White Hart Lane
| "The Lane" | |
White Hart Lane in 2011
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| Full name | White Hart Lane |
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| Location |
Tottenham London, N17 England |
| Coordinates | 51°36′12″N 0°03′57″W / 51.60333°N 0.06583°WCoordinates: 51°36′12″N 0°03′57″W / 51.60333°N 0.06583°W |
| Public transit |
 White Hart Lane
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| Owner | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |
| Operator | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |
| Capacity | 36,284 |
| Field size | 100 x 67 m (110 x 73 yd) |
| Surface | Desso GrassMaster |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1898 |
| Opened | 4 September 1899 |
| Closed | 2017 (planned) |
| Demolished | 2016–2017 (planned) |
| Construction cost | £100,050 (1934) |
| Architect | Archibald Leitch (1909) |
White Hart Lane is the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in the Premier League and has a capacity of 36,284. The stadium is located in the Tottenham area in north London, England.
Along with housing Tottenham, the stadium, which is known amongst Spurs fans as the Lane, has also been selected for England national football matches and England under-21 football matches. White Hart Lane held capacity records in the early 1960s with numbers entering the 70,000s but as seating was introduced, the stadium has levelled out to a modest number in relation to other Premier League clubs. The record attendance remains an FA Cup tie on 5 March 1938 against Sunderland with the attendance being recorded at 75,038.
Construction work is in progress for Tottenham to move to a new stadium with an estimated capacity of 61,000, with the new stadium being built on the current site instead of moving elsewhere or from the borough of Haringey. The new stadium has been designed by Populous, which also designed derby rival Arsenal's home, the Emirates Stadium. Initial designs were created by KSS Design Group back in 2008, but long delays allowed for major changes to the scheme by a different company.
Spurs moved to White Hart Lane in 1899. The club leased and later bought a disused nursery owned by the brewery chain Charringtons to the east of Tottenham's High Road. A local groundsman, John Over, turned the land into a substantial football pitch. The first game at the Lane resulted in a 4–1 home win against Notts County with around 5,000 supporters attending. Although normally referred to at the time as the High Road ground in time it became popularly known as White Hart Lane (though in fact the street of that name lies across to the west of the High Road).
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