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rez9000

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Feb 8, 2007
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I've been thinking about the new stadium a fair bit recently.

In among my reflections, what I came to realise is that I never think of the new stadium as White Hart Lane. I sometimes call it the THS or the Spurs Stadium, sometimes New White Hart Lane, but never just the unqualified "White Hart Lane".

For me, White Hart Lane elicits very evocative memories: that slight dilapidation in the concourses, the stained concrete beneath the seats, the brick facade on the outside and the pillars on the inside of the East Stand, the big gates that you walked out of at the end of the game - they all trigger memories and feelings of connection with the club. Not that the new stadium doesn't, just that it's different.

I do feel that there is a connection between that wonderful, truly-beloved old arena and the gorgeous new bowl that has replaced it, but I don't think of the latter as being the same as the former enough for my brain to feel right in assigning them both with such an evocative name. I certainly feel like the new stadium is home and I get the same feelings of excitement and joy when visiting. It's not me saying one is better than the other, just they aren't the same thing and so won't label the new stadium with the name of the old.

Am I alone in that?
 

Dougal

Staff
Jun 4, 2004
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I call it Little Doogs / The Baby Maker. Wait, what?

Oh, the ground? White Hart Lane/The Lane. It looks different now but then it did in the 80s, 90s, 00s... Most of the old Lane was rebuilt in my lifetime. Same journey there, ish. It’s effectively in the same spot. There’s a feel to it that’s very much The Lane.
 

Donki

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May 14, 2007
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What about, "The New Stadium where the Old White Hart Lane once stood", you know nice and snappy, really roles off the tongue.
 

Dougal

Staff
Jun 4, 2004
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We are Tottenham...
Super Tottenham...
We are Tottenham,
From The New Stadium where the Old White Hart Lane once stood.

Works for me (y)
 

Donki

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May 14, 2007
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We are Tottenham...
Super Tottenham...
We are Tottenham,
From The New Stadium where the Old White Hart Lane once stood.

Works for me (y)

Actually, works a lot better when you sing it in your head, especially when you stretch out the stooooooooooood.
 

'O Zio

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Dec 27, 2014
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Thinking about it I reckon I've always just called it "the new stadium" when talking about it to anyone.
 
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It was originally called two step or better known as garage but it eventually became Grime. Thanks Wiley.
 

Up From Dover

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Jan 31, 2017
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I'd like it to be called The Bill Nicholson Stadium but grounds seem to get named after sponsors and not people connected to the club.
 
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