The main issue isnt transport but funding.I would like to see WHL rebuilt as a viable 21st century modern stadium capable of multi-communal and sporting usage yet I was pro Stratford, based on my assumption that access would be easier for up to 60000 bodies per match.
If WHL could build a Park and Ride somewhere nearby (or Park and Walk) it would take the strain off having to arrive around two hours early to claim a car park space in some spurious business car park, charging ever increasing fees, the nearer the time gets to the game.
As it is, I travel down from Lincoln, aiming to get to the PowerLeague venue two hours before hand to ensure access to a relatively secure car parking area for a relatively sensible car park charge.
This is my main issue with adding the burden of another 25000 people wanting access to and from the stadium as it is, with the current transport infrastructure.
It is. However I would like to stress it is MY main issue. My reason for wanting to move out of WHL, should the stadium have to be increased in capacity.The main issue isnt transport but funding.
If the economic situation wasnt so bad we would have got the funding for the project.Now banks wont lend on property deals as they were doing 2 years ago.
The situation wont ease and there is no likely hood of going ahead with the development until it does. The reason why we were so keen to go into the OS was because we had a partner lined up who were prepared to take half of the finacial burden.
No such partner exists at the present site so unless we find an alternative site where we can get a partner in tghen we are going to stay at WHL with a 36000max capacity and limited revenue stream.
Grim isnt it.
Actually what is naive is people thinking having a tube station within five minutes of the ground makes any difference to the time it takes to get home.
Think about trying to get on the tube after a game at Wembley - instead of walking for 20 minutes to get the tube like at the Lane (which actually breaks up the flow as people walk at different paces, go in shops, pubs etc) all you end up doing is queuing for 20 minutes to get on the tube in the first place.
Appreciably increasing the capacity at WHL would increase the queuing, but at Stratford there'll also be the consideration of sharing the tube with the largest urban shopping centre in Europe. Would be fun on Boxing Day home games.
My tuppence worth is that we have to move, sentiment aside. I'd think it strange if we want to be in the CL with a bigger stadium ( which financially is a must) and we have fans from say Barca, Madrid etc having to trek through London because there aren't transport links.
In terms of transport links lets be honest why on earth should Tottenham pay for them> Why should the club be in huge debts just to stay in a run down part of London which is difficult to get to.
Just my opinion which ultimately won't count for anything as it'll be Levy who decides.
Good to see you posting, HotTotty, haven't seen you name on here for a while - though I'm hardly ever on here myself these days, so it wouldn't surprise me if we are ships that pass in the night.
If any potential fans are put off supporting us because they have to walk 20 minutes from the tube station, then they are hardly likely to come and pay money to watch us play Wigan at home on a cold December evening anyway.
I think the key is our season ticket waiting list. If we have a large number of fans willing to pay up front and want to go to as many games as possible, transport is merely a secondary issue.
I've just noticed that are 10th in the average attendance table this season, didn't realise we were so far down! West Ham are 11th so they'll more than likely overtake us in a few years.
All this nonsense about being in a 'nice' area.
Football used to be a working-class game. Just fuck off and leave us alone if you insist on having a Pret sandwich outside the ground.