The chance of Spurs or Chelsea sharing the Olympic Stadium became less likely after the FA appeared to give a green light to Spurs and/or Chelsea sharing Wembley stadium.
There was previous talk that West Ham could be forced to share with Spurs or even Chelsea in the Olympic Stadium in our second season but they now seems less likely after the FA said it was open to the idea of a ground share at Wembley.
FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn said that the FA would be “absolutely supportive” of Chelsea and Spurs using Wembley while they redevelop their stadiums, even if they have to ground-share theNational Stadium for a period.
In a £500 million redevelopment, Chelsea plan to increase the capacity of Stamford Bridge to 60,000 whilst Spurs are planning on a 61,000 capacity for their new £400 million stadium.
Glenn told the SoccerEx conference : “We are there to provide help. We can run the FA for less costs and we can raise more. There’s a range of things. It’s primarily a football stadium, football matches are more profitable to run than concerts and other things.”
“We are the national stadium and seeking to use it more is what we are all about. We have an obligation to football. I’m not talking specific clubs but it’s in our interest as an association for clubs to redevelop their grounds, make superb facilities and if it’s possible to help them in that transition by using Wembley, we are absolutely supportive of that.”
Can’t wait to see the financial numbers on this one,
But does that mean the cup finals would be played elsewhere if either of the 2 teams reached the final as they would have home advantage and a superior knowledge of the ground ?
Same with semi finals
Could be back to Cardiff
Pity Allardyce & Nolan wont be at the OS next year after all they did to get us this far.
You wind up b*stard Sam,lmao 😉
Taxi for P45 back to Wetpants is in order i think,lol
Hahaha,i will get my coat.Dont mind walking though,it aint far 😀
My understanding from Kazza earlier statements was that the only control we have over the OS is that we can effectively veto other football clubs sharing it with us.
To be fair to SamsP45 he has a point and why we’re at it, why did we make it so difficult for Downings move after all he and Maiga did to get us recognised as a top 40 club
I understand our games take priority over everything else during football season. So I presume we could also veto some monster trucks event a day or two before a home game as that might affect our pitch quality.
Lol H,sometimes i cant work out if you are serious or you are totally taking the p#ss,haha
You found that funny ? Well, glad I could help…:-)
claretandpubes are bum boys – no doubt about it! – Wetpants is their fantasy, not a reality, well not this millennium anyway.
Notsobright it’s been along night try getting up early and come and play with us old boys,
Stop trying to be the last person posting with some disrespectful comment and running to your safe bed before mummy brings her next client home,
Is it a bit like a safe room in case they like young boys to,
Sleep safe notso by the way the pubes will arrive soon just keep drinking the milk