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BringBack_leGin

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Unfortunately Tourists like me are not in the position to buy ST and attend home games every week, as most of the time am out of the country. That should not give you the sense of entitlement which I detect from your tone, that we tourists love and support the club only when things are going well. I have been supporting Spurs probably before you were born, taking in every home game back in the day, but now can only visit to support once in a while when am in the country. I am a tourist who is proud of the fact that I love Spurs, no less than you by the way.
Ugh, once again, your personal circumstances clearly don't allow you to go more, regardless of where the game is played.

Okay, I'll be more specific. By tourists I mean the people who never showed up until the last couple of seasons, at all, the people who stand at the top of the steps outside Wembley Park station causing dangerous congestion so that they can take photo's of the lit up Wembley arches, the little chavs who show up with their girlfriends and spend the whole time talking to them rather than watching the match, the dickheads who are never in their seat by kick off or by the beginning of the second half, and are out of their seat before the half time whistle and the full time whistle, the loudmouths who you only ever see once, but the entire game they over compensate for the fact that they are not regulars by being extra loud when abusing the ref, criticising their own players, getting on the opposition's back, I'm talking about the fat drunks wench there with some bloke recently who starting screaming 'Glory Glory Spurs United'. I'm not talking about people like you, or @Dougal , or anybody else who isn't fortunate enough to have both the time and money available to be a dedicated far every game. I'm talking about the people who are going to a Spurs match just so that they can say they went to a Spurs match, but don't actually care about the club or the game, and who are happy to fill it up v Inter but couldn't care less v Southampton. Maybe tourist fan is the wrong term, but whatever those types are fans are called, I don't want them at my club and I can't wait till we're at the new ground and there are 30,000 fewer opportunities each match for them to get their mitts on a ticket. I want the people who care.

North London is a 200 mile round trip for me these days, so when I show up to a game which has been priced cheaply and see twice as many empty seats as I see people, yes, I feel a bit pissed off.
 

Hoopspur

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Unfortunately Tourists like me are not in the position to buy ST and attend home games every week, as most of the time am out of the country. That should not give you the sense of entitlement which I detect from your tone, that we tourists love and support the club only when things are going well. I have been supporting Spurs probably before you were born, taking in every home game back in the day, but now can only visit to support once in a while when am in the country. I am a tourist who is proud of the fact that I love Spurs, no less than you by the way.

Some of my relations live in East Devon with the youngest one 10 years old. They have been to Wembley this season once. But there is not a hope that they would or could have been there on Wednesday. They are devoted Spurs fans. I think people (not you) need to get things into perspective.
 

Hoopspur

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Ugh, once again, your personal circumstances clearly don't allow you to go more, regardless of where the game is played.

Okay, I'll be more specific. By tourists I mean the people who never showed up until the last couple of seasons, at all, the people who stand at the top of the steps outside Wembley Park station causing dangerous congestion so that they can take photo's of the lit up Wembley arches, the little chavs who show up with their girlfriends and spend the whole time talking to them rather than watching the match, the dickheads who are never in their seat by kick off or by the beginning of the second half, and are out of their seat before the half time whistle and the full time whistle, the loudmouths who you only ever see once, but the entire game they over compensate for the fact that they are not regulars by being extra loud when abusing the ref, criticising their own players, getting on the opposition's back, I'm talking about the fat drunks wench there with some bloke recently who starting screaming 'Glory Glory Spurs United'. I'm not talking about people like you, or @Dougal , or anybody else who isn't fortunate enough to have both the time and money available to be a dedicated far every game. I'm talking about the people who are going to a Spurs match just so that they can say they went to a Spurs match, but don't actually care about the club or the game, and who are happy to fill it up v Inter but couldn't care less v Southampton. Maybe tourist fan is the wrong term, but whatever those types are fans are called, I don't want them at my club and I can't wait till we're at the new ground and there are 30,000 fewer opportunities each match for them to get their mitts on a ticket. I want the people who care.

