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Haringey Council Vote Yes To New Stadium Plans

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Sep 302010
 

Finally after months of debate Haringey Council had a final meeting to decide whether or not to give Tottenham the go ahead to redevelop White Hart Lane into a new 60,000 capacity stadium, council members voted unanimously in favour of  Tottenham redeveloping White Hart Lane.

Watching the live webcast on the Haringey Council website the points were discussed and it seemed as though a lot of the council members were concerned with Spurs being linked with a bid for the London Olympic Stadium, the meeting finally finished around 11pm tonight in which the members voted in favour of giving Tottenham the go ahead. Just by looking at comments from others who were watching like myself they seem to have picked up that the Council seemed worried that Tottenham were set to bid for the Olmypic Stadium and this could well have worked in Tottenham’s favour when the voting process began.

Tottenham will still have to overcome one or two more hurdles but with the biggest obstacle would be getting permission from Haringey Council but with the council on their side it looks as though things can now finally begin to move forward. A Tottenham spokes person was also asked to comment on whether Tottenham had in fact made a bid for the Olympic Stadium but refused to comment on the matter, fueling speculation that there may be truth in the rumor, it now looks as though Spurs won’t actually need to bid for the Olympic Stadium afterall.

The final part of the application is in the hands of Mayor of London, Boris Johnson who now has 2 weeks to rubber stamp the approval for Tottenham to press ahead with the new £400 million stadium.

Council leader Claire Kober said: “The Spurs development has the potential to make a huge impact, not just on the success of the football club, but also on the whole of Tottenham – delivering job opportunities, regenerating the area, and boosting the local economy.

“We’re proud of Spurs’ rich history in Haringey and excited that the club has committed its future to the area.

“We look forward to seeing the development unfold and are confident that it will deliver fantastic improvements to this part of the borough.”

A statement from the council said: “The plans will now be referred to English Heritage, the Mayor of London and the Secretary of State for a final decision.”

 Posted by at 23:14

Tottenham Bid For Olympic Stadium?

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Sep 302010
 

Tottenham and AEG, the American operator of the O2 Arena, have teamed up to mount a surprise joint bid to lease the London Olympic Stadium after 2012.

The bid was submitted on Thursday, the deadline for applications and the same day that the Premier League club was due to hear whether its plans to redevelop its existing White Hart Lane ground in north London had been approved by the local planning authority, Haringey council.

Tottenham had been sniffing around an Olympic stadium application for some months and it’s joint bid may be seen by the council as a tactical lever in the club’s protracted White Hart Lane redevelopment negotiations.

Given the huge amount of time and money the club has invested in these plans, staying in Tottenham remains the club’s priority. But even if the council approves the scheme, the club must still overcome several hurdles, including approval from the London mayor and the government. It must also raise about £250m for the scheme.

The Tottenham-AEG bid for the Olympic stadium, said by a club insider to be “a sensible back-up option” to White Hart Lane redevelopment, means the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) – the government agency responsible for the post-2012 future of Olympic venues – has rival and similar-looking applications from Premier League clubs to consider.

West Ham United, which regards itself as the obvious choice of tenant because of the proximity of its existing Upton Park stadium to the Olympic Park, has the backing of Newham council.

Tottenham and AEG’s plans involve converting the 80,000 Olympic stadium into a 60,000-seater venue for football, as does West Ham’s application. AEG, the Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment business, would manage the venue, including arranging naming rights and premium seating and other stadium uses including concerts and athletics.

Each of the Premier League clubs’ offers have pros and cons. While West Ham would be able to point to local backing, it has debts of nearly £100m and is struggling to bring in new investors.

Tottenham, owned by billionaire currency trader Joe Lewis and chief executive Daniel Levy, reported a £33.4m pre-tax profit for 2008-09 and the partnership with AEG may give the OPLC greater comfort about the viability of the £550m stadium beyond 2012. The Olympic stadium conversion costs are in the region of £150m.

Although West Ham discussed a joint bid with AEG, the two sides failed to reach agreement because of “personality issues”, said one person familiar with the talks.

But the OPLC intends to sign a lease agreement by the beginning of next April and, given Tottenham’s ongoing redevelopment plans, it will need to establish just how serious the club is about taking up the Olympic stadium lease.

Although the OPLC is at arms length from the London 2012 organisers, AEG is well known to Olmpic officials. The O2 will be the venue for Olympic gymnastic events and the basketball finals and will be rebranded the North Greenwich Arena for the Games.

Tottenham also has London 2012 links. Sir Keith Mills, who was chief executive of the London 2012 bid and is deputy chairman of the London organising committee, is on the Spurs board.

AEG and Tottenham declined to comment.

So are we really keen on a move to the Olympic Stadium or are we just keeping our options open? West Ham remain fim favourites to land the Stadium after the 2012 games and as a Tottenham fan I would hope that there is no chance in hell that we would get it, it would mean relocation and in turn moving from White Hart Lane which would kill part of our history.

I think that there may be truth in this but I also believe that it is a backup plan in case there are any problems with the proposed redevelopment of White Hart Lane, even if we did have to play at the Olympic Stadium then it would may well be temporary until White Hart Lane is complete even though the current plans allow for us to stay at the Lane while work is underway. The deadline for any bid to take over the stadium after the games was today (30th September).

No thanks.

Credit to The Financial Times for most the article.

