Only 48,000 today?

[Stevie]

900 empty seats, against their nearest and dearest in a Semi Final to go to Cardiff, and they went on general sale, an utter, utter disgrace.  In real terms they're no bigger than Charlton.  What would the demand be for a similar Newcastle v Sunderland fixture?  You have to be talking six figures.

[Dinho lad]

where's kingdawson? I miss him.

[Stevie]

Look at this.  4FS There's more women there than blokes  :lol: still they can't sell out their biggest game in years.

 

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42492000/jpg/_42492635_b416.jpg

[Dokko]

2-2, was a good match, Spurs have fuked it up, 2-0 up and it should be game over, but it was like our game, all huffing and puffing early on, then switching off in the 2nd half.

[Stevie]

Good read in the Express today

 

Tottenham fail to sell out North London derby

 

In the days of Jimmy Greaves the North London derby was one of the biggest fixtures on the calendar.  Since 1970 alone there have been 7 gates in the North London derby of over 50,000, prior to that in Tottenham’s double winning season of 1960/1961 saw a massive 65,962 see a 4-2 home win, while 72,164 saw the fixture at Highbury in one early fifties game.

 

For a lot of Arsenal fans the North London derby is still up there as the highlight of the season.  With the influx of new fans since the SKY boom it is fair to say fixtures against Manchester United and Chelsea are as important or if not more so than games against Spurs.

 

However the same can be said of how Spurs view the fixture.  As much as Tottenham fans hold the club in high esteem, the club have only managed to come in the top five once during this period.  It’s fair to say they are viewed as a perennial mid-table club, who have more money than a lot of their counter parts but can’t seem to get it right.  They have a good young squad, Martin Jol has give the masses hope for the future certainly, they’ve even began to sell out their little 36,000 capacity stadium on a regular basis something which was far from evident through-out the 1990’s. 

 

There was a claim recently Tottenham had a season ticket waiting list of 30,000, a quick phone call to the ticket office reveals tickets are actually available for next season.

 

Tottenham’s last silverware was the League Cup in 1999 when an Allan Nielsen goal gave them a 1-0 win over Leicester City at Wembley.  Like a lot of clubs who haven’t had a great deal of success like Everton, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Aston Villa, there’s a great deal of hunger for success.  Or is there? 

 

Surely this seasons League Cup is their best chance in years of winning some silverware.  A semi final at home, surely the biggest fixture for Spurs fans in recent seasons, but not only that, a fixture against the bitter enemy, often described as the “Woolwich refugees”, surely 100,000 would want to attend such a fixture.

 

I think it’s fair to say given the nature of the tie, one step from the final the ticketing demands of Liverpool v Everton, Newcastle v Sunderland, Manchester United v Manchester City or Rangers v Celtic, would surely reach in to six figures.  Not at White Hart Lane.  The self proclaimed best fans in London failed to sell out their biggest game in years.  On advice of the police, the ticket office stopped selling at 12pm yesterday and 800 tickets remained unsold. 

 

You could argue that ticket prices are to blame, some of the seats unsold cost as much as £71, you could argue Arsenal use an under strength team in the Carling Cup, you could even argue, that Tottenham only had 12 days to sell the tickets.  All of these are pathetic arguments, the fact remains the club couldn’t sell out their biggest game in years against their bitter local rivals, with tickets on general sale on the day of the game.  If Tottenham had a ground the size of Arsenal, Manchester United or even Newcastle United, virtually half the ground would remain empty.  Last night proved their little White Hart Lane base is perfectly adequate for a club of their size.

[Nobby]

Good read in the Express today

 

Tottenham fail to sell out North London derby

 

In the days of Jimmy Greaves the North London derby was one of the biggest fixtures on the calendar.  Since 1970 alone there have been 7 gates in the North London derby of over 50,000, prior to that in Tottenham’s double winning season of 1960/1961 saw a massive 65,962 see a 4-2 home win, while 72,164 saw the fixture at Highbury in one early fifties game.

 

For a lot of Arsenal fans the North London derby is still up there as the highlight of the season.  With the influx of new fans since the SKY boom it is fair to say fixtures against Manchester United and Chelsea are as important or if not more so than games against Spurs.

