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Dein offers stadium advice to Spurs
by Gareth Maher, 29 November 2007

Dein offers stadium advice to Spurs

Former Arsenal vice president David Dein has offered some advice to Tottenham Hotspur about their stadium plans.

Dein was very influential behind the scenes for Arsenal before he left the club earlier this season, and has now advised their North London rivals over a proposed redevelopment of White Hart Lane.

"In some senses, Tottenham are similar to Arsenal in that they have now outgrown their old stadium," said Dein.

"I am quite confident that Spurs, with their large fan base can fill a 60,000-seater ground. They have two options, either redeveloping White Hart Lane or building a new ground away from their current home.

"Both options bring plenty of challenges and my advice would be to consult widely before making their decision."

It has been suggested that if Tottenham were to redevelop their current stadium, then they could move to Wembley as a temporary home until White Hart Lane was finished.

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gillygillygilly - 30 November 2007 21:12: i remember the arsewipes only had 3000 fans in their ground for a first division game against leeds utd, can an arsewipe tell me the year or does a spurs supporter need to tell you about your history.; Report this to a moderator

Wegner boy - 30 November 2007 19:54: Better off spending the money on 15 to 17 new players than a new stadium, who wants to watch that rubbish week after week. Maybe David Deain is trying to get back into Arsenal's good books by bankrupting S*urs.; Report this to a moderator

arsene knows - 30 November 2007 16:33: Chris: Are you saying then that you Spuds only turn up to see the opposition ?? Not as daft as you sound then mate; Report this to a moderator

Ralph - 30 November 2007 16:22: David Dein - Mr Arsenal??? He's Mr Dein first last and always and him helping the spuds (not to mention going to the derby as a guest of their directors) show's what a chancer he is.; Report this to a moderator

Martin Jol - 30 November 2007 16:04: Besty,your a MUG! I left sperz because they are two bob like you! And i checked The Arsenal sold ALL their tickets for the Seville game! 1961 never AGAIN; Report this to a moderator

Andy - 30 November 2007 16:04: i remember 900 arsenal fans going to Wigan in the CARLING CUP SEMI-FINAL a few years ago..YES 900!!!; Report this to a moderator

Marco - 30 November 2007 14:14: I remember back in March 2007 the Arsenal youth side had 38,000 watch them at the Emirates. Spurs were playing at home the same night in the UEFA Cup and got 5,000 less fans watching them.; Report this to a moderator

Max - 30 November 2007 13:56: New stadium?? hahahaaa..more people are going to have to experience the load of rubbish they call football on a weekely basis?? shocker.. And who's going to wanto watch a relegated side next year anyways?? yep, keep harping on about the english players. There are a lot of other english players in the championship too... and by the time the stadium comes about, spurs will be palying the likes of Gillingham.. hindsight is 20/20..; Report this to a moderator

Steve - 30 November 2007 13:41: Laughable response from Sp*urs muppets. 'We fill our ground every week....' What was last night's pathetic attendance? You can build whatever stadium you want and dream of filling it but you'll still be crap..; Report this to a moderator

the prof - 30 November 2007 13:16: haha how many replies was really needed to eric's original statement. ok we get the picture, spurz fill their stadium! sometimes. by the way dont know if anyone picked up on arsenal beating sevilla with ramos in charge and loosing to them once ramos had moved on. coincidence?!; Report this to a moderator

besty - 30 November 2007 12:12: Steve the gooner - you need to get yourself a life you sad little man! Spurs have a much bettter support than arse just ask the neutrals who all agree that the library still exists it's just been moved to the emirates; Report this to a moderator

chris- - 30 November 2007 12:10: nothing like bitter and jaded arsenal fans bitching off just because we won our european tie and you lost yours and the 29,758 attendance that we had in last night i didnt think was too bad considering, think about it had you even ever heard of that team we played last night? so 90% attendance is pretty good every eague game home and away is sold out trust me on this thats why i cant get tickets, i wonder how much of your allocation went unfullfilled in seville? because when we went there we took all the seats and could have filled another 1000 so dont question our fans support!; Report this to a moderator

gooner rob - 30 November 2007 11:58: Paul the money waster (oops, I mean spuds season ticket holder!).....Walcott and Hoyte are both England U21's, do they not count as English! And I fail to see the problem with Arsenal's English supporters having an opinion on the next national manager. You really are a muppet (I find most spurs fans are!!!); Report this to a moderator

christian GROSS - 30 November 2007 11:34: where is the stadium? I've lost my Oyster card!; Report this to a moderator

shooy - 30 November 2007 11:25: Spurs fans - don't you just love 'em? Chips on shoulders, inferiority complexes to the fore, always something to prove and pathetic little digs at Arsenal. Fair play to you if you can build and fill a new 60000 seat stadium. Apart from Spurs and their fans, who should really care? It should be no skin off the noses of Arsenal and their supporters. Mind you I still hate the Spurs tossers. FOYS!; Report this to a moderator

leonard king (Arsenal supporter) - 30 November 2007 11:08: Spurs can't fill WHL, so why bother with a new larger stadium; Report this to a moderator

Steve Gooner - 30 November 2007 10:52: According to the BBC you had an attendance of 29,758 last night. So your "full every game" claim is instantly proved to be utter nonsense. And with regards to the French Club jibes, if indeed Sp*rs are the backbone of the England team as Sp8rs fans claim, no wonder we didn't make the finals of Euro 2008.; Report this to a moderator

Pete - 30 November 2007 10:45: I wasn't aware he "left". I though he was unceremoniously dumped by the Arsenal board after he tried to facilitate a hostile takeover attempt. In a perfect world, Mr Dein will be appointed to Spurs board.; Report this to a moderator

the man is a fool - 30 November 2007 09:42: DD : "I recommend groundshare at wembley with massive overspend, 2 year delay and no turf....; Report this to a moderator

goonerisme - 30 November 2007 09:41: lol is this the same david dean who didnt want arsenal to build a new stadium, but wanted us to share wembley - lol may be he will suggest to spurs that barnet is more up their street; Report this to a moderator

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