Seeing as these are thoughts from The Shelf, it would seem inappropriate not to post about the actions of UEFA this week in kicking Feyenoord out of the UEFA cup for crowd violence. After numerous warnings, and already playing behind closed doors at home, more crowd trouble occurred resulting in the last 16 match up with Tottenham being thrust into turmoil.
After recently purchasing tickets for the home leg, I was understandably disappointed to find out that Feyenoord had in fact been kicked out of the competition. Now we are either left with a rematch against the unglamorous Wisla Krakov who finished FORTH in the UEFA cup qualifying group, or a bye to the next round.
It has been widely rumoured that the board want Wisla Krakov to be reinstated to make up for the loss in gate receipts, although as Spurs remain in all four competitions in January, the manager Martin Jol would understandably take the bye and a much needed free fixture.
We will just have to wait until Thursday 25th to see how UEFA decide to deal with Spurs, and consequently my dream tickets.
January 24th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
The believed ammount the club will lose on tickets, merchandise and TV revenue will be in the region of £2 million, and if they means earning that by walking over some half-baked Polish side well wheres the harm?
February 1st, 2007 at 5:03 pm
Do they sell Ginsters or Pukka pies at White Hart Lane?
I’m trying to get on the inside and flog my fab pasties at footy grounds but there seems to be a cludo, I mean monopoly.
June 12th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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