 

However the same can be said of how Spurs view the fixture.  As much as Tottenham fans hold the club in high esteem, the club have only managed to come in the top five once during this period.  It’s fair to say they are viewed as a perennial mid-table club, who have more money than a lot of their counter parts but can’t seem to get it right.  They have a good young squad, Martin Jol has give the masses hope for the future certainly, they’ve even began to sell out their little 36,000 capacity stadium on a regular basis something which was far from evident through-out the 1990’s. 

 

There was a claim recently Tottenham had a season ticket waiting list of 30,000, a quick phone call to the ticket office reveals tickets are actually available for next season.

 

Tottenham’s last silverware was the League Cup in 1999 when an Allan Nielsen goal gave them a 1-0 win over Leicester City at Wembley.  Like a lot of clubs who haven’t had a great deal of success like Everton, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Aston Villa, there’s a great deal of hunger for success.  Or is there? 

 

Surely this seasons League Cup is their best chance in years of winning some silverware.  A semi final at home, surely the biggest fixture for Spurs fans in recent seasons, but not only that, a fixture against the bitter enemy, often described as the “Woolwich refugees”, surely 100,000 would want to attend such a fixture.

 

I think it’s fair to say given the nature of the tie, one step from the final the ticketing demands of Liverpool v Everton, Newcastle v Sunderland, Manchester United v Manchester City or Rangers v Celtic, would surely reach in to six figures.  Not at White Hart Lane.  The self proclaimed best fans in London failed to sell out their biggest game in years.  On advice of the police, the ticket office stopped selling at 12pm yesterday and 800 tickets remained unsold. 

 

You could argue that ticket prices are to blame, some of the seats unsold cost as much as £71, you could argue Arsenal use an under strength team in the Carling Cup, you could even argue, that Tottenham only had 12 days to sell the tickets.  All of these are pathetic arguments, the fact remains the club couldn’t sell out their biggest game in years against their bitter local rivals, with tickets on general sale on the day of the game.  If Tottenham had a ground the size of Arsenal, Manchester United or even Newcastle United, virtually half the ground would remain empty.  Last night proved their little White Hart Lane base is perfectly adequate for a club of their size.

 

good article

[Dave]

The Express is wank in general.

[Nobby]

The Express is wank in general.

 

it usually is, i was going to say that in my post, but that was a good read

[Guest Phil K]

The Express is w*nk in general.

Not half as bad as the Guardian though - which itself is ten times better than the cesspit of British papers - the laughably misnamed "The Independent"

[Mowen]

The Express is w*nk in general.

Not half as bad as the Guardian though - which itself is ten times better than the cesspit of British papers - the laughably misnamed "The Independent"

 

Why's that then?

[Nobody]

Good read in the Express today

 

Tottenham fail to sell out North London derby

 

In the days of Jimmy Greaves the North London derby was one of the biggest fixtures on the calendar.  Since 1970 alone there have been 7 gates in the North London derby of over 50,000, prior to that in Tottenham’s double winning season of 1960/1961 saw a massive 65,962 see a 4-2 home win, while 72,164 saw the fixture at Highbury in one early fifties game.

 

For a lot of Arsenal fans the North London derby is still up there as the highlight of the season.  With the influx of new fans since the SKY boom it is fair to say fixtures against Manchester United and Chelsea are as important or if not more so than games against Spurs.

 

However the same can be said of how Spurs view the fixture.  As much as Tottenham fans hold the club in high esteem, the club have only managed to come in the top five once during this period.  It’s fair to say they are viewed as a perennial mid-table club, who have more money than a lot of their counter parts but can’t seem to get it right.  They have a good young squad, Martin Jol has give the masses hope for the future certainly, they’ve even began to sell out their little 36,000 capacity stadium on a regular basis something which was far from evident through-out the 1990’s. 

 

There was a claim recently Tottenham had a season ticket waiting list of 30,000, a quick phone call to the ticket office reveals tickets are actually available for next season.

