Spurs view on the subject, here's my thoughts.

A move to the Olympic Stadium would be considered by the Tottenham hierarchy as a complete last resort, and the reason why they even put a bid in for the Olympic Stadium was that if they hadn't done it by the deadline that has since passed, they could never have been considered in the future should anything go wrong with the proposed site at White Hart Lane.

The officals inside the club are 99.99999% sure that the proposed new stadium in Tottenham will get the go-ahead, in fact, I noticed last week at the Villa game that on the proposed site of the new stadium, properties are already being knocked down (maybe they were falling down anyway... Tottenham is not the most high-class of areas!). Also, a work colleague (who is an Everton fan, so wouldn't be bullsh*tting) was lucky enough to use family connections and attend the Tottenham v Wolves game a couple of weeks ago in Peter Crouch's exec. box. Me mate said that he was talking to Crouchie's Dad about the new stadium and he also confirmed that everyone inside the club is highly confident the new stadium will be built at White Hart Lane.

Unfortunately, because of the way of the world nowadays, the media decided to run the story about Spurs' 'bid' for the Olympic Stadium because it sells more newspapers (given they're going 'head to head' with West Ham), when ironically the night before the 'bid' came out in the media, Tottenham were granted planning permission from Haringey Council for the new stadium! Just think the whole thing has been poorly reported by the press and media, but as I say, Tottenham building a new stadium at White Hart Lane is not as news-worthy as them potentially trying to get the Olympic Stadium at the expenses of West Ham, or vice-versa.

As for Spurfect..... C'mon big man, life is not all about belittling our fellow London clubs. I don't like Arsenal, Chelsea or West Ham as much as the next Spurs fan, but Spurs are in the Champions League, we are realtively debt-free, we are progressing as a club and starting to challenge at the right end of the table. We really don't have to worry about other clubs, just enjoy what's happening at our own.

Peck 1961, what a difference, with a bit of common sense you have explained things in a way that Spurfect could never do,

because of his lack of respect for the clubs that other members suport, or their views, well done,

Hammers :c:

[BewdleySpur]

Crikey!

It has all got a little bit tetchy in here for a Sunday morning!

In an attempt to bring a semi-educated Spurs view on the subject, here's my thoughts.

A move to the Olympic Stadium would be considered by the Tottenham hierarchy as a complete last resort, and the reason why they even put a bid in for the Olympic Stadium was that if they hadn't done it by the deadline that has since passed, they could never have been considered in the future should anything go wrong with the proposed site at White Hart Lane.

The officals inside the club are 99.99999% sure that the proposed new stadium in Tottenham will get the go-ahead, in fact, I noticed last week at the Villa game that on the proposed site of the new stadium, properties are already being knocked down (maybe they were falling down anyway... Tottenham is not the most high-class of areas!). Also, a work colleague (who is an Everton fan, so wouldn't be bullsh*tting) was lucky enough to use family connections and attend the Tottenham v Wolves game a couple of weeks ago in Peter Crouch's exec. box. Me mate said that he was talking to Crouchie's Dad about the new stadium and he also confirmed that everyone inside the club is highly confident the new stadium will be built at White Hart Lane.

Unfortunately, because of the way of the world nowadays, the media decided to run the story about Spurs' 'bid' for the Olympic Stadium because it sells more newspapers (given they're going 'head to head' with West Ham), when ironically the night before the 'bid' came out in the media, Tottenham were granted planning permission from Haringey Council for the new stadium! Just think the whole thing has been poorly reported by the press and media, but as I say, Tottenham building a new stadium at White Hart Lane is not as news-worthy as them potentially trying to get the Olympic Stadium at the expenses of West Ham, or vice-versa.

As for Spurfect..... C'mon big man, life is not all about belittling our fellow London clubs. I don't like Arsenal, Chelsea or West Ham as much as the next Spurs fan, but Spurs are in the Champions League, we are realtively debt-free, we are progressing as a club and starting to challenge at the right end of the table. We really don't have to worry about other clubs, just enjoy what's happening at our own.

Peck 1961, what a difference, with a bit of common sense you have explained things in a way that Spurfect could never do,

because of his lack of respect for the clubs that other members suport, or their views, well done,

Hammers

Spot on. :rolleyes:

[Guest]

Peck1961

At last someone (A Spurs fan) with a little common sense and I thank you for that

You are 100% correct about how the media have handled the situation but then again that is how they work im afraid

You’re also correct about spurs using the bid as a last resort and if they did not put in a bid they would not be considered, I did see that in the news last week

There will always be rivalry between clubs and that is part of football, it is also why we love to have some banter when one of your rivals is not doing so well or when your team beats a rival team, The difference however is how you react to it and weather or not you can handle a bit of banter

Some can and some cannot simples

[spurfect]

Watch out Peck,the little clique like you.

:clapper: