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[edit] Tottenham Stadia
[edit] Tottenham Marshes
Tottenham played their first matches at Tottenham Marshes on the public pitches available and remained here for the next six years. It was at this ground where Spurs first played their arch rivals Arsenal (then known as Woolwich Arsenal) in which Spurs were winning 2-1 until the match got called off due to poor light after the away team arrived late. [1] There was also occasionally fights which broke out on the marshes over who got to use the best pitches. Crowds were increasing and a new site was needed to cater for these fans.
[edit] Northumberland Park
In 1988 the club moved from Tottenham Marshes to Northumberland Park and charged an entrance fee of 3d. They only remained at this ground for a year as in April 1899 14,000 fans turned up to watch Spurs play Woolwich Arsenal. The ground was no longer able to cope with the larger crowds and so Tottenham Hotspur F.C. needed to move to a new larger site so they moved 100 yards down the road to their current ground.
[edit] White Hart Lane
- Main article: White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane was originally a disused nursery owned by a brewery and was located behind a public house. The landlord realised the increased revenues he could see if Tottenham played their matches behind his pub and the club moved in. They brought with them the terrace they used at Northumberland Park which gave shelter to 2,500 fans. Notts County were the first visitors to 'the Lane' in a friendly watched by 5,000 people and bringing in £115 in receipts, Spurs won 4-1. QPR became the first competitive visitors to the ground and 11,000 people saw them lose 1-0 to Tottenham. In 1095 Tottenham rasied enough money to buy the freehold to the land and became the permanent owners of the ground. As the club grew new stands were added. A new main stand was added in 1909, the East stand was also covered this year and extended further two years later. The profits from the 1921 FA Cup win were used to build a covered terrace at the Paxton Road end and the Park Lane end was built at a cost of over £3,000 some two years later. This increased the WHL the capacity to around 58,000 with room for 40,000 under cover.
[edit] Future???
New Ground - Wembley, Olympic etc Redevelopment - Levy comments http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/stadium/stadium_development.html