North London is a 200 mile round trip for me these days, so when I show up to a game which has been priced cheaply and see twice as many empty seats as I see people, yes, I feel a bit pissed off.
Fuck me, get a life. There’s a lot more things to get pissed off about at ‘your’ club.
 

eViL

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May 15, 2004
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Ugh, once again, your personal circumstances clearly don't allow you to go more, regardless of where the game is played.

Okay, I'll be more specific. By tourists I mean the people who never showed up until the last couple of seasons, at all, the people who stand at the top of the steps outside Wembley Park station causing dangerous congestion so that they can take photo's of the lit up Wembley arches, the little chavs who show up with their girlfriends and spend the whole time talking to them rather than watching the match, the dickheads who are never in their seat by kick off or by the beginning of the second half, and are out of their seat before the half time whistle and the full time whistle, the loudmouths who you only ever see once, but the entire game they over compensate for the fact that they are not regulars by being extra loud when abusing the ref, criticising their own players, getting on the opposition's back, I'm talking about the fat drunks wench there with some bloke recently who starting screaming 'Glory Glory Spurs United'. I'm not talking about people like you, or @Dougal , or anybody else who isn't fortunate enough to have both the time and money available to be a dedicated far every game. I'm talking about the people who are going to a Spurs match just so that they can say they went to a Spurs match, but don't actually care about the club or the game, and who are happy to fill it up v Inter but couldn't care less v Southampton. Maybe tourist fan is the wrong term, but whatever those types are fans are called, I don't want them at my club and I can't wait till we're at the new ground and there are 30,000 fewer opportunities each match for them to get their mitts on a ticket. I want the people who care.

North London is a 200 mile round trip for me these days, so when I show up to a game which has been priced cheaply and see twice as many empty seats as I see people, yes, I feel a bit pissed off.

CLOSE THOSE DOORS TO NEW FANS LADS! NO GIRLFRIENDS AND NO PHOTOS!

Sharia Law at the new Stadium anyone? Levy will be pissed he spent all that money on acoustics, big TVs and sound system. We could have watched in silence.
 

L-man

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No idea why BBLG is getting all this stick.

We should all aspire to be superfans like him
 

buckley

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For me a tourist is a potential yid and why have negative views about them the more the merrier and I am a 75 year old fuddy duddy but I say "live and let live and welcome to any new possible supporter"
 

Dougal

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He’s got a tough audience here as it’s a forum dedicated to people who spend their day talking about Spurs and not who it’s aimed at but for the most part he is spot on.
 

danielneeds

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He’s got a point, in there have a been a lot of more casual “fans” rocking up to Wembley just because they can. Whist some of them have diluted the already shocking vibe at Wembley, it’s a bit gatekeeper-ish to say that all of them are a scourge on the club.

If when we return home only 10% of them develop a deeper affection for the club and take their kids in the future then we will have still got something out of this whole Wembley fiasco in that the fan base is deepened and strengthened for the be future.
 

BringBack_leGin

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CLOSE THOSE DOORS TO NEW FANS LADS! NO GIRLFRIENDS AND NO PHOTOS!

Sharia Law at the new Stadium anyone? Levy will be pissed he spent all that money on acoustics, big TVs and sound system. We could have watched in silence.
Not even worth a response. Well done.
 

Hoopspur

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He’s got a point, in there have a been a lot of more casual “fans” rocking up to Wembley just because they can. Whist some of them have diluted the already shocking vibe at Wembley, it’s a bit gatekeeper-ish to say that all of them are a scourge on the club.

If when we return home only 10% of them develop a deeper affection for the club and take their kids in the future then we will have still got something out of this whole Wembley fiasco in that the fan base is deepened and strengthened for the be future.
But what’s this scourge? The club don’t care and are counting the money. If it wasn’t for some of the tourists there last week then it would have been even worse. If people want their picture taken in front of the arch then so what? My ‘loyalty’ has been severely taken for granted and tested by the club over the last decade and I have realised that I don’t any longer have any say. It is the way of the modern football club. No entitlement any more. Get used to it as it won’t change any time soon.
 

