UEFA Champions League.

[Beebs]

Originally Posted by George W. Bush

You sound so incredibly British, I love it. You must watch a good deal of the Premiership.

Yea, this year I have really been following all the European leagues, and obviously the premiership is the most accessible and biggest. Technology makes it easy; streamed games, podcasts, sites like Football Tactics and Lineups Database. That and the boxing website I hang out at is about a third British so I have adapted some of their more expressive phrases. Out of all the London teams Spurs and Fulham are the most likeable, so you being a spurs fan isn't all that bad.

As for Fifa, I'm not doing much over the next two weeks, so I'll be on quite a bit.

[Ugly Bastard]

Euros, corect me if I'm wrong, but I've heard the NBA has kind an equivilant underground following as the EPL does over here. True/false?

[Beebs]

Basketball works like soccer and pretty much every sport in Europe; the countries have their leagues, and then there is a european league for the top few teams from each country, I think basketballs is just called the euroleague. Since a lot of the soccer clubs are actually sports clubs, they have a lot of basketball teams with familiar soccer names; Real Madrid, Olympiakos, Barcalona, Partizan and Red Star Belgrade, I think Besiktas and Fenerbache in Istanbul too.

The power center is a little different, England, Spain and Italy have the top soccer teams; Spain, Serbia, Greece are usually the best basketball. Basically the power shifts towards the Balkans and the Baltic somewhat.

[Dent]

I would love to see the the best England has in the NBA, I go to a few of the 'birmingham panthers' games and they have a few decent players, but I guess the difference in skill would be huge.

[Dent]

Originally Posted by George W. Bush

Yes. I've been following Tottenham, who are a quite dogshit team and not good enough for the Champions League. For this I'll support Man U. I also have Fifa 09 on PS3, my name is chnmille. Have never played it online before, and I'm not too good, but you guys want to play some time?

Have you seen the plans for the new stadium? 53k seats.


The Club has revealed the first images of the Club's proposed new stadium design, part of the Northumberland Development Project.

Designs for the new home of the Club have been developed by KSS, leaders in stadia design.

Commenting on the release of the images, Club Chairman Daniel Levy said:

"The brief I gave the architects was to design an iconic stadium that would be one of the best in Europe. My over-riding priority is to re-create the terrific atmosphere we have at the current stadium, within a world class stadium that offers state-of -the-art facilities.

"This means designing a stadium which has supporters as close as possible to the field of play and not simply looking to chase headline capacity. Our fans will find themselves closer to the pitch than at any other comparable stadium in the UK. This design puts fan experience first.

"In addition to the stadium, we are designing great facilities within the overall masterplan that will add positively to the local environment and locality, components that can play a role in the regeneration of the wider area."






David Keirle, Chairman of KSS, outlined the strategy behind the stadium design:

"The key driver has been to deliver the best possible fan experience on all levels.

"The visuals of the new stadium show that it's really seen as a building which responds to the brand, which we see as representing style and flowing lines of football.

"We have spent a great deal of time looking at different roof formations. The roof has been designed to focus the noise back onto the crowd and onto the pitch. All seating is enclosed, there are no open corners, so everything is focused back onto the pitch and the acoustics will maximise the impact of the vocal support from fans. The stadium will have a roof that allows us to have four large screens up in the top corners, which means every spectator will be able to see a whole host of information.

"The plans we have produced will result in close proximity for the fans to the pitch, we are going to be metres closer than other stadiums of comparable size. We are fine tuning the plans and these will ultimately determine the final capacity."





The new stadium will also benefit from a Club museum, shops and homes, new facilities for the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and important public space.

The plans will enable the team to remain at the current site throughout construction.

Daniel Levy added:
"Development projects on this scale take a long time from the initial starting point to final completion. Any new stadia we have seen recently would have been designed at least eight to ten years ago. We are designing for our future and this stadium design has been described as the first of the next generation of stadia.

"This development is more than just somewhere where the team can play football. The Northumberland Development Project will deliver substantial investment for the future of the Borough and will benefit the community.

"It's about leaving a legacy for this great Club and, once delivered, I hope all our fans around the world will be very proud."

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