 

Tottenham’s last silverware was the League Cup in 1999 when an Allan Nielsen goal gave them a 1-0 win over Leicester City at Wembley.  Like a lot of clubs who haven’t had a great deal of success like Everton, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Aston Villa, there’s a great deal of hunger for success.  Or is there? 

 

Surely this seasons League Cup is their best chance in years of winning some silverware.  A semi final at home, surely the biggest fixture for Spurs fans in recent seasons, but not only that, a fixture against the bitter enemy, often described as the “Woolwich refugees”, surely 100,000 would want to attend such a fixture.

 

I think it’s fair to say given the nature of the tie, one step from the final the ticketing demands of Liverpool v Everton, Newcastle v Sunderland, Manchester United v Manchester City or Rangers v Celtic, would surely reach in to six figures.  Not at White Hart Lane.  The self proclaimed best fans in London failed to sell out their biggest game in years.  On advice of the police, the ticket office stopped selling at 12pm yesterday and 800 tickets remained unsold. 

 

You could argue that ticket prices are to blame, some of the seats unsold cost as much as £71, you could argue Arsenal use an under strength team in the Carling Cup, you could even argue, that Tottenham only had 12 days to sell the tickets.  All of these are pathetic arguments, the fact remains the club couldn’t sell out their biggest game in years against their bitter local rivals, with tickets on general sale on the day of the game.  If Tottenham had a ground the size of Arsenal, Manchester United or even Newcastle United, virtually half the ground would remain empty.  Last night proved their little White Hart Lane base is perfectly adequate for a club of their size.

Link?

[Baggio]

Anyone seen this?

 

Getting millions for Carrick was like winning the lotto

But they blew it on Chimbonda and Assou-Ekotto

They bought Hossam Ghaly, who's now got no teeth,

And whose father should really have worn a good sheath,

They spent quite a bit on Didier Zokora,

Who's like a midfield version of Bobby Zamora,

They brought back Mido, who's got a big conk,

And spunked a few million on Steed Malbranque.

They kept Lee and Stalteri, who like to lick sherbet off

The balls of Robbie Keane, and Dimitar Berbatov

They've still got Danny Murphy, who resembles The Brain,

And bought Ricardo Rocha, to add to their pain,

They've got Paul Robinson, who likes to kick air

And Jermaine Jenas, who's got greasy hair;

They've got Aaron Lennon, who'll be so delighted

When he gets his move to Manchester United,

They've got King and Dawson, who look pretty neat

But still seem incapable of keeping a clean sheet

They've got Anthony 'uphill' Gardner,

And Tom Huddlestone, the muppet dick-hardener,

And that's pretty much all of the boys in white,

It's a shame for them they're just a bit shite.

 

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[thomas]

Aye a friend linked me to the original posting. 

 

http://www.redcafe.net/showthread.php?t=143021

 

Have a look at the thread title too. 

[Northern Monkey]

And there were loads of empty seats at Shite Hart Lane today, so how you can comment is beyond me bluebiggrin.gif

 

that was from the wigan end cheescake. The spurs end was sold out as per usual.

 

One sentence, two lies.

[Guest Phil K]

The Express is w*nk in general.

Not half as bad as the Guardian though - which itself is ten times better than the cesspit of British papers - the laughably misnamed "The Independent"

 

Why's that then?

To be fair, more political than football. Nests of PC lunacy and monumental hypocrisy.

But even on football -

Independent is still sh*t in that too, though and the Grauniad is even more London-centric than the Express !

 

Back onto King Dawson though - noticed he's disappeared with the good results, eh ?

Will he be back ?

[Stevie]

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2990 tickets have been on GENERAL sale ELEVEN DAYS and they still aren't sold out.  What pisses me off is our true fanbase is quadruple there's yet  toon fans still have the audacity to compare.  THREE FUCKIN THOOSAND TICKETS, for a game 7 mile away not sold out?!?!?!!?  Without question Sunderland AFC have better fans and in real terms are a big club than this mickey mouse mob.  There's no excuse for it.  3 thoosand!!!!!  We took double to Watford in the League Cup and Wigan.

 

Wanks.