BringBack_leGin

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He’s got a tough audience here as it’s a forum dedicated to people who spend their day talking about Spurs and not who it’s aimed at but for the most part he is spot on.

Because they have to chase me. Because I’m the hero SC deserves, but not the one it needs right now, so they'll hunt me. Because I can take it, because I’m not a hero. I’m a loud guardian, a watchful protector, a Dark Lilywhite.

He’s got a point, in there have a been a lot of more casual “fans” rocking up to Wembley just because they can. Whist some of them have diluted the already shocking vibe at Wembley, it’s a bit gatekeeper-ish to say that all of them are a scourge on the club.

If when we return home only 10% of them develop a deeper affection for the club and take their kids in the future then we will have still got something out of this whole Wembley fiasco in that the fan base is deepened and strengthened for the be future.

As ever you provide balance to a polarised situation.

It’s not that I don’t want new fans with new trends, it’s that I want those new fans value what happens on the pitch above all else when they’re there.
 

Dougal

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Because they have to chase me. Because I’m the hero SC deserves, but not the one it needs right now, so they'll hunt me. Because I can take it, because I’m not a hero. I’m a loud guardian, a watchful protector, a Dark Lilywhite.

I’ve changed my mind. Have at him.
 

worcestersauce

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Looking at the picture of the west side on the official site to all intents and purposes from the new ticket office along to just past the main entrance it has been completely cleared, seems like only between that point and the start of the Spur shop needs to be paved and finished.
 

Gareth88

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Ugh, once again, your personal circumstances clearly don't allow you to go more, regardless of where the game is played.

Okay, I'll be more specific. By tourists I mean the people who never showed up until the last couple of seasons, at all, the people who stand at the top of the steps outside Wembley Park station causing dangerous congestion so that they can take photo's of the lit up Wembley arches, the little chavs who show up with their girlfriends and spend the whole time talking to them rather than watching the match, the dickheads who are never in their seat by kick off or by the beginning of the second half, and are out of their seat before the half time whistle and the full time whistle, the loudmouths who you only ever see once, but the entire game they over compensate for the fact that they are not regulars by being extra loud when abusing the ref, criticising their own players, getting on the opposition's back, I'm talking about the fat drunks wench there with some bloke recently who starting screaming 'Glory Glory Spurs United'. I'm not talking about people like you, or @Dougal , or anybody else who isn't fortunate enough to have both the time and money available to be a dedicated far every game. I'm talking about the people who are going to a Spurs match just so that they can say they went to a Spurs match, but don't actually care about the club or the game, and who are happy to fill it up v Inter but couldn't care less v Southampton. Maybe tourist fan is the wrong term, but whatever those types are fans are called, I don't want them at my club and I can't wait till we're at the new ground and there are 30,000 fewer opportunities each match for them to get their mitts on a ticket. I want the people who care.

North London is a 200 mile round trip for me these days, so when I show up to a game which has been priced cheaply and see twice as many empty seats as I see people, yes, I feel a bit pissed off.
You should sit behind either goal from my last few visits it has been the place with the most banter, songs and cheering. If you have been sitting beside the players your bound to have tourists they all want to get close to the team. I think a change of seating will help your perspective.
 

Shadydan

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Jul 7, 2012
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Just seeing the Chelsea stadium and they’ve got nike ticks behind both goals in the seats.

I’m surprised it’s not in our contract to do similar.

Imagine the huge Nike tick you’d get in the south stand. Levy could’ve got a fortune off them.

Edit: I do love the simplicity of just pure navy seats though

It's tacky
 

buckley

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In every sport you have newcomers whether tourist or native so if whoever you are you go to a cricket or rugby or boxing or hockey or indeed any sport or stadium you are a newcomer and might want to take away memories if it be photos or brought items it will be a momento of your visit .
It may be your one and only visit or it may be one visit of many to come so therefore I can't see why anyone would begrudge the so called tourist their memento's of what could be their only visit or the first of hundreds.
 
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