- Aug 15, 2005
- 6,226
- 11,302
For all the shit that is associated with Wembley, mainly the fan experience, I'm glad to say it looks as though we've finally made it our home (at least on the pitch). Our best performances of the season have been there and silences those doubters that thought we'd struggle to adapt.
Makes you even more confident the team will adapt quickly to the new stadium too.
If nothing else this season it's allowed more of us to attend the matches which can only be a good thing (until you have to get home )
Is it likely that we'll break the attendance record again v the scum?
Don't we have some sort of capacity limit (60,000) for the London derbies against Arsenal and Chelsea (due to policing), or am I mistaken?
There is no cap - if we sell 85000+ tickets, then that's fine. The issue for Chelsea (and Arsenal I think is the same) is that the club were only allowed to put tickets on restricted general sale. That meant you had to be registered on our ticketing database before a certain date to be able to buy a ticket. Given Chelsea was the first home game, the cut off was some time in the summer break and probably lots of newbies who would have wanted a ticket couldn't get one.
Whereas for Arsenal anyone who has been to a single game at Wembley this season will be eligible (plus all those who were eligible for Chelsea) so the pool for potential ticket sales is much larger. I expect 80,000+ for Arsenal.
What @TottenhamLegend said, but also Arsenal at home might be a little less than last night and Liverpool at home as we might have to lose more seats to segregation (e.g. rows of seats being covered).
To set the record is impressive in itself, but to do it on a midweek when people have work the next day and its difficult for people to attend is very impressive. My big concern for the new stadium was how empty it might be for midweek games but if the team is in form then we might still fill it even for games on a Tuesday night vs Swansea et al.