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I’m hoping the fact that spurs haven’t had to move (though it’s taken all sorts of dealings and machinations) from our neighbourhood means that we don’t get that disenfranchisement, despite the idiocy of our impending season ticket pricing policy alienating our core support.
There’s something about the rituals of going to a match, the places that you gather that can’t be replicated when you move, and which most clubs in the rush for the cash seem to forget about. Staying close by means that stuff isn’t lost.
I remember riding past Maine road when I lived in Manchester and being in awe of this massive stadium that just appeared out of this mass of terraced housing. And thinking how inextricably linked to that community that club was.
You can’t move too far away from your roots no matter how much financial incentive there is if the fans are going to have a shit time...
In the case of Man City, did winning alleviate the pain of moving stadiums? And do city fans feel that stadium is “theirs”?