Tottenham Hotspur are edging closer to a move from their traditional home
at White Hart Lane, with the club understood to have identified potential sites
for a stadium including one in Enfield, which would take Spurs outside their
home borough of Haringey. The club are considering their stadium options and the
chairman, Daniel Levy, intends to update shareholders on his intentions when the
annual results are posted, expected some time in the next four weeks.
The director Paul Kemsley has been leading the search for alternative
sites for a 60,000-seat stadium, but a move outside Haringey would be
controversial because it would take the club as far as 10 miles from their
traditional home. Expansion of White Hart Lane has not been finally ruled out
but the lack of an obvious temporary home ground - the Olympic Stadium and
Wembley have been ruled out in the short term - as well as a perceived lack of
support from Haringey council remain obstacles. Spurs have been pressing for
assistance from the council and Transport for London to improve transport links
to the ground, which is among the most difficult to get to in professional
football, but have been unsuccessful so far. Directors met at White Hart Lane to
discuss the issue yesterday, but the deliberation over the Enfield site has
echoes of Arsenal's threat to move to Camden, a ploy that helped persuade
Islington council to help the club stay in the borough when they left
Highbury.
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