WHL stadium tour

After being a Spurs supporter for some 27 years, I finally made it to the tour of White Hart Lane yesterday afternoon. It is well worth the £7 (as a club member) or £8 otherwise as they take you to all areas of the stadium including reception, board room, function room, changing room, tunnel, executive boxes, and pitch side. There was quite a few people but they don't hurry you and you can take as many pics as you want.

Did you know that for an 8 seater box in the west stand, it cost £40,000 per year?! Gulp. They go up to £60,000 for larger ones. It made me chuckle a bit when the tour guide said Jermain Defoe and Darren Bent have both bought boxes for their families to watch them play....they must be empty a lot of the time! Sorry, couldn't help myself. I guess walking down the tunnel and the changing room was the highlight although you can tell they just put out replica shirts for the purpose of the tour. I was surprised how small the changing room and showers were. In the technical area they have very comfy seats, all heated, but get this, the ones for the visiting team are not heated!!! Yeah - let em freeze!

I was getting ideas when I saw the function room, as it's my 40th next year. Wouldn't it be great to celebrate it at the Lane? It cost about £1000 to hire then you have security and insurance on top of that. Not as bad as I thought it would be but then you got to think about getting people to North London in coaches - all a bit of a palava just for a party maybe?

Anyway, it was well worth doing - highly recommended to any fan.