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As a season ticket holder at The Emirates, I can only admire the fantastic quality of our stadium. I am not biased and believe the most important aspect of any stadia is the quality of the pitch. As with Highbury, Emirates is the best pitch in the Premiership.The design took into account the need to produce a world class pitch. Look at Wembley, it is woeful.Wenger will not let anyone else use the pitch for other gigs. Even Bruce springsteen was only allowed to perform after the pitch was taken up in the close season and before the new one went down. Make sure the designers of your new stadium deliver a quailty pitch. Plenty of natural light and good air circulation. Sadly the atmoshere at The Emirates is not to do with our stadium, it is the complacancy of our fans. The away fans are brilliant. The majority of our hard core fans are vocal. It's the transcient corporate wannabees and part time 15,000 only follow success crowd without passion, that let us down.

- Julian, Welwyn Garden City' Herts

Steven - Alas I am not your man 'Hotspur', he is one of yours, Im afraid, although he tends to make a lot of sense. I have no interest in Spurs whatsoever & am a happy Gooner. Top four, FA Cup Semi, Champions League quarter Finals, Superb stadium, excellent training facillities, top class manager, amazing young playing squad. Need I say more? Of what interest is the team down the road, mid to lower table & out of all competitions. In desperate need of replacing their stadium at huge cost, attempting to upgrade their training faciliities, second rate manager, overpriced underachieving playing squad in need of summer surgery. Time for a reality check...

- Rob Gooner, North London

Spurs could have a 100,000 stadium and it'll still make no difference.
All they're doing is building a bigger home for 20,000 or so extra muppets from Hertfordshire. A dim and distant history, very little class but lots and lots of jealousy about the only team from the real part of North London with a big history and lots of class. Wake up and get your facts right Steven SPUD Dale!.

- Spuds For Breakfast, London, England

To all spuds fans in particular mr genuine north london n.17 uk for your info born in finsbury park goonerland lived most of my life in walthamstow spudland moved out to the sticks about 10 months ago so not that geographically challenged matey. All you spuds fans are really finding it hard to swallow that bitter pill of THE ARSENAL moving onto your patch. Left me tell you something about your patch it was a pretty grim place before we came over and brightned up your lives with silverware and glamour lets get it right you have all got the hump because we have taking over your manor before THE ARSENAL invaded your deprived dump of an area all you had 4 competion was BARNET F.C so come on stop banging on about sarf london its getting boring.Ok it does look a great stadium <emirates 2> sorry should not have said that upsets you lot.
Anyway it's never going to happen but if it does perhaps the main stand should face the high road more action down there if you no what i mean and anyway your never fill it your just a small club with big ambitions. And one more point to cover all your points having a hotel in Tottenham high road cant stop laughing a bit like the BATES HOTEL if you go there your never come out. Gooner4life nick gooner

- Nick Gooner, bishops stortford

I bit off topic but has anyone else noticed the similar anti-Tottenham writings from the correspondent who goes bythe name of Rob Hotspurs and his doppelganger Rob Gooner? It's the same man and he always issues messages with incredibly negative comments. He is a Gooner masquerading as a Spurs supporter.

On the topic, it's been a long time coming but when it is here, I am confident the new stadium will assist in taking us to another level. The negativity from Gooners? The more they squeal, the more we're getting under their skins!

- Steven Dale, London, England

Great plans for Spurs, nothing like the emirates, thank god and there will be a great amphosphere...
Comparison of costs, im sure Spurs will be cheaper, but its not about how much it cost, it what it looks like!

- Adrian, london

We won't have trouble filling it!! With what? One design flaw, all the seats are facing the pitch.

- John, North London, London, UK

Nick,some facts for you

A:The new Tottenham stadium looks nothing like the Emirates.

B:The Emirates looks terrible inside and out

C:You should have stayed in Woolwich Arsenal.Stay out of Lilywhite territory

Love the plans

- H.J.Jones, London UK

Nick Gooner - with over 100 stadiums in the UK it's going to be pretty hard to design a stadium that isn't similar to another. Also, who actually cares?! Surely even as a rival fan you can admit that it looks fantastic and will be an asset to any club... or is that beyond you?
I don't buy in to all the criticism sent between the North London clubs as I'm more concerned about my own club.
It will be interesting to compare the costs of the two stadiums though.

