The Liverpool Game. WHY !!

[Dougal]

For me the game is just part of the day out, otherwise I would watch on telly or stream it. When I proposed a smoking area, I didn't mean in the bowl it's self. Many stadiums have caged off outside areas on the perimeter of the stadium. I am fortunate enough to have a seat that MAY eventually become a safe standing area. What I find strange is that the club has made the away section a potential safe standing area. Not all the away supporters will like this, and why do we want to encourage them to make more noise ?

People don’t tend to sit in away ends as a default choice. Usually far more up for it being a day out somewhere different.

 

[Saoirse]

So you think that even though smoking is illegal inside public buildings, it's actually ok because people are allowed to enjoy themselves?

Get a fucking grip, it's only an hour and a half. It's a filthy smelly habit and the rest of us don't want to breath that skanky shit in.

Like I said. I'd like it if there was a designated smoking area, so that you could go there if you wanted to smoke and not if you didn't. Personally I'm not a smoker but I don't see the need to chastise other people for it. If I wanted no drunkenness, no smoking, just sit back and watch the performance, I'd go to the theatre. Or Arsenal. Not Spurs.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Like I said. I'd like it if there was a designated smoking area, so that you could go there if you wanted to smoke and not if you didn't. Personally I'm not a smoker but I don't see the need to chastise other people for it. If I wanted no drunkenness, no smoking, just sit back and watch the performance, I'd go to the theatre. Or Arsenal. Not Spurs.

It's a cancer causing activity that no one who doesn't smoke should have to he subjected to.

There is no time when it is ok or justified to smoke in non smoking areas.
If you (they) can't cope, stay in doors and smoke yourself into a wheelchair and oxygen tank.

 

[Saoirse]

It's a cancer causing activity that no one who doesn't smoke should have to he subjected to.

There is no time when it is ok or justified to smoke in non smoking areas.
If you (they) can't cope, stay in doors and smoke yourself into a wheelchair and oxygen tank.

Yeah, that's fair. Let's tell all the people who've been supporting Spurs since the 60s or 70s, who enjoyed a cigarette as part of that, who were actually told it was GOOD for their health when they started, that they're not allowed to any more and they should just stay home and die because you don't like it. Or we could have just given them a smoking area and been done with it. Bans and prohibitions are never very effective at stopping people doing things they've always been doing, especially when it's near-impossible to enforce. All it means is rather than a few people smoking on the concourse who you could avoid we've not got them all doing it in the toilets instead. Nobody wins.

 

[SUIYHA]

Having read through this thread, I'm starting to wonder about a few things.

Firstly, if people are so concerned with their pre-match pints being OUTSIDE the stadium, just where is everyone planning on drinking? Sure, there are quite a lot of pubs in Tottenham, but bear in mind that the Bill Nicholson has been sold to developers, I believe the Pride of Tottenham has also closed down, and the pubs around the stadium like the No8 and the Bricklayers used to get absolutely rammed when there were only 36,000 of us, now we'll have an equivalent to the Hawthorns or Selhurst Park also joining the crowd - where is everyone going to go?

I think the only logical thing therefore is to have people drinking at the ground. People have a massive stigma about drinking in stadiums, and whilst I get a lot of that is down to pricing, I'm personally not that against the idea if it's done properly. Have had plenty of fun over the years having a sing-song on the concourses at away games, or during big home games and I sometimes had a quick drink before the game at WHL and Wembley if I got there early enough.

But why is the beer going to be warm?!?!?

 

[coys200]

CL ruled out Sunday and as it’s on SKY not BT the only slot left is early Saturday. It’s pretty simple tbh.

 

[Dougal]

It's a cancer causing activity that no one who doesn't smoke should have to he subjected to.

There is no time when it is ok or justified to smoke in non smoking areas.
If you (they) can't cope, stay in doors and smoke yourself into a wheelchair and oxygen tank.

Since when has watching Spurs been good for your health?

 

[SonicSarr]

Even though I have doubts over the stadium being ready for the Liverpool game, I want to know how the hell SKY have got away with putting it on at 12.30. Every supporter attending this game (including me) wants to have a few beers and spend some time looking around the new stadium. Well, this isn't going to happen when the kick off is so early. Secondly, from a logistical point of view 62,000 supporters for the very first time have to get into the ground for a 12.30 kick off. Surely a 5.30 Saturday or 4.00 Sunday kick off would have made far more sense. Finally, lunch time kick offs have historically been poor games, and that is no surprise based on the fact the players have to get up in the middle of the night and eat pasta. Accompany all of that by the fact lunch time games normally have little atmosphere, and the idea of playing this game at the scheduled time makes this bonkers.

To be fair Sky paid for most of our team, so hey ho

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Since when has watching Spurs been good for your health?

From time to time it has a placebo effect.
But mostly, it's poison

 

[Spurs 1961]

Will have to leave home early to get there in time so might drive, park up really early, have breakfast in the ground then hang around after for a couple of hours. Much better than a rubbish after 5pm kick off

 

[old spur]

Will have to leave home early to get there in time so might drive, park up really early, have breakfast in the ground then hang around after for a couple of hours. Much better than a rubbish after 5pm kick off

Everyone to their own, but I get to the lane at 1pm for a 5.30pm kick off. A good few beers and something to eat. Evening kick offs (8pm) are a pain because of public transport., but 5.30pm is just about perfect.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

I personally like getting the match over and done with early.
Quite like it on holiday when you can watch it at 7am the enjoy the rest of the day.
Wouldn't want to be getting to the @ Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for 7am though!

 

[glospur]

That's fine, you are far braver than me, and I can only respect you for that. I was brought up in a rough part of North London myself, and now live in a sleepy village near the coast. This probably enables us to see things quite differently. Your politics are your business, and this isn't the place to discuss them, although I do post on various political forums. It's very tempting for me to bight back, but I won't. My comment was based around the supporter demographics, societies over sensitivity, and football clubs determination to make stadiums more sterile places. As a person of senior years, and one who has attended games since the early 70s, I can assure you that the atmosphere has deteriorated considerably, and continues to get worse.

> complains about society's over sensitivity.
> also complains about non-existent bars getting replaced by non-existent coffee shops and non-existent mosques by non-existent snowflakes.

err ... not sure it's society that's over sensitive there old (spur) mate.

 

[luptic]

The only downside about Tottenham is that there is no JJ Moons type pub nearby.

 

[old spur]

The only downside about Tottenham is that there is no JJ Moons type pub nearby.

Yes there is. The Wetherspoons in Angel Edmonton, 10 minutes walk away

 

[old spur]

Will have to leave home early to get there in time so might drive, park up really early, have breakfast in the ground then hang around after for a couple of hours. Much better than a rubbish after 5pm kick off

Everyone to their own. For me it's a day out, not just a football match. The build up and half a dozen pints prior to kick off is a really important part of the day. Meeting up with your mates and having some banter just can't be beaten. Unfortunately far to many families, especially women, are attending the games and having a negative effect.

 

[stov]

You post like a millennial. What the fuck have you done with the last twenty years? Clearly not attempting to destroy your liver like a normal person.

Technically he is part of the of millennials born in early 80s a young adult in the 2000s.

 

[Dougal]

Technically he is part of the of millennials born in early 80s a young adult in the 2000s.

I knew it!

 

[SpunkyBackpack]

The most surprising thing ive learned from this thread is that some posters are apparently actual grown ups and not on school holidays.

 

[stov]

The most surprising thing ive learned from this thread is that some posters are apparently actual grown ups and not on school holidays.

School kids use Snapchat and Reddit. Probably don't know what a forum is.