 Posted by at 22:10

The Big Man Is Back

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Sep 302010
 

It was great to see Heurelho back for us in the Champions League this week and you could see the confidence oozing throughout the back four. Gomes had been out for the last month through a groin injury and we have really missed him in my opinion. Some people never quite understand just how big of an influence and important it is having a keeper that the defenders are confident in. Whether or not his judgment is always right, the important thing is that he is confident enough to come for every cross and this confidence passes through the rest of the team.

Although Carlo Cudicini had provided cover and made some good saves during this period, there’s nothing like having the club’s number one fit again. King, Hutton, BAE and Bassong all looked so much more comfortable at the back last night know that they had the big man behind them. As someone that has played football all my life I know how much it improves my game having a solid keeper behind me to rely on should I need him. The Tottenham back four and Midfield will now not be as cautious at the back and will not be afraid to push on and attack meaning we won’t have to play as deep.

Gomes has shaken off his reputation of being a calamity after a bad start to his Tottenham career which saw Harry Redknapp losing his patience with the Brazilian to become one of the Premiership’s top goalkeepers. Without a keeper like Gomes in goal last season I don’t think we would even be playing Champions League football this season, that’s not to say I am taking anything away from the rest of the team. Gomes stood big last night to make one good save of note and although didn’t really have much to do last night don’t underestimate the influence his sheer presence had on the rest of the team. We started the season by battering Manchester City but not managing to break them down, and who was in goal for that game? Gomes! Since he has been out injured you could see how the team looked a bit more nervous and didn’t play with freedom and confidence. Trust me now we have the big man back in between the sticks I think we will be seeing a better free flowing Tottenham and they will prove me right by destroying Villa this weekend. To back up my point you only have to look at what happend to Newcastle as soon as they sold Shay Given.

 Posted by at 20:30

Van Der Vaart See’s Red As Spurs Win

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Sep 292010
 

Rafael Van der Vaart stole the show in an eventful encounter which saw the Spurs man sent off.  Spurs were handed a boost before the match with the inclusion of club captain Ledley King. The first half finished in a goalless stalemate but that didn’t tell the full story, FC Twente turned up determined to have a real go at Spurs, the first half proved to be an end to end encounter with Gomes making a fine save from a one on one on his return. Tottenham opted to go two up front in a 4-4-2 formation with Aaron Lennon the man missing from midfield. Gareth Bale was pushed up to left midfield again as BAE recovered from a knock to take the left back position. Tottenham were awarded a penalty for a foul on Crouch, the Twente keeper did his best to try to put of Van der Vaart by delaying the kick and it work as Van der Vaart stroked it to the keepers right in which he got a firm hand. Less than 5 mins later and a long ball up top saw Van der Vaart latch on to and volley the ball high only for the keeper once again to deny him. Shortly after Van der Vaart was booked for a late challenge.

The second half started at a frantic pace and almost immediately the Tottenham pressure finally paid off when a ball into the box was headed back across goal for Van der Vaart to hold off his marker and turn before smashing the ball into the back of the net to make it 1-0 to Spurs.

On 50mins Tottenham were awarded another penalty in which the duty was passed to Pavlyuchenko and he didn’t disappoint slotting it calmly passed the Twente keeper to give Spurs a two goal cushion. Tottenham being Tottenham just 5mins later let FC Twente back into the match when Chadli pulled a goal back for the Dutch side. Another 5 minuted elapsed when things went from bad to worse for Tottenham when with half an hour of the match remaining another late challenge saw Rafael Van der Vaart collect his second yellow and a subsiquent red card. It had proved to be an eventful night for Rafael.

Normally you would have expected Tottenham to crumble but not this time as on the next attack a shot was blocked by the arm of a Twente player and Spurs were controversially awarded their third spot kick of the night in which again Pav slotted calmly passed the Twente keeper to give Spurs a two goal cushion once more 3-1. With the match fading out FC Twente were trying to get back into it by pouring men forward for each attack but one attack too many saw them caught on the counter when Gareth Bale broke through to slot home the fourth goal on the 85th minute and give Tottenham a comfortable 4-1 lead.

Overall a good performance from Spurs, very pleasing at times, the only downside is that Van der Vaart will now miss the match against Inter Milan.

Final score:

Tottenham 4-1 FC Twente

Van der Vaart      Chadli

Pav(2)

Bale

 Posted by at 21:33

Hudd Backs Lennon To Find Form

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Sep 292010
 

Tom Huddlestone has spoken out in defence of his close friend Aaron Lennon, claiming that he is aware that the winger has not yet hit top form and is a victim of his own success.

“Last season, a lot of people left him one on one with the full-back and we saw what he could do, so maybe people have been a bit smarter this year by doubling up on him but we hope that that will leave someone else free somewhere else on the pitch,” said Huddlestone.

“Against West Ham on Saturday, the left-back was marking him but they also had Boa Morte playing on the left of midfield. He was concentrating on doubling up on Aaron and never really got forward.

“But Aaron has been fine. Teams know his qualities and anybody with two players on them will find it difficult but we have other players
we can turn to if Aaron is being double-marked.”

Harry Redknapp has also defended Lennon and backed him to rediscover his form.

“Aaron has been quiet but he’ll come back,” said the Spurs boss. “He had the injury, which he’s still getting over, and he had a quiet World Cup, but he’s a match-winner on his day. It is very hard to be consistent when people always expect you to go whizzing past full-backs and cross balls.

“Full-backs now are as quick as wingers, so you have to work very hard to receive it. When you’re not getting it as much as you can, it’s not always easy, but he’ll come good.”

 Posted by at 17:48
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