- Jt, Cardiff, Wales

Love the look of the plans.
They'll have no trouble filling it.
Will do the area and the club proud and will hopefully help to attract players.
I personally can't wait to see it.

- Jt, Cardiff, Wales

cant believe that lot down the road no imagination looks near enough like an exact replica of the other stadium in north london and i dont mean wembley either your always be in are shadows.lol

- Nick Gooner, bishops stortford

Supercillious comment from - Norf London, London commenting on Spurs. of course the new stadium is justified and within a mile of their founding and where their roots have always been. As a supporter of a team from Woolwich isn't his posting name a bit ridiculous. surely it should be Sarf London.Geographically and historically challenged.

- Genuine North London, N17 UK

well done mr levy it looks great hopefully will attract the top players to make the club great again we have been waiting long enough

- Mike, london

The Big Four, well in a few years time, they won't be spending alot of money on players, they are all at Man U or Real Madrid....Look at Villa, did'nt spend money, but its quality, not quantity..

- Adrian, london

I'm nervously trying to imagine Mr Levy omitting any spin here, as he is rather good at it.
Spurs look like a proper Preiership Team just now and as long as that remains their top priority I will sleep easy.
It's good to see the planning being thought out to include infrastructure and no doubt there has been liaison with TFL on this issue.
Good on you Mr Levy. We need the energy of a Spur's supporting chairman. One who can forget the past two seson's and go on to bring success and progress.

- Kevin, North London

Oops, seem to have stepped on a few toes, sorry about that but really last season's boasts of 'Top four Tottenham' do seem somewhat amusing as, until recently, you were, ermmm dead last and rightly renamed by insightful Gooners as 'bottom one Tottenham (fnarr, fnarr)!

I would love to know which bank is going to give you a mortgage for £400m to build the new Three Point Lane in this climate - as I said pie in the sky.

- Undercover Elephant, London, UK

a new ground is good headlines for the supporters - but tottenham need to spend the money on the playing staff, its already very difficult to break into the top four as Villa, Everton and Spurs have already tried and now man city have a bottomless pot of money the top 4 will become the top 5 in the next few years - so whats the point having a fantastic new stadium that will not see the club battle for the title and the ambition will be to finish 6th each year...............

- Mb, london

FUNNY GOONERS ARE EVEN THAT BOTHERED ENOUGH BY THIS TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. PERHAPS THEY SEE THAT WE WILL IMPROVE ON THE STADIUM THEY HAVE AND OURS WILL BE BETTER! AS FOR NOT BEING SUCESSFUL ENOUGH ON THE PITCH TO WARRANT A NEW AND BETTER STADIUM ITS ALL ABOUT THE CLUB AND ITS FANS. WE HAVE BEEN CRYING OUT FOR A BIGGER STADIUM FROM THE ONE WE HAVE WHICH COULD BE FILLED TWICE OVER FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. VILLA, NEWCASTLE ETC HAVE BIGGER STADIA AND THEY HAVE WON NOTHING FOR DONKEYS YEARS SO WHY WHOULD WE HAVE TO WIN THE LEAGUE TO WARRANT A BIGGER GROUND. FACE FACTS GOONERS THE SPURS HAVE BETTER SUPPORT AND ALWAYS HAVE HAD.

- Steven, WICKFORD

I thought they said they were not aiming for a headline figure and would build a ground to maximise atmosphere rather than to hit a target number.

Seems like thats what they have done. And lets hope it works given how awful the atmosphere is at the Emirates and Eastlands.

- Danny Mackay, London

Whilst this is excellent news for Spurs fans they should remember that Arsenal's stadium was built after 10 years of success on the field, and not just to be seen to keeping up with other clubs. 1 Carling Cup success and 2 5th places is hardly a record to be proud of, although the number of managers in the last 10 years is impressive. It's on the pitch where it counts. Also having been a visitor to WHL I hope they are spending money on transport links.

It's interesting spin being put on it by the club why they having 58,000 and not the larger amount they first said. I can't see how 2,000 will make a difference to how close people will be to the pitch and it will be interesting to see who wants to stay in hotel in Tottenham, I don't think the one at Upton Park is a sellout.

