Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Spurs " serious about moving, not a bargaining chip at all"
David Lammy reports on his Twitter stream on his meeting re Spurs staying in Haringey. He says the move to Stratford is a " Decision based on what is cheaper - putting profit line before history, fans and community. Really devastated."
See the Twitter stream here
Link to No to Stratford Spurs petition
See the Twitter stream here
Link to No to Stratford Spurs petition
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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on
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Surely one of the decisive issues is accessibility.
How long have the club and fan organisations been asking for a Victoria Line station to be built at Northumberland Park? This would be a great benefit and also relieve the High Road on match days.
As mayor, KL did support the extension. Have the council, London Underground or BJ done anything to secure an extension on Match days? (the trains already run there).
When intending to invest that much money in the Borough, surely the wishes of the club should be taken seriously.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Twickenham does not have a tube station and it's a MUCH bigger stadium.
My initial response to this was "it could still be a bargaining chip". Not so sure now that I've had a think about it.
Anyone (Tory ministers included) who doesn't get "The BIG Society" should take a look at how all these football clubs started. A bit sad that they all became businesses...
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Willy Nilly! haha.. As I wrote previously, many Victoria Line trains that terminate at Seven Sisters already go on to Northumberland Park providing a LU staff connection to the depot. For over twenty years there was a wooden Victoria Line platform right next to the current station there.
A 'spartan' station building wouldn't cost more than two sets of public conveniences at the olympic site.. and would benefit millions of Londoners for years to come.
As for the disruption - Spurs has been in Tottenham for well over 100 years - decades before the gentrifiers started inavding the Borough. Most Tottenham people then (and now) were/are proud of the team.
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Permalink Reply by Dermot on
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spurs have just released a statement on the rumours
"The Club fully appreciates the sentiments expressed recently by David Lammy MP in respect of our position in Tottenham - we too recognise the historic, economic and emotional aspects of this. We would therefore hope that, rather than seek to criticise the Club at this undetermined stage and make inaccurate and unfounded assumptions about our financial intentions with the Club, he would now be seeking to do everything in his power to attract public sector support for the Borough.
Whatever the outcome on our stadium expansion plans we are committed to the regeneration of Tottenham, but it is wrong to suggest that we should bear this burden alone...."
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Is this a low form of extortion?
Yes, Arsenal fans in Muswell Hill should help pay for your new stadium you greedy so-and-so.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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'... to attract public sector support for the Borough.'
Que?
Is this football club management living in cloud cuckoo land? Or are they peeved that TfL is asking for millions from Spurs for the Tottenham Hale transport hub upgrades? Out with it.
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Planning permission should never have been granted without better transport links . The emirates stadium has proved this. But this council are only thinking of a quick buck.
What about the people who will have to enjure this.
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Well said Michelle, but why stop at Stratford, Essex or Hertfordshire sounds good too
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Permalink Reply by Paul Harvey on
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I think you're being a trifle harsh Michelle, like many clubs - Spurs do a heck of a lot in the local community, working with disadvantaged young people for example. You can read a little more here if you're interested.
http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/foundation/about-us.html
Their proposals to redevelop the area around the proposed new stadium involve them pumping millions into regenerating a substantial part of one of the most deprived parts of the country... Which I would suggest is to be encouraged. If the council have to stump up a small sum in return for significant levels of investment then is that such a bad thing?
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but were firmly admonished to not walk on it
Perhaps you could buy a bit of it for them when the stadium is turned into flats...
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Their outreach is more aimed at the disadvantaged in the area, and by that I mean more economically deprived... Maybe you wouldn't fit into that category? so would not necessarily be privy to all that goes on?
I'm not sure that that theatre is the domain of a football club.. But I may be wrong, obviously not active in the Haringey Shed.
this redevelopment, as i tried to hint at in my previous response, will provide significant improvement to a very deprived area, in need of improvement to infrastructure etc. As
I say,
I personally don't think it unreasonable for the borough to support a club looking to expand and make improvements to the local area. You only have to look to the improvements made by the arsenal stadium move and subsequent investment in the area to see what these things can look like in practice. is not all bad....
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