- Norf London, London

Elephant, What ARE you talking about? We're not Arsenal, therefore we can't have a new stadium? And I don't any of us that would want to be Arsenal. I'm proud of the way that we have fought back to make it to the top half and certainly proud of the English players we have. Don't think we have any spitters either.

- Cat, London

Spuds would do better concentrating on their relegation battle rather than pie in sky stadium dreams, they are not Arsenal and never will be.

- Undercover Elephant, London, UK

WHY DOESN`T ROB SO CALLED HOTSPUR GO AND WATCH GAMES AT THE GOONERS GROUND THEN,HE OFTEN IS TALKING OF HIS ENVY OF THEM...THE MR POSITIVE OF SPURS,MAYBE HE CAN RUN FOR CHAIRMAN AND BRING HIS BELOVED JOL BACK..this is a positive step so lets get behind the club,im sure this project is well planned financially and not some overnight plan from the pub down road,spurs are sound money wise not like 10 clubs or so that will go into admin in the next few weeks....great news for true spurs fans

- Evs, herts

Typically another positive response from the Rob...Im sure all spurs fans are looking forward too this stadium, as has been said all along a stadium of 55-60,000 capacity was planned so trimming 2,000 off is hardly a big deal,every game ive been to this year and in the past few years.there has ALWAYS been a great atmosphere at the lane...a larger ground is the way forward if we want too compete with the so called top four..ALSO hopefully the travel problem will be sorted as our current ground is the worse one to get to in the league..A POSITIVE STEP FOR THE CLUB..Come on you SPURS...

- Phil, croxley

The difference between 58,000 & 60,000 is irrelevant especially as we have failed on many occasions this season to record attendances of our home capacity of just over 36,000! Before fellow Tottenham fans attack this comment, check the amount of home attendances below 36,000. With the effects of the credit crunch worsening, no doubt it will prove extremely difficult to fund this project & with attendances also likely to fall as a result, this appears to be an inopportune moment to proceed. This type of project was undertaken by Arsenal & proved to be an extremely difficult task, with funds diverted from improving their squad, they are still some way off the superb team that last won them the Premiership.

- Rob Hotspurs, South London

DI Tottenham, ever been to cinema and the guy infront was blocking the view? well I could say something! " its a cinema!! go watch eastenders"... what do you mean its a football ground?? thats the most invalid point i could hear. Its a football ground but when you cant see the pitch then its not a football ground its a guys hair that your looking at or your children will be hanging of your head to see the game.

- Joe, London

Great news and good luck with this Spurs. But don't take your eyes off our remaining eight Premier League games because we ain't safe...........yet!

- Ted, London

Well done Tottenham ,it's just what the fans and the area needed.

Come on you Spurs !

- Scott Willmoth, enfield london

The stadium is going to be something to be proud of and I agree with the club's idea to prioritise the atmosphere ahead of headline chasing capacity figures. Liverpool were also planning the same thing until the Americans came along.

- Alan, London, UK

Spurs have never had a "headline figure" with regard to the stadium capacity & even if they had metioned 60,000. A figure of 58,237 (the actual figure) is not a massive drop.

- Cliff, Potters Bar UK

JD, Its a football ground!!!! Get over yourself and go watch dancing on ice

- Dl, Tottenham

Spurs have always said the Stadium capacity would be between 55,000 and 60,000 - the capacity figure now settled upon has clearly been driven by having stadium that hugs the touchlines unlike other new stadia which have seen fans sat miles from the pitch and with no soul or atmosphere.

The Club has put fans first by forsaking extra seats/income in return for retaining an unrivalled match day atmosphere - something the club and the fans are rightly proud of - and in stark contrast to other grounds where they wouldn't know atmosphere if it bit them on the bum.

- Jonathan, London

I AM NOT SURE IF SPURS HAVE ADDRESSED ALL THE FEATURES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IE NUMBER ONE FOR ME IS WHEN THERE IS ACTION BEING COMMITTED BY EITHER SPURS OR THE VISITING TEAM EVERYONE TENDS TO STAND UP IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES VIEW AND IF YOU " DARE ASK SOMEONE TO SIT DOWN WOE BETIDE THE LANGUAGE FEATURE OR EVEN THE THREAT BEHAVIOUR " !!

- Jd, BELFAST N . IRELAND

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